ProHitter vs. ThumbPro vs. Hit Hero | Baseball Thumb Guard Test 

Nice! Always great content, and fun to watch you blast some hits. Thanks for including us in the lineup. Your advice at the end was on point: make sure you are using the correct size thumb guard. I don't know what size you were using, but we offer three sizes, S,M,L so players can find the right one based on personal preference. We have a few MLB players in the 195-205lb weight range that go with the medium ThumbPRO for a locked in performance fit. As far as increased bat speed, let me address that as well. We say "up to a 10-15% increase in bat speed." Generally speaking those results are from players that have not yet fully dialed in their technique and are still holding the bat deep in the palm with a tense "death grip". For those players, getting the bat forward can indeed improve their bat speed. Not surprised that an elite level, big swinging, nuke dropping guy such as yourself did not see an improvement. You are already dialed in.👍 Love the channel!

I've used a pro hitter for a bit now. Doesn't take that long to get used to. I will say though, when they say 'increases bat speed' I don't think they're referring to swing speed that you'd measure with like a blast motion. Pretty sure they're speaking(inaccurately) about what it IS doing though. That thing is something that seems kind of obvious in terms of how the bat sits in your hand. Without a the guard, your bat sits more neutral/perpendicular to your arms. If you put your hands in the exact same position with the thumb guard on, you'll notice the barrel actually sits a bit farther ahead of where it was before. So it's not that it increases bat speed, but if you're struggling because you're swinging just a touch too much DOWN on the ball, this could help you instead get closer to hitting a line-drive/fly ball. It's more complicated than that since it does change your swing in general since the weight also shifts forward, but that's what I have been telling people. Definitely isn't 'swing speed', but it can functionally act like it sometimes.

I couldn’t believe how much the Pro Hitter helped my hands feel after long, high velocity cage days (200+ swings, 80-85 mph.) Without a thumb guard I would end the day with extremely sore claw hands. With it, it just felt like another workout. Highly recommended.

Always fun watching you swing! Love how you give your honest hot takes on stuff. I saw Jarren Duran wearing a ThumbPRO at the All Star game.

Should of tested with the Easton ceramic bat 😂😂😂 that’s a true test to see if it stops sting

Love my ThumbPro! The other products are less expensive, but the ThumbPro feels the best to me and is the only one that stays in place on my hand

My 9 and 10 year old use the Thumbpro youth models and aren't afraid to swing at those inside pitches that typically ring the hands. The hole size is smaller for sure, but they stretch out.

Hit Hero has been my go to, it feels so good. Amazing grip, contours really nice and I feel no bat vibration sting.

I’ve been using the ProHitter for a few seasons of mens league baseball, I like it. My advice is buy two because they are easy to drop and lose. Also buy the bright colors so you can find it easily when you do drop it🤣⚾️👍

I believe after testing without a doubt that the ThumbPro has changed my game. I am a big fan and cannot speak to the others, but I bought the ThumbPro and it was everything I was looking for in a Thumb Guard.

I use a pro hitter, and I can honestly say that it does make a difference in my batting. Consistently hitting barrel and also making the bat feel more comfortable in my hand while swinging it. I did notice Will that you were more consistent with the pro hitter vs. the other thumb guards.

My son loves his ThumbPro been using it for about 3-4 seasons now we got a few back when they were $20 they run decent sales from time to time. Has helped him with hand placement and does help a bit with sting and are pretty durable. He also likes the ThumbPro over the Prohitter because it stays in place and doesn't slide around he leaves it stuck on his batting gloves so its always ready to go. ThumbPro is a small family run business and really nice to deal with and talk to.

Shop smart! We use the ThumbPro and have never purchased unless on sale. Buy the right size and the fit is better than ProHitter, you can't even tell it's there. The bat speed marketing is because of the difference it can make for some due to holding the bat properly wearing it. You naturally have a gap there on your top hand if not wearing it. Many hitters grip the bat wrong, improving grip strength in the bottom two fingers helps as well.

Thanks for all the reviews you guys do cant wait for my next bball season you guys help me know what to get with my little amount of money ❤

Back in the mid 90's when I was a teenager my coach introduced us to these. They were called "Direct Protect" back then. He said they helped put the bat handle in the proper place (in your fingers) as your hands grew and became more adult sized. Kids with their small hands have the tendency to hold the bat handle in their palms and don't get proper knuckle alignment (box knuckles vs. door knockers lining up) which causes rolling over the wrists and "casting". As my hands grew and I got used to holding the bat in my fingers I no longer needed to use it. We never even knew they were supposed to help with sting at all as those older 1 piece bats would ring you up like the liberty bell when you get it on the handle or off the end regardless of any rubber piece on your thumb.

Son uses the Thumbpro and likes it, stops stings especially in colder games

I will agree, when i first used a pro hitter, it felt soooo wierd. But now it feels great and it does help with sting. This made me think about not using it as a test tho...

Might have been a bit aggressive with where you were placing the pro hitter. I think the best part of that one is you can rotate it a little to get it where you want.

Must need when swinging a Baum Bat

I would love to see more videos like this

My kid prefers the thumbpro, great video

You need to test the huge one that Colt Keith uses!!!!!

Will y’all r so entertaining every thing u post is W

Great info! The next one you have to do is the 9 strap.

Great reviews i personally like the thumbpro loved the video 👍

0:01 Really cool video idea, keep up the unique/obscure content!

Most mlb players are pro hitter gang right????

I played for years and used the Pro Hitter but used it on my index finger. Try it on your index finger...it's a game changer!!!!

I’ve used the pro hitter and the thumb pro. I found that the thumb pro works the best, but it takes more getting used to

Can you try the 9 Strap and the Rip Grip Pro next?

launch pad thumb guard is my favorite thumb guard it allows me to relax my hands while having a good grip on the bat

Have you seen the “launch pad”

It would be cool to see those super hot $100 bats with one of these as a test. Would it be a better value than getting a $200 or $250 bat?

My son uses the Thumbpro, it really helps with bat sting, especially when he uses his wood bat with higher velocity pitching. Otherwise, he can sometimes be found doing the bat sting dance. Lol

Could you try the D1 athletics brand batting gloves. I know it isn’t your thing to do BGs but they are super interesting. They have a more toned down pro hitter that’s built into the top hand of the batting glove and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to regular BGs honestly. Wanna know your take

Time to do the "9 strap" test.

Great job man. Try the 9 strap and let us know what you think

Didn’t you use a prohitter in the early days of BBB? Hated these at first but broke my index finger into the base knuckle, and prohitter eased pain when I returned to the lineup. Been using it ever since.

Tried both the Pro Hotter and the Thumb Pro. The Thumb Pro felt too big, similar to what you found. Love the Pro Hitter and I can have some extras in the bag (just in case) for the same price as the Thumb Pro.

drop the select pwr video 🙏🏽

LONG AWAITED MY GOD

Hitting in Jordan 4s crazy work

Miss your softball content man. Any chance youll ever go back or do anything of the sort? Or have you stopped playing slowpitch due to this channel doing so well? Either way - love your videos big dawg.

Pro hitter is bar far the best, literally took me a day to get used to it and after it feels like it should be apart of every swing you take

been using a thumbpro for a few years (bought them when they were much cheaper) and it certainly has helped my hands from dying off of machines, but it feels like my launch angle is lower with it, so yeah more line drives and also more groundballs so I've went back and forth between using it and not

MY BEST FRIENDS AND I GO BACK ANS FORTH ON THIS EVERY DAY!

I might buy a pro hitter now because of the way my coach is teaching me how to hold the bat

I use a pro hitter and I love it

I have a 13 yr old and he swears by thumb pro he started using it this year and he hates hitting without it

I feel like it would be funny if for some of these videos we could get the Cam cam. Mostly because its funny to say but it would also be a cool angle for some of these videos

I picked up a pro hitter about 7 years ago. Haven’t hit without one since.

Seems like you got around on the ball more with none and were a tiny bit more laggy with the bigger two on. Could have just been pitch placement though? If so, it might help ppl get more power to the middle of their swing and the middle of the field if they have a hard time with being ahead too much. What do you think?

I also had some batting gloves that had thumb guards on both gloves to both protect the thumbs and for a quicker swing. During my younger brother’s ⚾️ tournament I also saw the new Launchpad thumb protectors but you gotta choose if you want the righty or lefty thumb guard.

I never used those things back in high school. Now, I regret not using one. 😣 My hands always got rung up, even though I was using sting-proof batting gloves.

I gotta 2 pack of no name off Amazon , a Big one & a smaller thinner 1 ,same as the pro hitter but u get 2 for 5-6 bucks , dont need to do nothing and your in a box grip , it doesn’t hurt when ya get jammed nowhere near as much..

Should’ve compared them against a pair of Jax batting gloves with the webbing since it’s a opponent for pro hitter but build in

2:02 aaaand queue the butt hole clinch for each company’s marketing team watching the beginning stages of this video

I didn’t know Will had another channel until now.

i love my pro hitter it took a while to get used to but after that its great

what the people needed!!!

You should review the Bruce Bolt Bats!

You should try D1 batting gloves they have something similar built in to there gloves

I went a thumb guard in the mid 1990’s. If it was good enough for Mattingly, it was good enough for me. Helped a lot with sting.

I also wonder if this would be something worth trying for slowpitch softball? Might make you drop your hands too much though?

when you see about 7 or more guys in every MLB lineup using the pro hitter or thumbpro, you have to at least figure out what they are about. not just for sting prevention, but for how it makes you hold and use the bat throughout your swing. and what movements it promotes and what it tries to prevent.

4:50 & 6:15 I swear I saw sparks come from his bat!!

For the people!

Try out the D1 batting gloves with the dinger grip

What up What up J-man here watching your video

Love the video. Can you test out the new 9 strap?

Kind of funny he slags these for being $18-$30 products when regularly reviewing bats that go for $400-$500. It's all good. Want to go cheap? Grab a wooden Louisville Slugger at Dick's for $29.95 and have at it. Or go big and geta Hype Fire for $500 and watch it blow up on you after a couple dozen blasts. Great channel. Baseball is awesome. Baseball gear is awesome. Thanks for trying it all out for us! Love it

I'm sure you could 3d print those for wayyyy cheaper

Top hand is for pushing bat don't need as much grip bottom hand is to pull and grip

You guys are gripping your bat wrong if you think you need these products. Your bat handle doesn’t go in your palms. It goes in the first groove of your fingers. A small difference but you can test it yourself and see how much better your barrel control is. It’s physically harder for someone to take a bat out of your hands when you do this. The fact that the bat is more secure makes it easier for you to hit the ball harder. Also you’d think sting would be worse but you actually end up with less sting since you’re giving the bat less of a chance to vibrate in the first place

Can you please review the dovetail carbon fiber bat

Maybe for peaple who have cheap bat and inconsciently are affraid to get Hurt again and again this could be good for confidence and help for the rest

any reason why you put your bottom fingers over the knob? is it because you feel like you get more power that way?

Try some Jax batting gloves

Lotta big leaguers use the pro hitter. It's fairly common.

Who else loves his videos ❤

Close or first!

Yordon uses one

I don’t know if you golf but do you think or does anyone out there ever use one of these for golf?

Please review the 9 strap. I am super curious if it is just a gimmick.

Personally the pro hitter helps if you have a lacking top hand in your swing

Can you please do a USA bat showdown

Hey Hey, thanks for the detailed review! Just a heads up that you can also wear the HH on your pointer finger as well, all dependent on your preference

Pro hitter is used by a lot of MLB guys. You’ll see them often in every game

Pro hitter is the absolute best!

Drop the me Rawlings vid!!!

The ProHitter is the only one I see MLB players using.

How do they feel hitting with an axe handle bat?

USA bats next

I was career 180 hitter didn’t believe in the power of the thumb. Plumped one of these bad boys on I’m hitting 380 and hitting bombs. Granted I’m 49 playing against 11 year olds but 380 is 380 no matter what the league.

Wow

Pls try the Easton s2z bbcor

Will you do a review of the 9 strap?

could u test out the tucci bo11

bought a pro hitter the day after i bought a $30 wood louisville slugger

When is the next bbcor review coming out and what bat is it