Joe Barth

The Hit Doctor is one of the most famous hitting instructors in the world whose name comes from his ability to analyze hitters and prescribe custom drills.

[Brendan Dougherty @Brendougherty]

Pregame matters!! How you prepare before a game is a huge evaluation time for coaches/scouts. You may not get a ball hit to you during the game! Work with intent, at game speed and under control. Spoke to a college coach today, told me he stopped recruiting a player because his pregame was lazy. It translates!! You’re always being evaluated!!

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Lateral blocks glove leads the body no matter what your initial set up is.

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Another value of the hockey mask. You don’t have to take it over to see & catch pop ups. Same deal on bunted balls.

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Very athletic on the fly postural adjustment to a 55’ breaking ball.

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Nobody teaches catching better than the master, Jerry Weinstein! His stuff is a must for any aspiring coach.

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Block party with subtle angles.

[Andy Barkett @abarkett17]

Rafael Devers.
Fenway.
One-hand work.

Simple drill. Elite intent.

It’s not about doing more…
it’s about doing the right things, the right way.

#hitting #baseball

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Very simple BHB technique here.
1) Earlier turn
2) Bat pointed to 1B coach.
3) Catching the ball on the bat.
4) Seeing the ball down before running.
5) Direction good enough if speed is right. IMO “base hit or foul ball” is a cue that produces too many foul bunt attempts.

[Josh Gessner @joshgessner]

Glove-Side Move of Advanced Pitchers.

With the glove side, if we're able to create a massive stretch, it's going to help propel the upper body forward and create more energy.

The problem comes when you pull to create that stretch and then keep pulling.

That's not what we want.

We do want a huge stretch.

But after creating that stretch, you need to work the glove side back.

That allows the hands to come together.

It's more this movement than that movement.

The most advanced pitchers are able to create a big stretch and then work the glove side back into position.

[Jake Scott @jscotthitting]

Rotate Around Your Head

Can be helpful for hitters who struggle holding their center as they make their turn

[Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48]

Arm Care

The term “Arm Care” is thrown around as if it’s a simple thing. Do some band exercises and you should be good!! Truth is it’s a very loaded term and deserves a much much deeper explanation and plan. If you’re serious about the game, pitching, your teams arms, then it’s time to get serious about all of it.

ARM CARE is…

• Understanding and developing proper throwing/pitching mechanics.
• Pre season throwing plan.
• Pre season/early season pitch count progression.
• Total body strength.
• Nutrition
• Weekly between game throwing routines.
• Listening to your arm.
• Knowing your body.
• Not pitching with a lower body injury.
• Post throwing arm maintenance/recovery routine.
• Knowing what an arm is conditioned for, aka, how many pitches is an arm ready to throw that day.
• Knowing what signs of fatigue look like and how to diagnose what a sore arm is.
• Not rushing back into competitive throwing after an arm injury.
• Weekly bullpens to get better with command and stuff to be able to compete better which means throwing more strikes which means most likely throwing less pitches per inning.
• Being mentally tougher which again means being a better competitor which means being able to get more outs with less pitches.

Band work is good but there is WAY more to it. We have a whole page on our site dedicated to this topic. Check out our “Save Our Arms” page.

**Side note, those bands sitting at the bottom of your bag aren’t helping.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Watching an inside the park home run is one of the most exciting plays in baseball. Seeing Pete-Crow Armstrong hit one while only taking 8 seconds from first base to homeplate is absolutely insane to me.

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Rudy Jaramillo, the great hitting coach of the Rangers felt fakes were critical in getting hitters into a strong, balanced position on time and under control.

[Megan Rembielak @MegRemSoftball]

I love to incorporate fake tosses when doing front toss. It keeps the hitter honest and shows if they aren’t in control of their body, too heavy on their front foot or leaking forward too much.

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Very powerful drills helping each pitcher to find his rhtym and timing. Josh’s drill programs have helped a lot of pitchers gain control as well as velocity

[Josh Gessner @joshgessner]

Colin Miller’s jump from the upper 80s into the low 90s came down to fixing two key gaps: how he produced force and how he transferred it.

Although Colin was a strong Division II athlete with solid peak power, he lacked concentric impulse—the ability to rapidly generate and apply force.

He had power, but couldn’t access it quickly enough in his throw.

In-season, the focus was improving rate of force development through reactive and bounding movements, helping his body better connect explosive intent with actual output.

On the mechanical side, he was rotating too early, which limited his ability to create space and efficiently transfer energy.

By using constraints and simple external cues—like staying closed longer—he learned to resist rotation just enough.

This allowed him to naturally create more lateral trunk tilt and improve sequencing, giving him a cleaner and more powerful release.

The key was keeping everything centered around the throw.

Instead of overloading him with technical thoughts, adjustments were made through constraints that let his body self-organize without hurting performance in games.

Progress was tracked through velocity trends, ensuring that everything done in training showed up on the mound.

As his ability to express and transfer force improved, Colin began sitting 90–91 mph—something he had never done before.

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Great hitter already! Great swing, simple and quick. Buy his rookie cards now !

[Jake Scott @jscotthitting]

Kevin McGonigle Swing Breakdown

Currently batting .327 as a 21 year old in the big leagues

Great example for staying quick to the ball with good direction

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Chin and shoulder to chin and shoulder. Trunk rotation with a still head.

[Greg Jacobs 🇺🇸 🎾 ⚾️ 🇮🇹 @hittingguru7]

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Watch this 👆🏽

See how TM lies to everyone. Bonds does nothing like HLP 💩

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Timing is everything. Atart today for your first At Bat tomorrow and it wouldn’t be as bad as being a millisecond too late. “Less than 2 strikes never late!

[CamWood Bats @CamWoodBats]

We have to get to the hitting position on time!

Because if we are late, 90% of the time our first move is going to be pulling our front shoulder out to try and catch our barrel up to the ball. But when we are on time, you’ll see this in the pros—when they take pitches, there will be a slight fire from their backside. This is a byproduct of being in the hitting position on time and reacting the right way.

#beingontime #hitting #baseball

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Timing up should begin while the pitcher is warming up, continuebefore moving on deck and then while on deck. Timing is the key to great hitting.

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Bobby Witt Jr's On-Deck Routine

• Lock in on the pitcher.
• Time up your stride.
• Visualize what you just saw w/ a swing.

⭐️ Your focus (or lack of it) on-deck is a difference-maker. Get into the box ready to compete.

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Huge upside. Needs to get the FRIFT going while he is lifting his stride leg. See DeGrom.

[Prep Baseball Ontario @PrepBaseballON]

𝐏𝐎/𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬

RHP/OF Thomas Allan
2026, @WOWFactorCanada
@PB_Uncommitted

6-foot, 165-pounds.

A look at Allan on the slope at The Yard back on Saturday showing feel for the three.

FB 80-82 T83.4 | 14.5” IVB | 8.8” HB
SL 71-73 | -6” IVB | -3” HB
SPL 73-76 | 8.8” IVB | 15.4” HB

#BeSeen | #FGT26🇨🇦

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Sorry.Mike always did a scissors step but the little step back is an adjustment he made this year probably to load his back hinge and keep him back.

[Blake Austin @RAKEwBLAKE]

We have been seeing this with the younger group of hitters. This is a good way to ignite the load with minimal movement in hips to prevent swaying.

[Joe Barth @TheHitDoctor]

Since birth! Remeber him at 13 and he did it then. It shortens his swing, backs up his contact points and gives him a longer look at the ball.

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

Been doing it for a year now, where you guys been!