Ideas for better average and less balls hit right at people?

[Chai2112]

Hey y'all,

I am using TNK's sliders with heavy adjustments made by me. My issue is that I am just not getting enough hits/runs. I generally average around 2-3 runs a game; I haven't had any games where I've gotten more than 6 runs or so. I don't strike out a lot at all, and it seems like every ball I hit goes straight at a fielder as opposed to going over their heads, finding gaps, falling in between, etc. Anyone have any tips on how I can adjust this? I currently have the Solid Hits slider up fairly high (maybe 6 or 7). Would reducing that lead to more balls going for hits or just lead to weaker hits?

Thanks.

[nomo17k]

Which hitting interface, Zone or Directional?

[Chai2112]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomo17k

Which hitting interface, Zone or Directional?

I can never remember which is which. I play I believe zone + analog (I use both the left and right joysticks to bat) and on All Star I believe, again with sliders adjusted considerably.

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chai2112

I can never remember which is which. I play I believe zone + analog (I use both the left and right joysticks to bat) and on All Star I believe, again with sliders adjusted considerably.

Sounds like Zone analog, if you are controlling PCI placement with L3.

If someone is controlling PCI manually and seeing balls not falling in between fielders enough, it's likely you are hitting fly balls too often by swinging under the pitch. So I'd check your ground ball/fly ball ratio, using Batter analysis screen after the game to see if you are hitting roughly equal number of fly balls and ground balls.

If you find that you hit too many fly balls, you need to try to keep PCI a bit higher than you do right now. You might also need to commit to swing a little earlier... since swinging late tends to lead to pop-ups and fly balls to the opposite fields.

[Chai2112]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomo17k

Sounds like Zone analog, if you are controlling PCI placement with L3. If someone is controlling PCI manually and seeing balls not falling in between fielders enough, it's likely you are hitting fly balls too often by swinging under the pitch. So I'd check your ground ball/fly ball ratio, using Batter analysis screen after the game to see if you are hitting roughly equal number of fly balls and ground balls. If you find that you hit too many fly balls, you need to try to keep PCI a bit higher than you do right now. You might also need to commit to swing a little earlier... since swinging late tends to lead to pop-ups and fly balls to the opposite fields.

Thanks, I'll check that out. So you don't think adjusting the Solid Hits slider would affect it one way or the other?

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chai2112

Thanks, I'll check that out. So you don't think adjusting the Solid Hits slider would affect it one way or the other?

Solid Hit slider does affect your tendency to hit more line drives (the higher, you hit more line drives)... but slider can do only so much if your tendency is extreme, as in with Zone hitting you can keep hitting into ground out by intentionally keeping PCI up high in the zone, or keep PCI low and keep hitting fly balls.

I think a lot of people tends to do the latter, because they are often late to swing (which slightly moves PCI down), and also the natural movement of thumb is to move the L3 stick down, so PCI often moves down along with it.

I'd try moving Solid Hit around, once you identify that your PCI movement/approach isn't as big of an issue.

[Chai2112]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomo17k

Solid Hit slider does affect your tendency to hit more line drives (the higher, you hit more line drives)... but slider can do only so much if your tendency is extreme, as in with Zone hitting you can keep hitting into ground out by intentionally keeping PCI up high in the zone, or keep PCI low and keep hitting fly balls. I think a lot of people tends to do the latter, because they are often late to swing (which slightly moves PCI down), and also the natural movement of thumb is to move the L3 stick down, so PCI often moves down along with it. I'd try moving Solid Hit around, once you identify that your PCI movement/approach isn't as big of an issue.

Cool, makes sense. Thanks.

[themoneyteam1212]

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