Re: The hitting in this game is off...
Given your response, I'm concluding you've either failed to fully read and evaluate what I stated or you're projecting a personal bias.
I use zone. If I foul a pitch off, its because I failed in some combination of putting the PCI on the ball and/or being late/early. I'm fully aware that Good timing on inside or outside pitches doesn't equate to Good timing.
My initial comments, to which you originally responded, were generally stated assuming a pitch down the middle of the plate. I take responsibility and apologize for not making that generality clear. But now that it has, I reiterate my statement that you are more likely to have a successful outcome being early or late than you are being on time. This was prevalent in 2016 and while it has improved in 2017, it still exists.
Unless you have evidence that the feedback produces random output, then I'm going to maintain my belief that it is deterministic. As such, the displayed PCI placement and timing provide valuable feedback. It is the digital version of the feedback that I would have should I be standing in the box and observant to the physical cues in my swing. Feedback doesn't give me something else to stress over. It gives me information to make an adjustment.
I don't use the guess pitch mechanism, but I do sit on pitches when patterns emerge. It is foolish not to do so.
As I previously stated, I have everything turned off except the PCI, which I occasionally turn off, and the feedback. I agree that turning everything else off as being beneficial. I've done extensive evaluation with the PCI turned off, but failed to see any additional benefit. I only continue to occasionally turn the PCI off because it so often touted as the path to hitting enlightenment on these boards and I question that I might be missing something. But I've grown fairly confident that PCI off doesn't produce anything more than an elitist attitude, but again I remain open to being enlightened.
Finally, being that, according to the leader boards, many of the best players of this game have the PCI on and make use of the feedback, I find your statement that those who use these mechanisms will always be behind those who don't to be baseless and a complete fallacy.
Given your response, I'm concluding you've either failed to fully read and evaluate what I stated or you're projecting a personal bias.
I use zone. If I foul a pitch off, its because I failed in some combination of putting the PCI on the ball and/or being late/early. I'm fully aware that Good timing on inside or outside pitches doesn't equate to Good timing.
My initial comments, to which you originally responded, were generally stated assuming a pitch down the middle of the plate. I take responsibility and apologize for not making that generality clear. But now that it has, I reiterate my statement that you are more likely to have a successful outcome being early or late than you are being on time. This was prevalent in 2016 and while it has improved in 2017, it still exists.
Unless you have evidence that the feedback produces random output, then I'm going to maintain my belief that it is deterministic. As such, the displayed PCI placement and timing provide valuable feedback. It is the digital version of the feedback that I would have should I be standing in the box and observant to the physical cues in my swing. Feedback doesn't give me something else to stress over. It gives me information to make an adjustment.
I don't use the guess pitch mechanism, but I do sit on pitches when patterns emerge. It is foolish not to do so.
As I previously stated, I have everything turned off except the PCI, which I occasionally turn off, and the feedback. I agree that turning everything else off as being beneficial. I've done extensive evaluation with the PCI turned off, but failed to see any additional benefit. I only continue to occasionally turn the PCI off because it so often touted as the path to hitting enlightenment on these boards and I question that I might be missing something. But I've grown fairly confident that PCI off doesn't produce anything more than an elitist attitude, but again I remain open to being enlightened.
Finally, being that, according to the leader boards, many of the best players of this game have the PCI on and make use of the feedback, I find your statement that those who use these mechanisms will always be behind those who don't to be baseless and a complete fallacy.
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