Timing analog hitting

[Jgainsey]

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I think some of you guys are making the analog hitting harder than it has to be.

There is no reason to focus so intently on perfectly timing the batter's stride. If you're paying attention to to your stride and watching the batter when you should be watching the pitcher and trying to pick up the ball, well then you're going to have trouble.

The stride is so much easier than some guys are making it out to be. All you have to do is pull back on the right stick(and you only have to pull back like half way, which makes it even easier) just before the pitcher releases the ball. You have to do it slightly earlier for players with longer strides, but just barely.. nothing too difficult in my opinion.

Once you've pulled back, for the most part it becomes just like Timing Only hitting, just with the right stick instead of a button. There will be swings where you are a little off with the stride timing, but a well timed swing will more than make up for it.

I just finished a game where I crushed a 450ft go ahead homer with Brian McCann, against Big Z and the Cubs. I was kind of late with his stride, but I ended up timing the swing perfectly, and the ball was crushed over the seats.. And that was with a contact swing on default HOF difficulty.

A little practice and being sure to pay attention to the pitcher while timing your swing will go a long way. The stride is important, but worrying too much about it will just throw everything off.

[I_Tyler_Durden_I]

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^^^ I'm going to have to disagree on this one.

Like in real life, you should NOT wait to load when the ball is released. All movement should be stopped by the hitter before the ball is in the air.

You should load (pull down on the right stick) just when the pitcher's hand is at the top of his delivery/throw.

Go into practice and work on timing drills. Basically you need to train yourself to pull down just before the ball is released.

To give you a visual, your swing should load back as the pitcher's arm is coming forward. Picture a string connected from your bat to the pitcher's throwing hand. When you load your swing back, the pitcher's hand should move at the same time (like you're pulling the pitch to you when you load).

This will help to make the swing less herky-jerky and more fluid, plus you'll have more time to read the pitch.

This is how it's done in real life, how it's taught/coached, and it results in "perfect" results in the game (according to the feedback).

If you wait to load your swing when the ball is out of the hand then you are forcing yourself to do too many things at once. Your mind will read the pitch and tell you to swing before your swing is even fully loaded and in the ready-to-swing position.

Give it a shot and you'll enjoy analog more. Now if we just didn't have to try and swing up and to the left/right to hit a ball on the corners...

Great read! And I couldn't agree more.
As I’m not from the US, I am not that deep into the fundamentals of Baseball (Soccer is what we get with mother's milk) but with analog hitting I feel it’s much more like the real deal.<O</O
Hitting a button at the right time is hard enough, but to do several things at nearly the same time makes hitting much harder and also more realistic, I guess.<O</O
My biggest problem was, to concentrate on the ball and striding at the same time. This resulted in swinging after everything that came in my general direction. I had around 3 hits in 4 games playing the demo, with about 10 strikeouts per game (yes, in 4 innings ;-)).<O</O
Striding during the pitchers wind-up helped me a ton, as I am able to concentrate on the ball again.<O</O
I played two games with the full game and had about 15 hits (All-Star). I feel like I could become a better hitter than ever before.

[hawks223]

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I really enjoy the analog hitting, and feel it seems much more in flow with the game. I find it amazingly more realisitic, an seems to work really well. I'd recommend playing RTTS to get used to it. I'm 3/4 the way through my first season hitting .344 11 hrs and 64 rbis. I was even called up to AAA for a bit, but I really struggled.

[Bat]

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This may sound weird but try it.

I was having some difficulty hitting on the Allstar setting. I had even less on lower. Just out of curiosity I moved it to Hall of Fame and hit back to back hr's and had 5 hits that same inning.

I also noticed it was alot easier to work counts and get walks.

Each gamers timing may be a bit different and even harder difficulties may provide results.

[davewins]

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I really don't think you have to stride different with different players. It's normal to think that you should but I took BrianSCEA's advice and turned the PCI on and went into BP. Stride early and take note of the PCI and if it gets larger, smaller or stays the same in real time.

[stealyerface]

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Is anyone having a check swing issue with Analog? I am not sure if I am doing something wrong with my follow through, or if I am not holding forward long enough, but I have WAAAAAAAAy too many check swings with other wise perfect timing.

Any hints? Do I need to concentrate on holding the R-stick forward during the entire swing?

~syf

[Skyboxer]

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Is anyone having a check swing issue with Analog? I am not sure if I am doing something wrong with my follow through, or if I am not holding forward long enough, but I have WAAAAAAAAy too many check swings with other wise perfect timing.

Any hints? Do I need to concentrate on holding the R-stick forward during the entire swing?

~syf

I would hold it forward through the whole swing. At least you aren't having issues check swinging lol

[CBizzle]

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I think some of you guys are making the analog hitting harder than it has to be.

There is no reason to focus so intently on perfectly timing the batter's stride. If you're paying attention to to your stride and watching the batter when you should be watching the pitcher and trying to pick up the ball, well then you're going to have trouble.

The stride is so much easier than some guys are making it out to be. All you have to do is pull back on the right stick(and you only have to pull back like half way, which makes it even easier) just before the pitcher releases the ball. You have to do it slightly earlier for players with longer strides, but just barely.. nothing too difficult in my opinion.

Once you've pulled back, for the most part it becomes just like Timing Only hitting, just with the right stick instead of a button. There will be swings where you are a little off with the stride timing, but a well timed swing will more than make up for it.

I just finished a game where I crushed a 450ft go ahead homer with Brian McCann, against Big Z and the Cubs. I was kind of late with his stride, but I ended up timing the swing perfectly, and the ball was crushed over the seats.. And that was with a contact swing on default HOF difficulty.

A little practice and being sure to pay attention to the pitcher while timing your swing will go a long way. The stride is important, but worrying too much about it will just throw everything off.

I'm just coming in to co-sign this. If you're focusing on the stride too much then that's the problem. It's just too hard to try to perfectly time your stride and pick up the ball out of the pitcher's hand at the same time. I was also trying too hard to time my step, but once I stopped worrying about it and just started locking in on the pitch and where I was going to swing, I started crushing the ball.

[oldman]

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I was still looking for an answer for this. On the analog hitting, if a pitch is outside, do I push my right stick to the outside as I swing, or do I still use the left stick for that and move the right stick straight up.

[stealyerface]

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Just the R-stick. With Analog Hitting, there is no manual manipulation of the PCI via the L-stick as there is in Zone Hitting.

~syf

[DJ]

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Is anyone having a check swing issue with Analog? I am not sure if I am doing something wrong with my follow through, or if I am not holding forward long enough, but I have WAAAAAAAAy too many check swings with other wise perfect timing.

Any hints? Do I need to concentrate on holding the R-stick forward during the entire swing?

~syf

I replied to you in the Slider Discussion thread and yes, holding the R-stick forward during the entire swing is the remedy to the constant check swings. I still get caught doing it when I am way too early on an off-speed pitch, but otherwise, I don't do it as much as I was before.

[stealyerface]

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Thanks DJ.. will give it a shot tonight.

Going for my first win.

~syf

[DJ]

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Thanks DJ.. will give it a shot tonight.

Going for my first win.

~syf

Good luck, man. I've won 1 game so far and that was with Timing hitting. My big issue right now is that I'm terrible at Analog pitching. Well, I can hit my spots just fine, it's that the CPU just tees off on me in nearly every game.

Back to Analog, in my last game, I hit 2 HRs, 4 doubles and 13 hits with the White Sox in a 11-9 loss to the Mariners. I did strike out 10 times (that low changeup was killing me), but did also manage to draw 3 walks.

I notice that I'm much more patient at the plate when using Analog as opposed to Timing, and I like that. If you are patient and work the count, the CPU will eventually start making mistakes and it's up to you to capitalize on them.

[jmik58]

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I was still looking for an answer for this. On the analog hitting, if a pitch is outside, do I push my right stick to the outside as I swing, or do I still use the left stick for that and move the right stick straight up.

Yes, you have to push up and to the horizontal location of the pitch. If the pitch is on the corner, you have to push up and to that side for better contact.

Check for the article on the "Holy Trinity of Hitting Options" ... it describes the three batting options, how they work, the advantages/disadvantages, and the best modes to use them.

[stealyerface]

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Good luck, man. I've won 1 game so far and that was with Timing hitting. My big issue right now is that I'm terrible at Analog pitching. Well, I can hit my spots just fine, it's that the CPU just tees off on me in nearly every game.

Back to Analog, in my last game, I hit 2 HRs, 4 doubles and 13 hits with the White Sox in a 11-9 loss to the Mariners. I did strike out 10 times (that low changeup was killing me), but did also manage to draw 3 walks.

I notice that I'm much more patient at the plate when using Analog as opposed to Timing, and I like that. If you are patient and work the count, the CPU will eventually start making mistakes and it's up to you to capitalize on them.

I have decided that I am going to look for the pitch, and if it is in, I am going to swing at in, and if it is not, I am going to take it.

I hate to play the look-for-a-pitch game, but for now, I am going to concentrate on waiting for the pitch to drive, and then getting after it.

~syf