Being the Jays my approach has been be selective and swing for power. Since I've been doing this my power numbers and average have plummeted. I hit more home runs, but extra base hits have disappeared are a thing of the past. I constant pop the ball up, even on pitches down in the zone I aim left stick down on.
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
My suggestion: Stop aiming with the left stick, unless you're in a situation where you're trying to aim the ball to a certain field.
Power swings can be hugely productive when you're not aiming. Otherwise, go contact swing with no left-trigger 90% of the time. You can still hit HR's that way too. -
Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
I am using the Jays too. I am on All-Star.
I only try to power swing when I have a hitter's count (ie 3-0, 3-1). You won't hit a ton of home runs with contact swings, but you do tend to keep the ball down and drive it to the wall more with the contact swing. When you get those good hitter's counts and the pitcher gives you a pitch in the center of the zone, the power swing allows you to smash it out or get the sacrifice fly.
My last game saw me hit 3 doubles in a row, and all three were with contact swings.Comment
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
Something else I do...
When I have a low-power hitter at bat, I'll use the power-swing. When I have a mid-level power guy, I'll split between power-swing and contact-swing, depending on the count (and situation). If I have a high power guy at bat, I'll swing for power until I have 2 strikes on me, at which point I'll swing contact.
That seems to work pretty well or me. Contact swings with lower-power guys leads to too many dribblers.Comment
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
No, its useful for doubles, triples, sac flys, scoring a man on second with a gaper etc.Comment
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
After some searching it looks like no left stick is the way to go. Thanks folks.Last edited by pistolpete; 03-29-2011, 05:57 PM.Comment
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
use the left stick to aim. If the ball is in in on the hands, aim the L stick in, if its to the outside, aim it outside. thats how it works.Comment
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
From what I've been understanding, this is pretty much the way to think... If it's in the strike zone, the aiming isn't necessary and you can rely totally on timing and location to depict where the ball is likely to go.
If the pitch is OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE, the aiming will help you "fight it off". As was described by Sabo, if it's inside and out of the strike zone, holding the LS to your inside, it'll help you bring your hands back and pull the ball down the line. Vice versa, if it's a pitch outside and out of the strike zone, it'll allow you to extend your arms and go with the pitch, trying to send it down the opposite line.
Again, that's my understanding and thinking behind it all.Comment
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Re: Does power swing mean you're trying to hit a HR?
It works for pitches in the zone as well. especially on higher difficulties. Low and away fastballs in the zone are going to be hard to pull. You should go the opposite way with them, even when they are in the zone. If your getting torn up with low curve balls that are just making it in the zone, then aim down when you swing, because you'll likely just swing over top of it even if you dont adjust the L stick.
Better hitters, or pitches more or less in the middle of the zone dont require moving the L stick, although it can still influence a hit in a positive way. If your patient at the plate, you'll usually get at least a few down the middle in an inning, on higher difficulties anyway. So it really doesnt require moving the L stick. That's why so many people have success without touching it. If you do it right though, you can up your numbers even higher with well placed L stick movement.Comment
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