Anyone else use their couch to help with splits?

[Jgainsey]

I've been doing this for a couple of years now, and I was just curious to see if anyone else did this, or maybe something similar...

My TV is perfectly centered in front of my couch, so I like to switch which side I sit on, depending on the handedness of the pitcher I'm facing. On the surface, it really doesn't seem like it should have any effect on how I pick up the ball, but I swear it helps.


This is what it would look like if I'm facing a RHP...

--[ TV ]


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Against a LHP...

--[ TV ]


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Anyone else have a weird Show habit like this? I tired messing with different offset cameras too, but nothing works better for me than catcher cam 2 and the right couch position.

[mmorg]

Re: Anyone else use their couch to help with splits?

I live in a very small apartment right now so I have my TV at the foot of my bed and I sit against my headboard and have have a perfect position I have to play The Show in or else I cannot hit at all, and yes I have to rotate to see from a different angle depending on the handedness of the pitcher. I thought I was the only one!

[GucciiManeBurr]

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not like yours but i actually did notice i played better when i was facing the tv straight instead of lying on my couch diagonally cause my couch is like a really wide V so i usually lay down but i was playing bad . it just helped with timing for hitting and getting my spots pitching. its pretty weird.

[Black59Razr]

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I do swivel my tv a degree or two based on the matchup. Man, have you ever heard of so many superstitions in a video game?!! Just like the real thing!

[CBizzle]

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I don't do a LHP/RHP thing but I either lay across the couch or sit on the floor for hitting, and sit in my chair for pitching. Anytime I go on on slumps I just start adjusting my positions. It's not a superstitious thing at all, just trying to see the ball at different angles. I have different spots for all my games lol.

[Jaymanj2]

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Sometimes when I'm facing a submarine pitcher I will tilt my head to locate the ball. I feel really weird when I do this @_@

[Heroesandvillains]

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I have a specific chair, with a specific distance away from the TV.

I also need to turn the TV so I'm facing it square.

And I also cannot wear my contacts while playing The Show; glasses only (which I HATE wearing, by the way, but for some reason the ball is all fuzzy without my glasses on).

And as far as the splits: No. But I should. I'm hitting .20 points higher as a team versus lefties.

[jdailey03]

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Sometimes when I'm facing a submarine pitcher I will tilt my head to locate the ball. I feel really weird when I do this @_@

I always tilt my head against submarine pitchers. I absolutely hate facing them, but the head tilt is helpful.

[nomo17k]

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I use an offset camera on screen, so that I think takes care of it for me. But for some reason I feel a bit uncomfortable facing a lefty as a LHB. It's probably just psychological but nonetheless interesting why I feel that way... Maybe adjusting my chair position helps...

[Legionnaire]

Re: Anyone else use their couch to help with splits?

I did this slightly, for a while. I eventually customized my batting cam, though, so it was a more exaggerated diagonal view and gave me a better view that flip-flopped depending on my batter's handedness. Since changing my cam, I no longer need to scoot over.

Oddly, I've noticed other weird quirks in my playing, though:

1. I do much better when the TV is at eye level. Depending on what position I'm in or where I'm standing/sitting/lying, I've noticed the effect of the variables. If I have to look up or look down at the screen, it throws me off. I need it to be at eye level to really zone in on things.

2. Bizarrely, I feel WAY more comfortable swinging at pitches on the right side of the screen regardless of which side I'm batting from. I just naturally flick my analog stick diagonally up to the right. So my lefty hitters are always sitting on inside pitches they can pull hard and my righties are always smoothly going the opposite way with something on the outside of the plate. Knowing this has impacted my personnel strategies, because I mostly need my power hitters to be lefties (so I can yank the ball with authority), and I no longer value power from right-handed hitters because I know I'm mostly going to just be slapping balls for singles and doubles.