When To Stride ??

[southpawOG]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeterboy12

ANOLOG HITTING ONLY! If the batter has a high leg kick, start right after the pitcher breaks his hands, short leg kick start at the release point, it might take practice but after a while it becomes easy

so it's different for every batter?

[NCAAFootballFreak]

Quote: Originally Posted by southpawOG

so it's different for every batter?

Essentially, yes. When you "edit" a player, you can look at their stride setting. You can actually go in to each of your hitters and give them all essentially the same "stride" if that will help you get more resistant results with each of your hitters.

However, I like the variety and the challenge of learning my team. It's fun thinking "Okay, this is Beltre -- he has a big stride and I need to start with him a little earlier. Meanwhile, Andrus barely strides at all so I can wait a bit with him."

[bcruise]

To be honest, I don't even think about the stride timing among different batters and pitchers because I know the general point at which to step in order to get normal results. I'm not one who has to get "Perfect" every time, nor is it necessary to do that with Analog Hitting. Even just early or just late will give you a PCI that covers the same typical third of the plate that zone does (at least on All-Star, although it depends on the pitcher's and hitter's ratings as well). It's when you start getting into Bad Stride territory (which means like over a second early or late) that you only really start taking serious contact penalties, and you almost have to try to accomplish that.

Bottom line is I don't overthink this, and that's what allows me to enjoy it.

[southpawOG]

what is the best timing for hitting the ball and stepping in your stride? for example should i make contact with the ball at the exact time my foot hits the ground or should i step down a little bit before i make contact? thanks

[Senator Palmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by southpawOG

what is the best timing for hitting the ball and stepping in your stride? for example should i make contact with the ball at the exact time my foot hits the ground or should i step down a little bit before i make contact? thanks

I really struggled with this -- I spent endless games going back and forth with my technique -- whether to focus on my player's stride or the pitcher's arm. When I did focus on my player's stride, I got good results by making contact as my player's foot hit the ground, btw.

But then I heard this same question asked to a developer (can't remember if I read it, or if it was in the podcast I referenced), and the the dev said that the player's individual stride didn't really factor into the timing, that it really was about the pitcher's arm.

I can tell you that the best and most consistent results I have gotten (good to perfect) has been from the technique of pulling back on the analog just as the pitcher's arm apexes in his motion and just ignore your guy's stride. I don't always like the animations in replays. For instance when I have a guy with a short stride I'll pull the stick back with the pitcher's arm pointed at center field and his foot will hit and wait on the ball, but the feedback will say "perfect" stride timing.

All in all, whichever way you go, as cruise mentioned, it's best not to overthink it. I found when I get too focused on my stride timing I get messy at the plate.

[nomo17k]

I don't think stride timing is different for hitters with different strides. The original comment by Brian@SCEA was that the best stride timing is determined relative to the pitch (speed). I also remember a tiny bit disappointed when I read that the stride timing was not tied to the swing animation. I don't exactly remember where I read that... it could be theshownation.com not here.