Timing analog hitting

[mcbrad]

Analog hitting seems real smooth and more of a in control feeling with hitting. I am having a problem with the timing though. Does it seem that the timing per hitter is really different depending on the stride they take. When i go though my order and from a guy with a small stride to a big one it kills my timing, and vise versa. 3 games 8 hits, all singles...ouch

[HedoRick]

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havent met a guy yet who has been able to effectively use this new analog hitting out of the box. All the guys at my workplace had to switch back to timing hitting.

[dkrause1971]

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I have had a bear of a time getting hits with analog. I played 34 innings with analog on the retail version and had i believe 7 hits. That is not counting a few hours of practice mode time. I switched to zone in the 8th inning of that fourth game and hit three homers in the last two innings, then hit another three with two doubles in the game after that. I don't know if i was stepping too early which zapped my power or what.

[agentlaw13]

Yeah with analog hitting you have to get adjusted to each batters different strides and time them appropriately to determine good contact. I take a practice swing with each player just to see their stride and determine how to time it with the pitchers delivery. I dont consider myself an excellent hitter but my first game i played with the indians vs the orioles and i had 8 runs on 14 hits with 4 bombs (all star level). Most of them came off Guthrie and he was pulled after the 5th. I only had about 4 hits the rest of the game bc of the different relief pitchers and having to adjust to their releases. Thats what i love about the analog hitting. You have to make adjustments just like in real life. I think if you practice and play with analog hitting more, you will come to enjoy it like myself.

[willIam9387]

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Yeah with analog hitting you have to get adjusted to each batters different strides and time them appropriately to determine good contact. I take a practice swing with each player just to see their stride and determine how to time it with the pitchers delivery. I dont consider myself an excellent hitter but my first game i played with the indians vs the orioles and i had 8 runs on 14 hits with 4 bombs (all star level). Most of them came off Guthrie and he was pulled after the 5th. I only had about 4 hits the rest of the game bc of the different relief pitchers and having to adjust to their releases. Thats what i love about the analog hitting. You have to make adjustments just like in real life. I think if you practice and play with analog hitting more, you will come to enjoy it like myself.

Yeah I def agree you really need to play a couple times with a team to get a feel for their hitter's stances in reference to timing and what not. My first two games I played with my phils and only managed two runs in two games, embarassing I know, but I had plenty of hits and hard hit outs in my second game to get my confidence going. Then this morning, I played to two games against using the dodgers and the tigers, I was totally in a funk hitting, like only managing dribblers and pop ups. So you def have to get familiar with the timing because when using a team for the first time it feels really awkward lol and your timing prob will be off.

[Mos1ted]

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I had 13 hits in my first game out of the box on All-Star after spending 30 minutes in practice mode. I suggest giving practice mode a try as it's really informative on the different aspects of hitting.

[idrisguitar]

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the practice modes sound great.

im sure struggles will lower once the game has been out longer and lots of people give it their time and patience.

[mcbrad]

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My problem is I want to get into my franchise now..lol. I think I will make a RTTS guy and use analog hitting to get better at it, since I love the way it feels when solid contact is made. I made the switch back to zone for not in my franchise. I think the players that play every game in a season will like it better than guys who sim a lot of games to get years into franchises since they will get more practice witht he same guys. I do fine in practice mode, but when I get into a game and there are different strides im screwed. I bet Jose Bautista's will really mess people up since its do high. Buster Posey also

[oldman]

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Timing question here:

When using Analog hitting, can you push down on the right stick(load it up) before the pitcher throws, or do you have to do it in stride with the pitchers throwing motion?

[baseballsim]

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Timing question here:

When using Analog hitting, can you push down on the right stick(load it up) before the pitcher throws, or do you have to do it in stride with the pitchers throwing motion?

I believe the tutorial says to begin your stride just when the ball leaves the pitcher's hands.

[mcbrad]

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Timing question here:

When using Analog hitting, can you push down on the right stick(load it up) before the pitcher throws, or do you have to do it in stride with the pitchers throwing motion?

Push down to take stride/leg kick the up to swing

[idrisguitar]

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you HAVE to time you back stride right, and its just after the ball has left the pitchers hand,

you cant preload your backstep otherwise your hitting is SEVERELY penalized.

[jmik58]

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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...

[HedoRick]

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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...

I played some minor league baseball and coach at a college. We had a saying one of our old hitting coaches would say. When a pitcher shows you his ***hole (another word for posterior), you show him yours. Hitter should be loading/striding right about the time he is lifting his leg exposing his backside to the hitter.

[oldman]

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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...

Excellent explanation. Thanks for the help.

One more question, I did not keep up with reading how all of this worked before hand. On the Analog hitting, if the pitch is outside, do I have to push the right stick to the outside as I swing or is what direction I am swinging at determined by use of the left stick? Thanks.