That was the most dumb downed simplified way to explain hitting tips. Exactly how it should be. Perfect explanations and not over complicating it like a lot of people do. Cool to see you use the tips you're giving too.
I just bought The Show for the very first time, a complete newbie. This just blows me away right now, I’m still trying to get a good eye on the pitches and your video has given me a a few ideas to begin working on. Great video.
This is definitely one of the most instructive hitting videos I’ve seen. I’ll take this to my game hope to improve. I’ve done the practice mode before but I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone explain the thoughts behind each pitch of an at bat. Thank you for making this Adam!
when I was heavily invested in Madden, Throne's "Inside the Mind" was my favorite madden series to watch and this is the exact same concept. Please make this a regular thing
You identifying your pitch recognition is so cool to see. From watching you, Ochev, Kyle, your guys consistency with PCI placement is what puts you way ahead of the rest IMO
Thank you for the video. Ive been a PC player for a few years now but I recently got a Switch and im glad MLB the show is just as fun as I remembered. My hitting is atrocious tho lol. I would love to see more in depth guides on how things work.
Man I have been STRUGGLING with this ever since I started playing. Given I only started a couple months ago but as a baseball lover who loves to game, it’s been very stressful and almost embarrassing with how horrible I am at batting in this game… but after seeing your video I tweaked my settings and tinkered in practice for probably a solid 12 hours and now you’d never guess I used to be horrible at this game (or atleast a little less sucky lol) thank you! I can’t tell you how much your video is appreciated. You have my follow and subscribe sir!
The most important tip....stop playing on a big screen TV. Invest in a gaming monitor. Refresh rate it more important than you can imagine. Spend the $100 and get a gaming monitor and you will be able to see the ball 100 times better. Switched from a TV to a monitor last year and I went from allstar to world series ranks and went from a .250 batting average to over a .400 batting average.
Exactly what I mean by intangibles. One guy on a monitor one is not. One got this somebody else got that. 3 different platforms. Xbox ps4 ps5. Never an even playing field It’s the twilight zone Only resembles baseball in the fact that there is a bat and ball involved. It’s a card vending commercial
Ok so idk about yall but this changed my life on mlb lol…. So what’s crazy is I never watched the ball I would watch the strike zone and make a judgment call last minute. Now I watch the ball all the way from the pitchers hand to the zone I have way better pci placement and more time to read and react
I tried playing MLB the show two times in the past three years, (I skipped last years game) but I always felt the hitting and timing was so hard and frustrating that I honestly just gave up and went back to playing hockey 😂! This video has given me hope! I am determined to give an honest effort and spend at least ten minutes a day in the practice area to get used to tracking pitches with the pci and also work on my swing timing! Great video! You earned my like and subscribe!
@@AdamSamuels I already watched your recent video about Kontrol Freak.. which led me to this video, and I also ordered my own Kontrol Freak on Amazon 😂! I will definitely watch your other video(s)! Thanks and keep up the great content!
I feel like I see the ball so much better when I just only look at the pitcher, and then I use a control freak on my pci, I also just practice moving my pci into uncomfortable spots in the zone to get the reflex down
The number one thing I'm struggling with is my timing. I'm swinging at off speed pitches very early almost everytime and I'm swinging at fast balls either very early or late. Any tips to help me improve this? Thanks!
Ever since 2012 I’ve set the guess pitch to pci and it shows me where the pitch lands and allows me to move the pci. Now my pci gets locked. How can I change that?
So i can actually answer the whole, "where are you looking question" least when it came to me. I found myself looking toqards the leg of my batter. Mainly because thats what i used to help me time up pitches to the inside. I struggled with inside pitches the most back in 23, so i looked up some tips on how to hit them. The advice the video gave was watch the leg, they tend to do the leg kick thing at around the time you should swing inside. Feel like that probably is why i then started doing better with low pitches and struggled with higher ones. I found myself looking down more than towards the hand.
This one is really hard this year ive been around Veteran to All Star mostly but If you can’t catch up to the fastball in this version even Rookie cpu is difficult
I don’t. I used to use kontrol freeks when I was on PS5 but my Xbox controller basically has the same joystick as I had on PS5 so I don’t need. But having rings or KFs is all preference. I was bad at first. Once I started streaming & playing basically every day is when I found my rhythm & started becoming good
I appreciate your effort in trying to make hitting more approachable. You are doing a very good job in explaining things...and then talking us through a game, is quite helpful. I try a new set of tips every year, and i have never had someone suggest taking pitches and just practicing PCI movement...that seems obvious, but never ive had anyone suggest it. Thanks! I enjoyed your video presentation style, and will definitely be watching more of your content. Last thing -- are you underwhelmed by this years version of "The Show"? Im quite disappointed with it. Between the hideous art design, ZERO attention being paid to big problems in franchise, & road to the show, and ZERO attention being paid to hitting (contact hitters are STILL worthless, which is unacceptable) - It seems like they just put out last years game, again, with uglier everything. Diamond Dynasty even has uglier cards. Everything is just so stale and its only been a couple days. I usually play all year round, but i dont know....i cant see even making through the whole baseball season. Just wondered what a content creator thought. Anyway -- Thanks again - Cheers!
No. Ya know what no one else talks about??? Not camera, not pci... EVERYONE talks about those ..no one talks about cutting out half of the strike zone using quadrant guessing.
@@matthewreynolds9711 thanks for marking out to me!!! I dont understand how its not hard to hit off something thats reading every one of your inputs, but Im not a gen zerr chud muffin like you so Im not trying to get better at video games. I wouldn't understand what thats like.
@@AdamSamuels Thanks for the answer!! Great video by the way..been practicing this in the show 23 getting ready for the 24 tomorrow and has helped tons!!!
Bro you trying not to smile while showing you put your thumb on the stick made me bust out laughing. Lol yea so this is how i place my thumb down on my stick. I know people do ask. I guess they want to know if it's better to have tour thumb just on the edge or middle. But it was funny watching you be like yea just put your thumb down on your left stick lol
I don’t know what y’all playing but the ball coming in a lot faster and does not look like a beach ball like it does when I watch these videos. On all star the CPU pitches like Nolqn Ryan with a 70 rated pitcher Online hitting is like attacking a gorilla with a nerf bat Y’all playing somethingvelse
@@RonRon0110 just turn on quadrant guessing in the settings. Then guess a big zone. Up, down, left, or right. If it doesn't lock, dont look at that half of the zone. If your playing a human, it works 100% of the time cause people know your doing that, and humans aim for quadrants like that, either up down left or right. If your playing the cpu on all star or above, then every know and then the cpu will read your inputs. Instead of pitching opposite of the zone you guess, it will put a pitch JUST outside the zone cause it knows that a human will pitch opposite the zone so you wont be looking at that side. No matter how bad the pitcher is, the cpu will dot it just out the zone. But other then that, you are making hitting MUCH easier cause you are only looking at HALF of the zone. And if it locks, well then its either a homer, or a ball.
That was the most dumb downed simplified way to explain hitting tips. Exactly how it should be. Perfect explanations and not over complicating it like a lot of people do. Cool to see you use the tips you're giving too.
"Do you wanna hit like this?"
*clip of Joc Pederson loudly swearing after popping out*
I just bought The Show for the very first time, a complete newbie. This just blows me away right now, I’m still trying to get a good eye on the pitches and your video has given me a a few ideas to begin working on. Great video.
This is definitely one of the most instructive hitting videos I’ve seen. I’ll take this to my game hope to improve. I’ve done the practice mode before but I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone explain the thoughts behind each pitch of an at bat. Thank you for making this Adam!
This was massively helpful. Thank you for taking the time to put put this video out because it was great to see something more than just settlings
Please keep these types of hitting videos coming! Great job Adam love the content! ❤
Love the fact that you did gameplay situations in the hitting tips vid this year. Great addition.
when I was heavily invested in Madden, Throne's "Inside the Mind" was my favorite madden series to watch and this is the exact same concept. Please make this a regular thing
Throne the madden goat fr
Thanks for the instructive helpful content. People like me who are not great at the game really benefit from this content
Great video man appreciate all the effort that went into it
You are an expert!!!! I appreciate you explaining it to us like we r just starting because most of us are...
You identifying your pitch recognition is so cool to see. From watching you, Ochev, Kyle, your guys consistency with PCI placement is what puts you way ahead of the rest IMO
great video adam. really helped me out
Thank you for the video. Ive been a PC player for a few years now but I recently got a Switch and im glad MLB the show is just as fun as I remembered. My hitting is atrocious tho lol. I would love to see more in depth guides on how things work.
Super helpful video. Thanks, Adam!
Man I have been STRUGGLING with this ever since I started playing. Given I only started a couple months ago but as a baseball lover who loves to game, it’s been very stressful and almost embarrassing with how horrible I am at batting in this game… but after seeing your video I tweaked my settings and tinkered in practice for probably a solid 12 hours and now you’d never guess I used to be horrible at this game (or atleast a little less sucky lol) thank you! I can’t tell you how much your video is appreciated. You have my follow and subscribe sir!
I love this so much. I am so happy this video has helped you
Loved this. I would greatly enjoy this but in ranked, like others have mentioned!
New to the game & loved your video. You earned a sub
You seem like a cool dude, and gave good tips. You’ve made another subscriber!
Thanks bro, I was really struggling.
you just taught me a whole new way to play the game. will try it tomorrow for sure thanks bro ! 😊
I would literally swing at everything
As a new player this year this video was amazing!
Amazing video man thank you
Your really should make this a series bruh. Great info
Love this creative tutorial man. I watched whole video thanx pls more
Check out my “Mastering the show” series! It’s exactly like this!
Love to see it adam
Definitely going to try this
The most important tip....stop playing on a big screen TV. Invest in a gaming monitor. Refresh rate it more important than you can imagine. Spend the $100 and get a gaming monitor and you will be able to see the ball 100 times better. Switched from a TV to a monitor last year and I went from allstar to world series ranks and went from a .250 batting average to over a .400 batting average.
Exactly what I mean by intangibles. One guy on a monitor one is not. One got this somebody else got that. 3 different platforms. Xbox ps4 ps5. Never an even playing field It’s the twilight zone Only resembles baseball in the fact that there is a bat and ball involved. It’s a card vending commercial
I would absolutely watch content like this to help me become a better player and learn from you
Ok so idk about yall but this changed my life on mlb lol….
So what’s crazy is I never watched the ball I would watch the strike zone and make a judgment call last minute. Now I watch the ball all the way from the pitchers hand to the zone I have way better pci placement and more time to read and react
Let’s go man!
I tried playing MLB the show two times in the past three years, (I skipped last years game) but I always felt the hitting and timing was so hard and frustrating that I honestly just gave up and went back to playing hockey 😂! This video has given me hope! I am determined to give an honest effort and spend at least ten minutes a day in the practice area to get used to tracking pitches with the pci and also work on my swing timing! Great video! You earned my like and subscribe!
Thank you! I also have a video titled “Mastering MLB The Show” I promise that will help you out as well!
@@AdamSamuels I already watched your recent video about Kontrol Freak.. which led me to this video, and I also ordered my own Kontrol Freak on Amazon 😂! I will definitely watch your other video(s)! Thanks and keep up the great content!
Great video. See u in ur streams 😎
Amazing stuff right here
My brother and I just got some joystick rings to help us hit and it really helps a lot
Best hitting video I’ve seen
I feel like I see the ball so much better when I just only look at the pitcher, and then I use a control freak on my pci, I also just practice moving my pci into uncomfortable spots in the zone to get the reflex down
Thanks for the video. I haven't played online yet bc im scared i will get crushed. Im going to try this out. I will let you know how it goes.
Thank you for showing how you hold the L-stick for hitting. I'm trying this and it's working wonders so far...
Thank you help me so much dude😂
What an awesome video
solid play by play analysis
Amazing content. Could u do this in ranked games?
I can!
More videos like these please
My problem is I swing to early or to late and idk how to fix it. I'm swinging to early on off speed pitches that I should be crushing
The number one thing I'm struggling with is my timing. I'm swinging at off speed pitches very early almost everytime and I'm swinging at fast balls either very early or late. Any tips to help me improve this? Thanks!
Ever since 2012 I’ve set the guess pitch to pci and it shows me where the pitch lands and allows me to move the pci. Now my pci gets locked. How can I change that?
Thanks
I don’t have the game yet but can you do one for pitching
Trying to get into baseball and MLB the Show. This convinced me to try at least
Let’s go man! I stream on twitch. If you ever have questions you can come hang out & we’ll answer any questions you got! I hope you enjoy both!
#1 hitting video :)
Are you swinging Power, Normal or Contact every time?
So i can actually answer the whole, "where are you looking question" least when it came to me. I found myself looking toqards the leg of my batter. Mainly because thats what i used to help me time up pitches to the inside. I struggled with inside pitches the most back in 23, so i looked up some tips on how to hit them. The advice the video gave was watch the leg, they tend to do the leg kick thing at around the time you should swing inside. Feel like that probably is why i then started doing better with low pitches and struggled with higher ones. I found myself looking down more than towards the hand.
The hard part of hitting is timing? I always gets very early or very late. Any tips on timing the hit??
my goat
Please start a series named “behind the eyes of Adam” where you talk us through an entire game!
This one is really hard this year ive been around Veteran to All Star mostly but If you can’t catch up to the fastball in this version even Rookie cpu is difficult
Two questions... do you use anything on ur controller like precision rings or freaks? And how long did it take u to become a top player? Just curious
I don’t. I used to use kontrol freeks when I was on PS5 but my Xbox controller basically has the same joystick as I had on PS5 so I don’t need. But having rings or KFs is all preference. I was bad at first. Once I started streaming & playing basically every day is when I found my rhythm & started becoming good
To the MOOOOOON!!!
How can I practice hitting in MLB The Show 24 on Xbox Series X?
I just can’t use zone. If I do I’m always late cause I’m trying to find the balls spot
I appreciate your effort in trying to make hitting more approachable. You are doing a very good job in explaining things...and then talking us through a game, is quite helpful. I try a new set of tips every year, and i have never had someone suggest taking pitches and just practicing PCI movement...that seems obvious, but never ive had anyone suggest it. Thanks!
I enjoyed your video presentation style, and will definitely be watching more of your content.
Last thing -- are you underwhelmed by this years version of "The Show"? Im quite disappointed with it. Between the hideous art design, ZERO attention being paid to big problems in franchise, & road to the show, and ZERO attention being paid to hitting (contact hitters are STILL worthless, which is unacceptable) - It seems like they just put out last years game, again, with uglier everything. Diamond Dynasty even has uglier cards. Everything is just so stale and its only been a couple days. I usually play all year round, but i dont know....i cant see even making through the whole baseball season. Just wondered what a content creator thought.
Anyway -- Thanks again - Cheers!
No. Ya know what no one else talks about??? Not camera, not pci... EVERYONE talks about those ..no one talks about cutting out half of the strike zone using quadrant guessing.
Can’t guess pitch online
@@flickeey no one EVER said anything about online only in this video. Thanks for marking out to me this late!!! Always love free entertainment.
Because you can’t do it online and if you want to get better your playing online it’s not hard to hit off cpu
@@matthewreynolds9711 thanks for marking out to me!!! I dont understand how its not hard to hit off something thats reading every one of your inputs, but Im not a gen zerr chud muffin like you so Im not trying to get better at video games. I wouldn't understand what thats like.
I have a noob question, newish to the Show, what swing type do people normally use.......contact, normal, or power? Thanks in advance!
Normal swing every time! You see use power swing in like the veteran difficulty moments but 99.9% of the time you should normal swing
@@AdamSamuels Thanks for the answer!! Great video by the way..been practicing this in the show 23 getting ready for the 24 tomorrow and has helped tons!!!
What hitting view is this ?
To add to this amazing video don’t slam your pci smooth and easy
Bro you trying not to smile while showing you put your thumb on the stick made me bust out laughing. Lol yea so this is how i place my thumb down on my stick. I know people do ask. I guess they want to know if it's better to have tour thumb just on the edge or middle. But it was funny watching you be like yea just put your thumb down on your left stick lol
goat
Just wondering why you showed your thumb placement on an Xbox controller. This is a PlayStation game right?
Nah. PS/xbox/switch now
Yeeessss!!!
I hit a ball to the moon after watching this
How do I hit constant inside out bloops? Then bombs lol 😂
Why not hitting camera view catcher?
Im a novice, a brit and i dont know alot about baseball. This video is invaluable to me lol
God loves you guys!
Aye 1st like and comment
30 seconds 1 view come on Adam
I hit five bombs in a roll Because I use the hitting tips😂😂
Just play every conquest and mini szn on allstar
You would be a fucking goat with control freaks and precision rings
is the game out?
Comes out at midnight tonight
@@AdamSamuels ook thanks
Am I the only person who hunts for the breaking ball at the bottom of the zone
You’re not alone
I don’t know what y’all playing but the ball coming in a lot faster and does not look like a beach ball like it does when I watch these videos. On all star the CPU pitches like Nolqn Ryan with a 70 rated pitcher Online hitting is like attacking a gorilla with a nerf bat Y’all playing somethingvelse
Nah we are all playing the same thing. The difference is when you're watching, you dont have to react to the pitch so it seems slower
Practice and get used to failing. Just like real baseball:)
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I bet this guy makes NO MENTION about cutting out half of the strike zone using quadrant guessing. Watch!!!
I’m new can you explain what that is and how to turn it on
@@RonRon0110 just turn on quadrant guessing in the settings. Then guess a big zone. Up, down, left, or right. If it doesn't lock, dont look at that half of the zone. If your playing a human, it works 100% of the time cause people know your doing that, and humans aim for quadrants like that, either up down left or right. If your playing the cpu on all star or above, then every know and then the cpu will read your inputs. Instead of pitching opposite of the zone you guess, it will put a pitch JUST outside the zone cause it knows that a human will pitch opposite the zone so you wont be looking at that side. No matter how bad the pitcher is, the cpu will dot it just out the zone. But other then that, you are making hitting MUCH easier cause you are only looking at HALF of the zone. And if it locks, well then its either a homer, or a ball.
Everybody playing something different online. Too many Antilles to take anything about I under face value. Therefore a waste of perspiration
Intangibles was the word I intended Smart phone my hiney
I still suck it’s not you it’s me I’m am so bad
Youve never seen anybody do this type of video. Gtfoh lol cbrev started this