Ok plain and simple. i cannot bat. Oh I can swing it. And I can hit it. And it goes 6 feet 2 mph.
Sometimes it goes 10 feet.
And then doing the same thing as before it bounces over for 4. But that happens once.
Andthis is what I have noticed. When I bat I hold up on L stick and press up on R stick to hit the ball. My played does the same batting animation every time. I may push the R stick up and left or up and right or just right or left and my player does the same hands on top of the bat straight drive looking shot.
Meanwhile I see the cpu twist and contort and get the bat sideways when batting to get their hits.
If I can do this via the controller please tell me how because I only see one batting animation over and over again. I tried holding down on L stick to get on the back foot and my player just took the ball, watching it hit the stumps.
I stink at this game.
Just went back into the tutorial and put it on pro and batting. Perfect timing, perfect foot placement. Over and over again. I am lost.
Edit: this is working in practice and for anyone else struggling to bat. Preload your swing/stroke on the R stick. Pull it back and hold it before the bowler even moves. I can finally hit red balls now. And I am seeing different batting animations.
Nowhere in the game does it say to do this.