New player question - how to stop my player from running past bases?

[Dingazoid_XBL]

I am regularly getting tagged out because instead of stopping at bases when I stop moving the left stick, my character just keeps running. Then I try to double back but the animation is incredibly slow, and sometimes he'll disobey me and continue running to the next base only to get tagged out. How do I get around this issue? Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Dingazoid_XBL]

I think I'm just having trouble moving my character in general. I am playing shortstop and when the ball is hit towards me the game puts arrows on the ground. But if I push the left stick in the direction of those arrows (I presumed to recover the ball and make a play), my character is incredibly slow to respond. I have caught or recovered some balls hit nearer to the character model, but anything even a few steps away gets past me. My character takes a few fumbling steps, tends to stop suddenly, awkwardly spin around. Is there a run button I'm unaware of maybe?

[Spin_Doctor01_PSN]

@dingazoid_xbl said in New player question - how to stop my player from running past bases?:

I am regularly getting tagged out because instead of stopping at bases when I stop moving the left stick, my character just keeps running. Then I try to double back but the animation is incredibly slow, and sometimes he'll disobey me and continue running to the next base only to get tagged out. How do I get around this issue? Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

I'm kinda new at this also, and I decided to use "classic base running" to avoid the left stick issues. Classic is, R1 to advance and L1 to retreat back to the bag. I assume the left stick works somehow because people use it regularly, but I prefer classic. Just hold it down to advance multiple bags and let it go before you pull up to the base you want.

As far as using left stick to field the ball, don't try to move too close to the ball, UNLESS it's hit right to you and you are charging the ball. Just get in front of it and the character will field it. Also could be that your character has slow reactions, so makes awkward moves. I noticed this also in RttS, and eventually he started making beautiful plays once he got some experience. I'm playing MLB 20, but should still be the same.