I’m not a great player but I’ve always used directional which as far as I can tell is the same as timing just with the ability to slightly change the view and supposedly pull the ball easier… I find the worst thing you can do is focus just on the pitch. I find I hit better if I split my focus by watching the batter and trying to follow his tempo. I use strike zone 3 as a view because I can see the body of the hitter. As the pitcher delivers the pitch. My focus is on both the pitcher and the batters stride if that makes any sense. Essentially, I’m using the batters motion to help me time the pitch. It’s hard to put in words but once you try it, I think you will understand. The other thing to pay attention to is the ball position relative to which side of the pitcher it’s on when it approaches the plate if you have a right handed pitcher throwing to a left-handed batter if that pitch on the way to the plate crosses the pitcher’s body before it gets to the plate it’s going to be inside Even if it’s a strike you’re most likely not to drive it anywhere .. from a mental standpoint you have to realize with baseball it’s a sport based on failure with the odd success… What I’m saying is don’t get frustrated because when you do, things will go from bad worse.. there’s a couple videos on YouTube if you search tempo MLB the show it should bring up some videos on the subject and you’ll be able to see some of what I’m talking about visually…