Methods and systems for directional baseball hitting

A method comprising:

• for each round r of R rounds:
• for each hitter h of H hitters of a first team T1 for the round r:
• pitching, by a pitcher of the first team T1 for the round r, balls from a pitching area of a baseball field to the hitter h of the H hitters of the first team T1 for the round r during a hitting period for the hitter h of the H hitters of the first team T1 for the round r;
• swinging, by the hitter h of the H hitters of the first team T1 for the round r, a bat at one or more of the pitches from the pitcher of the first team T1 for the round r;
• for each swing of the hitter h of the H hitters of the first team T1 for the round r, determining whether the swing resulted in a ball meeting hit requirements and a round requirement for the round r and awarding a point if the swing was determined to result in the ball meeting the hit requirements and the round requirement for the round r;
• and
• summing the points awarded to the hitter h to obtain a round hitter point total prh for the hitter h of the H hitters of the first team T1 for the round r;
• summing the round hitter point totals prh for the H hitters of the first team T1 for the round r to obtain a first team round point total PrT1;
• for each hitter h of H hitters of a second team T2 for the round r:
• pitching, by a pitcher of the second team T2 for the round r, balls from the pitching area of the baseball field to the hitter h of the H hitters of the second team T2 for the round r during a hitting period for the hitter h of the H hitters of the second team T2 for the round r;
• swinging, by the hitter h of the H hitters of the second team T2 for the round r, a bat at one or more of the pitches from the pitcher of the second team T2 for the round r;
• for each swing of the hitter h of the H hitters of the second team T2 for the round r, determining whether the swing resulted in a ball meeting the hit requirements and the round requirement for the round r and awarding a point if the swing was determined to result in the ball meeting the hit requirements and the round requirement for the round r;
• and
• summing the points awarded to the hitter h to obtain a round hitter point total prh for the hitter h of the H hitters of the second team T2 for the round r;
• and
• summing the round hitter point totals prh for the H hitters of the second team T2 for the round r to obtain a second team round point total PrT2;
• wherein R is an integer greater than 1, and H is an integer greater than 1;
• wherein the hit requirements comprise the ball not being a foul ball, and the round requirements for at least two of the R rounds comprise different ones of a set of round requirements comprising:
• the ball landing in or finishing in a left field portion of an outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in or finishing in a center field portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in or finishing in a right field portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in or finishing in a pull-side portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in or finishing in an opposite field portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in the left field portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in the center field portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in the right field portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• the ball landing in the pull-side portion of the outfield of the baseball field;
• and
• the ball landing in the opposite field portion of the outfield of the baseball field.