This forces you to choose whether your batsman will play on the front or back foot, which again requires more shoulder button pressing.
On top of that, there's also a foot selection option (which is thankfully an automated thing, unless you go into the options and switch it over to manual). You also influence the shot your batsman will play by holding L1 to add loft (when attempting to hit the ball over the top of the field), or R1 for advancing down the crease if you decide to attack something short or slow.
