I have been tapping B when I throw a pokeball (and when it is catching the pokemon) since forever. Do you guys do this or know if it does anything?

lol. I thought I was the only freak that did that. I try to tap A every time the pokeball shakes. I'm weird.  :P

I used to hold A while playing Pokemon and then realised what I was doing and how it made no difference, so I don't do anything anymore.
After observing friends I noticed they all have their own thing, some tap directional buttons, some mash A or B and one Holds left and A while seeing how much damage an attack does!

I tap A.

It definitely helps.

" I hold the A button, I don't think it does anything at all. "

I hold A and B every time.

I close my eyes when catching a pokemon I really want as if looking at the screen will jynx it for me.
I used to hold A and B together back with Red and Blue version after a friend told me it increased your chances to catch pokemon. It didn't help me logically that a pokemon I couldn't catch normally was suddenly held inside the pokeball when I finally tried it out for the first time.

I imagine the Pokeball about to burst open every second. I think as hard as I can. Why? Because the game never gives you what you want, so if you want the Pokemon to escape, the Pokemon will be captured. I interact not by button mashing, but with my mind.

You have to hold down and b to ensure capture success.

Just to make sure everyone knows, pressing any buttons during the catching process doesn't do anything. As soon as you press to throw the pokeball the game already knows if it's going to catch the thing or not.

I tap 'A' when the pokeball opens,  hold it for the first two shakes, and then release. 
  
I can't remember why I started (I want to say I got some Nintendo email that said to do as much, but that sounds ridiculous), but I do know I started while playing through LeafGreen. 
 
I dunno. Seems to work for me. Hahaha

I do all kinds of tapping and button pressing.   It does nothing I'm sure, but it's from the irrational remnants of my childhood.

Hammer every button like I'm playing a Fighting Game.

hold b and and left direction button

Approximately, the probability of catching a Pokémon starts with the species' catch rate divided by 255. Then it is multiplied by the following factors:

• The health of the Pokémon (relative to its full health), which can penalize up to ⅓× at full health.
• The type of Poké Ball, which can augment by some ×.
• The status of the wild Pokémon, i.e. 2× increase for sleep or freeze, and 1.5× for others.

The effects stack multiplicatively — for example, a 2× and a 3× will combine to be 6×. If the calculation ends up greater than 1, the wild Pokémon is assured to be caught.

No, it would be a waste of my effort. It doesn't affect the catch rate at all.

I subscribe to the Down + B method.  I've done it all my life and I can't stop.

I tap A. How can anyone expect to catch pokemons without tapping A? 

When I was a kid I heard that rapidly pressing a while the ball is thrown then holding a and b after the Pokemon was inside the ball would guarantee the capture.I now know that this is bullshit, but I still do it anyway.

" I subscribe to the Down + B method.  I've done it all my life and I can't stop. "

I press both buttons as the ball shakes. Everytime I test it on an emulator, against some full health Pidgey or something at the start of the game, the ball always breaks if I do nothing, but its an easy capture if I do press.

Up, down, left, right, A + start......opps wrong game

I've been doing it for years, now i know im not alone!

I didn't need to press anything in red/blue, because I multiplied the master ball.

I've been doing it ever since I played Pokemon Red on my blue Gameboy Pocket. (I always hit Up +B.) I think I had read some fake cheat code as a kid and convinced myself that it up'd the odds of catching the pokemon.

You have to press every button to catch it for sure.
 
 
Even the power one.

down and b for me as soon as the pokemon is in the ball, it doesnt do a thing but its a weird habit ive had ever since red and blue

"Pokemon Catch Rate 
 
 

Approximately, the probability of catching a Pokémon starts with the species' catch rate divided by 255. Then it is multiplied by the following factors:

• The health of the Pokémon (relative to its full health), which can penalize up to ⅓× at full health.
• The type of Poké Ball, which can augment by some ×.
• The status of the wild Pokémon, i.e. 2× increase for sleep or freeze, and 1.5× for others.

The effects stack multiplicatively — for example, a 2× and a 3× will combine to be 6×. If the calculation ends up greater than 1, the wild Pokémon is assured to be caught.

 
 

 

 

  Button presses do not enter the equation at all.  "

I used to do down and B, but it seems like it backfires more often than not in heart gold and soul silver so I quickly learned to stop.

" No, it would be a waste of my effort. It doesn't affect the catch rate at all. "

I did until I found out that that it does nothing what-so-ever.

i hold L+R+START+A+B+Y+X+SELECT+ i tap the screen + i move the volume up and down + i turn the power off and on too

I've never done it because I know for a fact it doesn't increase catch rates, despite what some people think.

Yup, I admit to be an A + B alternator when I'm catching my Pokemon. It's definitely a placebo effect kinda thing but that just how I roll!!

Down and B as soon as the ball opens, and up and B for ultra balls.
But I broke the habbit with Ruby/Sapphire when they changed a lot of the animations and it no longer felt like it was having an effect.
 
But for the record, no combination of buttons or tapping ever has ever had an effect on the capture rate.

i hold a from when i press the throw button then switch to holding b as soon as it hits.  I know this doesn't do anything but i caught a Articuno with a pokeball with full health which was pretty awesome

only thing i do is if its a legendary and i swear everytime i throw any type of pokeball after a lil battle and then just throw my ds to the ground or turn it away... its a 100% cetch rate...

I thought I had read somewhere that tapping the buttons actually worked...  Guess not.  I usually just rapidly tap A.

I used to have this convoluted directional + A/B alternating method that I used, but have since given up and just hold A.

In my neck of the woods, you rolled your thumb around the D-pad.