Watch as Coach explains, and players demonstrate the Hard Away Hanger Hitting Drill. The hanger is a simulated hanging breaking ball in which the hitters call soft and up. They want the hitter to swing at this pitch as the pitcher made a mistake and they must make him pay.
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