Just in case this hasn’t been posted yet in the South Florida Scout Group chat

Dream careers do not land at your doorstep They are relentlessly pursued, chased down, tackled, wrestled with and eventually captured by force If you’re often sitting around and scrolling, it’s likely your dream career will remain only a dream

I’ve had so many good players who did everything myself and staff have asked them to do Not a single one of the great ones that we’ve had only did what we asked, they went far above and beyond what we asked What the coaches ask for is typically the bare minimum

I rarely block people, but I will if it's clearly a profile created to troll... And I wonder what these people tell their friends when they get these accounts blocked by someone Is it: "You'll never believe it, my troll account got blocked today! That guy is a coward!' 🤦‍♂️

So many talk about the fear of failure, and how it can affect a players PD journey Bullshit The fear of being great is what is actually in your way Because if you don’t risk it all, you can’t lose it all You’d rather have your friends like you than be envious of you If you go all out and fail, you have to deal with and face the reality that you weren’t good enough, and 99.9% of humans on earth can’t face that fact So this causes us to take the easy road… Middle of coach talking - ‘Funny Joke!’ Playing catch - ‘Today at school…!’ Before practice- ‘Barely there’ After practice- ‘First one out’ It’s like that first pimple in high school or first rejection by a girl or the first time we really messed up and failed a test or class… We felt less than what we actually were and didn’t know how to cope If you truly wan to pursue your own personal ceiling, you really want to find out how good you can truly be, there is only one response to all of this above: Fuck it, I am who I am ! And if you find a way to become unshackled by this you can cleanly walk through the path that has already been laid for you and already been designed for you, you’re free and clear of any rope or chain that might grab hold This whole entire thing… it’s obviously skill to a certain degree, but it’s mostly mindset I stake my name on that

Hate losing or love winning? For me it’s always been an easy choice: Real winners can handle a loss, as a matter of fact, the greatest victories in my life in any regard have come after enduring heartbreaking losses Allow yourself to continually chase those wins

Optimal Coaching & Training Approach for all ages: Ages 5-7: introduce basic concepts, make it seem cool Ages 7-13: foster & promote love for the game Ages 13-15: acknowledge the struggle & survive the funnel Ages 15-19: advance technique & discover physicality Ages 19-X: see how good you can become

Anyone who is currently paying money to a hitting/pitching/catching coach for one on one lessons should read this post Because I’m going to tell you a story of the best one on one lesson givers I’ve ever met Her name is Miss D’Amico, and she is a musician She taught band at Great Salt Bay Elementary school in Damariscotta, Maine In the Spring of 1995 I watched her lead a middle school band to an awesome performance, my brother was the drummer and it was mesmerizing. My whole class was introduced to her late that school year in music class, she went through and played all kinds of instruments for us. She played the saxophone and what a pro. This was also when the presidential office was respected regardless of party, and Bill Clinton played the sax, the most popular TV show for anyone my age was ‘The Simpsons,’ and Bart used to have cameos ripping the tube. The Fall of 1996 I had convinced my mother to let me play the instrument and she spent $800 on a brand new saxophone for me, and that was a big deal as we were of small means at that time. I told my Mom I wanted to be really good that I wanted to be a jazz legend so she set me up with private lessons for Miss D’Amico. I would go once or twice a week and my Mom paid $50. I had to wash the dishes, mow the lawn, do the laundry, clean the house, wax her car, so on and so forth so that I could make her feel good about spending that money on me I also played sports, soccer in the Fall, basketball in the Winter and baseball in the Spring and Summer. I stayed busy, but I always made time to schedule my lessons with Miss D’Amico. And… she always gave me practice to do outside of her lessons. Always. And… I always did what she asked me to do or more. Actually, I never one time came up short on what she asked me to do. During this time I played in concerts and was able to earn features and solos because I was definitely more advanced than other kids in the band. She constantly lauded me and told me how proud she was of my progress. She challenged me when something was too easy, she worked extra hard with me on skills she knew took a lot of discipline. She was an inspiration because she knew the instrument so well and she knew me so well 16 months in or so when I was in 7th grade, I tried out for a very competitive basketball team which I thought I was a long shot to make. But I made the team. I was the youngest kid on the team and making this team required additional practice time Within two weeks of making the team I realized the day didn’t have enough hours. So did Miss D’Amico. I remember the first time that she gave me work to complete that I hadn’t completed, it was embarrassing because she asked me to play something within 5 minutes of the start of our lesson and once I admitted that I hadn’t done the work, she expressed her disappointment but then we spent our lesson doing the homework I was supposed to do without her. Then, when she finished, she said, ‘You’re mother doesn’t pay me to do homework with you.’ I told her I understood and that it wouldn’t happen again, and we scheduled the next lesson as she gave me the homework that needed to be done beforehand. I was sweating bullets when I showed up to the next lesson and it was because once again, I hadn’t done what I was supposed to do… but I was going to try and fake it. We weren’t 3-4 minutes into the lesson and Miss D’Amico gently asked me if I had done the homework, already knowing the answer. I told her I hadn’t. She sat there quietly for over a minute, so did I She asked me, ‘Ben, do you want to be great in sports?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ Then she said, ‘Do you want to be great at the saxophone?’ And I said ‘Yes.’ Then she said to a 13 year old, ‘The sacrifice it takes to be truly great at both is something your schedule does not allow. If you actually want to be great, my recommendation is to choose one and go with it. You can also do one of them just for fun, if that is an interest of yours.’ Then she pulled a business card out of her pocket and said, ‘Here’s a phone number to the music store next town over, they buy used saxophones if your mother wants to sell them your instrument.’ Then she walked out and left me alone I sat and waited for almost an hour for my Mom to pick me up. When she did, I told her what happened. She didn’t react she just sort of absorbed it. When we got home we got inside and she said, ‘I’ve paid Miss D’Amico almost $4,000 in the last year and a half and we’ve never questioned or had an issue with her judgement. Do you think she’s right?’ I said, ‘Yes probably.’ And she said, ‘What do you want to quit trying to be great at?’ I said, ‘The saxophone I guess.’ She asked for the card to the music store and she called on the spot and told them she would be by the next day with my instrument. After she got off the phone she said, ‘I don’t think we should play just to play.’ And I never touched the instrument again. It was over like that. Miss D’Amico had zero interest in a saxophone player that wanted to be great but didn’t have the commitment to do it. She wanted to save me time, effort and energy and she wanted to pin me to a choice, ‘either you sacrifice or this is a waste, so make that sacrifice or stop with the waste.’ It was a waste of her time as much as it was mine, and even though she was financially benefitting off of giving me lessons, to her it was about the chase of being great. Is the person you’re paying for lessons anything like Miss D’Amico?

Why have our players been able to be so successful AFTER being with us? It’s because we don’t coach to change results, we coach to change the person LASTING LEARNING isn’t just remembering what you were taught It’s being able to understand it, apply it, & ADAPT it when the situation changes If you can only succeed when coach is present, you didn’t truly learn it

Loving and POWERFUL. The ones who couldn't take it were never going to make it anyways

For every ballplayer/coach that can do this on their first try, I’ll donate $50 to Brady McDonald’s effort to raise 1 million for Make-A-Wish in honor of Isaak Reusch, an 11 year old Red Sox fan who recently met Jesus See if you can do it in 12 seconds! #UntouchableChallenge

Whispering should never occur in the dugout… ever Players whispering in the dugout is a massive sign of insecurity If whatever needs to be said can’t be said at a minimum of room temperature, it should just be kept Find a whispering dugout & you’ll find a losing team

‘I’m coaching you right now, I’ll coach your feelings later.’ -Ben Bizier

Coaches across the world let’s help our players w/ awareness by constructively letting them know what irks us the most about them during training/games! I’ll start When player hits a weak popup to 2B & rolls back into the dugout & exclaims to all: ‘Bro this guy sucks’ You go

Ride the Gus Bus!!!

One of the best I ever faced!

I love the Red Sox Always have… & this guy is great at delivering ‘the message’ But… I stake my baseball reputation on these facts: you have 22-23 year old interns/econ grads in charge of day2day communication w/ your AAA & big league guys 2-3 weeks before they show up to camp Players do tell their agents & others close to them your modus operandi So don’t give us all the dog and pony show of ‘it depends on the relationship.’ It doesn’t depend on the relationship!!! It depends on how the player you’re paying a boatload of money to reacts to your ‘coaching.’ If he doesn’t want to hear it or disagrees he goes to Gradum or someone else and gets taught how to hit and you say and do nothing ‘Very specific we know them so well’ dude no you don’t!! 😂 if you did they would all subscribe I think you guys are awesome and I’m glad you’re doing great this season, you’re proving me wrong about how I thought the year would go and I’m glad to write that, keep doing your thing… but let’s not misrepresent it