Bryan Frazier

@CoachBacon34 Congratulations, coach Bacon. Best of luck to you, and your family in this exciting new opportunity. God bless.

Hot Springs, here comes the Bacon family! We can’t wait to build meaningful relationships and be part of all that makes this community so special. God is so good! John 10:10

"It's not about beating the other guy.  It's about knowing you did your best to be your best. I think that is the most critical lesson that you can learn from sports." Sports teach you the scoreboard matters, but the real opponent is the standard you set for yourself.

Your body language is a billboard for your mental toughness and maturity.

Team captains never wait to be named captain before they start leading. The process starts before that with the highest standards on & off the field, in the classroom and in the community.

Mental toughness isn't "yelling." It's "flushing." I see kids all the time who think being tough means wearing eye black, screaming after a strikeout, or throwing their helmet. That’s not toughness. That’s a tantrum. True mental toughness is invisible. It’s the shortstop who boots a routine grounder in the 1st, then dives into the hole to save the game in the 9th. It’s the hitter who gets blown away by a 95mph fastball on pitch one but has the presence of mind to stay on the plane for the pitch two slider. The "3 Lefts" Mental Audit • The 5-Second Rule: You have 5 seconds to be pissed. After that the error is dead. If you’re still thinking about the 2nd inning while you’re standing in the box in the 5th you’ve already lost. • Neutral Thinking: Stop labeling things "good" or "bad." It’s just the next pitch. The scoreboard doesn't care about your feelings. • The Tuesday Standard: You don't build grit under the Friday night lights. You build it on a Tuesday when you’re tired, your hands are sore, and the coach isn't looking. The game of baseball is designed to break you. Mental toughness is the refusal to cooperate with that design. The scouts can measure your arm. They can measure your bat speed. But they can’t measure your "bounce back”until they see you fail. Don't show them your highlight reel. Show them how you handle the lowlight.

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold: Two kids. One rich. One poor. Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids. The rich kid has two choices. Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more. Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater. The poor kid has two choices too. Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been. Or outwork everyone in the room. Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch. Same choice for all of them. Ownership or victimhood. Fuel or excuse. The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it. The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it. Greatness doesn't come from where you start. It comes from which kid you choose to feed. Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

Scared teams find ways to lose. Dusty May said it best: “A lot of failure comes with simply being afraid of the results. We were never afraid of the results.” Teach them to compete. Let the scoreboard take care of itself. How do you build fearless competitors?

"Bad habits have a cost. Good habits have a price. Either way you have to pay. The meaningful things- we pay for before. The foolish things- we pay for after." Winners pay upfront (sacrifice, effort, discipline). Everyone else pays later (regret). That’s the difference.

A hitter Convinced, who believes /really trusts what he is doing is free to soar. Cheat code

Baseball rewards the ones who keep showing up. The ones who put in the extra reps when no one’s watching. The ones who fail, adjust, and come back stronger. Hard work doesn’t always show up right away… But when it does — it’s everything you dreamed of. Keep going. The game always gives back. #BaseballDreams #HardWorkPaysOff #KeepGrinding #TrustTheProcess

Reality of college recruiting: D1: ~2% D2: ~2% NAIA: ~3% D3: ~3% Juco: ~7% It is a privilege to get the opportunity to play college sports at ANY level. Take your recruitment seriously.

Appreciate the NOW. Rick Pitino is spot on. Every player’s hourglass runs out faster than they think. One day, the practices, the games, the grind - it’s all gone. Cherish every rep, every moment, every opportunity. Don’t waste your sand. ⏳

The poem that Lou Holtz would have his players memorize…

Lou Holtz passed away today. 🙏 One reminder he often shared: Every teammate should ask three questions: 1. Can I trust you? 2. Are you committed? 3. Do you care about me? When players can answer yes to all three… Teams become special. Lou Holtz 🥇

Most players don’t actually have confidence. They have momentum. They feel good when they’re 2-for-3. They feel locked in after two clean innings. They feel tough when things are going right. That’s not confidence. That’s rhythm. Real confidence doesn’t disappear after one mistake. It doesn’t vanish after an 0-for-4. It doesn’t crack after one bad inning. Because it isn’t built on results. It’s built on preparation memory. College players trust the reps they’ve already survived. The bullpens they’ve already finished. The mistakes they’ve already handled. So when failure shows up… it doesn’t feel new. High school confidence is emotional. College confidence is rehearsed. If your belief disappears with results, you don’t have confidence. You have momentum. Built at 15. Proven at 20. Routine Over Flash. #3LeftsBaseball #BaseballIQ

FLASHBACK: President Trump presented the Medal of Freedom to the late Lou Holtz at the White House in 2020. "The two most important days of your life...One's the day you're born; the other is the day you discover why you’re born.” “We discovered we're born basically to help other people and to overcome problems and difficulties that are going to come our way.” “And I just could not be prouder to be part of this country. I could not be prouder to receive this award from an individual I respect and admire as much as President Trump.”

Legend. May God welcome his soul.

Matthew 5:14 - “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Being coachable is a competitive edge. Take feedback without flinching. Apply it without excuse. Grow without needing praise. Most players protect their ego. Winners protect their growth. Feedback isn’t an attack. It’s an advantage. Use it.