The goal of this article is to provide you with drills to increase your power off the mound. For the sake of conversation, I want to define power to make sure we're on the same page. Power is the highest amount of force you can produce at the highest rate of speed. Simply put: strength + speed = power. Stay in the know Three Drills Athletes in various sports consider themselves baseball, football, or hockey players, etc. And then within those categories they segregate further by saying "I’m a pitcher" or quarterback or defenseman. They lose sight that...
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***** Stay in the know Former pro baseball player (now famous TikToker) Robert Cruz put together a mini-masterclass on respecting your equipment and taking care of your BRUCE BOLT Batting Gloves. We call it Glove Care 101. 1. Dry Your Gloves After Each Use Our glove bag is meant to keep your gloves flat when they are in your equipment bag, but it’s very important to air your gloves out (out of the bag) after games, practices, and BP especially. 2. Moisturize Your Gloves with Leather Conditioning Balm Our gloves are made from 100% real Cabretta leather unlike other batting gloves. So just...
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We've had the pleasure of communicating with the Morrissey family and wanted to share Tommy's incredible journey with you. Please enjoy this No Days Off video by Whistle Media. We're happy to be affiliated with the Morrisseys. Always remember whenever you have doubts—where there's a will, there's a way!
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Parenting is a challenge. Throw an elite baseball player in the mix, and it becomes even more so. Communication is key to keeping the entire system moving in the right direction, but it takes some work! I came across an old gangster movie on TV. A tough guy in a trench coat rapped on a rusty door at the end of a dark alley. A latch slid open with a screech. This exposed a space only big enough to reveal a pair of eyes. They darted back and forth, a disembodied voice said, “What’s the password?” “The moon rises high...
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Aydin Jeffress, 12-year-old Little League Star from Wyoming, hit a two-run home run in the Mountain Region Tournament that instantly made him internet famous. It wasn't just the distance of the slugger's hit: 290 feet. Aydin ended up on SportsCenter because he did so while wearing yellow ranching gloves. Nothing like the LLWSYou know when you see a kid from Wyoming wearing leather ranching work gloves, he’s hitting dingers@BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/7Lir1QsMdP — Travis (@tw_cunningham) August 7, 2022 Stay in the know Six million views later: BRUCE BOLT Founder, Bear Mayer and Brandon Nimmo, Wyoming native and starting center fielder for...
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America's oldest newspaper, the New York Post, just wrote a feature article on the origin story of Bruce Bolt! Things like this wouldn't happen without you—our awesome community crushing it in life and at the plate every day. Stay in the know "Named after Mayer’s grandfather, Bruce (who was struck by lightning twice, yet lived), the company, Bruce Bolt, was born. Based out of Austin, Texas, the company sought to become the premier choice in batting gloves. Five years later, Bruce Bolt is represented by two prominent Mets, Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil, as well as other players around the league. How did...
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