Can you guess the number of “high stress” throws a select player’s arm endures on a championship tournament weekend? 60 100 200 270+ If you said 270+, you’re correct. Here’s the math…..If you play 5 games to reach the championship in a typical weekend and you consider 20 pregame long tosses before each game and 5 warm up throws between innings in a 6 inning game, you're at 270 “high stress” throws before you even make play in the field. If you are pitching, you can add at least another 80 throws to that count. And if you are catching,...
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It’s been a while since I posted anything on the BRUCE BOLT BLOG. I feel compelled to reflect on what happened with BRUCE BOLT in 2019, and I will, but tonight on behalf of Bear and myself, I just want to say, “THANK YOU” to everyone who supported BRUCE BOLT by buying our gear or simply sending a kind email wishing Bear and the company success. WE ARE TRULY APPRECIATIVE AND FEEL BLESSED. BRUCE BOLT is becoming a “movement” and we have you to thank for it. With that, I’m going to leave you with this 3-minute video. It’s called...
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Another day, another interview. It's been a pretty crazy summer for Bear and BRUCE BOLT. It just so happened that a local sports reporter with the Austin American Statesman, Leslee Bassman, came across the KVUE interview we'd done a couple of days before and wanted to write an article on Bear and the company. Leslee was so professional and wrote a very flattering article about the company and Bear. Here it is..... Lake Pointe teen pitches new batting gloves By Leslee Bassman Contributing writer Posted Aug 8, 2019 at 10:20 AM When rising Hyde Park High School senior Bear Mayer returns to class later this...
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So it seems I've become the official blogger of the company. Being Bear's dad and a serial entrepreneur, I like the position because I have some context on how incredible this last year has been for Bear and BRUCE BOLT. Case and point - in the last 3 weeks Bear and I have had 3 interviews about BRUCE BOLT. Think about that for a second - a 17-year old has his own company and people are interested enough to want to interview him about it (not to mention that he has 5 MLB players wearing his product in games, on...
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BRUCE BOLT has been an interesting journey to say the least. Recently Bear and I met with Matt Price and Amanda Terry from RBI Austin, a non-profit affiliated with the MLB whose mission is to “engage and develop inner-city Austin youth athletically, academically, and spiritually, empowering them to lead the transformation of their communities”.
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When Bear and I started BRUCE BOLT, my goal was to teach him two things: first, I wanted to teach him how to start and grow a profitable company, and second, I wanted to teach him the importance of giving back.
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