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SAM BAT Maple Used in Wobble Boards

Wobble board or balance-board work can improve your overall coordination and help you move more efficiently. A balance board can also increase the active strength of the muscles in your ankles, as well as your feet and legs, dramatically lowering your risk of injury. In addition, balance-board routines can upgrade the mobility and flexibility of your ankles (as well as your feet, shins, calves an knees), further decreasing injury risk and leading to more powerful push-offs and longer strides whenever you move vigorously during your sporting activity. While you strengthen your ankles, you’ll also give your performances a boost. For...


SAM BAT Gives Back!

On May 18, 2010, the owners of SAM BAT made their way into the auditorium of Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School, to announce the donation of 250 baseball bats. The bats, valued at $30,000 will be given to various teams across the New York City Public School System. The donation was done in support of Good Sports’ 10,000 Swings initiative, a campaign to put 10,000 bats into the hands of the kids that need it most.   Along with announcing the donation, Sam Holman the founder of SAM BAT, talked to the students of the school’s...


Barry Bonds: 73 and 756 - Critical Numbers - Historical Achievements in Baseball

Confidence is Power. In 2001 when Barry Bonds set a new major league record of 73 home runs in a season leaving his mark on baseball history, he was wielding a Sam Bat. “Sam wants to give me the credit. But it took both of us to do it.  I give thanks to God for my ability, and I give thanks to Sam for producing something that gives me a lot of confidence.”  Barry Bonds, The Ottawa Sun, Canada 2002 Barry had originally been introduced to Sam Holman through Joe Carter who in 1997 was the first to champion the...