Pueblo, Colo. – Across the eight organizations which make up the PBR Team Series, coaches and general managers have exerted differing, unique approaches in preparing their respective squads for battle. Teams may be focusing on building chemistry, physicality, knowledge, and experience, but at the end of the day, they will all agree it is about winning.

Ahead of last weekend’s PBR Team Series debut in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Missouri Thunder coaches Luke Snyder and Ross Coleman began to lay a winning foundation and elected to make sure the boys got comfortable with each other and had some fun at the team’s training camp in Ridgedale, Missouri.

“This is all about team bonding. This is about these guys coming together as a brotherhood,” Missouri Thunder Coach Luke Snyder told the CBS Sports crew in an exclusive interview. “We wanted them to have fun and just relax, but everything we did, if you noticed, was competitive.”

CBS Sports national television is set to air a one-hour highlight show from the inaugural PBR Team Series event in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Sunday, July 31 at 1 p.m. ET. Fans can tune in to re-live highlights from the first event, get a closer look into the Missouri Thunder’s training camp fun and learn more about the exciting new series.

With the first official PBR Team Series event now in the books, the Missouri Thunder exited the inaugural two nights of action with the only perfect record (2-0) among the eight teams. Participating in the first-ever PBR Team Series matchup, against the Ariat Texas Rattlers, the Thunder recorded the first game win in Team Series history with a victory over the Rattlers on July 25.

Courtesy of an 89.25-score from Adriano Salgado and via the bucking efforts of American Gangster, Salgado recorded the only qualified ride of the first game, hence marking the first-ever qualified ride in PBR Team Series history. Missouri got right back to work in Tuesday’s matchup, as the organization bested the Nashville Stampede during a 174.25-87 victory on July 26.

Compliments of an ever-important score from Andrew Alvidrez, the Thunder bested the Stampede by one ride, as Alvidrez’s 88.5-point ride atop Chanler’s Dream combined with teammate Jesse Petri’s 85.75-point outing (Cold Chill) to grant the team its first two-game sweep.

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“Ross and I couldn’t be more confident with the team and program we’re putting together here,” Snyder added. “Everybody feels more like a family right now and that’s what you need in this team deal. You don’t want to let the guy down to the right or left of you.”

In the overall PBR Team Series standings, the Thunder hold the early No. 1 rank, as the only 2-0 team in the league.

With a roster featuring the likes of Colten Fritzlan, Clayton Sellars, Cody Teel, Andrew Alvidrez, Jesse Petri, Adriano Salgado and beyond, the mix of backgrounds and experience levels of the riders make for a potentially promising future too.

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“The only thing that was important to me was selecting cowboys with great values. We wanted hardworking guys with great integrity,” Missouri Thunder General Manager Randy Bernard said. “You really learn the character of a cowboy not from the rides, but when they get bucked off. There are more buckoffs in this sport than there are rides, so our whole goal was to create some great ambassadors to the sport and have a lot of fun while we do it.”

NEXT UP FOR THE THUNDER:

The Thunder head to Outlaw Days in Kansas City on Aug. 5-7 in search of a third-consecutive game victory when they take on the Oklahoma Freedom (0-2). All of the action on Aug. 5 begins at 8:30 p.m. ET on RidePass on Pluto TV.

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