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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Keeping Your Eye on the Ball Over the Long Haul
One of the things that separates the top ropers who really win all
the time is their ability to stay focused on their game. That's probably one of
the most commonly asked questions from people who are very talented and asking
for advice on how to get better. What they're really trying to do... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Catching on the Last Shot
For Chad Masters and Jade Corkill, winning the RodeoHouston team
roping title was the plan all along.
When Masters, the reigning world champion header, first injured
his knee while practicing steer wrestling in preparation for the Wrangler
Timed-Event Championships, then tore his ACL,... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Six Figures Apiece!
The first is that it's hosted by the king of country music. The
second is that, like last year, the winning team earned the biggest set of Open
paychecks ever written.
The two-day George Strait Team Roping Classic is always open to
the world. No qualifications, no invitations, no caps, no... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Setting Up Your Position in the Corner
When you're setting up your approach into the corner, that's the
most crucial time as far as position and horsemanship go in the heeler's run.
You're seeing how the header's setting up the corner on the steer, and you're
basically reacting to that and trying to read what kind of a shot that's... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
How Fast to Go: Not Too Fast, Not Too Slow
Everyone has different ideas about how to handle steers. Heelers
have different preferences, which explains why certain teams work better
together than others. Their styles just fit together. What kind of run you're
trying to make also comes into play. If you're trying to be really fast, you... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
It's All About the People You Meet Along the Way
For those of us who rope for a living, it's such a hectic,
fast-lane lifestyle.
There are a lot of people--friends and family--who help us along the way in our
travels. We're gone away from home a lot, so those of us with a home and a
family rely on people who help as far as looking after... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Education Holds the Key to Plan B
It's great to see all the growth in this industry, and all the
people who really like to rope these days. But is there really room for all the
new kids to make a living at it? It's a scary feeling for me to see all these
parents letting their kids home school so they can rope. Home schooling... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Changing for the Better
Throughout my career, it seems like I've always been at work
analyzing what I need to work on and change in order to try and get better. Be
it trying to be more consistent at a specific part of my roping, making things
easier or trying to be faster, I have constantly evaluated and worked on... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Helping Your Horse Help You
In the past, I've really worked on the physical part of my roping.
I've practiced hard to always try to take it up a notch. I'm really trying to
work on my horsemanship these days, and trying to get my horses broke better.
I've had the opportunity to ride broke horses, that were broke by... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Endeavor to Persevere in Team Roping
You have to be around awhile to have somewhat of an
understanding of what perseverance is. Early in my career, I really didn't have
any concept of what perseverance meant as far as applying it. But as I look back
over more than 25 years of professional rodeo, I'm starting to get a glimpse of... | read »
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| Learning to Take Chances to Become a Winner |
| At some point in your career, you’re going to have to learn to be an aggressive team roper if you want to have success--especially in the rodeo arena. You have to learn to reach. You don’t have to be wild, but there is an art to reaching. A guy who can reach at the rodeos if he needs to... | read |
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