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Rodeo: Team Roping
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Roping Schools
While nearly all the top professionals hold team roping schools at some point during the year, there are a handful of highly-credentialed ropers who are dedicated to teaching their skills to the average roper. These are cowboys who have put their time in at the professional level and now... | read »

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Rodeo: Team Roping
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Changing with the Times
Times have changed in the roping industry. I've been competing since I was 10 or 11 years old--about 37 years now--and there's been so much change in the industry. As I grew up roping, and even starting my professional career, you could buy a pretty decent horse for a few thousand... | read »

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Ask the Pros with Colter Todd
Hi-Yo Silver Dear Colter, I have a young head horse that is working really well, but lately he has not been leaving the box flat every trip like he always has. He is quiet in the box and leaves off of my hand. He does not come up in the front end every trip, and when he does he levels... | read »

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Jake and Clay: Together Again
Losing my thumb at the National Finals last year, when I was in position to win another world title, was a devastating blow. Kory (Koontz) and I were rolling along, then, halfway through the NFR, the basket got turned upside down. It's been a struggle physically and mentally. But freak... | read »

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Whole-Hearted Ryan Rochlitz
During your senior year in high school, you're supposed to be king of the hill. If you're the star of the basketball team in a small town, it's a guarantee. Ryan Rochlitz should have been on top of the world. He had football and basketball scholarships--albeit to smaller schools--all lined up. He... | read »

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Bring on the Big Shows
As we put this issue together in mid-September, we're all busy preparing for the big ones--the USTRC Finals, (ProRodeo Tour Championship Finale in) Dallas and the NFR--and looking ahead to making quite a few practice runs to get ready. Speed's (Williams) got his new place built, including... | read »

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Ask the Pros with Michael Jones
Rope Selection Dear Michael, I am 14 years old and starting to learn how to heel. I'm wondering what the best rope for me would be? Thanks a lot, Ryan, Queen Creek, Ariz. Dear Ryan I would suggest a Powerline Lite medium soft or medium. At 14, you're probably not strong enough... | read »

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Rodeo: Team Roping
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Success in Team Roping from the Start
There's typically a difference in the way a woman, young kid, elderly or beginner roper scores vs. the way the top ropers score their horses. The basic difference is that lower-numbered ropers tend not to ask their horses to blow out of the box. They typically don't have much tension on... | read »

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Rodeo: Team Roping
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The Lowdown on Loop Size
Loop size is important, and it seems like something I've been running into a lot here lately at schools is having to tell people that their loops are too small. Not having enough loop can cause bad habits, like leaning over when you throw or throwing your rope too much instead of placing... | read »

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Picking up the Pace
How do I get to where I can rope faster? It's a common question at roping schools. Ropers start to advance, and get to a certain spot where they're no longer content with just catching. Team roping's a timed event, so if you want to win you have to shorten your time down. Even in the... | read »

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Ask the Pros--Rating

Dear Logan,
I have a 9-year-old gelding who I have been in the box with and have tracked some steers and calves on him, but he hasn’t been trained yet. He is tracking pretty good, except sometimes he runs right past them. What do you think I should do?

Thanks,
Ryan,... | read

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