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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
2005 US Open Champs
Parity
is a term thrown around in sports circles a lot these days. Basically, it means
equality. In sports, it means that any team, or at least many teams, have a
legitimate chance at being successful. And while many of the nation's major
sports leagues are striving for it, parity is... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Starting Anew
As
the new 2006 season is about to begin, it's time for each of us to take
inventory on where we're at and where we want to go. For the last 25 years, I've
evaluated what was accomplished the previous year in order to make plans for the
future. You need to look at what worked and what... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
The Science of Scoring
If it seems like I
spend a lot of time on the subject of scoring, it's because I find it so crucial
to the success of any roper, including myself. It's a make-or-break element of
the game, plain and simple, and whether I win or lose depends so much on how my
horse and I are scoring... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Lameness and Poor Performance in Horses Used for Team Roping
Lameness is defined as an abnormality of gait such that the horse cannot be used for its intended purpose, and is the most common reported health problem for all types of horses. According to a study conducted by Ross and Kaneene in the 1996 Pre Vet Med, it is estimated that lameness problems... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Invest in Your Horse Herd
It's
way easier to win when you're riding a good horse that suits your style of
roping. So if there's one corner you don't want to cut it's your horsepower.
Trust me, this is an area of my roping that I think about and try to improve
upon every single day. You have to if you want to be... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Those Fabulous Fundamentals
There are certain
basics and fundamentals that everybody, headers and heelers, have to use as a
base for their own personal style. Keeping good center of balance on your horse
when you're riding, for example, and having your body in a position where you
can have a good fundamental swing... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
The Roping Business
If you're going to
rope for a living, or you want to rope as a hobby without blowing your life
savings on it, you need to treat your roping just like any other business. You
have to put the time and effort into it just like anything else, if you want to
get something out of it. You can't... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Rope Selection
Years ago, there
wasn't a whole lot of choice when it came to rope selection. When I was a kid,
you either headed with a soft-lay head rope or heeled with a hard-lay heel rope.
I can only remember a couple rope makers when I was a kid, so there weren't many
choices. We used our ropes... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Jake Barnes & Clay OBrien Cooper: Its Team Roping
Sometimes people tend
to forget that this is team roping. You couldn't do it by yourself if you wanted
to, and the more you consider how to make every run better for your partner, the
better. Headers need to remember that there are times when taking a little extra
time to set up a good... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Guarding Against Slumps
Tee Woolman paid me a
pretty big compliment a couple years ago when he said, "You know, you're one of
the only guys I've ever seen who's never been in a slump."
I thought that was
pretty cool. I also thought that, whether you're talking about Jake (Barnes),
Clay (O'Brien Cooper), Tee,... | read »
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