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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Setting Up the Shot
Setting up the shot is basically setting up the timing of your horse's stop
in relation to the delivery of your loop. When it comes to all of the great
ropers over the years who've had a signature horse of their career, it's the
timing between the way the horse stops and the way the roper... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
The Inside Scoop with ACTRA President, Clyde Saunders
SWR: So Clyde, ACTRA has been around since 1983, but your organization maybe
isn't as well-known as some others. What is it about the American Cowboys Team
Roping Association that sets you apart from other associations?
Clyde: I believe the fact that it's owned and operated by its members... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Patience Pays
Like the old saying says, "You can't win 'em all." You have to have the
mindset that you're going to win or be successful at every roping or rodeo you
go to. If you didn't think you had a chance to win, why would you leave the
house? I've never left home thinking I wasn't going to win... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Mike Beers Catches A Sweet Second Wind
It's Monday evening, and after a long, wonderful day of roping fun and spring
sun in Judy and Ozzie Gillum's arena--shooting Spin To Win Rodeo photos of Jake
Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper--we've all just foundered on Alisa Cooper's
spectacular spaghetti and meatballs. To say Alisa's a good... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Ask the Pros - Timing is Everything
Dear Richard, I'm a heeler and my problem is I tend to hit the front foot of the steer when
I throw my loop. Some say I'm too close to the steer or others say I'm too flat
on my swing. Can you explain to me what you think? Confused heeler, McAllen, Texas Dear Heeler, You're probably not in time... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Ask the Pros - A Shy Heel Horse
Dear Richard, I have a 4-year-old Hancock/Peponita gelding that I broke as a 2-year-old and
have been roping on in the round pen since the winter he turned three. He is
very cowy and I have done things slowly. Since I have finished my pen at home
late this summer, I have tracked and broke... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Roping Steer Changes Over 50 Years
This month, I would like to share my observations on the changes in roping
steers over the last 50 years. I believe the present-day steers are different in
a number of ways from the steers we roped back then.
The first difference I will address is the genetic makeup of the steers. I
believe... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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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| 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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