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 »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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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 »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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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 »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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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 »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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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 »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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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 »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Rodeo Ropers vs. Jackpot Ropers
There have always been guys who rope really well who don't pursue
a career in rodeo. They grew up junior and high school rodeoing, and maybe went
on to amateur rodeos. They had a little taste of the rodeo industry, but the
full-time rodeo deal wasn't really for them, so they focused on a... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Are You Competing Against Yourself or the Competition?
There are generally two perspectives when it comes to competition.
When you hear some people talk, they're talking about competing against the
other guy or the competition. Then you hear the other side of it, where people
comment that their competition is a competition within themselves; that... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Knowledge and Understanding
For me, one of the most interesting parts of roping and
competition has been the ongoing learning process and search for knowledge.
Trying to figure out why things work and don't work as they pertain to the many
facets of roping is fun. From horses to horsemanship, and the mechanics of... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Starting Anew: Happy New Year
This'll be the 28th time in my career that I've set new goals and
set the mark so I have something to shoot for. Everyone wants to make the
(Wrangler National) Finals (Rodeo) or be a world champion. I've set that goal 28
times. You have to keep up with the times, look to the future and ask... | read »
Mike Cervi Jr., the son of legendary stock contractor Mike Cervi and husband of two-time World Champion Barrel Racer Sherry Cervi, died in a private plane crash in 2001 at the age of 30. Ever since, his family and friends have annually held a team roping in his honor. He... | read
