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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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
from the pages of Rodeo
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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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Ask the Pros with Cory Petska
Floating
Colt Dear
Cory, I am riding a colt
that I am trying to get started heeling, and every time my header eases the
steer out my horse likes to float way past the corner. What is the best thing
for me to do about that? Thanks, Tyler, Conway,
Ark.
Dear
Tyler, The best way to... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Making the Most of Your Skill Level
Sooner
or later, it's inevitable that you'll get your number raised as your skill level
improves. And as you get to where you start winning, there becomes a strategy as
to where to go compete. If you just go to the same old places and beat 'em up
all the time, you'll typically get your... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Take Care of the Good Horses
You
can look back on a lot of top guys' careers, and basically their careers have
revolved around outstanding horses, whether they happened to fit those
particular people or were just that good. My first really good horse,
Bullwinkle, was the horse I rode for our first few championships.... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Ask The Pros with Matt Sherwood
Feeding
Questions Matt, I was wondering what
kind of feeding regimen you have your horses on (grass hay, grass alfalfa mix,
whole oat or pellets). Do you feed all your horses the same? Also do you give
them any feed supplements? I know there are a lot of options, what's
best?Thanks, Bud,... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Checking Your Equipment
You need to go over
your equipment at least once a month, not only as a safety precaution, but
because it's good business, too. There are so many things that can go wrong if
you don't maintain all your gear, and you don't want to wait for that to happen.
If you're at a big roping and the... | 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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