THE ROPING BOX
Times sure flies when you're having fun team roping!
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1. SPOT: Find and Focus on Your Spot. Aim big rather than focusing on one small pin point spot. When I head, my spot is back of the horn wrap. For heeling, I focus on the left hip.
2. POSTURE: Don't collapse your shoulders and keep your chest open.
3. POSITION: Headers, stay wide! Heelers, don't let your pocket collapse.
4. SPEED: Relax! Don't get in too big of a hurry. Remember, you can't be going faster than the cow!
5. SWING: Keep your swing smooth.
6. SLACK: Really see the horns or both feet in your loop before you jerk your slack.
7. LEFT HAND: This is your money hand! Keep that left hand pushing forward toward your target, and forward as you dally.
8. HEELERS: Separation is not your friend! Keep squeezing forward. Separation causes you to slip legs and miss dallies.
9. HEADERS: If you are splitting horns, it is because you are too tight. Don't get in behind 'em. Stay left!
10. HAVE FUN!