Working with your natural throwing motion can help make your dummy practice more effective and can help your timing in the corner on live cattle. Charly Crawford explains how to practice like a basketball player shooting a free-throw to help raise your catch percentage. 

Fundamentals are key to success in team roping. Trevor Brazile walks us through components such as angles, positioning, and delivery that can be perfected on the dummy to help you win. Watch this clip from the Legend film.

What should you be doing with your feet when you're roping the heading dummy?

Rhen Richard talks about how he addresses a head horse that wants to lean on the left rein by using drills on the Smarty.

Rhen Richard demonstrates what good position means when roping the Smarty Sidekick. 

Rhen Richard demonstrates how he approaches practicing a World Series Start on the Smarty Sidekick. 

Get a full dummy roping lesson from two-time World Champion Clay Smith, straight from the Pitzer Ranch indoor arena. Smith covers roping big and small horns, identifies swing fundamentals and dos and don'ts of a team roper's swing. Smith also adjusts the swings of students in this clinic, sponsor...

Matt Sherwood is a two-time World Champion Header, and in this video he gives a full dummy roping lesson with a group of recreational ropers. 

Where you place your left hand matters when you're roping the dummy, helping keep your horse's head out of the way while also helping keep you from handcuffing yourself with your rope. 

Where you stand around your roping dummy dictates the angle you swing and deliver your rope. In this video, Clay goes over the angles necessary when reaching. 

Sit in on this sled roping session with Charly Crawford. He breaks down some common heading mistakes with multiple ropers. He shares with one roper how to get their horse to chill out when roping the dummy, another on efficient dallying technique. 

How to play PIG with Jake Barnes and Matt Sherwood, including their best rope tricks.

Jake Barnes goes over a few drills to help a roper rope faster.

Rhen Richard demonstrates the header's ideal swing on the Smarty Sidekick. 

The tip of a rope generates the power in your swing. Jake Barnes addresses the problem of not being able to feel the tip of your rope and how to fix it.

What can cause you to miss when you reach? Rhen Richard breaks that down. 

The Smarty Sidekick is a great tool for every style of roping. In this video, Rhen Richard demonstrates how he uses the Smarty to work on his reaching ability.