2024 WPRA Breakaway World Champion Kelsie Domer loves teaching beginner ropers and has years of experience breaking down the basics. Learn how to correctly coil a rope, build a loop, determine loop size and hold the strands. Kelsie shows how to hold your arm while swinging and how to release the rope. Decades of breakaway roping knowledge are packed into one Roping.com video
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Smarty Roping Lesson with Kelsie Domer
WPRA World Champion Kelsie Domer gives advice on the Smarty at the Smarty Young Pro clinic. She discusses topics such as fundamentals, making practice more realistic and rope angles.
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Tip Direction and Angle
Kelsie Chace-Domer has a unique ability to keep her rope high leaving the corner. Lari Dee Guy and Chace-Domer discuss how that affects her catch percentages and how she uses her horse to help her get her swing up.
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Where Do You Hold Your Rope in the Box?
Breakaway ropers have to throw FAST, so how they start their rope in the box matters. Lari Dee Guy and Kelsie Chace-Domer talk about the different ways ladies start in the box and how they start their swings from the corner to get the most power and momentum.