Kory Koontz's Youth Roping Clinic
Kory Koontz has stepped away from ProRodeo and is focusing his time on helping ropers improve their game across the country. He keys in on fundamentals—no matter how skilled the ropers are—and uses them to up the game at every level. With kids, teaching these core skills, whether they’re heading or heeling, will save them headaches for years to come and will help them climb the ranks of the number system.
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Full Live-Steer Practice Session: Youth Rodeo Kids and Kory Koontz
Kory Koontz spends time breaking down every run each kid makes in the practice pen on live cattle, ensuring that they all get one-on-one coaching from the 22-time NFR heeler, George Strait Champ, BFI Champ and Wildfire Open to the World Champ.
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Full Sled Practice Session: Youth Rodeo Kids and Kory Koontz
Kory Koontz spends time breaking down every run each kid makes in the practice pen on the sled, ensuring that they all get one-on-one coaching from the 22-time NFR heeler, George Strait Champ, BFI Champ and Wildfire Open to the World Champ
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The Most Critical Element of Team Roping: the Importance of Horsemanship
In this must-watch video, Kory Koontz talks about how horsemanship defines winning and losing. He spends time talking to kids about how critical good horsemanship was to the development of his career, and he explains how his great horses defined success in his career. This leads into a full expla...
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Heading Dummy Lesson
Good practice makes good roping, and in this video, Kory Koontz teaches youth ropers how to master good head loops on the dummy. He emphasizes practicing on the ground like you're horseback, mastering the balance between a roper's hands, swing control and delivery on the heading dummy. Koontz tal...
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Heeling Dummy Lesson
The first swing is critical to making a heel shot, and in this video, Kory Koontz explains how to create a first swing that catches more cattle. He uses the heeling dummy to explain heel loop mechanics and how a heeler's coils, feeding and arm position create control in a heeler's delivery.
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Swing Fundamentals
A true masterclass in loop mechanics: Kory Koontz breaks down both the head and heel loop, including where a roper finds his or her power, how the top strand and bottom strand work and how catches ACTUALLY work. Koontz demonstrates each part of the swing and how those parts work together to creat...
