What makes a good practice, and how do you mentally approach your day in the practice pen? Jake Barnes lines out the elements ropers need to focus on in the practice pen to be successful.

A roping is won or lost at the barrier. Bert McGill talks about how he keeps his young horses focused in the box and throughout the run.

Nora Hunt-Lee breaks down a score and a run. She scores well on a slow steer and riding young horses on the head side.

World Champion Clay Smith understands the mechanics and fundamentals of roping, and in this video at the Pitzer Ranch Smith walks us through an entire practice session with a large group of ropers of different abilities as he helps them work on their craft. 

Tate Kirchenschlager puts a 7-year-old ranch gelding through a practice session as he transitions into his second career as a head horse. He explains how he helps a horse that's watchy and nervous around cattle gain confidence, stay focused, and become more comfortable on the steer.

In this relatable video, Nick Sartain puts in a few pre-Finale practice runs on a heel horse he's been jackpotting on and works through the misses and near-falls like the rest of us do.

Bubba Buckaloo rides a strong jackpot horse and explains the good and the bad of him. 

In this video, Bubba Buckaloo rides a high-powered, running-bred head horse and talks about his practice before a major roping. In it, he addresses squatting in the box and facing in practice,as well as how often he likes to score. 

World Champions Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith are as electric to watch in the practice pen as they have been on national television for years. Check out these clips, featuring overhead and slow motion camera angles of this duo practicing on various horses. Watch this clip from the Legend film.

On DT Hickorys Mistycat, Dakota Kirchenschlager addresses how to work on responsiveness in a young horse.

Tyler Merrill and Ryan Motes make some practice runs on some young horses to prepare for an upcoming futurity.

Nora Hunt-Lee breaks down a run. She works on staying straight up in the saddle through her delivery. 

Ever wonder what separates the professionals from the amateur ropers? Patrick Smith takes you through footage of him running the same steers as lower numbered ropers and compares the videos in slow motion. Watch this clip from the Legend film.

Rope horse trainer Bert McGill and PRCA Reserve World Champion Ryan Motes practice session from Weatherford, Texas days before the American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championship.

How should you practice for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale? BFI Champion Kolton Schmidt tells you how he'd approach it.

Tate Kirchenschlager uses a breakaway hondo to rope the horns on a green head horse to take the pressure off turning the steer and instill rate.

ARHFA World Champion Tate Kirchenschlager takes us through turning a ranch horse and heel horse into a head horse in his practice pen in Stephenville, Texas.

Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker put together a day's worth of runs on their young horses in the practice pen before the American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championships.

World Champion Heeler Jeremy Buhler takes us into a practice session on a green horse he's trying to adjust to, talking through the good and bad of each run and breaking down his game plan for success.

Tyler Merrill and NFR heeler Ryan Motes prepare for the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's World Championships and breakdown their runs on their young horses.