Team Roping Practice Sessions
Perhaps the most entertaining roping videos on Roping.com: actual practice sessions from inside the arenas of the best horse trainers and team ropers in the world. Our video library is a treasure trove of practice drills, exercises and routines designed to help you see how the pros practice with a purpose, so you can mimic their methods in your own arena. Plus, you can watch them work some of the best rope horses in the game to get a better understanding of how to practice with your own horses.
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Practice Session | Backing Off a Strong Head Horse
Tate Kirchenschlager coaches ropers through an entire practice session on a strong, green head horse that needs backed off the bridle throughout the run. He works on getting the horse to score flat and use his butt.
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How To Get Your Horse To Leave Flat [JB]
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Pre-Futurity Practice Session
World's Greatest Horseman Finalist Tyler Merrill joins NFR heeler Ryan Motes from Weatherford, Texas, the day before the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's World Championships to ride through his young horses and talk about his strategy going into the ARHFA's premiere event.
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Kory Koontz—The 2005 NFR
Kory Koontz was on track to win a gold buckle in 2005 when Jake Barnes cut off his thumb in the middle of the Finals. In this video, Koontz looks back on that year and what it meant to his career.
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Pre-BFI Practice Session
As Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper prepared to make an appearance at the 2022 Resistol Reno Open, Roping.com got into the practice pen with these two legends to learn how they prepare for full-contact competition.
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Jackpot Run 3
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Practice Session: RR Buckles Clubhouse and Pride And Joyy
Miles Baker and Trevor Brazile run slow cattle on two futurity champs—RR Buckles Clubhouse and Pride And Joyy. Shot in 2023, this footage came before the Relentless Remuda had won on Pride And Joyy, who now has over $180K in earnings.
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Productive Practice
What should you focus on in a practice, and how should you assess your own roping? Matt Sherwood talks about a struggle he's addressed in his heeling and how he builds a practice around it.
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Pre-Practice Warm-Up Routine
Joseph Harrison is looking to achieve a specific feel on his horses before going to the Smarty. In this video, he demonstrates how he wants his heel horses responding to his cues before he tracks the sled.
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Breaking Down A Good Run
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Rickey Green's Slow-Motion Secrets
Rickey Green knew the importance of seeing runs in slow-motion in every situation, no matter how fast or slow the run develops. In this full-length film, Rickey Green explains how to process the run mentally to make team roping easier.
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2022 NFR Steer Break-In | Day 1 | Full Session
Watch the best in the world break in the Hill Rodeo Cattle steers they'll rope at the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from Kaleb Driggers' house in Stephenville, Texas.
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Throwback: Full Practice Session with a Very YOUNG Paden Bray
Spend a day practicing with Paden Bray as he discusses proper positioning when heeling at jackpots.?
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Rodeo Run 3
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Should You Reach in the Practice Pen?
Even Dustin Egusquiza doesn't reach much in the practice pen. Here's why.
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Keep Your Horse Strong
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Speed Williams | Practice Routine
In a video from 2007, eight-time World Champion Speed Williams talks about his practice routine to the editors of Spin To Win Rodeo magazine.
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Joseph Harrison | Practice Session on Standout Young Horse
Joseph Harrison shows the good and the bad of a practice session on his ARHFA World Champion coming 5-year-old gelding.
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Perfect Practice to Change and Get Better
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Match 5 Head Matchup
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High-Wind Pre-Summer Rodeo Horse Practice Session
Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves ride through a windy practice session.
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Jackpot Style Practice Runs
Tyler Merrill prepares some young horses for the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's World Championships with the help of NFR heeler Ryan Motes.
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Building Four Finale-Winning Runs
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Kolton Schmidt Promo
Kolton Schmidt is a two-time National Finals Rodeo header with a Canadian championship and a College National Finals Rodeo championship to his name. He’s studied under great horsemen like Shawn Grant and Dean Tuftin, and he works particularly hard at his mental game to build his confidence in the...