The Jackpot Move: Holding Up the Head Horse with Dustin Bird
Dustin Bird explains how to hold your horse up in a jackpot scenario.
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Maintaining the Head Horse with Clay Tryan
Clay Tryan is a consistent top-five header and perennial threat for the world title. His secret? Good horses. After his great horse Thumper was retired, he broke out two new greats: Cate, a sorrel mare, and Dew, a bay gelding. His success rides on their performance, so here a few of his tips for keeping head horses sound and working solid.
Learning to Drop a Coil with Ty Blasingame
Learning to reach takes a lifetime’s worth of practice and requires better horsemanship than some people realize.
Right-Hand Circle Drill with Clay Tryan
How to use a machine to keep your horse running to the steer, even when he steps right.
Slowing Down Strong Cattle with Jake Cooper
Three-time NFR qualifier Jake Cooper's tips on slowing down strong cattle to help out your heeler.
The Magic in the Move: Setting Up A Run For Your Heeler
Pros weigh in on how “the move” sets up your heeler—and how to get it right.
The Battle of the Bubble Boys
Jake Barnes' talks about the bubble and what ProRodeo ropers can do in Vegas even if they don't make it to the NFR.
A Smooth Start Plus A Smooth Handle Equals A Fast Run with Tom Richards
How smoothing out your start and your handle will speed up your runs.
When to Hold ’em and When to Fold ’em with Jake Barnes
Knowing when to stick it out or when to call it quits with a team roping partner.
Knowing Your Horse In Jackpots or Rodeo Situations with Dustin Bird
Dustin Bird talks about paying close attention to your horse in jackpot or rodeo situations.
3 Mistakes Headers Make When Trying to Up Their Horsemanship That Instead Hinder Their Roping with Trevor Brazile
The 24-time World Champion Cowboy’s take on horsemanship, team roping and the mental game each month, exclusively in The Team Roping Journal.
3 Tips for a Header’s First Swing with Tom Richards
Richards shares tips to help with controlling your first swing out of the head box.
Maximizing Dummy Practice
Crawford shares some useful tips on getting the most out of your dummy roping practice in just 10 minutes.
4 Tips to Help Your Drawpot Heeler with Jake Cooper
From local drawpots to big-time ProAms, headers can help their heelers build confidence and win money.
Aaron Tsinigine: What “Using Your Horse” Really Means
How and why using your horse can change your roping for the better.
5 Steps on Maintaining Control with Casey Hicks
Keeping your head horse in control is key to smooth runs.
3 Tips for Teaching Rate in a Head Horse with Bobby Mote
Mote shares three tips on teaching a head horse to rate.
Remembering Rickey Green
The team roping world recently lost a very special friend and family member in Rickey Green. Rickey was especially close to our own Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper, so we decided to share a few of their favorite memories.
Jake Barnes: Roping For A Living Is A Grind
Jake Barnes shares how tough roping for a living can be.
Working With Chargy Head Horses with Logan Olson
How to get your chargy head horse to back off.
Truth or Dare Time with Jake Barnes
Barnes talks about how being conservative in the roping industry today is harder to do with the reachers.
Five Flat with Tyler Wade
Fight the Wave Off: The technical side of the wave off, and how to prevent it.
Jake Barnes: Let’s Hear It for The Legends
Jake Barnes talks about legendary Ropers Tee Woolman and Leo Camarillo.
How Heading From Too Tight or Wide Position Can Affect Your Handles with JoJo LeMond
JoJo LeMond's position coming down the arena while heading, from X Factor Roping.
Scoring on a New Head Horse
Getting the feel of things on a new head horse takes some getting used to, even for World Champ Aaron Tsinigine.
Jake Barnes' Game Plan for Gaining Success
Seven-time world champion Jake Barnes breaks down what it takes to succeed in team roping under pressure.
Riding Your Horse Out of the Box with Luke Brown
No matter where I plan to throw my rope when heading, I need to ride my horse to the end of the box and let him catch up to the steer without reading my throw, says NFR average champion and Bob Feist Invitational Champion Luke Brown.
Jake Barnes: Talk It Over, Make a Plan and Execute
Jake Barnes talks about developing strategy in team roping.
Jackpot Sense with Clay Smith
The sun wasn’t the only thing hot in Arizona this winter—Clay Smith won three of the biggest jackpots during the Arizona run, including the Mike Cervi Jr. Memorial in Marana worth $18,500 a man. He talks about what it took to rope smart over five head here.
Knowing When to Throw with Derrick Begay
A roper needs to learn how to figure out, in the middle of his or her swing, the line between throwing too fast and taking one more
Jake Barnes: In It For The Long Haul
Barnes talks about the challenges of staying at the top of your game in professional team roping.
Jake Barnes is Repaired, Refreshed and Ready to Rope
Barnes is back in action after knee surgery.
Barnes Is Taking Time to Recuperate and Refresh in 2016
Jake Barnes will undergo knee surgery this month.
Jake Barnes: How Low Can Team Roping Times Go?
Jake Barnes talks about the evolution of speed in team roping.
Professional Cowgirl: Jackie Crawford
WPRA World Champion Jackie Crawford talks about what it takes to make roping a career.
Never Take Life for Granted with Jake Barnes
Seven-time World Champion Header Jake Barnes talks about keeping team roping and life in perspective.
5 Steps to Handling Cattle with Charly Crawford
n August of 2014, we covered Charly Crawford’s first five steps to a team roping run. Now, we’ll look at the next five.
How to Properly Set Up a Run with Travis Tryan
Tryan talks through the initial stages of a team roping run from the header's perspective.
Jake Barnes: Never-Ending Quest for Top-Flight Horses
What it takes to find a top-level horse in team roping.
Head Control with Luke Brown
Giving your heelers a better handle makes for faster, more consistent runs.
Handling Cattle is Sometimes a Luxury
Jake Barnes talks about making fast runs that eliminate technique in handling cattle.
