b'FEED the NEED FROM THE BACK OF THE BOXBy John SamsillFor all your team roping questions or to set up a clinic or lesson please contact me directly at johnsamsillteamroping@gmail.comT here are parts of a teamyou will be able roping run that are criticalto rope from to the success of the run.all positions This is true whether you areand have a an open team or a number eight team. First, let metight rope. By explain what I think is a successful run. For now,learning how to we will forget about how fast the run is, yes time isdo this youll important, but you need to stop the clock with a cleanbe able to have run before you need to worry about time. A successfula tight rope run is first, no broken barriers, second, no penaltiesmuch quicker. on the heeling side, and third, we have maintainedThis allows you control throughout the entire run. If you want to seeto start your what having control of a run looks like, just look uphandle sooner, the Windy Ryon Memorial team roping on YouTube.thus enabling This roping has always been run over a long score withyou to have fast cattle. Everything you do in these situations isbetter handles important to maintaining control in the run. Controland have faster times smooth corner, you will have higher catch percentages starts with your position, both as a header and a heeler.with no more effort than before.and faster times. Sometimes you just have to slow down The area I see the most loss of control in is to be fast.the handle, particularly in the corner. This is true Until next time, Ill see you at the back of the box. Thank you to my sponsors, Usher Brand Silver and for both headers and heelers. 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