Category: Team Roping
A podcast built around developing young team ropers from their first years in the box through junior rodeo and into amateur competition. The host is a professional header who coaches youth and college-age ropers and has produced several NFR-qualified ropers who came up through his youth program. Episodes address age-appropriate practice structures for junior ropers, when to move from steers to full-size cattle, how to develop a youth header and heeler who can work together as a synchronized team, and the mental aspects of competing that parents and coaches often underestimate. The show covers Youth World Series events, AJRA, and the pathway through high school rodeo into college team roping programs. Horse selection episodes are among the most requested — specifically how to find a horse appropriate for a young roper that won't outrun their skills while still teaching them correct timing. Guest ropers at the top of the sport regularly join to discuss how they got their starts.