04/07/2026
Visualization is a big part of success!
"Ultimately, we’re all trying to execute a game plan at every level of this game. I do the same thing playing golf. I don’t get a lot of time to practice that, either. I can sympathize with a roper who works an 8-5 job and only gets to practice once a week, because that’s me playing golf. But I swing my club all the time, and am always practicing mentally to learn the game as I go, using the mental imagery process that roping has taught me.
As for making the best use of the time we do have, use that smart phone to watch the pros making good runs on YouTube. Use that mental imagery on the different components of your roping—proper swing angles, timing, delivery and how you ride your horse. Spend your limited time in the practice pen working on everything from your posture to your swing position and angle. Rope the dummy to get repetition of a fundamentally correct delivery. Even when I rope the dummy on the ground I’m running a make-believe scenario through my mind where I’m on my horse with the reins in my hand, making that corner and executing my game plan. It’s a systematic regimen, whether I’m doing it mentally, on the ground, on a Heel-O-Matic or with actual practice runs. In all those scenarios I’m doing the same thing—formulating a game plan in my mind, then trying to go get it done."
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