Innehållsförteckning för Clay Tryan från The Team Roping Journal

CS: What was the Tryan family practice pen like when you we’re a kid? CT: I want to say it was railroad ties and wood with wire in between. We got lights when I was a little bit older. It was probably 300 feet long and 150 feet wide—that’s kind of how everybody built arenas back then. We had a guest ranch, and we taught people how to rope so my dad was always trading horses here and there. He wasn’t necessarily a horse trader, but he had all these horses for these people to ride. So we would just mix and match on whatever was left over that we didn’t use that week, and we’d rope on them. CS: Did you have a horse that helped build your roping…

READY FOR ANYTHING The most important thing about roping is how you handle your rope. How you swing it and how you control it makes the difference between being able to make a tough shot on a tricky steer and hitting the steer in the back of the head. Guys who get really good all have that in common.  YOUR BEST FRIEND How you handle your rope is an acquired taste. Your rope has to be your best friend. Rope the dummy a lot. Swing your rope a lot. Learn what it takes for you to control your top strand, your bottom strand and your tip. This will build consistency in your swing—know where you like your arm, how you want your coils and how fast your rope speed needs…