The Team Roping Journal

12 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR TEAM

Handling steers is critical to a team’s success, and it’s not the sole responsibility of the header. If a heeler helps a header out, it’ll pay off when it’s time to throw his rope. You need to communicate with your partner. If a steer goes hard to the right, your heeler needs to haze him. If a steer goes hard to the left, your heeler needs to back off.

Handling cattle is an art. A big part of your success in handling a steer is predetermined by three things: The

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