The Team Roping Journal

OVERCOMING HEADWINDS IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE

There is no more physically or mentally demanding month on the rodeo calendar than July. It's the heartbeat of the season. The entire month of July is busy, and can make or break you. So the sooner you figure out how to deal with the adversity that's part of rodeoing for a living, the better off you'll be.

In the wintertime, from January 1 to about April 1, it's all about the Texas building rodeos.

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