This clinic is the natural progression for students coming out of the Level 1 clinic. However, you don’t need to have attended the Level 1 clinic to attend the Level 2 clinic. It
is important that you have already accomplished certain
fundamentals before attending this clinic. Our goal with
this clinic is to get novice ropers to a level where they are comfortable and ready to attend a pro instructor clinic such as one with Rickey Green, Walt Woodard or Tyler Magnus. We have found that more experienced ropers are able to apply more of the highly technical aspects of roping that the “pros” teach and therefore, they make huge strides towards becoming great ropers at a pro clinic. A level 2 student should already be able to rope the dummy fairly consistently, be able to walk up to a dummy horseback, in control, rope the dummy, ride up and take the rope off. He should be able to track a lead steer or a sled (Heel-O-Matic, etc.) at any speed, rope, kick back up, get a dally, and stop straight. Also, he should be able to put a rope on the steer in the chute, track the steer down the pen, and demonstrate that he can get a dally, stop the steer, and control his horse during this process. And lastly, he should be able to demonstrate some basic horsemanship skills such as being able to put your horse in a specific lead or being able to sidepass your horse. A roper at this level is now ready to work on catching more consistently, keep his horse settled and attentive in the box, learn how to properly handle cattle, and learn how to make the corner. He can begin to develop more advanced horsemanship skills such as getting your horse behind the bit (flexing at the poll and withers), moving off your leg, facing properly, stopping smoothly, etc. This is what we will concentrate on at the Level 2 clinic. It is 3 very full days, 70% of the time is spent on horseback. You will get the most out of this clinic if you already have a good, quiet,
finished rope horse. You may lease a great lesson horse at the clinic if it is more convenient.