bullridingkid
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Post by bullridingkid on Jan 6, 2006 13:59:23 GMT -5
ok have you guys and gals seen the bull rider that rides with his hand in his rope backwards.he does this because of injury. now i was wondering if there are any conqeunces like getting hung up easyier and is it easier to hang on
now i ride bulls and it seems like it would be harder but i would like some insite on this topic.
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carpshooter
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Post by carpshooter on Jan 6, 2006 16:21:03 GMT -5
i really admire him for riding that way. i have a son(not a bull rider) that was born with a defect in his left elbow and cannot turn his hand over. he can do almost everything. most people don't realize he uses his hand differently than everyone else. i believe you can do anything if you want it badly enough. i wish him the best and hopefully it will not cause him any problems.
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Post by WI8SecFan on Jan 6, 2006 16:35:03 GMT -5
Okay I have missed this one. What exactly do you mean by backwards? Do you mean Palm down or is the whole hand backwards so his fingers are pointing toward him with the palm up? I am trying to picture it and am having a really hard time coming up with what that might look like.
My other question would be what kind of injury was it and why would he not just ride with the other hand? Yes I know that there is a natural hand and it is harder to ride with the other hand but there are many guys that will switch hands while they allow an injury especially something like a bicep tear to heal.
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Post by csb on Jan 6, 2006 17:05:33 GMT -5
Seems to me that if you draw a really heavy, droppy bull that wants you on his head, its going to be really easy to click your heels. Any way you slice it, its going to be hard to keep from falling forward. I dont see how it could work, but whatever floats a guys boat I guess.
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bullridingkid
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Post by bullridingkid on Jan 6, 2006 19:40:34 GMT -5
so the guys fingers are facing him and his forearm is'nt flopped over. the injury was like a really bad broken arm which had to have like three operations. when he rode it looked like he was out of position and off his rope most of the ride but then agian he was able to get off nicely and even score mid 80
he takes the same wrap as the other riders. but the wrap is reversed so it goes to his palm towards his stomach and around the back of his hand which is facing the bulls head/hump and then around to his palm of his hand which is facing his stomach or chest. so that how the wrap goes.
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Post by longhorne on Jan 7, 2006 17:08:05 GMT -5
I admire him for it but I sure think it would be very difficult to cover bull's into your hand because of the simple fact that it's going to be a whole lot harder to pry due to the general make up of the human body.
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Post by WI8SecFan on Jan 20, 2006 13:36:58 GMT -5
Okay so I am a little slow on posting on this one but this weekend when I was at the event we were looking at ropes and we played around with what you said. As Cody said I don't know how the guy stays on any bull with any drop at all. A quick turn back should also put him in the ground. I am guessing this guy has gone off over the bulls head more times then most riders.
The guy must have some amazing leg and upper body strength to keep him on the bull and give his body enough time to catch up with his hand. If he gets behind it will be even harder for him to catch up. I will have to watch for him next time an event is on.
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Post by longhorne on Jan 22, 2006 16:29:01 GMT -5
Quite honestly with his riding hand the way it is would be very similair to Dusty Labeth's riding style. Pay attention next time you watch Dusty he dosen't hardly lift on his rope. That is one reason you see Dusty not ride very many bull's into his hand in order to ride a bull into your hand you really need to lift on your bull rope. When a bull turns back away from your hand you rely alot on balance. I taught a kid a couple of years ago how to ride bull's he rode probably 90% of his bull's into his hand but couldn't ride anything away from his hand I just kept telling him that once it clicked he would find out really how easy it was away from his hand. Well to make a long story short it finally clicked I watched him ride a bull a couple of weeks ago for 87 pts really cranked it away from his hand.
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Post by WI8SecFan on Feb 6, 2006 11:45:20 GMT -5
I had a chance to talk to a guy this weekend that has ridden this way in the past for various reasons. According to him you can ride a drop bull or a quick turn even into your hand with the wrap just as easy as a normal wrap but it takes a little adjustment to the riding style. Basically you collapse your shoulders and use the movement of your chest more to counteract the balance difference more then you would with a normal wrap. He also mentioned that he has seen Judd Leffew ride a lot of very rank and drop bulls wrapped that way (sorry I can not remember the specific examples he gave). I also asked him about hang ups and he said he had never been hung up while wrapped that way and did not really see it as an increased risk.
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