The Breakdown

Taylor Munsell is fresh off a Prairie Circuit Finals win and gearing up for her second National Finals of Breakaway Roping. She shares how she fought back after reconstructive shoulder surgery to become one of the deadliest breakaway ropers on the ProRodeo trail. Munsell explains how the advice "It is what it is. Let's run another one," has helped shape her outlook on her professional career, and life overall.

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JJ Hampton is undeniably one of the most dominating female ropers of all time. She talks about her career from the start—when nobody thought she would ever catch a calf, let alone become one of the best of all time— and how she became the JJ that fans know and love.

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Pssst: If you don't know JJ, she's an 18-time WPRA World Champion and three-time NFBR qualifier. There's a pretty rockin' instructional series featuring her at BreakawayRoping.com. You can use the code BREAKDOWN15 for 15% off a membership, too.

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On this episode, Josie Conner's parents weigh in on how they helped Josie reach a high level of success in the sport of breakaway roping and the values they instilled in her from an early age to help her learn how to work hard and treat the sport like a business, while being kind and humble.

This conversation happened on the close of the ProRodeo regular season, after Jade and Wendi found out Josie had clinched her NFBR qualification in dramatic fashion in Cumberland, Maine.

This is a great episode for both parents looking to help their children flourish in the sport of breakaway, and youngsters trying to learn how to make roping profitable.

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On this episode, NFBR qualifier Joey Williams discusses her recent win at Ellensburg Rodeo, where she dominated the rounds and aggregate to pocket over $7,400. She also discusses what it's like balancing a rodeo career with three small children and the bloodlines behind her great mare, Baybe.

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Note: This episode did not show up orignally on Apple podcasts, so for Spotify users...this is a double! For Apple listeners...check it out!

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Donene Taylor is a certified mental performance coach and author who has worked with some of the top athletes in the sport of rodeo, and she discusses her relationship with confidence and her journey to her gold buckle in the women's tie-down on this long-awaited episode of The Breakdown.

Donene works through how to love the journey, keep up with your goals and how to redefine the way you view yourself as an athlete to open new doors in not only your roping career, but in daily life. You might want to take notes, because Taylor drops some major truth bombs about what might be holding you back in your roping, and shares how the her newest book, "Master the Art of Winning," can help you reach your goals.

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What better way to celebrate the National Day of the Cowgirl and Women in Rodeo Month than by announcing that Kelsie Domer is back in the rodeo arena just five weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Oaklynn.

Domer is taking one last stab at securing back-to-back NFBR qualifications and battling it out on the bubble with her close friend, Jackie Crawford.

It's going to be a showdown until September 30th, when the regular ProRodeo season ends, and Domer weighs in on mom life and her rodeo plans with Chelsea Shaffer, editor of The Team Roping Journal and The Breakaway Roping Journal.

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On this episode, NFBR qualifier Joey Williams discusses her recent win at Ellensburg Rodeo, where she dominated the rounds and aggregate to pocket over $7,400. She also discusses what it's like balancing a rodeo career with three small children and the bloodlines behind her great mare, Baybe.

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In this hilarious Breakdown episode, 2022 Resistol Rookie contender Tiffany Schieck talks about Susie, the $2,000 mare that helped her earn the co-championship in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and how she went from not knowing what the National Finals Rodeo was to having a chance to rope inside the South Point at the NFBR in November.

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Rick Foster is a sports medicine specialist who has worked with rodeo athletes for 40 years. A roper himself, he began his career working with Olympic athletes and the U.S. Ski Team, and eventually transitioned to picking cowboys and cowgirls out of the arena full-time. Foster is a roper himself and truly understands rodeo culture and how to realistically set health goals.

Foster covers a variety of topics, including:

• Nutrition
• Staying fit on the rodeo trail
• Substance use and abuse
• Injury prevention and treatment
• Alcohol
• Sleep
• Caffeine
• Athlete mentality

This episode is jam-packed with health and wellness tips that can help you inside and outside of the arena, and a few funny stories!

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