Running Past the First Barrel

Your first barrel is a different set up and turn then the other two. At the barrel you are coming in at a full out run from the start. You also turn this barrel at a different angle than the others. This barrel is called the “money barrel” because if you knock this barrel, your run is over with, if you leave it standing, you have a good chance of bringing home some money.

The reason many barrel horses run past the first barrel is because the lack of rate. Since they are charging full force, some seasoned barrel horses tend to get too aggressive about this barrel. To fix this you need to go back in your training and work on rate with your horse. Work on asking your horse to slowly trot or lope to the barrel. When you get to your rate point, ask your horse to stop and back up. By doing this your horse will learn to listen to your cues when you ask him to slow down for the barrel.

Rating or Ducking out the Second Barrel

When you come off the first barrel and are heading to the second, you are running straight at a fence. Some horses have a problem with this and will tend to turn to early at the second barrel. A good solution is to try putting the barrels in an open area such as a field and taking your horse through the pattern. Also, work in an arena loping your horse straight to a fence and ask them to stop at the fence. Mix in stopping at the fence and turning at the fence, but only turning the direction you ask. Pretty soon your horse will be asking you what you want him to do, stop, turn left or turn right. When your horse looks to you for direction, you are ready to run a solid barrel pattern.

Coming Wide off the Third Barrel

This is a common problem because the horse knows this is the final turn before they get to dig for home. The rider also knows it and their anticipation can also allow the horse to come with off of this barrel. If your horse is just in training, or if you sometimes do practice runs to tune your horse up, never run back from the barrel. Always complete the turn and head to the fence and come along the fence back to the start/finish line. Doing this completes the barrel turn for the horse and also for the rider. Another good exercise is too set up a few barrels in no particular pattern, and have your horse turn them in your order. Doing this will help the horse listen to you when you want him to turn, and not just drill a pattern into his head.

Dropping the Shoulder into the Barrel

If your horse has a habit of knocking barrels over, one of the common causes is a dropped shoulder. This exercise is a good way to help your horse pick up his shoulder. While going to the barrel aim your horse for the normal rate point and the point where you would ask your horse to start turning the barrel. At this point, ask your horse to turn the opposite direction away from the barrel. Do a complete turn so you are facing back the direction you came. Ride back a ways and turn again aiming for the barrel. You can repeat this exercise if you feel your horse again dropping into the barrel.

Wanting to Go back to Start after the First or Second Barrel

A very common problem in barrel horses. They will come around the first or second barrel and want to head right back to the ‘Out’ gate. There are a few ways to try to deal with this problem. The most important thing is be ready for it. Don’t let your horse think he has gotten the best of you by doing this. An exercise to try is setting the pattern up the opposite way then you usually do. In other words, put the first and second barrels on the side of the arena that the third barrel usually is, so you are coming into the pattern from the other side of the arena. Just by a change of scenery may help your horse to listen to what you are asking of them. Another thing to try is having a crop or quirt in your hand. It should be on the side your horse usually goes to after turning the barrel. So if your horse comes around the second barrel and tries to go right instead of going left to the third barrel, hold the crop in your right hand. You probably wont need to use it, just hold it there as a barrier. If your horse gets really pushy, lay it on his neck as a more forceful barrier. For the training aspect of this problem, try setting up barrels in no particular pattern and having your horse go through the pattern you set in your mind. If you want to turn a barrel to the left, you ask your horse to do it. If you want to run by a barrel, your horse should do it with no hesitation. You two need to be partners in this, but your horse should also look to you for guidance.

Not Entering the Arena

A horse that will not enter the arena for a run is a ring sour and/or barrel sour horse. This horse has probably been run too much on barrels. The best thing is too take this horse off of barrels for a while. The reason for this is a horse that refuses to enter the arena can become dangerous. They can rear up, bolt, spin, try to do anything but go in the arena, and most of the time they do not care who is in their way. The best thing to do is go on trail riders, do anything but barrels. You can also work in the arena without the barrels there. This gets the horse comfortable with just walking in the arena and playing around instead of having to run, run, run.

When your horse if comfortable walking into the arena, set the barrels up in there, but don’t pay attention to them. Act like you don’t even see them. Play around a little in the ring, then just ride out. Do this a few days, then ask your horse to go around the barrels a slow pace. Try to only do this once. Than ride around the ring a little and end the session for that day. After this, try doing a slow test run with your horse. Just lope slowly through the pattern once and that’s it. If your horse did this willingly, walking into the arena and didn’t try to bolt when you set up to do the barrels, try taking your horse to a show and see how they do. Just stay calm, be confident that your horse will walk into the arena calmly and ready to run.

Not Stopping at the End of a Run

If your horse has no brakes, you really shouldn’t be running at all. If is extremely dangerous to not have control of your horse. Work on getting your horse to listen to you at slower gaits. As you progress, move up in speed until you feel comfortable and confident that you can control your horse at any speed he is going. Also, just because your horse will not stop, doesn’t mean you need to get a harsher bit on your horse, but sometimes a bit change is necessary. If you are looking to change bits and not sure what to try, contact a professional to help you in your decision.

PART II COMING SOON!

Billie McNamara has been barrel racing for 15 years, competing and winning in several events. She offers coaching and training in barrel racing and information can be obtained from her at brrlrcer3@maine.rr.com or her website, http://www.barrelraceinmaine.com

I have lived in Massachusetts on whole life. I grew up watching Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parrish. I watched the Red Sox lose the 86 World Series, and the Patriots lose 2 Super Bowls, before finally becoming a winning franchise. I am a huge Red Sox fan and I watch the Patriots but overall sports leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

It sickens me to see athletes cry and wine about not being treated with respect because someone only offered them $12 million a year instead of $15 million. (Nomar Garciapara How much is he making next year?) Manny Ramirez makes $20 million a year and wants to be traded because he has no privacy. The list of whines goes on and on all over sports. In my opinion, the most disgusting complaints as of late come from the New Orleans Saints football team. They are being treated unfairly because they have no home field. Getting paid millions of dollars is not being treated fairly because you have no home field. How about the people with no HOME? I wish someone would treat me as unfairly as these athletes are treated.

Then you get to listen to the owners complain about the large contracts and that they are losing money. First of all, you are a billionaire for a reason, you did something right. Don’t try and lie to people and say you are now losing money. Nobody believes it. If you were losing money you’d sell.

These same owners that complain about losing money raise our ticket prices every year. Maybe this is just a Boston thing, maybe it doesn’t happen everywhere. Once you are at the game you pay $7 for a small cup of beer. A study was done in the Boston area and for a family of four it will cost them between $200-$250 to attend a Red Sox game, just for ordinary seats. Parking is now $25-$30 depending on the parking lot. I wish that just once year everybody would boycott going to professional sporting events. We need to give the owners and players a taste of reality.

Most of my articles have a theme to them, a theme of getting value for your money. Money is so hard to come by for the average American family and in order to get ahead, and actually save some money, you need to get value for the money. This does not always mean being cheap, just being smart. I do not feel spending $250 on attending a sporting event to watch a bunch of millionaires playing a game is value.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence
then, is not an act but a habit.
-Aristotle-

I remember watching my boys growing
up. They would go to their Scout meetings
and bring home a pole that they hadcut from
a sapling.

They made it into a pole by stripping the
bark and carving different designs into it.
They would talk about how they used it for
hiking and on campouts.

Today things have changed a lot. The Scouts
still make their trekking poles, but more hikers
are now going high-tech.

Todays poles have much of the same
benefits the scouts used them for.

Hikers also use two of them for
hiking. Which double the benefits.

1. This includes pack weight distribution
to the arms, thus increasing indurance.

2. Makes keeping your balance easier
as you cross rivers and streams as
well as rough terrain.

3. Lowers stress on the joints, knees, hips
and lower back.

4. Gives a more upright, hiking posture.
This in turn will make breathing
more efficient.

5. Helps you go up those steep inclines.
Also helps you keep your balance on the
declines.

6. Dispite some drawbacks concerning
them, the advantages far outweigh
the drawbacks.

7. Trekking poles today are high tech
in design and with adjustable telescopic
features make them ideal for summer and
winter. Most are made from materials
such as aluminum or titanium.

8. Trekking poles have adjustable wrist straps
and can have plastic or cork handgrips.

9. How to use your trekking poles
is done by keeping your forearm parallel to
to the ground on flat tarrain. If you’re ascending the poles will need adjusting. You
will need to make them shorter, so you will not
over reach. The opposite is also true as well.
When going down a hill you will need to lengthen
the poles.

10. Its very easy to use trekking poles. Just walk
naturally one arm forward with the opposite
leg. The poles will soon become apart of you
as you walk.

As you become used to using the poles you’ll
find how easy it has become to hike and how much
faster and farther you can travel.

Check out your local Scout Shop for a good quality
set of poles. You’ll also be financially helping out
the Scout troops in your area.

Val and Robin Shortt are experienced campers and own three outdoor websites For more tips like these and to register for their Free newsletter visit: Good Night Camping Equipment

In most of the races I’ve participated in, there will be rows of bike racks set up and numbered. Your spot may be pre-determined by your race number and you may have no choice about where you are to set up. Other races may have no set structure. In this case, I like to have my bike near the aisle if possible. Make sure you take note of where your spot is located. In a big race with hundreds of participants, it’s tough to locate your bike in a sea of bicycles if you don’t remember where you set up. I saw a person once run around the transition area for about 5 minutes trying to locate their bike.

In most of the races I’ve done, the bike rack will consist of a horizontal pole with vertical supports every so often. I’ve found that it works best for me to hook the handlebars to the rack by putting the brake levers over the pole. This way, the bike is stable on the rack and you can quickly lift it off when you are ready.

You’ll probably want to have your bike transition area laid out strategically. I lay things out in a logical sequence for how I put them on and take them off. The first thing I do is I lay down an old towel alongside my bike. I have my biking shoes at the edge of the towel with my running shoes just behind them.

If you are using a bike that has regular pedals or toe clips, you probably won’t have a separate pair of bike shoes. However, if your bike has racing pedals with clips, then you’ll have a separate pair of shoes with cleats attached to the bottom, kind of like how ski boots clip onto the skis. If you are serious about training and racing, you will probably want to upgrade at some point to clip-in pedals. They will help you develop a smoother, powerful pedal stroke because you can push and pull through the entire pedal revolution. See this link for more information about training with clip-in pedals.

If you like to wear socks when you run (or bike), lay the socks over the top of the appropriate shoes. If I’m going to wear a shirt, I lay it across the seat of my bike. Next, I lay a small towel on top of my bike shoes (more on this later). On top of the small towel, I lay my number strap. If you don’t have a number strap, I highly recommend getting one. Here’s why. First, you can pre-attach your number sheet to your belt strap. You don’t have to worry about trying to attach the number to your shirt. This will help you avoid a lot of problems. Second, I don’t like the number on the front of my shirt while I’m bent over my bike. It feels like it gets in the way. Finally, I often don’t wear a shirt during the bike race, so I don’t want to have to wear a shirt just so that I can have my number displayed. If you get a number belt strap, you can just quickly put it on and turn it around so that your number is behind your back while you ride the bike.

I put my sunglasses inside my bike helmet and then I lay the helmet on top of my running shoes (which are directly behind my bike shoes). I put my water bottle(s) on the bike before the race. If you wait until the transition to put your water bottles on the bike, you’ll add a few more seconds, or worse yet, you may forget to take water on the bike. It’s vital to stay hydrated and the bike is the best place to drink because I find it much harder to drink while running.

This is probably a good time to discuss what to wear under your wetsuit. As a male, I prefer wearing a Speedo® or Tyr® racing suit with the longer legs. This way, they double as bike shorts. You can also buy combo suits that have a padded crotch, but I don’t like the way they feel when they get wet, so I use my regular swimsuit under my wetsuit and I just jump on the bike. Depending on the temperature, I might throw on a shirt or I might go shirtless. Women will probably want to wear a racing swimsuit or combo suit for the duration of the race.

Doug Wilson
Contributing writer for http://www.triathlonsupply.com, an online resource for the novice to expert triathlete looking for triathlon tips and triathlon gear product reviews to enhance their 2006 Triathlon Season.

Outright Odds: 125/1
Group A Winners: 4/1

Following a disastrous 2002 World Cup campaign in which coach Jerzy Engel talked up his side’s prospects only for them to be beaten 2-0 by South Korea and hammered 4-0 by Portugal, Poland will be keen to recreate their former World Cup glories.

Under coach Pawel Janas, Poland made short work of their qualifying group, enjoying home and away victories against Austria, Azerbaijan, Northern Ireland and Wales. Two narrow 2-1 defeats to England prevented a clean sweep but eight wins out of 10 matches was more than enough to cement their place in the finals.

In qualifying they proved their ability to beat average teams convincingly and they will need to repeat this on the grand stage if they are to repeat their glorious campaigns of 1974 and 1982 in which they finished third. However, they also need to prove they have what it takes to beat the stronger sides as they did in 1974, when Argentina, Italy, Sweden and Yugoslavia were dispatched before beating Brazil to claim third place.

They certainly have the firepower to do so and Poland’s main strength lies in attack. During qualifying they cracked in 27 goals, notably the 8-0 thrashing of Azerbaijan and scored at least once in all 10 of their qualifying matches. More importantly, they scored 10 more than group winners England managed for all their multi-million pound’s worth of strikers and only three sides scored more goals than the Poles during the European qualifying campaign.

Elche striker Tomasz Frankowski, nicknamed “The Goals Hunter” and Celtic forward Maciej Zurawski fired in 14 goals between them during qualifying while Southampton’s Grzegorz Rasiak is also in contention.

Poland are also a side that is not short of experience. The expected starting line-up has an average age of over 30 while Jacek Krzynowek, Jamil Kosowski and Radolsaw Kaluzny have all played in the German Bundesliga. Four years ago the team struggled to cope with the climate in Korea and Japan but will have no such issues this time when making the short trip over the border into Germany.

Their only real weakness is at the back where they have developed a habit of conceding soft goals which will not go unpunished when they face a team in clinical mood.

Recommended Bet:
Poland have received a favourable draw in which they should arguably beat both Ecuador and Costa Rica with the local “derby” fixture against Germany sandwiched in between. The dismal failure of four years ago means the Poles cannot be backed confidently to win Group A, although they are strong enough to qualify from it.

Poland to qualify from Group A @ 8/15
Poland to beat Costa Rica @ 4/5

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In all my years as an avid sports fan, I have been exposed to a number of
extraor-dinary events. However, over the last year, a certain trend has not only questioned my responsibilities as a sports enthusiast, but also my rights as a paying spectator of these enthralling events. The recent escalation of fan-player interaction and violence has made me reevaluate what purpose I serve for the athletes and that which they serve for the fans. In fact, the very idea of people paying to witness a sporting event, watch it on television, or read about it in a newspaper has come into question.

Ever since last November 19, when members of
the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers got in a fight with each other, which, within
minutes, included the patrons as well, the relationship between spectators and
athletes has been questioned not only by me, but also by league officials, sports
journalists, law enforcement officers, and players alike. Although relatively brief, in
my lifetime I have playedmany organized sports games in fairly hostile
environments, but seldom have I even been tempted to respond to taunts and
cheers from the audience. So in light of recent events, I am left only to wonder: at
what point do athletes feel the need to, or have the right to retaliate against these
raucous crowds? And how far are fans permitted to push these players until they
are held accountable for their provocations?

Last November, late on a Saturday night that had started off just like any other,
I happened to glance at a television and my face lit up when I saw that, in the
middle of a party, someone had tuned into my favorite channel, ESPN. But to my
shock, the station that usually brightens my day was showing the same horrific
video clips over and over. As gruesome and barbaric as it looked, I could not take
my eyes off the image of Indiana Pacers’ forward Ron Artest jumping off the scorer’s
table after being called for a flagrant foul, and racing into the stands to attack a
man who had thrown a cup of beer at his face. To make a car accident analogy
would not do the situation justice - my eyes had never been so wide open, nor my
jaw so much farther from my nose in my entire life. For the following fifteen
minutes, I could not help but feel as though the world as we knew it was about to
end. First, there was Stephen Jackson who followed Artest into the crowd, but not
to help protect his teammate from further abuse, but instead to ferociously
blindside an innocent bystander who was unlucky enough to be seated behind the
man who had originally thrown the cup at Artest. Next, I watched clips of Artest
and teammate Jermaine O’Neal mercilessly swing at two fans who had, for some
reason, felt it necessary to wander onto the playing court while the melee was still at
its height. The broadcast continued with images of fans pouring beer, popcorn and
other concessions on Pacers players as they were escorted off the court, and
concluded with perhaps the most damaging image of the entire fiasco: a young fan
crying and hugging his parents as his idols brutally attacked each other and their
supporters.

The events of that night sent a deafening scream throughout the sports world,
begging for answers to a number of crucial questions. First, and most importantly,
who is at fault? In almost every confrontation, there is an aggressor and a victim;
but the nature of this riot was much more complex than most. Although players are
expected above all else to refrain from acting maliciously toward fans, it is absurd
to think any performer would stand passively by as he is physically abused by his
audience. But at the same token, to forgive spectators for harming those whom
they pay to watch would be equally ludicrous. So, at what point do the taunts and
cheers that are simply meant to distract athletes from playing their game, turn into
malicious threats or criminal slander? Dr. Richard Lustberg, a renowned sports
psychologists and owner of PsychologyofSports.com writes, “Fans hurl insults for a
myriad of reasons. Perhaps some try to have some control over the players and the
game; others are simply uncouth. By responding the way they do, the athletes have
in affect given control of their actions to the very individuals they are trying to
silence.”

Each person involved in the brawl in Detroit has his or her idea of whom is at
fault - according to Pacers’ coach Rich Carlisle, the arena security and Pistons’
coaching staff is to blame, and Robin Flicker of the New York Times argues that the
athletes are at fault, while most NBA players will just as soon point at the fans for
crossing the line. In 2003, retired social psychologist Gordon Russell remarked in
the San Francisco Chronicle that aggressive fan outbursts usually begin with “one
person’s thoughtless actions, the high of physical aggression, the thrill of a
momentary sensation all contribute.”

Unfortunately, such incidents as this, although not nearly as devastating, have
become increasingly prevalent in the past twelve moths. Major League Baseball
witnessed two unexpected outbursts last fall when Los Angeles Dodgers’ outfielder
Milton Bradley walked over to a fan that had been taunting him and threw a beer
bottle at his feet. This occurred only two weeks after Texas Rangers’ relief pitcher
Frank Francisco leapt into the stands from the bullpen at the Oakland Coliseum,
only to hurl a chair at a group of hecklers whom had apparently gone too far in their
jeers. With each event, the line between fan’s rights and athlete’s threshold for
insults gets fuzzier and fuzzier, leading America down a path of conflict and
uncertainty.

This issue intrigues me so much because I am in the unique position of
relating to both parties. Not only do I relentlessly follow professional basketball,
baseball, football, hockey, and college sports, but I have also played organized
basketball my entire life and am currently participating in an intramural league at
my university, which on some days takes on a much more raucous atmosphere than
any professional game I have ever witnessed. My family has had season tickets to
Los Angeles Clipper games for the last ten years, and I, just as nearly every other
Clipper fan, have yelled, taunted, and even cursed the players when their play has
been sub-par (which is quite often). On only two occasions have I garnered any
kind of response from an athlete - once a player simply put his index finger to his
lips, signaling for me to be quite, and the other time a player actually threw his
headband to the floor and yelled back at my cohorts and me. But rather than
sensing as though I had overstepped my bounds, I had a feeling of empowerment;
that I had actually had an affect on these men whom at times I idolize, despise, and
emulate.

In my intramural league, I have witnessed fraternities perform taunts that took
days to prepare, and have a very apparent affect on the players. In a first round
playoff game three nights ago against the Kappa Sigma frat team, each time I
stepped up to the free throw line the brothers in the stands screamed in unison the
name of a female acquaintance of mine that they knew would surely distract me. I
went one-for-eight from the stripe and could not stand to look any of them in the
eye the following day. After that game, my hatred for those drunken frat boys was
nearly as profound as my own embarrassment, as I knew that all of their taunting
should have not only been expected, but silenced by my preparation and
performance. In hindsight, I assume that I would have retaliated had the fans come
onto the playing court, or had their verbal attacks crossed over into the realm of
personal assault.

But rather than defining exactly how far fans ought to be allowed to push their
favorite or least favorite athletes, why not reevaluate the purpose of spectators at
athletic events in the first place? Granted there would be little to no interest in
sports if spectators were removed from the playing atmosphere, but it is worth
considering the purpose of having a partial crowd affect a fair and neutral sporting
event. Would sports be better suited having every event televised, but restricting
fans from watching in person? No matter what the effect on the actual outcome of
the games, this would clearly eliminate such instances as the ones we have seen in
Detroit, Los Angeles, and Oakland over the past year, which have stained the face of
professional sports leagues, and turned eager, enthusiastic, young fans away from
the games.

Sam Widdoes is a freshman student at the University of Richmond. This article was
submitted as a part of a project for his Expository Writing class. He is 19 years old
and from Los Angeles, Cailfornia. His email is Sam.Widdoes@Richmond.edu.

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Swim gear today offers many more options and customizations than at any other point in history. You can even have prescription lens swim goggles that are custom made for not only your prescription but also to fit your face. In addition to thinks such as this, which are highly functional, there are now MP3 players made to stand up to the pressure of underwater use.

As I’ve said before, today’s swim gear is far superior to those that have come before. Even the swim fins on today’s market are highly specialized according the specific needs of individual swimmers. It’s great to know that we live in a society, even world, that has evolved into understanding that one size does not indeed fit all. Swim gear that is made to suit your body’s individual build, structure, and your specific needs according to your level of expertise will give a competitive edge to those with experience and all novices to swim with more confidence than ever before.

Whether you are simply a recreational swimmer, a serious diver, a competitive swimmer, or somewhere in the middle you have probably agonized over whether or not you were buying the right gear for your particular circumstances. Especially if you aren’t exactly sure what to do with the gear you’ve purchased. One rule of thumb is that if you don’t know what you are supposed to do with a piece of equipment it is best not to guess.

My best advice is to purchase all of your swim gear from a reputable dealer with a knowledgeable sales staff. If the staff doesn’t seem interested in educating you about the equipment you are purchasing, I recommend finding another store from which to purchase your equipment. Using some of this equipment without knowledge of how to properly do so can be deadly. Be certain you are getting a complete explanation of the equipment you are buying before you buy it.

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