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Ride Rope Rodeo | Performance, Training, Pressure, Nerves, Mindset, Horsemanship

Ride Rope Rodeo | Performance, Training, Pressure, Nerves, Mindset, Horsemanship

By: Tana Johnston | High Performance Athlete Coach
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Are you struggling to feel confident in the arena? Do you get nervous, feel pressure, or get in your head right before your run? Hey! I'm Tana, WPRA World Champion Breakaway Roper and high-performance athlete coach with a passion to help the next generation. I created Ride Rope Rodeo to help athletes build confidence, strengthen mindset, handle pressure, and compete with consistency. Inside this podcast, I dive into faith, mindset, performance, and training to help you stop overthinking, trust your preparation, and show up with confidence. Welcome to Ride Rope Rodeo—let’s elevate your game.Tana Johnston | High Performance Athlete Coach
Episodes
  • EP 87// Why Talent Isn't Enough: How Preparation Separates Great Rodeo Athletes (with Chase Johnston)
    Aug 18 2026

    Talent is a gift. But at some point, talent isn’t going to be enough.

    As you move forward in rodeo, the competition gets tougher. Everybody can rope. Everybody can ride. Everybody has talent. So what starts to separate the good athletes from the great ones? A whole lot of it comes down to preparation.

    In this episode, Chase and I sit down and talk about what real preparation looks like—from your training, consistency and horsemanship to studying your craft, paying attention to the smallest details and developing a mindset that can handle pressure when it’s time to compete.

    Because better performance doesn’t just happen when the pressure is on. It’s built in the practice pen, at the barn, in the little decisions nobody sees and in the work you’re willing to keep doing over and over again.

    If you want to compete at the next level, don’t just rely on your talent. Learn to prepare for where you want to go.

    Let's Elevate Your Game! 🔥

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    Ready to gain a competitive edge?

    ⁠Book a call with Tana today to get started! ⁠

    Join the FB community for free training tools: ⁠Go All In Training for Rodeo Athletes ⁠

    Get the ⁠Strategies for Success emails ⁠

    Visit the website - www.goallintraining.com

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    31 mins
  • EP 86 // Are You Stuck in "Why Me?" | How to Build Resilience in the Rodeo Arena (with Kacey Kobza)
    Aug 11 2026

    What happens outside the arena matters.

    In this episode of Ride Rope Rodeo, I sit down with my lifelong friend and breakaway roper, Kacey Kobza, to talk about resilience, adversity, and the mindset it takes to keep moving forward in rodeo and in life.

    We talk about how the discipline and work ethic we build outside the arena directly impact what happens inside it, why you have to learn to take care of the controllables, and how to move forward after a bad run, setback, or tough season.

    Kacey also shares her powerful story of battling Hodgkin's lymphoma at a pivotal time in her rodeo career and what that experience taught her about fighting, faith, and learning to pivot when life doesn't go according to plan.

    If you're a rodeo athlete, competitor, parent, or coach, this conversation will challenge you to stop dwelling, stop comparing, and start building the resilience you need for whatever comes next.

    The work outside the arena is what prepares you for what happens inside it.

    Let's elevate your game!🔥

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    Ready to gain a competitive edge?

    ⁠Book a call with Tana today toget started! ⁠

    Join the FB community for free training tools:

    Go All In Training for Rodeo Athletes ⁠

    Get the ⁠Strategies for Success emails

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    38 mins
  • EP 85// The Foundation of Faith Every Athlete Needs | Finding Your Identity Beyond Performance (with Waitley and Traven Sharon)
    Aug 4 2026

    Success in rodeo - and in life - is never enough if your identity is built on performance alone.

    In this episode of Ride Rope Rodeo, I sit down with professional bronc riders Waitley and Traven Sharon for an honest conversation about faith, competition, confidence, and what it truly means to build your identity in Christ instead of your results in the arena.

    Whether you're battling a losing streak, struggling with confidence, or chasing the next buckle believing it will finally satisfy you, this conversation is a reminder that lasting peace, true confidence, and purpose aren't found in winning - they're found in Jesus.

    If you're a rodeo athlete, competitor, coach, or anyone trying to balance faith with high performance, this episode is for you.

    Key Takeaways:

    • Why your identity should never depend on wins, losses, or performance.
    • How faith creates confidence and resilience during difficult seasons.
    • Practical ways to stay mentally strong when rodeo isn't going your way.
    • How daily habits, discipline, and Scripture build an unshakable foundation.
    • Why true fulfillment will never come from buckles, paychecks, or success alone.


    If this episode encourages you, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with another athlete who needs this reminder.

    Let's elevate your game🔥

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    Ready to gain a competitive edge?

    ⁠Book a call with Tana today toget started! ⁠

    Join the FB community for free training tools: ⁠GoAll In Training for Rodeo Athletes ⁠

    Get the ⁠Strategies for Success emails ⁠

    Show More Show Less
    32 mins
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