How to Choose Your First Steer Wrestling School

A big name on the flyer is not the same thing as a good first school. What a beginner needs is run count, close supervision, and a safe horse.

Ask how many students will be in the class and how many runs each student gets. Twelve students and forty steers is a different experience than twelve students and eighty.

Ask whether horses are furnished, and if so, whether the school horses have carried beginners before. A green horse and a green rider is the most common way people get hurt in this event.

Finally, ask what happens after. The schools worth the money usually send students home with film and a plan.