The Lasso Copyright Notice

Version 1.1 July 8, 1996 Adapted from the html-version found on http://www.juggling.org/books/lasso/ Carey Bunks - The Lasso Copyright Notice Copyright © 1995 Carey D. Bunks 220, Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02116, USA [email protected] The Lasso: A Rational Guide to Trick Roping is intended to be freely distributed. This means that it may be copied, printed, reproduced, and distributed, in whole or in part, without charge subject to the following conditions: The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be preserved complete on all complete or partial copies. Any translation or derivative work of The Lasso: A Rational Guide to Trick Roping must be approved by the author in writing before distribution. If you distribute The Lasso: A Rational Guide to Trick Roping in part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this book must be included. 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The Lasso: A Rational Guide to Trick Roping may not be commercially sold or distributed in conjunction with a profit making activity without the author's written permission. 2 Carey Bunks - The Lasso Contents COPYRIGHT NOTICE .......................................................................................................... 2 CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. 3 LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. 5 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................. 6 1 - THE FLAT LOOP .............................................................................................................. 8 1.1 THE ELEMENTS OF THE LASSO .......................................................................................... 8 1.2 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FLAT LOOP ............................................................................. 10 1.3 STARTING THE FLAT LOOP .............................................................................................. 11 1.4 THE QUARTER CIRCLE PHASE ADVANCE ........................................................................ 13 1.5 UNTWISTING THE SPOKE ................................................................................................. 16 1.6 CHANGING THE LOOP DIAMETER .................................................................................... 16 1.7 THE SPIN ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE ............................................................................ 17 2 - FLAT LOOP TRICKS ..................................................................................................... 20 2.1 THE MERRY-GO-ROUND ................................................................................................. 20 The Two-Handed Merry-Go-Round ................................................................................. 20 The One-Handed Merry-Go-Round ................................................................................. 22 The Neck-Wrap ................................................................................................................. 22 2.2 SPOKE JUMPING ............................................................................................................... 23 2.3 THE WEDDING RING ........................................................................................................ 24 2.4 THE FLAT LOOP LIFT ....................................................................................................... 26 3 - THE VERTICAL LOOP & THE TEXAS SKIP ........................................................... 30 3.1 HOW TO MAKE A LASSO FOR THE VERTICAL LOOP ......................................................... 30 3.2 THE VERTICAL LOOP ....................................................................................................... 31 3.3 THE TEXAS SKIP .............................................................................................................. 32 3.4 THE HONDA MASS FOR THE VERTICAL LOOP .................................................................. 34 4 - THE BUTTERFLY ........................................................................................................... 38 4.1 FLIGHT PATH OF A BUTTERFLY ....................................................................................... 39 4.2 MORPHOLOGY OF A BUTTERFLY ..................................................................................... 39 4.3 A RATIONAL BASIS FOR THE BUTTERFLY ........................................................................ 40 5 - BUTTERFLY TRICKS .................................................................................................... 43 5.1 THE ZIG-ZAG .................................................................................................................. 43 5.2 THE REVERSE BUTTERFLY .............................................................................................. 44 5.3 THE ARM BOUNCE .......................................................................................................... 45 5.4 ROLLS.............................................................................................................................. 47 The Arm Roll .................................................................................................................... 49 The Shoulder Roll ............................................................................................................. 51 3 Carey Bunks - The Lasso The Neck Roll ................................................................................................................... 52 The Leg Roll ..................................................................................................................... 52 The Spoke Roll .................................................................................................................. 53 5.5 LIFTS ............................................................................................................................... 54 5.6 THE OCEAN WAVE .......................................................................................................... 54 6 - CATCHES ......................................................................................................................... 57 6.1 THROWN LOOP CATCHES ................................................................................................ 57 6.2 FLAT LOOP CATCHES ...................................................................................................... 59 6.3 OCEAN WAVE CATCHES .................................................................................................. 60 7 - TWO ROPE TRICKS ...................................................................................................... 62 7.1 FLAT LOOPS .................................................................................................................... 62 Alternate Double Crow Stepping ..................................................................................... 62 Simultaneous Double Crow Stepping ............................................................................... 63 Alternate One-Handed Merry-Go-Rounds ....................................................................... 63 Alternate Lift Overs .......................................................................................................... 63 Two-Handed Merry-Go-Rounds ...................................................................................... 64 Of Wedding Rings and Flat Loops ................................................................................... 64 7.2 BUTTERFLYS ................................................................................................................... 65 Alternate Butterflies Behind the Back .............................................................................. 65 Alternate Cross Shoulder Rolls ........................................................................................ 66 Simultaneous Arm and Shoulder Rolls ............................................................................. 66 Butterfly While Skipping the Spoke .................................................................................. 66 7.3 THE TEXAS SKIP .............................................................................................................. 67 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 68 INDEX ..................................................................................................................................... 69 CAREY BUNKS ..................................................................................................................... 72 4 Carey Bunks - The Lasso List of Figures FIGURE 1 - THE LASSO ................................................................................................................ 9 FIGURE 2 - THE FLAT LOOP ....................................................................................................... 10 FIGURE 3 - STARTING CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................

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