How would one begin to train an athlete for bull riding?
I had a potential client come up to me for a tour (teenager) he is a three sport athlete and one of the sports he does is Bull Riding. How might a trainer go about training someone for that. I figure to work on a lot of balance techniques but still trying to come up with a unique way to train him for this activity.
I’ve been riding bulls now for 13 years my best work outs come from climbing a rope to the ceiling and battle ropes I have a drop barrel very cheap and easy to build to help on my balance along with a medicine ball,gymnastics is a great help for this sport because you have to be both mobile and flexible so you bend not break when you hit the ground.bullriding is a sport that’s mostly mental so have him find his comfort zone and break through it he is going to want to work on his cardio even though it’s only 8 second on the bulls back it’s a wild roller coaster you never know what the animal will do and what your counter move may be push the kid in ever scenario you can my work out never exceeds 30 minutes but I will stay on the barrel for about an hour at a time and watch all the greats like Adriano Moraes,Justin McBride,j.b mauney,silvano alves and even kaique pacheco they all have different ways of riding but if he can compare and combine each one into his own riding style he be one of the next greats so find where he is comfortable and find out how many bulls he has been on and how many he climbs on each week when I got out of high school I was getting on 2 bulls a day mon-thurs and climbing on bulls in rodeos friday-sunday he is going to have to learn mentally when riding injured is worth it or if he is just kidding him self because once he hits the higher level bulls and rodeos in order to be the best you have to learn to ride with injuries and learn which ones he can handle and which ones he needs to take a break with.i know it’s a little off topic but with you not having knowledge on the sport just wanted to shed some light on what to look for because most injuries in rodeo are compared to car accidents from having broke necks to lacerated livers and everything so after all this his dedication to the gym is a must just as much as climbing on every bull the kid can