I wonder if that wouldn't be from coming out of the chute so hard, rather than from the actual roping, coz from what I can tell, after the steer is roped, most of their pulling is done while backing up, and it's not even that far. But then, I'm no cow horse expert either. ;o)
That would be calf roping. The header on team roping has to pull the cow around, and sometimes a ways, so the heeler can rope the heals. Charlie is a header:)
Becky