Part of my schooling came from The Horse Camp in Norco, California. It is no longer there, but when it was, a weekend roping school was there that I attended, with my horse. Another part of my schooling came from ground work on a dummy and using a Lap-n-Tap Roper.
Once I got good with the dummy and using the Lap-n-Tap, I went to The Horse Camp and got in some real arena action.