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ITA Coaches Podcast - Rod Ray, Wofford College

ITA Coaches Podcast - Rod Ray, Wofford College

Update: 2025-01-28
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Rod Ray is in his 25th year as the head men’s tennis coach at Wofford College, where he also served as the head women’s coach from 2000-2008. In 2024, he published his book “Hard Comes First”, which condenses 24 years of college coaching into essential lessons for fellow coaches.


In this podcast, rod and dave discuss the ideas and concepts from rod’s book, including how he gets his athletes to embrace discomfort, his philosophy on coaches having an unwavering belief in others, and how he motivates athletes to pursue greatness. He also shares why he thinks difficulty is so good for people, how coaches can get out of their own comfort zones and much more.

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ITA Coaches Podcast - Rod Ray, Wofford College

ITA Coaches Podcast - Rod Ray, Wofford College

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