David Roditi: College tennis stories and a great ball striking tip

Baseline Intelligence with Jonathan Stokke

David Roditi is our guest for the 22nd episode of Baseline Intelligence. David is the head coach for the TCU men's tennis team. Over his 12 years as head coach the Horned Frogs have won 4 Big 12 titles, made a final four, and won the 2022 ITA National Indoor Championship. Roditi was named the 2015 ITA National Coach of the Year and also served as the Mexican Davis Cup Captain.

We talk:

1:40 A funny recruiting story

3:53 What he looks for in a recruit

6:08 Why players focus on their hitting instead of competing

9:52 The difficulties of recruiting

16:28 How to make your opponent play worse

20:32 Cam Norrie's indoor lesson

24:07 What made Cam special

27:48 Working on strengths vs. weaknesses

29:03 Underrated skill needed as a head coach

31:35 Best advice for the 3.5/4.0 player

36:03 Throwing his racket bag into a lake (and missing)

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