Naya Tapper - Being Released to Becoming All Time Leading Try Scorer

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Naya was a high school all American sprinter who started playing rugby in college and is now the all time leading try scorer for the USA Women’s sevens team.

We chat about;

• Working with a sports psychologist 
• Sprinting in high school
• What rugby can learn from track & field 
• What she wants to bring from the black community & track community into rugby.
• Quitting sports after high school.
• Why she turned down USA 7s at first to go a different direction
• Being out of her depth at the national level
• Waking up at 4am to train & working a full time job. 
• Starting her brand.
• Plans to move into the corporate side of rugby.
• Biggest factor in her becoming the player she is.
• Having a love hate relationship with her coach

Naya’s website is http://nayatapper.com/

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