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Paula Weishoff 3-time Olympian and Olympic MVP, American Middle Hitter

Paula Weishoff, an unforgettable name in the 80’s and 90’s, 3-time Olympic middle blocker and I were teammates in Italy in the Italian Div I championship finals

3-time Olympic middle blocker Paula Weishoff, world class player and I were teammates competing professionally in Reggio Emilia, Italy for Braglia Cucine in the Italian Div I championship finals.

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Paula Weishoff, an unforgettable name in the minds of long time USA volleyball fans throughout the 80’s and 90’s was a world class middle blocker and middle hitter and one of the youngest American players to earn the first Olympic silver medal awarded to the women's team at the Los Angeles Olympiade in 1984.

Three-time Olympian middle blocker Paula Weishoff, former world class professional player, UC Irvine coach and current Concordia head coach.

Volleyball Player Profile Paula Weishoff

Paula Weishoff one of the youngest American players to earn the first Olympic silver medal awarded to the women's team at the Los Angeles Olympiade in 1984.

Paula Weishoff stands out among all the female volleyball players of her era.

With her strong ball control skills, aggressiveness on the court and incredible blocking technique, the Volleyball Hall of Famer played a major role in the USA Volleyball's Bronze medal win in the 1992 Olympics.

College Volleyball Accomplishments

Weishoff played for the University of Southern California for a year in 1980 where she helped the team reach and lift the National Championship title, finishing the season with a record of 48-4.

She left the team in 1981 to focus on professional volleyball.

Outstanding Collegiate Player of the Year of ‘80
US Olympic Festival Silver Medalist
All American Junior Player in 1980
Most Valuable Player in 1980

Volleyball Player Profile of an
Olympic Volleyball Player

Paula Weishoff participated in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California where the USA volleyball team received the Silver medal. Weishoff was named Team USA Most Valuable Player.

She also played in the 1992 Olympics where the US team earned a Bronze medal. Paula was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

She played in her last Olympic tournament as a member of the 7^th placed USA Team in the 1996 Atlanta Games.

1984 Olympic Games (Silver)

1992 Olympic Games (Bronze)

1996 Olympic Games (7^th place)

Watch as Paula (#1 jersey in dark blue) and Team USA take on Peru in the semifinals of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

Volleyball Player Profile:
USA Volleyball Player

1981 NORCECA Championship (Gold)
1982 World Championships(Gold)
1983 NORCECA Championship (Gold)
1983 Pan American Games (Silver)
1986 Goodwill Games (Bronze)
1986 World Championship Games
1991 NORCECA Championship (Silver)
1991 Montreux Volley Masters (Silver)
1991 Volleyball World Cup
1992 FIVB Super Four Championship (Bronze)
1995 World Grand Prix (Gold)

Volleyball Player Profile
Professional Volleyball Player

3-time Olympic middle blocker Paula Weishoff, world class player and I were teammates competing professionally in Reggio Emilia, Italy for Braglia Cucine in the Italian Div I championship finals.

Between international competitions with the US National team, Weishoff played in Italy for several different Italian A-1 first division teams for nine seasons.

She also played professionally for several years in Brazil for Leiche Moca before departing for Japan to play for Daiei.

Two time MVP winner in the Italian League between 1984 to 1993

1991 Best Player Award in the Italian League

1994 Brazil League Finalist

1995 Japanese Professional League Champions with Daiei

1995 Japanese Professional League MVP

Watch the "power of Paula" playing professionally in the Japan pro league.

Four Fun Facts about Paula

Paula was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1998.
She was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2017.
She retired from professional volleyball in 1997 and started her coaching career.
In assistant and head coach roles, she led several teams to national glory including her alma mater, the University of Southern California, the University of California Irvine’s Women’s Volleyball team and Concordia University.

Assistant coach US Olympic team for London Olympics...listen in as Paula is interviewed after a Team USA scrimmage at her alma mater, USC.

Inspirational Volleyball Quotes from Paula Weishoff

Quotes

“Effort and attitude are my two biggest things.”

“From there you can make progress. The rest is up to me and so we’re going to work on this and that technique. That’s the piece of the puzzle I like. My style of coaching is I don’t put people into a system, I create systems based on the talent I have.”

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Lady Vol volleyball legend and record holder Coach April Chapple a University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hall of Fame Inductee, 3-time All American, 3-time SEC Champion, SEC Tournament MVP, 2-time All SEC Team is celebrated with her 1984 SEC champion teammates at Neyland Stadium during Champions Weekend on November 1-2, 2024.

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Tennessee Hall of Fame inductee, Coach April Chapple is

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former USA National team member
one of the few American women players named as an Italian Pro League D-I Championship Finalist, Italian Cup Finalist and Cup of Cups Tournament Finalist

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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.

Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2

There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with

the same toss height and same toss location
the same armswing speed
the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.

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Tommi Stockham All Big West Conference sophomore former Coach April Chapple private client 3 years

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