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Inspirational Volleyball Stories: Once upon a time ..there was a girl

Once upon a time, I was playing volleyball professionally in Italy in the 90s, and I decided to ask female players who were my teammates, friends and coaches to write their own volleyball stories

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Once upon a time, I was playing volleyball professionally in Italy in the 90s, and I decided to ask female players who were my teammates, friends and coaches to write their own volleyball stories about the greatest personal obstacles they had to overcome as teens or young female adults in club, high school or even college.

I asked them to describe how that particular obstacle helped or motivated or inspired them to become the professional players or Olympic players they had become.

Here is a list of questions these female players chose to answer and share in their volleyball stories:

Did the obstacle help you grow emotionally? If so, how?
How did it motivate you (or not?)
How did it make you stronger (or not?)
What did overcoming that obstacle make you realize about yourself?

The players chose one of the following topics that they personally experienced and described it in their volleyball stories:

Inspiring Volleyball Stories About Body Image

Were you ever told you were too tall or too short to play volleyball?

Did you have a coach or player tell you that you were too big or too small to be on the court?

Have you dealt with eating disorders like taking pills, binging or anorexia?

Click here to read Debbie Green's story about having to work harder than other players since she was always the shortest player on the court.

Motivational Volleyball Stories About Female Volleyball Players and Race

Have you been the first female volleyball players and/or only person of your race on your club or high school team?

Were you ever told that you wouldn't be good at a particular skill in volleyball because people of your race usually weren't that good at doing that skill?

Click here to read Kim Oden's story about being the tallest player on most of her teams and how she was challenged by a person at Stanford who felt she wasn't smart enough to finish school there.

Inspirational Volleyball Stories About Female Players
Overcoming Poverty

Have you had to overcome poverty or economic hardship in order to play and excel the sport that you love?

Volleyball Stories About
Social Issues

Have you had to overcome homelessness, or alcoholism personally or in your family in order to play, enjoy or excel at volleyball?

Have you had to overcome feeling isolated or were you treated as an outcast because you decided to be one of the best female volleyball players in your hometown to play or compete at a higher level in this sport?

Click here to read Mary Jo Peppler's story on how she had to practice and train with very little of her family's support once she announced her plans to play Olympic volleyball.

Inspiring Stories About Overcoming Depression or a Negative Self Image

Has playing volleyball helped you to overcome depression or a poor self image?

How did you feel about yourself before you played the sport and how has it helped you gain confidence in who you are and how you carry yourself on and off the court? What other female volleyball players helped you along your journey?

Click here to read Heather Bown's story about how she had to prove herself worthy of being on the court. First to herself and then to others and how her journey helped her build her self confidence.

Motivating Volleyball Stories
About Overcoming Physical Issues

Have you had to overcome physical issues, birth defects or abuse?

Has the physical requirements of this sport helped you to overcome any disabilities you were born with?

Click here to read April Chapple's story of an early childhood spent having to wear leg braces helped form her decision to play and grow in the sport.

Volleyball Stories About
Familial Issues

Has playing volleyball helped you deal with divorce in your family, or have you had to deal with being raised by a single parent or sibling rivalry and how did that affect your attitude towards playing the game?

Click here to read Liz Masakayan's story about how growing up in a single parent household affected how she dealt with teammates, how she trained and the lessons she learned about herself.

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Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.

If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list.

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Get Inspired By 8 Pro Volleyball Players Personal Volleyball Stories
Get motivated by the volleyball stories told by inspiring female pro volleyball players with their personal stories of overcoming obstacles. Be inspired!
Legendary USA Olympian Beach Volleyball Player The Liz Masakayan Story
Liz Masakayan, one of America's best beach volleyball player and raised in a single parent household talks about how she trained and improved her skills.
Middle Hitter Volleyball Stories Elaina Oden on Being A Good Player
World class middle hitter, US Olympic bronze medalist and professional volleyball player Elaina Oden shares her volleyball story on what motivated her as a teen
The Shortest Volleyball Player on the Court US Olympian Debbie Green
Debbie Green, Olympic silver medalist setter describes what it's like to be "the shortest volleyball player" on the team
My Motivational Volleyball Story Inspiring Stories by Great Players
Follow along as eight (8) iconic legendary players share their inspirational volleyball story of overcoming obstacles on and off the court.
Flo Hyman, The Volleyball Story of America's Best Outside Hitter
One of the most famous volleyball players in the world Flo Hyman is still loved by many fans
Mary Jo Peppler The Female Volleyball Player America Had To Respect
Mary Jo Peppler "The Female Volleyball Player America Had To Respect" written by Mary Jo Peppler for the Volleyball Voices project produced by April Chapple.
Nina Matthies, Womens Pro Beach Volleyball Association's Founder
Former Pepperdine head volleyball coach Nina Matthies created the WPVA, America's first pro beach volleyball tour for women and shares her inspiring story
Sharkie Zartman Explains What It Means To be Volleyball Obsessed
One of the world's famous volleyball players, Sharkie Zartman, describes what it’s like to be “obsessed.” By Sharkie Zartman for the Volleyball Voices by April Chapple. .
Laurel Brassey Iversen, A Girl Volleyball Player Better Than The Boys
Laurel Brassey Iversen, first called a "runt" by her brothers friends when she wanted to play ball with them, later became an Olympic volleyball player.
Famous Female Volleyball Players Rose Magers 1984 Olympian
One of America's famous female volleyball players Rose Magers-Powell a 1984 Olympic player earned the first silver medal in US history for women.
Kim Oden 2x Olympian The Tallest Volleyball Player On the Court
This story "The Tallest Volleyball Player on the Team" was written by Kim Oden for the Volleyball Voices Volleyball stories project by April Chapple.
Teee Williams Olympic Bronze Medalist Tells Her Volleyball Story
Olympian Teee Williams learned how to became a better volleyball player, through faith and her will to never give up learning about the game no matter what.

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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

the first First Round Draft Pick for the first American pro indoor women's league
named to the first First Team All-Pro team for Major League Volleyball in USA volleyball history
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

April Chapple The first First round Draft Pick For Major League Volleyball the first American Women's Pro League Honored At Athlete Unlimited Pro Volleyball Match

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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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