1975-1984 Early days of US Women's national team development
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1975-1984 Early days of US Women's national team development

WoohyongChoi 2022-07-30 • 763 views
 

1976 Montreal Olympics

Aug 24, 1975 Huston Chronicle's Sunday Magazine Story on team #USA women's volleyball training camp in Pasadena, TX. Mostly supported by volunteer efforts of Pasadena community. Includes interviews with US head coach #ArieSelinger and a visiting #SouthKorea head coach #TaeHwanSeok.

 

1980 Moscow Olympics

Nov 6, 1978 Sports Illustrated Story on US Women's Volleyball team training in Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.

The team was the first to go through a successful experiment in having a year-round resident training program at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in 1978, which helped forge the team into a tight-knit unit.

#JanetBaier #PattyDowdell #LaurelBrasseyIversen #DebbieBrown #DianeMcCormick #TerryPlaceBrandel retired from the national team after the boycott.

#RitaCrockett #LaurieCorbelli #DeborahGreenVargas
#SueWoodstra #CarolynBecker #FloraHyman continued on to win silver in 1984.

 

1984 LA Olympics

Jul 23, 1984 Sports Illustrated Story on US Women's Volleyball team. Arie Selinger's team merged with #USCTrojans in 1978 and moved the training base to Colorado Springs, CO. Then the team ultimately moved to Orange County, CA in 1981 after the boycott of Moscow Olympics.

USAir Magazine Story on Mar 1, 1984 explains that Atari, Mizuno, Michelob Light, Ford were the initial list of sponsors that made Coto de Caza training camp possible.

The Olympian Story on May 1, 1981 contributed by 1980 Olympian #LaurelBrasseyIversen has a in-depth sketch of Women's training camp in Coto de Caza and Men's training camp in San Diego relocated from Dayton OH.

#LaurelBrasseyIversen eventually make it to 1988 Seoul Olympics.

 

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