Legendary US Coach of Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team Reveals Blueprint for 3rd Consecutive Paralympics Gold

The US Women’s sitting volleyball team has shown great vigor, resilience, and consistency for several years. The team has conquered almost every opponent and reached almost every milestone. In fact, the sitting volleyball team has also bagged gold medals in the previous two Paralympic Games. The legendary US coach behind the success of the team, Bill Hamiter, is now heading to Paris with his invincible team.

According to a recent social media upload, Hamiter said that his team needs something extra to play well in 2024. The coach revealed his blueprint to keep the motivation of his team up in Paris when it was already at its zenith.

A change of fuel to keep the sitting volleyball team going

The women’s sitting volleyball team of the US has succeeded in every domain, except finding a constant challenge. The two-time Paralympics champions finished a flawless 2023 season with a 9-0 record. USA Volleyball recently posted a video of the sitting team’s coach Bill Hamiter on its official X handle. Speaking in an interview, the legendary coach revealed how he plans to keep his team motivated for the upcoming Paralympics.

According to Hamiter, “We’ve had a lot of success, but with that success, is also one of those things, ‘what do you do to continue to motivate.’ What do I do to motivate myself? What do I do to motivate the staff? Our players? At one point, it was hey, we want to win a gold medal. Well, I can’t use that anymore.” Hamiter perfectly explained the problem his sitting volleyball team faced. But, the wise coach also revealed that he has a solution up his sleeve.

Hamiter further noted, “And so it’s trying to find what those motivating factors are, not just as a team, but for those individual athletes. What are you trying to accomplish? What do you want to do? How does it affect you personally? Those types of things.” The coach explained that asking these questions can help players perform at their highest level. Bill Hamiter has coached the sitting volleyball program for over 14 years now. While he is currently trying to ensure his players don’t get complacent, there was also a time when he enabled his team to win its first gold medal.

The man who changed the face of the US at the Paralympics

Bill Hamiter joined as the head coach of the women’s sitting volleyball team in June 2009. He also held the responsibility of the performance director for all the national sitting teams. The women’s national sitting volleyball team won its first Olympic medal with his tutelage in Beijing in 2008. This was followed by another silver effort at the London Olympics in 2012. The team worked harder as Hamiter guided them and won the world championship gold medals in 2010 and 2014. 

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The success at the world tournaments and the two consecutive silver medals built a strong foundation for the team. This solid foundation helped them to emerge victorious in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In fact, they carried their momentum to Tokyo as well and won the Olympic gold once again. Now, as the Paris Olympics come closer, Hamiter and the sitting women’s volleyball team will look forward to the Olympics threepeat. Will they be able to smash through all opponents and stand on top for the third time in a row? 

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