The Citadel women’s volleyball team
Background
- Women’s volleyball at The Citadel was born in response to Title IX regulations in 1998 for the previously all-male institution.
- From 1998-2018 the team’s average conference record was 1-17. Consistently the worst team in the Southern Conference
- In 2018 The Citadel had more concussions than they had conference wins (8 versus 4)
- New head coach Dave Zelenock was looking for anyway to protect his players from this devastating injury
Intervention
- 2018-19 offseason the team started training on TopSpin360
- 3 sets of 30 revolutions, twice per week, equalling less than 5-minutes of training per athlete per week
Results
- Three consecutive ZERO concussion seasons (and counting)
- WON the Southern Conference Championship in 2021!
- WON the Southern Conference Regular Season Title in 2023
- Second last NCAA team to lose a game (24 straight wins)
- Pre TopSpin360 RPI ranking = 309/334. Post TopSpin360 RPI ranking = 94. Improvement of 215 places.
