Dave Shoji
Dave Shoji
Dave Shojihas been the Head Coach of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team since 1975. Under his leadership, the Rainbow Wahine have won four national titles...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 December 1946
block defend game great half hoping indicative obviously ready second slow step team third
I'm hoping the third game was more indicative of our team than the first two. We started so slow. They obviously are a great team, but we couldn't do anything right. We couldn't pass, couldn't defend it, couldn't block it. We were just half a step slow the first and second game. It was disappointing we weren't ready to play.
against balanced confused everybody few final finally four maybe nebraska needed offense rally running somebody troops
Maybe the final four a few years ago (2002 against Stanford). Just too many weapons. Nebraska was too balanced tonight. A lot of times we were confused because they were running an offense we really hadn't seen. We just finally got down. We needed to have somebody to rally the troops and no one did. Everybody was in a daze.
ashley close great kept last played position putting tomorrow weekend
I think Ashley was probably the only one who played up to her capabilities. She played great D (defense) and kept us in the game. She had played well last weekend so I was close to putting her back in the position. I probably should have done it earlier. She'll be in that position tomorrow (tonight).
almost approach candidates coaches coming fresh game seen
I thought he would give us a fresh and different approach to the game. Almost all the other candidates were women's coaches coming from the game the way I had seen it.
sure
I think they just wanted to get some confidence. I'm sure he wanted to see better play out of his starters.
caught finally gear kids last magic ran road three travel weeks
I think the travel and being on the road so much the last three weeks finally caught up to us. The kids didn't have enough gas. We didn't have another gear to go to. We kind of ran out of magic here at the end.
block good hit looked
I thought all our middles hit for good percentage. At times our block looked good.
eight gone good job loyal needed perfect quietly taking tremendous
Kari has done such a tremendous job for me. She has been here eight years and quietly gone about taking on a whole lot of responsibilities. She has been a very good and loyal coach. She needed to be rewarded. Now is the perfect time.
eye good hawaii high leave player players school situation train
He has a good eye for the player that has a lot of upside. I think UOP is kind of going to be in the same situation as Hawaii in that we're not able to get the high school All-American player. I think he'll be able to find players he can train who will be way better when they leave than they are when they get there.
block hit pick players
We're going to have to play smart. Hit around the block and there are some players we just can't challenge. We have to pick our spots. They are big everywhere.
chart coach competing depth establish evaluation next starting win
You don't coach to win necessarily. You'd like to win, but you need to see most of your players, especially the ones competing for starting positions. This is the start of evaluation for next fall. We'll establish a depth chart starting now.
good plans volleyball
We didn't have a scholarship for Tamari. She's a good volleyball player. I don't know what our plans for her would have been. We would have evaluated her if she had been here.
forced growth houston injuries job terminator
Because of injuries and Alicia's virus, we've been forced to play Houston more than we expected. I thought we'd be going with our older, experienced players, but she has accelerated her growth over the weekend. She's a terminator and, for the moment, the (starting) job is hers.
compete highest physical
I just want to be comfortable with our 'physical' level. I want to know we are physical enough to compete at the highest level.