Name Tom Graham | Role Olympic athlete | |
Thomas ("Tom") Graham (born April 10, 1956 in Comox, British Columbia) is a retired volleyball player from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There the resident of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan finished in ninth and last place with the men's national volleyball team, after four defeats in the preliminary round.
Achievements
Tom is an expert in goal-setting. In his highschool years, he failed his first attempts at volleyball. Determined to make the local team, he found things he could work on and have mastered for the next try. Tom later became part of the Canadian Olympic volleyball team from 1975–1979 and gained a PhD through Kinesiology. He then started coaching the University of Victoria's women's team, then helped Saskatchewan provincial teams and the U of S volleyball team attend four national championships.
Graham has also done research on teenage athletes and more effective ways to coach them. Graham also coaches a 16 and under volleyball team (the pups) based out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.