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...wide shoulders are a pair of long supple arms terminating in a pair of scoop-shovel hands that can pull him cleanly through the water with scarcely a ripple. He also has the curious ability to flex his lower legs slightly forward at the knees, which allows him to kick 6 to 12 in. deeper in the water than his opponents. Says his father Arnold, a production engineer: "Mark's whole body is so flexible that the water just seems to slip by him." ... Said Spitz before the games: "I want to win at Munich and then quit. I never...
...opening ceremony, which begins at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the IOP, will officially kick off the convention...
...grew up watching soccer in an era when it was still possible to discern distinct national idioms in the way the game was played: The English game was all kick-and-rush, the ball played high into the penalty area as quickly and as often as possible where a tough-as-nails "target man" striker would power his way above the defenders to direct it with his head, either goalwards or else into the path of a supporting forward who could shoot past the keeper. It was an approach that rewarded hard work, physicality, finishing ability (creating a goal...
...European training regimes had knocked out of their youngsters by the time of adolescence, creating a giddy and melodic form of the game (personified by the young Pele) in which players routinely did the unpredictable - shooting from 40 yards out; scoring with their backs to goal via an overhead kick; running over the ball to fake out an opponent; as a matter of course taking defenders on in one-to-one challenges and relying on their own dribbling skills to get past...
...remembered as one of soccer's great Cinderella story. But the way they won through - a superbly organized defense soaking up hours of pressure from more skillful and attacking opponents, and then winning by a single goal scored a quick headed goal on the counterattack or from a free kick or corner, left afficianados of the game with little to enthuse about. It was effective, but it wasn't pretty...