Water Polo the Y's Way
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The Anaheim women were older, bigger, and faster. I figured there was no way we could stay with them when they unleashed their lightning-like counterattacks, so I had our Asheville girls playing a zone defense during the first half. Drop back and guard our goal and force 'em to take long shots, I said. Sure, coach. Being so big and strong, the Californians simply shot the long ones over the outstretched arms of our girls. At halftime, it was Anaheim comfortably ahead, 6-to-2.
Okay, I said in quiet desperation, let's go after 'em with a full-pool press and hope for the best. What a great coach I am! In the second half, our younger and smaller girls played hard and smart and repeatedly stole the ball on defense and started driving and scoring on offense, and gradually we caught up. More than that, we edged ahead, and when the final whistle blew, the scoreboard read Asheville 12, Anaheim 10. If ever there was an upset in women's water polo, this was it.
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CHUCK HINES enjoyed a 40-year career with the YMCA, during which he was a strong advocate of the Olympic sport of water polo. He was a three-time All-America player, and he coached teams at three YMCAs that won national championships. His teams all started out at the beginning level, in small pools and with insufficient equipment, and fought their way to the top. This book is the story of those teams and their rags to riches achievements. The author has written two instructional texts on water polo and has served as chairman of national committees for the Amateur Athletic Union, American Swimming Coaches Association, and YMCA of the USA. He was an officer of the U.S. Olympic Water Polo Committee for the Games of 1972, which found the American men bringing home the bronze medal. His YMCA girls team won the gold medal at the Junior Olympics and competed at the World Women’s Water Polo Club Championships in 1977. In recent years, he has been a historian for the sport, writing numerous articles for the YMCA’s national magazine and the Water Polo Planet web-site. Now retired and a member of the Western North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, Mr. Hines and his wife Lee and family members reside in Asheville, North Carolina.
About the Author
CHUCK HINES enjoyed a 40-year career with the YMCA, during which he was a strong advocate of the Olympic sport of water polo. He was a three-time All-America player, and he coached teams at three YMCAs that won national championships. His teams all started out at the beginning level, in small pools and with insufficient equipment, and fought their way to the top. This book is the story of those teams and their rags to riches achievements. The author has written two instructional texts on water polo and has served as chairman of national committees for the Amateur Athletic Union, American Swimming Coaches Association, and YMCA of the USA. He was an officer of the U.S. Olympic Water Polo Committee for the Games of 1972, which found the American men bringing home the bronze medal. His YMCA girls team won the gold medal at the Junior Olympics and competed at the World Women's Water Polo Club Championships in 1977. In recent years, he has been a historian for the sport, writing numerous articles for the YMCA's national magazine and the Water Polo Planet web-site. Now retired and a member of the Western North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, Mr. Hines and his wife Lee and family members reside in Asheville, North Carolina.