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Basketball players small on size, not on. talent
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Mary Voigtsberger, 6-4, and Tyrone
Bradley, 6-9, have jurit completed their
first season of collegiate besketbsil at
CSUF. They found that their size, for the
first time in quite a while, prevented
them from enjoying the year aa much as
they had hoped.
Their abort height, in what ia gener¬
ally regarded as big man's (or woman'a)
sport, miide adjtu*ting to taller players a
btt more dxrBoilt than _ high school.   .
For Bradley, the. adjustment reminded
him of eighth grade. Flay—g in a league
of 6-2 and 6-3 players, he was only 6-8.
Only a year.earlier, at 6-7 he had been
unci—rscxeristicslly one of the larger
players In a league with a ma—mum
height allowance of 6-8. In one year, he
had gone from center and a derminating
figure, to a guard, who was just trying
tokeepup.
'It took me until tenth grade to adjust
to playing.* he said. Five-seven in the
seventh grade, he has put on only a
couple of mches since then.
The adjustment was a bit easier for
Vogtsberger. She, too, has not grown
much in the last lew years. But, she
says, there isn't as big a difference in
the size of high school and college play¬
ers in woman' s cpmpet—kth.
' One handicap which Voigtaberger and
Bradley do have to put up with ia the
bullying around of their bodies by lar¬
ger, more physical players.
"It's ad—advantage when people sre
ta—p—gine around," Bradley said. But
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he adds that "Being able to stay low to
the ground and being quick enough to
get away* from other players com¬
pensates for the drawback.
Their first college season behind
them, both agree their senior year in
high school was more rewarding. Play¬
ing full time and leading their teams ss
winners, they were sought after by a
number of schools. In the end, their
derision to come to Fresno hinged on the
honesty displayed by CSUF officials
and the "rathlees" snd 'indifferent'
sttitude of other schools.
"Some of the schools were ruthless
in their recruiting," Voigtsberger said.
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By sending her letters every day, "They
led me on." She soon discovered she
was only one of many getting the treat-
ment and eventually ignored.
/ Nonchalance and poor organization
also turned her off to other schools.
■Recruiting in women's athletics
doesn't seem to be too organized,"'
she ssid; "A lot of good players are over¬
looked and the schools that do contact
you go at it haJf-heart&dly. You go
mostly on your reputation. It's kind of
like, 'If you want to play here, fine.
Ifnot..."
What she snd Bradley found at CSUF
was a different picture. After getting sim¬
ilar treatment as Voigtsberger by
De Paul, Iowa and Indiana State, Bradley
visited CSUF's campus and liked what
he saw. ,
"Coach (Boyd) Grant was fully inter¬
ested in me snd not just for basket¬
ball. He assured me and my mother he
would see to it I would keep up in my
classes. The overall atmosphere was
really nice," said Bradley.
CSUF officials, honest as they were,
could not.have forseen the problems
both teams would face. The 'results
dismayed both Voitsberger snd Bradley.
Before the season even started, Voits¬
berger saw her head coach resign under
pressure snd replaced. Early season
boasts that the team was the best CSUF
had seen soon turned sour ss they could
manage only one win in 12 league
games.
Because of the turmoil and confusion
she experienced, ahe is unsure she will
return to CSUF next year. When asked
if she will go elsewhere, she replies "I
will if things don '_t turn around.'
Despite not getting as much olavi—r
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TYRONE BRADLEY
time as he would have —ted. Bradley
harfew regrets about Ins freshman sea¬
son. The Bulldogs may have been pena¬
lized and kept out of post season action,
but Bradley says the year "was a learn¬
ing experience for me.'
Neither one harbors any thought of I
staying in basketball after Graduation.
But because they both have three more
eligible years to go and they'are on
scholarship, they will probably stay in
the sport as long as possible.
Both said the game takes up a lot of
time they might otherwise be asmg for
something else. That ssjuietimes prom¬
pts the question, Is it worth it all?
"Sometimes I'll sit down and think,
basketball isn't everything, I want to
, get away from it all," Bradley admitted.
"But two hours later, I've changed my
mind. I love the game too much."
Athletes need nutrition
by Kerry Wat—na
The runner is at the blocks, the gun
sounds and be la off. Step after step he
takes the lead in a race he has prepared
for all season. But that first place may
turn into a dead-heat for last, if sn ath¬
lete has not trained properly.
One part of this training, nutrition was
the topic of a two-day workshop on cam¬
pus last weekend. Various authorities
on nutrition from throughout the state
offered coachas, mstructors, snd stu¬
dents information on nutritional needs of
athletes.
"Nutrition is the key in any athlete's
training program," said. Dr. Robert
Girandola from the Department of Phy¬
sical Education at University of Southern
California. Girandola, who is one of the
heads of research in nutrition today said
a lot of athletes are overweight just
because they lack knowledge about nu¬
trition snd body just because they lack
knowledge about nutrition and body fat.
"In exercise, ss tar as caloric expendi¬
ture goes, the times you do an exerdse
is much more important-, than the
rate." said Girandola. ~~
Girandola explained that many
athletes try to supplement their diet with
vitamins and various drags. When asked
how they have such access to these,
Girandola said,* Athletes can get any¬
thing they want. Hopefully from the edu¬
cation this class and others like it give,
an athlete can learn through the coaches
what exactly he is doing to his body."
Just what can these supplements do to
your body? "There is no difference be¬
tween tailing a vitamin in large doses
and taking amphetamines' ssid Martha
Rohrer, from Fresno City College.
Robrer was one of the founders of the
first course in nutrition in this area.
"The drugs we take to improve our
performance will have far-reaching neg¬
ative effects snd sometimes can be
fatal," said Rohrer."
"For optimal performance an athlete
needs to make nutrition an jmrifrrtap*
part of his training program,' said Bob
Cox from Lome I——a University.
"A light weU-balanced meal should be
eaten prior to each training session and
the same type of meal is slso important
just before competition. Then your body
knows what to expect and how to handle
it.'smdCox.
He racxxwnands avoiding meat be¬
cause diets high in protein could Binder
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the game actually could be hurting your
performance. I would say a meal light
in protein with fruits snd vegetables
would be your beet net. Some-isft that
you have been eating all during trainiag
so your body knows what to expect," he
ssid. vslml .
As the runner head, down the final
stretch of the race, bow he has tnuned
will be the key facto.• as to whether he' I
beperform—ghhi best. "For the athlete,
the right nutritional training is aimper- •
tant to the finish of the event ss any¬
thing else sn athlete mtifh* do." said
Cox.
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