Right_Way
June 15, 2005, 11:56 AM
I think the only player in our side who has shown some swagger is Mash. Aftab might be the next one. Who else you think has capability to perform in the highest level? As mentioned in the article, it cannot be coached or learnt.
I thought it was a great article on BBC.
<a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4232197.stm>
The girl who is breaking barriers
</a>
The high lights of the article in my opinion,
Sania Mirza's serve won't win any awards for design and her toss is so high you can have a cigarette waiting for it to come down. She is a few biryanis (flavoured rice) heavier that an elite athlete can afford to be and her acceleration on court is more <b>Ford than Ferrari</b>.
But no big deal; this you can teach an 18-year-old.<b> What you can't is chutzpah, and toughness</b>, and Sania Mirza has both. Though when I first saw her, it was hard to believe.
..............
But this is a bolder generation, more likely to shrug off the cloak of intimidation, and it is somewhat apparent in Virender Sehwag's audacity, in Irfan Pathan's cool debut in Australia, in Anju George's resolve in the long jump arena.
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These athletes, and they are a growing tribe, believe they belong.
It's not something learnt from a coach or found in a textbook, but a self-belief that swirls in an individual athletes' mind</b>.
<br>
I thought it was a great article on BBC.
<a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4232197.stm>
The girl who is breaking barriers
</a>
The high lights of the article in my opinion,
Sania Mirza's serve won't win any awards for design and her toss is so high you can have a cigarette waiting for it to come down. She is a few biryanis (flavoured rice) heavier that an elite athlete can afford to be and her acceleration on court is more <b>Ford than Ferrari</b>.
But no big deal; this you can teach an 18-year-old.<b> What you can't is chutzpah, and toughness</b>, and Sania Mirza has both. Though when I first saw her, it was hard to believe.
..............
But this is a bolder generation, more likely to shrug off the cloak of intimidation, and it is somewhat apparent in Virender Sehwag's audacity, in Irfan Pathan's cool debut in Australia, in Anju George's resolve in the long jump arena.
<b>
These athletes, and they are a growing tribe, believe they belong.
It's not something learnt from a coach or found in a textbook, but a self-belief that swirls in an individual athletes' mind</b>.
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