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Girl's basketball camp Large tun By Paul Osmund8on Oamtcock Staff WrW?r Pam Parsons's Girls Basketbal Camp, originally scheduled for on< week only, was extended to tw< weeKs mis summer wnen mon than 300 girls signed up. Parsons, the head women'! basketball coach at USC, said sh< originally expected about ISO girl) to attend the camp. However during the week of July 23-28, 1Q girls attended, and 205 are at tending this week's session. There are many reasons for th< large turnout, Parsons said. Th< increased interest in girls basketball and the good year th< women's yarsity team had las season were both determinants il thp hi a inforMt fr?r tho r>omn oVi VWV &VI MAV Oil' said. But perhaps the two bigges draws are the status of th university in the state and Coac! Parsons herself. She said Carolin is the major institution in the state The girls want to come her because of its size. As a result Parsons said she didn't have to d a lot of promoting for the camp. She said another reason for th large turnout is herself and he reputation. Almost every schoc has basketball camps, said Pai sons, a highly successful coach ? Old Dominion College, but th dominant status of the universit and the presence of a successfi coach make Carolina's basketba school more attractive to the girli Parsons said she would compar her camp to any in the countr because of the fundamentals th* are stressed. She said the instructors teach th / I Steve Garvey is a crowd n //) lout mirrors girls concepts that can be applied to life as well as basketball. For 1 example, on the first night of the s camp Parsons' sister, Tetha, a !> professional model, spoke to the e girls on how to make themselves look better. s Tetha provided the campers tips e on proper nail, hair and skin care, s and Parsons said the campers , "just loved it. They all want to be E) as pretty a woman as they can be, Kill 1? ? uui uicuijr ui uicai juai iuuii L IU1UW how." e The girls also received tips on e how to have more self control, ' sincerity and humility, besides e learning the basics of basketball, t "We offer them concepts to n improve them not only as a player, e but as a person," Parsons said. Twenty persons served as int structors during the camp. They e included former and present h players from Carolina, the a University of Alabama and i. Lewisburg Jr. College, N.C. Also e participating were high school t, coaches from Georgia and South o Carolina and college coaches from Carolina and Old Dominion, e On the first day of camp, the T tjirlc nnrlarwont a "cirill onol?ioSo" ? QUM# ?MS%?VA vV via V M UIVlll UllUlJf OIO >1 so that they could be grouped with r- other girls at their own skill level, it as well as the same age and size, e The camp is then divided into three y leagues ? the garnet, black and ll white. 11 Each day of the camp is sec5. tioned into a morning and afe ternoon session. In the mornings, y there are "teaching stations," it where the girls are instructed in fundamentals. le The afternoon session includes By Brett Friedlan<! Gamecock Staff Write ATLANTA ? Steve Garvey the qualities of an old fashioi One look at his Jack Armstr it is obvious. However, the Dodger first baseman has moi is his clean cut look, his team I way he can hit a baseball th him one of the most popular ; game today. Before every game, Garve; he spends some time with the , hundreds of autographs, pose and talks with the people who ( It might seem that a player would get tired of this ritual, bi "I NEVER get tired of signi] anH GDiMnrf Italln if m?u iiujiug ui/uu u 11 niaivca py," he said. "That is what enl all about. Professional sports recreational entertainment f< people every year." Garvey's popularity is not 1 Los Angeles area either. H throughout the country by children alike. This is evid< showing in last year's a balloting by the fans. He wa vote getter in the National * more than 4 million votes. Still an even greater indi< broad fan appeal occurred in in his first year as a Dodger re even listed on the official ball than a million people wrote his he won a starting position in tl star game. Garvey's perfom field earned him the game's r player award that year. "I've been blessed with man the past eight years," he sa i growth of womer Super Star and one-on-one competition. In the Super Star, the girls compete against players from their own age group in various drills, Parsons said. At the end of ine weeK, outstanding players are .% J' given ribbons. HraB The last day of the camp is JB|S reserved for Parents Day. Parents and friends can come and watch the campers demonstrate skills and drills, and compete in an allstar game, she said. Last week more than 200 people : attended, which Parsons said was great considering there were 109 girls in the camp. This, she said, is Bill M a good indication of the increased popularity in women's basketball. What girls need to develop as * ; athletes is the chance to play more, /, Parsons said. In athletics, "girls )i J ** aren i any amerenc man Doys," she said, "It's just that boys have ,' & more opportunity to develop their basic skills. Parsons added that after coaching both boys and girls, she feels girls are easier to teach. # "They are more intent and in- f f terested in learning than boys are," she said. "Girls want to learn." Concerning the future of the camp, Parsons said she is ready to accommodate 600 girls a summer, will become a "so* She said she could handle 200 girls like today's collet a week for three weeks each year, games are. Basketball today is the most ~ Parsons has set se popular women's intercollegiate the women's basket sport because of its public appeal, at USC, including she said. "People like to watch that national finals, brown ball go through the hoop." Because of the Parsons said that as more people predictable events watch women's basketball, the taking the title, Pai more they will like it. One day it "wouldn't die if wc ler support that I have had from the fans r probably my greatest thrill in baseba possesses all People is what makes life rewarding f ned hero. me." nno Qmilo onH ?o v..? the tampa, fla. native is now tl 5 ?h premier first baseman in the leagu e man that. it However he has not always played tl oyalty ana the position. When he came up with the Dodge at have in 1971, Garvey was a third baseman, players in the An erratic throwing arm and a young mi . named Ron Cey moved him to the opposi y makes sure s^e 0f diamond. The switch ga^ tans. He signs Garvey an opportunity to play every day f< the first time. According to the 29-vear-o Hxy iii? stiiMi-y. first baseman, it was the best move of h ?J in career. not uarvey. had some trouble throwing tl it? AntAcyrnnhe baseball," he said. "They moved me over snmponp hW ^irst base *n middle of 1973 and I've be< fprtninmpnt u there ever since. I guess God found a wi is a form of 1 could play every day and make >r millions of contribution to the Dodgers." GARVEY'S CONTRIBUTION in 1977 W? limited to the instrumental in his team's surge to e is idolized World Series. He was among the Dodger adults and team leaders in every offensive category enced by his Furthermore, he won his fourth straigi ll-star game Gold Glove award for outstanding defensiv s the leading play. Despite his lack of size (he is onl League with 5'10") he has become one of the moj respected defensive first basemen in all c cation of his baseball. 1974. Garvey, While his height is an obvious disac gular was not vantage on high throws from the infielden lot. Yet more he has worked on becoming an expert a ; name in and scooping out low throws. "I use the ba lat year's all- sometimes and that gives me another coupl lance on the of inches," Garvey explained. "But nost valuable usually tell my infielders that if th?vV going to make a bad throw, make it lo\ y things over because I've got a better chance dowi id. "But the there." t ^ o. *U1 L 9 d til AC LI ; :x ' BI&^>IsI8IBbL |HHttj^|iH^^^K|| : ^?Tr 7f% Mp^^g HHUHp^. - Ws ^'liii Bks .. JsP ' ::':^k'' ' ' ^ ^ j :ial function" However, a [iate football would be gri yeral goals for Her bigges ball program build the bes i spot in the she can. "Mj but to build J? A. * _ * many un- aicauve 01 that go into said. "I w sons said she Carolinians i didn't win." basketball p is His style at first base ii 11. late Gil Hodges. Garv< )r terns himself after the fo who was one of his boy] ie AS A YOUNGSTER, < e. spring training batboy *4- ii " 10 ivuugci?*. ii was uien inai re Hodges and began J ear being a successful n in baseman. te "Being around players re me mature," Garvey sa )r as both a player and as a d an example for a lot of is was soft spoken and he w He went out and did his j ,e the type of guy who kep a people. Those are pn >n fflristirs tn hni/o " y He played both footta a Chamberlain High Scho< graduation he went on to at Michigan State Univf s "It was a dream come I ? the Dodgers," he said vi eye. "I couldn't wait for r- and talk contract with r know I would have signe e they offered." \ GARVEY'S ATTITUD Jo i:i_~ 41?* -' 1 f 13 1I1UV.I1 11IVC Ulttl UI I Lasorda; he is Dodger th l_ The first baseman said h< of himself playing for t Lasorda and the Dodgei ? Throughout his career I been blessed with good I and a lot of base hits. He B to his former manager 1 v "Walt was quite an inf j Garvey said. "He helped and off the field. He gave I .cs ; ^llBPt^ ^W- "' ' ohn Wilson ? GAMECOCK spot in the final four sat. }t goal, however, is to t program at Carolina r goal is not just to win, a program that is inSouth Carolina," she 'ant to have South >roud of their women's rogram." > s reminiscent of the ey admittedly patrmer Dodger great, hood idols. jarvey served as a for the Brooklyn t he became close to ning the secrets of lajor league first i such as Gil helped id. "I admired him man. I think he set people, because he asn't controversial, job and he was also t in touch with the itty good characill and baseball at !)1 in Tnmrvn Affop - ? ? M VVi star in both sports irsity. true to be picked by rith a gleam in his the scout to come ne. Little did they d for a lot less than E toward his team lis manager Tom rough and through. 5 could hardly think anyone other than *s. Oi. r? aieve uarvey nas luck, good friends credits his success Walt Alston, luence on my life," me mature both on mp mv nnnnrfnnitit -?J