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Hollingsworth: Success is in the details

By Joy Hollingsworth
HoopGurlz

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I once was a 5-foot-9 shooting guard playing travel ball in small, hot gyms across the country. I clearly remember parents in the bleachers yelling, the unique AAU team names and the concession booths selling hotdogs and Red Vines. Walking into the gyms, I would look up in the stands to see all the college coaches decked out in their school gear of crisp polos and cool T-shirts. Trying so hard not to let my nerves make me turn ball over on a 3-on-0 fast break, it was difficult to keep my compo ...

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