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High rate of return The path that Brenda Villa and Patty Cardenas have taken to the Beijing Olympics starts much further away than the Commerce, California, swimming pool that now binds them.
Water polo incorporates elements of many diverse sports: swimming, team handball, basketball and wrestling, among others.
Merrill Moses, the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. men's water polo team, looks poised to make his first Olympic appearance in Beijing in 2008.
Natalie Golda plays water polo for the U.S. Women's Olympic team. No topic is out of bounds for this expressive resident of Long Beach, California.
U.S. goalkeeper Merrill Moses explains the key aspects of netminding, from moving laterally to stopping a five-meter penalty shot.
Attackers Tony Azevedo and Matt Sagehorn explain different tactical aspects of their position, driver, from getting open to shooting on goal.
Goalkeeper Merrill Moses, two-meter defender Rick Merlo and center John Mann explain what goes into a successful counter-attack.
Center John Mann and two-meter defender Rick Merlo go head-to-head in describing what really goes on in the water polo trenches.
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