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Show ho'm n nil m i-i t-i- ii i -i r Page C2 D Thursday, January 19, 1995 The Park Record D Section C ; i" i I. r. ti New Subscribers... -vN Be our Guest Tff My Mi) Jw at the nfaUUKy JVlovies! iyy f you've just moved to Park City, then you should subscribe to the Park Record Newspaper. For what to do, where to do it and just plain what's go in' on, the Park Record can't be beat! Come in and order a new subscription and we'll give you 2 FREE passes to Holiday Village Cinemas. trimES Our office is located at 1670 Bonanza Drive Must be a new subscriber to qualify. Offer is limited, so stop by today! .The 1 I I I I O lIMIA0 VMoll Al lllAAllt ioouc iiiaiiw wwdFiviy i $1 8 year In Summit County, $33 2 years j $36 year out of county, $65 2 years I I Published since 1880 NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP I I J 1 i v- ! 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O TOSS'S (J pfeDBsliQjDoffi(3o 675 (Uast 100 South HaberCltu FR2GPic!s-upQ Delivery in Peril City (Omillhie Mellninie... by Luke Smith The really important side of the Super Bowl Riding a chairlift Monday morning, my friends asked me what I was going to write about this week. More to the point, they asked if I was going to write about the runs we'd just enjoyed in Da Kine powder. "I think I'm gonna write about the Super Bowl," I replied. "Every sportswriter in America is going to be writing about the Super Bowl," said Tom. "Be different." As much as I might have liked to wax philosophical about the mystical properties of 4-percent powder, or even brag about the previous run that literally justified our very existence, I just couldn't get away from the notion that the big story in sports is clearly the upcoming Super Bowl, what, 473 or something? So while we prepare to endure two weeks of pre-game baloney before we even get to the pre-game festivities, let's address a few of the more pressing questions regarding this year's version of the Super Bowl. Because questions abound concerning the San Francisco 49ers versus the San Diego Chargers. For instance: Do the Chargers really expect to be able to stop the juggernaut that is the 49er offense? Or is San Diego truly a "Team of Destiny" that can always find a way to win, even when they don't deserve to? And is Deion Sanders really that good? What about Natrone Means; will he be able to do anything against the 49er defense, also nothing less than a juggernaut. Perhaps the biggest question, which was answered in part last weekend, is does sometime Parkite Steve Young have what it takes to win the "big" one. There are even some questions with local significance, like: If he wins, will Young bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy home to Park City and let us locals gawk at it? Is anyone from Park City going to win any big bets at Wendover or Las Vegas and will they buy us all a round when they do? And will "Extreme," the TV program being filmed here in town and scheduled to air after the game, die a quick death like all the other shows made in Park City? But the most important, questions are , even broader. Probably the most important issue in this year's proceedings is, of course, who's going to win Bud Bowl? And will those guys ever get off that tiny island? How do they get that sandcastle TV to work so well when I can't even get decent reception off the local repeater station? And what about those clowns from out here in the West? Are they going to make it to Miami or are they still stuck at the tollbooth? What about Mrs. Car Pool Guy when Mr. Car Pool Guy doesn't make it back in "a minute?" Such questions may seem like trivial sidebars to the event known as a "super" bowl, but in reality, they are what the game is truly about. In a year of baseball strikes . and hockey lockouts, it has become painfully obvious that football is simply a sports business that isn't in the midst of ' labor strife. In the long run, the only numbers that matter in the Super Bowl, or any other sporting event, aren't those that are put on the scoreboard, but rather those on the TV ratings board and in the pocketbooks of the honchos at Anheuser-Busch. by Warren Pretorius Head tennis professional - PC Racquet Club - Singles Strategy - The Baseline Game .,i Regardless of whether you consider 1 yourself a "baseliner" or a "serve-and-volleyer," you need to have a solid or consistent groundstroke game. Besides being able to sustain a rally of more than five shots each point, a good singles player learns how to use the court by moving the ball and their opponent around. "Diamond Theory" Imagine two diamonds, one in the middle of your side of the court, and one in the middle of your opponent's side (see diagram). A good singles player will not only keep a ball in play, but will keep the ball outside of his opponent's diamond. Whenever a ball is hit inside the diamond, an opponent can get to the ball with two or three steps, placing them in a controlling position. A ball hit short and in the diamond will either be put away by a good opponent or give her an opportunity to take control of the net. So, the key to becoming a good singles player is to keep the ball in play and out of your opponent's diamond, and attacking balls hit inside your own diamond. The "Black Hole" Game This is a great practice game that I picked up from a friend of mine, Greg "The General" Patton, coach of the World Team Tennis Idaho Sneakers, sharing the same ' idea as the diamond theory Object of the game: Improve singles play by keeping the ball away from the middle of the opponent's singles court, while keeping the ball in play for as long as possible. Equipment: Grab anything lying'arouhd on the court: chairs, ball carts, clothes, tennis bags, spectators, etc., split them up evenly, and place these objects on and around both service box "Ts," that is, right in the middle of each singles court. If you use spectators, tell them that they must stand still! : The Game: Hit start the ball. Singles rules : apply, with an additional rule that any ' player who hits the "black hole" or objects' lying on his opponent's court, loses the ' point. First player to win eleven points wins. Loser buys the beer (Note: You can f also play the non-alcohol version, or the caffeine-free version!). .. J ' What you will find happens, as you worlc on this "diamond theory," is that when you; extend your opponent, he will invariably; return the ball directly into your diamond,' placing you in control of the point. Hit the ball outside of the diamond four times in a J ' row, and you'll find that the fourth shot lJ winds up being a winner! - , t Down the Line: ' : Free adult beginner tennis clinic. -Saturday Jan. 21, from 9-11 a.m. Call 645-5108 645-5108 to reserve your place. Park City Junior Tennis Academy ' exchange match against Foothill Athletic Club, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2-5 p.m. "The Eyes have It!" - Visual Skills for Tennis, presented by Dr. Colleen Bennett, , optometrist for the Utah Jazz. Thursday, ' Feb.. 2, noon to 1:30 p.m. $5 per person. f Call 645-5 108 for more information. Parkite Shawn Emery brings a new kind of ski video to the TV screen by LUKE SMITH Record staff writer Summer Skiing the Ring of Fire Suggested retail: $19.95. Available for $23.93 (includes shipping) from Earth Odyssey Films, P.O. Box 680223, Park City, Utah, 84068-0223. Or call 649-7721. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Shawn Emery has turned his sights on adventure skiing with his latest production, Summer Skiing the Ring of Fire. A 29-minute video complete with first-person narration, Summer Skiing the Ring of Fire takes the viewer on Emery's journey to the volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest: from Mount Shasta in the south to Garibaldi Provincial Park in the north. The film also has historical footage of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption and still photographs from the early days of mountaineering and skiing in the Cascades. What the film doesn't have is the high-gloss and glitz of modern ski movies. You won't find Scott Schmidt, Doug Coombs or Glen Plake and his mohawk anywhere near this film. Instead, it's Emery and his brother, along with a few other cohorts, trekking up and skiing down the summer snowfields of the Cascade Range. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of skiing either. Twenty-nine Twenty-nine minutes is an awfully short period in which to pack in six American mountains and one Canadian provinical park, along with the historical footage. Thus, each separate peak gets shortchanged. For instance, on Mount St. , Helens, the skiers find themselves skiing on ash-covered snow, an eerie grey counterpoint to our , continued on C3 |