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Karlen benefited from this early exposure to racquet sports, often finding himself on the same court as Rye native and current Harvard teammate David Barry. As a youth player at Apawamis, Karlen also found himself under the tutelage of a coach that knew a thing or two about winning in squash and succeeding in the classroom--Coach Pete Briggs was a former individual national champion while playing for the Crimson...
...know what I'm talking about. The intensity could not be matched in a thousand Harvard-Yale contests. The finesse rivals even the deftest touch of a squash racquet, and the mental toughness tops that of the most unshakeable pitcher...
...finish the conversation in private, looking over the plants growing at the edge of the house. "That is good news," he says, showing only the slightest new enthusiasm after he rings off the phone. As I stand to leave, he starts playing fetch with Spot. Using a purple tennis racquet, he hits a tennis ball, brown from slobber. If I hadn't been there maybe he'd be on those phones, pacing, torturing the TV's rabbit ears to get clearer reception. But instead he starts talking about Yale. "I must admit that I thought some of them thought those...
...about the bias of many of your articles. As a racquetball player, I am constantly frustrated by the number of ping-pong articles not only in your magazine, but in Harvard publications in general. As I am sure you will be running numerous articles about the burgeoning realm of racquet sports in the future, please consider the issues from a balanced perspective...
Ping pong and badminton. Both require agility, racquets and of course hand-eye coordination. So how does a would-be player choose between the two? Some of the differences are obvious--table vs. ground for instance. But beneath the glamorous veneer, lie the nuanced subtleties that set the two racquet sports apart. It's time for a little head-to-head action between the two club sports...