Ventin' in Trenton 
March, 31, 2009
03/31/09
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By Rebecca Lobo
I'll huff and I'll puff … The Arizona State women's basketball team uses performance coach Al Fuentes to help the team prepare for success. He works with the women on visualization exercises and breathing techniques. Danielle Orsillo said, "Breathing is one thing you can control. You can slow it down and recover faster."
Orsillo said that she has struggled with asthma, and while she still has to take a few puffs of her inhaler before the games, the breathing techniques have almost cured it.
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Rebecca Lobo
Women's BasketballLobo won the 1995 National Player of the Year Award after leading the UConn women's basketball team to its first national championship. She was the youngest member of the 1996 gold-medal-winning Olympic team, and now, after seven seasons in the WNBA, covers basketball for ESPN.
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