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Gary Phillips is one of the best prospects to ever come out of a USA Collegiate Handball club. Earlier this month he led West Point to a 17th straight Collegiate Handball title and was selected as the tournament MVP. At the IHF Emerging Nations Championships he was selected to the all star team. An unprecedented accomplishment for a handball athlete still in college.
I sat down with Gary during the Collegiate Championships to learn more about his background and plans for the future. Here are some of the topics we discussed:
- Air Force upsetting West Point in Pool Play (West Point came back in knockout play to win their 17th straight collegiate championships)
- The three players in the past 40 years that had John saying, “Who the hell is that guy…”
- Playing on the national team with Americans who’ve learned handball in another country
- Playing at the Jr World Championships in 2023 with “glue” and against more experience goalies
- Playing with the Sr National Team at the Emerging Nations Championships in March and getting selected as the all-star right wing
- Playing right back vs playing right wing
- Gary’s backgound and being recruited to playing QB for West Point football
- Transititioning from American football to handball
- West Point competing at Club Nationals in May
- Gary’s chances of joining the Army’s World Class Athlete Program (WCAP)
- The challenge Europeans sometime have in properly assessing the potential of stateside Americans who started playing handball at older ages
- How playing for a top club on a daily basis can accelerate player development
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