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THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

G Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

CONTENTS Volume X

March, 1968

Number 3

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ......................................... Glenn Sundby GUEST EDITORIAL ........................................................... Roy Davis CHALK TALK ............................................ ....................... ................ CANADIAN REPORT ........................ ............................ .John Nooney USGF REPORT ..... .. .......................................... ,Frank Bare NACGC PAST PRESIDENTS ......................................... Lyle Welser PROGRAMING GYMNASTICS .... .................... Frederick C. Surgent MG INTERVIEW. .. ....................................................... Dick Criley MG CALENDAR ........................................................Richard Lloyd ALL-AROUND THE WORLD .................................................. GYM SNAPS FROM NEW MEXICO UNIV. ........................ .. ..... RESEARCH AND FITNESS IN GYMNASTICS ............ Dr. James Bosco GYMNASTIC AIDS ... . ........................................... Don Tonry A COMPUTER LOOKS AT JUDGING ....................... Gerald F. Calkin NAT'L OFFICIALS ASSOC. NEWS LETTER ................... .Jerry Wright V-NEWS .................. .... ...................................... Kenneth W. Hollis REGIONAL REPORTS .................................................... .Jerry Wright MG SCORE BOARD .............................................................................. LETTERS .............................................................................................. MORE MG CALENDAR ............................................. ..........................

Cover: Photo li ne print o f Cerar o f Yugoslavia in action at the lost Olymp ic Gomes .

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(~_gu_e_st_e_d_ito_r_ia_l:_) By Roy Davis Tokyo, Japan At on e tim e, under a more ne uroti c title, but with equally deranged eloquence, I argued the judges' faint lament and sco rn ed many who would choose the complacent path. S in ce de parting from the U.S. to th e Ori ent ( Okinaw a, th en Tokyo), I have drifted too far from active judgin g to continu e that critical area of argument. I see that others a re doing an extremely creditable job. Now, however, I ha ve been IJ1 Japan for six months stud yin g with some success Jap anese and Japan ese gymna stics. I have been welcomed and aid ed everywher e by generou s and co nsid e rate Japan ese gy mnasts and officials wh ose memory goes back with genuin e appreciati on to Scrobe, Roentzh eim , and other red, whit e and blue Yanks who gave gymnasti cs to Japan in th e lat e 1940's. I attend ed th e Japan ese National Colleg iate Champion ships, th e Nati onal Hi gh Schoo l Championships, a Tokyo Prefectural Juni or Hi gh School Championship , the Un ive rsiad e a nd th e National Open Champion ships. In addition , 1 visited several of the local gy mnasium s and watched th e work-o uts for hours with Bob P eavy, whose anti cs and jokes really mad e th e first fru stratin g mon th s in Tokyo a tremendou s treat which I shall long r eme mber. Some of you may kn ow Dr. Yoshio Hatano from Florida, Michi gan, and Oregon. H e has been inva luabl e in perso nal ass istan ce, in advisin g

me of gymna stic co mpe tition , and introdu cin g me to sco res of gy mnastics offi cial s a nd teachers eager to hel p an almost helpless foreigner. lowe him special thanks. Sin ce my arri val in Jun e, I have looked a nd li stened, waiting for the excitement to subsid e so that I co uld speak with th e obj ecti vit y that Hal Frey kept re mindin g m" to be ca ref ul about. Only three weeks ago , J saw th e Na ti onal Championship s in Nagoya and I didn 't co me back stutterin g with enthu siasm over Japan ese excell ence. So maybe the tim e has arrived. Also, I want the American coaches to read this before th e NCAA conve nes in Ari zona. Perhaps it is presumptuou s of me to beli eve that th ere is so me thing of value in my repo rt, but one ha s to be a littl e presumptuous to write in the first place. r could not do justice to any reader by cramming eve rythin g in on e brief r eport. I ha ve cho sen to describe th e important features of Japan ese organization as I kn ow the m becau se it is, with out any question whatsoever, one of the central element s of J apa nese excell ence. In article number two, 1 will describe the co mpetit ions, scores, and hi ghli ghts. Oth er articles will be devoted to detail s of learning, pro· gression s, and work-outs . 1[: Orga niza ttion : Special Consid era tion s. Japan is smal l, the size of California. Travel by train is co mparatively easy and in exp ensive . H otels are a g rea t bargain at group r ates and in clude at most places, excell ent food. Of additional importance is thte mar velous Japanese immunity to co mfor ts. Almost any hotel is acceptable; nea rl y an y work-out co nditi ons, apparatu s, tnn e of day, or weather sati sfa ctory; jud ges are not paid , and hi gh school stud ents and th e gym na sts th emselves perform any necessary ta sks at th e co ntests without com-

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plainin g. All sports in Japan are given a governm ent subsidy whi ch is presumably used for promotion and organization. This it e m is so methin g I kn ow very littl e about and cannot elaborate. Japan ese gym nasts flood into teaching. It is not un co mm on for an Olympian to be teachin g juni or hi gh school within 50 mil es of a doze n other national champi ons. Th ey e mpha size international co mpetiti on and aim for it from junior hi gh on. Ath'le tes here generally pi ck a sport in junior hi gh and stay with it until th ey retire from lIh e activity. The att endant training and th e grea t depend ence on co mpul son es at all levels accounts for their early sop hi stica ti on and di sciplin ed performan ce. They wo rk routin es from th e beginnin g-and the emph as is is on executi on because compul· so ri es, th e core of Japan ese lea rnin g, do not allow any othe r considerati on. The simplicity of such an early formula is truly di sa rming : If you want to win, Junior, be clean! IlL Di vision s of Competition: Junior High As far as I can determin e, junior high competiti on does not extend beyond prefectural (stat e) bord ers. P erhaps, in a large prefe cture such as T okyo , it is even more restri cted. In such an in stan ce, the prefec tural a uth or ities are r espon sibl e for th e co mpositi on of the co mpulsory routines. Th e junior hi gh school boys parti cipate in on ly three events : long horse, fl oor exercise, and hori zo ntal bar. From conversations wi th coac hes, I gather that th e selection of events is mainly a practi cal consid erati on resultin g fr om lack of fund s and spa ce. However, th ey feel that a full all-around prog ram would be too mu ch of a burd en to a yo un gs ter. Th e girl s do not parti cipate in un eve n parall el bars. Even th e junior high school team s follow th e format of co mpet ition to which th ey will adh ere through hi gh school and coll ege. That is, all compe titors are allaround a nd all within a scho ol age gr oup are subj ect to th e sam e co mpulsory exercise. (Th e Japa nese Juni or High is a three-year scho ol. ) Th e winnin g team sim pl y accumulates th e hi ghes t total points. Ra w scores ( i. e. jud ges' scores) are used throu/!hout, just as at th e Olym pi c le vel. Alth ough the high school and coll ege co mpulsory r outin es are changed every two years, th e junior high routines are n ot chan ged for three years. Competition at all level s is quite infrequ ent-generally only th e championship meet or meets. Optional are used at levels above the junior hi gh but not in grades seven throu gh nin e. Th e High S cho ol Except for th e in clusion of optionals, na ti onal level competiti on, and a complete 6·event all·around program , th e hi gh school orga nizati on is th e same as the junior hi gh. I did not hear of a di vision of school s by size. The cha mpion from each prefecture (49) co mes to the national meet alon g with the nati onal championship team of the previou s year. Team champion s are decided by adding th e best three out of four scores on each event. Th e total s of each event are add ed toge th er for th e team score. As a the nati onal coll egiate and the nat iona l open meet, the compulsories tak e place the first day, the optionals on the seco nd day. As I r ecall , th e college and

open mee ts continue for a third day to decid e th e indi vidual champi ons, wherea s the hi gh school co mpetition does not. Th e hi gh scho ols do include th e tumblin g event as a specialit y. It is held after all the allaround co mpetition is fini shed. Th e college s and the open competition. All colleges with gymna stics teams are allowed to co mp ete in the nati onal competition held ever y summer. There are three di visions. Th e top two divisions have 12 tea ms each ; th e third division is unlimit ed. All th e scores earned are rather critical because th e lowest rankin g team of each of th e top two di visions is automatically repla ced by the hi ghest scorin g team of the second and th ird division s for the following year. Th e competition earn s more importance from th e fa ct that it is, for most of the colleges, the only competition of the year. Japa nese college teams do not engage in dual meets or regional tournam ent s such as in the U.s.

The format for the open competition is id enti cal to our own national co mpetiti on except that it is exclu sively all-around. Consequ entl y the comp ul sories 'are foll owed by th e optionals on th e 2nd day. The final indi vidual championship s are held on th e third day. It is important to note that in . the high school, coll ege and open competltlOn s mdividual s who are not a member of a complete tea m may compete se parately. Th ey are simply grouped togeth er and rotate around th e area with the team competitors. I do not know how these performers qualify for the high school compe titi on, but I presume that th ey mus t win or score high in the prefectural contest. Thi s is al so tru e for those who win the prefectlLral all-around titl e even though t heir tea m may do poorly. IV. A Viewpoint: In th e U .S., we have fa ciliti es second to none. W e have fin e coll ege programs; we ha ve one of the most co mpl ete school syste ms in the world; we have good gy mnasts, our Universiad e tea m r epresented us well and wa s ri ghtfully praised. The Japan ese res pect us. But we are " also·rans".

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Guest Edito rial. Con til1ued from page 5. Ten years ago when gym nasti cs started it s prese nt growth sp urt, we imported equipm ent from other co untri es because ours was inferi or. We saw a bett er prod uct and co pi ed it; then we chan ged it ; then we improved it ; now we excel at it. Our equipm ent is as good or better than any mad e an ywhere. I fe el we must do the sa me with our gymnastics programs. Th e Japan ese have some good features whi ch we should acce pt and then let American in genuity take it from there. We must have compul sories. Th ere is abso lut ely no qu estion in my mind that thi s is one of our most urgen't needs-not only at the national s, but at every level gymnasti c is taught. The di stribution of these should be made through statewide or national organizations such as th e National Federation of High School Athletic Associations, the NCAA, the YMCA , and ot her such groups. Every state should have a permanent gy mnasti cs office and officer to acce pt and di stribute informati on. P erh aps th e equipm ent companies could cooperate in accepting a part of thi s responsibility. There should be a state hi gh school championship in every state. Where the population is small, combin e states. Money can be provided by eliminatin g two or three dual meets. Compulsories must be used at such contests. We also need very badly to develop allaround coaches who know how to tutor an all-around team ; to set up work-out schedules, to build strength, to increase flexibility, to provide diligent practice on comp ul sori es, to heighten the element of competi tion between team members while still maintaining constructive mental attitud es. and to be able to train and become acquainted with the individual variations in performan ce expected of reliable allaround men so that effort and performan ce can be accurately appraised in preparation for the grueling demands of national, and internati onal competition. Such coaches and such programs are needed to provide th e unity and confidence which makes a group of national champion s truly a un it of international champi ons who complement each other and a ssist each other through intense rivalry and fri endly cooperation. Everyon e who sees the best asks himself: "W hat's their secret? Why are they so gre..tt? How do they train?" I will go into this in this next articl e, but I'll give you a hint-3 co mpulsories plus 2 optionals on four events every day after warmups in tumblin g and floor exercise and after " parts practice" starti ng at the high school level whether the temperature is 30째 or 100째. I have shivered and perspired through them too . How ambitiolls are YOll really?

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U.S. OLYMPIANS HOST HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST SPORTS OR IE TED PREMIERE The February 8 premiere of Walt Disney's "Blackbeard's Ghost" at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre was not an ordinary premiere. The hosts for the event were th e United States Olympians with the proceeds going into the National Olympic Fund to pay the expenses of U.S. athletes competing in the Olympic Gam es. Many stars were present, but the emphasis for the first tim e in Hollywood hi story was on the athletic stars, rather than movie actors. Honored guests of the evening were Con gressman Bob Mathias, 1948 and 1952 Olympic Decathlon winn er, and J esse Owens, four-m edal hero of the 1936 Olympics, who flew in from Chi cago for the premiere_ Other sports celebrities attending were Parry O'Brien, four-tim e Olympic athl ete, Rafer Johnson, 1960 Decathlon champion. Herman Brix, 1928 Shot-put champ wh .. chan ged his nam e to Bruce Bennett wh ell he became an actor, Patti McCormi ck, twotime world diving champion; and hundred s of other outstandin g form er Olympic star including Vicki Draves, Frank Wykoff, Bowen Stassforth , Bill Sefton and more. The Gymnastics personaliti es on hand were Charlie Simms and wife Ginger with their family , Bill Tom, Ron Barak, and Jack Beckner and from th e M.G. offi cers, Mr. and Mrs. Sundby and Ri chard Criley. ARMED FORCES ATHLETIC PROGRAMS College graduates of recent days or of th e immediate future who fa ce a military obligation sho uld be aware that armed forces athletics opportunities are often available in all bran ches of the service. With the coming Olympic Games focu sing in creased attention upon practice opportuniti es and competition in many sports, the armed services conduct programs which co uld well aid athletes with Olympic Goals_ The athletes themsdves, or coaches or athleti c directors wi shin g to advise them, can obtain inform ation on various military athletic programs. Inquiries should be directed to William K. MacNamara, CISM Chief of Information, OASD (PA), Room 2E773, Pentagon, Washington , D.C. 20301.

Cedar Rapid s, Iowa gymnastic fan s were trea ted to so me outstandin g performan ces by twelve of th is country's fin st gal gy mnasts in a Pre-Olymp ic Training Meet held Sa turday, J anuary 13th at Taft Juni or Hi gh. Nissen Corp. sponsored the meet, which is on e of several plann ed prior to the 1968 Olympi cs in J\II exico this fall. In the afternoon performances, the girls co mp eted in the co mpul sory exercises with regular amateur gymnasti c scoring and j ud giil g (perfect score- lO.D). The evening show featured th e same performers, but was conducted in a girl-to-girl or match play competition similar to that used in professional gym nastics. Girls competed in pairs, one from th e red team and one from the blu e team, alternately presentin g their routin es. The judges th en only had to decide which of th e two performed th e best routine. In th e compulsories, Coleen Mulvihill of Champaign, Illinois won the All-Around title with 35.1 points. The combined scores in the four women's gymnastic eventsFloor Exercise, Vaulting, Balance Beam , and Uneven Parallel Bars- comprise the All-Around score. Linda Metheny, who won 4 gold medal s in the 1967 Pan American Gam es had a commanding lead in the fir st three events but was for ced to scratch in the Un even Bars becau se of an arm injury.

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Left to r ight: Do nna Schae nzer, Linda Meth eny , Joanne Hashi moto , Caro l Pingat o re, Barbara Bauer, Kath y Gleason, Debbi e Ba il ey , Joyce Tanac , Lo nna Woodw ard, Karen Gallow ay, Dian ne Bo land , Co ll ee n M ul vihill , and Sharon Zuber. Col leen M u lvih ill, All-around Winner FX

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8.60 7.80 9.35 7.20 7.20 8.45 6.55 8.35

8.95 8 .50 8 .95 8 . 15 9.10 9.00 8.90 9.15

8 .35 7.00 9.35 7.75 8.15 8.35 6:25 8 .25

7.80 8. 00 0.00 8.30 9.05 7.00 7.80 9.35

33.70 31.30 27.65 31.40 33.50 32.80 29.5 35.10

RED TEAM Boland Tanac Galloway Woodward Bai ley

8.00 8.75 8.75 7.95 8 .30

8.50 9.10 8.30 8.05 9.05

7.30 7.4j 8 .60 8.00 8 .55

8 .35 9. 10 8.85 7.85 8 .05

32.15 34.35 34.50 31.85 33.95

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DI REPORT by fohn Noone y 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario EASTERN CANADI AN S XMAS CLINIC AND IvIEET Th e First Eastern Canadian Christmas Gy mnasti c clinic was held at St. Francis Xavier University in A ntigoni sh, Nova Sco tia. Many of the youn g boys and girls train ed for the first tim e to ge ther. The Gymnasts represen ted all areas of th e province and several co mmuniti es in New Brunswick. The Meet and Clinic were convened and directed by Geza von Ma rtiny, Assistant Professor, Phys. Ed. at St. F .X. BOYS CLINIC The fund amental swin gs and basic gy mnas ti c moves and principles were taught by Jim Hoyle and practi ced. Th e twenty co aches in attendance felt th at this is what th eir gy mn asts needed. On Sun day, True路 man Hirschfeld and Gerald Baycroft exposed the boys to ad va nced movements an d c.o mbinations most appropri a te for th eir present skill levels. GIRLS CLINIC The girls clini c was di vided into three

with Lynn Pascoe, intermediate with Susan White and Bud Brown; the advanced group was under Geza von Martiny and the other gro up s were under his supervision as regards to the material covered. Before each group rotated to a new appartus, the gymnast did a short warm up specifi c for that p arti cular event and then went on to learn and practice the different moves designed for their particul ar level. T he advanced group learn ed for exa mpl e on the Un evens, Hip pullover hi gh bar (in lay out position ) , cast away hi p circle on low bar (in layout position ), back straddle jump from low bar over th e hi gh bar and cast away into hip circle on low bar (in layout position) and kip fr om low bar to high bar. On Sunday a two-hour judges' clinic was given for both men and women. Jim Hoyle took the men and Geza von Martiny took the women. N umber of parti cipants'women and girls 65, women teachers 10, men and boys 30, and men teachers 7. THE l'vIEET The competiti on which follo wed the twoday clinic proved conclusively th e im portance of learnin g the fund amen tal moves. Ly nn e Pascoe, St. Francis Xavier , who had ex tensive trainin g in fundam entals won the All Round for girls, and Richard Gilbert, Halifa x Y won the men's All Round. All R ound 111en's-Richard Gilbel't, H alifax Y 39.16 ; Bud Brown , SI. F.X. Univ, 37.36 ; Denni s Rin g, H alifax Y, 36.08. All Round Women's-Lynne Pascoe, St. F .X. M.s.B., 27.7; Susan White, St. F.x. M.S.B., 26.4 ; J ani ce Graham, Dorthm outh Y. W.C.A., 25.02. 7

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Left to right: USGF representative Jackie Uphues, Mme. Vil lancher (FIG) and Mrs. Jeanne Manf)jng, wife of Colo. Vice President ... who interpreted for lectures.

F.I.G. WOMEN'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT TOURS UNITED STATES Madame Berthe Villancher, President of the FIG Women's Technical Committee, made a three stop series of lecture-visits during her stay in the United States during February of this yea r. She made the tour under the sponsorship of the U.S .G.F . and made two day appearances in Massachusetts, Colorado and Illinois. First stop was in New York City, after a non-stop fli~ht from Paris and she was met at the airport by Mr. and Mrs. Gulack ( FIG Vice-President ) who bid her welcome to America and aided her in changing planes at the J. F . Kennedy airport. Then, on the first leg of her trip, she departed for Amherst, Massachusetts and spent two days on the campus of the University of iassachusetts lecturin g to a group of some one hundred and twenty, of whom abou~ ninety were students with the r emainder being visiting teachers, coaches and officials. From Amherst, she flew to Chicago, Illinois and was met at the airport by USGF Assistant Mrs. Jackie lIphues. A brief luncheon was held near the airport and then Mme . Villancher and Mrs. Uphues boa rded a flight to Denver. At Denver, USGF Vice-President for Women, Miss Sharon Wilch met the arriving party and drove them to the University of Colorado at Boulder. The setting was beautiful in that some seven inches of new snow fell that night and the mountains were a sight to behold in the bright sunlit da ys that fo llowed the snow. Here at the University of Colorado, approximately Thirty women teachers, and coaches attended the course of lectures and their reaction 8

was as it was at every stop, one of great appreciation and eagerness to learn. From Boulder, a drive to Denver, and a fli ght to St. Louis and then on to Carbondale, Illinois and Southern Illinois University. Again, some thirty or more were in attendance at this session, including visitors from as far away as Canada and Washington state. Mme. Villancher had the opportunity here to witness a collegiate women's gymnastics meet between SIU and Centennary College. After concluding two da ys of lecture discussions at Carbon dale, our distinguished guest flew to St. Louis, New York and across the Atlantic to Paris. Nine days in all were in volved in her tour. If time had allowed we would have liked to have had her make a brief stop in California as well , but we were limited in time by her busy schedule of duties at home. A great deal could be said about Mme. Villancher. She is extremely knowledgeable, vitally interested in helpinp: the sport to grow and improve, energetic and hard-workin g. pleasant and personable. She was, in short, about everything we could have hoped for during her visit to the United States. Information was accurate, thorou gh and plentiful. She was so vibrant in her presentations that she embued others with enthusiasm . . . desire to work h ard and learn more . . . and throughout each of her presentations she demonstrated charm and good humor. It was trul y a delight for the U.S.G.F. to host such a distinguished and delightful a visitor. Her teachings will contribute a great deal to amateur gymnastics in the U.S.A. and we can say without any hesitation that we look forward to the da y she will return ' to our shores.

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nacgc past presidents A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR NACGC PRESIDENTS by L yle Welser When Glenn Sundby suggested that I write an article about the Presidents (since Dr. Price had appoin ted me chairman of the special awards committee), I r eally didn 't know what a difficult assignment this could be. As Lincoln once said, "It is beyond my poor power to add-etc." to the illustrious conrtibution s that each has made to our wonderful sport of Gym· nastics. To me, this has been " hallowed ground" all the way. Since there must be a starting pointwell, in the beginning there was life and hope. Chet Phillips was the one who breathed such life into our baby, the Coaches' Association. While Chet may n ot represent the tallest in physical stature, he had ideas fa r bi gger than one mi ght sus· pect. He had visions of our " Orphan Sport", as he r eferred to it at that time, of help· ing it to grow up. He felt that we needed a way of working together, poolin g our reso urces, in creasin g our knowledge and consequently serving a common purpose. Chet refered to all this as "getting the motor started", so the die was cast and our " Orphan Baby" started creepin g. This was back in 1950 wh en Chet first pre· sented us with a suggested constitution, and now, 18 years later, many things have taken place and changes have been made. As the organization approaches "man· hood", we have grown in numbers, size and meanin g. Following is the march of the Presidents with a few extracts from a per· sonal ques tionnaire. Surely the modesty of each prevents them from giving an ade· quate account of their sterling qualities. Chet Phillips: While there seems to be a difference of opinion as to the ex act dates of the time served for some of the Presidents, New t Loken's records show Chet serving from the beginnin g until 1952. Out· stand ing contributions while in office:" J ust go t the motor running." Career high· ligh ts :- Competed for Temple with titles for the ECAC, namely All· around champi· on for '35, '36, '37; 6 or 8 individual events; NAAU High Bar '37, '39; 3rd All·around U.S. Olympic Team, '36. Coaching Experi· ence:-U.S. Naval Academy '40 to '65; H elm 's Hall of Fame ; 3 Olympic Commit· tees; National Coach of the Year '61; Special NACGC Service Award '67; Cham·

Chet Phillips

pionships won-3 Eastern Team Titles, 27 Individuals, 11 NCAA Individuals, 5 NAAU Individual Titles, 1 Olympics. Outstanding events :- Hi gh Bar, P. Bars, Tumbling. Of note-first bask et to a hand stand and back· somy with % twist on P .B.; 1 front somy over H .B. according to the old timers. Other items of interest :-40 years of service to gymnastics, married former Olympic Gym· n ast '36 Marie Kibler, 2 children, son Tim who captured T emple's ECAC Champion· ship team '64 and now with · Nissen Corp. Have 2 grandchildren, owns patent on Scorstik. Charlie Pond: Charlie was the second president and served one term '52 to '53. Charlie will always brin g to mind an imagp. of an amb itious fellow who can never stand still. Maybe it was his trainin g as a boxer that gives him the aggressive· ness to "p ull no punches" es pecially when righting the wrongs of our sport. My first impression of Charlie at our fir st Gym· nasti c Clinic at Daytona Beach, 'where we shivered into the wee hours of the night, convinced me that here was an energetic, dedicated hard·working coach. His record has proved that my impression was cor· r ect for hi s record is a very enviable one. Charlie competed for H ardin·Simmon s University at Abilene, Texas. Won South ern AAU Tumblin g Championships in '38, 6th in Nat. AAU when Giallom bard o was fir st. Coach ing record :- 19 years during which time he won 114 meets aga inst 44 lost (720/0 ), won 11 consecutive Big 10 team titl es 1950 throu gh 1960. Nat ional NCAA team titles 1950, '55, '56, '58. Broke Big 10 All Sports record by 11 consecuti ve win s and NCAA National Team titles '50, '55, '56, '58. His Olympian, Pan·American team members include titles too numerous to menti on, but do include such grea t names as, J oan Ma tthews, Gay Hughes, Irv Bed· ard , Bob Sull ivan , Joan Slocum, David and Dick Brownin g, Frank Bare, Don Tonry, Dan Lirot, Abie Grossfield, J eff Austin, Frank Hailand, John Davis, Jamile Ash· more, Hal Holmes, Sharon Ri chardson, Ray Hadley, Alvin Barasch and Mike Aufrecht. Total titles coached: 54 National and In· ternational. Total individuals coached: 20 National .champions. Charlie invented the Twistin g Belt and travellin g m echani ~ spot·

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tin g ri g. Served the sport 34 years. H e has 4 children and no grand children yet. L yle Welse r : He was the 3rd President servin g 2 term s fr om '53 to '55. Outstan d· in g events while in office:-Initiated action on first service award of any kind by ap· pointin g Bill Meade as Chairman of the selection committee. From thi s action reo suIted the presentation of the first award to Max Yo un ger of Temple at the Univer· sity of Illinois in '54. Dr. Ecklund of the Turners at that time suggested some type of hall of fame for all gymnasts. With popular approval, he designated Chet Phil· lips an H onorary Life Time Member of his own organiZation. Hi ghlights of competitive career :- Competed for Springfield College und er Dr. Leslie J . Judd. Took part in the exhibitional teams and was captain in '32 and co·captain in '33. New England AAU titl es on high bar and tumbling. Coached "Y" team at Bridgeport, Conn. '34 to '42. Unofficial temporary coach at University of Illinois '42.'46. Coach at Georgia Tech '46 to '50, th en volunteer co ach to present. Won 3 G.G.A.·AAU championships and 3 runners·up in SIGL. Southeastern, then Georgia AA U Gymnastics Chairman. Ran first AA U and collegiate competition in this area. Lyle helped to develop and maintain th e SIGL, ser ving as President for many years. Outstanding events :- Founder SIGL open clinic at Daytona '50 which eventually became first National Clinic at Sarasota, Florida, and was made Honorary Life Time President of same. Founder Georgia Gym, nastic Association and helped introduce gymn astics to the hi gh schools. Supervised development of electric rope climb tim er ( Len Caveny former captain as designer). With help of others devised the SIGL specialized judging system. Served NCAA rules committee 2 term s and U.S. Olympic Committee 2 terms. On first USGF formu· lati on committee. SIGL Coach of Year '65. H elm 's H all of Fame '66. Designed first NACGC Special Awards . Plaque and pre· sented same to Chet Phillips. Appointed by Dr. Price as chairman of Special A w.ards Committee. Distinction of televising first sport (all sports) below Mason Dix on Line and first gym meet (as near as can be determin ed) in the nation. Ri ght arm and inspiration for 40 years has been the for· mer Emmajean Louise Brashear ; one son, Melvin Lyle and 2 grandchildren. After servin g gymnastics 30 years, now anticipat· ing retirement. Chuck Keeney: Here is a man of pre· cision. When we served as members of the NCAA rules committee, it was Chuck , who with his warm personality, would take us all to task with his keen insight. It was

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he who kept us on our toes makin g us conscious of every effort to clarify the air, defi ne and interpret exactly every word, sentence and phrase. No one did more to sharpen our thinking in regard to the whol e sport and especially to the trampolin e event. Chuck was a pioneer for the "Jum· bo" bed. Here is the way he r esponded to the questionnaire. Served as president (and again using Newt Loken's records) from '55 to '56. Highlights of competitive career: - Competed for the University of California at Berkeley; \Yon National AAU Tumbling Championships in 1935 and was third in the sa me competititon in 1934. Coaching experience:- Served as Coach for the Uni· versity of California from '37 to '57; Won 3rd NCAA title in 1949 ; Had several con· ference championships during 20 years span; Individual Champions coach were Charley Thompsbn AAU and NCAA tum· bling champion and Ross Cunningham wh o was 2nd in the AAU meet in 1938. Outstanding events :- Published the followin g books, Keeney-"Trampolining Illustrated", Ron ald Press 1961, Frey & Keeney, "Elementary Gymnastic Apparatus Skills Illustrated" Ronald Press 1964; Keeney, "Fundamental Tumbling Skills Illustrated", Ronald Press 1966. Number of years of service to Gymnastics-31. Married and has 4 children. Is currently teachin g 16 to 18 hours per week of Trampoline, Gymnastics and Springboard Diving on the University level at the University of California. Chuck has always been a true gentleman and conducts himself on a very high plane. Tom Maloney : Tom Maloney of West Point has been one of the most eager of all " Eager· beavers" in gymnastics. No nook or cranny in this world has gone unex, plored by this Olympic coach. Tom, along with Chet Phillips, often furni shed the incentive to our fledgling teams by bookin g them in for meets at the Academies, for many a youn g gymnast would give his right arm to be invited to compete at the United States Military or Naval Academies. He has promoted national endeavors far beyond our capacity to appreciate. He has done the most to shape the National Clinic when he became the Executive Director in its early days and in its present form. His name shall long be remembered. Highlights of career:- Competed in AAU meets, won YMCA Chainpionships on high bar, side horse and parallel bars, member of winning Swiss Turner team for 5 years and held several AAU titles. Coaching ex perience:-Coached for 34 years at the Academy, Olympic Coach '52 and '60 and Coach of World Championship teams '58' and '62. Coached six Eastern Intercollegiate Champi-

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onship Teams and his gymnasts have won many Eastern titles and several NCAA titles as well. Outstanding events :-First U.S. representative to complete 1st FIG International judges course in Zurich '64. Jud ged Olympic Games '64 and World Championships '66. Greatest honor, request from Arthur Gander, president of FIG to become a member of the FIG staff at Mexico City and Winnipeg, Canada. Tom has 3 children and has served the sport 40 years. Retired in Sarasota, Florida. George Szypula: George Szypula is un· doubtedly the most magnetic, effervescent person I have ever encoutered. To pary remarks with George, is to lose the contest for his lightnin g responses are as barbed as they are quick. Wherever there is action, there's George right in the middle of things, either challenging or fighting for what he deems right. As President he elevated our sport by establishing the Helm's Hall of Fame which carries the highest honor anyone in gymnastics can receive. For this endeavor, we shall always be indebted to George. Outstanding events while in office: - Helms' Hall of Fame for Gymnastics, Wheaties Foundation Supported AlI-Ameri can Awards. Competitive highlights :-Com· peted for Temple and won NAAU Tumbling title 4 years, '40 through '53, NCAA Tumbling title '41 and won Eastern Intercollegiate All-around title '42 and '43. Coaching experience :-Assistant coach at Temple '46 and '47 and head coach Michigan State since '47. Championships wonNCAA '58 and had 13 Individual champs and 32 Big Ten Individual champs. Outstanding events :-Author "Tumbling and Balancing for All" in r evision, 1968, Wm. C. Brown, Dubuque, Iowa. Tramp booklet, "Trampoline", Wadsworth Co., Belmont, Cal., Author of several articles, Established Clinic at East Lansing and has been National Summer Clinic D.i rector since '64, Ha s given many Clinics separately and workshops. George has been in Gymnastics 40 years and served it for 22. He has 4 children. Dr. Newton Loken: "Newt" as we know him was the 7th president and served from '58 to '59. To me, Newt has always been the gentleman of gymnastics and has always put hi s best foot forward with his pleasing personality. His clean cut mannerisms and suave approach to things in general would surely convince anybody, skeptics and all, that Gymnastics is the finest sport in the world, and that the trampoline, without doubt, is the finest piece of gymnastic equipm ent ever designed. His achievements in the field of Physical Education and his ability as an author,

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shall forever be milestones. His film strip analysis of gym skills have been tremend ously helpful. While in office he served on the Wheaties All· American Sports Feder ation Team project and along with this helped in the production of the Wheaties All-American Team Films narrated by Bob Richardson. Highlights of career :-Competed for West Hi and won State allaround, tumbling, etc. titles, for the U. of Minn- won Big Ten all-around title twice, and parallels and flying rings. In NCAA won 1st in all·around and high bar. Was Big Ten runner-up in high bar, tumbling (3 times) and NCAA runner-up in high bar, tumbling (3 times), NAAU- lst in vaulting and 2nd all-around and tumbling. Outline of coaching experience :-after 2 years at U. of Michigan as graduate student and member of Physical Education staff, made Gymnastics a varsity sport in '47 and been coach there ever since (21 years) . Teams won Big Ten title 6 times, runnerup, sam e number. Won NCAA team title in '63. Fifteen Michigan Gymnasts have won over 50 Big Ten, NCAA and NAAU titles. Outstanding events:-In '63 Michi· gan won all dual meets, Big T en and NCAA title. Last year won Big Ten run ner-up as well as NCAA runner-up . Has enjoyed 21 years of coaching a fine group of young men in the great field of motor skills namely, gymnastics, and has enjoyed 32 years of performing. Married to Christine, a maj or in speech at Michigan . and a past state swimming and diving champion. Christine placed in finals in all 3 diving events in NAAU Senior Women Meet this summer at Philadelphia. Have 4 children with Jon and Newt (12 and 10) who are trampolinists. Hal Frey: Hal served as president from '59 to '61 and to me is a hard slugging dedicated coach who will be satisfied with nothing but perfection for our sport. While Hal may seem determined at times in upgradin g gymnastics, there is always a kindly spirit about him which is nothing short of radiant. He has the ability. to size things up and to "lay it on the line." While Hal was in office he initiated the Coach of the Year Award System. Another of his pro· jects was the Gymnastic Statistics program. Hal is proud as we are of his part in purging the sport of those who aimed to maintain a dictatorial influence, all of which led to his part in helping to formulate the United States Gymnastic Federation. Highlights of his competitive career: -Competed for P enn State University and won the Eastern Intercollegiate AII·Around title. He also won the National AAU Tumbling championships, outpointing s u c h

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greats as Charley Thompson, the only tumbl er this writer has ever seen who would terminate a run of flip-flop s by doing spotters cross-wise with an about fa ce and a continued series and travelin g in the opposite direction _ Hill 's tumblin g was fast and I shall always r emember his li ghtnin g-like tandem tumbling exhibition with J eff Austin_ Coaching experience:-Univeristy of Illinois-Chicago for 11 years as Gymnastics Coach and 3 .years as Soccer Coach. Hal is presently with the University of California where he has been for 10 years. His teams have won the Mid-West Open for 3 years and the NAAU title in '49. Also won the Midwest Soccer and Pacific Eight Team title 3 times and Western Regionals, 5 times. Other outstanding events:- Helped develop North California Gymnastics Camp Clinic and started California Winter Clinic. Gymnastics in the United Sttates has been lifted by Hal's endeavors and in conclusion - let's have more like him. Gene Wettstone: Gene Wettstone to me represents Mr. Gymnastics in all phases from the bottom to the top with more fac ets than the ocean has waves. Name it and Gene has either been there, named it, de路 vised it, developed it, inspired it or staged it. Roy Moore, who might well have been called the father of competitive gymnastics in this country during a critical period of development, would, I believe, been proud to claim Gene as a " number one son" with the same type or even greater ambition s than he had. Gene with his sponsorship and promotional ability has achieved great heights in promoting International understanding and good will amongst all gymnasts the world over. His ability to host these teams and to host the important National championships has set the stage and the pattern for the rest of the country. Difficult as it might be for some folk s to understand, these magnificent gymnastic spectacles have been. sell路outs weeks in ad vance and are the only .ones this writer has ever attended wher e the public has been guilty of scalping tickets. This can only be interpreted as a wonderful compliment to Gene. With Gene's initiative and durin g hi s term of office from '61 to '63 came the Formation of the United States Gymnastic F ederation. Th e merits of this organization led by Frank Bare have far exceeded our wildest dream s and it continues to grow by leaps and bounds, but let us not forget how it all started. Also during his time as President, the study on the New NCAA Gymnastic Districts was launched. Highlights of competitive career: -Attended and competed for the State University of Iowa under the able leader-

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ship and coaching of C. H. McCloy (if my memory serves me correctly) . Gene won the '35 and '37 Big Ten All-around, Sid e Horse and Horizontal Bar. Coaching experience: - Has been coach at Penn State University sin ce '38 and the distinction of winnin g 8 NCAA Team Championships and 4 NAAU titles. He has co ached 29 individual NCAA champions, 7 Olympians and 2 Pan Americans. Outstanding events : -Hosted 1948-'52 and '56 Olympic Tryouts and AAU Championships; 1960 and '64 NCAA Championships, USA-USSR Dual Meet '61 ; 3 EIGL Championships; and competed in International meets with Sweden '54, Swiss '56, Finland '59, Cologne University in '67 and Scandinavian All-Star Team in '68. Under Gene's tutelage have come such men as Wm. Meade at S.LU., Hal Frey at the U. of California, Warren Neiger of the U. of Pittsburgh, Armanda Vega, N.W. Louisiana, Mike Jacobson, Ass't at Navy, Bud Williams at Army, Wm. Bonsall, U. of W. Va .~ Lee Cunningham of the U. of Georgia, Wm. Savering, N.J. State at Montclair, N.J., Bob Kreidler, U. of New York at Binghampton and Major Carl Schwenzfeier at the Air Force Academy. Gen e has been 29 years serving Gymnastics and has 4 children. Are there enough words of praise for such as Gene? H e for got to mention that he has served as Olympic Coach and路 manager if my memory is correct. Also on the rules committee. William 111 eade : Bill Meade who has served 2 terms as President, could be well called a "number one" son for all of us. For a fellow who has reached the top in the coaching world as has Bill, it is difficult to unravel a true record of one who has so much modesty. (But see MG Interview, Feb. 1968) . According to Bill, his outstandin g contributions while in offi ce are, "A few lousy jokes." Well, we all know that under Bill's firm hand, the Presidency of our organization has taken on new meaning, for Bill has a soberin g way of handl ing these meetings but in a fri endly way. He was president from 1963 to 1965. Highlights of his competitive career:Competed for Penn State and won the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastic League Championships in Tumbling, 1948 and 1949. Outline of Coaching experience:-Wa s coach at the University of North Carolina from 1949 to 1956 and has been coach at the University of Southern Illinois from 1956 to present. His teams have won the NCAA Championships in 1964, '66 and '67 and the NAAU Championships in '61. Also elected Manager of '68 U.S. Olympic T eam: was Vice Presid ent of the USGF in '67. H e also placed 2 men on the U.S. Olympic

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Teams (Orlofsky '60 and Mitchell in '64) _ Developed 12 individual NCAA Champions since '61 and placed 1 man on the U.s. World Games T eam in '62. Bill ha s th e unu sual record of being undefeat ed in dual meets (Regular Schedule) since 1961. Bill has served Gymnastics for 18 years and didn't mention that h e has been on the NCAA Rules Committee al so was sent to Saigon to teach Gymna stics. H e is a private pilot and has 2 children. It has been my privilege to know Bill since he came to the University of North Carolina where he hosted the first So uthern NCAA Championships. Bill fail ed to mention that he also played a part in helping to shape th e SIGL. More r ecently he has hosted 2 spectacular NCAA Championships at Carbondale which " did him proud". With Dick Holtzapfel as a team member, established the Gymnastic Clinic at Ft. Lauderdale, and he has been on the instructional staff at the Clinic in Michigan. Ther e can be no telling how far he will go, as he has ener gy and ambition, unlimited. "More power to you Bill." lalce Ge ier: Jake Geier was the 11th NACGC President serving 2 terms from '65 to '67. My first association with him was when he served as secretary for the NCAA rules committee. It was through hi s effort s mainly that the first booklet form of the rules were printed. To me Jake was and is a very conscientious worker who always hold s the welfare of the sport above personal matters. His outstanding contributions while in office are as follows:Ran a tight ship as per the constitution; had the constitution revised and brought up to date and established a $1,000 fund contributed by Gymnastic equipm ent manufa cturers to replace the Wheaties Fund. Highlights of his competitive career:Competed for the University of Nebraska and if I may quote him, "I beli eve the most notable instance in my competition came during my senior year at the conclusion of our season when our Athletic Director路 reviewed my 3 years of effort and decided it was worthy of special recognition so presented me with a major letter award. This was great for we were then recognized as a minor sport. In addition to this, h e dated it back to include my Junior year. As far as I know I was the second minor sport competitor to receive such r ecognition." Coaching experience:-1941-43 was the assistant Gymnastic Coach for the University of Nebraska for 2 month s when he was call ed into service. Spring of 1946 was Basketball Coach at Syracuse, Nebraska. 194647 Gymnastic Coach at Beatrice, Nebraska , and won state championships; 1947-48 was

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assistant coach at the Uni versity of Nebrask a; 1949 to present, co ach 'at th e University of Nebraska. He won 20 championshi ps in thi s area, the latest bein g the Big 8 champi onship s in 1963 and in 1964. Outstanding events:- Member NCAA Gymna sti cs Rules Committee '56-'62. Member of U.S. Olympi c Gymn asti cs Committee 196166 when he resigned_ Served as one of th e original founders of th e USGF . Oth er items of in terest: - Four years and 4 month s of active duty, 44 'months of which were spent in Europe. Went in as a 2nd Lietutenant and cam e out as a Major. Served Gymnastics 22 years as co ach . Has 4 children. Dr. Hubie Dunn: " Hubie" as his fri end s kn ow him is now servin g as P resident- he also signs his letters " Hubie." Hubie is an other one of those pioneers who has had to start from scratch to create an interest. First it was exhibition s, then competition after that, all of which took place in the state of Washington. His influence spread through the Pacifi c Northwest where he gave a good account of his ability as a coach and a promoter of the sport. At present his timely study in r egard to th e trampolin e is proving most helpful in getting a general consensus of opinion fr om the coaches as to what lies ahead for th e futur e, as well as the present. Hi ghlights of career :- Hubie competed for Southern Illinois and was team captain. H e was the Central AAU Long Horse Championship , the Ozark AAU Lon g H or se and tumblin g (twi ce), the Midwest Invitati onal Gymnastic Championships on the P arallel bars and tumblin g and the Northwest Gymnastic Society Champion ships in the All-around. As for his coa chin g experience :- H e was at th e Washington State Univer sity from 1947 to 1962 with one year's leave of absence from '55 to '56. At present he is 'a t Northern Illinois University where he has been since '62. His teams have won th e Pacific Northwest College title in '55, '57, '58 and he had 22 individual champi ons. In the Pacifi c Northwest AAU, his teams won the '52, '54 and '55 titles and he had 24 individual champion s in this area . Hi s outstandin g events in competititon were Tumbling, Parallel Bars, Lon g Horse and Flying Rin gs. Other outstanding events:Founder of the Washin gton State Hi gh School Championships as well as the Pacifi c Northwest Championships_ Hub i e was nam ed " Coach of the Year" . in the western region by his fellow NACGC coaches in '62. Hubie completed his Master's degree at Washin gton State in '51 and his doctorate at the University of Illinois in '59_ Doctor Dunn has 5 children , Patricia 21, Catherine 19, Barbara 17, Daniel 8 and David 6 and we are proud to have him as our President.

In Conclusion: I must apologize for th e inad equacy of my end eavors for I realize that this bit of information falls short of giving these men the credit th ey deserve. P erhaps one of the greatest conclusions can be that- Gymnastic co aches are a dedi cated un selfish, hard-workin g lot and surely the way in the future has been mad e a little easier for th ose who follow.

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b. Competition (1 ) Introdu ce to intramural program (2) Inter-cl ass meets 3. Exposure to knowl edgable individuals in the area of gymnastics. 4. Experience with a variety of age groups to facilitate a better understandin g of physical, social and psychological needs. C. A COURSE OF STUDY WHICH IS THE MEANS BY WHICH DESIRABLE OUTCOfvIES OF PHYSICAL EDU CATION ARE ATTAINED A course of study in gym nastics should be planned according to the indivi dual needs and interests of the students with aims and objectives that support those of the total physical educa tion program. The course of study· for gymnasti cs should includ e the followin g : 1. History of Gymna stics 2. Values of Gymnastics 3. Purposes of gymnastics in the physical education program. The teacher must justify the gymnastics unit at all grade levels so students are aware of why they are taking such a course and how it will help them in the future. 4. Method s of class organization a. Establishing objectives which correlate with those of th e physical educati on program and the philosophy of th e school. b. Arrangement of equipment for maximum efficiency and use. c. Safety considerations and spottin g techniques. This should be a major area of concern in teaching the gymna stics unit. It cannot be over-emphasized. d. Gymnastic activities and events. Introduction of apparatus or event with lecture and demonstration. (l) High Bar (2) Parallel Bars (3) Tumbling (4) Side Horse (5) Still Rings (6) Trampoline (7) Long Horse Vaulting (8) Floor Exercise ( 9 ) Marching (10) Pyramids (11) Games e. Teaching all stunts 1I1 progression f. Evaluation (1) Testin g on individual aims (2) Testin g on elementary routines (Considered best pro cedure for meeting objectives of the program.) D. PREPLANN ING IN ORDER TO INI NSU RE A CONDUCIVE LEARNING ATMOSPHERE Essentially thi s factor has to do with the teacher who is aware of doing a conscientious and professional job~ In order to do such a job, preplanning of the program, which includes every phase of its opera tion, must be considered. Factors which enter into this preplannin g are; 1. Time 2. Facilities 3. Equipment 4. Student enrollment of class 5. Number of station s set up during class participation 6. Previous experience of class. 7. Previous ex perience of teacher. E. A MEANS OF TEAC HING AND EVALUATING THE PROGRAM Every school, program, department and individual has a unique way of teachin g and evaluatin g. Again , the student is the cent er of this teachin g and evaluatin g, therefore it is imperative that the teacher use the very best teaching and evaluative procedure. According to most ed uca tors in

phys ical ed ucation, the student must be motiva ted to learn . This motiva tion comes from th e teacher. It is evid ent then that preparation, creativity and new innovative id eas mu st be a part of teaching gy mnasti cs in a physical ed ucation program . Evaluation seems to be a very controversial iss ue in physical education. However, edu ca tors agree that a worthwhile test should meet the obj ectives of the program. Three things which should be included in a testin g program in gymnasti cs are skill, knowledge and improvement. An att empt should be made to meet the three criteria of validity, reliability and objectivity. F. A _'1EANINGFUL PROGRA M WHICH PROVIDES TIlVIE, INCENTIVE AN D IvIOTIVATION The importance of any program in education depends a great deal on the r einforcem ent of its students. The topics below promote this incentive and motivation. 1. Explanation-A lecture and discussion period on the nature, mechanical principles and spottin g techniques in each event should be a part of introducing and teachin g each new event in gymnastics. Each lecture should ·be planned for the age and grade level being taught. 2. Demonstration-To provide the student with a visual and mental conceptualization of what a stunt or move looks like and how it should be done. The stud ent can also see the importan ce of balance, center of gravity, kines thetic sense and other kinesiological prin ciples which r elate not only to gymnastics, but to other sports and in most cases, life situations as well. 3. Participation-You learn by "doing." Therefore, the student mu st be assured of participation as much as possible. Limitations in eq uipment, time, fa cilities and personnel will eff ect this fa ctor. However , using various n ew teachin g techniques and innovative id eas a teacher can provide maximum participation for all. . G. A PHYSICAL EDUCATIO N LIBRARY IN GYMNASTICS Here the teacher who has little or no experience in gymnastics may ben efit a great deal. H e may be made aware of these materials and further educate himself along with his students in gymnastics. The chairman of the department should be responsible for organizing and keeping this library up-to-date. Some items which mi ght be included in thi s library are th e following; 1. Films 2. Filmstrips 3. Loop films 4. Books 5. Magazines " Modern Gymnast" "The United States Gymnast" 6. Lesson plans 7. Study guides 8. Visual aids for discussing simple kin esiological prin ciples 9. Tape recordin gs of lectures and discussions on gymnastics H. WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIO N IN PLANNI NG AND PREPARI NG FOR THE GYMNASTICS UNIT j\II aking the administration cognizant of physical education and its importance in education is most important in promotin g and crea tin g a good image of physical educati on. Because gym nastics lends itself to meeting the needs and interest of each individual , the admini stration should be willin g to contribute toward the fulfillment of not only a worthwhil e and desirable gymnastics program, but a total physical education program as well.

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Name: Richard loyd Age: 22 lit. 5'6W' Wt. 140 Born in Monroe, louisiana; Attended Bolton High School in Alexandria, lao College: Northwestern louisiana State College. Major: Electronics. Future Plans: Graduate school. Coaches: Fred Martinez, Armando Vega. Honors: NAIA Ail-around 2nd place 1966; NAIA All-around 1st place 1967; Member 1967 Pan Am Team 1967; U.S. Pre-Olympic Games team 1967.

How did you become interested in gymnastics? In my first year in junior high school , the P.E. instructor started everyone in on tumbl ing. I picked it up pretty easy and kind of liked it. If you had it to do over again-starting in gymnastics, that is-where wo uld you begin? I think I'd start out pretty much the same (in tumbling). It's pretty fl/ndamental to all gymnastics. I'd start to we iI from there. We've noted that you ~av e an extraordinary degree of flex ibility. it is natural or have you had to work on it? Most of it is natural. Of course, when I started gymnastics, I was much thinner than I am now so I didn't have too much to hold me back. When I decided I was going to learn splits, I learned it in about four nights, just working them before I went to bed . I've never really spent that much time on flexibility. Your style is similar to that of European gymnasts, flowing and smooth. How did you develop it? I don't really know. It's just kind of the way it worked out. How do you develop originality in your routines? Actually I don't have that great a storehouse of tricks, so I use the ones I've got, the ones I can sell the way I work. When you plan your routines, how do you take advantage of your assets? I have to plan my routines around the type of movement that looks best for me, my body style, and the way I work. I try to use tricks that I can make look good.

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As an all-around man, do you have any events which you particularly favor? I like 'em all, really. It depends on how I hit. 'Course, I don't particularly care for rings; that's my weak event. What do you find most difficult to you, personally, about gymnastics? For me, it's the strength part. Like I say, I never had to work very much on flexibility, but strength is a different story. Every year it gets a little better, but it's hard work, acquiring strength. How do you go about building strength? I've tried a little of everything, lifting weights, handstand push-ups. I think one thing that has helped me lately is that we got a Crossmaster and I've been working that pretty hard. Since gymnasts are always going on different food fads, we'd like to know if you have any particular diet you follow. I've pretty much gone the whole route on that. I've tried protein tablets, canned protein drinks, orange juice; you-name-it and I've tried it. I still drink this Liquid Nutrament. How do you look forward to a meet? I've gone into meets feeling real bad and have done real well, and others I've gone into feeling real good and performed badly. I don't worry about it anymore. You're going to do what you are capable of doing. Do you ever feel like quitting? Oh yes, I think everybody goes through periods when they don't do too well. I have some days when nothing seems to go well and I wonder whether it's all worth it. What does gymnastics have, then, that keeps you at it? I guess it's the challenge. When you get through with one meet, there's the next one to look forward to and maybe you'll do better, or hit that trick. It's a challenge. Do you have 路 a favorite personality in world gymnastics? What particularly about him? Nakayama. I like his routines, but I like the way he presents himself in his routines. I first saw him at Mexico City and he really impressed me. It's hard to pinpoint certain things but guess it was his definition and expression of each move that I liked. It was the overall effect of his work that impressed me. He seemed more fluent and less mechanical (compared to the Russians).

How are you preparing yourself for the Olympic Trials? I've only got another semester of college competition left, so I'm going to stay out this next semester and start in training right now . What do you think of our team chances in the next Olympics? I don't fe el the U.S. will place any higher than the usual 5th or 6th in the coming Olympic Games. There are other teams that are much stronger. I understand that France and a couple other teams will be pushing the United States pretty hard. Do you regard gymnastics as a team sport? I feel that all team sports require individual effort. I know gymnastics is different from most team sports, but I feel that it would be good if the U.S. team could work-out together as much as possible in order to gain a sense of team unity. In your ooinion, why isn't the United States a top gymnastics name? I think it's because of the organization. Throughout the whole United States it isn't organized. In France and most of the European countries, they have national coaches, and national teams that train as a team, but we don't do anything like that. To me, it seems that the way this sport is divided up in this country would be one of the reasons (that the U.S. is not a top name). I don't care to mention any names but it seems that a lot more could be accomplished if the sport were under one governing body. Also, I think there should be more emphasis placed on the all-around gymnasts and also more concern as to the compulsories. These seem to be our downfall in international competition. How would you contrast gymnastics with other sports? Like most other sports, it takes a lot of dedication. You get started when you 're rela tively young and develop over a period of years. What thoughts of encouragement would you have for our young readers? You know, Sei Ito told me something that has stuck with me, something I thought was important. The thing about gymnastics is that it takes time . You don't go from a low low level to 'way up here in a year. Every year you get a little bit better. Don't get discouraged, but just keep plugging away.

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In this issue, the MODERN GYMNAST takes you A ll Around the World with a selection of articles from several other international gymnastic magazines. We hope that our reader's imagination will be stimulated by th e ideas presented.

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Swing ing back pirou ette to a handstand on o ne bar.

1. Front somersault to a support t o an immediate back stutz to a front some rsault d lsmount.

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Stutz off to the side of the bar, tu ck ing the head to a pik ed positi o n t o a stand.

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Japanese Parallel Bar Research by Naoki Mo ri (Abstracted for the Modern Gymnast by Mr. K en Bartlett, Gymnastic Coach, California State College a t Long Beach, from Japanese R esearch Paper No. 12, 1967, pages 34-39. The ma gazine is published by the Japanese Gymnastic Federation.) Th e Japanese have kept record s of the types of moves done in ro utines in international competition since 1961. They have also kept track of the types of dismounts used. 18

6. Rear uprise back stutz to a hop pi rouette to a back some rsau lt d ismount. Wh il e simple dismounts are becoming more uncommon with world class gymnasts, their research shows that many of the moves done on parallel bars a re of the stitz handstand, back somersa ult hand stand, etc., type of moves. What they are trying to do is give more emphasis to difficult combination~ usin g more below the bar work rather than the stitz hand stand, diamidov, type of routines. The numbered sequences below show some of the combinations recorded in various world competi tions (Table 1).

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TABLE 1 1961 1962 1964 1965 1966 Dortmund Prague Tokyo Tokyo 1 4 1 4 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 7 2 4 5 1

NEW Ie' PARTS B y R einhold Dieze mann ( Reproduced with permi SS IOn from the O/)'1I/pische Tum kust, Nos. 5 and 6, 1967. Dra win gs by Klau s Wiemann .)

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and rotation is achieved . Note particularly the bent knees (7) and the position of the head (12) . During the flight, pull into a tight tuck to increase rotati on momentum.

A most important factor is th e grasp a'fter the double leg circles under the right hand. That support is effected at the front part of the pommel (as close to the curved portion as possibl e) in order that the pom-

mel be free for the successive grasp of hands. The athlete must be aware that this is a turning, swinging move and he should start the stretchin g move at an early point

Russian on One Pommel.

While a Russian moore is rated as a 'B' move in th e code of points, when carried out on one pommel it is positively a 'C' part. Mastery of this move is assured the perform er with good high double legs circl es and who has learned to swing well.

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(The Modern Gymnast thanks Mr. Al Luber for his aid in verifying the preceding interpretation from the German texts.) 19

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THE STRENGTHENING OF A GYMNAST By Prof. Angelo Manoni (Translated for the Modern Gymnast by Martin Carranza from II Ginnasta, No. 10, 1967. II Ginnasta is the official publication of the Italian Gymnastic F ederation.) The importance attributed to muscular power in our sport seems indisputable, be it because of the relevant number of ele· ments th at fill·in a gymnast's routin e or the st ra in th at muscle must undergo to execute all the posi tions and evoluti ons required. In each gymnast's sport life, there always comes the time in which he needs a bi gger muscular power than the one he, in reality, has, in ord er to render his exercise more valuable or to get new ones (moves). This problem has been solved in other fi eld s of sport such as: swimmin g, track and fi eld, rowing, etc., with the introduction of addi· ti onal trainin g activities like the use of weight s, pulleys or isotonic· isometric tech· niques. But in gymnastics, because of the com· plexity of positions the body assumes during "'the execution of moves, one is confron ted with the problem of adapting a weight pro· gram to such moves. Among the answers is the one proposed by this author (and demonstrated in 1958) : a suspension pulley. With thi s devi ce it is possibl e to exercise all or most of the mu scular groups involved in different posi· tions of attitudes at the same arti cular and postural angle of exertion as it happens on the apparatus. The advantage of this method, besides th e strengthening of varied muscular groups, is th e in crease of neuro·muscular sensibil· ity. In other words, it improves in the athletes the perception of positionin g and shifting of parts of the body, contributing also, to give the feeling of rhythm of exe· cuti on. It allows, as well, the appra isal in a realistic manner of the quantitative pro· gress (based on the increa se in the pound· age lifted) and qualitative (based on

speed of moti on of th e body segments in· volved) as estimated by the gym nast after each try. Let us now analyze specifically some moves: For the cross: This solution is the easiest. Try to execute it with the arms held scrupul ously in tension, going up and down and vice·versa, passing through the out· side. The load should be one th at permits the gymnast at least three repetiti ons with maximum effort (Figure A). For swings in support (forward and back· ward) and horizontal holds (both levers and planches): In thi s case, the gymnast should lie down on hi s back or abdomen, accordin g to the case, on a bench hi gh enough from the ground as to allow the execution of the same movements an d attitudes the body will assume in the crucial moment of the exercise the gymnast is preparing hims~1f for. As for swinging in support (Figure B) , as opposed to what should be done for

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The concept to follow in the estimation of the load for the different gymnasts would be: For the static moves-cross (sup· port or H.S.) and both levers-maximum possible load for 6 seconds. This position must not be held in a passive manner but in an active one, that is to say, always performing the maximum effort in the in· tent to overcome the stop point (hold). For the dynamic moves, the load must be reckoned as % of the maximum possible but with the intent of doing it in the briefest time possible or " jerkily". So, in the dynamic moves " raw strength" is not as important as the power that the gym· nast can express. To appraise realistically his progress, each gymn ast should keep a slate in front of him to remind him of the number of reps per exercise. For his own convenience in compil ing r ecords, we recommend as· signin g numbers to each movement to be tri ed: i.e. Cross=No. 1; Front lever=No. 2; etc.

Gym Snaps

Strong contenders for the Western Ath letic Conference Championship, the University of New Mexico gymnasts have come a long way in a sho rt time under Coach Rusty Mitchell, now in his second season . The strongest event in the side horse, where senio r Blaise Blasko finished 7th in NCAA competition last year and ju nior Tom Galioto finished 10th. The Lobos compiled a路12- 1 dual meet record in 1966-67 and are well on their way towards topp ing that in the current season.

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RESEARCH AND FITNESS IN GYMNASTICS BY JAMES S.

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SA N JOSE STATE COLLEGE SAN JOSE , CALIFOR NIA 95114

This was to be the first of a second series of articles dealing with the cinemato·graphi· cal analysis of gymnastics moves. Not enough articles were received in time to "guarantee" a series. We will continue to solicit this kind of article. Please send all correspondence directly to the above ad· dress. HARRIS, RALPH

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS In the following discussion, the absolute findin gs pertaining to the various aspects of the upstart will be stated and, in those cases where no absolute conclusions were forth coming, the general trend as represented by the most successful performers will be mentioned. Methods of Performing the Upstart. Despite variations which exist between vari-

ous performers, there seems to be a general pattern which all performers follow in executing the upstart. There is also considerable doubt as to how grea t these variations may become without seriously interfering with the success of the exercise. Path of Center 0/ Gravity. In general, it may be said that the center of gravity path of the various performers demon strates a pattern comm on to all. At the end of the forward swin g the center of gravity i, brought back on a more or less horizontal plane, and at a point just before the vertical of the bar it is lifted more or less vertically until it gets above the bar. Variations of a minor degree occur among the better perform ers, whereas in the case of the unsuccessful performers they reach such magnitude that success is impossible. Distribution of Work in Doing the Upstart. Individuals vary in their method of performing the work necessary in doing the upstart. However, the successful perform ers do as little as possible until the leg thrust phase is reached, at which time the center of gravity is lifted through a great vertical distance. Extent and Magnitude of Swing. There seems to ·be no conclusive evidence regardin g the extent and magnitude of the swin g. However, the most successful perform ers have taken a moderate swing, which, roughly estimated, is in the nature of a 50-degree angle at both the forward and backward end of the swing. Position of the Body at the End of the Forward Swing. The evidence seems to point out the fact that the body is full y ex tended at the end of the forward swing. There are, however, sli ght variations in the degree to which the body is extended

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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Nearly every physical educator is called upon at some time in his career to give instruction in apparatus exercises. The most fundamental and basic exercise is the upstart (kip ) on the high horizontal bar and, while it appears very simple when performed by an experienced gymnast, it presents many pitfalls for the beginn er. As a res ult of a thorough survey of the literature pertaining to the subj ect, it was found that there was much disagreement among the various writers as to how the upstart should be performed. It was felt that this study might help to clear up some of the conflicting opinions regarding performance. PROCEDURE Photography. For this experiment, a " roup of gymnasts 'Vas selected and motion pictures were taken of their performan ces. Great care was taken to see that all of the principles of cinematography were fulfill ed during the filming process. Proje ction of Films. By setting the camera up at a specific distance from the screen, it was possible to project the films upon the screen and to advance the film , fram e by frame_ Sketching of Film. With the aid of a graph paper sketch sheet, which was devised by the investigator, it was possible to make sketches of the performer's body in 22

any desired frame. In addition to an outline sketch of the body, it was poss ible to insert hip, shoulder, ankle, and knee joint points in their proper places on the sketch. Location of Center of Gravity 0/ Body. A continuation of Braune and Fischer's method! of finding the cen ter of gravity of the human body made it possible to locate the center of gravity of the body in any of the positions assumed durin g the performan ce of the upstart. These center of gravity points were inserted in the proper position on the individual sketches which were made. Assem bling of Summaries. After a series of sketches of each performance had been made, it was possible to select the most important ones and present them in summary form. The followin g summaries were made: 1. Methods of performin g the upstart. 2. Center of gravity paths. 3. Distribution of work done durin g the upstart. 4. Magnitude of pendulum swing. 5. Body position at end of forward swin g of shoulder joint. 6. Method of brin ging legs to bar. 7. Body position at start of leg thrust. 8. Type and extend of leg thru st. 9. Arm and leg relationship durin g the leg thrust.

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at this phase of the upstart. Method of Bringing the Legs to the Bar. All performers do not bring their legs to the bar in the same way. However, there seems to be an attempt on the part of nearly all performers to bring the toes quite close to the bar. The most successful perform ers pave done this as efficiently and eco nomically as possible and have suc· ceeded in brin gin g their legs in closer to the bar than the other performers. Timing of Leg Thrust. Minor variations in the position of the body at the point of leg thrust are evident. However, it can be seen from the body position of the successful performers that the leg thrust takes place just as the arms are passin g under the bar. The trunk is in a horizontal position and the legs are more or less parallel with the arms. Type and Extent of Leg Thrust. There seems to be no doubt ·as to the conclusiveness of the evidence in regard to the leg thrust phase of the upstart. In all of th e successful upstarts the performers have attempted to direct the leg thrust in such a mann er that the body comes into a lay· out position with the center of gravity close to the bar. In cases where this was not done, the upstart was not successful. The intensity and extent of the leg thrust is a definite fa ctor in the performance of a successful upstart. ' W. Braune and 0 Fischer, Ueber den mensclichen Koerpers mit Ruecksicht au/ die Ausruestung des deutschen In/anteristen (Abhandlungen de r Mathematisch·Physi. schen Classe der Koeniglich Saechsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Fuenfzehn· ter Band. Leipzig : bei S. Hirzel, 1890), pp.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT Skill: Lay·out V2 Turn into Piked Forward Somersault on the Parallel Bars Prereq uisites: 1. Very well controlled lay· out V2 turn dismount. 2. Piked forward somersa ult dismount. Suggested learnin g procedure: A soft matted surface that is the same level as the parallel bars is recommended . This could take th e form of a matted trampoline, a matted table or a high pile of mats. The student should execute a series of high lay·out 112 turn s to a front drop, with emphasis on keeping shoulders of his sup· porting arm over his supporting hand. The forward swin g should then be carried to a % handstand with support on the pivot arm and th e student should attempt to land in a % hand stand position on the matted sur· face. Eventually, the free arm should be thrust under the body, the head should be du cked and the hips flexed ( pike posi tion ). As the forward somersault is execu ted the per· form er will be able to push downward on the bar; with the supportin g arm, for addi· tional thrust. As the technique of the fir st portion of the skill becomes clear, the gymnast should attempt to land on his back, and then eventually his seat. The ability of the per· former to rotate to the seat drop position,

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THE COMPUTER TAKES A LOOK AT COLLEGE JUDGING by Gerald F. Calkin Judging is a vital area of gymnastics where continuous im provement must be mad e if this sport is to continue to grow. In order to afford a more objective look at a jud ge's performance in the meet situ· ation, a computer program has been devel· oped at th e Uni versity of Massachusetts.' This program all ows a quick, objective, and surprisingly thoro ugh look at a judge's per· formance. T he scores of each j udge and the meet score are punched on IBN! cards for each con testant in each even t of the meet. It tak es about 30 minu tes to punch th e data and control cards. The machines does the rest in less th an 30 seconds. T he outp ut is shown in F igure 1. This is. actual data fr om a 1967·68 season Eastern League gym· nastic mee t. T he names of the j Udges and team s have been deleted. T he progra m output fi rst gives the n um· ber of ti mes each judge's score was di s· card ed beca use it was high score. If more th an one judge was high then neither is charged wi th a discarded score. (Example: If the scores are 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.5, n eith er of th e j udges who gave the 9.5 score are charged with a discarded score.) Then the number of tim es each judge's score was discard ed as low score is record ed. Again , if more than one score is low score n o one is charged. Next, the machine tells how many times each j ud ge's score was more th an the F .I.G. range above th e meet score. (T he F.I. G. range is 0.2 for mee t scores 9.5 or above, 0.3 for scores between 8.5 and 9.45, 0.5 for scores between 7.00 an d 8.45, and one poin t in all other cases. ) Likewise, the numb er of times each judge was more than th e F. I. G. range below the meet score is pr inted out. 1 ow the program gives the mean of all the scores given .by each j udge. Th is shows at a glan ce wh ich judges on the panel were generally h igh and wbich were generally low in th eir scorin g. An int ercorrelat ion ma trix is th en prin ted out. T his gives th e correlati on of each j udge 's scoring with th e mee t score and with each of th e oth er judges. Fina ll y, th e ma chin e repeats the whole 24

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A AT H 5 SCORES FOR EACH EXERCISE 51 EXERCISES JUDGED BY EACH OFFICIAL DATA FORMAT = (6X,5F3.2) NUMBER OF SCORES NOT USED FOR' EACH JUDGE . (HIGH) 8.000 6.000 17.000 10.000 NUMBER OF SCORES NOT USED FOR EACH JUDGE . (LOW) 5.000 11.000 9.000 16.000 NUMBER OF SCORES MORE THAN FIG RANGE FROM MEET SCORE (HIGH) 1.000 0.000 5.000 3.000 NUMBER OF SCORES MORE THAN FIG RANGE FROM MEET SCORE (LOW) 0.000 1.000 5.000 4.000 MEANS 8.241 8.139 8. 157 B.I22 8.094 INTERCORRELATIONS 1 1.000 0.916 0.914 0.848 0.958 0.862 0.975 2 0.916 1.000 0,948 0.872 0.974 3 0.914 0.948 1.000 0.915 1.000 4. 0.848 0.862 0.872 0.915 1.000 5' 0.958 0.975 0.974 ASCORESONLY 5 SCORES FOR EACH E XERCISE 24 E XE RCISES JUDGED BY EACH OFFICI A L DATA FORMAT = (6 X,5F3 .2 ) NUMBER SCORES NOT USED FOR EACH JUDGE (HIGH) 5.000 4.000 7.000 5.000 NUMBER OF SCORES NOT USED FOR EACH JUDGE (LOW) 3;000 4.000 2.000 10.000 NUMBER OF SCORES MORE THAN FIG RANGE FROM MEET SCORE (HIGH) 1.000 0.000 3. 000 2. 000 NUMBER OF SCORES MORE THAN FIG RANGE FROM MEET SCORE ( LOW) 2. 000 0.000 0.000 4.000 MEANS 7.642 7.796 7.704 7.675 7.696 INTERCORRELATIONS 0.951 1 1.000 0.885 0.908 0.780 2 0.885 1.000 0.953 0.775 0.967 3 0.908 0.953 1.000 0.803 0.974 1.000 4 Q7BO Q775 0.803 0.857 5 0.951 0.967 0.974 0.857 1.000 H SCORES ONLY 5 SCORES FOR EACH E XERCI SE 24 27 EXERCI SES JUDGED BY EACH OFFICI A L DATA FORMAT = (6 X,5F 3.2 ) NUMBER OF SCORES N OT USED FOR EACH JUDGE (HIGH) 3. 000 2.000 10.000 5.000 NUMBER OF SCORES NOT USED FOR EACH JUDGE (LOW) 12.000 3. 000 1.000 6.000 NUMBER OF SCORES MORE THAN FIG RANGE FROM MEET SCORE (HIGH) 0.000 0.000 2.000 1.000 NUMBER OF SCORES MORE THAN FIG RANGE FROM MEET SCORE (LOW) 2.000 0.000 1.000 1.000 MEANS 8.519 8.448 8.637 8.581 8.5S9 INTERCORRELATIONS 1 1.000 0.925 0.872 0 .847 0.943 0.926 0.924 0.986 2 0 .925 1.000 1.000 0.905 0.958 3 0.872 0.926 0.946 1.000 4 0.847 0.924 0.905 0.958 0.946 1.000 5 0.943 0.986

pro cess twice more ; using first only the scores for one team and then th e other. T hi s is useful in looking for bias. It is true that this pro gram compares the performance of the j udging pan el with it· self. T hus if a judge on the panel does not compare well with the other j udges on the panel, all we can say is that he is "o ut of consensus" with th e members of the panel. (There is always the possibility that he is very good and the other three are poor. ) On e way to overco me this difficulty would be to analyze every meet during a season and send th e result s to all th e judges. A given j ud ge co ul d then compare h is results with a number of di ff erent pan els and be bett er ab le to assess his strengths and weaknesses.

It is not har d to see how a program such as this could be used in anyone of a num· ber of differen t ways in a clinic situati on. T his program is only a start in the direc· tion of obj ective eval uation of judging. It can be impr oved- both in its internal work ings and in what it does. Unfortun · ately, even a min or chan ge can mean many hours of work and du e to the press of schoo l work and other responsibili ties, I must put this work as id e for now. It is my ho pe th at others will be stimu lated by thi s article to improve upon th is start. ' This work was parti ally supported by the University of Massachuse tts Computer T rust Fund.

NATIONAL GYMNASTICS OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER VOL. I

by Jerry Wr ight

N.C.A.A. Rules The followi ng changes are called to your attention: long Horse: 1. Gymnast is not required to use chalk now. 2. Gymnast no longer required to announce the name of his vault. 3. According to the minutes rele ased by the rules committee the requirement for the use of a rubber run way was voted in but this rule did not get in the rule book l It is not known at this time what is required. 4. Vaulting rule s in championship meets are to be the same for finals as they are for preliminaries and dual meets. 5. Vaulter is allowed 路 to take two vaults but if he elects to do the second vault only the second vault is the one that counts . If the second vault is the same as the first the second vault will also not be scored. Coach may talk to vaulter between vaults!1 General Rules : . If a gymnast breaks a hand gri p he will be permitted to repeat his entire routine if he so desires, at a later time, with no penalty. Judges Fees: The NCAA championship meets have been extended one day but the judges fees have not been changed. One more day per-deim should be in order. Equipment Failure: It is felt that any equipment failure should be cause for allowing the gymnast to repeat his routine without penalty. Such as if the Side horse or parallel bars tips or slide. It should be the obligation of the host to insure a&ainst thi s and if he cannot the games committee should allow repeats in all cases. Compulsory Exercises: According to a recent" rules committee letter "Although only one person expressed an opinion on the compulsQry parts being duplicated by specialists and all-around men I would like to recommend at thi s time that ' we not penalize either individuals or all-around

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performers under the present format. If and when the tim e comes for all-around competition onl y, the FIG rule could th en apply". Mistakes in the NCAA rules guide: Side Horse: On Page 29 of the NCAA rules guide the double swiss to tramlot is listed as a "B" move, it should have been placed in the "C" column, it is a "C" combination. Horizontal Bar: On page 44 (in the "A" column) "gia nt turn forward, Vz turn, place one hand under the other and swing forward , in cross grip with 1/2 turn to giant forward" . Drawings are in the "B" column but should be in the "A" column: It is an " A" move (second drawing from top of page in B column). Simply match the description with the pictures and you will see the mistake. National Judges list: (Revised) Region One-Dick Aronson @. Don Tonry, Abe Gross feld , Joseph Massimo. Region Two-Don Wilderoter *, Jerry Hardy* , Anthony Ricciardi *, Harry Nel son, Vincent D'Autorio, Adam Walter, Leon DiNicola, John Nicholas@. Bob Stout @, Carl Patterson@. John Gallante, Paul Uram, Bill Littinger. Region Three-Tom Maloney*, Armando Vega *, Frank Cumiskey*, Jon Culbertson@. Region Four-Ted Muczyczko*, Paul Fina@, Rudy Bachna@. Bill Roetzheim @, Don O'Hannas, Fred Orlofsky, Bob Kreidler, John Cada, Barry Koepke. Region Five-Bob Rector, Dennis Albers, Art Hillman, Francis Allen, Kelly Rankin, Lyle Sittler, Bob Manning, Ron Dahl , M. Reed, P. Sprague, B. Riley, T. Sitzban, J. Oehring, B. Riley, B. Oswalt. Region Six-Don Robinson Region Seven-Phil Levi , Bill Holmes, Art White, G. Vaughn, G. Mathews, C. Kline. Region Eight- L. Banner @, Ron Barak@. J. Wright@. D. Nelson, R. Goldbar, D. Allin, D. Rose nstock, F. Bellmar, R. Chin , K. Byers, J. Beckner @, 1. Todd@. R. Field, J. Gault, D. leckliter, H. Moorman, F. Endo, L. Sasvary, H. Johnson, J. Gilmore.

. The following is the initial lis~ of associations that have expressed interest in affiliating With, and the formation of, th e National Gymnastics Officials Association. This is being provided for the use of those interested in obtaining information. Please contact the person listed below from your area who will then contact Aronson or Wright. EASTERN AND SOUTHERN REGION Richard Aronson Acting President-NGOA 52 Evelyn Road Needham, Mass. 02194 Pennsylvania: Harry Nelson 825 Knorr St., Philadelphia, Pa. ' Massachusetts: Dr. Joseph Massimo, 27 Samosett Road, Waban, Mass. Pennsylvania: John Robuck, 2018 Alcoa Dr., Arnold, Pa. New York: Andrew Felice, 200 Atlantic Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. New Jersey: Jerry Krawitz 13-15 Marlot Ave., Fairlawn, N.J . ' Southeast: Karl Britt 2451 Randell Ave., Lithonia, Georgia ' Florida: Tom Maloney, 8135 Lincoln Dr., Sarasota, Florida . Phone 813-958-4910. louisiana: Loyd Huval, Loui siana State Univ., Laketront, New Orleans, La . 70122. MID路EAST REGION Mid American Association: Bill Roetzheim Gymnastics Coach, Proviso East High Maywood' Illinois " Ohio Association: Frank Perron, Dayton YMCA, 117 W. Monument Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45402, Phone 223-5201

MID-WEST REGION Nebraska: Francis Allen, Men's PE Room 14, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 68508 Colorado Association: No communication from this strong assoc iation yet. Montana - Dakotas: Phil Levi, Gymnastics Coach, Eastern Montana College, Billings, Mont. Arizona: Chuck Kline, Gymnastics Coach, Rincon High School, 422 N. Arcadia Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85711 North Central Texas: Emil Milan, Gymnastics Coach, L.D . Bell High School, 1601 Brown Trail , Hurst, Texas 76053 WEST REGION Washington Association: No communication from here yet. Oregon Association: No official report from here write to: Dick Smith, Gymnastics Coach, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Northern California: Jerry Wright, Acting Secretary NGOA, Gymnastics Coach, San ~ran颅 cisco State College, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Franc isco, Cal. 94132 . Phone 415-469-1221 Southern California: Fred Bellmar, 2722 Engel Dr., Rossmoor, Calif. (Los Angeles area) San Diego Association: Nick Santiago, 2856 Mobley St., San Diego, Calif. 92123

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Central Atlantic Area Gymnastic Camp " YMCA GYMNASTICS A SUCCESS FOR USGF"

By Dick Tajfe, Jr .. R eturnin g to sch ool always brings mixed reactions for most students, and for the more than 300 avid gymnastics enthusiasts who made their annual pilgrimage to th e YMCA's Central Atlantic Area Gymnastics Camp in Ed gewater, Md., last week, thi s ax ion is no exce ption. Spendin g a week haulin g heavy and awkward steel and wood, worki ng you r hands to a pulp, turnin g, boundin g and tumblin g until you can't move and lovin g every minute of its doesn't soun d like much of a summer vacation. But to avid gymnasts from New J ersey to Virgin ia , th eir week spent at the YMCA's annual Central Atlantic Area Gymnastics camp at Camp Letts, near Edgewater, Md., was a pri celess Cam elot in th e busy schedule of the hot summer. At noon Sunday, post tim e for the seventh ann ual gymnastics ga thering, students and in structors began a ri gid program of workouts, clini c sessions and lectures, mixed with all the usual relaxing activities of sumlner, such as boatin g, swilnmin g and camp-sponsored dan ces. Foll owing an exactin g series of gymnastic routines on all gym event s se t by th e United States Gymnastics F ederation as their guid es for teachin g, camp in stru ctor s Con tinued on page 29.

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GENERAL OVERVIEW High School gymnastics in the New England area has token a sharp turn upward. All over the region, schools and colleges ore sponsoring dual and championship meets. Previously, only Mass. held a high school state championship but in 1968, every New England state excepl Rhode Island will be holding a state meet. STATE BY STATE lIuuchultl continues 10 hold the lead in gymnastics. They hove a strong dual meet program ending with four league meets (Western Moss.; Suburbon; Middlesex; Boy State and Merrimac Volley). This is followed by two Slate Championships; the Individual Championships and Ihe Team Championships. The following teams will probobly Qualify for Ihe Team Cham· pionships: Andover Uoe Dorsey); Braintree Uoe Schuhwerkl; Lexinglon (Nale Todoro); Framingham South (Gearge Wheeler); Newton (George Jessup) and Wi nIh rap (Pele Coons). Walch Ihe following in college, Lewis Trombore and Dick Hatch (Andove r); Dick Siebert and Randy Partridge (Braintree); Dick Murphy (WinIhrap); Molloy (Framingham South); Doug Salisbury (Needham); Joe Amiro (Lexinglon) and Steve Clancy (Newton). Moss. is now competing in ONLY the six inter-

national events and it is working out very well. The problem here still continues to be providing

enough Qualified judges. C.... ctint .(See enclosed program) My comments - Conn. has between 8 - 10 teams in active competition. Izzy Bottino is a leader in the state and is doing a fine job in promoting the sport. (He used 10 be in Moss. and served as President of Ihe Moss. HS Gym Coaches Assoc.) Jett King, of Darien HS was the 1967 AA Champion and is sure to repeat this year. Along with Jon Corbett, Darien will no doubt finish high in Ihe slandings in 1968. Abie Grossfeld 01 Southern Conn. SC is sponsonng the Team Championships on March 16th. He expects around 12 teams entered. Mailt - Moine is now producing some excellent gymnasts and has branched out to having district meets. They hove difficult ies with officials and travel time between schools is still a problem. South Portland HS is the leader in the state. There is great interest there ond it has caught on for others in the state. V...... t - (report by Tom Dunkley, coach of the Univ. of Vermont) - This is the first year that competitive gymnastics has been sanctioned by the Vermont Headmasters Assoc. A Southern Slale Meel will be held 01 Whitingham HS on March 23 while a Northern Meet will be held at Essex Junction at the some time. Totol representalion will be around I B schools. The Second Univ. of Vermanl HS Invilalional will be held on March 30. 16 schools are expected. N•• HI",'~ill - This is the slale thaI is really on the move. Three colleges are now fielding teams (Dartmouth, Plymouth SC and Univ. of NH ). Cooches like Jock Jablonski (Solem HS) and Dove Wilson (Timberlane HS in Plaistow) are very interested in moving gymnastics to the forefront. Timberlone is on a varsity basis and has a complete dual meet schedule. The Solem Invitational NH Meet serves as a state meet. Nlti ...1 SY.'lItic Cli.ic, Slrl.. tl, FII_ - By lalklng to Fronk Wells, Fronk Cumiskey and Tom Moloney, I did find out it was a very successful clinic with over 500 registrants. With the new Sports Arena, the workouts went extremely welL .. (no one won led 10 work out out of doors!). This year, the clinic was a teaching clinic under Ihe direction of Abe Grossfeld and Don Tonry. To sum up, the weather was the greatest and the clinic one of Ihe best in post years!

RegiOn Two AIr. Mik e Ja co bson U.S.N.A. , Amlapolis, Md.

R egion 2 - Deklware, Penusylva1lia, New York , New Jersey, Marylmld.

The E.I.G.l. dual meets are well under way and it's evident that the Eastern Team champion will be either Penn State or Temple University. Below is a look at the individual teams and All-Around competitors.

E.I.U. TUllIS PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Penn State is considered to be the strongest team in Ihe Easl-Region. In Iheir firsl dual meel they scored on impressive 190.30 against Springfield College, which mode Ihem a definile contender for Ihe NCAA Team .title. Once aga in, they are weak in trampoline but extremely strong in the six Olympic events. The team is led by four outstanding All-Around men, Bob Emery, Dick Swetman, Kindon, and Joe litow. Paul Vexler is competing on Rings and l ong Horse and a potential notional champion on both events. TEIIPLE UNIVERSlTY I am sure that every one agrees this is Tern· ple's stronQ,est gyiTlnastlc team. · Thley · have been consislently scoring in Ihe high 1BO's and have Ihe polential to be in Ihe 190's. Coach Patterson is fortunate in having two outstanding All-Around men, Pete Difurio and Barry Wiener. Pete is recovering from a knee operalion, and if he is heallhy for their Penn Stole meet, Temple could emerge as Ihe E.I.G.l. Champions. Temple also has two olher fine AIIAround men in Tom Gibbs and Fred Turoff. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHtiSETTS I consiper Massachusetts to be the most improved school in Ihe East. They have been scoring in the high 170's and Ihe polenlial 10 be in the 1BO's. They have on excellent chance 10 hold the third place position in the Easl if Ihey can get by the U. S. Naval Academy. S~.INCFIELO COLlECE (C.II~I' Di.i.ill) In 1967 Springfield was the E.I.G.l. Team CoChampion with Penn Stole. This year they are without a strong · senior team but still able to score in Ihe high 1 70's. UNITED STATES NAYAL ACADEMY Navy has a very young team of sophomores and juniors, who potenlially should score 1BD. They are led by All-Around men, Bob Mackey, Mike Milchanowski and Steve Klotz. UNITED STATES IIILITARY leADEIlY Army has a weak team this year and are scoring the high 160's. The big meet will be againsl favored Navy, whom Ihey hope to beal for the seventh consecutive year. PITTSBURGH Pitt is starting to move up the ronks of Eastern gymnastics arid is sparked by Dave Shiaelmantle, who is one of our notion's top vaulters. SYRACUSE Once again Syracuse is suffering a difficult season. They do have a fine floor exercise mon in Dennis Engle who should do quite well in E.l.G.l. and possibly the NCAA Championships. E.I.U. ALL-AROUND This year Ihe E.r.G.L prabobly has the strongest field of All-Around men in its history. The All-Around could go to Bob Emery (PSU), Dick Swetman (PSu), Barry Weiner (n, Pele Difurio en - Three other gymnasts that are improving rapidly are Fred Turoff (n, Joe litow (PSU), Tom Gibbs m.

RegiOn Three

Mr. Lell Brysotl Mempllis S tate Utliv., Memphis, Teml.

Regioll 3 - Alabama, Wash. D. C, Florida, Geo rgia, Ketl tuck y, Virginia, West Virgi,lia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Te tlnessee, Sou th Caro li'la.

RegiOn Four

Mr. Roger COIHlcil Indialla S tale UlljV., Terre HaUl , Ind.

Region 4 - I1li'IOis, Indiana, Michigatl, Ohio, I\>Jitmesota, Wisconsin, Iow a.

NIGH SCitOOL REPORT IIli .. il, From on article by Spartswriter, Rolph Lea, in the Chicago Tribune (February 8, 1968), he writes, "When the I 968 Illinois High School association gymnastic meet opens March 9 with district trials, chances are that Evanston's threetime champions will dominate the action by virtue of their prestige-laden role. But coaches and experts in the gymnastic field will direct their aMention to the two teams Ihal are expecled 10 pose a formidable challenge to the defending champion Wild kits when the I.H.SA finals are held March I 5-1 6 at Moine EoSI High School in Pork Ridge. They are Prospecl and Arlington, both unbeaten and both loaded with polenlial cham pionship talent in th is little-known but fascinating sport which has mo de great strides since 1960, when the state association sponsored its first

championship meet." .. . "And whal of Evanslon, Ihe defending I.H.SA champion wh ich lost March won its third title in five years? "Despile the two losses suffered by Evanston 01 Ihe hands of Praspecl and Arlinglon, Ihe general feeling prevails Ihallhe defending I.H.SA champions will be at their besl fo r Ihe slate meet." Concedes Pete Brown, a Dartmouth al umnus who is in his first season as head gymnastic coach at Evanston: "At this point, there are four or five leams Ihal could lake Ihe slate championship. They are Evanston, Arl ington, Prospecl, Moine Eosl, and Whe;eling." On January 13, who I is probably the grealesl "AII-Slor Cost" of gymnasls, other Ihan the slo.te finals, compeled in the annual W.. krI'" 1""tltlDnal under the sponsorship of hosl Cooch, Bill Bollesler. (See M.G. Scoreboard for meel results.) In~illla: John Hinds. promising ·young coach at Columbus High School in Columbus, Indiana, in the southern port of the state, writes, "I ndiana's 1967-6B prep gymnastic season began in earnesl lale in Dclober with Ihe Columbus-Nissen Corp. Gymnaslic Clinic. AI thaI time Concord of Elkhart was considered by most cooches 10 be Ihe leom to beat for the '68 leam IiI Ie. Most of their gymnasts had seen action in the '67 State meel and appeared ready for Ihe test. Howeve r, Madison Heights and Columbus ('67 Slole Chomps) promised nol 10 "ploy dead," but to offer stiff competition for Concord. As the season progresses Columbus appears to be on the move toward a second consecutive State title. In the recent Warren Central Invitational they su rpassed their nearest competitor, Concord by 42 points for Ihe leam litle. Columbus now appears to be the leam to calch. With each of Ihe major powers scheduled in a different sectional the present power structure could easily change again before the Slate meet, March 23 at Warren Central High School of Indianapolis. As fo r individual gymnasts, there are many of exceptional talent in Indiana. leading the list as Indiana's top all-around gymnast appears to be Dove Corter, a junior from Columbus. Dove has solid routines and has consistently scored well Ihis yea r. Other outstanding all-oround gymnasts are Mike Rich of Madison Heights and Jerry Hosleller of Concord. Jerry Hostetler was lost year's floor exercise champion and appears to be in a strong position to defend his litle. Two other lop gymnasls in this event are Gory Sublette (Columbus) and Eric Connel (Modison Heights). One of the mosl hotly contested events in this year's top four finishers ore bock and each in his awn right is capable of capturing top honors. On the side horse all eyes will be focused on Ric Flohr (Columbus) and Bill Bratton (Crown Point) 10 see which one wins in what might be a dead heat. With on outstanding routine including on Eagle and a free hip vault, Dove Corter should be in a commanding position for the horizontal bor crown. Mike Rich, lasl year's third place finish., has a good clean routine and could easily upset Corter. Top contenders on the parallel bars are Corter and John Peirce of North Cenlral. Peirce finished fourth lasl year and is hard to beal when he hils. On Ihe slill rings, Dove Seal (Columbus), lost year's third place winner has on exce ptionally good routine bolanced between strenglh and swing. He will be hard 10 defeat. All in all, on exciting and close State meet in Indiana is anticipated by this author." At Ihe northern end of Ihe slate, from Elkhart, Dole Kelly, from Concord High School wriles, 'We have four .new schools in the Northern port of the state who are either working a limited schedule this year or alleasl getting started. South Bend Adams (Don Poe is Ihe Cooch) and Hanover Central (Shirley Porter, female Coach) are working limited while DeKalb and Culver Military are working a few meets. Bill Bratton of Crown Point has a fine horse routine including a double moore and a german czech (walk around) german dismount. From our team, Mike Myers, defending cham· pion, opens his tromp routine with a triple twist, Rudolph and ends double cody. Jerry Hasletler has. on impressive planche, lower to stomach, slralght body press; also a forward slraddle roll to handstand to VA piroueMe. Gory Besl of Elkhart is throwing a triple twist on the tromp, but it is not included in his routine as yet. Tom Hamlin of Jimtown and Jerry Hostetler of Concord, bolh have a fro nt Slaiders in their Hi· Bar routines. I believe Columbus musl have Ihe rest of the talent." (See M.G. Scoreboard for Meel Resulls.) MiekiEI", Cooch Charles Mitchell, Head Coach 01 Hillsdale High School in Hillsdale, Michigan informs us, "There are at present in Michigan. two gymnastic conferences. The schools of the Detroit area make up one. Some of these schools include North Farmington, Cleorenceville, Allen Pork, John Kennedy, Ann Arbor (2 schools) SI. Clair, and Alpena. Schools in the cenlroi and western port of Michigan make up what we call Ihe Big 7 Gymnoslics Conference. It is mode

up of Ionia, Portage Central. Portage Northern, Grand Hoven, Rodgers (of Wyoming City), and Hillsdale. We hope 10 have a seventh school in our conference next year. This is the first year we nove hod on organized conference of these schools. Mr. Jock frauer of Portage Northern · handles results and statistics of our conference. We have held on invitalianal 01 the start of the season. We are going to have a conference meet on March 9 at Portage Northern (12 ,00 P.M.). On Ma rch 16 the Michigan High School State Gymnaslics Meel will be held in Hillsdale starting at 12,00 P.M. This delermines Ihe State Championships." Wisell.i", Bob Ve rbick, Cooch at John Marshall High School in Milwaukee writes, "10m happy to see Modern Gym nast is not leaving Wisconsin out of the gymnastic picture even though we are in Ihe growing stag es. High school gymnoslics has seemed 10 have hit a lull or plaleau in its growth during Ihe post couple of season. Aboul two years ago we hod about 25 schools participating in the state meet and this yeor we will probably reach only 31 or 32. I think the big reason for this is Ihe focI Ihal we have been unable to find enough Qualified cooches in Ihe field of gymnastics. For example, our City Conference alone has 14 schools of which four or five do not have teams because coaches cannot be found. Milwaukee and its surrounding area, however, is the home of the majority of Ihe teams in the state, As for recent meets of any size. Milwaukee John Marshall H.S. has just held ils Ihird annual invitational meet and has successfully defended its title. However, the morgin of victory was not decisive as lost year. This year Marshall scored 9.1 V2 points to runner-up Milwaukee Boy View who scored 91 followed by Menomonee Falls wilh 66, Brown Deer with 63Y" Whitnall with 54Y, and Milwaukee Boys Tech with 39Y,. Marshall was very fortunate to come out on top as Boy View has a powerhouse this year and hod some very bod breaks in the' meet. They proved Ihis by coming bock the nexl week and trouncing runner-up Marshall in the Menomonee Falls Invilational by 20 poinls. Boy View hod 9B poinls to 78.5 for Marshall followed by Homestead wilh 66, Green Boy Preble with 65.5, Menomonee Falls 64 and Whit noll wilh 58. Boy View appears to be Ihe team 10 beal in the 61h annual state meet this yea r. As for as other developments go, Phi Epsilo n Kappa, Ihe Notional Physical Educolion Fraternily affiliate in Milwaukee has revived the Wisconsin Open Meet which. at one time, was regarded highly nalion wide. This year we have alreody received entries from over 45 different clubs from sloles such as Illinois, Michiga n, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, and, of course, Wisconsin. The meet also got a lift in status when we received Ihe enlry of Fred Roelhlesberger, Pon American gold medal winn~r in the All Around. The meet is being held Saturday, February 17 01 Brookfield Easl High School. Over 460 men, women. and youngsters will be participating in Ihe all day affair. Outside of this, nolhing more to look forward 10 unlil Ihe Milwaukee City Conference Championships on February 24 and the Wisconsin Slale Meet March 9." Tom Hesiak, Coach 01 Boy View High School writes, 'We're having a good year at Boy View, I hope lflis letter doesn 'l seem sian led. Meet results to date: Marshall Invitational - Feb. 3rd John Marshall - 91 y, BayView - 91 Menomonee Falls - 66 Brown Deer - 63 Y2 Whilnall - 54Y, Boys Tech - 39 y, Menomonee Falls Invitalianal- Feb. 10th BayView - 98 John Marshall - 7BY, Homestead - 66 Green Boy Preble - 65Y, Menomonee Falls - 64 Whitnall - 5B Milwaukee Cily Conference dual-meel Champions for '68 Boy View (Undefeated) Stlt. Finll-II"'lIIu" Falll Hip lIarcl tt~ Top schools in the Milwaukee Cily Conference race (l 5 schools in the conference): John Marshall - Coach Bob Verbick (Losl year's City & State Champs); Boy View - Coach Tom Hesiak (City runner-up of lasl year); Washing Ion Coach Jim Blaney. Top schools in the State race are John Mar· sholl, Boy View, Green Boy Preble (Iasl year's Slale runner-up), and Washing Ion. The cooch from Preble is Don Graham. There are approximately 45 10 50 schools wilh gymnaslic programs, of which about 35 will compete in the state tournament. The gymnastic program in the state is being pus hed by the newly formed Wisconsin High School Gymnas tic Coaches Association. Active members within the organization are President Herb Jorsch, Whilnall High, and Tom Hesiak,

Secretary. James Blaney from Washington High and Jake Dereszynski from West Divi sion High ore the

big pushers of the Wisconsin Open."

RegiOn Five

Mr. Bo b R ec to r KallSas Sta te Utl iv. , AIalZllat tall, Katl.

event. This service is provided to the state by Mr. Dennis Rorbaugh, assistant gymnastics coach at lawrence High School. My hat is off to Dennis for a job well done.

RegiOn Six

Mr. Ja mile

A shmore Uu iv. of Texas, AIlstj,J, Texas.

Region 5 ~ Iowa State Ulliv., Katlsa5, Mi5' sou';, N ebraska, No rtll Dakota, Oklahoma, Sou th Dakota.

Region 6 - Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas.

This month's repart will deal exclusively with the Kansas high school program. Next mon th will be devoted primarily to the Neb raska high school gymnastics. The high school gymnastics season in Kon· sas got underway with a cl inic spon sored by

RegiOn Seven

the Kansas Gymnastics A.ssociotion and hel d at

Reporter to be announced.

Kansas State University. The clinic featured

Rusty Mitchell and was directed by Bob Rector. The clinic was attended by 260 hig h school gymnasts.

The competitive season began early in Dece mbe r with the firs t test of championship competition of Wichita East on December 10, 1967. Returning a strong team Wichita East won this test of pre-season strength with 93.5 poi nts. Wichita Souch was second with 62 points and Lawrence was third with 61 points. The other tea m scoring was Wichita Heig hts 54.5, Wichita West 44.5, Medicine Lodge 43, Winfield 40, Olathe 27.5, Salina 22, Wichita Southeast 8, Kingman 2, and Wichita North O. Norman Wiles of South established himself as the man to beat in the All Around, winning easily with 36,B5. Ouwayne Guthrie was second and Bill Dickerson of East was third. Placing in the events was as follows, FX, 1. Bill Dic kerson of East, 2. tie Jim Daffron of West and Rick Ross of Heights. SH, 1. Richard Schubert of Lawrence, 2. Marc Joseph, Lawrence, 3. Bob Blackburn, Wichita West. HB, 1. Ken Smith, East, 2. Larry Schauner, East, 3. Rick Ross, Wichita Heights. lH, 1. Tom Hiesler, Wichita Heights, 2. Hubert Jordan, Wichita East, 3. Mike Withrow, Wichita West. PB, 1. Mick McGuire, East, 2. Terry Blanchard, South, Norman Wi les, South. R, 1. Jim Packard, Medicine lodge, 2. Gary Goertz, Heights, 3. Mick McGuire, East. TU, I . tie Stan lewis, Winfield and Bruce Cahoon, Salina, 3. Ji m Daffron, West. The Medicine Lodge Invitatio nal held Ja nuary 20, 196B was won by Wichita South scoring 97 poi nts, The other places were, Wichita East, 71.5; Medicine l odge, 68.5; Wichita West, 67.5; Wichita Heights, 51; Wichita Southeast, 45; Winfield, 30, King man, 7; Manhattan, 5.5; tie Buhler and Wichita North. Norman Wiles won the All Around with DuWayne Guthrie of Medicine lodge second and Mick McGuire of East third. Placing in individual events was as follows, FX, I . Kurtz, Wichita SE; 2. Ooffron, West; 3. lewis, Winfield. SH, I . Blackburn, West; 2. Strong, South; 3. Brownell, Medicine l odge. HB, 1. Wiles, South; 2. Smith, East; 3. Schauner, East. lH, I . Guthrie, Medicine Lodge; 2. Heisler, Heig hts; Withrow, West. PB, 1. Blancha rd, South; 2. McGuire, Ea st; 3. lemons, South. R, I . Packard, Medicine Lodge; 2. lemons, South; 3. Goertz, Heights. TU, 1. Oaffron, West; 2. Lewis, Winfield; 3. Schuman, Medicine Lodge. I . Wiles, South; 2. Smith, East; 3. Schouner, East. lH, I. Guthrie, Medicine lodge; 2. Heisler, Heights; Wi throw, West. PB, 1. Blanchard, South; 2. McGuire, East; 3. lemons, South. R, I . Packard, Medicine Lodge; 2. Lemons, South; 3. Goertz, Heig hts. TU, I. Daffron, West; 2. l ewis, Winfield; 3. Schuman, Medicine l odge. On Saturday, January 27th, a preview of the State Meet was held at Lawrence. The Lawrence Invitational matched all of the top teams in the state. Host Lawrence won the meet with a came from behind effort scoring 1 1 1 points to Wichita South's 97. The other team placings we re; Wich ita East. 52: Salina. 43: Medicine lodge, 39.5; Wichita Heights, 38; Topeka, 20.5; Olathe, 18; Winfield, 17; Highland Pork, 14, and Manhattan, 6. The All Around was won by Norman Wiles sco ring 39.15. He was followed by Guthrie of Medicine lodge and Yother of Lawrence. Individual placers were: FX: 1. Wiles, South; 2. Johnson, Lawrence; 3. Tie Ross Heights and Carrier, Topeka. SH, 1. Schubert, lawrence; 2. Dickerson, East; 3. Joseph, lawrence. HB, I. Wiles, South; 2, Smith, East; 3. Yother, Lawrence. lH : 1. Guthrie, Medicine l odge; 2. tie Heisler, Heights and Ewing, lawrence. PB, I . Joseph, lawrence; 2. Young, low· renee; 3. tie Blanchard, South and Rehmer, lawre nce. R, I. Goertz, Medi cine lodge; 2. Lemons, South; 3. tie Boker, lawrence and Wolf, lawrence. TU , I. Schuman, Medicine l odge; 2. Avila, South; 3. lewis, Winfield. Most of the information for this report was obtained from the statis tica l se rvice of the kansas Gymnastics Associa ti on. Weekly reports are sent out to members listing recent res~lts and the top twenty gymnasts in eac h

Region 7 - A ri.zOtla, Colorado, Mo,Jtana, Utah, Wyorni'lg.

RegiOn Eight Mr. Jerry Wr ight Satl Francisco St. Col., San Fratlcisco, Calif

Region 8 - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Idah o, OregOtl, Waslli,lgtOtl.

CAliFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS (PAIIT 0 The next 2-3 reports will dea l primarily with informing the general public a little abaut High Schaal gymnastics in the State of California. Beginning with North Central California (the Boy area as we call it) and Northern California. The High Schools offering competition in North Central California include, DIVISIOH I O.kluj At~ , lll,le CIIC~ Oakland High Earl love Castlemont Rich Klier Fremont Don Nelson Skyline Bud Call Di.bl, V.II" AOI. le, Cllcb Clayton Valley Jim Borrelli College Park Jim Gault Mt. Diablo Darrel leckliter Pacifica Scott Swanton Ygnacio Valley Ted Bogias DIVISION II

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Aragon Capuchino Hillsdale Mills Son Mateo So, Pe,i,,,I. l , Ca rl mont Polo Alto Son Carlos Sequoia DIVISIUN III I,j", ..,.ts Alisal Awalt Berkeley DeAnza Encino Homestead Mission S.Jose North Salinas

CUC~

George Wilcox Gary Fry Bob Peavy Ron Weiss Art Andrews Cllch Norm OeNordo Ed Hart Tom lorena Marino Magiola (Maverick lu,lel

Charles Clark John Kibbie Don Allin Don Nelson Ray Goldbar Ja ck Medina Ted Carter Wes McWilliams

The City of San Francisco, with 10 schools has some sort of legislation prohibiting competitive gymnastics. The best gymnasts to be produced recently in the area incl ude Paul Moyer (Be rkeley), 1967 NCAA l ong Horse champion; larry Butts (Homestead) a Sophomore of Universi ty or Illinois; Mike Cooper (Mills), now a Freshman at Oklahoma, Ed Clarke (Aragon), now competing to r Nort heast Louisiana; and Dana Alexander (Encino) now a Freshman at West Point. The For North also has several teams and I would appreciate 0 report from Ed Louden on that area for my next report. I would also like all the informat ion I can get on the High School competition in Southern California (l os Angeles area), San Diego, Oregon, and Was hington for my next two reports. Outsta nd ing gymnasts from the North Central section this yea r include Encino's Gary Vanderhoff, who has probably already received at least a dozen scholarship offers, Howard Hard ie (Berkeley), Todd Chisum (Ygnacio), r ommy Ga rde ner (Mills) and Pete Shiga mota (Aragon). New coaches in the area include Gory Fry, a Son Francisco State graduate now at Capuchi-

no; John Kibbie, a San Jose State graduate, now at Awalt; Ed Hart a Chico State graduate, now at Palo Alto; Ted Carter, a San Jose State graduate, now at Mission Son Jose; Scott Swanton from U.c. Berkeley, now at Pacifico High. This includes coaches with teams competing fo r the first time I suppose so we have Wes McWilliams in the first year at North Soli· nos High and Chuck Clark also in his first year at Alisal High (also in Salinas). OLYMPIC TRiAlS Hal Frey, gym nastics coach at U.c. Berkeley, has bid for the second Olympic Trials but a fi· nol decision has not as yet been mode. Jljging, The new code of points is causi ng some conce rn in some oreas. I would like to see everyone "Cool It" unti l they come out in on offiCial hand book and then run the various competitions according to the new code. As it is now we only hove some brief notes that are not explained in detail yet. I am confident that the official Olympic Trials will be run under the new code and gymnasts plann ing for these triols shou ld train accordingly! NCAA RULES, I believe it is an unfortunate error in judgment to hove the horizontal bar event lost in a duol ' meet from a safety standpoint. I believe this is particularly true early in the season before the gym nasts reach top condition. Speaking for some of the small colleges, who do not get the more talented gymnasts, and who do not get a great deol of depth and must use 2-3 men working all events I find this particularly true. When that lost event rolls around these 2-3 gymnasts are not in good enough shape early in the ·;ieason (in January or early February) (es pecially after final exams) to handle a high bar routine ofter going 5 other events (sometimes 6 with trampoline). I believe high bar should be third and still rings last, at least if they get tired they are much less likely to fall off and get se riously injured. I do, however, feel that having horizontal bar lost in championship meets is perfectly fine. NAnONAl COMPrnTIONS, How abaut the U.S.G.F. having a team championship at their National Championship meet with a team to be made up of 4 or 5 'all-around men with bes t 3 or 4 sco re s to count, incl uding compulsory and optional scores?

WRIGHT'S PREDICTIONS 1968 U,S, OLYMPIC TEAM

Makoto Sakamoto, USC Steve Cohen, Unatt Kanati Alle n, UCLA Fred Roethlisberger, MT Sid Freudenstein, Cal Richard Loyd, NW.lA Jim Amerine, S.Conn Greg Weiss, Unatt Bob Emery, PS Dan Millman, Cal Dove Thor, MSU Steve Hug, l.AHigh Arno lascari, Unatt Bob Lynn, Unatt Rick Tucker, SIU Mike Flansaos, Seattle Y Bob Hall, Seattle Y Barry Weiner, Temple Fred Dennis, SIU Bob Oickson, Iowa Neil Schmitt, Iowa Pete Difu rio, Tem ple Rich Grigsby, SFV Gory Diamond, Cal Mikio Sakamoto, USC Harald Hauben, S.Conn Fred Turoff, Temple Jerry Fontana, ISU Bob Oia mond, Unat Jim Culhane, Unott Jack Kenan, Unatt George Greenfield, Cal Mike Jacki, ISU Don Tanry, NYAC Abie Grossfeld, S.Conn Paul Mayer, SIU Steve Plea u, Sac. St Tony Coppola, San Jose Jim Howard, lacrosse John Magginetti, SFV Do n Garcia, Unott Rich ard Swetman, PS Joe Fedorchek, MSU Joe litow, PS Randy Carruthers, EWSC Joe Bridges, NYAC Art Armendariz, Unatt Mike Kimball, Utah Ji m Betters, USC Yos hi Hayosaki, Wash

WAUKEGAN INVITATIONAl In,1 3,1111 WAUKIGAN tNVITATlONAl J .... 13, 196. 1. Pro sp@ct (P) 45.5; 2. Arlington (Al 44.5; 3. Moine EOlt (ME) ~O . 5 ; 4. Evonston (El 40.0; 5. Wheeling (WH) 39.0; 6. Waukegan (W) 32. 0; 7. New Trier Ea st (NT) 31.0; 8. Thornton (T) 25.0; 9. Proviso West (PW) 22.5; 10. Niles East (NE) 16.0. Mark Vedor (E), Terry Ha ines (A), Ramirez (WA), HI: Oennfs Mazur (M); Bou lt (P); Brou ssea u (A). RII Orna (WH); Sale (NT); Derrick (f). SM : Barr (P); Butler (WH); Dilger (M ). PI I Kolin, Gene (M); Boult, Bruce (P); Rifkind (NEl. TUI Ramirez, Fronk (WAl; Ekstrand (A); Bond (P).

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COlUMaUS GYMNASTIC -tNV ITATIONAL Heltil J.n,,_ry 12, 1.61 Itlace

School

Columbus (C) 1 North Central (NC) 2 Clarksville (C l ) 3 (BD) -4 Ben Davis Southport (5) 5 'r-X: Doug Ward (NC); Gary SubleMe (C); Dennis Widmann (C l ). Kevin Herr (Cl; Dennis Widmann (C l ); Wayne Runell (BD). SH, Ric Flohr (C); Jock Harcourt (NCl; G reg BreM (5). Gary SubleMe (C); Dennis Widmann (C L); Gory EMe l (C L). HI; Dave Carter (Cl; Gary Ettel (Cl); John Peirce (NC). It" Dave Carter (e); Dave Seal (C); John Peirce (NC ). I; Dave Seal (C); Bill Zeigler (C); Chuck Duncan (BD). .

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CONCOID GYMNASTICS tNVITATlONAl Ilk ... rt,lntill_n_ Neltl January 20 1 1.61 School Itlace

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I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9, 10. II . 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. I B. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26, 27. 2B. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 4B. 49. 50.

tired from competition. Steve Cohen has recovered from on operation and is gOing to try for the 196B Olympic team.

113.50 IOB.50 112.00 110.75 111.60 108,55 106.75 110.50 106.40 106.50 109.60 105.15 110.70 106.00 106.B5 109,90 109.50 IOB.40 106.50 107.25 105,60 107.10 107.50 105.70 105,80 IOB.70 106.20 105.40 105.20 105.05 104.40 104.20 104.10 103.30 102.90 102.10 102.00 101.70 100.95 100.90 100.30 99.90 99.80 99.10 9B.05 97.65 95.40 92.95 89.50

First 25 rated subjectively. - 2nd 25 rated accordi ng to sco re. It has been reported that Marc Cohn has re-

Concord (C) 1 Modison Heights (MH) 2 Crown Point (CP) 3 North Central (NC) 4 'Xl Jer ry Hostetler (C), Eric Connell (M H ); Nelson ScoM (NC). TI : Mi ke M ye rs (C); Gory West (Elkhart); Eric Co nnell (MH). IH: Bill Bratton (C P); Eddie Cates (MH); Carstln Fau lkenburg (CP). 'U I Gary Powell (C); Jerry Hostetler (C); Fronk Foreman. HI: Mike Ric h (MH); Miter Dusich (CP); Bo b LeMaster (C). ItB: John Peirc e (NC); Steve Rossi (C); larry HiMle {CPl. R: larry HiMle (CPl; Steve Rani (C); Mike Rich (M H ). AAI Mike Rich (MH ); John Peirce (NC); Jerry Hostetle r (Cl; Tom Hamlin (J l; Miter Dusich (CP.

WAlliN CINTIAl caY_AntCl tNVITATIONAl Intlianapolis, Indiana Held January 27 1 1961

School

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Columbus (C) 1 Concord . (C O) Modison Heights (MH ) North Central (NC) Wabash (W) 'X: Host.tle r (CO); Corter (Cl; Ward (N C). Tt: Mortzall (MH ); Connell (MH ); Myers (CO). SH: Harcourt (NC); Flo hr (C); Cates (MH). lU I SubleNe (Cl; Powell ' (CO); BUMler (MH). Ha: Carter (C); Woalls (C); Rich (MH). PI: Peirce (NC); Carter (e); Mirante (W). R: Sea l (Cl; Rich (MH ); Zeigler (C). AA: Carte r (C); Rich (MH); Hostetler (Cl; Peirce (NC); Seal (C).

FRANK HAILAND MEMORIAL GYMNAST ICS MEET December 8, 1967 Girls 13-15: AA: Lo ri Forman (Sparks) 29 ,20, Deb b i e Stark (Sparks) 26,80, Leone Sobdell (Vada ' s) 25,15. FX : Tris ka Striplin (Vadas) 7,35, Nancy Le Va lle y (Vadas) 7 ,3, Form an 7,0. UPB : Forman 7,5, Stark 7,0, Strip li n 5.80 , SHY: Stark' 8.8, Fo rman 8.3, Charlene Thomas (Sparks) 6.45, B: Sobdell 7 .6 5, Stephanie Str omer (Sparks) 7, I, Gail Reed (Vadas) 6 ,55, Boys 10-12: AA: Phil Wigg ihS (Berkeley Y) 35.45, David Vered (Berkel ey Y) 30.20, Chris Starns (Chico) 27.60, FX: Vered 6 ,5, W iggins 5.8, Steve Omi (Be rk Y) 5.6, LH: W iggins 6.4, Monte DaVIS

(Chico) 6.1., Rand Webster (Chico) 6.1. SH: Wiggins 5.5, Umi 4.5, Vered 3.8. HIl: Steve Ryoewicz (Santa Clara) 5.6, Omi 5.1, Bill Gerould (Santa Claro) 4.8. PB: Starns 7.1, Wiggins 5.45, Gerould 5.35. R: Wiggins 7.55, Omi 7.55, Starns 7.05. FIRST USA TRAMPOLINE TRIALS FOR 5TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH AFRICA December 28, 1967, was an important date for USA Trampolinists as it was on this date tn at the first of two trials were held to select a team from the States to compete in the 5th World Championships in South Africa in 1968. On hand t o compete were Wayne Miller 1966 World Champion, David Jacobs 1967 World Champion, and Jim Yongue member of the 1967 USA team . For the women, Judy Wills, winner of first 4 Wor ld

Meets, was on hand but withour her team mate Nancy Smith who has retired from comperiTlon. In addition to these world Champions, there were 17 of the best Jumpers in the United States. At the end of the preliminaries, the 1967 World Champion led with a score of 28.10 With Miller and Yongue tied for 2nd ploce

with a score of 28.00 each. In tne finals Jim Yongue showed both Miller and Jacobs he had a strong desire to compete for the U.S. by posting a score of 9.75 and doing a routine with a difficulty rating of 9.3 for a tota I avera II score of 47.05 . Wayne Miller was not able to match Yongue 's score but had a higher difficult y rating of 9.5 and received a score of 9.65 from the judges. This gave Miller a total score of 47.15 and the championship. David Jacobs was unable to match either Miller or Yongue and finished 3rd with a total score of 46.50. World Champion Judy Wills continued her winning ways with a total score of 44 . 15 for a routine with 8.2 difficulty. A real battle developed for second place between Vicki Bol inger and Judi Ford as they were tied for second place after the preliminaries with scores of 24.85 each. Ford finished her routine on her knees and dropped to 3rd place while Bolinger moved up to 2nd. Bol inger posted a total score of 41.25 while Ford had 40.05. . The second trials will be held in April 1968 at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafa yette, LOUISiana. The average posit ion o f th competitors from both trials shall determine the USA team members. If there is a tie for the position then the total scores of both trails will determine the win-

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The US plans to send 3 men and 3 women competitors, 2 coaches and I judge to ~outh Africa. The coaches and judge selected December 27, 1967, and are as follows: Men's Coach: Jeff Hennessy, trampoline coach U. Southwest La.; Women's Coach: Milton Davis, Memphis, Tenn.; Judge: Loyd Huval, gymnastic coach, LSU. MIDWEST OPEN GYMNASTIC MEET FOR WOMEN January 27th, 1968 Deerfield High School, Deerfield, III. Report by Betty Meyer Olympic Compulsories-Seniors Only AA: Barbara Bauer, Eiche Turners (ET) 32.966; Joanne deVarona, Fresno Gymnastics Club (FGC) 32.331; Joan Kidder (FGC) 31.098; Linda Hamby (FGC) 30.833; Paulette Martin (FGC) 27.799; Barbara Fleming (FGC) 26.298. FX: Joan ne deVarona 8.466, Linda Hamby 8.133, (Tie) Paulette Martin and Barbara Bauer 7.90. BB: (Tie) Barbara Bauer and Linda Hamby 8.600, Joanne deVarona 8.566. SHV: Joan Kidder 7.966 Barbara Bauer 7.766, Joanne deVarona 7.733. UPB: Barbara Bauer 8.700, Joon Kidder 7.633, Paulette Martin 7.533.

Senior Division Optionals FX : Barbaro Bauer 8.8, Linda Hamby 8.7, Moddie Wetherell, Flint Gymnastic Clu b (Flint) 8.466. UPB: Maddie Wetherell 9.133,

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First place Senior Co mpetition f o r Women: Fresno Gym Club. Front row: Joan Kidder, Barbara Fl emin g, Joanne deVarona, Back row: Wanda Obradovich, Coach; Linda Hamby, Paulette Martin.

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Janet Ingram , Springfield YMCA, 8.366, Joan Kidder 8.033. SHV : Eva Farkas, Milwaukee Turners 9.266, Carol Augustyn, Sokol 8.866, Joanne deVarona 8.833. BB: Barbara Bouer 8.533, Janet Ingram 8.500, Paulette Martin 8.333.

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Senior Division-Finals AA: Barb9ra Bauer ET 32.799, Joan Kidder FGC 32.432, Maddie Wetherell, Flint 32.265, Janet Ingram, Springfield YMCA 31.165, Barbara Fleming FGC 31.098, Joanne deVarona, FGC 30.832. BB: Janet Ingram 17.266, Barbara Bauer 16.599, Paulette Martin 16.399. FX: Barbara Bauer 17.533, Maddie Wetherell 16.866, Linda Hamby 16.700. SHU: Eva Farkas, Milwaukee Turners 18.056, Joanne deVarona 17.533, Carol Augustyn, Sokol 17.466. UPB : Moddie Wetherell 18 .266, Janet Ingram 16.232, Joan Kidder 16. 166. THE RAIDER INVITATIONAL GYMNASTIC MEET Iroquois High School, Louisville, Ky. Saturday, February 3, 1968 The first annual Raider Inv ita-

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Continued from page 25. s pent th e mornin gs working indi vidually with ca mpers on the routines that fit their parti cular abilit y group. A II campers were abl e to comp ete at the co ncl usion of th e camp with th e routin es of their choice, bein g jud ged n ot so much on the precisen ess of the execution as on th e general improvement occurring over th e week's span. Many of the gymnasts, ran ging from ele· mentary through High School in age and from beginner to advan ced standin g in the gy mna sti cs spectrum , to ok with them memo ari es of a fun·filled , rainsoak ed, muddy series of workouts on th e various pieces of apparatus. So me will rem ember th e solitude of their Ca mp L e tts ca bin wher e they spent many dri zzly even in gs studying compulsory gym· na stics r ou tin es written by the United Stat es Gymnasti cs F ederation ( U SGF) and used in testing on the final day of the seven ·day camp.

Olympic Committee for gym nastics, served as th e camp director a gain this year. " So far as we know," suggested Mr. E ld er , " our cam p has th e largest overall attendance of any gymna sti cs camp in th e co untry. " F ocus in g on the interm ediate level of gymna sti cs," he continued , " we recruit local hi gh school gymna sts as ca mp co un selors, with various high school and YMCA coaches as in structors." It is al so the only camp in th e country that is run entirely by volunteer staff. The Seni or staff included J erry Krawitz, Chairman , George Pu glia, Cliff and H elen Sjurseil , Marvin Speidel, Paul and Judy Boh er from the N ew Jersey area; Lloyd Warn er , Bob Gra s, and Doris Smith from Penn sylvan ia ; Jim Wylde and Bernie M ich els .from Mar yl and; Bob Nichols from Virginia ; and Vernon E lder, Director, fr om Washin gton , D.C. The Junior Staff (counselors) were Dick Taffe, Nlike Taffe, Al Gatti , Tom Clark , Betsy Ea st , J ames Lewis, Jupiter Jones, and K ern Stricklan d from Virginia; Linda Beyer , Betsy Evern gam, Dave Fennessey, R onald Howard, Judy Mehaffey, Bill Thomp son , Su san Wylde, an d Jack Willard from Maryland ; R e becca Hunt fr om P enn· sylvania; and Linda S peidel fr om New J ersey; and Debbi e Nichol s. Last but not lea st were the wives, whose fo r ebearan ce and encouragement made the difference between success and failure. In addition to running' th e gym store, they were th e custodian s of th e staff refresh· ments. Thi s year 's camp will r un from August 18 to the 25. Write Vernon Elder, 1736 G. S treet NW, Washin gton , D .C. 20006 for further information.

ETTERS Cliff Sjursen watches CAA gymnasts go through their tumbling worko ut s.

T o oth er s, this year's camp proved to b e an a ggravating ni gh tmare of h andrips from the parallel bars, sore muscles from the trampoline and sprained or twisted joints from the daily group tumblin g classes. But it was generally felt, by the camp staff, s tudent coun selors and campers that th eir gymnastics camp, with the largest population in the country for this type of outin g, left each individual with both a taste of close brotherhood as well as th e in cen tive to continue to develop gy mnasti cs a s an organized sport, whether a s a coach, a comp etitor, or both. Working under th e handica p of fi ve strai ght days of rain , an unusual abund· an ce of ruthless mosquitos and only one short week in whi ch the camp staff wa s abl e to work with an ex tremely timecon· sumin g sp ort, the Central Atlantic camp was still able to acco m pli sh the teachin g goals which it had set out to meet. Thi s year, as in the past , a large num· bel' of eastern State's gymna,sts attend ed th e sceni c camp n ear Annapolis, Md. The scenes pi ctured here pro vide a glimpse of th e many gymna stics orient ed acti vities en· j oyed by th e lovers of gymnastics. Vernon Elder, YMCA area commi ssioner for gymna sti cs and a m ember of the U.S.

F.X. SEQUENCE PHOTOS? D eal' Glenn, First, I like t h e new des ign of the M.G. Th e ca lendar is a g,ood id ea and I for one can m a k e good us e of it! Second , I wo uld lik e to see a flo or ex erc ise photo s equ ence in the MG. I realize thi s t ype of r ou tin e w ill take m ore space in th e m agazi ne, but I feel the s am e b en e fit w ill be g!Lin ed as fro m other photo. seq uence routIn es. And last, I a m for one very plea sed with th e t ime a nd work put into the index's publi s hed in the MG. Th ey have saved m e many h ours of thumbing thru co untl ess MG a rticl es to find what I wa nted. T h ey are quite h elpfu l ! Sincerely, John Eft L akewood , Colorado D ear Mr. Sundby: . Why not print a good seq u ence r ou· t in e of a fl oor exerci se com petitor (M enic h elli , Endo, etc.) D on Albert Shilling, Pa. Ed. To Don a nd John a nd many other readers who have written and requested photo

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will publish the data. #1 TROUBLE MAKER D eal' IIII'. Sundby, I h ave often wondered how college, profess iona l, and Olym pic gymna s t s keep th e ir h a nds in ·shape. H ow do th ey pre vent their h a nd s from r ipping? I have ask ed my coach es, other coaches, oth er gy mnasts, a nd judges jus t what I could do to prevent m y h and s from ripping so much. E veryone I asked sa id I s hould work m y a pparatus. Well I t ook the ir a dv ice and now m y hands are in worse s h a pe than b efore. N ot only are m y hand s ripped b efor e a nl eet

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to t oughen my hands, prevent ripping, ge t m y h a nds r ea dy for a meet, and what to do to take care of m y hands a fter they h ave ripped. This information wi ll be h elpful to other gymnasts as w ell as to m e cau se ripping is the number "I" trouble m a ker in gymnastics. Very appreciatably, Peter LaLoggia Niles, Ill. Ed . Several artic les have appeared in past editions of the MG on the care of the hands (Vol. II , No.5, 1959. page 38-"Care of the Hands" by Stan Tarshis. Vol. Vt , No.2, 1964, page 24-"Palmistry for Gym· nastics" by Edward Scrobe. Vol. IX, No. 6/ 7, 1967, page 22-"The Use of Instant Ice for Prevention of Blisters" by ' Joe Brown and Bernard Johnson.) Note: tf a ny of our readers have found a special formula or idea to keep your hands in shape for the hi·bar , that works . send it along so we can publish it in the MG. WEIGHTLESS D ear Glenn, I h ave som e inform a tion about learning t h e iron cr oss w hi ch I think will be val uable to other gymnasts. We know that to learn the cro ss you h ave to work h a rd , a nd th e inform a ti on I am sending w ill not 111 a ke the ,,'ark any eas ier. You wi ll , h ow -

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