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TH E MO DERN GYMNA S T MAGAZINE

CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XII APRIL NUMBER 4 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .... .... ...... .. .Glenn Sundby 4 COMMUNIC ATION ....... .... .... .Dr. Mi chael V. Doyle 6 CHALK TALK ... .. .. ... .. ... ....... ...... .... ..... ..... ...

7 MARIJUANA AND THE GYMNAST .. .. ..... Ken Sakoda 9 CANADIAN REPORT .... .. .. .. ........ " .. .. .John Nooney 10 1970 NCAA COLLEGE DIVI SION CHAMPION SHIPS .... .... .. .. .......... .Bill Holmes 12 MG CENTER PHOTO .. ...... ..... .... .. .. Yo shi Hayas aki 16 ANYONE FOR ALL-AROUND .. .George, Fortier, Tonry, Reichl 18 TUMBLING TOPICS ........ .. .. .. .. .... ...... .. Dick Criley 21 PASADEN A NATIONAL INVITATIONAL ... Sa kod a & Sundby 22 SUGGESTED GUIDELINES .. .... .... Joseph Troth, Ed.D. 24 MG SCOREBOARD ...... .... . . , .. .... ....... .. Jerry Wright 26 LETTERS ... .... ...... .. , ., .. .. .... .... ,.. .......... .. ......... 28 MG CALENDAR .. .. .. .. ... . .. .. .... ... .. ....... .. .. .. .... .. .. 30

Cover Pau l Ticke noff, 1970 NCAA College Div ision AA Ch omp.

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PUBLlSHE.R-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS路 Feature A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Basco, Research ; Jerry Wright, Competi t i on ; Frank Bare.

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Approaches to Operation of the Gymnastic Meet

By Dr. Mi c hae l V. D oy le Ass ista nt Professo r of Speec h U nivers it y of Illin o is

Dr. M ic hae l V. D oy le

th e ra nge o r scores to time limits gy mnas ts mu st Ill troductioll adh e re to if th ey fa ll off a piece of a pparatu s.

I t is th e purpose of thi s a rtic le to re la te to th e gy mn asti c coac h a nd meet direc to r th e impo rPro per pro nunc ia tion of gy mn as ts ' na mes ta nce o f effec ti ve o ra l co mmunica tion tec ha nd sc hool s is impera ti ve . It is mo st e mbarasniqu e in repo rt ing gy mnas tic mee ts. Th e a uth o r sing to gy mn as ts , coaches , s pecta tors, and conce nt rates his effo rt s o n the no n-profess io na l o the rs whe n obv iou s blunde rs a re made and a nnoun ce r who w ill in most cases maint a in th e repeated. A nn o unce rs sho uld cont act coaches a nd tea m capt ain s we ll be fore th e mee t to pos iti o n of ann o un ce r a t th e gy mn asti c mee t.

Fro m my ex pe ri e nce as a nno uncer for gy mobtain th ese co rrec t pro nun cia ti o ns .. A nnoun cnas tics a t Michigan S ta te U nive rsit y, a nd U niers sho uld in fo rm th e a udi e nce of th e allve rs it y of Illin o is , a nd th e Bi g Te n In vit a ti o nal a round me n, tea m ca pta in s a nd o th e r pe rtine nt Meet. I have a tt e mpt ed to rev iew so me of th e in fo rm a tion a bo ut the coac h a nd tea m in th e bas ic co mmuni catio n pro ce dures and prob le ms o pening minu tes o f th e mee t.

As the mee t progresses th e na mes of the all a nno un ce rs may fa ce. Those who ass ume a pos iti o n as gy mn as tic s a nno uncer w ill , the rearo und me n wit h t he ir aq:umul ated points fo re have so me reco mme nd ed bas ic a pproac hes should a lso be me nti o ned. T hese sco res ca n be to fo ll ow in th e hi gh sc hoo l or uni ve rs it y gy ma nn o unced as tra nsition s fro m e ve nt to event. nas tic mee t s itu a ti o n.

A nn o un ce rs sho uld kee p a running score of Prac tice (l lId Procedures eac h eve nt. H e a lso should re late to th e a udiA ll gy mnast ic meets s ho uld have a n adequa te e nce a nd th e gy mnas ts the ev ent sco re as it pu bli c add ress syste m fo r use by the a nno unce r. mate ri ali zes afte r eac h eve nt. It is a lso mea nTh e sys tem id ea ll y sho uld be se t up by th e ingful to a nn ou nce future mee ts the hos t sc hoo l a udi o-v isual coo rdina to r of th e sc hool o r uniwill pa rti cipa te in at leas t th ree times during ve rsit y. Thi s procedure sho uld be compl e ted th e meet. Eac h score a nd ave rage sho uld be well befo re th e warm-up pe ri od beg in s. Aft er me nti o ned as th e events unfold . A nn ou nce rs th e equ ipme nt is in sta ll ed th e mee t a nn o unce r . sho uld o nl y a rticula te scores aft e r a ll judges s ho uld tes t th e dev ice fo r prope r voca l leve l. s imulta neously fl as h sco res .

Th e ha nd micro ph o ne in mos t cases see ms to Stri ct a tt e nti o n sho uld be pl ace d upo n pec uli a r s itu ati o ns whi c h may occur a t th e be th e mos t effecti ve t ype to use . Th e a nn o unce r will ha ve mo re freed o m of move me nt be hind mee t a nd the a nn ounce r mu st be a le rt to these prob le ms a nd cope with th e m. For in stance, a t t he desk whe n he reads sco res with th e ha nda mee t whe re la rge c rowds a re in a tt e nd a nce mi ke.

Th e a nno un ce r sho uld beco me fa mili a r with th e a nn o un ce r sho uld me nti o n to the c rowd to . th e ge ne ra l gy mn as ti cs rul es so th a t he will be be quiet during routines: a lso - no t to s hoot ab le to converse whe n co nfe re nces may be fl as h pi ctures during a gym nas t's perfo rma nce . ca ll ed by th e j udges du ring a n event. H e sho uld I f th e c rowd see ms a ppre he nsive a nd res tle ss th e a nno uncer sho uld use so me humo ro us a necbe able to exp lain a va ri e ty of probl e ms fro m

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do te to re lax both co nt estant s a nd a udi ence .

If c ro wd size becomes a n ex tre me prob le m, t he a nn o un cer s ho uld in fo rm th e s pecta to rs to mov e more c lose ly together. The use of a "colo r ma n," gy mnas tic s coac h, is not necessa ril y impo rt a nt a nd may ca use mo re confusio n th a n be a n a id to a udi e nce unders ta ndi ng. It is recomme nded a coac h act as "colo r ma n" in th e demo nstra tion o r ex hi biti o n situation ra th e r th a n th e dua l meet s ituati o n.

Fina ll y, the a nno uncer s ho uld have a t hi s di s posal a n ass istant w ho w ill co mpute all scores a nd rel a te to him th e ave rages so he will no t have to be di stracted by hav ing to figure th ese sco res himself. Thi s is cruci a l a t t he uni vers ity leve l. The ma th ex pert should be ca pa bl e a nd maint a in accurac y fo r th e a nno un ce r. I n all in sta nce s the a nno un ce r should be situ a ted a t th e ma in score r' s ta bl e o r a t th e most foca l po int of th e a re na so he w ill have unint e r r upt e d visio n of th e enti re mee t proceedin gs.

Conclusion Th ose indi vidu als who ass ume th e positi o n of mee t a nno unce r or co mme nta to r a re e ncouraged to a llow th ei r own pe rsonalit y tra it s to a ppear in their delivery. S pecifica ll y, be yourse lf a nd ma ke the meet situ a ti o n a pl easant ex pe rie nce fo r the a ud ie nce a nd visiting tea ms.

It is stro ngly reco mme nded th at those coaches re s po ns ibl e fo r rec ruiting a n a nnouncer should loo k fo r a n indi vidu al who will be pe rso na bl e, a rt icul a te , a nd res po nsible to t he unique c halle nges the gy mnas tics mee t wi ll pos e to him when he is be hind th e mi c ropho ne .

ilK We Have Gone Too Far

by DON TONRY Gymnastics Coach, Yale University I n an attempt to organize ou r area judges , we have created various judges associations.

These associations have periodic meetings. and attempt to instill within their groups a desire to learn the judging rules of the sport and their application. We have moved from a situation of not having any judges in time of need to one where most competitions can be assured of having an adequate number of judges. We pay our judges up to fifty dollars for a dual or championship competition, according to how far they have to travel. For this we expect a service that is accorded by extreme prestige by both the coaches and the competitors. Once the meet starts, the judges are in command' Who are the judges~ They are mainly composed of former gymnasts - some specialists in one or more events - some were previous all-around competitors - some are fringe people who enjoy and appreciate the sport. I n the making , we ask that they know the rules and the skills that they are expected to judge.

We are now at a point in the history of our sport where we are being " taken " by our own judges. Theirjudge's associations back them by requiring a psuedo-test for admission into the judging fraternity. These individuals then become " qualified," test-passing members. Judges are supposed to be able to write down Band C parts as they appear in an "open the spot" routine - many cannot do this - many do not even try. Judges are supposed to make deductions in accordance with the FIG rules-many simply guess in accordance with the level of competition that they think they are judging.

I have placed my team members in reverse order of ability on several occasions, and the judges gave the best men the lowest scores .

The team laughs at such ignorance, but an awful lot of love for the sport is lost.

Many of our judges have stopped trying to improve their judging ability because their association requires so little of them. Part of this fault lies in the fact that we have many judges that were officiating during the dark ages of gymnastics (prior to detailed judging guidelines) who cannot adapt to technical changes.

These individuals have not continued learning the new skills, techniques and methods.

They and the judging associations would be put on a very tight spot if a good pass or fail test were to be introduced. Who wants to put a famous old judge or former Orympian on the bench? They add prestige and stability to the association. I certainly don't want to , but I do want them to be working under the exact same rules that I'm using for coaching. I f they can ' t handle it, they'd better do some homework and gymnasium visitation because they are hurting our sport very much.

Judges associations are quickly losing the admiration of the gymnasts and coaches .

Coaches are telling their athletic directors that so-and-so wou ld have won , but the judgin~ was

s ick. TJie athletic directors are wa tching our meets and seeing the very same thing for themselves. You don't have to know gymnastics to know that a one or two point spread means that these judges are not working with the same rules. When a coach watches a 9.0 routine receive a 75.0. he knows that someone made up deductions that do not exist.

Judges who are together in their judgment (within a good range) can and u.fien {Ire all wrong. Their ignorance and self-consciousness often give them a bond of togetherness.

"These kids are poor gymnasts . Let's keep the scores low and start off with a 3.0" After statements such as this. the judging has to be muddled and subjective. Admittedly. there are many instances that require a good gue ss. Some routines do defy all reasonahle forms of judgment: however. most of these can be categorized according to form and technical execution.

Generally , the judging associations of America have a responsibility to themselves and to us. They must require individuals to pass difficult written and practical exam in ations. Write to your local association and express your opinion - they're nice guys and they路lIlislen.

Gene took I st ploce on SH, PB ond a 3rd on Rings.

Diaz remembers a note written in his yearbook after his 10th grade year by former Carol City coach Bailey Stewart. It said. " I hope I see you in the Modern Gymnast Magazine some day. " That thought stuck with Gene and now he's closer than ever (you better believe it).

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For further info. contact: Ruth Santo. Sokol Los Ange les , 500 North Western Ave. L.A. Cal if.

USGF United States Gymnastics Federation Reappointments: Gordon H. Chalmers. Indiana State: Harold J. Frey. California: William Meade , Southern Illinois. New Appointment: Edward M. Czekaj, Pennsylvania State.

"THE SALUTE" Report by Robert Meecham, OGF, PR chairman The above design was recently approved as the symbol for the Ontario Gymnastic Federation. This was approximately the eighth drawing in what has been a very slow evolution problem. It was noted that , in other areas and countries, two figures were used to get across the male and female aspect of the sport. From our standpoint of recognition , simpli city and economics , a single figure offered the best solution. Thus, "The Salute" neatly finalizes a gymnastic performance.

THE PERFECT CURE-ALL

By Charlie Nobles Miami News Sportswriter Gene Diaz has fooled a lot of people in the last three years ... Diaz has polio in his right leg ... But if it bothers him, he's the only one that knows about it. Diaz is the state's best in the Parallel Bars and Side Horse.

"He's an outstanding example of what a boy can do if he makes up his mind" says Carol City Coach Bill Keefe. "And he 's an out~tand颅 ing example of what gymnastics can do for a boy. "

The Central Atlantic Area YMCA Gymnastic Camp - An Adventure In Volunteer Service

By Jim Wylde, memberoJthe Committee Gymnastics may be the most demanding of all sports. It takes strength , courage, flexibility and lots of coordination. But the difficulties of gymnastics seem unnoticed by the campers at this annual event.

For the last seven years a week-long gymnastic camp has been held at Camp Letts on the picturesque shores of tidewater Maryland. The time of the year- near the end of August usually means pleasant, sunny days , and cool "good-for-sleeping" nights. Gymnastic apparatus, lots of it, is set up under the trees.

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Mari juana and the Gymnast BRAVE NEW WORLD BRAVE NEW WORLD BRAVE NEW WORLD

by Kenneth Sakoda

In 1932 A ldo us Hu xley pu bli s hed a nove l e ntitled , Brm'e Nell' W orld. In thi s nove l Hu xley sa tiri zes a nd proph ec izes th e di recti o ns a ppa rent to him in wes te rn c ivili zation . Hu xley saw the future as holding a soc ie ty th a t was co mplet ely d o min a ted a nd blinded by scie nce.

F rom co nceptio n to dea th th e indi vidu al (if suc h a n e nti ty co uld be conside red to e xist in suc h a wo rld ) was to tall y regul a ted in on e way o r a no th e r. Birth was a ma tt e r of be ing formu la ted in a la bo ra to ry te st tube, your int elligence a nd ultim a te pl ace in soci e ty was prede te rmined by how your " birth " was ch e micall y composed. I nfa ncy to adult ma tura tion was a matter of consta nt brain was hings a nd co nditi onings , da il y li fe was to ta ll y regimented , soc iet y was co mpl e te ly immob il e a nd most importa nt of a ll e l'el),one lI'as totally content lI'ith his li/e, thi s du e to hi s conditi o ning a nd to a pa nacea call ed "soma ," a drug that indu ced e uphori a a nd esca pe through slee p.

Wh a t has thi s got to do with marijua na a nd the gy mnas t ? T he poin t I would like to make, a nd o ne th a t I find quite int eres tin g has to do with wes te rn c ivili zati o n today a nd Hu xley's prediction s abo ut it some 37 yea rs ago. Wh e n I read Bra ve Ne ll' W orld I made 2 assumpti o ns : I) th a t Hu xley was trying to warn peo pl e of wha t ve ry we ll could be th e pl ig ht of a scie nce-ori e nted socie ty a nd 2) t ha t th is wa rn ing was directed a t th e leade rs of soc iety , t he establi shme nt. N ow from th ese 2 ass umpti o ns, a nd I thin k thi s is th e gist of wha t mos t peo pl e got out of th e book, I co nc lud ed tha t a warning co nstitut es gua rding aga in st a co ndition w hi c h is und es irable a nd that o ur ma in co nce rn wo uld be whet he r o ur lea d e rs wou ld heed suc h a warning.

T oday I a m fo rced to reevalu a te my inte rpre tat io n of th e book. I find tha t while Hu xley ' s predi cti o ns see m a ll too accura te a nd a head o f schedul e, my ass umpti o ns we re both wrong. I) I saw Brm 'e Nell! W orld as so mething to be avo ided. Th e c urre nt tre nd toward s psychedeli a, " love" as so me thin g co nsta nt a nd all pe rvasive, a dread of respo ns ibilit y a nd th e o ve ra ll de pe nde nce of technology from e lectric mu s ic to sy nthe ti c " grass " see ms to indi cate th a t Brave Nell' W orld is th e " G oal ," no t th e warning it used to a ppa re ntl y be. And , 2) mo st surpri sing to me is tha t whil e I ass um ed tha t our sc ie nce-o ri e nted es tabli shme nt would be th e o ne to eve ntu all y pu sh us in to a brave new world , thi s is not th e case a t all. It is th e underground , th e youth , th e leade rs of th e future, who a re ta king wes te rn civili zati o n down th e pa th to the total domin a nce of th e indi vidu al.

Ma riju a na fit s we ll into thi s tre nd , it is in th e rea lm of "so ma ," it is a safe ty valve , a mind ope ne r, a nd it is th e beginn ing of th e end fo r th e gy mnas t. N ow I qu alify th a t by say ing t he gy mn as t, no t th e indi vidual, beca use the gymnas t is onl y pa rt of th e indi vidu a l a nd quite poss ibl y th e indi vidua l may survi ve a nd continu e to grow with the help of ma riju a na a nd the host of o th e r c he mical " mind blowers ," but I a m ce rtain tha t using a ny c he mical mea ns to a n e nd by t he gy mnas t leads to ultima te destru ction.

of th e bod y dead to the se nses. Likewise whil e I t is recogni zed a nd has been bro ught out a s print e r co uld just give a n a ll o ut effo rt w ith th a t the a thl e te more th a n a ny o th e r group in th e he lp of a n uppe r, it mu st be re me mbe red soc ie ty is su bject to th e ca re of a ph ys ici a n. th a t he has o nl y o ne thing to kee p in mind , be A bac k pull , a to rn callou s, a s pra in , all rece ive fas t. A s ide ho rse ma n must re membe r to be a tte ntion a nd medi cation , whil e in a no rm al fas t, be ba la nced , be co ncio us, be styli sh, be indi vidu a l th e a ilme nt might go unc hec ked . It ri ght in eve ry littl e move me nt. T he rin g ma n has been fo und th a t in ma ny cases drugs a re must have that burst of stre ngth as we ll as admini ste red to stimula te th e mind as we ll as co mpl e te co ntro l of the directi o n of th a t the bod y. Be nzedrine to a fa tigued footb a ll stre ngth. pl aye r, and va riou s uppers a nd dow ne rs to a thl e te s th a t a re n't in th e ri ght moo d a t th e Wha t abo ut th e mind ex pa nd e rs a nd mo re s pec ifica ll y , ma rijua na? G ymn as ti cs is ofte n ri ght time. A nd a ppare ntl y so me of th e dru gs see m to wo rk, but do th ey a ppl y to gy mnasti cs? sa id to be a n art fo rm ra the r th a n a spo rt a nd a rti sts a re notorio us use rs of va rio us mind A fo otball pl ayer co uld co nce ivab ly go through a ga me with a broke n leg if he was give n a d ose deve lo pe rs in th e searc h for a new in sig ht. of novoca in to deade n th e pain , but co uld th e T he qu es ti o n he re is what a rt is t needs the coo rdin a tion a nd stre ngth of hi s e ntire bod y to sa me be tru e fo r a free ex ma n? A s printe r could use a co upl e of " whites" to give him th a t execute a painting o r sculpt ure? Aga in. gy mex tra burst a t th e fini sh lin e , but would th e nas ti cs sho uld be conside red uniqu e. sa me be he lpful to th e side ho rse ma n or th e . It is recogn ized th at in ma ny cases a giv e n ri ng ma n ? I n bo th exa mpl es I think gy mn as tics eve nt in gy mnastics stagna tes. du e to lack of mu st be con s ide red se pa ra te ly a nd not a ppli corigina lit y , but are drugs th e a nswe r: is ma ri able to the sa me solution s. Gy mn as tic s is th e j ua na th e a nswe r? Pu s hed to th e ex tre me wo uld most delica te a nd compli cated s port ex isting, a s port lik e gy mn as ti cs survive if drugs we re to th at I know of. I could not im ag ine going be co ns idered a majo r tool ? It is ha rd to conce ive of a dedi ca ted " Po t head" be ing dedithrough a routine without the co ntrol of my e ntire bod y , w hil e a fo ot ba ll playe r co uld cated to a nything so de ma nding. But, as always. bulldoze hi s way with a numbed leg , th e hai r- ' th e c ho ice sho ul d be u p to th e in d ividu al. I f dru gs a re the a nswe r to o ne in d ividual, is it line bala nce a nd coo rdina ti o n required of a necessa ril y " T he " a nswe r? free ex routine is a lmost imposs ible with pa rt

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CANADIAN

HI REPORT by fohn Noon ey 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

HERE AND THERE WI TE R G AMES - S AS K ATOO A ll a pproved by Ca nada Ga mes Co un c il.

T e n prov inces. plu s N .W .T. a nd Y.T. tea ms of six me n a nd wo me n, ma nager a nd coac h. w ill be th e fifth larges t de legati on if eve ry prov in ce. e tc ., se nds tea ms we s ho ul d have abo ut the la rges t s po rt de lega tion a t th e G ames.

G YMN A STI CS IL LUSTR ATE D O ur na tio na l coac h, Will ie We il e r. has se nt me a n a ttrac ti ve n ye r o n Gy mnas ti cs Illu strat ed : thi s is a s ix-pa rt seri es cove ring a ll me n's a ppa ra tu s . Fo r furth er info rma tion, writ e W ill y a t 16 Pa rc La uri e r. St. J ean. Q uebec. Thi s is a n exce ll e nt boo k fo r teac he rs. gy mnas ts. e tc .: th e se ri es is illu stra ted by seque nce ph o togra ph s (a ll moves d o ne by W ill y). Be lieve me. this is a n exce ll e nt book by a gY l1ln as t who has rea ll y do ne so me thing fo r Ca nada. Co me o n now: let 's ge t be hind o ur na ti o na l coac h in thi s e ndeavou r. Writ e him .

PER SO A LI T IES Syd J e nse n wo n th e all- aro und a t th e M ic higa n- Illin o is mee t: Bill Mack ie sco red third in F .X . O th e r gy mn as ts with Newt Lo ke n fro m Ca nada a re Pc: ,e Roge rs (Pe te was th e Onta rio H .S. c ha mpio n) a nd Ru s ty Pi erce. bot h fro m Ott awa.

N AT IONA L TEAM DI S PL AYS Thi s yea r th ey have prove d ve ry s uccessful. alr;.' ad y he ld a t Q uebec a nd Wa te rl oo U ni versi ty a nd T hund er Bay. a nd I be lieve o ne is a rra nged fo r D a lH o uise U nive rsit y. H e re is a ch a nce fo r a loca l se rvice o rga ni za ti o n or hi gh sc hoo l o r loca l gy m club to have th e bes t in Ca nada fo r a di s pl ay a nd c lini c.

A ll yo u have to do is to co nt ac t Will y Weil e r o r Mrs. Savage. T hi s way yo u' re he lping the na ti o na l tea m a nd learning gy mn as ti cs fro m th e kn ow ledgeable o nes.

ANNUA L REP ORT F ROM F ITNESS C O UNC IL Th is re po rt shows we rece ived $6.429 fo r o ur na tio na l c ha mpio ns hips a nd $ 17,326 fo r o ur tra ining progra m. Thi s was a sho t in th e a rm . a nd th e new rumo r is th at th e Ca nadi a n Spo rt s Fede ra ti o n w ill pay th e sa la ry of a fulltime sec reta ry o r ad mini stra to r for all spo rt s in th e future. I s in cere ly ho pe thi s co mes to pass . Th e Ca nadi a n Ol y mpi c Assoca ti o n has go t a ll kind s of publi c re la ti o ns pla ns in mind to improve th e image of ama te ur s po rt in th is co untry. We a re slowly but su re ly beco ming be tt e r o rga ni zed . NO W ITS U P T O OU R OW N OF FI C I ALS.

1970 NATIONAL COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS at th e U ni ve rs it y of A lbe rt a, Edmo nt o n Fra nc is Tull y a nd Geo ff E lli o t surpasse d th e mse lves w ith a n exce ll e nt o rga ni ze d mee t.

Thi s year a to ta l of 28 wo me n gy mn as ts a nd 18 me n co mpe ted in the now two-day meet.

Th e CBC te lev ised li ve pa rt of th e fina ls a nd did a tre me ndou s job. It 's se ldo m o ur s po rt ge ts suc h good T V cove rage. T hi s all owed ma ny mill io ns of peop le to see t his meet a nd fo r o ur begin ner gy mnas ts to see co ll ege gy mn ast ics.

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Don Meikle, University of Alber ta, PB champion and fou r th AA.

Sa nd ra Ha rtl ey. U. B.C .. a nd Steve M ltrU K. Mc Mas ter (bo th membe rs of o ur na ti o na l tea m). do min a ted th e sco ring. Sa ndra won the prelim s a nd th e fin a ls , a nd Steve did th e sa me exce pt ing a ti e in F.X. In th e girl s' d iv isio n Kare n Dea ne. Va nco uve r C it y Co llege: Liz Swint o , Yo rk U ni ve rs it y. a nd Lo ui s La mo th e, Mc Mas te r U ni ve rs it y. a ll looked very pro mi s in g. Sa nd ra had definit e ly o n o ne of he r be tt er days: it seems a ll the mee ts s he is tak ing pa rt in is he lping. A new mo unt o n th e un eve ns a nd a c ha nged B. B. ro utine is he lping he r ca use.

Steve Mitru k was ve ry stead y a nd see med relaxed - S. H. ve ry st ro ng. F.X. nee ds mo re wo r k. T hi s is hi s bes t yea r tha t I have see n him. Ba rry Broo ke r, U ni ve rsit y of Ot tawa.

Me ikl e of U. of A lbe rt a a nd T o m Kin sma n of Yo r k a nd Til1lm y Sedgew ic k of Saskatoo n all s ho uld get co nside ra ti o n a t o ur na ti o na l tria ls thi s year.

T hi s mee t d id show e mpha ti ca ll y th a t co llege gy mn as ti cs is o n th e move, bu t we mu st be ho nes t a nd say th a t th e C lu b G y mn as t o r th e gy mnast who is co nnected with a clu b s howed to have a n adva nt age, es pec iall y the gy mnas t who learned th eir funda me nt a ls a t a n early age.

Ve ry exc iting to see th e g rowth of th is a nnu al mee t.

E ight wo me n a nd me n we re sel ected as possible ca ndid a tes to re prese nt Ca nada a t th e Wo rld Stude nt Ga mes in It aly.

Wo me n: Be tt e Shaw , Va ncou ve r C it y Co llege: Ke rry Loew , U . of A lbe rta: Lynew H a rt.

U ni v. of Ca lga ry: Ma rtha Ke men y. U ni v. of Toro nt o: Lo is La mo th e. Mcl\llas ter U ni v.: Ka re n D eane. Va ncouve r C it y Co ll ege: Sa ndra H a rtl ey, U. B.C. : Li z Sw into n, Yo rk U nivers it y: coac h - Ca rol A nn e Le th e ra n, U ni v. of Toro nto.

Me n : Ge ral'd L' A ll ie r, Mon trea l U ni v.: Pa ul

Coo pe r, U. of A lbe rt a: Ri ck Sho re, U niv. of M'l nit o ba: Ga rry Balco mbe. U ni v. of Saskatoo n: T o m Kin s ma n, York U ni v.: Barry Broo ker. U ni v. of O tt awa: Steve M itruk , McMas te r Un iv.: T im my Sedgew ick . Sas ka too n U ni v.: coac h - Tom Z ivic , Yo rk U niv.

The Japanese Visit at York University, Toronto Aga in , th a nk s to Dr. Bryce Tay lo r a nd hi s sta ff: th e gy mnasti c devotees of O nt a ri o we re ab le to see the world 's greates t gy mnas ts. A ud ie nces of 2,500 both ni ght s, thi s is a n in d icati o n of t he g rowt h of th e s po rt in O nt a ri o.

Th e me n gy mn as ts we re und e r H a ruhiro Ma tsuda (fo rm e r surn a me YAM AS HIT A), a nd th e girl s were unde r M rs. T a nik o M it sukuri.

Th e demonstratio n sta rted w ith F.X. : YUlI1 iko K omiyo - O pe ned th e de mo nstra ti o n with a fa irl y traditi o na l F .X . ro utin e, B.W.O., F. W.O . ae ri als . e tc.: no thing s pectacul a r.

Mifs llO T Sllka ltar a - S ta rt ed th e me n with a tre me ndo us n oo r ro utine. lo ts of hig h tum bling. excell e nt co nti nuit y and a mplitude: th e n I noti ced it loo ked ve ry like the 197 0 wo rld co mpul sori es a nd ri ght e no ugh thi s de mo nstra ti o n was a po li shin g- up pe rfo rma nce fo r th e ir co mpulsori es (is there a message he re?). Very we ll do ne ro utin e.

Yoko Nagao - H ad a hec k of a tim e, lo st he r mu sic, l1li ssed he r layo ut, c tc. It was now obvio us th e J apa nese ma le gy mn as ts we re exce lle nt , but th e ir girl s we re hav ing tro u ble ge tting go ing.

RYll ki FlIj i l11al'({ - Rea ll y thrill ed th e c rowd with a supe rb ro ut ine , aga in us ing th e wo rld co mpul so ries as a base a nd fini shed wi th part of a n opti o na l. but th is was th e highli ght of th e

gram. Dr. Bryce Tay lor invited Haruhiro Matsuda to teac h at the York Summer Seminar a nd he has agreed to co me to Canada : thi s is fairly definit e - ANOTHER F IR ST FOR YORK .

It was a big night for our yo ung gy mnasts and great c redit mu st be given to York University.

In c losing I mu st say all the clu bs in Ontario ra lli ed around Y,"rk University to ha ve the ir people there and , in this way , to support Dr. Bryce Tay lor, who has done so much at hi s uni ve rsity to promot e the sport of gy mnastic s.

1970 National Technical Conference

Sondra

F.X. He had continuity, flow , high tumbling , the works all done with superb form . This is an excellent floorm a n.

Chieko Oda - Finished the F .X. w ith a n excellent routine; again you cou ld see the world compulsories being polished. This girl was the best of the Japane se girls in my opinion.

SIDE HORSE : Both groups specia li ze d On their own appa ra tus , the men going to side horse. All had nice doubl es, good ex tens ion and all had secure routin es - all concentrating on getting the ir di s mount nice a nd high. The Japane se men , Konishi and Ohara, were tops .

RINGS : The classic performance , Swing to H .S. , L positions, Press to H .S. , leve rs and Crosses and double Sommy di smount s, all done with ease. Mitsuo Tsukahara was th e top performer; Hayata Kono shi also excellent - all world pelforme rs, no straining, every move done with control and amplitude. This see med to me to be their best apparatus .

UNEYENS: Saw nothing reall y-a few Usual eagles , wraparounds, C hieko Oda impresse d me but nothing I cou ldn 't see in any U .S. meet.

BALAN C E BEAM: Far better pelforma nces th an we saw on th e Unevens . All attempted the back ha nd spring to sta nd and back hand s pring to st raddle. Lots of doubl e 3600 turn s and a ll had back so mm y di s mount s from cartwheels.

Looked ve ry sure on the beam and all seemed to enioy it.

by Ca l Girard, Pres ident e.G.F. Another milestone in the evo luti on of gy mnas tics in Ca nada has been created by staging the first eve r Nation al Techni cal Conference.

This conference of tec hnica l chairmen from a ll pro vinces of Canada as well as the armed forces met in Edmonton on Ma rch 3,4 and 5.

This conference was organized by Mr. A. Dippong, Nation al Technica l chairman , " to di scu ss a nd reco mmend technical policy for th e longterm de ve lopment of gy mn as tics in Canad a.

Three da ys of di sc uss ion pro and con ended up with the drafting of a techni ca l polic y which will be prese nted at the annu a l mee ting for ratificat ion .

Delegates attending: Newfoundland Province - Norm Gi ll es pie , J ane Drover. Nova Scotia - Eli zabeth Co les and Jim Hoy le. New Brunsw ick - Be ve rl ey Cooke. Quebec - Mrs. Simard Jaqque Cote, Deni s D es lauri s. Jacque C houinard . Ontario - Ca l G irard, pres ide nt e. G . F .: AI Dippong, conference director: C::. A. Iteheran, J an Waldauf, Tom Z ivic. Manitoba G. Bibleheimer, Alfreida Goerman. Saskatchewan - M. Mayhew , e. Sebesttyn and B. Sedgewick . Alberta - J . Thayer, H . Weil er. G. Elliot, H. Horlich K. Ku s ke. Briti sh Colu mbia - M. Medveczky, K. Rus se ll. G. Hartl ey.

Canadi an I nt ercollegi a te Coac hes Associates - Fra nci s Tully. Canadi a n Armed Forces Art Yondette.

Th e highli ght deve lo pme nt s arising from thi s Hartley, Canadian Notional Women's AA champion. conference was the unanimou s agreement to PARAtLEL BARS: Hi gh Stutz 's , Sommy's develop: between bars, One half and Double Sommy di sI. I nce nti ve awa rd s syste m for gy mn as ts mount s. Ohara a nd T suk ahara were exce llent aging from midge t di vis ion to ve teran gy mnas ts.

- aga in the y worked hi gh above both bars2. To not attempt a coaches grad ing sys te m. form perfect. T he mov es a ll were done with 3. To continue establi shing aj udges certificathat pelfection that is on ly achie ved with prac- tion sys tem. tice: the traditional moves but so we ll done it 4. To increase our deg ree of li aiso n with th e was a treat to see the se moves pelformed after Educational System in Canada. watching for years the feeble attempt s of medi As pres ident of the Gymnastics Federation ocre gymnasts.

I was es pecially de li ghted to see the openHIGH BAR : The crowd could have watched mind ed a pproach to promoting the Technical th ese excellent men on high bar all night. What Organization of Gymnastics in Ca nada. Furexciting moves -pelfection with EASE-notice thermore we enjoyed the unique experience that word EASE. They made difficult mov es of us ing the technica l de legates to act as judges look easy. Amplitude and form were just take n at the Ca nadian Inte rcollegiate championships for gra nted. Double Sommy dismount from the which were a significa nt success . This fact alone H . B. by Fujimara was superb - hi gh above the shows the true spirit of cooperation betwee n bar like he was s uspended in the air- to that the University Coac hes Association and the st ill landing that we all look for. Rings and Canadi a n Gymnastic Federation. More imporHigh Bar were the highlights of the night. tant is the fact that the Ca nadian Intercollegia te Y AUL TING: A combined effort but not too Coac hes Association is a bra nch member of the great; th e women did hand springs i4 turn s a nd C .G.F. an d enjoys th e sa me rights and respo nthe men Y amas hita's wi th turn s and Hechts. s ibiliti es as a pro vince. It was agreed by th e delega tes at thi s event (ma ny having a great Fairly average va ulting.

TO SUMMARIZE: I interviewed Mr. Yoshi - deal of ex perience with thi s kind of conferaki Fqiiwara , Director-of the J apa nese Gym- e nce ) a nd with na tion a l mee t s th a t the nastic Assos. He said the backbone of the ir C. I.C .CA. C hampionships is now a majo r gy mgy mn astic program is the junior high sc hool s, nas ti c eve nt in Canada and hopefull y will conhigh sc hool s a nd universities. A ll the me mbers tinu e to grow until we can consider a further of thi s tour were stud ent s in the uni ve rsitie s competition with the U.S. N.e.C.A. team.

My si ncere th a nk s to a ll who were respons i-o ne , Ka nzue Han yo, was still in hi gh sc hool.

H e also pointe d out that Co mpul sories are the ble in any way for the holding of First Technikey and of course th eir early age schoo l pro- ca l Co nfere nce.

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1970 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Bill Ho lmes

Team Placement : 1. Northwest Louisi no State. 1 60.25 ; 2. Sout hern Connecticut, 159.30 ; Springfield College, 1 58.90.

Ma nka to Sta te Co ll ege was host to the thi rd a nnu al co ll ege di vis io n c ha mpi o nships Ma rc h 26, 27. 28. 1970. Th e th ree day c ha m pio nship saw ma ny c ha nges fro m th e prev io us two co ntes ts. A new c ha mpi o nship tea m was crow ned , No rth wes te rn Lo ui s ia na Sta te Co ll ege coac hed

by A rma nd o Vega. T ea mm a te Pa ul Ti c ke noff dethro ned J o hn E li as both of No rth wes te rn S ta te as a ll a ro und c ha mpi o n. I n eac h of th e eve nt s a new c ha mpio n was crowned . A n ad d iti o na l in nova ti o n wa s th e use of a co mput e r to score th e meet. Co mpute r tim e was do nated by Ho neywe ll C o. of M inn eapo li s a nd a prog ra m w ritt e n by a se nior student a t MSC , Bob Ga rtne r. Bob. inexpe ri e nced in sco ring gy mn as ti cs. studi ed th e 1969 res ult s a nd spe nt ma ny ho urs in prepa ra ti o n fo r thi s eve nt. It a ppea rs th a t thi s me th od of sco ring is mo re acc ura te a nd re li ab le th a n t he in vo lveme nt of ma ny peop le.

Pa ul Ti cke noff made a strong bid as th e o ut sta nd ing gy mn as t in th e mee t. winning 4 go ld meda ls. H e was c ha mpi o n in th e all aro und , fl oo r exe rcise, lo ng ho rse, a nd pa ra ll e l ba rs.

W inn er of th e horizo nt a l ba r a nd seco nd in the a ll a round was J o hn E li as of N o rth wes te rn Sta te. Bruce McGartlin tea med up w ith Ti c ke noff a nd Eli as to sco re th e majo rit y of po int s fo r

Floor Exercise : Paul Tickenoff, NW. St ate, 18.250; Bruce McGartlin, NW . St ate, 1 7.925; John Crosby, Southern Conn., 17.600; Jeffrey Wi les, Spring路 field, 17.3 50; Pat Mahoney, SFVSC, 17.150; Jo路 seph Cenis, Springfield, 16.900.

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Bill Holmes, meet director and coach at M ankato St ate College.

Side Horse: Jim Yearwood, So. Conn., 17.475 ; Joh n Ell is, NW . Stat e, 17.400; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., 16.950; Whitey Anson, Fullert on, 16.900; St eve Fox, Ch icago Circle, 16.425; Jeffrey Wi les, Sp ringfield, 16.275 ; Ronald Brown, Spri ngfield, 16.275.

Ring s: Cha rl es Sh iebler, Spri ng field, 17.900; Dav id Ellis, Spring field, 17.72 5; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., 17.675 ; Jim Ball, So. Conn., 16.875 ; Dave Bid路 dinger, Chicago Circle, 16.425; John Ellis, NW .

St ate, 8.3 75.

Photos by Ray lorenz coach, Chico Stale

AA路Around: I . Paul Ticken aff, NW Louisiana, 104.10: 2. John Ellis, NW La., 103.00; 3. Jim Amerine, So. Conn., 101.45; 4. Jeffrey Wiles, Springfield,

Long Horse : Paul Tickenoff, NW. State, I B.550; John Crosby, So. Conn., IB.325; Eric Paul, MSC, IB.2 75 ; Jeffrey Wiles, Springfield, 17.900; Bruce McGartlin, NW. State, 17.900; Pat Mahoney, SFVSC, I 7.B50.

99.65; 5. John Crosby, So. Conn., 97.30; 6. Bruce McGartl in, NW La., 96.05.

Parallel Bars: Paul Tickenoff, NW., IB.625; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., IB.425; John Ellis, NW. Stat e, 17.575; Jeffrey Wiles, Springfield, 17. 150; Mike Provencher, Springfi eld, 16.B50; Cha rl es Schieb路 ler, Springfield, 16.450.

Northwestern. Other individua l winners we re Jim Yea rwood. So. Co nn ec ticut State on th e side horse a nd C harl es Sc hi eb le r. Springfie ld . on the rings. J im Amerine was again third in th e a ll arou nd . seco nd on the hi gh bar. third on side horse a nd rings . to pre se nt a sta ble performance for Sou the rn C onn ec ticut. T he coach of the yea r awa rd was pre se nt ed to Armando Vega.

Coach of Northwes tern State C ollege by virtue of hi s team w inning the na tional champ ionsh ip.

It was dec id ed by vote of the coaches in the co ll ege di vision th a t th e coac h of the yea r sha ll be th a t coac h of th e tea m th a t win s the nationa l champ io nships.

The final team c ha mpion ships were e xtremely exciting. Qualifying for the fin a l team c hampion ship s were Southern Co nnecticut with a sco re of 158.10. N o rth wes tern State College.

157.05 , and Springfield Co ll ege. 156.30. No rth wes tern State led fin al competition through the fir st two events and dropped be hind a t the e nd of the rings by .05 of a point. Th ey regained the lead following va ulting and led to th e fini s h of th e meet scoring 160.25. The seco nd a nd third pl ace tea ms e xch a nged pl aces four times during the competition. Following the ring even t Sp ringfie ld Co ll ege led th e scoring but dropped to se cond place following va ulting a nd parallel bars. Southern Connecticut made a strong bid in vaulting . para ll e l bars a nd high bar scoring 159.30 edg in g Springfie ld wit h a score of 158.90. It was trul y an exciting team championship down to th e last di smo unt pitting the "all around type" team again st the la rger Specia li st-oriented teams.

Choosing the e vent ch a mpion s in the 1970 meet recorded a nother first. Comp ul sory exe rci ses were req uired to gai n e ntry to the final s.

It was obviou s that gymnast ic s in the co ll eges has progre ssed to the point where a thl e te s are capab le of perfecting two se ts of exercises. It was a pparent that the qu a lit y of the fin als was a t a hig h leve l a nd not great ly reduced by u se of compulsories. Most of the fina lists were on th e three top team s . Some of the a ll around men performed up to 24 rout ines in the three day meet. I t was ev id e nt tha t the le ngth of the 'c ha mpionship was beginning to take its toll a nd only the most we ll conditioned a thlete s finished strong.

The meet ran smoothl y before a sma ll crowd during the Easte r vacation . Approximately 140 athletes were in attendance representing twent y colleges and universiti es. Th ese included SI. C loud State, Minne sota, University of North-

Horizontal Bars : John Elli s, NW. State, I B. I 75; Jim Amerine, So. Conn., I 7.BOO; Juan Sanchez, SFVSC, 17.250; Paul Tickenoff, NW. State, 17.150; Jef路 frey Wiles, Springfield, 16.475; Bruce McGartlin, NW. State, B.225.

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e rn Iowa. N o rth wes te rn Sta te Co ll ege (Lo uisia na). M. I. T.. ni ve rsit y of C hi cago. Co lo rado S ta te Co ll ege. Ca lifo rni a Sta te. F ull e rt o n .

S prin gfie ld Co ll ege. S lippe ry Rock S ta te Co llege. C hi cago C irc le. Illin o is Sta te U ni vers it y.

So uth e rn Co nn ec ti c ut State Co ll ege . Eas te rn

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M ic higa n U ni ve rsit y. Geo rgia So uth e rn Co llege. Sac ra me nt o Sta te Co ll ege. o rth e rn M ic higa n U ni ve rs it y. Sa n Fe rn a ndo Va ll ey Sta te Co ll ege. Mo nt cla ir State Co ll ege. Ma nka to S ta te Co llege a nd Co rtl a nd Sta te Co ll ege.

Fourth pl ace wen t to C hi cago C irc le . 148.65.

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fifth place. Ca li fo rni a Sta te. F ull e rt o n . 144.00. a nd six th place. Illin ois State U ni ve rsit y.

1 36.~0. It mu st be no ti ce d th a t a specia l th a nks is du e to the Athl e ti c Direc to r a t Ma nka to S ta te Co ll ege . Dr. Di c k Ko ppe nh ave r. ac tin g as mee t d irec tor' a nd Le n Ka la kia n. Ass is ta nt

Vega, coach of the yea r

Coach . who ass iste d th e mee t manager fo r thi s c ha mpio nship mee t. Ray Lo re nz. coac h a t C hi co Sta te Co ll ege. Ca lifo rn ia. is c red ited with a fin e job of ph o togra ph y during thi s eve nt.

Th e offic ia ls fo r t hi s mee t we re F ra nk C um-

!nskey . New J e rsey: G rady Ma tth ews. Co lorado: Ray Go ld ba r. Ca lifo rn ia : C hri s Webe r.

Iowa : Jim H owa rd. Wi sco nsi n : Jim Sc hmidt.

M innesota: Du a ne H oec hre l. M innesota: Bill Murray. M inneso ta: Way ne Sa nfo rd . M inn esota: Lo n A rfsten. M inn esota: Geo rge D allu ge .

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M inn esota: a nd Wa rre n Ro lek. Minn eso ta.

T hi s gro up turn ed in a tire less effort to make th ese c ha mpi o nships a s uccess. It mu st be no ted th a t F ra nk Cu min skey prov id ed exce ll e nt leade rship as direc to r of offi c ia ls.

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GERALD S. GEORGE. Coordinator

We of the MG staHare cons tantly seeking ways and means of prO"iding both educational and interesting materials for our subscribers. In an allempt to further in crease the scope and breadth of the "A nyone For A II-Around" series, we would like to extend an i/ll'itation to any and all gymnasts, coachl'S , jlldRes, and enthusiasts to sllbmit articles pertaining to all-around instruction. Perhaps yOI/ hm'e a particular skill that you feel particlliarly qllalified to illustrate, discuss, and/or explain . Let's share your talents with the reading P!lblic and thereby help to foster a stronger "System of American Gymnastics. " Submit YO llr illustrations and articles to Gerald S. George, A thletic Department, Louisialla State Uni,'ersity, Baton RouRe, Louisiana 70803.

I!I FLOOR EXERCISE

By Frank J. Fortier J. F. Kennedy Senior High

I n a pre vious iss ue (M Ci Jan. '7 0 , pg. 10) the "s pee der" forwa rd hand sp ring used in the forward hand spring forward so mersa ult combination was de sc ribed. The writer will pick up by exp loring the so-called "floater" forward hands pring. Figure I illustrates five body po sition s during performa nce of the forward hand sp ring as well as the hip angle (angle A) and the s houlder angle (angle B) at initial hand place ment.

Reference to Figure I is g ive n in th e following analysis of the forward handspring: FORWARD HANDSPRING (Floater type See Figure I) I. Takeoff I. Rlln and prelilllinary approach . (Position I) Following a brisk preliminary run , the gymnast executes a s kip step. The trunk is fle xe d forward, the head is held up , and the ex te nded arms and hand s reach down and forward toward the mat. Th e forward leg is fle xed as the re a r leg begins a backll'ard upwa rd kick. The forwa rd leg no w extends causing the rear portion of the bod y to ri se.

2. Initial hand contact, (Po sition 2) As the hand s contact the mat, the rea r leg moves in line with the body and proceeds forward and upward. Th e tran sfe r of body weight from the legs to the ha nd s is completed as the forward leg comp letes it s extension. The arms remain straight a nd the head is held up.

3. Initial rise. (Position 3) The legs are split a nd move forward and upward. The shoulders and hand s extend as the body pas ses through a moment ary ha ndstand po si tion causing the bod y to asce nd.

II. Airborne I. Ascent.

As th e body asce nds forward and upward the back arches. The legs begin to c lose and move forward and downward. The shoulders and legs are ma ximall y extended and the head is

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positioned be tween the arms.

2, Highest vertical pain/. (Position 4) The body s hould be fully arched with the legs together. The upward lift of the body has been expended a nd rotary motion occurs.

3. Descent The legs now proceed backward and do wnward under th e body caus ing it to turn upright.

The seve re back arch is straighten ed in preparation for the landing.

III. L a ndin g (Position 5) As the feet contact the mat , the legs fle x abso rbing the landing impact. The body is extended , and the back is straight. The arms move s lightly lat e rally and overhead with th e head still po sitioned betwee n them. Th e legs then extend the performer to a stand.

Some additional hint s for an effective forward hand sp ring: I. Place the hand s well in front of the body (at least three feet in front of the forward foot), 2. Hold the head up throughout the skill.

3. Kick the rear leg backward and upward.

4. The hip angle (angle A) should be approximatel y 65 degree s,

5. The shoulder angle (angle B) should be 155 degree s or greater.

6. Keep the arms straight with the ha nd s below the shoulders at takeoff.

7. Extend the shoulde rs backward and upward at takeoff.

8. Maintain an arched position during the airborne phase of the ha nd s pring, 9. The total travel distance (hands to foot landing) s hould be 3 Y2 to four feet.

BThe Side Horse

By DON TONRY Gymnastics Coach, Yale University Shown this month are the mechanic s of three intermediate difficult y mounts on the side horse, Each mount is prog re ss ivel y more difficult.

(Drawings from Intermediate Side Horse Routines Chart by Don Tonry , publis hed by Gymnastic Aides Co. , Northridge , Mass.

mlTHE RING MACHINE

By Pa ul Reichl Graduate Student at Illinois State University Some four years ago th e ass istant gymnastic coach at ISU , in his attempts to strengthen hi s ring men . de s igned and constructed what he now calls the "Fant asy Machine." The coach is Ala n We ith and he is now th e head coach at Illinoi s State. succeeding Dr. Way ne Tru ex after th e 1969-70 seaso n. There have been ma ny attempt s to use a syste m of pulleys . ropes. a nd weights to help de ve lop certain exercises for ring men. however, the se t-ups usuall y cost too much. took up too much space. or were just not justified in ac cordance to their use. Coac h Weith. after studying a ll of the available information on past " ring machine s." began to design his own set-up which would e limin a te man y of the old problems.

What he came up with was a sys te m of rope s, pu ll eys. safety belt and ring cables which was not ve ry cost ly, took up little space , a nd most import antly, did the job like no other one had.

The gy mnast is placed in the safety belt: ropes extend from each side of the belt up through two se ts of pulleys and back down to the straps of the rings . The space between the pulleys det ermines the amount of body weight tha t is decreased during the ring exercises. A lmost a ny trick or sk ill practiced on the act ual rings can be practiced safely and more easi ly on the "Fantasy Machine. " Because there is a reduction of body weight, Coach Weith has di scovered that the novice can practice sk ills and tri cks that are out of his reach on the actual rings. The transfer of ski ll s has been excellent for not only the novice but the ski ll ed performer as well. The gy mnast has to on ly be strapped into the "Fantasy Machine" to rea li ze all of the poss ibilities that exist for him.

Ma ny col lege coaches , high sc hool coaches a nd gymnasts of every level have observed the "Fantasy Machine" in action and mo st of them agree with this reporter that Coac h Weith 's de sign ha s made a significant contribution to a higher degree of excellence in still ring compet iti on.

I3The Vault

By FrankJ. Fortier J. F . Kennedy Senior High V IRTUOSITY IN VAULT IN G Wh at can be done for the gymnast who selects a vau lt , practices conscientious ly and develops correct technical execution and yet finds his performance lacking? Perhaps he has overlooked one of the most vita l ingredients: virtuosity.

Virtuosity implies e legance, superior execution , technical skill and more. A performa nce of hi gh qua lity must be prese nted to achieve artistic excellence. I n addition to these things, the vau lter mu st " feel " his vault a nd tran smit this sensitivity of performance to others. This is the essence of gymnastics in the creative realm. If the vau lter can successfully express his feelings to the a udience and effectively move them , he may approach the ult imate in performance : charisma.

Often in o ur drive to perfect more daring and difficult ski ll s the concept of virtuos it y s lips into obscurity . We fall victim to the misconception th at in order to achieve a rtistic excellence, we must do so mething that is very difficult. Virtuosity can and should be incorporated into every vau lt whether it be a straddle or a twisting handspring. What can be done to begin the process of virtuosity deve lopmen t? Develop a sty le. By styl e , I refe r to a characteristic and distincti ve way of vaulting that you enjoy. This style may be somewhat limit ed due to variant physiological difference s in individuals. But remember, a rt and virtuos it y can manife st themse lves in many pa ttern s and forms. Check the s uccess of your style by actu a l perfo rmance before a crowd. It may be beneficial if the audience includes gymnasts of varied abi liti es.

Ask them what they thought of your performa nce. If a majorit y were impressed, then stick with that style.

Next , work on technical ski ll s and execution.

Figure out th e body mechanics necessary to achieve technical excellence. Picture , in your mind 's eye, the vau lt performed perfectl y, then practice, practice, practice.

Blend the aggress ive ness of yo ur style with the finesse and elegance of execution and transmit this se nsiti vit y of the va ult to others , and virtuosity will be yours.

9 Parallel Bars GERALD S. GEORGE Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

R e: Pa ra llel Bars -

From a H a nd stand Pos ition - CAST - to a S traight Arm Support Position Illustration A assu mes an extended ha ndsta nd pos ition with all body seg ment s in a direct stra ight -line re lationsh ip. The for-downward push against the bars depicted in Illu s tration B se rve s to offse t the grav it ati ona l line towards the intended direction of movement.

A s the body begins its pendulum de sce nt , Illustration s C-D-E, observe the proportionate forward lean across the vert ica l line. Thi s lea n se rves to control the initial aspect of the desce nt. It is not until the leg-trunk unit ass ume s a near horizontal position that the above- men tioned s light forward lean is reversed to a de gree that in sures a controlled yet aggress;\'e desce nt. The previous illustrations , in add ition to Illu st ration F-G-H , depict the bas ic techniques e mplo yed in the "ea rly drop " cast action. The kinesthetic sensation , thu s far, is most 19

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similar.to tha t of a Free Back wa rd Hip C ircl e on the Hori zo nta l Bar. Upon tran sce nding Illu strat ion H . note th e s light hip angle decreme nt. Th is " foot-lead " action , in add iti on to th e steadfas t for-downwa rd pu sh aga in st th e bars , afford s the gy mnast the opportunit y to best emplo y a ll pote nti a l forc e spec ifi cally to the cast it self. The hip a ngle decrement will continue in direct proportion to the pendulum de scent a nd wi ll termin a te as a totall y decrease d hip a ngle a t th e exac t bottom of th e sw ing. Observe that the a rm-trunk a ngle rema in s rel a ti ve ly fixed as dep ic ted in illu stration s H-/-J-K-L. The above action s se rve to pos ition th e body we ll away from the point of s upport ... i. e ... . the ha nd s , a condition necessa ry for a mecha nicall y effec ti ve " basket " action.

As the bqd y tra nscends Illu stration L a nd a pproach es Illu st rat ion M . the gymn as t wi ll se nse a " bottom ing effec t" in that the bars wi ll bow downward sli ghtl y a nd th e n reco il in sta ntaneo usly as the bod y unit ri ses up the pendulum sw ing. It is a t thi s time that a mo st vigorous a nd continuous shoulder a nd hip a ngle increment s occur. Th e arm ac tion is mo st simil a r to "a thro wi ng th e bars away from a nd behind oneself ' as hard as possi bl e. The hip a ngle co ntinue s to increase until prescribin g a forwardopening a ngle wit h the trunk.

Illu stra tion s N-O-P rela te th e " throwing" action of th e a rms. Yet obse r ve th a t th e re is 11 0 aelllal I'o llllllary releases of th e ha nd grasp.

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virtu e of th e afore me ntioned vigorou s " throwing" action.

At Illu st ration Q. the bod y is a irborne and ri sing. Of prime importance is th e fact that the re lease-regrasp mu st be instantaneous a nd forceful. Observe carefully the po sition of the tot a l bod y unit re la ti ve to the bars it se lf. Notice also the direction of the arm action relati ve to the regrasp . . . i.e. , Illu stration R .

Illu stratio n 5 re lates a moment of truth in that the reg rasp is characterized with stra ight a rms a nd th e s houlder region li es slightl y in front of the ha nd s, a point rea li zed by a forceful back-downwa rd pu sh of the arms aga in st the ba rs . Thus , the body is in a mechanica ll y sound full forward swing po sition a nd prepare d for an y of th e se qu e nti a ll y re lated skill s .

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GERALD s. GEORGE Gymnastic Coach Louisiana State University

R e: Ho rizontal Bar -

From a Free Eagle G ia nt Swing - HOP ONE-HALF T U RN (HOP PIRO UETTE) FORWARD - to an O vergrip H ands tand Po sition Illu strations A-8-C-D-ÂŁ-F are omitted in orde r that a more vivid pre se nta tion of th e H op One-Half Turn (Hop Pirou e tte) Forward ca n be rea li zed. Th e omitted illu stra tion s , in

addition to Illu stra tion s F-G-H are id e ntical to the re s pecti ve illu stra tion s depicted in the basic Free Eagle (Dislocated) Giant Swing (refer to MG, Fe bruary iss ue , 1969 , page 20).

Hence the mech a nics a nd techniques relative to eac h s kill a re thu s far one and the sa me.

The potential force of the a rched bod y position a pparent in Illu stration H is released in order to fac ilit ate the upwa rd circula r sw ing.

The gy mnast mLl st immediatel y follow up this action first by decreasing the shoulder a ngle sli ghtl y and then by decrea sing the hip angle in direct proportion to the upward circular swing. Illu stra tion s /-J-K progre ss into this " hip lead" position.

As the body begin s to a pproach the apex of the Llpward circular sw ing , Illustration L, the aforementioned decre ased shoulder a nd hip a ngle s begin to vigorous ly increase in a direct proportion wi th each other. Of prime importa nce is the fact that the longitudinal weight of the body is maintained at the original median po sition throughout the entire Hop Pirouette.

Such a consideration w ill se rve to faci lit a te proper body a lignment upon completion of the Hop \12 Turn Forward.

Upon tran scen ding Illu stra tion L. the body will sense a feeling of weightless ness. almost as if one we re being pulled above the bar. It is during thi s feeling of weightlessness that the eagle grip ha ndgrasp is release d leaving the gy mnast mome ntaril y airborne. Ca reful observation re vea ls that both the Hop a nd the \12 Turn are initi a ted , executed and completed before

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th e body transce nd s th e upper ve rti cal.

Illu strati o ns M-N-O-P de pict th e H op Y2 Turn Forward in ac tio n. T he ac tual Y2 T urn is in iti ated sli ghtl y befo re th e afo rementioned increas ing hip and s ho uld er angles presc ribe a direct straight -line relati o nship with each oth e r.

T he nature of such initi ati on is so minut e th at it is not revealed by mea ns of a ri ght-angle view pi cto ri al analys is.

Illustrati o n M dep icts th e body airborn e. ready to reg ras p th e ba r with th e onco min g pi vot hand . The pi vot hand , now in an unde rgrip pos iti on, crosses th e medi an as pect of th e bod y's longitudinal ax is and regras ps th e ba r at th at point prev io usly occ upi ed by th e oth er hand . Thi s con siderati on will in sure pro per body alignm ent upo n co mpl etio n of the H op Y2 Turn Fo rwa rd .

It is im po rt ant to co nce ive of th e " ho p" such th at th e gy mn as t mu st reach dow nward in order to reg ras p th e bar. Thi s infers that th e act ion of th e rel ease-reg ras p occ urs during th e afo re me nt ioned mome nt of we ightl ess ness.

Such a co nce pt will e nh ance as th eti c fluidit y.

Illu strati o ns N- O prese nt th e regras ped pi vot hand exe rting a vigo ro us fo r-up wa rd pu sh aga inst th e bar. Thi s will help to avo id th e co mmon tend ency of turnin g aft e r th e bod y tra nscends th e upper verti ca l.

A fin al point is th at th e Hop Y2 Turn mu st be ex ecuted as a singl e ac tion. The entire moti o n mu st be instant aneous and coo rdinated w ith res pec t to th e tota l body unit. Illustratio n P relates thi s mo ment of truth in th at all body segment s presc ri be a direct straight -line relati o nship with each oth er.

Hav ing co mpl eted th e H op Piro uette sli ghtl y befo re th e body transce nd s the up pe r ve rti cal will help to insure grea ter co nti nuit y re lati ve to the sequ enti all y related sk ills . it 's rea ll y th e onl y way to fl y....

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9. Back handspring, "Arabian" front somersault. (pike or tuck position. A + C difficult y). In contras t with th e twisting so mersa ult (see prev io us arti cle on back so mersa ult wi th twist) . th e move co mbines a different twist and so me rsa ult with some of the sa me principl es of snap-do wn and lift-off. Onl y half a twi st is required : thi s mea ns killing longitudinal rotati o n with th e arm s and bending of the bod y, but delayed sufficientl y to all ow attainment of th e height initiated by th e snap-down and lift-off. While th e purpose of these sequences is to show just thi s portion of

th e mo ve, the somersault ac ti o n is initia ted much as in a di ve. with the hips ri sin g a nd rot ating ove r th e head and should ers. Ea rl y attempts at thi s move will oft en be low beca use th e tum bler will omit the delay or stall to ga in height and will thro w hi s head under to initi ate th e somersa ult as soon as he fee ls he has co mpl eted the half turn . Take time to get the proper lift and do not hurry the head and arms around in the twist.

Next. "Arabian " dive roll.

Cartoo n used with per mission of the Satur day Evening Post.

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The Pasadena National Invitational Gymnastics Meet

April 18, 1970

by Sokodo & Su nd by L ik e a fin e w in e . .I err y T o dd 's Pasadena Na ti o nal In v it ati o nal see m s to improve w ith age as w itn esse d by ove r 1.5 00 c hee rin g fan s. Asse m bled fro m all ove r t he co untry we r e 40 o f th e fin es t gy mn as t s ava il abl e. T he m os t o ut standing o f th ese proved to be Yos hi H ayasa ki f ro m J apan by way of th e U ni ve r sit y of W as hington .

H ayasa ki is thi s yea r 's NC AA all-aro und c ha mp io n. and he ca pti va t ed th e full ho u se as he wo n th e parall e l ba r. rin g and all- aro und eve nt s. Hi s prec i sio n and tec hniqu e of exec uti o n we re enj oye d by all as att es ted to by th e tumultu o us app lause at th e end as we ll as th e " oo hs" and "a hs" during eac h o f hi s ro utin es.

A no th er o ut standin g j ob was do ne by Whit ey A nso n o r Ca l Stat e-F ull ert o n o n th e side ho r se as hi s beautiful f o rm and co ntro l edge d o ut f o r m er cha m p io n D enni s R a m sey. w ho exce ll ed in diffi c ult y but had m an y small fo rm b r ea ks.

Th e m ee t start ed o tT w ith a bang as To m Pro ul x o f Co lo r ado Stat e de fended hi s n oo r exe rc ise titl e during w hich he di spl aye d hi s unequ aled do ub le bac k and hi gh- co nt ro ll ed tumb lin g. T o m was 197 0 N CAA c hampi o n in thi s eve nt.

D o ug Boge r o f A ri zo na. thi s yea r 's NCAA lo ng ho r se c ha mpi o n . wo n thi s eve nt w ith an exce ll ent full t w i sting hand sprin g.

T he rin g eve nt was a littl e up se tting as Steve R oc hell e o f Stan fo rd land ed o n hi s bac k w hil e att e mpting hi s d o u ble n yaway . and th e r es t o f th e rin g perfo rm er s held bac k o n th eir di sm o unt s.

T o say th at th e ho ri zo nt al bar w as fa nt as ti c wo uld be an under sta te m ent as Ju an Sanch ez o f San F ern and o Va ll ey St ate did hi s all -time best r o utine to sco r e 9 .5 as he ended w ith a do ubl e th at was 10 fee t above t~ e bar and stu c k w ith o ut a wobb le. H is co mpli cate d turn s into hi s stald er s we re tremendo us.

Results All-Around: Yoshi Hoyosoki, 54.7: Steve Hug, 53.3: George Greenfield, 52.7: Mi noru Morioski, 51.6.

Event Results FX : Tom Proulx, Colorodo Sto te, 9.45: Doug Boger, Arizona, 9.2: Geo rge Greenfield, Ca l, 9. 15: Richord Poscole (Unott.), 9.1 : Louis Moreno, LA Stote, 8.95. SH: Whitey Anson, Ful lerton, 9.35: Dennis Ramsey, BYU, 9.3: Steve Hug (Unatt.), 92: Daryll Mi ller, BYU, 9. 15: Dan Uyeda, UCLA, 9. 15. R: Yoshi Hayosaki, Washington, 9.4: Barney Peters, PCe. 9.1 5: Steve Hug, 9.0: Dick Hammers, Colorodo, 8.75 : Steve Rochelle, Sta nford, 8.7. LH: Doug Boger, 9.3: George Greenfield, 9.15: Minoru Morisaki, Ca l, 9.15: Tom Proulx, 9.0: Yosh i Hoyosoki, 8.9. PB: Yoshi Hoyosaki , 9.4: Steve Hug, 9.2: Juan Sanchez, San Fernondo Vol ley, 9.0: Minoru Mori saki, 8.95. HB: Juan Sanchez, 9.5: Mork Davis, So. III., 9.3: Mi noru Mo risaki, 9.3: Steve Hug , 9.25: Yoshi Hayasaki, 9.2.

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Steve Hug

Yoshi Hayasaki

Juan Sanchez

Don Uyeda

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Doug Boger

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SUGGESTED GUIDE LINES AND MATERIALS FOR GENERAL WARM-UP FOR GYMNASTICS

By J osep h Toth. Ed.D .

A rn o ld College Di vision U ni versit y of Bridgeport

!I/ trodllctioll : Success in co mp e titi ve gy mn as ti cs depend s in large meas ure upo n the tra inin g progra m fo llo we d. A good progra m take s int o co ns id e ra ti o n a number of factors : na mel y. a bilit y of th e gy mn as t (mot or a nd me ntal) . frequenc y a nd th e tim e of hi s trainin g. th e kind of in struction he rece ives. ava il a bl e faciliti es . lengt h of co mpet iti ve seaso n. diet. res t. da il y li ~in g hab it s . geog raphi ca l a rea . location of hi s tra inin g (t hi s is es pec iall y imp o rt ant in the U.S.A.) a nd th e na ture of the co mpe titor. Des pit e s imil a riti es a mo ng gym nas ts. th e re a re w ides prea d diffe re nces betwee n th e m. Beca use of th ese differe nces . th ere is no sin g le training program whi c h ca n be adopted by a ll gy mnasts: a lthou gh a ge nera l pa tt e rn mu st be modifi ed to id e ntify indi vidu a l diffe rences. Despit e reco mmendati on s by experie nced coac hes a nd th e ava il ab le tec hni ca l lit erature in gy mnas tic s . th e ult imate res pon sibilit y of a n effecti ve t ra inin g program res ts w ith th e coac hes a nd th e gy mn as t him se lf.

T he for mul a ti o n a nd modifica ti o n of a gy mnas ti c training program of eve ry coach de ma nd s a know ledge of human a na to my a nd ph ys iology . mec ha ni ca l kine s iology, techni ca l exec ution of prese ntl y kn ow n mo ve me nt s. te rmin o logy a nd rul es of gy mn as ti cs be yo nd th e sc op e of th e gy mn ast. Furthermore. a ny coac h who wi shes to be s uccess ful mu st devo te mu c h of hi s time an d ene rgy fo r ac quiring th e necessa ry knowledge of th e deve lo pm e nt of motor co mp o nent s esse nti a l in the pe rfo rma nce in th e pe rform a nce of gy mna stic s.

Th e progress ive di ge sti o n of the lit e ra ture ava il a bl e in gy mn as ti cs a nd th e in creased dema nd for th e in c lu sion of th e s port in th e a th let ic program s of o ur sc hoo ls a nd co ll ege s has res ult ed in a wo rld wid e recogniti o n of th e g row th a nd deve lop ment of A merica n gy mnasti cs.

A lth o ug h there is a co nsiderabl e bod y of know ledge in gy mnasti cs, informa tion is limit ed co nce rnin g th e problem of "G e ne ral Warm-up a nd it s exerc ise ma te ri a l prior to performing gy mnast ics. T he refo re . the purpose of thi s a rti c le is to d isc usss g uide lin es a nd exe rci se ma teria ls for ge neral wa rm-up in gy mnas tic s for men.

Afte r exam ining the me th ods a nd ma te rial s used by the lead ing na ti o ns for general wa rm-up in gy mn as ti cs. such as: J apa n. Ru ss ia . Eas t Ge rma ny. U.S .A .. CSS R , Po la nd , Yu goslav ia and Hungary. thi s writer wishes to prese nt in Pa rt I. "The Purpose of Ge neral Warm-up and it s Exe rcise l'vlaterial.· ' I n Pa rt " .. th e writ e r will id e ntify a nd di scuss " Guide Lin es " ne cessa ry for the coac h and for th e gy mn as t co nc e rnin g ge ne ra l wa rm-up . I n co nclu sion .

Pa rt III. , th e readers will have th e o pportu nit y to stud y a li s t of exercises . illu stra ted w ith stick fi g ures . in o rd e r to obse rve the guid e lin es and mat e ri a ls prese nt ed in Pa rt I a nd II in a se ri es of exe rc ise form s.

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th e time limit. A lso. th e exerc ise s hould be sa ti sfactory no t o nl y for warm-up but for th e re hab ilit a tion of the injured part of th e gy mn as t.

F. Warm-up ca n be performed in a group o r indi vidu a ll y. It can be led by th e coac h o r by one of th e o lder gy mnasts. Team wa rmup. es pec iall y favo red among Europea n gy mn as ts. is pe rformed both before compe tition a nd during th e ir workout s. Rega rdless of w hich me thod is emplo yed , the coach should a lways be the person who will se lect th e exe rci se to be used for ge neral warm-up .

G . The effec t of a ny wa rm-up mainl y depe nd s o n th e exec uti o n of eac h of th e selec ted exe rc ises. Th e refore , it is impo rtan t to exec ut e them according to their full es t move me nt pattern. Exercise exec uted w ith Th e ca li sth e nic s exe rc ise will in c rease th e " supe rfici a l s pirit " will not reach th e ultiwo rk capac it y of th e sys te maticall y selected ma te goa l which is " th e preparation of the mu sc le g roup a nd will in sure th e range of mobod y for prolonge d work. " ti on of the joint s necessary to perform s pec ifi c H. Th e tempo of eac h exe rci se should begin s low ly and afte r 3 - 4 repetition s o ne may gy mnas tic move ment s. The cal isth e nic s should be se lec ted from a g ro up of e xe rc ises w hich increase the te mpo of hi s exe rci se. a re easy a nd ca n be exec ut ed w ithout " tiring" I. Ph ys iologicall y, the res ult of general o ut the mu scl es . Th e exe rcise se lec ted should wa rm-up la sts onl y about 8 - 10 minutes. wo rk on th e follo w ing mu scle g ro ups a nd joints : Therefore, after thi s ti me , if the gymna st w ill not start hi s " s peci a l" workouts , or I. lowe r ex tremitie s 1 uppe r ex tremi ti es co mpet e, it is advisable to do so me li g ht stretching , hopping a nd arm circling move3. trunk. in c luding fro nt a nd back , left a nd me nt s in order to avo id th e " cooling-off ' ri ght. with stre tc hing. tw is tin g. a nd circling pe riod. moti o n J. The use of a wa rm-up suit is highl y 4. co mbin a tion of th e above three mu sc le recomme nded. Th e warm-up suit s a re group s a nd joint s practical and wi ll keep th e muscl es under Th e refo re . o ne ca n say th a t in ge ne ra l wa rmequ a l te mpera ture for a longe r time th an up . w he n the exe rci ses a re carefull y sel ected , w he n not used. Re member , the warm-up th e TOTAL ' bod y a nd it s part s will be e xersuit s a re des igned to se rve as a " th e rmocise d. stat " fo r th e bod y a nd a re not made for Pa rt II. G lI idelil/ eslor G e/I era I Warm-lip: A. T he se lected mu sc le or mu sc le group a nd s how ing only th e co lor of yo ur club or joint s mu st be exe rci sed progre ss ivel y with sc hool. a minimum of repe titi o n of eight and a Pa rt III . List oIExercisesfor Gel/eral Warm-lip max imum of sixteen counts.

The se lec ted wa rm-up exe rcises sho uld be B. Th e le ngth of the warm-up should be different in their effec t and exec ution. About sc hedul ed in o rd e r to ke e p th e following 12- 16 exe rci ses a re sati sfacto ry for ge ne ral fac to rs in mind: wa rm-up a nd will have positi ve ph ys iological I. Age of th e gy mnasts effect on th e mu scles a nd joints in order to 2. Abi lit y of th e gy mn as ts continue to wo rk o n spec ial gy mnast ic mo ve3. Le ve l of pelformance (beginning. ad- ment s . va nce d. e tc. ) The suggested order for the exec ution of th e 4. Th e eve nt which will follow th e wa rm- exe rcises for ge ne ral wa rm-up should be as up (parallel ba rs . s id e ho rse, e tc .) follows: 5. Tempera ture of th e gy mn asi um o r out1 Running, hopp ing. skippi ng of-doo r gym nas ium 2. Jumpi ng in place 6. The tim e of the da y (mornin g, ea rl y 3. Arm pulling· stretching kicking exe rcises afte rnoo n o r eve nin g) 4. Trunk bending exercises forward C. Th e se lec ted mu sc le or mu scle group 5. l eg swinging exercises fo rward a nd joint s s hould be wo rked alt e rna te ly 6. Trunk bending exer cises backward 7. Trunk rotating and twisting exer cises combined w ith as fo ll ows: exercised: res ted a nd exe rar m swingi ng c ise d aga in: or stre tch ed : res ted a nd 8. l eg·swinging exercises backward stre tch ed agai n. The o mi ss ion of any 9. Trunk·bending exercises sideways mu scle gro up may lead to un co ntroll ed 10. Combined exercises of trunk, legs and arms move me nt s a nd in c re ase the po ss ibility 11 . Knee exercises fo r injury.

12. Combination of leg (circl ing) swinging exercises side· D. The exe rci se mu st be se lected for using ways th e mu scles o r joint s in eve ry possible 13. Suppo rt exer cises direc tion whi c h is a na tomicall y sound a nd 14. Abdomi nal exercises kine s iologica ll y poss ibl e. Both th e coac h 15. Exercises w ith special att en ti on to all the bock muscles 16. Arm and leg exercises a nd gy mn ast s ho uld use several diffe rent t ypes of exe rci ses in a numbe r of va ria ti o ns. Th e so-ca lled " Stereot y pe" exer- E xam ples of "warm-up " exerci ses.

Exercise: No . I For the Beg inner Gymnast c ise, or doing th e sa me thing over a nd over No.2 For the Interm edi a te every day, suc h as the we ll-kno wn jumping Gymnast jacks, sit -ups, squat thru sts, pu sh-up s, etc., NO.3 For th e Elite Gymnast will not meet the require me nt of yo ur ge ne ra l wa rm-up for gy mn as tic s.

REFERENCES I. Forstreuter, Hans, Gymnastik (Kerperschule ohne Gero t), FrankE. During wa rm-up th e gym na st should not furt , Main, Wilhelm limpert·Veriag. 1959. stop for unn ecessa ry reasons or pau se a ny 2. Kerezsi, Endre Terna I. Budapest, Tankanyvkia de, 1954. lo nge r than 30-60 se cond s be tween two 3. Kunzle, G. c.. and Thamas, B. W., Olympic Gymnastics, Freestanding London: James Barrie, 1956. exe rcises . Na turall y, w ith the yo unge r a nd 4. Ricci. Benjamin, Physiological Basis of Human Performance, Philadel· w he n the exe rci se se ri es is new, yo u need phia, lea & Febiger, 1967. th e a bo ve time. A lso , w he n injury is like ly, 5. Guy!an, Arthur, "Textbook of Medical Physiology. " Philadelphia , both th e gy mn as t a nd the coac h mu st obe y W. B. Saunders Ca., 1968.

Part I. PlIrpose q/, Gell eral Warm-lip alld its Exercise Mate rial Th e purpose of ge ne ra l wa rm-up is to pre pare th e bod y fo r more stre nu o us wo rk by increasing c ircu la tion a nd bod y tempera ture . mo ving th e joint s through their full ra nge of mo ti o n prog res s ive ly. a nd stretc hin g th e sys te ma ti ca ll y se lec ted mu sc le g ro ups slowly. in c reas in g both th e a mount of res ista nce a nd th e num ber of repe tition s. Ge ne ra l wa rm-up includ es the fo llo wing exe rcise mate ri a l: A. Walking , running, s kipping a nd ho pping.

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Walking a nd running a t differe nt te mpos a re th e t wo best exercises for increasing th e wo rk loa d of th e ci rc ul ato ry a nd re s piratory sys te ms. in orde r to put th e bod y from a rest ing sta te into a prolonged wo rk sta te.

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long Ho rse 1. Jeff Wiles, SC 2. Mike Provencher. SC 2. Ed Dolli, SC 4. John Crosby, SCSC 5. SCOII Stover. UM 5. Jeff Rogers. Dartmouth Parall el Bars I . Jim Amerine. sese 2. Mike Provencher, SC 3. Tony Vacca, UM 4. Steve Cory, UM 5. Chuck Shiebler, SC 6. Nor m Vexler, UM

Horizontal Bar 1. Jim Amerine, SCSC 2. Tony Vacca, UM 3. Jeff Wiles, SC 4. Tom Myslicki. UM 5. SCali Stover, UM 6. John Crosby, SCSC OPEN DIVI SION TEAM RESULTS I . Springfield College 2. Univ. of Mo ss.

3. Southern Conn SC COllEGE DIVI SION TEAM RESUlTS 1. Dartmo uth 2. MIT

9.175 9.1t5 9.1t 5 9.025 8.825 B.825 9.t5 9.075 8.BO B.65 B.575 8.50 9.20 9.125 8.975 8.90 8.85 8.30

NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE CHAMPION SHIPS Lowell Technolo gica l Ins!.

156.45 Host : Dick Aronson t55.70 155.20 March 14, 1970 The 1970 New England Collegiate Gym126.80 nastics Championships were held at Low119.80 ell Technological Institute, Lowell, Moss., 110.50 3. Boston Stole on Saturday, March 14, 1970. Entries 92.15 4. ( oos l Guard were received from 15 colleges and uni84.25 5. lowell Tech 68.35 versities in the NE area which attests to 6. Univ. of NH 41.45 7. Newton JC the growing interest in collegiate gym35.85 8. Univ. of Vermont tics, not only from the major schools, OPEN DIVISION ALL-AROUND RESUlTS such as, Springfield, UMass and Southern 52.30 l. Jim Amerine. 50 Conn Conn State but individual entries from 52.25 2. John Crosby, So Conn Harvard and Boston Un ivers ity.

52.05 3. Jeff Wiles, SC The meet opened at I I am with pre50.75 4. Norman Vexler. UMass liminaries in all events except trampoline, 47.90 5. Tany Vacca , UMass 42.95 6. Do ve Ellis, SC and was until the final competitor on the COLLEGE DIVISION ALL-AROUND RESULTS horizontal bar that the team competition 42.20 1. Tom Weig le. Dartmouth was decided in the Open Division. Spring3B.45 2. Dick Hood, MIT field College scored high on the bar to 36.50 3. Dave Leong. Boston State toke the title in their division and give 32.B5 4. Dove Montoni, BasIon SI the Chiefs ano ther title to go with their 32.80 5. Jeff Rogers, Dortmoulh 30.90 6. Dorrell Gallonl, lowell Tech Eastern League tit le. Qui te a yea r for Spri ngfield.

The finals drew over 1,000 per sons to wit ness Ji m Yea rwood of Southern Conn 43RO ANNUAL EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS SC do a fa ntasti c r ou tine on the side hor se Syracuse University to give him a sco r e of 9.65. Jim drew a March 5, 6, 7. t970 standi ng ova tion from the crowd fo r his Host: Paul Romeo very excellent wor k. Then Joh n Crosby Temple's Pete DiFu ri o notched a place opened wi th a double bock sai to in floor in hislory for himself as he become only exercise to win that event, and Tony Vacca the second gymnast to win the East ern Inthrew a double twisting salta off the high tercollegiate league all around in the post bar to toke a well-deserved second.

19 years other than a gymnast fr om Penn This yea r the meet hod two divisions, State. A Penn State gymnast has won the wi th Springfield winning the Open Division AA title 16 times in the post 19 years. and Da r tmouth College taking honors in And, thanks largely to the talents of the College Division. Host school Lowell . DiFurio, Temple University was able to upTech , with Dick Aronson as meet direc- set Penn State (any time Penn loses it's tor, hod a pleasa nt surprise when Lowon upset) for the team title to adva nce to ell's Dorrell Galla nt placed sixth in the the NCAA fina ls. Pete won the AA and college division all arou nd. This was the qua lified for the na tionals on SR, PB and firs t time a Lowell gym nast hod won a HB . medal in any com petition .

RESUlTS Judges: D'Autorio, Tom St eeves, Ted Team Scores Steeves, Meyer, Ost rander, Tadord, Mas1. Temple 163 .30 simo, Ross, Hanscom.

163 .20 The 1971 ch ampionships ar e slated fo r 2. Penn State 152.60 Bos ton State College under the direc tion 3. Moss.

4. Navy 152 .10 of Joe Dorsey.

5. Army 130.45 54.35 6. Syracuse RESULTS OF INDIVIDUAL FINALS All Around Floor Exercise 1.

DiFu rio, Tem 106.25 9.15 1. John Crosby, SCSC 102.35 8.975 2. Avener, PS 2. Jeff Wiles. SC B.875 3. Clemmer, Tem 3. Tony Vacca, UM 100.95 8.825 4. Mackey, N 4. Tony Tamburri, SCSC 100.85 5. Mike Kasovono , UM 8.80 5. D. Swetmo n, PS 100.20 8.80 Floor Exercise 5. John Calabria, UM Side Horse 1. R. Li nd, Tem 18.25 9.60 I. Jim Yearwood, SCSC 18.25 8.90 1 L. Meek, Pitt 2. Mike Shay, SCSC 17.B2 8.875 3. DiF urio, Tem 3. Rick Riley, UM 17. 62 4.

Clemmer, Tem 8.75 4. John Crosby, SCSC 5. Norm Vexler, UM 17.27 8.55 5. Cen is, Sp 6. Andy Wohtero, SC 8.50 Rings Side Horse 9.30 1. Chuck Shiebler, SC 17.92 8.925 1 . Joy Long, Tem 2. Jim Amerine, SCSC 17.77 8.925 2. Bob Mackey, N 2. Norm Vexler. UM 17.62 8.725 3. M. Avener, PS 4. Do ve Ellis, SC 8.35 4. DiFurio, Tem 5. Tom Hofer. MIT 17.55 8.30 . 5. DeStefano, Sy 6. Paul Briggs. SC 17.35 Trampoline Still Rings 8.75 1. Paul Stevens. SCSC 1B.15 1.

Scott Bresler, P.S. 8.40 2. Mike Kosovana . UM 18.07 8.35 . 2. Chuck Shiebler, Sp 3. Doug Nielsen. SC 1B.05 8.30 3. Pet e DiFurio, em 4. Bob Fletcher. SC 5.25 5. Henry Anderson, l TI 4. George Stalter, Sy 1B.OO 5.25 5. Ron Clem mer, Tem 5. Dorrell Gallant, l TI 17.25

Long Horse I . Jim Corrigan , PS 2. Ron Clemmer, Tem 3. Marshall Avener, PS 4. Tom Clark, PS 5. Steve Cory, Moss Parallel Bars 1. Pete DiFurio, Tem 2. Marshall Avener, PS 3. Ron Clemmer, Tem 4. Tom Dunn, PS 5. Dick Swetmon, PS High Bar 1 . Pete DiFurio, Tem 2. Ron Clemmer, Tem 3. Marshall Avener, PS 4. Dick Swetmon, PS 5. John Senor, Army

18.B5 18.30 1B.17 18.12 17.B5 1B.27 1807 1B.05 17.67 17.62 18.47 17.B7 17.37 17.30 16.85

Big Ten Championsh ip Host : Pat Bird The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis was the scene of the 62nd Annual Big Ten Conference Gymnastics Championships held March 6-7, 1970.

Eight schools part icipated in the meet which sow the University of Michigan toke team hono rs wi th a 16 1.95 score.

Compulsory and opti ona l rou tines we re performed in the two- day meet and defendi ng Big Ten Champion Rick McCurdy won the All-Around champipnship wit h a 99.20 score.

Judges : Leinert , Hoecherl, Muzyczko, Bortz, Murray, Landers, Lascari, Piper, Whi te, Coco, Brpwn.

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All -Around Championships .. ....... 99.20 2. Rich Scorza, Iowa . .. ............. 93.85 3. Sid Jensen, Mich. .. ..... 93.70 4. Bruce TrOll, Ohio ......... ..... __....... 93.60 5. Ed Raymond, III. . 87.70 6. Bob Swenick, ill. ............... . __ .. .. .. . 83.25 I . Rick McCurdy, Mich.

Floor Exercise

I. Barry Sioiten, Iowa ............ __...... 8.8625 2. lorry Bulls, III. ... 8.6625 3. Rick Blesi, Minn.

8.525 4. Rich Muroholo, Mich. 51. .

8.45 5. Bill Mackie, Mich. . .. .......... 8.4375 6. Rick McCurdy, Mich.

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9.35 .. 9.3375 9.t 25 9.075 . . 8.675 8.25 .... _. 7.825

1. Ken Liehr. Iowa .

2. Ken Barr, III. .

3. John Russo. Wisc . .

4. Dick Kaziny. Mich ..

5. Russ Fystrim. Minn..

6. Roy Guko, Mich.

7. Charlie Marse. Mich. State .

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9.15 9.1 .. . 9.025 .. ..... 8.925 8.70 ..... .. 8.5 125

1 Rich Scorza. Iowa .

2. Ted Marti, Mich ............. .. . _.. ..

3. Phi l Farnam. Iowa ..

4. Rick McC urdy, Mich.

5. Ed Howard, Mich.

6. Frank Har ris. Minn .. ..

Vaulting I. Rich Scorza, Iowa . . .... 9.025 2. Sid Jensen, Mich. . .

B.B5 3. Barry Siollen, Iowa .. . ..... 8.8375 4. George Hunlzicker, Mich .................. 8.775 5. Mike Taffe, Ind. 8.7 8.475 6. Rich Murohato, Mich. Stole.

Rings I. Don Repp, Iowa .

2. Sid Jensen. Mich ..

3. Chuck Earle, Ind ..

4. Fred Kueffer, Minn . .

5. Dave Lan t ry. Wisc.

6. Dick Nyborg, Wise

....... B.B75 ...... 8.8125 ..... ......... B.6875 . ...... 8.6375 ... B.6125 ......... 8.5875

Parallel Bars I. Ron Rapper, Mich.

9.025 2. Sid Jensen, Mich. .

8.B75 3. Gene Kolin, III. . .

8.700 4. Charlie Morse, Mich. State ............. 8.5625 5. Gene Coyle, Ind. ...

8.525 6. Murray Plotkin, Mich ..................... 8.1375 TEAM STANDINGS Score- .

I . Michigan - I 6 t .05 2. Iowa - I 55.70 3. illinois - I 49.45 4. Michigan Siale - 152.30 5. Minnesota - 148.05 6. Indiana - 146.30 7. Wiscpnsin - 139.50 8. Ohio Stole - t 37.55

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GEORGIA GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS Gainesville Junior College March 28, 1970 Host : Martin Huckabee For the first time the GGA invitational championships have been held somewhere other than at Georg ia Tech.

Highlighting this fine occasion was the special presentation of a commemorative award to Lyle Welser. Mr. Lee Cunningham, University of Geo rgia gymnaslics coach, mode a spec ial presen tation 10 Coach Lyle Welser, Georgia Tech, fo r over 40 years' ser vice t o the sport of gymnastics. A crowd of over 300 gave him a standing ovat ion. The pr esent ation was mode in behalf of the Georgia Gymnastics Association.

RESULTS

Team Scores I . Univ. Georgia

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5. Rockingham CC All Around I. Reggie Holliday, Go 2 Fred Cochron, Unoll 3. Marvin Lyons. Unatt 4. Ron Downton, Co rdon ) . Martm Longe, Unott

Floor Exerci se I . F. Cochran, Unoll

2. R. Murphree, Go 3. F. lovelace. Go.T. Side Horse I. R. Murphree, Go 2. R. Holliday, Go 3. D. Da vis, Unolt Still Ring s I. D. Peters, Go 2. M. Bishop, Unoll 3. C. Peebles, Ga.1.

Long Horse t . D. Burkill, Go. H .

2. R. Holliday, Gz 3. F. Cochran, Unolt Parallel Bars I. C. Presley, Gz 2. M. Bishop, Unoll 3. J. Wisehor1, Go High Bar I . D. Peters, Go 2 F. Cochron, Unoll 3. M. Raines, Unott

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78.30 73.82 33.85 6.10 39.37 38.62 35.07 34.22 34.20 15.65 14.95 14.90 1325 t 2.65 t 1.90 15.90 t4.65 t 4.45 16.62 16.55 16.40 14.15 14.05 t 3.B5 t 5.20 t 5.00 14.90

WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS WILLIAMS FIELDHOUSE Platteville State University March 13, 14, 1970 For t he seventh consecutive yea r, La Crosse Sta te Unive rsity dom inated the WS UC and won the Conference Title. La Crosse has built on outstandin g tea m and has produced some of the t op gymnast s in the notion. For the second year, St out State gave La Crosse all they could hon- die, but La Crosse hod plenty of depth in each event t o give them the edge.

TEAM STANDINGS t . lo Crosse Slate t 35.45 2. Stoul Stole 132.55 3. Oshkosh Stole t 11.05 4. Plolleville State 108.65 5. Eou Claire 103.05 6. 51evens Point t 01.95 7. Whilewoler 96.75 B. Superior 79.60 AA: Bill l iebich, Stout, 43.60, Craig 50S, Stout, .

42.35, Steve Scholz, lo Crosse 40.60.

FX: Steve Berger, lo Crosse 8.7, Bililiebich, Sioul 8.625: Mark Von Colligan, l o Crosse 8.025.

SH : Eric Johnson, La Crosse 8.4; Ch r is Shaw, La

Crosse 8.05: Craig 50S, Siout 7.125 .

SR , Tim Kruse, Stoul, B.025: Mike Zissmon, Stoul, 7.875, John Kouba, Oshkosh 7.725.

LH , Don Woodward, lo Crosse 8.65, Sieve Berger, la Crosse B.6: Bili liebich 8.425.

PB : Bill l iebich, 51out, 7.725: Charles Smith, lo Crosse 7.725, Craig 50S, Stout 7.625.

HB : Pele lologgio, Si ou t B.5: Mike Edwards, Plolleville, 8.25: Rolph Druecke, lo Crosse 8.1.

BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Kansas State University March 20-21 , 1970 With Br ent Sim mons leading the way Iowa State University again captured th e Big 8 confe rence gym nastics ch ampionships and led the Big B w ith qualifiers to the NCAA fi nals.

Prog ress, however, is co tchin g up w ith ISU as th e rest of the conferen ce is get-

ting better and better each year. ISU is All Around 98.05 better, too, but so is Kan sas State, Kan- . 1. Dove Ropp, UNM 2 Tom Proulx, CSU 95.05 sa s, and Oklahoma. The best ind ication of 3 John Hughes.

BYU 94.8: thi s is in the fa ct that Ken Snow of KSU 4. Don Ferre, BYU 93.85 wo n the FX with a score of 19.00 (that' s a 5. Roger Holdeman, UU 9020 9.5 overage) and finis hed second in the Still Rin gs AA with 106.90, and Kirk Gardner of KU I. Seymou r Rifkind, NM 9.06 captured the SR wi th 1 8. 550.

8.97 2 SCali Whilloker. A 3. Raleigh Wilson. BYU 8.9 RESULTS Team Standings 4 John Hughes, YU 8.86 1. Iowa Stole 5.

Dove Ropp, UNM 8.78 165.55 2. Kansas Sf High Bar 159.05 3. Kansas 9.27 1 John Ait ken, NM 156.15 4. Oklahoma 9.12 2. Bob Manno, NM 153.45 5. Nebraska 8.67 3. Ken Thompson, CSU 138.10 6. Colorado 8.67 3. Tom Proulx. CSU 115.45 All Around 5. John Hughes. BYU 8.43 I . Bren t Simmons, ISU Floor Exe rcise 108.15 2. Ken Snow, KS 9.43 1. Siormy Eolon 106.90 3. Dove Butzmon, ISU 2 Tom Proulx 9.17 104.50 4. Dave Mowhort er, KS 3. Doug Boger, A 88 91.75 8.77 4.

5. John Brouillelle, K Dono Shelley, NM 89.95 Floor Exercise 5. Brion Scott, AS 8.68 1. Ken Snow, KSU Long Horse 19.00 1. Doug Boger. A 9.28 2. Ric k Simmons, ISU 18.70 9.11 3. Brent Simmons, ISU 2 Tom Proulx, CSU 18.40 3. Dono Shelley, NM 8.92 4. Dove But zman, ISU 18.20 4.

Kerry CossulO, AS 8.88 5: Jim Stephenson, ISU 17.95 Side Horse 5. Don Ryan, AS 8.75 I . Russ Hoffman. ISU Side Horse 18.90 1. D. Miller, BYU 8.95 2. Doug Peak. ISU 18.37 2 Denn is Jones. U 8.85 3 Rich Schubert. KU 18.00 4. John Howland. KSU 3. Mark Hopkins. NM 8.62 17.80 4. Rich Borgman, CSU 8.26 5. Brent Simmons, ISU 17.72 Still Rings 7.9 5. John Chorzuk, NM 1. Kirk Gardner, KU Parallel Bars 18.55 2. Dove Bulzman, ISU 9.05 1. Seymour Ri fkind, NM 18.45 2 Sergio Lund. UU 3. Ken Snow, KSU 8.88 18.27 4. Denni s Mazur, ISU 3. John Chorzuk, NM 8.86 17.85 5. Dick Rainer, OU 4. Ken Thompson, CSU 8.66 17.85 Long Horse 4. Dove Ropp, NM 8.66 1. Brent Simmons. ISU 8.66 4. Don Ferre. BYU 18.47 2. Lincy Buck. ISU 18.45 3. Dove Butzmon, ISU 18.12 1970 Pacific 8 Conference Meet 4. Dove Mowhorter, KSU 18.07 Host: Eric Hughes 5. Stew Buck. ISU 18.05 Parallel Bars The Pacific 8 Conference race, as a re1. Dove Butzmon, ISU 18.52 sult of the dual meet season , seemed to 2. Denn is Mozur, ISU 18.50 be between the Universit y of California 3. Bren t Simmons. ISU 18.37 and the University of Washington. With 4. Jim Hohonnesen, OU 18.32 USC and UCLA close behind, California 5. Ken Snow, KSU 17.82 rated a slig ht favorite due to a close meet High Bar win over Washington earlier in the sea1 Brent Simmons. ISU 18.85 2. Gerold Corley, KU son.

18.57 3. Ken Snow, KSU 18.25 The compul sory session wa s held on 4 . Dove Bul zman, ISU 18.12 Thursday, March 26, in Edmundson Pa5. DennIS Mazur, ISU 17.72 vilion on the University of Washing ton campus in Seattle. Washing ton started strong , much to the pleasure of the homeWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE town fans, by dominating the compulsoCHAMPIONSHIPS nes. It appeared at thi s point that Wash Hos!: Rusty Mitchell ington was the strongest team and would In spite of on impromptu snowstorm upset California. Yoshi Hayasaki took a on appreciatively large audience sow on commanding lead in the All-Around over evening full of excellent gymnastics in teammate Hide Umeshita , who in turn was the fina ls of th e WAC conference gymwell ahead of California 's George Greennastics championships March 26 27 28 field.

1970. The finals were held in the ~pa~iou; In the Friday team session California Lobo fieldhouse on t he campus of the looked like on entirely different team. AlUniversity of New Mexico. though Washington still looked stron g, With the compulsory exercises rethey were unable to match the outstandqUired of all competitors wishing to ing optional performances of the wellqualify for the nationals, the WAC coachbalanced California team. Although close, es agreed to have them count in the team there was not much doubt after the first totals also. Thi s brought about a rather two event s, floor exe rci se and side horse, deceptively low scoring meet on Thursday, who the runn er-up would be. California With only the University of New Mexico built up a 2V2-point lead and maintained sconng over 1 50.00. As a result NM built that exact amount during the other four up a commanding lead in the compulsoevents. Al l four Washington side-horse nes, and the team bottle was over. men hod below-overage performances In th e individual finals, however, it was and, although expected to beat California a different story. The WAC is now quite in this event, ended up with on ly 24.3 to obViously one of the top leagues in the California's 25.4. country. With Tom Proulx (double bock California and Washington between In FX), Stormy Eaton and Ooug Boger in them dominated the final session on SatFX; Darryl Miller on SH; Seymour Rifkind, urday night, winning 7 and 6, respectiveScott Whittaker and Raleigh Wilson on ly, of the individual qualifying spots to th e SR; Doug. Boger, Proulx and Dono Shelley NCAA meet at Temple University. on LH ; R,fk,nd, Sergio Luna and Charzuk UCLA picked up two spot s and USC on PB; Bob Manno, John Aitken Ken and Stanford one eacb.

Thompson and Tom Proulx on HB, the The meet will be televised on the Hughes league Will be well represented in PhilaSport s Network Saturday, May 16, fram delphia. Judges: Jerry Wright, Bob Fisher, 2-4 p.m.

Bob Smith, Buzz Clark, Jim Gilbert Hal The officiating of the meet, although Frey, Dick Schilling, Harvey Plant. ' RESULTS farr and much better than in days gone by, Team Scoring was " ultra-conservative" and low.

Dptionals Combined Routines that hod scored 9.0 to 9.2 I. U. New Mexico 159.65 312.65 during the season were scored 8.4 to 8.6.

2. Colorado SI. 154.15 294.10 Officials were selected by the four promi3. BYU 153.60 293.90 nent associations on the Pacific Coast 4. Arizona St. 150.05 279.95 5. Utah and were as follows : Washington Asso150.15 272.95 6. Arizona 142. 75 266.70 clatlo ~B_ob Hall and Jim Sullivan; Oregon

Ass ociation, Bob Mo zony an d Harry Johnson ; Northe rn Californi a Associati on, Rick Field and Don Allin; Sou thern Cali forn ia Association, Joc k Elder and John Drag hi.

RESUlTS

Team Scores I Cali fornia 2. Washington

3. Southern Calif 4. UCLA 5. Oregon 6. Sionford 7. Washington Slate

157.80 155.50 148.60 146.45 142.05 134.95 116.10

All Around 1. Hovosoki, W

2. Umeshita . W.

3. Greenfield, C 4. Ritter. UCLA 5. Morisoki, (

Floor Exerci se 1. Greenfield, C 2 Morisoki. C

3. Ri tt er. UCLA 4. Hoyosoki, W

5. Moses, C Side Horse 1. Uyeda. UCLA 2. Ken Bronner. USC 3. Courchesne, C 4. Hoyosoki , W 5. Denton, W

Still Rings 1. Hoyosoki. Wash

2. Cou rchesne, ( 3. Rochell, Stan 4. Leiman, W.

5. Gard ner. Col Long Horse 1. Don Bowles. Col 2. la rs Koisrud. W

3. Brad Moses, Col 4. Hide Umeshi to. W

5. Minoru Morisoki, (

Parallel Bars 1. Yoshi Hoyosoki. W 2. Hide Umeshito, W 3. Minoru Morisoki. C 4. George Greenfield, C 5. Jim 8ellers, USC High Bar 1. Yoshi Hayosoki, W 2. Greenfield. C 3. Hide Umeshilo. W. 4. Marisaki. Cal

5. Tim Puesztoi, USC

106.35 100.40 97.65 97.50 92005 17.62 17.47 17.22 16.95 16.47 17.90 17.10 16.72 16.42 15.70 18.10 17.57 16.87 1607 15.90 17.67 17.62 17.50 17.30 17.22 1835 17.92 17.10 16.80 15.17 18.00 17.65 16.92 15.80 15.50

WESTERN REGIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS United States Air Force Academy March 19-21 , 1970 The United States Air Force Academy Falcons won their first Western Regional Gymnastics Team Title Saturday in their own gym. They outpointed defending champion Denver, 152.85 to 144.25.

Denver wa s the only other school to enter a full team, although individual event participants represented Cal ifornia State College at Long Beach, California State College at Los Angeles, So n Jose State College and the University of California at Santo Barbara. Air Force also led all schools in NCAA qualifiers with eight. . Top performances were turned in by Ritter and Solano of Air Force and Moreno, LA State in FX; Neuner of Long Beach State and Kolb, UCSB, on SH; Tracey and Chose of Air Force on R路 Turpin of Son Jose State (highest score ~f the meet with a 9.35) and Syracopoulos. and McColl om of Long Beach State on LH ; Sevold and Ca li ng of LA State and Nickerson of Air Force on PB, and Caling, LA State, Oakeshott and Nardecchia (both recording event highs of 8.95) of Air Force on HB. Air Force swept the AA event showing good work in compu lso ries.

FX: Bill Ritter, AFA, 17.700, Ric k Solano, AFA, 17.375, Louis Moreno, LAS, 17.375. SH: Richard Neuner, L.B.S, 17.925, Brion Kolb, U.C.S8., 17.500, Bob Fretzs, 16.550. R: 80b Tracey, AfA, 17.700, Joe Chose, AFA, 17.250; Vince Nicoletti, 16.425. LH : Jim Turpin, S.J.S. 18.275, Nick Syro copoulos, L8S, 18.150, Gordon McCollom, LBS, 8.000. PB : John Sevold, LAS, 16.950, Martin Coling, LAS, 16.725, Eric Nickerson, AFA, 16.625. HB : Martin (oling, LAS, 16.775, Roy Ooke shott, AFA, 15.875, Dono Alexander, 15. 750. AA: Dono Alexander. AFA. 86.05, Steve Hail, AFA, 84.55: Eric Nickerson, .

78.75.

Judges for th e meel included Bill ( lark, Rob Ewing, Bob Fisher, Grod y Matthews, Dove Maul路 ton and Eric Singer.

1970 Far Western Conference Championships (University of Calif. at Davis) Sacramen to State College w on its six th st raig ht Fo r Western Conference ti tle on March 1 4, 1970.

Th e Sacramento squad wa s led by versa tile Jim Fis he r who w on the 011around even t. Fis her tied tea mmate Don Barber fo r fi rst place in flo or exerci se, whi le Pete Ivory, also of Sac ramen to, w on the side horse event . Fis he r also won the LH , PB , HB and AA Don Ba rber picked up an ot her f irst place, as he and teammate Rod Ry uga ti ed fo r fi rst on th e still rings.

RE SU LTS Team ............ 124.35 1. Sacramento SIOle ....

95.25 2. Son Francisco State .

88.30 3. Chico Slate .

74.65 4. Hayward State .

INDIVIDUAL

Floor Exercise

I Jim Fisher, SSC .

1. Don Barber, SSC .

3. Charles Pillow, HS

8.35 8.35 7.00

Side Horse 1. Pete Ivory. SSC . ............ .....

2 Pot Avera. SFS . .......

3. 8ruce Goldstone. SC

6.3 5.6 5.5

Still Rings I . Don 80rber. SSC ..

I. Rod Ryugo, SSC ...

3. Pele Ivory, SSC . ............. ....

7.3 7.3 7.2

Long Horse 1 Jim Fisher, SSC ................. .

2. Rod Ryugo, SSC .

3. Don Barber, SSC ................. .

8.0 7.75 7.7

Parallel Bars 1. Jim Fisher, SSC 2. Bill Ga rcia. SFS 2. Rod Ryugo, SSC .... ............. .

7.6 7.4 7.4

High Bar 1. Jim Fisher, SC ....

2. Charles Pillos. HS .

3. Paul Tuft s, SSC .

8.05 6.15 5.85

ALL-AROUND 1. Jim Fisher, SSC .. ... ..... .... ...... ....

2 Don 80rber. SSC .

3. Bill Garcia, SFS .

..... .... ...... ....

43.55 39.15 34.65

CCAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Cal-Poly Pomona State College March 13, 1970 Closing out a fine sea son and two years of hard work and fine coaching, the Fullerton State gymna st s pulled off the upset of the season in the West by knock Ing off defending notiona l champion Son Fernando Volley State in their own conferen ce championships.

Volley's Juan Sanchez retained some of Son Fernando's lu ster, however, by winning the Al l Around , PB and HB . Whitey Anson of Fullerton almost pulled off another upset though by losing to Sanchez in the All Around by only .1 5 .

Leon Mims of Fullerton helped coach Dic k Wolfe's fi ne squad with first -place performances in FX and LH .

RESULTS Team Standings 1 Col St Fullert on 149.70 2. Son Fernando Volley 148.75 3. Col Poly Pomona 106.80 All Around 1. Juan Sanchez. SFV 50.35 2. Whitey Anson, CSF 50.20 3. Georg e Engbrich t, SFV 46.50 4. SCali Crouse, CSF 45.20 5. Hampton Tedder, CPP 37.70 Floor Exercise I. Leon Mims, CSF 9.15 2. Dene Swart z, CSF 8.85 3. Pot Mahoney, SFV 8.7 4. Juan Sanchez. SFV 8.6 Whitey Anson, CSF 8.4 5. Guy Gunderson, SFV 8.4 Side Horse 1. Whitey An son, CSF 8.9 2. Gory Honiio,SFV 8. 15 3. T. Kr istia nsen, (SF 7.65 4. Juan Sanchez, SFV 7.35 5. Don Marsh, CPP 7.25 Still Rings 1. Guy Gunderson, SFV 9.0 2. Ed Grogedo. CSF 8.85 3. Georg e Engbricht. SFV 8.7 4. Pete Patterson, SFV 8.55 5. Steve Bosburg. CSF 8.4

Long Horse I . leon Mims. CS f 2. Scott Crouse, CSf 2. Juan Sanchez, SfV 4. G. Engbrieht. SfV 4.

9.25 8.75 8.75 8.3 8.3 8.3

Stan Kitozowo, SFV

4. Dean Swart z. CSf Parallel Bars I . Juan Sanchez, SfV 2. Pot Mahoney, Sf V 3. G. Engbricht, Sf V 4. Whitey An son, CSf 5. Scott Crouse, CSf High Bar I Juan Sanchez. SfV 2. Whitey Anson. CSf 3. Edward Grageda. CSf 4. Hampton Tedeer. CPP 5. Scott Crouse, CS f

8.95 8.45 8.4 8.25 8.1 9.2 8.75 8.25 8.1 8.0

1970 Pacific Northwest Gymnastic Championships (March 7, Eugene , Oregon) The Univer sity of Washing t on edged out t he Univer sity of Oregon 148. 10 t o 143.85 to take the t eam cha mpionship in th e 1970 version of t he Pacific Nort h· wes t Gymnasti cs Cha mpionshi ps.

Yoshi Hayasaki of UW swept every event except floo r exe rcise and long· hor se. Hayasaki's tea mmate Hide Ume· shita took a first in floor exercise, but Dove Olson and Dean Hole of UO t ook a fi r st and second r es pec ti vel y on long horse.

The Universi t y of Washington junior va r sity team won t he team ch ampionship in th e junior varsi ty· jun ior college pre· limi nary meet wi t h a score of 11 9. 4 5.

Gordon Jones of UW was fir st in the all· arou nd wi th a score of 42.45, in t he J.V. and J.c. divis ions.

RESULTS (Varsity Meet) TEAM 1. Uni versi ty of Washington .. ............. 148.10

2. University of Oregon ............... .... 14385 3. Woshinqlon Sto te Universitv.

. 11 1. 70

4. Central Washington State ............. I UY.JU 5. Portland 'Stote . .. .. 108.30 6. East Washington State . .. ......... 107.00 AII·Around 1. Yoshi Hoyasoki 2. Hide Umeshita 3. Dean Hole .

....... ............ ....... ..

4. Bruce Hoyt ............. . ... . ..........

5. Don Holt man ....

6. Fronk Perrone . floor Exercise I Hide Umeshita, UW .

2. Yoshi Hayasoki, UW .

3. George Shoemaker. UO .

4. Gory Penberthy, UO .

5. Bruce Brinton, UW .

Side Horse I. Yoshi Hayosaki. UW ....

2. Steve Cooper. UO .

3. Kent Fredrickson. UO 4. Norm Ewald, UW .

5. Bob Hohner, EW .

9.05 9.025 ...... 8.815 .... 8.025 7.7 8.15 .... .......... 7.675 7.45 .. 6.375 5.65

Still Rings 9.25 8.90 .. 8.625 8.4 8.35

I. Yoshi Hoyosaki, UW .

2. Doug Church, UO .

3. Don Moninger, UO .

4. Hide Umeshita. UW 5. Kerry Leiman, UW .

long Horse I . Dove Olson, UO .

2. Dean Hole. UO . .................

3. Hide Umeshito. UW . .

4. Yoshi Hayasaki. UW ............. ...

5. Gory Penberthy, UO .

Parallel Bars I . Yoshi Hoyasaki, UW .

2. Brad Hunter. UO .

3. Hide Umeshita. UW .

4. Ron Hun ter. UW .

5. Bruce Hoyt, UO

9.2 5 8.80 8.70 8.6 8.55

Additional Point D ear G lellll : A.fier readill R IllY a II'll lI'ords ali ce aRaill 0 11 " Th e (R )e l'Olulioll ill G y mllaslics, " I f eel I should explaill 011<' addiliollol poillt.

Ob"io llslv, Ih ere are lIIallY difFe rell1 sides 10 all issue. III II'rilill g all essav. it's difficuillo ill elude el'el,\, side.

Mv PUI,/Jose 10 II'rilill g Ih e arlicle lI'a s 10 sugRe.1'! a possible direclioll Ihal gymllas lics m ay wke ill Ih e .fillllre. based Up OIl obsen 'a lioll s oI Ih e g rOIl'lh alld Irellds of Ih e sport-art. H OII 'e l'er , Ihis ill 110 lI 'a v was illl ellded 10 belillie or dem eall CO l1lpelilio'lI .

I helie l'e Ihat gymnaslics is 011/.1' ail e oI lh e illllllm erable plirsuilS of m ell Ihal call help 10 bllild deep , illlell se indil·iduals. Alld Ih e ali I' qllalilY allY elldeal'l)r muSI hm'e befor e il is illlblled lI'ilh Ihis " mag ic" qualily of charaCler buildillg is . illlell se stri ving. Throllg h s lril 'illg - o l'erco millg lemporary halldicaps, hurdlin g obslacles . lI'o /'king harder and longer a II /{/ n can fee l e l'e n m ore ill lauch wilh li{e.

B eca ll se II'h en lI 'e lI'ork so hard fo r any lhillg.

Ih e disappoinlm enlS are m ore inlell se alld Ih e j ovs lIIore ecslalic. Our lI elTe endillgs are m ore open 10 fee l really alil'e and aware. This sen se of purpose is perh aps ali I' of Ih e secrels 10 a fee lillg oIbelollg ing : of " happiness," Th ere is no grealer impetus, 110 grea ler slimulus 10 illlense slril 'ing Ihall co mpe l ilion.

Louisiana State University Bolon Rouge, Louisia na 70803 March 5·6·7 Meet Director : Gerold S. George The 1970 SIG L championsh ips marked a mi les tone in compe t itive gymnastics fo r Southern coll eges and univers ities.

For t he first time in it s his tory, t he SIGL witnessed ovid participa t ion in t he world game compulsory exer cises. An abserv· ably significant upgrading was realized in that eight fu ll teams (of t he 10 teams en ter ed) fought nobly. almost like a fam· ily unto it self, to perform quality rou· tines deserving of not ional r ecognition.

Indeed it was t he most awaken ing quo li· fying meet in the history of the league, compa rable to most any regio nal com· petition tha t I have observed. The judges. which by the way wer e eit her regional ly or no t ionally certified, complimen ted on t he significa nt impr ovement in th e per· fo rm once of the leag ue as a w hole.

Resu lts I. louisiana State University 2. Memphis Stale University

9.025 8.65 8.15 8.05 7.925

147.93 137.33 133.00

3. Old Dominion Universi ty

AII·Around I. Kean Day 2. Ken Ourso

.... 9.125 ........ 8.875 8.8 7.8 ............. 7.47

High Bar I. Yoshi Hoyosaki, W ........

2. Hide Umeshita, UW . .......... .......

3. 8ruce Hoyt, UO . .

4. 80b leach, UO . .

5. Dove Olson. UO ... .. ....

LETTERS

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53.20 48.70 42.05 41.60 38.95 34.85

1970 Southern Intercollegiate Gymnastic Championships

3. Jim Clemons

Floor Exercise

Louis iana Stote Vniv. 85.98 Louisiana State Univ. 82.55 Memphis State Univ. 76.08

I. Kean Kay 2. Caleb Dono 3. Randy Raudabaugh Side Horse

louisiana Sta te Univ. louisiana Stafe Univ.

8.84 8.28

louisiana State Univ.

8.28

I . Dick Olszewski

Memphis State Uni v.

Old Dominion Univ. louisiana State Univ.

7.38 6.04 6.00

Louisiana State Univ.

8.04

2. Kurt Ebersole 3. Bill Jennings Still Rings I . Steve Borges

"1.. Ken Uurso LOUlSlona State Univ.

3. Charles Duncan Memphis State Univ.

long Horse I. Kean Day 2. Caleb Dona 3. Randy Raudabaugh Parallel Bars I. Bill Jennings 2. Kean Day 3. David 8uel Horizontal Bar I. Jock Cribbs 2. Kean Day 3. Allen l arson

7.S7 7.72

l ouisiana State Univ.

Louisiana Slate Univ.

8.90 8.13

Lou isiana State Univ.

8.06

louisiana Stofe Univ. louisiana State Univ.

Memphis State Univ.

8.48 8.34 8.03

Memphis State Uni v. louisiana State Univ. louisiana State Univ.

8.04 7.88 7.69

Southwest Conference Gymnastics championships of South· west Confer ence schools wer e held at Texas A&M on Ma rch 14.

Team I . University of Texas 108.25 2. Texas A&M Un iver sity 104.60 3. Baylor Unive r si t y 31.1 5 AII·Around Winners I Lee Reeves, A&M 2. Lorry Brockett. U of T 3. Mickey Stratton, A&M

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May 30th So. Calif. District Jr. Olympic Championships for boys. For information: Fritz Reiter, Mid-Val ley YMCA, 6901 Lenn ox Ave., Van Nuys, Calif. 91405.

Here is a beginning course designed to go for beyond the typical. It attempts to develop the novice gymnast at the high school or college level in a physical education class situation, one semester in duration.

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Ten individual moves are carefully selected in each of 6 events from the point of view of feasibility of learning and adaptability to competitive, novice routines. Each move is lucidly described (teaching and spotting techniques included) and extensively illustrated.

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST TREASURE ISLE GIRLS' GYMNASTICS CLINIC AUGUST 3-7, 1970 AT THE MOODY CE NTE R

Dr. Bosco ha s developed this highly successful course from 15 years' experience as a teacher and coach of gymnastics.

Ga lveston, Texas Send Registrations to: CLINIC DIRECTOR Marion King 209 13th Ave. Narth Texas City, Texas

The book, BEGINNING GYMNASTICS SYLLABUS . by Dr. James S. Bosco, professor of Physical Educa tion, San Jose State College, is available from the Spartan Bookstore, San Jose State College, Son Jose, Calif. 95114, at $2.75 per copy. ($3.00 mailed anywhere in the United Sta tes.)

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At the end of each event is a competitive, novice routine composed from the individual moves taught. Each rou tine is described and also extensively illustra ted.

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Judgi ng & Coach ing Cl inic: May 22 & 23 a 16-hour Judging and Coaching Clinic will be conducted by Tom Maloney sponsored by the Maverick Boys' Club and West Texas Univ. For information: Mr. Jack Tillinghast (H & PE Dept.), West Texa s State, Canyon, Texas 790 16.

The typical course in beginning gymnastics,consists of a series of randomly selected, often unrelated moves. Mastery of the individual moves is the primary objective of the typical course.

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Valley of Olympia : Gymnastic Camp on Lake George, Brimson, Minnesota. Three three-week sessions June 21 through Aug. 22. For info, Don A. Van Ebers, 1410 N. Illinois Ave, Arlington Heights, III. West Penn Gymnastic Camp: At Sokol Camp- New Kensington, Penna. July 26th thru Augus t 22nd. For info rm ation con tact , Steve Baniak, 348 New Castle Street, Slippery Rock, Po. 16057.

Georgia Gymnastic Camp: At Camp G. M. Acres, Palmetto, Georgia (June 7-13, 1970. For information contact : Sammy Andrews·Woodwar.d Academy, P. O. Box 87190, College Park, Georgia 30337.

Eastern Gymnast ic Camp Cl ini c: At Camp Sky mount, Greenlane, Po. 18054. June 20-27 and August 23-30. For Information contact : Eastern Gymnastic' Clinic, Inc. 8009 Rug by Street, Philadelphia , Po. 19150.

Sokol USA Gymnastic School : At Sokol Woodlands - Mail Road, Barryville, N.Y. Ju ly 5th to August 30th (weekly sessions). For Informa t ion cantacL Sokol Woodlands, Barryville, N.Y. 12719.

4th Annual Institute in Gymnastics : At Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. July 6th thru 17th, 1970. For Information con tact , Roger Counsi l at Indiana State Univ.

Terra Haute, Indiana.

Hall of Fame All Sports Camp: At North Central Col lege, Naperville, III. (Gymnastics, Swimming & Tenni s). For Information contact, Hall of Game Camps, 6424 N. Fairfield, Chicago, III. 60645.

Mid-Atlantic Gymnastic Camp : At Fairleigh-Dickinson University, Florham Park, Madison, New Jersey. August 16 to 30th. For information contacL Carl A. Deck, 501 Long Springs Road, Southampton, N.Y. 1 1968.

Camp Atlantic Inc. At Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina . Two four week programs. For Information contact: Camp Atlantic Inc. P.O. Box 13091 , Greensboro, N.C. 27405.

4th Annual " Scat (All Girl ) Gymnastic Camp ": At Big Bear Lake, California. July 11 -2 5. For Information contocL Mrs. Tiny Wyckoff, 6316 Moriquita St., Long Beach, California 9081 4.

Gymnastic Workshop (for women) : At Stanf ord University, Stanford Ca lifornia. June 22·July 2nd. For Information contact: Gymnas tic Workshop, Women's Gymnasium, Stanford, Calif. 94305.

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