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!~iIUlDnIGb TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XIII / Number 11 /

Many of you have submitted articles to the MG for our consideration. Every article is read thou roughly and is considered for publication. Those not used will be returned to you if you will enclose a self addressed envelope when you submit articles. If, as editor, I cannot decide whether or not to include an article, it is submitted to the MG advisory board for their opinions. However, many articl e s received recently are too long for a single issue and must be broken in two , three, or sometimes four parts. I am attempting to do this now with some material. The more pictures and diagrams you submit with your articles, when applicable, the better MG readers will understand what you mean. I would like to emphasi ze more action photos instead of award stand shots; this along with ideas on coaching techniques, etc. , will h e lp us make the MG more meaningful to all of us. Jack

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November 1971

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR, Jack Medina

NAMES & NEWS, Jack Medina

NHSGCA, Bill Ballester

VIEWPOINTS, Dick Criley

THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Eric Leemans and Jan Borms

BIG SURF OPEN, Don Robinson

SANTA MONICA GYMFEST, Glenn Sundby

MG CENTER PHOTO: Dan Connelly, Tom Sauters

MG INTERVIEW: Mark Davis

GYM SNAPS

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INSTRUCTIONAL: Forward Giant Swing on the HB .. • the ideal technique?,Don Tonry Spotting the Double, Dan Speraw The Hecht Vault, Prof. Boris Bajin The Carminucci Twist, Dr. Josef Gohler & Klaus Wiemann

JUDGES AND COACHES •• Should They Be the Same?,Marc Rabinoff

USGF REPORT

US NATIONAL RANKINGS, Jerry Wright

1971-72 COMPETITION CALENDAR, Je rry Wright

A CARAVAN OF CAMPS, Vernia Kelton

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position ... Bob Shirk has made a triple back off the Still Rings; this adds another to his collection of dismounts : namely a full twist, double twist, double (tuck), and double {pike) ...The Olympic Turnkunst, the three language gymnastics magazine celebrates the 60th Birthday of its Co-Founder and Editor Dr. Josef Gohler this month; a special wish for many more from the MG .... The results of the 1971 Massachusetts high school Gymnastics Championships cam in with Wayne Chandler from Marblehead listed as the top performer winning the All Around and High Bar events; his All Around total was 41.30 .... We found, in the Florida Gymnastics newsletter, that two International Trampoline meets will be held in Lafayette on Feb. 24 and 26, 1972. Five of the best foreign jumpers in the world have accepted invitations. The 24th will involve a dual meet and the 26th the World Invitational for Men and Women ... Received a letter from Bobby Cutler, Univ. of Michigan, asking about the "Whippit" on the Still Rings. We are putting the techniques together now and will have them out to MG readers in the next issue .... Members of the Japanese Olympic and World Championship Men's Gymnastics Team will appear at San Fernando State College, Northridge, California on Saturday January 25, 1072 against a selected All Star Team at 8:00 p.m ..... My special thanks to JohnC.Gilmore for his kind words about the MG from his Igloo way up in Alaska; for those of you that don't know him , John was formerly the Head Coach at Stanford University; he is now the Athletic Director at the University of Alaska .... In the answer to Marc Rabinoff's question regarding the ar ticle he submitted for consideration I want him to know that I read it and plan to use it in the very near future; we ha ve a good sized backlog for publi cation and want to use all of it at the correct time .... John Kohlenberger writes us about the Hecht Dismount and Hecht Catch on the Horizontal Bar; material is being written now to answer your questions ....

The Dilemma of Coaches & Gymnasts: TIME

Heinn ecke, former AAU tumbling champ and now coach at Wi chita State U in Kansas (both Tom and Mr. Okamura assisted in a on e week gymna stic day camp here); Frank Endo of Los Angeles w ho stopped on his wa y back from Japan ; and N il s Ben gston, gym coach of the Santa Clara Youth Village , who was vacationing on our Neighbor Islands of Maui and Kauai . conve rsations we 've had were The stimulating an d ranged from handstands (the public doesn't identify with gymnastics because they can not do a handstand) to gymnastic development programs.

NATIONAL HIGH SCH OOl GYMNASTIC COACHE S ASSO CIATION

by Bill Ballester Gymnastic Coach , University of Oregon (Past President NHSGCA) There just doesn ' t seem to be enough hours in a day, days in a week, or weeks in a year to accomplish everything that must be done to develop a competitive gymnastics team or a competitive gymnast. This predicament is not unique to any level--high school, university, or international situation. All coaches are confronted with universal problems: league and state rules limiting practice sessions to a few months,institutional problems concerning use of facilities and sharing the gym with other groups, in addition to setting-up and tearing down equipment. Then there are problems that confront every gymnast: studies, parental hesitations, jobs, and sundry social obligations and interests. These and many more individual problems limit the TIME so essential to the development of a team or a gymnast. TIME in the gym and TIME on the apparatus is the one universal characteristic consistent with all teams who are WINNERS at all levels. The Japanese World Champions expend five to seven hours a day in the gym , twelve months a year. Our elite collegiate gymnasts and college teams practice all year, three to five hours a day. Even our top high school teams spend three to five hours a day in the gym during season while their off-season time is spent in YMCA gyms and summer gymnastic camps. Recognizing this one universal requirement of TIME to becoming a great gymnast or developing a great team is rather baxic and ovivous observation; however, utilizing this knowledge and applying it is one that few gymnasts and coaches can accomplish. Not everyone is willing to pay the price to be a successful gymnast. The price in terms of discipline, sacrifice and time is extremely demanding. Assuming that the motivation level is high and the will to win , to excel, and to sacrifice is present, then it is essential to develop a program which will allow a gymnast to accomplish these goals. It is necessary to organize TIME and to utilize it to the utmost. For example, the following weekly schedule will allow a gymnast twenty-four hours of practice time,four hours per day six days a week:

Which brings me to my issue for this issue. Over the past several years, the Quaker Oats-financed / AAU-admi n istrated Junior Olympics Program has been making rather interesting progress. Curiously enough, quite a few of the gymnasts who take part have been developed in pri vate gymnastic schools and clubs. Thus, the overall JO program does not seem to ha ve a broad and coordinated base of support. This may be one reason for its relatively slow growth.

These times need not and usually cannot be segmented into blocks. For instance, it may be necessary to divide study time during the day between classes, in study halls, and to and from school , utilizing every available minute. Leisure time might also be taken in minimum allotments during the week with Saturday and / or Sunday for more rest, hobbies, and other interests. The chart interestingly illustrates an additional 16 hours per week for additional practice, study, work , leisure, or sleep! ! ! Each gymnast and each coach must evaluate, organize and develop weekly, monthly, and yearly time schedules, allowing for flexibility yet consistency.

VIEWpoints by Dick Criley

Although the Hawaii gymnastics community is not exactly at the hub of U.S. gymnastic activity, we are at the crorsroads of the Pacific and are always happy to visit with gymnasts coming from or en route to some place else. This summer we had the pleasure of visiting with Maria Bakos and her daughter Andrea who took part in a Modern Gymnastics Camp here; also with one of Japan ' s top gymnastics officials, Mr. Hirofumi Okamura who stayed with us for six weeks and instructed our gymnasts on the international routines; Tom

Each Day

No. of Days

8 hours sleep 4 hours practice 4-6 hours in class 3 hours study time 3 hours leisure

x7 x6 x5 x7

168 minus 152

Hours per Week 56 24 30 21 . 21

sleep practice class study leisure 168 minus 1526

16 hours extra time

At the moment, though , the JO program is the only national level age-group program although this should probably be qualified when one considers the girl 's programs as the USGF and DGWS have been cooperating on a set of national compulsory exercises modified for different skill levels . Isn 't it about time that our national association, the United States Gymnastics Federation , give some leadership and direction to an age-group program for boys? The components for such a scheme are all there: an Age-Groups Workbook (now in its 18th printing and widely used across the country), a high school coaches association which touches upon the very start of nearly every gymnast's career, and an established arena for recognition in the JO Championships. AAU Gymnastics is now a member of the USGF . From the potential for integrating their program, which has a strong degree of recognizability , with the USGF Age-Group program which has never been pushed along the way it should have been comes the great opportunity to reach many gymnasts and to develop their skills early. Such a large body of gymnastic talent will afford even better athletes for the international programs the USGF seeks to promote. A good first step would be to set up a USGF Age-Group Program Director whose job it would be to promote the grass roots approach that has worked so well for swimming. It should be a paid office within the USGF and would be handled on a full-time basis by an individual selected by the USGF governing council. The current USGF technical committees could be used to frame the ground rules and compulsory exercises. There should be a set of graded exercises beyond the Age-Group Workbook. These developments of these could be handled by the high school coaches association. The one big hurdle is for the top levels of gymnastic administration to lay aside past disagreements so that they can work together. It is a lot easier to write this than to get the component associations to do something about it. The need is there; it will not grow in the proper manner unless direction is provided from on high . Right now the USGF is in position something about a National Age-Group Development program.

Vo ronine (USSR) 2nd AA

Madrid 14-15th May 1971

The European Championships By Eric Leemans and jan Borms

POSTHUMOUS HOMAGE TO JOAQUIN BLUME For the first time i n the history of the F.I.G. the organization of an official internati ona l dem o nstration , was given to th e Spanish Gym federation . Madrid, a metropolitan with dizzy traffic, was for two days the center of Europ ea n gymnastics. Particularly for the Spanish people, the IXth E.C h. were co nsidered as a posthumous homage for their great joaq uin Blum e. (absolute European champion in 1957, he died a year later in a plane-crash) . It is strik ing how, since that time , only the Italian Fran co Menichel li succeeded to keep the Eastern-European from the top-honour. On the even ing before the compe titi on started we met in the very modern sports palace a great number of well-known faces from the international gymnastics world. Russia , starting as the big favorite was present with Voronine , Klimenko and Adrianov (Adrianov was selected instea d of Bogdanov, who was announced as the third man). In the Polish trio , Sylvester Kubica repla ced his brother Nikolaj. Cerar, who was injured during

his last trip in japan, was here but merely as a simple spectator. The Yugoslavian hope for a final ' s place at the pomm el horse, was focused now on Vratic. With Guiffroy absent this time, Farjat became the first man on the French team . Storhaug had to do it again for Norway and Italy kept its eyes firmly on Carminucci. Even though both men still did a very good job, we bel ieve that time has come to consider their successors. The opening ceremony on May 14th was a striking example of ...Spanish punctuality. It was hardly 5:30 p.m. when in the Palacio de Deportes, offering space f o r about 10,000 people - slow handclapping was heard, qUickly turning out into a madrilenic siffl ing concerto. That was just enough for the organisors to open the ceremony with th e prese ntation of 21 participating countries. Fernand Peeters, the only Belgian rep resentative, did not appear since he broke his achilles tendon a week before, during the nati o nal champ ionships. The gymnasts of the 9 nati o ns who started the co mpetition , were working probably in a mainly classic way to have a reasonable chance for the final rankings . The quality of this first group, having a majority of gymnasts who play

only a second role on the European front, was obv iously lower than the next group in which all the tenors w ere performing. Neve rtheless, Storhaug, Nissinen, Grecu, Achim (Roumeni a) , Laine and th e long-haired Benediktson (Danish) were highlights in this group. just as the Yugoslavian Vratic (19th), th e 32 year-old Storh aug still hopes to continue until Munich 1972. Nissinen was sharing the 21st place with W . Kubi ca and M . Berchthold (Switz.) behind them , only Ugarte (Spain) and Kisteleki (Hungary) obtained a 9 point average. About half-way the classification, the through c lass ification, the9 point limit was only rea ched sporadically by the remaining gymnasts.

ADRIANOV: The Revelation!

The second part of the competition , bringing the top men and the Spanish delegat ion together, created the real Europea n Cup atmosphere. H aving too much of a good thing, once again the full attention was concentrated on the top stars, so that a number of good gymnasts fell into obl ivion. In this respect we

Klimenko(USSR) European AA Champion

think of West Germany' s Mossinger and C.S.S . R.'s Netusi l who both succeeded in a nnking within the first ten . The Spanish gymnasts on the other hand received full atter·tion , especia ll y from their local supporters. Unfortunately, many of their reactions on the quotations relied more on chauvinism than on knowledge and interpretation of gymnastics rules. some predictions, made after the recent wo rld championsh ips, turned out to be accurate. The struggle for the first place all around was a mere Russian matter in which Klimenko had the last word. One cou ld hardl y state that Voronine , who totalised on ly two tenths of a point less, " is not there anymore " . But " ersatzman" Adrianov - coming man in the Soviet Union team - became the revelation of the evening. For the first time in this highly se lected and

international company, he revealed himself as a thoroughbred competitive gymnast, who cou ld perhaps aim towards something higher in Munich, next yea r ! We retain a very good impression of a technically strong Koeste (D.D . R.) and an elegant Szanja (Pol.). The Swiss, who still are progressing, have again contacted the European top , especia ll y via Rohner and Hurzeler. In contrast with Ljubljana , w here the Japanese took up one third of the ava il ab le places, these European finalests displa yed a larger variety of nationalities. Spain, Finland, Hungary, West German y, Tchekoslo vakia, and Switzerland , who did not have a sing le chance at the World Games, were now in competition. Christov 's victory on the floor 'exercise

FINALS FLOOR 1. Christov 2. Gines 3. Andrianov POMMEL HORSE 1. Andr ianov 2. Brehme 3. Voronine RINGS I. Voronine 2. Andrianov 3. Szajna

VAULTING (BUL) (SP) (USSR )

19.100 18.750 18.700

(USSR) (DDR) (USSR)

18.900 18.750 18.700

(USSR) (USSR) (POL)

19.250 18.800 18.700

RESULTS Klimenko Voronine Andrianov Koeste Szajna Moessinger Kubica, S. Rohner Huerzeler 10. Netusil

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1. Andrianov 2. Szajna 3. Koeste PARALLEL BARS 1. Carminucci 2. Voronine 2. Koeste 2. Andrianov HIGH BAR 1. Koeste 2. Voronine 3. Huerzeler

(USSR) (POL) (DDR)

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(IT) (USSR) (DDR) (USSR)

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(DDR) (USSR) (SW)

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9.55 9.55 9.45 9.20 8.95 9.20 9.20 9.25 9.40 9.00

9.35 9.60 9.35 9.10 9.30 9.15 9.30 9.30 9.10 9.20

9.40 9.30 9.35 9.25 9.45 9.15 9.10 9.15 8.90 8.90

9.60 9.45 9.35 9.45 9.30 9.25 9.20 9.10 9.35 9.45

9.60 9.55 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.25 9.25 9.20 9.45 9.40

56.90 56.70 56.25 55.75 55.35 55.35 55.30 55.20 55.10 55.00

confirmed that for the moment only Endo 's boys can do better in this discipline. Although we can't really say that Gines (Spain) wa.sn 't wo rth a place in the finals, his silver medal was partially from a not the benefit of an enthusiastic home ground. Voronine had to be content with a bronze medal on the pommel horse. It proved on ly that on this level a few minor mistakes are sufficient to loose any chance for the victo ry. It appeared very clearly that Voronine - certainly in Europe - remains the top performer in the ring event. At the parallel bars and the vaulting, the results of the first day were decisive for the final ratings, instead of a superiority of one or another gymnast. Koeste (D . D. R.) finished with a go ld medal at the high bar. This was probably for him, the most meaningful win in his international career. The strongest weapons of the 19 year -old Adranov were youth and talent. He participated in 5 finals and received two go ld medals, two silver and one bronze. Four of the six finalists on the floor showed a double back somersault. The stra ight arm giant sw ing on the rings became a classic movement, even for most of the gymnasts in the middle group. The majority of the dismounts contained twist movements . We ar e curious to know whether the time is near when musical accompaniment will be accepted in the floor exercise. We observed already in Prague, 1965, a Russian gymnast who tried th is successfully, not in a competition, but during a de-mon-stra-tion . The new rules in the FIG code, appli ed for the first time in Ljubljana, have pushed more gymnasts to take greater risks in the vaulting eve nt, wh ich as a result of this , unquestionably gained a lot of attraction. The Tsukaha ra Vault has already received full attention in several countr ies. One cou ld hardly expect in madrid a renovation, the world champ ionships just being held six months ago. Instead of pursuing a hi gher degree of difficulty, better technical execution and greater virtuosity were emphasised. Not in the least the " gymnastic -art " has benefited from this attitude.

BIG

SUJ\F OPE"I August 27, 28, 29, 1971

The Big Surf Open Gymnastics Championships were a huge success. We had three days of fun in the sand and a delightful gymnastics meet. We had 4B contestants - with 20 entered in the All-around and I am proud to say the meet ran on schedule . The weather was ideal, with one minor exception--the horizontal bar tended to get a little hot and the second time around there were a lot of torn hands. This was the only slight inconvenience. We had some outstanding performances in floor exercise. Gary Alexander delighted the crowd with a l V2 twisting dive roll. Doug Boger was great with a double back. I feel the caliber of the performances in all events were outstanding. On the side horse the first day, the scene was dominated by Arizona State gymnasts. Steve Isham won first, Stan Ferguson second and Bob Howard third. It was a clean sweep for ASU boys. The second day a Colorado high school boy came up in the championships and won with a clean routine scoring an B.B5 . Still rings were a great event. The highlight of this event was Bob Shirk ' s fantastic mount-back uprise to an inverted cross which was held and then a very high dislocated shot to a hand stand and he looked as though he were made of iron . joe Pearson, who is known around the country for his phenomenal strength endeavors, amazed the crowd with his drop through to a back lever and then pulling up to a maltese. Most of us could not believe our eyes. The long horse was a good event and everyone was delighted on the first day with jim Turpin who won this event with a handspring, front (double), scoring 9.1. The most outstanding thing about the parallel bars event was a routine done by Ken Holt to win the Championship on Sunday, the 29th. Ken used a toss hand, stutz hand, diamidov hand and in warm up, he was also showing a l V2 twisting front dismount. He was

the outstanding performer in this event. The horizontal barevent was fine both days for Dick Dalton from Arizona State University. The first day he scored a 9.0 and the second day a 9.15 with an excellent routine showing both stalters and inverted giants, dismounting with a double somersault. This ended th olympic events with a flurry and it excited the entire crowd. On the second day there were added fun events. Everyone kicked to a hand stand and the last one stnading was the winner. Rick Curtis from ASU was the winner . Everyone in the clinic entered this one. Then we had a trampolete contest. jim Turpin won with a fliffis. We also had a one arm hand stand contest which was won by Nick Spann. Nick was one of our judges. We finished three big days at Big Surf with a trampoline contest. This was the frosting on the cake . jim Royce won with a very clean high routine starting with a triple twister and finishing with a double cody. Doug Boger took second and jim Turpin third . It is with great pleasure that I wish to announce we will have another Big Surf Meet next year. We hope to see more people and hope to have an even bigger and better meet.

Open Saturday, August 28th FX: Doug Boger, 8.75; Gary Alexander, B.70; Brian Scott, 8.65. SH:Steve Isham, B.50; Stan Ferguson ; Bob Howard , 8.15. SR:Bob Shirk, 8.75; Barry Woodward , 8.10; joel Pearson, B.OO. LH:jim Turpin, 9.10; Rick Womack , B.75 ; Gary Alexander, 8.65. PB:Babe Corrales, B.50; Ken Holt, 8.45 ; Dave Hudson , 8.25. HB:Dick Dalton, 9.00; Rick Danley, 8.60; jim Furcini, BAO. AA:Hemo Walters, Dave Huson, joe Sweeney.

Championships Sunday, August 29th FX:Doug Boger, 8.80; Brian Scott, 8.55; Gary Alexander, 8.50. SH:L.j.Larson, 8.85; Steve Isham , B.50; Bob Howard , B.l0. SR:Bob Shirk, 9.00; Mike Waller, 8.70; jim Turpin , B.35. LH:Gary Alexander, 8.85; Tex Womack, B.65; Brian Scott, B.60. PB:Ken Holt, 8.90; Babe Corrales, 8.60; Hemo Walters, 8.55. HB:Dick Dalton, 9.15; Rick Danley, 8.90; Gary Alexander, B.70. TRAMPOLlNE:jim Royce , Doug Boger, jim Turpin . TRAMPOLETE:jim Turpin, Guy Spann, Gary Alexander. HAND STAND:Rick Curtis. ONE ARM HAND STAND:Nick Spann. 11

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This years Gymfest was the best ever in the number of competitors, excitment, weather, organization, awards, and just about everything else. There were twelve men signed up for the All-Around , bringing the average to 25 entrants for each of the six events. (we had Long Horse competition of the first time th is year) This made for a long afternoon of competition but an exciting and enjoyable one . We w ish to thank the So. Calif. Judges Assoc. for their part in making this a successfu l Gymfest. (John Magginetti, Jerry Todd, Les Sasvary, Frank Endo, Jack Beckner to name but a few). Joe Sweeney of San Jose, Cal if. was the top AA scorer in both the Saturday Open and the Labor Day finals . All in all , it was a great holiday weekend with gymnasts coming from all parts of the country to take part. Mark Davis topped it all off to become one of the Santa Monica Beach immortals by doing a quad somi from the swinging rings . Following are the event results :

GYM FEST OPEN AA: Sweeney, 47.05 ; Kelley, 42.45; Satta, 41.20; Culter and Walters, 40.50. FX: Pasquale, 9.2j Moreno, Boger, Royce, and Sanchez. SH: Caling, Wong, Isham, Richards,Larson, and Fujimoto. SR: Morgan , Shirk, Laurie, and Bessen. LH: Turpin, Womack, Kelley, Miller, and Mirada. P8: Pasquale, Holt, Zamora, Caling, and Ginez. H8: Dalton, Davis, Paulson, Caling, and Swee ney. GYMFEST FINALS(lnvitional) AA: Sweeney, 49.80; Walters, 47.05; Satta, 46.55; Peters, 44.95; Kelley and Shaw, 44.60. FX: Moreno, Pasqua le, Boger, Alexande r, Sanchez. SH: Wong, Richards, Fujimoto, Larson , SR: Morgan and Laurie, Castner, Bessen, Shirk. LH: Turpin, Womack , Walters, Butt, Kolb. P8: Pasquale, Sweeney, Kelley, Caling, Ko lb. H8: Dalton, Shaw, Walters, Sweeney and Connelly.

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Forwrard Giant Swring on the Horizontal Bar-the Ideal Technique? by Don Tonry, Coach of Gymna st ics, Yale University Traditionall y the forward giant swing on the horizontal bar has always been performed somewhat contrary to the accepted technique for backward rising skills. On the parallel bars, rings , side horse and horizontal bar, backward rise skills are generally initiated with an arching or backward thru sting motion. Prior to the arch th e hips are slightly flexed (pike) in order to arrange the hips and lower back in a position for the thrust that will follow. Ironically, we have in the past considered this bea t patt ern poor technique on the hori zo ntal bar forward giant swing (with the exception of the giant swing prior to a hecht dismount). I real ize that I am leaving myself open for a lot of criticism at this point because there will always be those coaches that will say " I have always taught the giant swing this way. " Perhaps they have and I am somewhat behind with all my foresight. It is true that the usual forward giant swing passes through the common patterns of stretch - pike - arch; however, the final arch (o r stretch) , which is usually the thrusting factor on most back rise skills, is generally not used for thrust on the horizontal bar forward giant. It is used simply to return to the handstand or starting point for the next giant. During the performance of a hecht type dismount the swinging pattern is altered to conform to other back ris e motions. What are the advantages of changing the old pattern? One important factor is freedom of motion. This action enables the performer to assume a stretched body position sooner (earlier alignment of upper arms and upper body-extend hips earlier) because ohhe added thrust. Other factors such as economy of energy, ability to "get se t" earlier for the next skill, aesthetically more appealing, follows the logical power pattern used on other back rising skills, encourages greater stretch in the shoulders prior to Endo shoots and stoops, is th e same pattern used for most horizontal bar dismounts (hechts, baroni , front somersault over bar, forward flyaway etc.) and finall y- i t seems to be coming into vogue with the Japanese and Russians.

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If you are inclined to experiment with this style of swing, be careful that you do not " over do" some of the basic positions . Remember your goal is aesthetic appeal and efficiency. After the thrust (arch) occurs the hips and lower back must be brought back to a position of stretch or straight body alignment. Do not raise th e head upward during or after the thrust as

this will have a tendency to create an angle b etween the upper arms and upper body. Note: At this point, I would consider this style an advanced technique and therefore would not recommend that beginning gymnasts attempt to use it until it has been researched further by top gymnasts.

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like to extend an invitation to any and all gymnasts, coaches, judges, and enthusiasts to submit articles pertaining to al l-around instruction. Perhaps you have a particular sk ill that you fee l particularly qualified to illustrate, discuss, and / or exp lain. Let' s share your talents with the reading public

SPOTTING THE DOUBLE

HECHT Olympic Compulsory Vault

by Professor Boris Baji n

In the last four or five years the hecht vault (914 Code of Points) has become less often used in intern ational competitions, although it sti ll is used relatively more frequently in national and regional meets. The Yamashita , twisting vau lt s, and more recently one and a half sommersau lts predominate at the top levels. The hecht vau lt is now the compu lsory for the Munich Olympics and the Varna World Championships and should be reviwed with an eye to the specifics of technique . In this article, use is made of films taken of medal-winning hecht vau lt s in Rome 1960, Prague 1962 and more recently a hecht performed at the world championsh ip s in Ljubljana 1970.

the gymnast's body from pre-flight is changed to backward rotation. At the first moment of hand contact the body is sli ght ly arched or straight. Then, the gymnast must very dynamically bring his legs fareward (ie. pike). This piking action is extremely quick and is stopped alm ost immediate ly. The hip ang le sho uld not continue to decrease but rather reach a maximum pike of 110Va to 150Va . At the same time as the gymnast initiates this pike, the arms give a strong push from the horse. The hand conta ct must term in ate at the moment

and thereby help to foster a stronge r " System of American Gymnastics. " Submit yo ur i llustrations and articles to Dr. Gerald S. George, D ept. of Physical Educat ion , Old Dominion University, Norfo lk, Virginia 23508.

Shown are sequence shots to show the catch for a " DOUBLE ." The on ly added comment is the initial push is a rotating upward motion , not just up.

the shoulders are vertica ll y above the hands.

EXPLANA TlON During pre-flight, the body is rotating foreward. The piking action gives a relative potential for lifting the chest in a backward direction. This coupled with the firce of the arm push, impart a backward rotation to the body. Finally, during the post flight, the body arches, then pikes sli ghtly for the landing. Typically, the best hechts were characte ri zed by a long flight; especially the post flight.

TKHNIQUE A fast run is required by the vaulter in addition to an exp losi ve (very forceful and of sho rt duration) take off from the Reuther board. The body inclinat ion on take off is slightly more foreward than for the handspring and Yamashita. In pre-flight, the gymnast has a slightly arched body with the arms extending quite forward.

CONTACT At the first moment of hand contact, the lin e joined by the arms and trunk is almost straight. For the best vault the gymnast must be 30Ys or slightly more from the horizontal. If the gymnast contacts at too great an ang le, it is very difficult to get the head up and chest up during post flight.

CRITICAL ASPKT OF CONTACT PHASE During this phase, the foreward rotation of

THE CARMINUCCI TWIST By Dr. j osef Gohler/ Klau s W iem ann reprinted from the Ol ympi she Turnkun st; Sept. 1971

eleven yea rs later, Carminucci became European Champ ion. The highlight of hi s routine and decisive for hi s success becau se of its orig ina lit y was his stutz w ith full turn round the longitudinal axis from support to upper arm hang. One might speak of a double stutz the same as we speak of a double sa ito. The move might also be ca ll ed a pirouette in frowa rd swing from support to hang o r simpl y " the Carminucci" following " II ginnasta ", Italy's gymnastics magazine, in its No 491971: rotatione " Carminucci " -Carminucci twist. Klau s Wiemann has made diagrams of the mo ve seen from two different angles, following the sequences based on photos that appeared in " II ginn asta " . The diagrams do not need much comment but specia l note shou ld be taken of the second sequence because in Phase 3 the counte r move ment necessary for initiat ing the twist is clearl y visib le. Klaus Wiemann , who is an expert in questions of biomec: ..::~ics, comments on the point:

At th e European Championships in Madrid Giovanni Carminucci created a sensat ion by hi s parallel bars routine. Alread y in 1960 the jack

Gunthard trainee had shown a masterly performance on the parallel bars earning him a sil ve r medal at the Rome Ol ympics. This tim e,

" The mechancial effect of precession moving the lower body of the performer away from the vertica l medium plane at the start of the turn round the longitudin al axis he should direct the upward swing into the opposite direction before the start of the twist, as much as is permitted by the width between the bars. The same is done more or less co ns ciou sly when doing the ordinary stutz."

Judges and Coaches Should They () o me. be the S G

The sport of gymnastics as we all know is a comp lex activ ity to teach, as we ll as judge . Coaches try to put together a select few to produce the best possible product - a w inning team. As most coaches would ag re e, they are the ones who know their gymnasts' routines best for use in competition. This one fact is the premise behind my fee lin g that all coaches should be judges. Let us examine what takes place in a regular dual meet situation. Th e gymnasts are warm in g up, the coaches are spotting or giving last minute information and the judges are watching or at times not paying any attention to warm-ups (which, by the way, is no c rime or v iolation on the part of the jud ge). Now that we have set the scene, let the competit ion begin. A gymnast finishes his routine and the coach is satisfied, but what happens? The score flas hed is at least one point und er the expectat ions of the coach as well as the gymnast. Why? One of two reasons is possible: 1) the judges made an erro r eva luating the performance; or 2) the coach does not understand the technical and complex method of judging. The latter reason is, in my mind, the cause for

Marc Rabinoff, B.S.M.S. Arnold College Division University of Bridgeport National ly Certified judge

coaches to become upset at judges and for gymnasts los ing respect for judges. How can we elimin ate this dilemma? One obvious sol ution is by making it mandatory for all coaches to be certified jud ges. I know there have been art icles and research done, such as Don Tonry and Bob Henneckes' published in the Apri l, 1971 ,. edition of Modern Gymnast, concerning the certification of coaches as coaches. I fully agree with the research that coaches should possess a good technical and organ izat ion al knowledge as wel l as good personality traits to coac h, but I also fee l that a good working understanding of the (F.I.G .) code of points is essent ial. If we examine m y solution that all coaches be certified judges, we find the following can result: 1. The lack of qualified judges will be eliminated due to more registered people avai lab le. 2. Coaches wi ll better understand exact ly what a judge is lookin g for, since he wou ld be one himself. 3. Th e coac h will be in a better position to understand the difficulties in reaching an objective score. 4. The coach will be forced to keep up

with the new rule changes put out by the F.I.G. as we ll as competition rules of his state or league. 5. The coach wi ll ,after jud ging himself a few times) think twice before antagonizing a judge unless a technically founded error is obse rved. 6. The coach can prepare his gymnasts mentally as well as physically to the scoring system. This can great ly reduce the animos ity of gymnasts toward judges. Th ese are ju st a few of the possible outcomes if my solut ion is agreed to. Obvious ly certain new rules and regulations regarding who does the judging will be needed. The fact that all coaches shou Id be certified judges is not a reversible equation. In other words, all judges should not and in most cases could not be coaches. There are many former gym nasts, former coaches, and other interested people who put many hours of work into the study of the judgin g of gymnastics simply because of their intrin sic love of the sport. If coaches would be willing to take Regio nal, National or International certifying tests they would be more knowledgeable and in my opinion better coaches. This is possible only if the coach's technical and/ or practical know ledge of the movements of gymnastics are strong to start with.

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NEW OFFICE Th e USGF has moved into their new offices in Tu cson , Arizona , so we w ill be wat chin g for anoth er growth spurt from the Gymnasti c Federation und er the abl e direction of dynami c leader Frank L. Bare.

RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: INDIVIDUAL - $20.00 FAMILY (Man and Wife) - $30.00 (plus $10.00 for each student under 12 yrs. old) COACHES - Pay ing for 6 or more team member . coac hes no fee For registration write to: NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINICS INC. Rick Wells , Registrar 406 Rollingsgate Apt. C-I Andulusia, Pennsylvania 19020 OREGON CHRISTMAS CLINIC December 27,28,29, 1971 Sponsored by Oregon Gymna stics Association (Eugene, Oregon) CLINIC DIRECTOR: Bill Ballester, University of Oregon Gym nastics Team. MEN'S CHAIRMAN: Jim Hardin Featured Staff: • Bill Ballester, University of Oregon, former NHSGCA President . • Bo Bennett, British Columbia, former University of Washington gymna st • Rich Chew, Illinois High School Coach, Top Illinois coach • Gordon Maddox, Los Angeles State College, Voice of Wide World of Sports--gymnastics • Paul Mayer, Ball State University (Indianal, National Champion • Makoto Sakamoto, University of Oregon, Olympian • Hiromichi Sano, University of Oregon, Nippon College, Japan • plus many more outsta nding high school and university coaches. WOMEN'S CHAIRMAN: Shirley Veeck Featured Staff: • Linda Metheny, Olympian • Dick Mulvihill, Olympic Coach • Marta Klinovsky, Member of Czechoslovakian National Team • John Herb, Hungarian National Coach • Dale Shirley, Seattle Y • Joyce Tanac, Olympian • Launa Woodard, National level competitor • plus many more outstanding top high school and college coaches Spend your Christmas vacation in the beautiful Pacific·Northwest with your friends. For further information write to: Bill Ballester, Gymnastics Coach University of Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon 97403

USGF CONGRESS The 1971 USGF CONGRESS will b e held in Chicago , Illinois, on November 6-7 at th e Sheraton- Chicago Hotel (in the loop which is the official head quarter for th e '71 Co ngress). The first bu si ness session is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning . During th e af te rnoon session on Saturda y, th e Co ngress w ill br eak and move into specific sess io ns for th e ACGC, th e NHSGCA , and th e National Judgeds Assoc. meetings. All participdnt s w ill convene again Saturday eve nin g for th e banqu et. Sunda y afte rnoon th e Congr ess wi ll have its las t business sessio n end at appro ximate ly 3:00 p.m. , at which time th e Olympi c Gymnastic Comm ittee will meet.

1971 USA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS The 1971 Chpampionships of th e Uni ted States will be held November 18- 20 at the Univ. of Illinois, Urbana , III. in th e Huff Gymnasium. Ol ympic Compulsories o n Thur sda y at 1 :00 p.m., and 7 :30 p.m., Option als on Friday at th e same times , and the finals in Individu al eve nts on Saturday eve ning! Thi s com petiti on will also be the first qualif ying round for the 1972 Ol ympic Trials!, and determination of the USA National Men's and Women's Tea ms to meet the Japanese Te ams in Jan uary 1972 ... (Th e si x top Men and Women.) This mee t will also determine the Men 's and Women ' s tea ms to mee t the Spanish National tea m in March '72. Plus the ALL-AMERICAN Awards for the top six Men and Women.

JAPANESE TEAM TO VISIT USA The reigning World and Ol ympi c Champions from Japan will tour the USA in January of 1972. From mid-January until February 1st, the WORLD 'S FINEST TEAM w ill be appearing o n the West Coast , Rocky Mountain , Mid-East and East Coast areas for meets and exhibitions. The official USA-JAPAN meet will be held at one of these stops. Write the USG F offices fo r further information or watch for tour dates and sites that will be published in co ming editions of th e MG.

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Gym Master Co., in cooperation with Jack Harris, a gymnastics coach from Kansas, have developed a side horse training machine. I have tested and experimented with this machine, and I am convinced there will be more and better side horse men becau se of this piece of apparatus. The main purpose of the machine is to teach double leg circles to beginners, and improve circles of gymnasts already involved in side horse work. A beginner on the side horse using this machine is capable of doing as many circles as the strength in his arms and shoulders will permit, and as everyone knows, there is no way for a beginner to do more than one circle in his first attempts on the side horse without the aid of Gym MasterCo.'sside horse machine. One of the test cases I had was a freshman from Illinois State University during a one-week summer camp at Levelland, Texas, this past summer. He started the limited experiment on 4 July, and worked daily through 9 July. During this time he did five sets of twenty -five circles each day with no other side horse practice involved. After this short period his circles without the machine increased from three very poo'rly-done circles to twenty very acceptable circles. During this same summer camp I further experimented with fourth, fifth, and sixth grade boys that had never tried side horse work previously. At the end of the camp period, these boys were doing one to three circles each without the adi of the machine, and having been able to use the machine for aperiod of about thirty min utes per day, with twelve boys to a class. I have fu rther discovered that double leg circles learned with the aid of this machine eliminate many bad habits that can come about through any other method of learning. I am now testing and experimenting with more advanced side horse men, and discovering the ease of teaching combinations of side horse moves and finding it extremely effective; such moves as the "Moore" (Czeckehre) and Reverse Moore (Czeckehre). At this point, my enthusiasm, as is all coaches I have talked with tha t have seen the machine used, is one of extreme excitement and optimism. The machine is extremely eaeyto use, is very portable, dismantles fo r storage or transporting (I even transported it from Tempe, Arizona, to Levelland, Texas, on top of my Volkswagen Bug(. I feel very confident we will see many of these machines in use in the very near future, and honestly believe there will be more and better side horse men as a result

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November 27 26·27 Midwest Open - Chicago Oregon Open - Portland State Decemb er 1 Univ. Massachusetts December 2 Temple University -

January 7 Cornell & Plymouth - Lowell Tech· A Mankato - Illinois State Univ . . N Stanford and Wash. State Un iv. - San Jose State Springfield - Pittsburg· N Jan uary 8 Temple - Sy racuse Springfield - Penn State· UnlV. No. Carolina - Michigan State· A • Dartmouth - Yale· A Princeton - Farmingdale· A Coast Guard Acad_ - Montclair State - A Army - Merchant Marine Indiana State UnlV. - Univ. IllinoIs' A • UOIV. Michigan - West Michigan· A No. Illinois Univ. - So. Illinois Univ . . N Mankato - Chicago Circle· A No. Iowa - So. Dakota Univ .. A Memphis State & Illinois State - Ea st. Illinois· A Univ. Wiscon sin - Univ. Iowa Ball State &Slippery Rock - Ohio State· A Univ. Utah (compulsoriesl - Brigham Young· N Arizona State - Univ. Arizona - N * Oregon & Long Beach State - U. S. C.. N Chico State & Fullerton - Univ. of Nevada· N San Fernando Valley - Sacramento State· A Boston State - So. Conn . . A

New Hampshire· N West Chester State· N

December 3 No. Iowa - Sl Cloud State· N Oshkosh - Univ. Wisconsin· N Sacramento Inv itational - Sacramento State - N • De cember 4 Cortland State - Oneonta State · N lowell Tech & Yale - Coast Guard Acad .. A Cornell - Penn State· A Trenton State - E. Stroudsburg Temple - So. Conneticut . A • Army - Pittsburg · A William & Mary and Citadel - Ga. Southern· N

~~ i;~al n~atSt~~len;-poT~rafo • Ball State - West. Illinois · A Rocky Mountain Open - Aurora, Colorado· Holiday Classic - L. A. State· N •

January 10 UnlV. No. Carolina - UOlV. Michigan· N • Ball State & MemphiS State - Ea st. Michigan January 11 UnlV. No. Carolina - E. Michigan· N Old Dominion - Navy · A January 12 L.S.U. New Orleans - Ga. Southern· N • Univ. New Mexico - Indiana State Univ.. N • January 13 E. Stroudsburg - Old Domin ion Univ. New Mexico - So. Illinois· N • Univ. Oklahoma - U.C.L.A. January 14 . Indiana State - Ind"na UOIV. . N E. Illinois Univ. - Wheaton College· N Michigan State - Univ. Illinois· N • Univ. Utah - U.C. Berkeley· N

January 15 Slippery Rock - Pittsburg Syracuse - Cortland Sta te Temple - Navy Penn State - Army Univ. Georgia - U. No. Carolina· A Dece mber 8 Navy"B" - Farmingdale State· A' E. Stroudsbu rg & Cornell - Cortland State· N Univ. Michigan - Ga. Southern· N • Oh io State - Kent State December 10 Univ. No. Dakota &Cent. Missouri - Northern Iowa· N Merchant Marine - West Chester· A Univ. Illinois - Univ. Minnesota· A Indiana Un iv. - Illinois State· N E. Illinois Univ. - W. Michigan· A Ball State - Cent. Michigan · N Southern Illinois - Iowa State Univ.• Mankato - Univ. No. Iowa· A December 11 Ch icago Circle - W. Illinois· A Navy - Syracuse Bowling Green - E. Michigan Lowell Tech - M. 1. 1. - A Univ. Utah - Univ. Washington· A • Univ. Bridgport - Yale· A Univ. Denver - Colorado S1. Un iv . . A Cornell - Army· A Univ. Oklahoma - Ar izona State· N Cortland State - Plattsbu rg U. S. C. & Wash. Sl Univ. - Sianford· N E. Stroudsburg - Slippery Rock Sacramento & Portland - Univ. Nevada So. Conneticut - Univ. Mass · N Iowa Open - Iowa City • January 19 Indiana State Univ. &Ball State - Chicago Circle· A • E. Stroudsbu rg - Old Dominion · A Stevens Point - No. Michigan· A Springfield - Temple' Univ. Wisconsin - LaCrosse Pittsbu rg - W. Virgina San Fernando Valley Inv itational - S.F.v.S.C.· January 20 C.C.N.Y. - West Chester · A Univ. Minnesota - St. Cloud Sta te· N December 13 Iowa State Univ. - Mankato · N January 21 Brigham Young - Univ. Utah Montcla ir Stale - Cornell - N Ithaca - Oneonta State· A Chicago Circle - W. Michigan · N Montclair State - So. Conn .. N Stout State - Mankato· N No. Iowa - LaCrosse · N De cember 14 Dupage InVitalional - Oupage · Plymouth State - Lowell Tech· N Danish Exh ibition - Cornell · N January 22 N. W. louisiana - louisiana State U. * De ce mber 17 So. Conn - Navy · N Iowa State Univ. - Mankato· N Kent State - Pittsburg· A Brigham Young - Univ. Utah Penn State - Univ. Mass· N • San Jose Invitational lor 18thl - San Jose State· N No. Carolina & Virginia Tech - Old Dominion· A UOlV. Penn - Cornell· A De ce mber 18 West Chesler State - E. Stroudsbu rg· A Coast Guard Acad. - West Chester - A Temple - West Virginia· N University Mass. - Army · A Ga. Sou thern - Georgia Tech · A Mankato State - Univ. Minnesota· A

December 7 Long Island - Temple Univ.. N Oneonta State - Cornell

Michigan State Univ. - Southern Illinois· N • Univ. Michigan & Chicago Circle - E. Michigan · A Oshkosh Invita tional - Oskhosh E. Illinois Univ. - Ball State - A Stevens Point - Univ. Chicago · A Arizona State - Colorado Sl Univ.. N • No. Illinois Univ. - Air Force Stanford - U.C. Berkeley · N • U.C. Santa Barbara - U.C.L.A. · A Univ. Nevada~- San Francisco State · A Ohio State - Univ. Cincinnati January 26 Amona State -

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January 27 Arizona State - UnlV. Colorado· N L.S.U. - Ga. Sou thern· N • Univ. Arizona - Denver UnlV .. N January 28 Internallonal meet (tentallvej - Penn State Lowell Tech - Boston State· N Springfield - Cornell· N So. Illinois UnlV - Mankato· A E. IllinOIS Un iv. - UOIV. Illinois· N Brigham Young - Univ. Utah· N • Umona - Colorado State UnlV . . N • Amona State - Denver UOIV . . N U. C. L. A. Invitallonal - U. C. L. A. - N • Hayward State - Sacramento State - N January 29 Springfield - Syracuse Navy - Penn State Plattsburg - Oneonta· A Fla. Sta te & No. Carolina - Georgia Tech · Yale & Un iv. Chicago - M. I. 1. . A Farm ingdale - Army J. V. . A Corlland & Plymouth - Coast Guard· A E. Stroudsburg - Glassboro State Temple - Pittsburg · A • Air Force - Army Indiana Univ. - Univ. Minnesota - A Ball State & Bowling Green - Western Michigan· A So. IIhnois UOIV. - Chicago Circle· N • Unlv. Michigan - Univ. Iowa LaCrosse & Sl Dial - Mankato· A West. Illinois - E. IllinoIs, A Oh io State - U. Illinois· A Iowa State UnlV. - UOIV. Oklahoma ' Un iv. Wisconsin - No. IllinOIS Stanford & Long Beach Stale - U. C. Santa Barbara· A Colorado State Univ. - UnlV. No. Colorado · N Oregon - UnlV. Washington· N Univ. Arizona - Un iv. ColOiado - N San Francisco State - ChiCO State· N

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February 4 Montclair State - Oneonta State· N Springlield - Lowell Tech· A Georgia Southern - No. Carolina· N Indiana State at Univ. Oregon & Southern Illinois Chicago Univ. Minnesota - ichigan State· N Mankato - UOIV. Oklahoma· N No. Iowa - St. Olaf· N Eastern IllinOIS - LaCrosse· N Ball State - No. Illinois· N Air Force - Colorado Sl Univ.. N Cal State Long Beach - Univ. Arizona· N U. C. L. A. - U. C. Berkeley· U. C. Santa Barbara - L. A. State· N Merchant Marine - So. Conn. ·N February 5 Syracuse - Penn State Navy - Springfield Yale - Princeton· A Farmingdale - Cortland State· A Coast Guard - Long Island Univ . . N Queen s (Canadaj - Plattsburg Pittsburg - Un iv. Mass. . A

~~mSo~e~;m~e o~ Dominion· N Ind iana State - Ill inois Sl Univ . . A Univ. Minnesota - Un iv. Michigan - A Kent State - West Michigan· A No. Iowa - So. Dakota St. Univ.. A E. Illinois & Parkside - Plattbllle · A Univ. Illinois - Indiana Univ . . A Univ. Iowa - Michigan State - A • Univ. Wisconsin - Ohio State· A Univ. Utah - Univ. New Mex ico · N Iowa State UnlV. - UnlV. Nebraska· A Univ. Colorado &Wheaton - Air Force· A U. C. L. A. - Stanford - N • British Columbia & Wash. St. Univ. - Un iv. Wash .. A West Chester - Queens· A February 8 Oartmoulh - Lowell Tech · A So. IllinOISUOIV. - MemphiSState February 9 Univ. Mass - Springfield· N UOIV. Oregon - Colorado State Univ.. N

february 17 Southern IllinoIS Univ. Plattsbille - No. Iowa

february 10 L. S. U. - N. W. LouISiana' february 11 Oneonla Siale - Long Island Univ . . N Lowell Tech - Unlv. Brldgporl . A Michigan Siale - Indiana Siale . N • SI. Cloud - Mankalo· N Chicago Circle - E. Illinois· N Ball Siale - East Kenlucky . N Amona Siale - Univ. Ulah . N Unlv. New Mex ico - Cot Siale Univ.. N • Univ. Arizona - Brigham Young· N Univ. Colorado - Iowa Siale Univ.. N USC - San fernando Valley· N • Unlv. Wash. - Wash. Siale Univ . . N San franSico Siale - Hayward Siale . N february 12 Corlland Siale - Wesl Chesler · A Massachusells - Syracuse· A Pillsbu rg - Navy Penn Siale - Temple· A • Oneonla Siale & Boslon Slate - Coast Guard Acad . . N West Carolina - No. Carolina· A Univ. Penn - Yale · A Queensborough CC - farmingdale· A Merchant Marine - Cornell· A Plattsburg - Brockport State Monteiair State - E. Stroudsburg frostburg - Old Dominion· A Army - Springfield Chicago Circle - Indiana State · A • Un iv. Minnesota - Univ. Iowa

rr~i~ ~~fah~~~na -=- ~~n\I~~~i~ita~iv. N Univ. Michigan - Ohio Slate· A Eau Claire State - No. Iowa· A Michigan Slate - Indiana Univ. . A Stevens Poinl - Wheaton · A Illinois SI. Univ. - Ball State· N Univ. Wisconsin - Univ. Illinois· A Univ. Arizona - Univ. Utah Denver Univ. - Iowa State Univ. Arizona Sla te - Brigham Young Univ.. N San Diego State & S. f . State - U. C. Santa Barbara Air force - fullerton State Univ. Washington - East Washington Stanford & Sacramento State - Chico State · A U. C. L. A. - San f ernando Valley february 15 E. Stroudsburg - Oneonta San Diego Slate - Long Beach State· N

february 18 Lowell Tech' - Univ. New Hampshire· N Yale Univ. - Merchant Marine Acad .. N Cajun Open - New Orleans' Univ. Iowa - Indiana Slate· N • Univ. Minnesota - Chicago Circle· N West Michigan - No. Illinois Univ. Mankato - So. Dakota · N E. Illinois Univ. - E. Michigan St Cloud & Pa rkside - Stevens Point· N Univ. Illinois - IlllOois SI. Univ. Univ. Ulah - Brigham Young· N Colorad State Univ. - Univ. New Mexico' Ai r force Acad. - Univ. Arizona· N San f ernando Valley - Arizona Slate· N Cal State Long Beach - Cal State Los Angeles· N Univ. Washing Ion - U.C. Berk eley· N february 19 Syracuse - Army Montclair Stale - West Chester· A Navy - Univ. Mass. . A So. Conn. - Penn State· N • Temple - Cornell· A City College N. Y. - Coast Guard Acad . . A Royal Military (Canada) - Plattsburg Queens & Old Dominion - E. Stroudsburg· A Cajon Open -

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Boslon State - West Chester· N S. I. G. l. - Memphis State' Towson Slate - Old Dominion· N Southern IllinoIS - Indiana State Un iv.. N • West Michigan - Denver Univ. Univ. Michigan - Michigan Slate · N • Slevens Point - Platteville· N U. C. L. A. - Long Beach State· N Sacramento Slate - San francisco State· N february 26 Syracuse - Pittsburg· A Army - Navy ' Oneonta Slate - West Chester State· A S. I. G. l. Championships - Memphis State' Ivy League Championships - Princeton· A • Queens & M. I. T. - Coast Guard· A Plattsburg - Plymouth State Ithaca - E. Stroud sburg Univ. Mass - Temple· A No. Illinois - Indiana State · A West. Michigan - Ai r force · A Illinois Stale Univ. - So. Illinois· N Univ. Illinois - Univ. Michigan' Univ. Oklahoma & Univ. Iowa - Univ. Nebraska· A Ohio Siale - Indiana State· A Iowa State Univ. - Chicago Circle· A • St Cloud State 8 - Univ. Wisconsin · A Colorado Stale Univ. - Univ. Colorado· N l. A. Siale - Arizona State · N U. C. Berkeley - Stanford · N • Portland State - Univ. Washington · A San fernando & Cal Poly - U. C. San ta Barbara N San Jose & Hayward - Chico State· N So. Conn. - Long Island· A

Ind iana State Univ. - Ball State· A Uni". Minnesota - Univ. Wisconsin· A West Michigan - Illinois State february 29 So. Illinois & Arizona State - Ai r force · A Ind iana Un iv. - Univ. Michigan LaCrosse & Stevens Poinl - Sioul State· A West. Illinois - Mankalo E. Illinois - Cent Michigan· A March 1 Univ. Iowa - Univ. Illinois· A Penn Siale - Pittsburgh· N Eau Claire &Whilewaler - Slevens Poinl . A Sa n fernand o Valley - Univ. Arizona · N March 3 Iowa Stale Univ. - Kansas Siale • Cal. Siale fullerlon - U. S. C.. N • U. C. Berkeley - U. S. C.. N • Colorado Siale ~niv. - Univ. Ulah Univ. Wash. & Sacramenlo Siale - San Jose Slale· A Iowa Siale Univ. - Univ. Washinglon • Cal. Siale fullerlon - U. C. L. A. • Univ. Arizona - Arizona Siale . N Cal. Siale Hayward - U. C. Sanla Barbara· A San fern ando Valley - Long Beach Sial e . N Michigan Siale - Ohio Siale . A Sa n Jose Siale - U. C. Sanla Barbara · N 2·3·4 Big Ten Chps. - Univ. Illinois' February 21 Soulhern Illinois - Colorado Siale Univ.. N • March 4 Penn Siale - Pittsburg february 25 Norlh Atlantic Coni. Chps. - E. Sioud sburg • Oneonla Siale - Trenlon Siale . N N. E. Collegiale Chps. - M. I. T. •

CARAVAN OF CAMPS

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by Vernia Kelton The Third Annual Caravan Of Camps, held in Levelland , Texa s and Santa Fe and Roswell, New Mexico, closed its summer season with som e 500 gymnasts attending. Gymnasts from all over the United States and Old Mexico came for a chance to work with such greats as Don Robinson , Rod Hill, Dale Flansaas, Rusty Mitchell, Stormy Eaton, Ron Woodard , Bob Childe rs, Marie Bilski, Steve Whitlock, Lee Ann McClements, and many more outstanding teachers. The trave ling gymnastic summer school open to boys and girls of all ages is a valuable educational experience which strives and

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succeeds in developing physical fitness through the acquistion of gymnastics skills taught by qualified physical educators and U.S. Olymp ic Team members. The classes offered were from beginner to advanced competitor, including all Olymp ic events plus tumbling and trampoline . Each camp had one staff member for every ten girls and one staffer for each six boys, with fifteen to twenty adult sponsors for each camp. The adults lived in the dormitories with the campers. Well prepared meals , carefully planned by professional dieticians were served cafeteria style. The Levelland Camp was held in the gym of the South Plains Junior College, one of the finest gyms in the Southwest. It is fully equipped for gymnastics . Modern air-conditioned dormitories were available for the campers. Don Robinson headed the boy's staff. He tried out a new piece of equipment for double leg circles, which will soon be on the market by Gym Master. He and the campers were very enthuastic about the resu Its. Dale Flansaas headed the girl's staff, She held special workshops on new compulsories. The Caravan of Ca mps then moved to the College of Santa Fe in the picturesque mountain beauty of the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their new ultra-modern facilities offered a place for fun, work and recreation . Rusty Mitchell was hea d of the boy 's staff both at Santa fe and Rosw e ll ; and as usual he he ld his exciting demonstrations. Special sessions were held on the double back somersault. Marie Bilski headed the girls staff at

Midwesl Conference Chps. - DeKalb' 2ndAlh Big Ten ConI. Chps. - Univ IllinoIS • Lake Erie Conf. Chps. - Yps ilanti, Michigan' Mankato & Un iv. Colorado - Kansas Stale Univ . . N Stevens Point & Superior - Oshkosh· A SI. Cloud & Chicago Circle - Wheaton · A Colorado Siale Univ. - Brigham Young Univ. New Mexico - Univ. Arizona March 9·10·11 9·1 1Easlern Intercollegiales - Penn Siale ' 91h NW. Louisiana - N.E. Lou isiana' 9·11 Mideasl League - Chicago Circle' 11th NCC Conference Chps - Mankalo ' 11th Wisconsin Siale Univ. Chp s. - Stevens Poinl Buckeye Inivila lional - Ohio Stale· A 11th Univ. New Mexico - Arizona Slale· N 11th Air forc e - Denver Univ. 11th U. C. l. A. - U. S. C.. N 10Ih S. f. Siale &Sand Diego SI. - San Jose Siale . N 11th Chico Siale - San fern ando Valley· N March 16 Trilon College - West Michigan· N 16·17·18 W. A. C. ConI. Chps. - Arizona Slate 17· 18 Pacific N. W. Chps. - Portland Siale 18 USGf Illinois Siale Chps. - Chicago Circe 18 far Weslern ConI. Chps. - Chico Stale· N March 23·25 25 Minnesola Stale High School Chps. ~ Univ. Minnesota 23·25 N. A. I. A. Nalionals - E. illinoIS • F25 Pacific Eigh t ConI. Chps. - Wash inglon SlaleU niv. 24·25 P. C. A. A. Conf. Chps. - Long Beach Slate' 25 Calif Siale College Chps. - Sacramenlo' March 30·April 1 NCAA AT LARGE QUALIfiCATIONS - Weslern Michiga n' NCAA College Division Naliona ls - Whealon'

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both of these camps and for the third year she motivated the girls with her flawl e ss demonstrations on the uneven parallel bars and balance beam. Word got out after the second day that the gymnasts and coaches wanted more moves; not just any moves; but something really " hairy" . The staff came up with the unbelievable and before camp closed the gymnast along with the staff were trying anything and everything, A lot of credit for su c h nerve goes to spotter Bob childers who stands six feet and seven inches and needed every inch for some of those tricks . The Roswell Camp, held at Eastern New Mexico University, had available to the campers The Student Union Building, swimming pool and Education Center Buildings: In addition to classes each day , open gym work outs were held each night with talent and skit programs. Exhibitions were held each Thursday evenings of the cam-ps featuring the staff and the campers. Parents of the campers and local townspeople were guests and received the programs enthusiastically. An added attraction at the Santa Fe Camp was a su rprise visit from several of the nations top gymnasts who added to the program that night. The Caravan Of Camps is planning a Spring Vacation Clinic to be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma March 19-24, 1972. Watch for special advertisements in MG for the 1972 summer camp dates . For more information concerning Caravan of Camps contact camp director Larry Bilhartz, P.O. Box 1206, Andrews,Texas 79714.

December 26-30, Fourth Annual Texas High School Gymnastics Clinic at Reagen High School- Au stin, Texas. Head clinicians will be, for the men Joe Giallombardo, and for the women, Avis Tieber. There will be 25 clinicians in all. The fee will be $12.50 advance registration and $15.00 at the door. Equipment will be furnished by Nissen Corporation of Ceda r Rpaids, Iowa. For more information write: Bria nW. Schenk, John H. Reagan High School, 7400 Berkman rive, Austin, Texas 78752

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Spotting Table A table designed to permit the teacher to be close to his students while instructing on any apparatus. Padded with Ethafoam and covered with Powerhyde for complete safety and durability. A great spotting and training aid for all gymnasts-instructor or student! Constructed of the finest materials with steel tubing legs. • Adjustable in height from 30 to 40 inches. • Top measures 30 by 48 inches. • Attractive choice of colors: Royal blue, red, green, grey, white, columbia blue and yellow gold.

$99.50

A-184 (Delivered)

Model A-172-E (De livered)

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American has put it all together! It's the new PB-300-SS ... a combination of stability, flexibility and safety. American has built-in performance stability, flexible top bars and gymnastics' safest locking mechanism. With these outstanding features the American Parallel Bar meets all National and International technical specifications. Join the American Revolution ... send for your free Revolution Handbook (our catalog).

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