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~llmnIGb~ TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XVI/Number 1 / January 1974 5 FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn Sundby 6 ON THE BEAM, Barbara Thatcher 8 F.I.G. CONGRESS REPORT Technical Committee, 8 Men's

PUBLISH.: Frank

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10 Women's Technical Committee, Jackie Fie 1973 HOLIDAY SEASON COMPETITIONS 14 Cal State Los Angeles Holiday Classic 15 Canadian All Star Meet, Jim Gault 16 Western States Junior Elite Invitational, Barbara Thatcher

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Mid West Open, Windy City Invitational, Rocky Mountain Open, Big 8 Invitational 20 CENTERFOLD: Nikolai Andrianov, photo byTo ny Duffy

22 CLUB CORNER: Gym-i-niks Gymnastic Club, Barbara Thatcher

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NEWS 'N NOTES, Renee Hendershott 23 Georgia College Gym Team 23 Coaches Call, Patty Heckart 23 From Tape To Bar 24 NGJA Certification, Kenneth Allen 24 The Questionable Vault RESEARCH: Why Research in Gymnastics?, Kitty Kjeldsen

INSTRUCTION: 26 The Strength Workout For Gymnasts, Fred Roethlisberger

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Running A Meet, William H. Stern 28 The Front Uprise, Fred Roethlisberger EXHIBITIONAL GYMNASTICS: University of Maryland Gymkana, Ken Friedman GUEST EDITORIAL: The All Around Gymnast, David Webster; Our Mouths, Dan Speraw INTERVIEW: Gordon Maddux, Barbara Thatcher CALENDAR

Cover: Uta Schorn, of West Germany, third in va ulting at the 1973 Women fs Europea n Championships.

Publisher: Glenn Sundby Production Manager and Art Director: Richard F. Kenney Circulation and Advertising Manager: Minot Simons II Associate Editors: Dick Criley and Renee Hendershott Research Editor: H.J. Biesterfeldt Staff Writer: Barbara Thaicher Contributors: Kenneth A llen, Frank Cumiskey, Jackie Fie, Ken Friedman, Jim Gault, Patty Heckart, Kitty Kjeldsen, Fred Roethli sberge r, Dan Speraw, William Stern, David Webster.

Photographers: Tony Duffy, Richard F. Kenney GYMNAST magazine is published by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, Ca. 90401 . Second Class Postage paid at Santa Monica, Ca. Published monthly e xcept bi-monthly June, July, August and Septembe r. Price $1 .00 a si ngle copy. Subscription correspondence. GYMNAST - P.O. Box 110, Santa Monic.a, Ca. 90406. Copyright 197419 all rights rese rved by SUNDY PUBLICA nONS, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, Ca. All photos and manuscripts submilled become the properly of GYMNAST unless retur n request and sufficient postage are included.

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NOTES FROM THE

NEW FOR '74: We have only made a few obvious changes as we start another year with Gymnast magazine ... On the cove r you will note a cha n ge in ~he figure logos from reverse to positive, which in d icates our positive attitude for production fo Gymnast this year (but in anoth e r sense was brought about because much of our foreign mail came addressed as OGYMNASTO). You will also note a raise in the published cover price from 75¢ to $1.00. This was necessary because of printing, postal and handling costs of sing le copies. However, as n oted in the November issue we are holding the line on the subscription cos ts and a subscr ipti on to Gymnast will stil l be !7.50 per year as it was two years ago in January 1972. Although we have only made a co upl e of changes as we start the new year, Rich Kenney, o ur Art Director/ Production m anage r has plans for a co ntinued improvement program in design, material and depa rtm ents.

We have been able to get most of the bugs out of our production problems as we enter 74 .. . Although we are still having a few problems getting over 10,000 magazines addressed , tied, sacked and on to the Post Office on the schedule we had hoped for by now, we expect th is problem will resolv e itself within the next coup le of ed ition s. You the Reader could be a big help by resubscribing ri g ht away to help e liminate the lag time between expire and renewal processing. Also send us any change in your ad dress at least a month ahead of time (6 weeks prefered) .

We expect 74 to be a great year for Gymnast, readers and management.

NOW, a manager for circulation and advertising. With this issue of Gymnast, we introduce a new member of our staff, Mr. Minot Simons II. Mr. Simons comes to us from a background of business management. He will be handling all matters related to circulation, display advertising, classified advertising, and certain new programs we are planning. It is hi s desire, first of all , that all subscribers sho uld, get th eir copies of Gymnast. So, if you have or have had any problems regard ing your subscripti on, please write to him . He wil l give yo ur letter his personal and prompt attention.

Gymnast Classified: with this issue we also introduce a new classified ad section ... Is there something you would li ke to buy? ... or sell ?.. . Would you like to wish your coach "Happy Birthday" ?... Or congrat ulate a member of your team?. . Would you like to publi cize something about your club, your hometown , a friend? .. . Are you looking for a job ?.. Is there a job oppo rtunity at your school, your club, your camp, or your clinic? ... Do you want to advertise a camp or a club?. . Are you introducing a new product?.. Do you render a personal service you would like to advertise? .. . Are you looking for books, films, or eq uipment ?.. Do you have books, films, or equipment for sa le? ... Something old, something new" something borrowed , something blue. Use "Gymnast Classified", let it help you. See page 30 fo'r details.

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by Barbara Thatcher It seems each NEW YEAR is a time for resolutions and GYMNAST magazine is no exception. But having learned that promises mean very little and it's what 's produ(:ed that counts, we won ' t just promise to provide a better magazine, we' ll strive, in this year, to produce a better one.

In light of our desire to make this year a better one for GYMNAST we have added a new member to our staff. His name is Minot Simons II, and he is in charge of Circulation and advertising. He's a very helpful , competent and concerned man who is more than willing to assist any subscriber with their mailing and / or advertising problems. So if you need any help is those areas just contact him .

"On The Beam" picture of the month . Or is it "Under the Beam" picture of the month

* This month 's " On The Beam " picture is guaranteed to cause a few stares, but it isn ' t an optical illusion or trick photography. It's Marcy Levine of Olympiad Gym Club in Wilmington, Delaware posing on the underside of the beam . Posi ng along with Marcy but on the most " commonly" used side are team mates Jan Anthony, competitor in the 1973 USGF Elite Nationals, Kim Bryant and Kim Bellew, who placed sixth in vaulting at the Junior and Senior Nationals. Very unique photo. Wonder if she uses that pose in her routine?

* NEW CLUBS"" Many new clubs this month.

Newly formed in Iowa is the Cedar Rapids Association of Gymnastics. (CR.A.G.), located at 1104 3rd St. S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The is coached by Russ Telecky, who, according to my source, has coached the Washington High School Warriors to four championships out of five attempts. He is assisted by Kathy Kelley.

The club is looking forward to competition and exhibitions, starting this year.

The Elite Gym Club of Kansas.

The McBurney YMCA in New York City recently formed a girls gymnastics team and even though the club is only four months old, the girls have already managed '10 put on a gymnastic circus complete with juggling, hand balancing an d trampoline. Coach of thp team is Israel H. 1B0renstein ., and the address is 215 West 23rd street, New York, Nf!W York.

Sponsored by the La Mesa Recreation Department, Mike Bell's newly formed "Mat Kats" gymnastic team put on numerous demonstrations during the summer to develop gymnastic interest in their community. Among the exhibitions was one before a packed house at the Rose Bowl (for a Mormon yo uth dan ce festival) and another at the San Diego Stadium for the Chargers season opener. The recreation department tra ins over 1 ,000 gymnasts per year, and the " Team " is the culmination of the six levels of classes taught there. Address is 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, California 92041.

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Moment of suspense (upper left), at the recent Western Elite meet, as Wendy Cluff draws the ticket of the door prize winner and ABC commentator Gordon Maddux anxiously waits to call out the number. Notice the facial expressions and the biting of the lower lip.

And then the winner is announced (upper right) producing instant smiles from everyone. r:Vt.. ..UIrtt.. I" CT I .......... '"711

CORRKTIONS... Tim e once aga in to cor rect pas t mist a kes in th e GYMNAST. First is th e b lund er on page 20 of the June/ July edition when we in co rr ectl y identified a va u lter as Kathy Howard. Thi s was not Kathy and o ur sincere a pologies for this error. Kathy is a fairly new Elite gymnast and m ad e it to the va ulting fin a ls in th e Elite Nation als on ly to be mi stak e n for someone else. Howeve r, now we know what she looks lik e.

Mistak e #2. In th e June/ July issue we a lso neglected to mention that one of the stops for the Nippon Gymnastic Club was in Portland, Oregon, a t the Tigard Gymnastic School.

Apparently the exhib ition at th e club was a tremendou s success.

Al so thoroughly e njo yab le for the Ja pa nese group, es pe cially since Hiromichi Sano, has li ve d and go n e to sc hool in Portland . Aga in we a re sorry.

Another n ew cl ub is th e Elite Gymnastics Club of Merriam, Kansas. Coac he d by Dan Bradfield and Gerald Carley, th e team is mad e up of beginning, int e rmed iate and advanced gymnasts. The address for the club is 5185 Merriam Drive, Merriam, Kansas.

In th e la st iss u e I m e nti oned the unu sua l spelling of Stormy Eaton's name a nd man aged to mi sspell th e nam e of a nother gymnast in the sa m e paragraph . Th e Gymnast is Eric Malmberg. Finall y, in the Summer Gymfest ed ition , Jim McFaul was id e ntified as a fr e shman at Southern Illinois University and actual ly he is a juni o r at StU and a transfe r student from Golden West College, California.

Camps and Clinics .... A summer ca mp th at was not mention e d but brought to our att en tion is the Stroudsburg Sports Camp, he ld for the last three summ e rs in th e Poconos of Pennsylvania. This summ er, camp director, Bob Pataky will move th e cam p to New Jersey for three wee ks, then Connecticut for three wee ks and final ly three wee ks on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. My source of information, .Debbie Elljs, a lso ,ubmitted a picture o f h er brother Richard at the camp thi s summer.

Richard is a sop homore at Braintree High School in Massachusetts, a nd a member at th e boy's team , which won the state titl e this seaso n. Th e girls team finished seco nd in the sta te meet by a mere .4.

Lo ca ted ju st a co upl e of miles off the new route #60 out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is Wrona's gym c lu b, appare l a nd e quipment company . Although n ot a new club it 's worth mentioning for int e res ted rea de rs in th e Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania area. The facility which ope ne d in Nov e mber, 1972 ho u ses th e sc hoo l, appare l shop a nd equ ipment storage area.

Wrona's conducts both a g irl s and boys program a nd includ es a co mpe titi ve te am known as th e Shawnee Gym Team. Four women a nd two m en assist in in st ru ction o f th e progra m wh ic h las t se m este r e nroll e d 395 students. Th e b uilding area m eas ur es 4,340 squa re feet and th e gym is eq uippe d with almost two of eve ry pi ece of appa ratus. Th e offi c ia l address is R.D. #1 Elmbrook Road, Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010.

Masayuki Watanabe

A d ifferent sort of camp was he ld in Oregon this fall. The Oregon Gymnastics Association sponso red a cl ini c designed for coaches a nd not p articipants. Masayuki Watanabe was th e featured speaker a t th e two day clini c a nd according to all reports d id a fantastic job. At least 200 gymna sti c e nthu siasts attend e d th e clini c , to watch Mr. Watanabe's numerous demon st rati o ns a nd li ste n to hi s exp lanat ion of technique.

Thinkin g of a summ e r ca mp? Th is year Caravan of Camps wil l be trave lin g to Monterey, Mexico for a camp in Jun e. It 's n ice to see gymnastic ca mps reaching to students beyond the bord e rs of th e United States.

* A new gymn as ti c newsletter .... Jerry Wright is th e ed it o r and publisher o f The Weekly Gymnast Newsletter. Hi s id ea is th at th e re is a great nee d for a weekly gymnast ic pu b li cat io n, and his hop e is th at th e news le tter w ill come out once a week , pro viding up to date results and pi c tures . Anyone inte res ted shou ld w rit e to him at 16 Tapia Dr., San Francisco, Ca. 94132.

Ha ve one request from Joanne Fleming, editor of th e California Newsletter, for the names of some gy mna sti c offic ia ls in England.

So if anyone can pro vid e he r wi th a few na me s please wr it e to he r at 3656N. Valeria SI., Fresno, Ca. 93726.

In c6nc lu sion I would lik e to th a nk Ed Gagnier a nd Barbara Knothe fo r se nding us the res ults of this year's M id West Open.

Although hundre d s of peop le attended th e meet , on ly two peo ple see m e d to ha ve the tim e to submit thi s materia l and we grea tl y appreciate it. Las t yea r we go t zero res ults, so mayb e we are improving sin ce thi s year two people thought o f u s. Anyway thanks to everyone who h as submitt e d a nythin g this past year , whether it be meet results, an art icle, a poem, a ca rt oon, o r a const ru ct ive comp la int , we a ppr ecia te your co rrespondence a nd h o p e you' ll kee p it up in 1974.

Richard Ellis

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U.S.G.F. REPORT ON THE

MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY FOR MEN NOV. 12, 1973 ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND

by Frank ,. Cumiskey US Technical Representative 1. Th e meeting was call ed to o rd er b y th e Presid ent Mr. Iva ncev ic h. He we lco med all th e delegat es and obse rved a mo m ent of si lence for th e depart ed FIG m emb ers.

2. Th e ro ll call was th en made and th e vo tin g ca rd given to th e representati ve o f each country, th ere w ere 36 co untries answering th e roll ca ll.

3. Presid ent Iva ncev ic h n ex t gave hi s re p o rt as publi shed in th e FIG Bull eti n No . 3, 1973.

Report by the President of the Men's Technical Committee (MTC) Th e m andat e o f th e present MT(, th e committ ee con stitut ed at th e Co n gress held o n Au gust 22, 1972 in Muni ch , of fic iall y co mmenced o n j an uary 1, 1973, b ut th e necessa ry powers we re actu all y acco rd ed at Stuttgart o n j anuary 27, 1973. On th e occas io n of thi s m eeting , Mr. Karl-Hein z Zschock e was elec ted secretary o f th e co mmittee.

Thi s report cove rs th e p eriod betwee n the 51 st Congress held in 1972 and th e end o f jun e 1973. a) 1972 Olympics Games in Munich Th e yea r 1972 was und er th e m o tt o of th e Ol ympi c Games in Muni ch. Aft er th e 1968 Gam es in M ex ico and th e 1970 W o rld Champi o nships, we th o ught that th e evo lu t io n o f arti sti c gy mnas ti cs had mo re o r less att ained its limi t. But th e G am es in M uni ch co nvince d us oth erw ise. Int ern ati o nal arti sti c gymn as ti cs has made yet anoth er e no rmou s step fo rwa rd . N ew elements and o ri gin al co nn ecti o ns app ea red at all th e apparatu s. Mo reove r, o ri gin al and ve ry ri sky dism o unts of trdnscendenta l v irt uos it y we re enthu siasti ca ll y appl au ded by spectato rs,

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judges and techn icians alike. However, in spite of these positive aspects, we sti ll deplore a ce rt ain degree of monotony at som e apparatus, above al l on the rings, especia ll y w ith rega rd to the sta rt and the dismount, and very pronouncedly, in the floor exerc ise. In Munic h, w e had a magnificent gym nasium with th e most perfect apparat us and in stallation s, as well as excellent .organization with a co mputing office an d a secreta ri at th at was a mode l of effi cien cy.

The scoring during th ese Games was good througho ut. There were absolutely no comp laints.

In o ur opinion, the program for the compet iti ons was overloaded for th e gym nasts.

As an examp le, we recall th at, in o rd er to obtain a路medal in the multiple co mpet itio n, a gym nast was ob ligated to take part in compet iti o n No. 1 (12 parts) as we ll as in competition No.2 (6 part s) that is a total of 18 parts! What is more, the fin als might also ha ve demanded up to 6 fresh parti cipations (competition No.3), that is to say, an ove rall total of 18-24 parts.' Th ese co mp et itions made enormous ph ys ica l and psychological dema nd s on th e indi v id ua l gymnast. Thi s question wil l have to be examined by both our Med ica l Commissio n and by o ur own MTC. Our thanks are d ue to all th e responsibl e techni cians, to th e organizatory comm ittee and to th e gymnas ti c~ Federation .of th e German Fed eral Republic far th eir co ntribution ta the success of thi s remark able gymnasti cs manifestatia n.

b) 1973 European Championships in Grenoble Gren a bl e, the large and attra cti ve cap ital of th e French Alps, o rgan ized th ese Eu ro p ea n Champiansh ips - the 10th Indi vidu al Men 's Gymnastic Champions hip s, held on Saturday and Su nday May 12 and 13, 1973. In th e vas t Sports A rena, we wit nessed a trul y mag nifice nt techni ca l spectac le th at prav ed what trem end a us pragress art istic gym nas ti cs ha s recentl y made in Europ e. W e also noted wit h pl eas ure that the di stributi on of th e med als was mu ch less far eseea ble than has pr eviou sly been th e case. In effec t, seve n of th e 20 n ation s parti cipatin g wo n m eda ls.

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Th e scorin g wa s good thro ughout. Two co mpl aints were ladged. The jury of Appeal met an d refused b a th co mplaints afte r havin g exa min ed the paint s which they faund to be abso lutely within th e framewo rk of our reg ulation s.

Fift y-four gymnasts from 20 Europ ea n ca untri es participated in these co mp etition s.

There was no serious accid en t during the co mp etiti ans.

Apart from a lack o f ta utness in the orga ni zation of an eve nt of this m agnitud e and ce rtain delays, th e co mpetitions went off quite _normally. Th e d uty sec reglljat and_ . th ~ computing office, in p arti cul ar, function ed very sa ti sfac toril y. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking the Organi zatory Committee and th e Fr enc h Gymnasti cs Federati on for th eir va lu ab le co ntribution to the success o f thi s impo rt ant European event.

c) judges' Courses The following ca urses w ere held during the period betwee n September 1972 and end of June 1973: 1. At Beyrauth , fro m Spetember 5-8, 1972, for the Federati ons in t he A rab wo rld .

2. In Alg iers, fro m Jun e 25-28, 1973, for the Fed erati ons of th e Grand M ag hreb.

3. At Tel Aviv, fro m Jul y 6-9, 1973 fo r the gy mn asti c Federatian of Israe l.

We are th e mos t gratefu l to th e organiz ers of th ese co ur ses, to th e o rga ni zin g Feder ation s and also to those Fed erati o ns who dispatc hed participants. All th ese p eo pl e helped to support our efforts.

d) Trainers' course Onl y o ne co urse was held , from Jun e 19-25, 1973, also in A lgiers, fo r th e Fede ration s of th e Grand Maghreb (A lge ri a, Morocco, Tun es ia ).

W e should also lik e to th an k eve ryo ne who contr ibut ed to th e success of thi s course . By he lpin g train trai ners, th ey ha ve helped to p ro mote gymna sti cs in thi s part .of Afri ca.

e) Propaganda tour in Brazil Thi s mag nifi ce nt to ur took pl ace between Ma y 14-26 , 1973. Th e gy mn as ts numbered 14

girl s and 16 boys. LJ emonstrations took pl ace as fo llows: Rio de Janei ro - two demonstrations Porto Alegre - two d emonstrat ions Sao Pao lo - two demonstrations Belo H orizo nte - one demonstration Bras ilia - on e demonstration Th e techni ca l success of thi s tour ca n o nly be described as outstanding. Th e gymn as ts dist in gui shed th emselves th ro ugh exempl ary behavior and discipline. In spite of the fatigu e in vo lved in the ve ry long journeys, th e performan ces we re excell ent and t hey ~ a r ves t e d a spectac_ul ar success. Thi s augu rs w ell for th e developmen t o f gymnastics in t hi s part of Latin America as we ll as for th e rea li zation o f a project to hold a trai n ers' co urse in thi s co untry. f) Meetings During th e three meetin gs it has he ld , th e MTC has dea lt with va riou s techn ica l probl ems, amo ng whi ch we re wo rk m ethod s, va ri ous co mpetiti o ns, obligato ry exe rcises, CQde of Point s, symposium for m en judges, age o f co mp etitors , cou rses, techni ca l reg ul ation s, standa rdi za ti o n of competi t it on apparatu s, etc.

At th e mee ting held in May 1973 in Grenob le, Mr. Andre Hu guenin , Sw it zer land, was avai lab le to us as an interpret.er in the p lace of Mr. Pi erre He ntge sju n who retired o n th e .occasio n of th e Ol y mpic Games in Munich.

Many probl e ms are bei ng studi ed and m an y proj ects are in the proce ss of rea li za ti o n and th e M en 's Techni ca l Committ ee devotes it s tim e and it s en ergies to th e developme nt o f arti sti c gym nas ti cs.

I n my capac ity as pres ident of th e MTC, I shoul d li ke to ex pr ess m y m as t since re grati tud e to m y co ll aborators on the co mm itt ee, m y sa ti sfaction to th e Wom en 's Tec hni ca l Co mmittee abo ut th eir co ll aborat io n and also my recognitian to th e FI G Execut ive Committ ee for it s unfailin g und erstandi ng and suppor t.

A spec ial " th ank yo u " is addresse d to th e presid ent , Art hu r Ga nd er, w hose sup p o rt and adv ice are always mos t va luab le in all circumstan ces . Hav i ng reac hed the end of thi s,

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my first repo rt , it is my special privilege to pay homage to our forme r president of the MTC whose exceptio nal m e rits and outstanding service to the FIG ca nnot be encompassed in a few brief wo rd s. His purely techni ca l contribution was eno rmous , co nsidering that he was be hind all the important projects . rea li zed by the FIG during rece nt d ecades.

President of the MTC for eight years and prime mover behind tec hnical matters for a long time before th at, Mr. Gander's tremendous contribution on al l fronts cannot possib ly be it emized. But for all he has done he has our g ratef ul thanks and we hope that his shining examp le will conti nue to gUide us for a long time yet!

To Pres ident of the MTC/ FIG: Ivan ' lva ncevich The Report was accep ted as published . Mr. Zschocke, secretary of the Technical Committee, declared that there were 36 delegates present, 19 was an absolute majority and 25 was a two thirds majority for voting purposes.

4. Th e Minutes of the last meeting in Munich as published in the FIG Bulletin No. 1 were approved.

S.a. Olympic Games 1972. Reports indicated that the Games were conducted perfectly and the gymnas ts performed well. The observation was made that it may be too strenuous for those gymnasts who after doing the team compulsory and optionals and then the optionals again for the a ll-aro und and ihen the finals. Some of the favored o nes in the fina ls failed and it was felt that th e e motional strain and the physical may ha ve been too much .

b. European Championships at Grenob le for men. Belgium comp lained that in their case with three individuals, each gymnast was competing in a different eve nt and th e coach had to run a round th e floor spotting and coaching. Mr. Iva ncevi c h stated that this was an odd ity caused by the draw . c. Propagandga tour to Braz il. Mr. Lylo reported how well the tour was co nducted w ith over 135,000 people seeing the gymnasts. Mr. Ivancev ich stated some more facts in his report.

Mr. Fisher of Brazil expressed his thanks forthe cooperation of all Federations for making the tour a success.

6. Mr. Ivancevich in his report listed the judges courses und e r c, further information d isclosed that 15 passed at Beirut, 9 at Teheran , 60 at Algiers and 14 in Israel. Any questions concern in g judges courses by the members should be referred to Mr. Ivancevich and coaches courses to Mr. Lylo.

7. Judging symposium in Madrid. Mr. Ivancev ich stated that Spain, Russia and the United States have g ive n their contribution (which may be added to by December 31). Mr. Thoresson stated that we shou ld have time for questions today but Mr. Ivancevich said there would be no questions today as there was amp le opportunity in Madrid for questions.

8. Coaches courses. In add iti on to the course mentioned in the Presidents report, d., There were courses in July in Spain, and there will be a course in Austria, Decembe r, and in Brasilia and in Spain in 1974.

9. World Games 1974. a. On page 76 under h. change the opening ceremony date to Sunday, October 20th and

advance by one day each of the following dates. (F IG Bullet in No.3) b. QualificaJion Th ere followed a le ngth y discussion of at least two hours a nd more. Mr. Iva ncevich asking " What do we want to achieve, a sh'ow of th e world cha mpions of just anybody. " The Tec hni ca l Committee had taken the stand that th ere should be qu a lifi ca tions as in Munich and that this could be the method. The 16 teams who scored $10 points in Munich would automatica ll y qua lif y for the World Games and since Bulga ria says that they can only accept 24 teams th at would le'a ve an additional e ight team s or groups to be added. Therefore the term could be, performance leve l, set at 8.5 for the remaining instead of qual if ication . ,Mr. Ivancevich then asked if the delegates agreed with the Technical Committee.

Portugal , Israe l, W. Germany, Denmark; Great Britai n, Russia and the U.S. spoke for an open competition with no qualifications. East Germany supported the fact that Bulgaria had technical problems and asked if there cou ldn 't be a comprom ise. Israel said that the competition shou ld not have been awarded to Bulgaria if they cou ldn ' t accommodate the Muni c h vote of an open competition. Mr. Ivancevich said that the World Games should " show the cream of the ath letes as all other sports do. We have other competitions they can go to. In years past weak gymnasts performed with high class gymnasts and the public laughed, do we want that, even the judges laughed. If the coun tries want to learn they can send coaches and come as spectators, What is better - to show world class gymnasts

before th e te lev'ision or poor gym nas ts which wou ld hurt th e sport. We we re good in Munich - should we all ow poor performances now to hurt us and erase th e Muni ch po pularity. I have great respect for your opinion but in all other spo rts th ey present th e ir best athl etes , w h y should our spo rt be different? " Th e qu es tion was held over unt il th e General Assembly, to allow the delegate from Bulgari a to communicate with hi s Fed eration on the lim it of 24 tea m s.

10. Program of the Ol ympi c Games Montrea l 1976. - Th er e w ill only b e 12 co mplete teams plus four gro ups co mpo se d of individua ls from other countries. Competition 2 for the 36 allaround fin ali sts, ther e will be a limit of thr ee gymnasts from anyon e co untr y and in the finals, of th e six on each eve nt, onl y two gymnasts fro m any one co untr y wil l be allowed.

Every country opposed such reaso ning, Ru ssia was especia ll y aga in st it say ing " We never saw a man thrown off the field for sco ring too m an y field goa ls, it is a silly rule, it cou ld be at leas t four ilJ Compo 2 and thre e in Competit ion 3. " This discussion was also ref e rr ed to the General Assembly th e following day.

11. Probl e ms co ncerning apparatus. - A new book is being wri tten for m en and wom e n . It wi ll b e issu ed before the Olympic Games in good tim e. Unab le to give specific details, some dimension s wi ll be changed and others are still being di sc ussed. The West German delegate said that th e Tec hnical Committee shou ld work close ly with th e internat ional standardization organization so that the specificat ions are listed so that all co mpanies in the world cou ld manufacture an d se ll th e equipment. Mr .

Ivancevich said th is is being don e.

12. Proposals made by Fed erations - Australi a propo sed an ab ilit y leve l competition, hav ing a World L am es for the to p co untries or A Group and another World Games for weaker or B countries. He claimed th at every country cou ld th e n co mpete, it wou ld be eas ier on judges. Th e re followed mu ch discussion and since the who le question of qu alifi ca ti on had been put over for the G en eral Assemb ly, this question sho uld be taken in turn also. Finally Australia ag reed to bring it up at the next Congress.

All proposa ls concerning changes in the Code of Points were tabl ed and referred to th e Technical Comm itt ee to consider when writing the new Code.

Egypt proposed th e AFRICA CUP Unanimou s Agreement. Spain proposed th e mats as used in Munich against the 20 cm mat adopted in Munich for th e horizontal bar and vaul ting. Aft e r much discussion the 20cm mat is eliminated and the 26cm m ats are adopted or the horizontal bar and vau lting.

Hungarian proposal b. Pe rmission to use reser ve gymn ast when an in jury occu rs was discu ssed and rejected 18 to 9.

Yugosla via a. Floor Exercis e with music was rej ected 19 to 10.

All other pro posals were either referred to the Stud y Commission for th e Code of Points or put over to the General Assembly the next day.

A new Technical Reg ulation book has bee n completed cove ring Artisti c Gymnastics Men & Women as wel l as Mod ern Gymnastics.

The ' m ee ting was adjourned after 9 hours w ith no lunch period .

Mr. Frank Cumiskey is Technical Director of the United States Gymnastics Federation.

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WOMEN'S TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY ROTTERDAM

FIG CONGRESS I. Nations present during TA for Women: 29 Australi a - No Italy West Ge rm any Japan Austria Lu xemburg Brazil - No Norwa y Belgium N ew Zea land - No Bulgaria H olland Poland - No Canada Republi c of Korea Portugal East Germany Cuba - No Rumani a D e nmark Swed e n Spain Switze rland USA Czechoslovakia South Afri ca Yugosl av ia Finland France Tunisi a Russia Great Brit ain Turk ey - No Hungary -Israel

By Jackie Fie U.S. Delegate as submitted by the USGF

11. European Championsh"ips - 1973 A. Organi za tion was excel lent in particular the we lcome for participants, transport of all officia ls and co nt es tants, immediate avai lability of scores for trainers, faciliti es, and hospitality.

B. Technica l leve l was lower than deSirable, si n ce Fed e rations sent young gymnasts for reasons of experience. The TC recommends once more th at each Feder<! tion se nd at least one gymnast of exce lle-nt va lue.

C. Ind ividua l Eve nts 1. Vault Th e re w e re too many Yamashitas and too few vau lts with twisting. Hopefully new va ulting regul ations will aid development o f vaulting.

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2. Uneven Bars Th e difficulti es were very good, but th e execution was not, as indicated by too m an y fall s. Gen erall y speak ing the technica l level was not high .

3. Bal ance Bea m Th ere were far too many falls (more than 20 out of 42 gymnasts) due to too man y difficulti es. Th e orig in alit y and the connect ions were n ot of a hi gh leve l. The elegance and genera l impression were adverse ly affected as a result of too many difficulties and fa ll s.

4. Floor Exercise Generally speaking there was not enough high difficult y in twisting with on ly one doubl e twi sting mo veme nt exhibited . A lack of harmon y between music and moveme nt existed du e to u se of modern musical select ions. The height of the leaps and jumps w as insuffi cient and overa ll the floor exercise was at a low level. ' III. World Championships in Varna 1974 A. At Madrid the FIG stated there would be no qualification s. The FIG sent a letter to all Fed erations aski ng that this decision be cancelled. The majority of Federations

answe red "No". Th e TC stat ed th at the compe tition must b e one at a world class leve l and not one of di sgrace.

B. Bulgari a has stat e d it ca n no t accept more than 24 tea ms for women and th e TC wishes to acco mmodate th e Bul ga rian Fed eration.

C. Th e TC reco mm en d s th e foll ow in g on ly for th e World Champion ship s in Bulgaria: 1. Sixteen be st te ams from M uni ch be automat ica ll y accepted .

2. For ot her e ight tea ms there must be competit ion s among th emse lves w ith one or severa l Federations taking part.

3. If there are to be six on a tea m , at least three members must att ain an 8.50 average.

5. Th e TC wou ld se lec t team s an d groups of individuals ba sed on qualificat ion score to equal eight groups of six gymnasts.

6. At each qualification compet iti on, the judges must be divided as follow s: one judge from TC-head judge two neutral judges o n e judges from each co untry 7. If there are not eight groups of teams above 8.50 average , then th e TC may lower the sco re to 8.00.

D. Th e Tec hnical Asse mbl y accepted propo sa l by 15-11 vo路te. *E. Th e General Assemb ly am end ed by vo te of 25 -1 that d ecis ion by acce pting th e following: (Base d o n a philosoph y that each FIG member Fed erat ion should be abl e to have one or a few co mpe titors of qua lit y) *1. D ecember 15 wo uld be dea dline for Bulgaria to answe r wh eth er it can assure visas to Israe l and South Africa, th e answer which might necessitate a new sit e for the World Gam es. *2. A qualificat ion sco re of 8.0 wou ld be used as th e criteria for qual ificat ion, so that there would b e more opportunity for parti cipati o n by Fed eration s and yet maint enance of a qu alit y competit ion.

IV. Olympic Games - the IOC is the final authority in all matters of Olympic Games Competition. *A. Th e Committee of Directors ha s met on seve ral o ccas ion s with the IOC and was told that all sport s wou ld b e allowed o nl y 12 full team s. Additiona ll y the IOC wi ll all ow four groups of indi vidual s (24) because of th e specia l nature of thi s sport.

B. Th e Women 's TA voted 11 for and 18 again st thi s proposa l.

C. . The General Assembly supported th e Committee of Dir ectors with a 21 to 15 vote. *0. Th e Committee of Directors wit h th e IOC recomm ended that only th e thre e b es t gymna sts from each country wou ld be eli gib le to take part in th e mUltiple (a ll around) competition number two and that on ly the two be st from each co untry wo uld be all owed in the final s, co mpet iti o n number three.

E. Th e Wom en 's TA vo ted in support of this propo sal 19-10.

F. Th e G.A. vo ted in fa vo r of Committee of Directors proposal by 27-10.

IV. The New Beam A. In Lond o n at European Championship s th e rese rve gymnasts were given th e opportunit y to work on a " new " beam with "soft smooth lea ther lik e" covering.

B. Th e TC r ecommends that the " new" beam w ith "sof t smooth leather lik e covering " be adopted for Vdr nd '1974 for th ese reason s.

1. Th e majorit y of reserve gymnasts of Fede ration s dt London preferred this mode l o ve r the pr ev iou s ex peri mental model covered by "ca rp et lik e " mat erial.

2. It hds b een d ecid ed for a long tim e to use th e "e ldsti c " beam and the new decision is on ly to use a beam with a " new " cover of sm oo th mdteridl in stead of the carpet materi al.

C. After mu ch di scu ss ion on behalf of tho se co untri es w ith out th e advantage of th e experimentdl iJ edlll , th e lack of specifi ca ti o ns, and the shortne ss o f tim e, a vo te was tak en . Th e vote wa s 21 against and 5 in favo r of th e " new" bea m for 1974 World Chdmpio nships. *0. Th erefore, the current wood b ea m with no cove r o r pad w ill be official for World Champion ships in Var na 1974.

New Spec ifi ca ti o ns are b eing writte n and wi ll be availab le to th e Fed eration s by December 24 , 1973. *E. Th e wood beam wi thout pad or cover w ill be th e official b ea m specification fo ' all in tern ati ona l co mpe tition s unt il th e Europe an Champion ship s for Women in No rway, fall of 1975.

V. Courses for Judges .

A. Th e TC ha s pr epa red a Jud ging Guid e for FIG I nt ercontin ental , Continenta l, and National Ju dgesCo urses whi'ch should se rve to edu ca te th e judges for th e exam in ation s.

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B. It would be fini shed and available by th e latest March 1974.

C. Permis sion for a Nationa l FIG course in the summ er of 1974 was granted to the USA und er the direction of Mrs. Jack ie Fie.

VI. New Technical Regulations for Varna 1974 Refer to Bulletin Fig. No.3, 1973 September, pages 79-82.

A. Vaults 1. A ll vault eva lu ations as appea r on pages 79 and 80 w ill be followed.

2. Prescriptions for final competition in vault wil l app ly as on page 80.

3. Change: Of the 12 vau lts execu ted by each tea m, no more than six may be the same.

B. Uneven Bars 1. Regul ations on pages 80-81 will be followed with these exceptions: a. Dismount with push off from feet in erect stand, squat or stradd le stand from LB or HBjs not accept ed and wi ll be penalized by 0.4 point. b. Dismount from sole ci rcle with impetus from feet wi ll be a medium difficulty with no pen alty, provided th at a vert ica l position is not achieved before push off. c. A jump to handstand on HB from a squat or stand on the LB will be medium. If followed by a V1 or more pirouette into another element, the combination will be superi o r. d . All o th er movements remain as in present code, including LB handstands, as superiors.

C. Balance Beam All regulations on page 81 will be followed w ith the exceptio n of the tu ck saito which is as follows: 1. The responsibility for injury must be accepted by the Federation.

2. A stop before or after wi ll be penalized by 0.2 each time.

3. The FIG TC feels this exercis e is not characte ri stic of movements on the beam. Lack of amp lit ude and technical faults in execution will be penalized.

4. The TC proposes the question of this element be studi ed by the FIG Intern at ional Sports Medicine Commission .

D. Floor Exercise 1. Regulations will be followed as on page 81 of Bulletin NO.3 and page 45 of Bulletin No.2.

E. New Scoring as in Article No.7 FIG Code for Optional Exercise on Bars, Beam and Floor.

1. The point breakdown of 5 for difficulty, 2 for o rigin alit y and compos ition , 2 for exec ution and amplitude, and 1 for gene ral impression will be followed.

2. A ll optiona ls must exhibit 3 superior and 4 medium difficulti es. Each exercise must , therefore, in clude at least 7 elements. A superior may be substituted for 1 m edium element. There wi ll be difficulty penalties for lack of the minimum 7 elements - 3 super ior and 4 mediums. For substitut ion of medium elemen ts w ith superior elements (such as 6 superiors, and 1 medium o r 7 superiors and 0 mediums), th ere wi ll be no compositiona l penalties unl ess the co nnections suffer as a result.

F. All other existing regulations remain as is.

F.I. G. Report continued on page 32 ...

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'73 HOLIDAY SEASON COMPETITIONS

L.A. Holiday Classic Team Champions

L.A. HOLIDAY CLASSIC, Steve Wiseman

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MIDWEST OPEN, Bob Roth

L.A. CLASSIC, Cris Klingerman

The Cal ifornia State Un ive rsit y, Lo s Ange les gymnastic team won it 's Holiud Y Classic he lu at the ,CSLA gym to start the 1973 -74 seaso n with a victory.

Cal State Northriuge sco reu 129.35, goou tor a fif th place fini sh. However, th e Matauo rs were compet ing w ith out three of th eir top AIIArounu men. Moboru Mi ya gd, Kurt Brauley, anu Dea n Furuk awa hau competeu in th e Chico In vitational helu th e Sdm e weekenu.

Northriuge , th en, figures to b e even tougher in th eir In vit ational, pl ay in g on their home court w ith all of th eir ted m tog et h er.

The Ca l State L.A. tea m , who won th e PCAA champ ionsh ip last yedr spo rting d 10-1 reco ru , scored 151.45 point s ill th e ; pirit eu ': J liuay Classic, the high est sin ce th e event wa s first started 13 years ago. ' 'I'm very please d dbout th e wi n, especiall y with our performan ces on th e pdrdllel bars, " said coach AI Marino. " That WdS th e key eve nt to our winning as AriLond WdS red ll y push in g us."

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CANADIAN ALL STARS

VS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ALL STARS

by Jim Gault

L.A. CLASSIC, Ron Reznick

CANADIAN MEET, Diane Dunbar

The Ca nadian m ee t was held November 9th and 10t h. Th e Canadian tea m was co mpri se d of six gymnasts fr o m Briti sh Columbia, D eni se Holst, Li sa Brod eri ck, Janis Gauthier, A lli so n Andr ews, Paul a N ishik awa ra and Tami Knight.

Friday evening th e m ee t was held at California State University at H aywa rd . Compe tin g for the North er n Ca lif. t ea m were Di ane Dunbar, W end y Schon , D iane Ainley , Kim Sa nd e rs, Sue Paul , and Karen Smith . Dunbar wo n th e al laro und w ith a 37.2 and received a great ovation at the co n clu sion of her floor exerc ise routin e which was the last routin e of th e eveni ng. Meet was att end ed by over 2,500 peop le. Sponsored by th e North e rn Ca lif. W o men 's Gymnast ics Committee. Canadians arri ved o n Tu esda y eve ning the 6th and went to re spec ti ve priva te homes aft er visiting Farr el 's Ice Crea m Parlour.

Work out th e n ex t day was at Haywa rd State then dinn er th at eveni ng at famous Spenge r's Res taurant in Berk eley. Next d ay they worked o ut at th e Di abl o Gymn astics C lub in W alnut Creek and that ni ght visited San Francisco, rode th e ca bl e ca r and tour ed Chinatown. Ne xt day relaxed before th e comp etition th at evening.

Sa turday dro ve to Sacrame nto for similar co mp etiti o n th ere. Do not have complete result s from Sacramento meet., however, allaround results were 1st-Dunbar, 2nd-Sand ers, 3rd-Schon, 4th-Ain ley. The Canadians were dri ve n to San Francisco Sunday morning fo r the plane back to Vancouver. The Canadian coach, Mrs. Gl ad ys H artl ey is a ve ry gra ciou s lad y. We were also plea se d to have Mrs. Carol Ro ss, national rated judge from Canada. This was a ve ry su ccessful ex p eri ence for both teams in terms of sharing and enjoying each other ' s wa y of life through one common endeavor. We hope to co ntinu e thi s experience in the years to co me.

Canadian All Stars vs. Northern California All Stars

WESTERN ELITE, Diane Ainley

" Scoring over a 150 medn s our performers are getting rea d y ea rli er," M arino sa id . " Thi s w in is} good indica tion of better things to come.

Th e Diablo tea m wo n four of th e six eve nt s.

Floor exercise w ith a sco re of 25.95, po mm el horse, 24.25 ; para ll el bdrs, 25.2; and th e hori zo ntal bJr, 25 .3.

UCLA wo n th e rin gs with a sco re of 25.75, and the va ulting w ith a sco reo f 25 .55 to tak e th ird in the m ee t w ith a tot al sco re of 146. 2.

Th e Un ive rsit y of A ri Lon d too k seco nd , sco rin g 147./l. USC followed in fourth pl ace w ith 131.2 and No rthridge WdS n ex t. In sixth pla ce was Cal State Full erton totdling 122.5. Wa y behind was Cal State Sd n [Ji ego w ith 56.6 good for seve nth . Ca l Pol y Pomond took eighth with 46./l and th e University of Cal if. , Sd nt a Barbara was las t w ith 25.1.

Cal State LA also led in indi vidu dl honors w ith ' six, foll owe d by Ar izon d dnd UC LA w ith thr ee.

Co- ca pt ain Cri s Kling erman won two ribbon s taking first on the pommel ho rse dnd seco nd on th e parallel bars .

Ron Rezni ck, of No rthrid ge, dlso wo n two ribbons taking first p ldce in fl oor exe rcise and in vaulting.

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L.A. CLASSIC, Shawn Miyake

Oth er Diablos w inning honors were Jerry Gut ierrez and G eorge Reyes, w ho took second and third respecti ve ly in the floo r exe rcise.

Steve Wi se man took a third pl ace finish on ' the rin gs. Gary Rugl ey ti ed in third pla ce wit h Da ve Go ld sm ith of A ri zo na on th e para ll el bars.

CAL STA TE LA HOLIDA Y ClASSIC 1. Cal State L. A., 151 .45; 2. Ar izon a, 147.8; 3. UCLA, 146.2; 4. USc, 131.2; 5. No rthrid ge, 129.35; 6.

Ful lerto n, 122.5; 7. Sa n Di ego, 56.60; 8. Ca l Po ly 46.8, 9.

UCS B 25.1.

Free.Exercise: 1. Ro n Reznick , No rthr idge 9.05. 2. Je rr y Guti err ez C5 LA 8.8. 3. George Reyes C5LA 8.6.

Pommel Horse: 1. Cris Klin germa n CSLA 9.0. 2. Shaw n Mi yak e UCLA 8.85. 3. Kurt Zimmerman USC 8.75.

Rings: 1. j e rr y O'Dell Arizona 8.8. 2. Mike Moser UCLA 8.75. 3. Steve W ise man CS LA 8.7.

Vaulting: 1. Ron Rez ni ck No rthrid ge 9.1, 2. Greg Cass ian UCLA 9.0, 3. Doug Wa lk er UCS B 8.95. .Parallel Bars : 1. John Li vingstone USC 8.55, 2. Cris Kling erm an CSLA 8.5. 3(T) Gary Rugl ey CS LA and Dave Go ld smith A ri zo na 8.4.

Horizontal Bar: 1. Ken Ea stm an UCLA 9.1, 2. Terr y Montoo th UC LA 8.95, 3. Steve Reuter A ri zo na 8.8.

Vaulting 1. D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 1. D. Ainl ey (Nor-Cal) 3. D. H olst (Ca n) 3. K. Sanders (Nor-Ca l) 3. K. Smith (Nor-Ca l)

9.30 9.30 8.80 8.80 8.80

Unevens 1. D. Dunbar (Nor -Ca l) 2. D. Ain ley (No r- Ca l) 3. S. Paul (No r-Cal)

9.35 8.90 8.65

Beam 1. W. Schon (Nor-Ca l) 2. D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 3. D. A inl ey (No r-Ca l)

9.25 9.20 8 .40

Floor Exercise 1. D. Dunbar (Nor -Ca l) 2. D. Ain ley (Nor-Ca l) 2. Kim Sa nd ers (Nor-Cal )

9 .35 8.65 B.65

All-Around 1 . D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 2. D. Ain ley (No r-Ca l) 3. K. Sanders (Nor-Ca l) Total Team Score No rth e rn Ca lifo rni a A ll Stars Ca nadian A ll Stars

37.20 35.20 33.90

173.95 147.75

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Denise Cheshire

Debbie Fike

Susan Archer

this and more, characteriled D ebbi e anu her routines. Watching her perform it WdS easy to WESTERN STATES JUNIOR ELITE see th e definite gap between d goou gy mn ast INYITA T10NAL and a great one.

A lth ough Debbi e's first place finish in th e all Canoga Park High School around was really not d surprise. the seco nu place finish of the KIPS ' Susdn Archer was, as Canoga Park, California well as Denise Cheshire of M iu Vd ll ey p ldcing December 8, 1973 third .

Susan showeu a gredt u ea l of orig indlity in

By Barbara Thatcher optional balance bedm, dn u sr.e uispldyeu an At the conclusion of the Western States almost m echani ca l precisi'on as she went Junior Elite In vitational, sponso reu by .the Miu through the Olympi c compu lso ries.

Denise hau th e mo st spectdcular optiona l bar Valley YMCA, the three young lauies who stoou on the awards sta nu to receive all around routine 6f the meet, anu altnough she looked a trophies were not n ecessarily the gymnasts bit nervous at times, comp ul sory beam was her who were expecteu to win , but by their only weak area. It was apparent by her cons istency were th e ones who ueserveu to concentration that she was determined to win. break into the Elite uivision .

From the beginning, it was obvious that Th is m ee t serveu to qUdlify girls lor th e USGF Debbie Fike, of th e SCATS, was in a class all her ' Elit e Qu ali fica ti on M eet in Long Beach, Janu ary own . Crace, amp'litude, and confidence all 01 18th and 19th anu a sco re of 70.00 (compulsory 16

Susa n Archer

plus optiona l) was requireu to mov e into the Elite leve l. It 's interes tin g to nvte th at Susan dnu D eni se, newcom ers to the Elite uivision , sco reu a higher all arounu totdl thdn d few dlr eauy establi shed Elite gymndsts, in th e mee t, who hau qua li fieJ for this year's QUdlifi cd tion Meet at th e 1973 Elite Nationd ls.

Noteao le in the afternoon compu lsory co mp etition was D ebbie 's beautiful vault (nice pre-fl~ht anu after - fli~ht, with a solid lanuing) , kyl e Gayner's lovely beam routine (The on ly gymnast o n her to es throughout til e e ntire exercise.), Wenuy Muld'S impressive styl e on bars (shou luers so high on th e fdl se eag le that th ey were parall el to th e high bar) , dnu Lynne Govin 's smooth flowing floor exer c i~e ro L ,ine.

Not all of th ese girl s cdptu reu first in th ese respect ive uivi sio ns but edc h hdu d styl e anu certa in fea tur es th at se t th eir routines dpdrt from th e rest. Ky le dnu .Lynne are from th e SeA TS anu Wenuy competes for Miu Vdl ley.

The all arounu dt first lookeu to be done,

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taKen first had h er compulsory score of 9.25 been a little high er. Sue Archer 's co mpu lso ry on bea m scoreu 9.5. A lthou gh she fell several times, Tami Manvill e, o f th e Arizona Twisters, u isp layeu a littl e origina lit y in her routine with a siue ro ll w ithout hanus anu what appea r eu to be a tin sica mount er.

Opti ona l va u lting uid not o ff er mu ch in th e w ay o f v irtu os it y, th e mo st common va ult being th e Yama sh ita. Debbie Fik e won th at eve nt with a yamashita, fo llowing an unsu ccessf ul att empt at a h anu sp ring fu ll twist lanuing o n he r seat.

Sue Archer also diu a Ya mi anu hau ni ce, high after-flight. D enise Ch eshire finish ed third anu her vault w as a Yamashita also.

Several of th e floor exe rcise performers displaye d eit her pretty d ance anu meui ocre tumb ling o r vice ve rsa, anu so me trul y ug ly sounding mu sic acco mpdni eu the routines.

Many girls executeu rounu-off backs, tucked or layed o ut. Debbi e Fik e, Ly nn e Gav in , Kim .Sand ers, and D eni se Ch eshire, fini , hed amo ng t h e top six in this event and all did round-off flip flop full twi sts. Ho weve r Kim 's was p er haps the bes t with ni ce h eight anu a fldshy twi st. On e thing was occasion all y noticeab le, th at so m e girl s eve n at th is lev el have th eir heaus down , are fl at foot ed , have tw isteu hip s o n walkovers and lea p s, and so und heavy in th eir tumbling and dance.

O f th e 24 girl s who entereu th e mee t o nly five qualified to go on to the Elit e Qual ifi ca tion M ee t in Long I:l each. Two of th ese girl s, D ebbi e Fik e and Kyle Gayner, had already qua l if ied prev io usly as Elite gymnast s and th e othe r three are Susan Archer, Deni se Cheshire anu Lynne Gavin. Th e m eet, although a litt le lo ng, was well run and organizeu. If th e Elite gym nas ts thro ugh o ut the co untry loo k as goou as th ese p erform ers thi s year's Elit e Nationals sho uld be exciting .

Kyle Gayner

WOM EN'S ELITE QUALIFYING C HAMPIO NSHIPS

two, three swee p fo r the SCA TS. Kyle Gd yner known p rim ar il y fo r her b ed m anu fl oo r exe rcise wo rk p roveu to be ned rl y dS str ong in vaulting an u bars. I:lut th e Idtt er event was her 路 one downfall. Stea u y dnu poi seu dll th e WdY through th e m ee t she hdu dlmost finish eu 路 opti o nal bars, he r f ind l eve nt of th e ni ght , w hen 路 she fell o n a 1 Y1 twi st on th e hi gh bdr , dnu fell agai n on her h echt w ith d full tw ist ui smount.

Hau she uone the w hol e rou tin e it wo ul u hd ve been sensa ti ondl, b ut she re m o unt eu beio re she hau rega in eu so me compos u re dnu that may have been th e red so n for th e seco nu fd ll. It w as appare nt th dt she was upse t w ith how she fareu, eve n though , h e is dlredu y co nsiu ereu dn ' E'lite gymnast. t he opt io nal, we re unbelievdb le. So mu ch var iety o f move, dnu tec hni4u e, thdt it WdS ve ry haru to ueciue w i1 O'>e routine WdS bett er. ~ o r in stance on th e bdrs th ere we re seve rd l girl s . with archeu Cd,l> as compdreu to Frit L Reit er 's girl s w hme boui es we re st rdight , tight dnu GYMNAST Jan. '74

minus an arch. This shdllow cont rdc teu posi ti o n mau e it poss ibl e fo r Deni se Ch es hire to execut e a particularl y stri king CdSt to hdnu stanu o n the low bar, half turn , strddu le down to d sa le circl e ca tc h. It wo ulu h ave bee n extre mely hdrd to UO this with any loose ness or any arch in the back.

Th e gi rls from th e Miu Valley YMCA seem to be in th e ava n t garde cd tego ry of gy mn as ts; so incredibl e is th ei r Illa stery of swin g that it see m s lik e they' re wo rkin !! men 's hig h bdr. D eni se's dismount ca ll th e "C heshire Snap" , is a fa ntas ti c bit of bdl' illllOvd ti on dnu is breathtaking to see.

Some int ri4u in g moves were shown on beam . Su e Arc h er uiu d bd ck hdnu sprin g from a squat pos iti o n, a fro nt aerid l, d ni ce sc isso r leap and a to ur jete to cldim th e hono rs in thdt eve nt.

Ky le Gayner did her usu,, 1o ut stdnuin g j o b anu her se ri es of fro nt ae rial s we re so stedu y it see med lik e she WdS uoin g th em o n th e floor. In fac t her w hol e routine looks very effortl ess anu graceful. She pl aceu seco nu dnu might have

Floor Exercise 1. De bb ie Fike 2. Susan Archer 3. Kyle Gay ner 4. Lynn e Gavin 5. Kim Sa nd e rs 6. De nise Cheshire

C 9.15 9.05 9.T5 9.00 8.90 8.95

Balance Beam 1. Susan Archer 2. Kyle Gayner 3. Deb bi e Fi ke 4 . Denise Ches hire 5. Patty Mirtich 5. Wendy Sc hon

9.50 9.35 9.25 9.50 8.95 9. 50 8.85 9. 15 8.90 8.85 9.15 8.60

Uneven Parallel Bars 1. De bbie Fi ke 2. De ni se C hes hire 3. Lyn ne Gavin 4. Patty Minich 5. Cindy Eas twood 6. Gay le w yc khoff

9.70 9.10 18.80 8.75 9.35 18.1 0 9.10 8.90 18. 00 8.85 9.05 17.90 8.85 8.65 17.50 8.60 8.80 17.40

Vault 1. De bbi e Fike 2. Susa n Archer 3. De nise Ches hire 3. Dian e Ainl ey 5. Patty Minich 5. Kim San d ers

9.75 9.05 9.15 9.00 9.05 9.05

All-A rou nd 1. Debb ie Fike 2. Susa n Archer 3. De ni se C heshire 4 . Lynn Gavin 5. Kyle Gayner

0 9.30 9.25 9.10 9.15 9.15 8.95

9.60 9.45 8.95 9.10 9.00 9.00

TO TAL 18.45 18.30 18.25 18.15 18.05 17.90

18.85 18.75 18.45 18.00 17.75 17.75

19.35 18.50 18. 10 18.10 18.05 18.05

75.05 72.30 72.1 0 71.25 70.60

All-Aro u nd Gymnasts with scores of 70.00 or abo ve q ualify for Elite Q ualificat io n m eets

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DOUG FITZJARRELL

MARK GRAHAM

IOWA STATE, OFF TO A GOOD START

by Barbara Thatcher The dictionary definition of a syclone is loosely "any vio lent, rotating windstorm such as a toronado " .

The Iowa State University Cyclones might not fit perfectly i nto that definition, but with tremendous drive and power, they have been rapid ly sweeping across the country gatherin g team and individual honors in every major competition they have entered, and neatly breezing by any opposing team in their path.

Ed Gagn ier's Cyclones, steered into. victory by three fine all around men , Mark Graham, Doug Fitzjarrell and Bob Roth, have ente red four fairly prestigious meets in the last month and tallied either the highest team total and / or individual total in each one. It seems apparent that with Gagnier's team already posting a near 160 score in optional and ' the same in compu lso ry compet iti on, the team from Ames, Iowa will be hard to catch.

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The sweep started with the Big 8 Invitat iona l. .. The University of Nebraska team was there and so was th e University of Oklahoma, but neither school came close to Iowa State, thus making it the team's seve nth straight victory in this meet. Graham tied with Gene Makie of Nebraska for all around honors and Fitzjarrell captured fi rst in floor exercise and parallel bars.

The Mid West Open was next and Graham , former ISU star Brent Simmons, and Doug Fitzjarrell took o ne, two, three in the all around. Fitzjarrell again took first in floor exercise and parallel bars and Graham placed in vaulting and parallel bars. There was a little competition in . rings and pommel horse however. Former NCAA champion Charles Ropiequet took first in rings and tied with Jack Laurie of Southern Illinois. Ted Marcy the superb side horse man from Stanford University finished first in that event.

Against 17 teams in the Windy City Invitational Iowa State did a respectable job and secured first place ahead of Indiana State, the third place team in last yea r 's NCAA Championships. Particularly impressive to Gagnier in this meet was the success of severa l of his specialists, particularly Greg Miller in floor exercise and Keith Heaver on rings.

Chuck Wanner of the Universit y of IllinoisCh icagu Circl e somehow managed to stay ' ahead of the ISU all around men and so Roth , Graham, and Fitzjarrell finished second, third and fourth.

Finally, not content in w inning Mid West titles, Iowa State travelled to Denver for the Rocky Mountain Open and easi ly won, finishing eight po int s ahead of Arizona State and 14 points in front on Sout hern Illin ois. It was Graham, Fitzjarrell and Roth respectively in the top three all around positions and Graham set a meet record in capturing three individua l

events, ali around, parallel bars and vau lting.

H e also set a career high of 106.05 points in one meet. As for Fitzjarrell, he remains undefeated so far this season in floor exercise. This also marks 'the six th Rocky Mountain titl e for ISU. Will this be another Number One year for ISU, or can they be beaten? And that question alone presents two other questions, who will beat • • Iowa State and when? • ROCKY MT. OPEN Denver Colorado Aurora High School Dec. 7-8, 1973 Team Results 1. Iowa 5t.

2. Ari zona State 3. So. Illinois U. 4. Iowa U. 5. U. Ne w Mexico 6. U. Nebraska

319.650 311.100 305.050 303.600 299.650 293.750

All-Around 1. Mark Graham Iowa 5t.

2. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa 5t.

3. Bob Roth Iowa 5t.

4. Renaldo Giess Unatt. In d.

5. Gary Alexande rA.5.U. 6. Randy Ba lhorn O.U. Ind .

106.050 104.850 103.700 102.600 100.900 99.950

floor Exercise 1. Doug Fitzjar rell Iowa 5t.

2. Kent Brown A5U 3. Alex Pepe Iowa 5t.

4. Mark Graham Iowa 5t.

5. Greg Buwick Unatt.

6. Gary Alexander A5U

18.800 18.515 18.325 18.300 18.225 18.075

Pommel Horse 1. Ed Hembd So. III .

2. St e ve Dickey U. Neb 3. Don Young Iowa 5t.

4. John Eberle UNM 5. Bob Roth Iowa 5t.

6. Tony Hanson So. III.

18.225 17.725 17.550 17.375 17,175 17.150

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Still Rings 1. Charles P.opiequet Unatt .

2. Keith Heave r Iowa St. 3. Jack Lauri e So. III. 3. Rick Curtis ASU 5. Mike Henry Oklahoma 6. Ma rk Graham Iowa St. Vaulting 1. M ar k Grah a m Iowa St. 2. Gary Alexander ASU 3. Greg Buwic k Unatt.

4. Wa yne Young Unatt.

5. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa St. 6. Tomm y Yu e n Unatt.

18.500 18.025 17.950 17.950 17.800 17.425 18.000 17.950 17.875 17.8j5 17.700 17.600

High Bar 1. Dave Gilerist Unatt.

2. Darell Cribbs Ind. St Unat.

3. Duan e West Univ. Neb .

4. Chris Li c ht Ind . St. 5. Wayn e Lewis Ind. St. 6. Kerry Ruhl Univ. Iowa

9.55 9.25 8.65 8.60 8.55 7.85

Still Rings 1. Charles Ropieq uet 51 U Unat.

1. Jack Lauri e SIU 3. Tom Morga n Ind . St. 4. Benny Fe rna nd ez Uni v. Ind .

5. Pete Botthof NIU 6. Land y Fe rn a ndez Univ. Ind .

9.50 9.50 9.40 9.35 9.30 9.10

Parallel Bars 1. Mark Graham Iowa St. 2. Re na ldo Gi ess Unatt.

3. Greg Bian ASU 4. Steve Zamora CSU 5. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa St. 6. Bob Roth Iowa St.

18.450 18.275 18.225 18.000 17.850 17.825

Vaulting 1. Stew Bu c k Iowa St. Unat.

2. Mark Graham Iowa St. 3. Doug Fit zja rrell Iowa St. 4. Wayn e Le wi s Ind . St. 5. Pat Lajko Iowa St. 6. Rick Garcia Co lo. St.

9.175 9.150 9.125 9.100 9.050 8.850

High Bar 1. Thea Dige rn es CSU 2. Gary Alexand e r ASU 2. Mark Graham Iowa St. 4. He rb Han se n ASU 5. Way ne Young Unatt.

6. Bob Roth Iowa St.

19.100 18.550 18.550 18.200 17.875 17.850

Trampoline 1. Ron M e rriott Roc kfo rd 2. Mark La ng e neckert Univ. of Mi ch 3. Bob Je hli III. St. 4. Jeff Ai ani Co l. of DuPage 5. Dave Dodge Col. of DuPage

26.70 26.00 25.40 23.60 23.60

MIDWEST GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Maine East High School Nov. 23-24, 1973

MIDWEST GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Maine East Hig h School Nov. 23-24, 1973

MEN

Women ELITE DIVISION (8.75 avg. fo r eli te division)

All-Around 1. Mark Graham Iowa St. 2. Bre nt Simmon s Iowa St. Unat.

3. Doug Fitzj arre ll Iowa St 4. Ran d y Balhorn Univ. Okla. Unat 5. Bob. Roth Iowa St. 6. Chuck Wann e r UICC

105.80 104.35 103.15 101.60 100.45 97.85

Floor Exercise 1. Doug Fitzi a rre ll Iowa St. 2. Duane West Univ. Neb. 3. Leo nard He nd e rso n Od essa 3. Greg Buwi ck U. Okla. Unat.

5. Da ve May Univ. Iowa 6. Ga ry Alexander Ari z. St.

9.45 9.40 9.35 9. 35 9.15 9.10

Pommel Horse 1. Ted Marcy Stanford 2. Greg Anderson UICC 3. St eve Dick ey Univ. Neb 4. Ed Slezak Ind . State 5. Russ Fustrom Unatt.

6. Greg Mill e r Iowa St.

9.50 9.30 9.10 8.80 8.55 8.35

Parallel Bars 1. Doug Fit zjarre ll Iowa St. 2. M ark Grah am Iowa St. 3. Glen Tidwe ll SIU 3. Bill Carney Ind . St. 5. Rudy Ginez Univ . Iowa 6. Bre nt Simmons Iowa St. Unat.

9.45 9.25 9.00 9.00 8.90 8.85

All-Arou nd 1. Donna Pa yton Louisvil le 2. Sendi Gross SIU 3. Diann e Grayson 51 U 4. Chery l Di a mond Southwest Miss. Univ .

Floor Exercise 1. Cheryl Di a mond O za rk Gym 2. Stephi e Stromer 51U 3. Sa ndi Gross 51U 4. Bonni e Tressler Bud G ia nnini

9.55 9.45 9.25 9.10

Balance Beam 1. Donn a Pay ton 2. Di a nn e Grayso n 51U 3. Cheryl Dia mond O za rk Gym 4. Sandi Gross SIU

9.10 8.40 8.35 6.85

Uneven Bars 1. Diann e Grayson 51 U 2. Donn a Pay ton Cap Caudi ll 3. Sandi Gross SIU 4. Bonni e Tressler Bud Giann ini Vaulting 1. Sandi Gross SIU 2. Donna Pa yton Cap Caud ill 3. Bonni e Tress ler Bud Gia nnini 4. Mary Be th Ei ge l Cap Caudi ll

1973 WINDY tlTY GYMNASTIC INVITATIONAL OPTIONALS Revised All-Around Stand ings Univ. of III. Chicago Circle Nov. 30-Dec.1 , 1973

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FX Ch uck Wa nn e r (U ICC ) 8.90 Bob Roth (Iowa St.) 8.30 Mark Grah am (ISU) 'us Doug Fitzja rre ll (lSU) 9.55 Glen Tidwe ll (S IU) 8.20 Gary Rafa losk i (I nd. St.)8.45

PH 8.95 8.60 7.10 5.35 7.25 7.85

SR 8.30 8.75 8.55 8.65 8.20 8.10

V 9.30 8.85 8.35 9.25 8.75 8.35

PB 9.05 8.85 9.30 9.10 9.00 8.70

HB TOTAL 9.10 53.60 9.00 52.35 9.25 51 .80 8.95 50.85 8.45 49.85 8.35 49.80

Team Scoring 1. Iowa State 163.25; 2. Indi a na State 160.05; 3. Iowa 157.95; 4. Illin ois - Chica go Circle 157.30; 5. Mich iga n 153.95; 6. India na 153.10.

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34.75 44.30 44.05 43.65

Trampo line 1. Marilyn St ieg Rockford II 2. Juli e Johnson Rock ford II 3. De ni se Buchheis ter Cedar Rapids IA 4. Di a n Ni sse n Ce d a r Rapids IA 5. Sarah Fruecht e Cedar Rapids IA

26. 10 23.80 23.60 22.70 20.90

NATIONAL DIVISION (8.0 avg. for qualifying score) All-Around 1. Connie Jo Isra e l Ames, Iowa 2. De ni se Tenny Buffa lo, NY 3. Co ll ee n Casey Mil wa lkee, Turn e rs 4. Kath y Aleveras Buffalo, NY

35.75 33.85 33.60 33.35

Balance Beam 1. CJ. Israel Ames 2. Co ll ee n Ca sey Mi l. T. 3. De ni se Tenn y Unatt.

4. Kathy Alveras Unatt.

9.00 8.90 8.60 8.50

Floor Exercise 1. K. Alve ras Unatt.

2. CJ. Isra e l Ames 3. K. Rafa loski McKeesport Turn e rs 3. T. Custodi Gl easo n Sch. 3. K. Be lford Ohi o In c.

3. B. Cornell BG 's 3. D. Te nn ey Una tt.

4. R. Alve rs O za rk

8.1 0 7.95 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.60

Vault 1. Reg in a Wa lz Ohi o 2. D. Didier Gym Forum 3. CJ. Israel Ames

9.05 9.00 8.85

Uneven Bars 1. C Casey Mil. T. 2. B. Forgar BG " 3. D. Rivit Mil. T. .

4. D. Tenney Unatt.

8.95 8.75 8.70

ADVANCED LEVEL 7.0 Avg. for qualifying No All-Around results given out Beam 1. C Robe rts Flint 2. S. Pee k Flint 3. L. Kardos Armstrong

8.65 8.50 8.10

Free Exercise 1. K. Hoglund Gym Un lim.

2. R. Re isdorff Gym Un lim .

3. J. Morava Ameri ca n Acad.

6.65 6.60 6.50

9.60 9.45 9.40 9.10

Uneven Bars 1. J. Pa le r 2. R. Se lby 3. D. Si lber Am . Aca d e m.

8.45 8.05 7.90

9.55' 9.35 9.30 9.20

Vault 1. G. Robey Ame r. Acad.

1. S. Stevens 2. L. Brad y G ym of Ohio 3. C Vasil Gym o f Ohio

8.50 8.50 8.25 8.15

OPTIONAL RESULTS All-around - 1. C huck Wa nn e r (C hicago Circle) 53 .60 ; 2. Bob Roth (ISU) 52.05; 3. Mark Graham (IS U) 51.80; 4. Do u g Fitzj arre ll (ISU ) 50.85 Floor Exercise - 1. Fitzjarrell (ISU); 2. (tie) Dave Ma y (Iowa), Bob Me ll in (India na St.) a nd Don Po ll a rd (Od essa) 9.50 .

Pommel horse - 1. (tie) Ed He mbd (50.1 11. ) a nd Ke vin Murph y (Ind .

St. ); 3. G reg Miller (ISU) . 9. 1.

Rings - 1.Ben Fernandez (Ind .); 2. Pete Botthof (No r. 111.); 3. Keith Heaver (ISU). 9.6.

Vaulting - 1. Fit zja rre ll (ISU) ; 2. Bob Mi ll e r (Odessa); 3. Wanner (Chicago Circle). 9.3.

Parallel Bars -1 . Rud y G in ez (Iowa); 2. (ti e) Fit zja rre ll (ISU) and Glen Tid we ll (So uth e rn Illinoi s). 9.3.

High bar - 1. Gra ham (ISU); 2. Wayne Lew is (Ind ia na St.) ; 3. Wanner (Chicago Circl e). 9.6.

Scores taken from the Chicago Tribune

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GYM-I-NIKS

by Barbara I hatcher The formation of the South Bay Gym-i-niks was a spur of the moment thing. An idea that just came to Wendy Cluff and Mike Calabro one evening but a thought which theyfollowed through and saw realized in the fall of 1971 .

It wasn't an easy start (gathering a team and finding a permanent place to. practice) even though Wendy is a former Olympian and SCAT and is well known among gymnastic people in Southern California. But after team try-outs, weeks of working out at Gardenia High School and EI Camino College, and Mike spending many Saturdays riding around looking for possible gyms the club was established at 1450 W. 228th St. #15 in Torrance, California, with a core team of 25 competitors.

Mike and Wendy have been long time friends and along with Joyce Koyanagi have coached the team from the beginning on a strictly volunteer basis. Because of this ' and several other reasons Mike and Wendy consider their situation unique among gymnastics clubs. . 'i ll we coached the team and got paid, it

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would seem more like a job than something we enjoy dOing," Wendy explains. So Wendy and Mike make their living instructing at the school, Gymnastics Internationale, which is the home for the club but a completely separate unit. Gym-i-niks is officia ll y a non-profit corporation with its own Board of Directors comprised of four parents, four associate members, and the three coaches. Even with a Board of Directors all team policy is left up to the coaches and another unique feature is that there is, in practice, no head coach. Each coach has equal decision making power and since there is apparent harmony among all three, team goals and attitudes present no problem.

Mike added though that when anything official must be signed Wendy usually signs it.

Team members range In age from 8-16 and are required to pay $15 a month dues. From the dues come the entry fees for meets and some travel expenses. The corporation rents the use of the building from Wendy, Mike and Mike's brother who in turn have a lease on the gym . ' Any- other team expenses are met through various fund raising projects such as the club' s recent gymnastic show ' Fantasy in Gymnastics:'

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Also interested people may receive an associate membership in the corporation by investing $100 a year.

1972 was 路the first co mpetitive yea r for the Gym-i-niks and this will b e th e first year the team will have any gymnasts in the Class I category. Hopefully out of the 25 girls nine will be in Class I. According to Mike and Wendy this will depend on how we ll the girls do in a series oi dual compu lsory meet s, one ot which wi ll be with Wendy 's former team the SCATS. Workouts are structured so that all levels work together, Class III along with Clas s I. The reason behind this is that " everyone will know what 's go ing on and what will be expected of them in the future ." Extra workouts are often scheduled for Class I gymnasts but the who le team practices together four nights a week from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

Usually the first 15 minutes of practice all the girls are expected to stretch on their own . Then Mike warms them up on controlled tumbling (walkovers, cartwheels) eventually working up to power tumbling. At approximate ly 7:15 the gymnasts break into groups and work two pieces of apparatus for a n hour each. I t 'susually

Georg ia Co llege is on e o f th e U ni ve r sity of Geo rgia ca mpu ses and o ffers und ergraduate and gra duate prog rams in many fi elds. Th e o ut of state tuiti on (in clud i n g room and boa rd) is approx im ately $1,800.00 p er t hree qu arte rs. We do no t have athl e ti c schol arships, but a stud ent is eli gibl e fo r fin aneja l aid and / o r w o rk study sho uld she q ualify. '" An yo n e interes ted i n th e co ll ege ma y co ntact Mr. M art in y at Geo rgi a Coll ege, Mill ed gev ill e, G eo rgia 31061 . Direc t m ail to D epart m ent o f H ea lth , Ph ys ica l Edu cati o n and Recrea ti o n.

Mrs. Renee P. Hendershott 17605 Fries Avenue lakewood, Ohio 44107

all compulsory or all o ption al work. Mike h elps the girls with bars and vaultin g and W end y and Joyce usuall y ass ist th e girl s in m aking up th eir option al floor and beam routin es. At 9:15 th e girls work strength ex erci ses and for th e last few minutes some stretching.

All equipment belo ngs to th e school. Th ere is a large floor exe rc is e m at, two sets of b ars, on e high beam and thr ee lower bea ms and a ho rse .

Just rece ntly th e sc hool acquired a pi ano and so Wend y and Mike ho pe to have a piani st co me in to pla y option al fl o or exercise musi c. In past comp etition th e girl s used regul ar floo r exercise record s.

Th eir year round schedul e is set up so that after th e season is fini shed th e girl s w o rk n ew skill s until Au gust. Th en in earl y fa ll th ey pra cti ce compul so ry routin es and fin all y put tog eth er entire o ptional s. Ri ght now W end y and Mike ar e pu shinli full ro utin es with vp ry little wor k on hew skill s. The Gy m-I-nlk s' goa l for thi s year is stat e leve l co mpetiti o n and hopefully region al. Meets fo r th e girl s are no t exclusively on w ee kends, o ft en the coac hes will sch edule a m ee t durin g th e wee k, nor exclu sive ly in So uth e rn Ca li fo rnia . Th e club trav els to North ern Cal iforni a occas ion all y and they hope to m ake th eir trip to Reno, N eva da an annual event.

W endy, Mike and Jo yce have man y ho pes for their tea m and th e onl y p ro bl em is th at " It ' s kind of h ecti c with few coa ches. And it's hard to find coaches wh o will coa ch fo r nothing." But all three ar e willing to make th e sacrifi ce and consid er th eir rewa rds as hea d coa ch es fo r th e Gym -i-niks grea t.

NEWS

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GEORGIA

Coordinating. eduor_

COllEGE SPORTS GYMNASTICS COACH

by Renee Hendershott

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Geza M artin y, fo und er of th e Can adi an Int e r co ll eg i at e Gy mn as ti cs Co ac h es Assoc iatio n and 1965 coac h o f t he United States tea m fo r th e W o rld U ni ve rsit y Gam es is n o w loca ted at Geo rgia Co ll ege. H e w rit es to tell us about th e pr og ram th ere: " Geo rgia Coll ege has o ffered a ve ry sto ng wo m en' s gy mna sti cs p rog ram fo r th e past fi ve year s. It was d eveloped b y Mr. And erson , o u r athl eti c direc to r and D elen e Darst, a p romin ent figure in wo men 's gy mn as ti cs in th e U nited States .

W e have o ur own gy mn as ti c studio and all Ol ympi c equipment , includin g fl o or exe rcise mat. Thi s makes it poss ibl e to ha ve free wo rkout s at anytim e. W e have regular pract ice M o nday th ro u gh Frid ay fro m 3:00-6:00 pm , and Saturd ay is op en if it is d esired.

We are ho pin g to b uild , in th e nea r future, o n e o f th e fin es t wo m en 's va rsity p ro gr ams in th e So uth eas t. A s o ur sea son d oes not b eg in until w int er quart er, we w ould we lcom e an y yo un g lad y to our co ll ege as a freshman and / o r transfer stu dent. Tra n sfer stu dent s are immedi ately eli gibl e. W e are we lco min g an yo ne w ho has ag rea t d esire to be a gymn as t, rega rdl ess o f her previo us ex p eri ence.

Our co ll ege is sma ll w ith 2,700 stud ent s en ro ll ed o n a co-e duca ti o nal basis, and has a wa rm and fri endl y atm osph ere. Th e campu s is a unit of it s own, no street thro u gh it, and in accessa bl e to th e p u b lic. Sin ce th e city o f Mill ed gev ill e it se lf is also a sm all town, w ith a po pul ati o n of 12,000 cri me is n o t a p ro bl em .

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CAll FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Patricia Heckart as submitted to Mrs. Hendershott

Editor's Note: Patt y H ec kart of 44 28 Ca nehill ' A ve nu e, Lakewoo d , Ca lifo rn ia 90713 has req ues ted th at we print thi s noti ce abo ut Cali fo rni a's zo nin g plan s fo r nex t yea r. A good respo nse is neede d <0 t hat th ey ma y plan accurately. . " Pl ans are bein g mad e to di vid e So uth ern California into a system o f zo nes for gym nasti c co mp et iti o n. Thi s zo ne sys tem wo uld be similar to th e o ne b eing u se d by th e North ern Cali fo rni a tea m s. Eac h tea m in So uth ern Ca li fo rni a wo uld be ass igned to a specific zo n e an d may onl y co mpete in m eets w ith in it' s o wn zo ne. Each zo n e w ould b e respo nsi b le for sch edulin g it s own m eets, includin g a cham p io nshi p m ee t at th e end of th e seas on.

Th e hi ghes t p lacin g gy mn asts in each zo n e champi o nship m ee t wo uld th en meet fo r a So uth ern Califo rni a Ch ampi o nship m ee t. In ord er to determi ne th e number of zon es need ed , we mu st have an accurate li st of tea ms in So uth ern Cal ifo rnia. Pl ease se nd th e nam es and addresses of all coac h es and tea ms th at you kn ow o f in So uth e rn Californi a (Th at includ es everyo ne ~ o uth o f Tul ar e) to me at th e above address."

FROM TAPE TO BAR

By Renee Hendershott Thi s summer w h en I saw th e trainer at th e Mi c hi ga n St ate N ati o nal Summ er Gymnasti c Clini c ge t up o n th e P-b ars and ex ecute a prett y go o d routin e, I th o ught to m y incurabl e se lf, " Th ere mu st be a good story h ere !"

Yes, Da vi d Pri ce, MD is o ne of us! H e parti cipated in gymn as ti cs i n hi gh sch oo l w here he receive d th i' m ost va lu ahl p gymn ast award at Prosp ect Hi gh i n Illin o is.

He com peted all fo ur yea rs durin g hi s stay at Mi chi ga n St ate Uni ve rsit y (coac hed by G eo rge Szy pul a) andin hi s junior yea r placed si xth allaro und in th e Bi g Ten Co nference M ee t. He rep ea ted him se lf in his se ni o r yea r b y winning th e most va lu abl e se ni o r gy mn ast aw ard and th e Bi g Ten m edal w hi ch is a co mbined athl eti cs-sc hola sti c award.

Du rin g medica l sc hoo l at th e Uni ve rsit y of, Wi sco nsin he fo und less tim e to work- o ut, but b eca me in vol ve d in jud gin g Bi g Ten du al m eets and even a coupl e final s.

IIltern sh-ip ~ nd two and a half yea r s in the Na vy too k him away tro m gy mnd str cs. (A submarin e d oes n ' t all ow mu ch sp ace for an ythin g but jogg ing in pl ace) N ow back in Appl eton ,Wisco nsin wh er e he is .in famil y prac ti ce (Wh at 's th at, D ave ?) he still has it in hi s bl ood , beca u se if you dro p i n at W es t Hi gh Schoo l during a gy mn asti c pr actice you ' ll see Dr. Pri ce workin g o ut and helping th e kid s o n app aratu s (and m ayb e applyin g a bit of tap e here and th e re) .

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If you are interested in having a course at your institution, you may contact the person listed below in your region : NGJA CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS East: Bob Stout . 1131 Cumberland Rd ., Abington , PA. 19001 Kenneth Allen Mid-America Gymnastics Mid-East: Ted Muzyczko, 19 W 134 36th St., Judges Association newsletter author keeps Downers Grove, II. 60515 us up to date on how to become , a rated Mid-West: Bob Fisher, 733 Marine Dr., gymnastic judge for men ' s gymnastics in the Boulder, Co. 80302 United States.

West: Jerry Wright, 541 Freya Way, Pleasant "Something which I thought would be of Hill, CA. 94523 interest to all our members is a review of Southeast: John Culbertson, 4844 Brywill certification procedures. We want 'to remind Circle, Sarasota, Fla. 33578 Northwest: jim Sullivan, 10708 NE 194th St., our currently certified people how to remain current. We also want to invite more people Buthell, WA. 98011 into the fold of nationally, regionally and Southwest: Les Sasvary, 15005 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91405 locally certified judges. Perhaps in your region The courses are usually run on a weekend you are ready for a certification course.

It has been four years and many clinics since (Friday night, Saturday, Sunday morning or all the first certification procedures were put day Saturday and Sunday). Much depends on together

by Ted Muzyczko and Bill individual circumstances. You must be able to Roethzheim at the course held at University of provide a lecture classroom, a gymnasium with Illinois, Chicago Circle campus, September 5-7, event apparatus to F.I.G. specifications, and 1969. The procedures and course materials gymnasts to perform for the practical lessons have been continually upgraded and the and the practical exam .

Expenses for travel, meals and lodging instructors are more experienced and should be covered for the clinicians. The knowledgeable. national and regional organizations do not A typical course requires 16 hours although in rare cases a minimum of 14 hours may be charge a fee for the course, however, you may approved by the Regional Technical Director wish to pay the lecturers an honorarium. You who is responsible for sanctioning any course would be responsible for making all necessary mailing literature and given in his area. The course contains lectures arrangements, on basic information, interpretations and . information, and handling publicity for the review sessions, course. You would probably have to set a fee applications of rules. discussions, individual event practical lessons for the course to cover your expenses unless and concludes with a practical test (live you can find an athletic association or other judging) and a written test (usually 100 such organization to sponsor it.

The course director will run the course objective questions) . During the practical test, candidates are required to note the number of completely. This will include assigning teaching responsibilities, administering tests B's and C's and come up with a score. A summary of the N.G.J.A. Certification and grading them, and sending the results to Requirements is shown in Table I. the N.G.J.A. secretary who will then issue cards.

It is the policy of the N.G.J.A. to encourage One note of importance for national or qualified local people to participate as lecturers regional card holders is that in order to keep and panel members to strengthen that area of your card current, you must take a four hour 'our region thereby strengthening the N .G.J.A . refresher course each year; otherwise your at the local level. card becomes invalid and you must take the Should you have other questions regarding a entire course over. Of equal note is the fact that course in your area do not hesitate to contact eVNY card holder must take the entire course one of the men listed above! over every four years or whenever major rules changes occur.

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THE QUESTIONABLE VAULT

by Renee P. Hendershott Just after a recent national level meet, I was approached by a befuddled coach with the USGF/ DGWS Compulsory routines in hand .

His question was : " I would like to know just what you judges are looking for in pre-flight for the layout squat vault."

He showed me the illustratiqns in the co mpulsory routine guide and pointed out that the figure in the pi cture of the compulsory vault does not reach a 45° angle ... but in fact, is just slightly above horizontal. He complained that he had taught hi s gymnasts to do the vault in this manner. He noted that they are able to block and repel sooner and get a good postflight. He noted that the girls who were achieving the 45 ° layout position were not able to repel fast enough and displayed poor afterflight .... yet they were being reward ed with higher scores.

These ideas occurred to me after discussing this with the coach in question. There is a deduction of .5 for a la yout vault done slightly above , horizontal. Do es this mean that a gymnast could come into the horse at an ang le of less than 45° (which wou ld allow her to get better blocking action and opening in the after-flight) without pen alty? How low could she co me in without getting the .5 pen alty?

These question s were submitted to Karen Patoile and Greta Treiber, both members of the USGF - Women 's Technical Committee: Karen Patoile: " Th e coac h in question is absolutely right. Lay o ut vaults are to be done between slightly above horizontal and the 45 ° angle. Unless a girl is '/ery strong, it is' impossible (and physi cs will confirm this). to get the after-flight desired, with a complete opening of the body. If the body comes into the horse at or above the 45° angle; have you ever seen anyone do this? I have not, not even the gymnasts representing the USA , Canada, and Cuba , in the 1971 Pan American games, where the compulsory vault was a layout. " Greta Treiber: "F irst, in defense of the illustrations which brought up the problem, I believe strongly, that they were meant to be only rough sketches to illustrate nothing Local

Regional (Suggested)

National (Mandatory)

Minimum Age Experience Competitor, Coach, Instructor Judge History Form 16 hr. NGJA course

2 yea rs 2 ,years must fill out must take

Min. Grade on 100 Question written test

3.5/5.0 (70%)

3.0/5.0 (60%)

Min . Grade on Practical Test Min. B + C Score

3.5/ 5.0 3.0/ 5.0

3.0/ 5.0 2.5/ 5.0

Min. Live Judging Score Reciprocity

3.0/ 5.0 U.S. & Territories

2.5 / 5.0 Within

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Lesser ot tour years or until FIG has major rules changes.

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DGWSjUSGF NATIONAL COMPULSORY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL VAUL T (As pictured in USGF Compulsory Routines for Girls) A to B represents the 90° rotation from the board during preflight. B to C represents the 20° the vaulter in the illustration has gone above horizontal ( A total of 110° clockwise rotation in preflight). C' to D

particular but the complete vault in its various phases. The illustration shows a 20° rotation above the horizontal or a total of 110° counting from the board. " ".The question is - which angle (20 0 or 45 °.) out of the two would be considered the proper one: 20° versus 45° for pre-flight in the layout vaults? Th e best angle for layout vaults occurs between 30-35° angles above the horizontal.

This gives sufficient height and distance for pre-flight and insures a conservation of energy as well. (No deduction!) " " Beyond this point - over 40° - it becomes more difficult to control flight due to the additional speed and strength required to pu sh out of th e more inverted position. Therefore, the less inverted position is more advantageous not only for blocking angle, but to reverse the direction quickly at the time of the contact to rotate upward as it is th e case in layouts.

(First Flight: Clockwise) (Second Flight : Counter-clockwise) Less rotation occ urs in the tot al picture from a lesser angle of the pre-flight. " From Horizontal

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Difference: 40° " I do penalize th e pr e-flights executed around the 20° angle (0.5) as being only slightly above th e hori zo ntal, particularly if it does not aid the second flight the following way: Push off : Additional lift for ce nter of gravity (hips rising) without tJropping the hips down while still going up - rotate chest upward GYMNAST Jan. '74

" Quite often the researchers cannot relate their findings in coaching terms because th ey have not been coac hes themselves. Most coaches, on the other hand, have not been trained in resea rch methods and are often unable to eva luate the results of the study or see how it applies to them. " Miss Kjeldsen feels that the answer lies in middlemen trained in both research and coaching.

As you know , Miss Kjeldsen con tributed as a co-author in the writing of " Judging and Coaching Women ' s Gymnastics" put out by National Press Books.

Miss Kjeldsen states, " Th e mechanical analysis chapter in my part of th e book was a start, but it did not go far enough . However, I have had tremendously favorable responses from coaches and other readers . They want more of it. "

illustrates the 110° counterclockwise rotation in the . afterflight.

(Angles drawn in to facilitate understanding of the article) dynamically to open the pike (in the hips) and extend legs down at the same time. This should take place on the top of the flight for a GREAT VAULT resembling Hecht qualities!

With a less push-off, this should be completed at one third or at the latest at the one half mark on t he curve of the downward flight.

"I would make no deduction at all for a preflight at 30-35° ... some deduction for push-off and after-flight phase. " "In my opinion, this type of vaulting requires more arm and shoulder strength with speed (POWER), than to execute a handspring vault. I have seen the best layouts don e by MEN, with total extension of the body whi le still flying upward in the second flight. All of these SUPERBL Y DYNAMIC vaults were prepared from a low and very speedy pre-flight (25-35 ° angles approximately). "

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by Renee Hendershott

Recently Miss Kjeldsen sent this article to me.

I wrote back and as ked exact ly what she was leading up to: She ex plain ed that the average coach does not have sufficient knowledge about th e intri ca te workings of the human body, sin ce much of it has only recently become available. " The research is there , but often ina ccess ibl e to lay people, buried under ton s of paperwork or in a lang uage only the theoretical perso n can und erst and. We need middlemen bet ween the researcher and the teacher-coa ch." " It would be unrea li stic to hope that coaches thems elv es will sta rt doing resea rch. It takes too much tim e to do, a commodity that mo st coaches do not have enough of as it is. I beli eve that people trained in resea rch and having prop er facilities at their disposal should do the research ."

WHY RESEARCH IN GYMNASTICS?

by Kitty Kjeldsen, Research Chairman, OGWS Gymnastics Committee as submitted to Mrs. Hendershott These following scenes, admittedly painted with strong co lors in order to bring out a point, are probably happening in many gymnas ium s throughout the United States right now: 1. Susie cannot do a glide kip . She goes to several clinics and asks available coaches how to improve her sk ill. Coach Joe is conv inced that the problem lies with her abdominal muscles and has Susie working on 50 sit-ups a day. Coach Mike secret ly thinks that Joe does not know what he is talking about. He swears by prolonged hangs with legs held in the " L" position . Coach Toni is very sure that the best remedy for Susie would be working on arm strength exercises. Coach Jack is co nvinced that Susie' s problem lies with incorrect timing . Susi e is very confused. The harder she tries, the worse the results seem to get.

2. In order to build up endurance for th e upcoming gymnastic season, coach Sam has his boys jog 2-3 miles a day outside practice hours , Two of his best gymnasts start complaining about lower back pains which seem to intensify during workouts. Sam is comp letely confused .

Why is this happening to his boys? After all , he is only trying to co py the training methods of some of Eastern Europe 's most successful coaches?

3. Janet is having trouble with the preflight of her vault. She lands on the horse in an almost vertical position , stalls out, and has to use an elbow push in order to get any after flight at all .

Her coach is convinced that she is too slow in getting off the board . He keeps telling her to run faster, pun ch quicker off the board and lift the heels harder into the flight. The harder Janet tries to follow the instructions, the worse the vault gets. Coach Dick is puzzled : "The same corrections worked perfectly for Joe. H e had similar problems in vaulting ." With tears in her eyes, Janet is determined to try once more, regardless of the fact that she is developing a pain in her side. In anticipating the pain , she tightens up her abdomen upon co ntact with

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the board, completely forgetting about her heels. To her surprise, she suddenly finds herself flying over the horse with a beautiful handsoring. Both the coach and the gymnast are jubilant. They finally got results - though neither one of them knows exactly why. They keep on working , trying to recaptl'Jre the " feeling" of the good vault. Janet develops a severe case of shin splints and has to stay off vaulting for two weeks.

How much do we really know about the human body' s responses to the tremendous forces gymnastics today requires? When progress of the sport was slower, we had time to experiment using trial and error methods. In the fast paced rat-race for gymnastic supremacy today, time spent in trial and error solution could put one many light-years behind the competition. We should weed out dead-end approaches and search for more complete understanding of the workings of the human body. We should analyze each skill to its smallest component i n order to discover where energy is wasted in unnecessary movements for which the body later has to compensate, therefore losing in efficiency.

Yet we seem to be doing the exact opposite.

We seem to be copying the methods of the successful coaches here and abroad, paying little heed to whether their methods are scientifically sound or successfully transferrable to another culture, body type or another way of life . Some of the best brains, laboratories and research facilities are here in the United States. How often have we made use of them? Do we even know what questions to ask?

Admittedly, research is not the favorite work with many coaches. Most of us have no time or inclination to start studying wordy and sometimes boring Masters Thesis, Doctoral Dissertations or other research material that is so amply produced by our institutions of high learning today. Often the research studies are not directly related to the problems of the coach . However, there is some very good material that never seems to be getting to the " practitioner" , the person who could really benefit from it, because the language is too scientific and the results often too remote for understanding without being translated by a " middleman".

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The researcher, on the other hand, does not always know what problems need solving or how many others have made an attempt at it before. We see a great amount of duplication THE STRENGTH WORKOUT FOR GYMNASTS (for example, over 100 studies analyzing the by back handspring) when the need is great to Fred Roethlisberger build on the efforts and/ or the results of others.

With sports becoming increasingly specialized, The importance of strength in gymnastic we should also ask questions along the performance, even among the best gymnasts, following lines: should not be underestimated. Although the a. What body type performs best in use of strength is usually not appa(ent in the gymnastics? elite gymnasts routine it is precisely because he b. Can this type be developed or is it entirely is so strong (and light) that this use of str ength is hereditary? hidden from our view. The strong gymnast is c. What are the physiological and emotional able first to perform strength moves with differences between men and women and how apparent ease; second, swing moves which all should this effect our coaching, if at all? have an element of strength are better d. What are the structural differences controlled and move faster at the eQds; and between males and females, and does this third, he can cover up slight errors in necessitate a different approach in coaching movements by quickly and easily realigning similar skills? himself through the application of strength . e. Why is gymnastics seemingly rapidly This capability for realignment through becoming a " girls sport " ? strength is one of the reasons the advanced f. What personality types perform best gymnast seldom misses routines. (The theory is under pressure and can this ability be that every gymnast frequently gets slightly off developed? balance during his performances and that the g. Can more efficient use of human body strong gymnast can more easily and quickly (meaning better understanding of mechanical realign himself thus appearing to be swinging analysis) speed up the learning process? Lessen all the time and avoiding major breaks or changes for injury? Give more aesthetic results? stops.)

We may think we know the answers to many As is the case with any other athlete, the of these questions, but are our solutions really gymnast has special strength needs and thus he based on scientific data? How much data is there? Where do we need it most? Where can will benefit most from a strength workout designed specifically for him. For example the we get it from? While there will probably never male gymnast, unlike the football player, has be an adequate substitu te for the years and years of " on the spot " experience gathered by little use for more than average strength in leg extension at the deep squat position or even a good coach, can research take us there faster? the 90째 squat position. He does, however, need One has only to look at what has been happening in swimming and track and field ' extraordinary strength for extending quickly out of the slightly flexed knee position when where the scientifi c approach seems to have tumbling and vaulting. Both leg extension from helped considerably. the deep squat and the only slightly flexed The prime years of an athlete are short, but position use the same knee extension muscle the road to good gymnastics is long and often group, however, different muscle fibers within difficult. Our gymnasts deserve all the help the muscle group are believed to be of prime modern research can give them in their pursuit importance in each case of leg extensions. of excellence.

Thus, strengthening muscle fibers used at one In short, I am proposing that we make an allposition probably has little relevance to out effort to start leading the world in strength at the other position . Now, since we gymnastics instead of following, and that solid believe that different muscle fibers are used in research be accepted by all as an integral part of extension from each of the two mentioned this effort. positions of knee flexion and since we know in which position we want our gymnasts to be strong, it is a simple next step to concludelthat the gymnasts strength workout should not simply. use ordinary weight training exercises.

Rather the workout should be specifically designed to meet the gymnasts personal strength needs in view of the gymnastic event requirements.

The basic principle underlying this " special " strength workout is that exercises should reproduce as nearly as possible the actual gymnastic movements for which increased strength is desired. This statement not only means that handstand push ups should be done to improve handstand pressing power, rather than bar bell presses, but that the push ups should be done with proper form and technical execution to specifi<;ally work all the muscles desired and that they should be done away from the wall and on the appropriate apparatus if possible to place additional stress on those muscle fibers contributing to maintaining balance.

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keeping in. mind the basic principle stated above. Do t~e exercise for as many repetitions as ca n be physically tolerated; rest one minute and do another set of repetitions. Fo r maximum strength deve lopment fo ur or five sets should be done in thi s manner and each exe rc ise se lected should be done at least eve ry other day. It is recommended, however, that the gymnast get in the habit of perform in g a strength workout eve ryday doing half of his se lected exercises one day and the other hal f on alternate days. If there is a need for a particul ar exercise, but the student is not yet capab le of even o ne rep etition , move back to an easier exercise as mu ch lik e it as possibl e or obta in assistance to do it from a second person.

Remember: each exe rcise must be don e w ith the proper mech anics (e.g. , hollow chest and straight back on hand stan d pushups in order to act uall y develop t he proper muscl e fibers and to develop techni ca ll y correct form; the lack of whic h wi ll result in dedu ct ions.

FLOOR EXERCISE st iff-stiff presses; wheel barrow- hops (hol low cnest and locked out hips w ith partner ho ldin g feet) 'v' sit s and st rad dl e 'v' sits; hopping, bouncing, and running; handstand snap downs; hand sta nd push ups and hand sta nd walking.

PARALlETTES plances - fo rward and backward with partner holding feet; straight body bent arm presses.

RINGS front levers; back leve rs (ho ld and pu ll up through them to in ve rt ed hand ); crosses; muscle ups; back kips to hands tand; hand stand (10 seco nd s); swing in straight arm support ; handstand dips .

SIDE HORSE ci rcl es; support swings in stride support shifting weight; support swin gs w ith und ercuts; sc iss ors (f ro nt and rear) .

PARAllEL BARS shoul der shrugs; a. straight arm support b. upper arm support hoppin g and wa lkin g alo ng bars; dips; dip swings to hand stand; stiff-stiffs (up an d down and with stradd le); pu sh ups (lowering between bars); drop kips (f rom piked i nverted hang to support).

HIGH BAR leg lifts; drop kips .

VAULTING HORSE (high) squat ove r from stand (w ith horse sideways); one step -hurdl e-bounce -squ at over.

(Exercises done on any event may be appropria te for spec iali sts on other eve nt s as well as (or tho se work in g th e dll -around .

Should er shrugs on P.B. for P.H. specialists-) A final hi gh ly recomme nd ed exercise ro ut ine w ill develop all th e endurance necessa ry in a gymnast. Th is routin e makes use of the principl e of spec ifi city, as do th e strengt h exercises lis ted, and interva l trainin g w hi ch is used successf u l ly in running and swimm in g.

Select a compulsory exe rcise (F.X. for allaround ers) or modify th e gymnasts optio nal such that al l th e sk ill s have bee n we ll mastered.

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Then fo r development of endurance ha ve the gym nast perform the rout in e first three times within a spec ifi ed time limit and la te r on in the training sc hedu le fi ve times within another specified time limit. Using this proce dure the gymnast in stead of runnin g for endurance is developing th e necessary endurance within th e context of an actua l gymnastic performance whe re of course one wants that endurance to become manifest in the first place.

••• EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT RUNNING A MEET

by William H. Stern University of Texas, Austin Many coaches find that th e thought of runn in g a meet in their gymnasium is something that strikes terror into their hea rts.

Why? Be ca use of th ei r meet o rga ni za ti o n, o r rathe r their lack of it.

I feel that having a meet at home is a big psychological adva nta ge for my gymnasts. They are comfortab le o n our equ ipm ent, mats, and in o u r "atmosphere" (li ghting and placement of eq uipment). A lso, we have a partisan audience in our ho me gym. Because of all the advan tages, I have tried to stay at home w h enever possible.

A we ll o rgani zed meet makes things easier on everyo ne concerned - from the judges and gymnasts to the fans in the bleachers.

Notify the sc hool custodian of the dates and times of all yo ur home meets at the beginning of the seaso n. Tel l him what must be done and w h en. Example : " On meet day s sweep al l exposed wood flooring , open and d u st off the bleachers, and mop down all mats out on the floo r. Since t he meet begins at 8: 00 p.m. , war m ups w ill start at 7:00 p.m., so please have the work done so all th e mats can be dry by warm-ups".

Most custodians are very cooperative and w ill be h appy to have wha tever yo u ask done.

One of the b ig jobs in getting ready for a meet along with sett in g up the eq uipm ent is sett ing up the chairs. I put eight chairs at each event - one for each of four judges an d one fo r each of four sco re flashe rs. If yo u do not have enough chairs, eight can suffice. If th ere are eig ht chairs at each eve nt, the judges can move qu ick ly from event to event. With on ly eight cha irs, after each event the cha irs must be moved to th e nex t event , holding up the meet and causing co nfusion (usua ll y). If chairs must be moved, have managers or volu nteers move them ; do not all ow the judges or flashers to move th em - th at 's not part of their job .

The "Sco rer 's Tab le" should have at least fou r cha irs. On e for the announ ce r, one for the sta ti sti cian, and one fo r a sco rek eeper from each team. There sho uld be a reco rd play er loud speaker for music during wa rmups, the pre-m ee t cere mon y, and score an no un ce ments. Paper, pencil s, sco re -cards, and writing boards (if th e cha irs do n ' t have arms) sho uld be avai lab le at th e table. The announcer sho uld have th e team lin eups as we ll as " fill er " inform ati on on events, individuals in the meet, th e visiting team , etc. for use during lull s in th e actio n.

Free exercise, the first eve nt , should have boundary lines clearly marked. The off icial co llegiate size is 39' 4W' sq uare. A da mp towel should be at o ne co rn er of th e area for use by gymnasts.

The pommel horse, formerly known as the side ho r se, shou ld be checked for h eight.

Co ll egiate regulations specify 45 y.," from the fl oo r to the top of the ho rse. Chal k and emory clot h should be ' in a nearby receptacle .

St ill rings , as pommel horse, paral lel bars; an d hori zonta l bar develops a buildup o f cha lk , so emery clot h must be ava il ab le. Ring hei ght is 1 ()2 7/16" from th e tl oo r to the in side surface of the ri ng After th e proper height is set, the straps sho uld be taped so there is no slippin g of st raps or rin gs.

After the first t hree events, w hi ch have just been discussed, ihere is a sho rt warm-up period tor the second half of the meet. Th is is a good time ' for the an no un ce r to remind- the spectators of bUilding regulations regarding smoki ng and food o r drinks. It's also a good idea to announce upcoming meets and /or ex hibiti ons. During th is warm -up th e record player sho uld b e used fo r music acceptab le to both coac hes. We keep the war m-up limited to 10 minutes - any longer than th at and the c rowd begins to lose interest.

For lo ng h o rse vau lting, the l en~t h of the all owable run must I;)e mark ed (20 meter or 66 feet), grip zones marked oif if they ' re being used , and the ho rse set at regulation height (53 Ya"). It is a good idea to place a da m p towel near th e sta rt of the runway so the gym nast m ay get better traction by dampening th e so les of hi s shoes. Spraying firm-grip or so m e o th er type of grip enhanCing substa nce alo ng th e top of the horse helps avoid hand s slipp in g off. In co ll eg iate m eets, and all m eets for that matter a ru bbe r runway shou ld be used as we ll as a reuth er board spacer and reuthe r board pad.

On th e parallel bars, make sure that all competito rs know how to cor rect ly ad just and tighten the bars. I've seen gymnasts think that they've tightened t h e bars when they have act uall y loose ned them. Thi s si tu at ion presents .unnecessary d anger fo r thf' oerformer. and a technical probl em tor th e judges. The regulation height for " P" bars is 66 15/ 16", however, t h e bars may be raised an add itio n al 2" to accommodate tall gymnasts. A reuther board is permitted for mounts, so o ne sho uld be avail ab le.

Hi gh bar, o r horizontal bar as it is off iciall y deSignated, should be set at 100 3/a" . Be sure to check th e floor pl ates for loose screws, and th e cab les or guy wires for cor rect tension. Be sure th at the uprights are pe rf ectly vert ica l and ali g ned with each other. A lso, I've found it a good practi ce to tape the turnbuckles cl osed.

It's been fo und that by havi ng the "official sco re" kept on a rexograph or some o th er duplicating stenci l, the meet resu lts ma y be printed up w ithin a few minutes of the conclus ion of the meet fo r distributio n to coach es, judges, gymn asts, spectato rs and people from t h e new s medi a. Thi s enh an ces fan interest, makes for good relations between teams and coaches, and all ows judges to eval uate their sco res.

Naturally good , clean locke r facilities with soap and towels sho ul d be availab le, w ith sepa rate rooms for each team if possible. Every effort shou ld be made to have adequate secu rity for th e lockers so complaints of pilferage ca n be red uced and hopefull y elimin ated . We supply qu art ered o ranges to each ben ch during the meet as we ll as refreshm ents (coffee, juice, soft drin ks and cake and cook ies) for off ic ials, coac hes and compet itors after the m ee t. Thi s also paysoff in good relations for th e team.

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THE FRONT UPRISE ON RINGS Fred Roethlisberger - Gymnastics Coach University of Minnesota The front uprise o n th e rings may be considered a simple sk ill when it is executed in the mann er of a mu scle up to support. To perform it technically co rrect with utilization of swing, position #1 should be attained in a way that will maximize th e momentum of the swing as th e gymnast approaches the ve rtical hang position . Th e preparatory down swing should thus be performed from a handstand or dislocate and executed with a st retched straight body. As the ve rti cal position is reached (#1) the shoulders are hyperf lexed with o nly a slight arch prese nt in the upper back. Excessive arching of the ba ck on the downswing may serve to inordinately dissipate the momentum to be translated into upward movement.

Continue to stretch through the vertical position (#2) and from this stretched vertical position, pike quickly (#3) but not deeply because it is necessary to d rive the hips forward producing an arched body (#5-#7) as soon as possible after a definite pike. Piking too deeply can cause exce ssive ba ckwa rds rotation making it difficult for the ches t to ri se fast enough to overtake the rise of the legs. What will happen is that th e performer will go to a " V seat " or rotate ba c kwards instead of rising to the " L" position .

As soon as the quick pike action is started the arms begin to pull th e rings downward behind the shoulders. Note that this pulling of the rings downward behind the shoulders keeps the upper arm and the trunk in a nearly straight line relation ship (#3-#6) and also tends to co unteract the inherent backward rotation of a front uprise. The pulling of the rings continues in this direct ion through the phase of th e rise where forward hip thrust is evident (#5-#7). It sh9Uld also be noted thai while the hips lead the chin is against the chest.

When the body ris es almost to a horizontal position (#7) the rings are turned away from the performer and brought to the side in a circular pattern (#7-#9) as the pressure on the rings changes from pulling downward behind th e shoulders to pressing downwards on the rings with them out to th e side. If slack develops in the cables as thi s transition is begun th e performer mu st begin to bring th e rings to the side earlier. Exert downward press ure on the rings at all times throughout th e movement.

The body position aft er th e transition is no longer a arch, i. e. th e hips no longer are directing the rise (#9). There is no forced pike action to go from th e arched position to th e " L" position, but rath er th e "L" posi tion is attained by pressin g on th e ri ngs to speed th e rise of th e chest ahead of th e legs as the momentum of th e swing is lo st.

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GYMNAST Jan. '74

EXHIBITIONAL GYMNASTICS

UNIVERSITY OF MARYlAND GYMKANA

by Ken Friedman Is there still a place for exh ibit io nal rat her than compe titi ve gymnast ics in today 's co ll eges? Ju st ask any m ember of th e Unive rsit y of Mary land Gymkana Troupe and yo u wi ll probably hea r in respons e a reso unding " yes " .

Th e tr o upe, w hi ch, is co mpri se d of 50 men and women, provid es it s m em bers w ith th e opportunit y to enhan ce their total p ersonalit y

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as well as physica l d eve lopmen t throu gh the medium of gy mn as ti cs.

The organi za tion , w hi ch is open to any interes ted U o f M stud ent, also prov id es it s m embers w ith a pla ce to m ee t student s w ith simil ar int erests o th er th an gy mn as tics.

Th e tro upe rs often get toge th er fo r o utside acti viti es, so m e of w hi ch in clu d e ice ska tin g o utings, ski weeke nd s, a popco rn ea ting contest, and an dnnual p icni c. As o n o th er

co ll egiate teams, litelong fri endships are form ed in the the troupe.

Few of th e troupers, past o r present, ca m e to th eir first p ract ice w ith great profi ciency in gymnast ics. Som e have no previous experience at all ; but through hard work at the daily, two ho ur pra ctices, newcomers progress to more advanced sk ill s and work into one or more of th e troup e's many acts.

Along with th e id ea of individual growth and se lf-improvement, Gymkana' s other objectives includ e the ex tension of good will through th eir performances to co mmunities up and down the Ea stern sea board , and the spreading of an interest in and understanding of gymnast ics.

Ea ch Gymkana show, which is usu all y two hours long, includes r o utin es on all th e Olympic appa ratus plus such specialty acts su c h as co m edy parallel bars, synchronized triples, balan cing, pyramids, jugg ling and a ladd ers ac t.

Thi s year 's road show season runs from November 30 through March 29. Once th e season sta rts, pe rformances, which are spon so red by hi gh sc h oo ls and co lleg es in and o utside Maryland , are he ld eve ry Frid ay night.

Thi s year 's sc h edu le includes sh ows at Radford Co ll ege, Va ., the Col lege of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and th e U nive rsity of Delaware.

The troupers tra ve l to th eir d estin ation s via a chartered bu s. Th ey also tran sport by truck their own co mplete se t of eq uipment to each sho w .

Th e culmination of th e troupe season is a two night performance held eac h sp rin g on th e Un ive rsity's Co ll ege Park Campus. Th e show, wh ich is fr ee to all U ni ve rsit y of Maryland stud ents and fac ult y, is thought of more as a cultural exchange of id eas between th e Gy mk ana Troup e and th e audi ence rath e r th an " ju st a gym nas ti cs show ." Approxim ate ly 5,000 peopl e saw last yea r's annu al Hom e Show, w hi ch is performed o n stage with various li ght ing effects, costumes, musi c an d und er lyin g th eme.

Th e troup e, whi ch was fou nd ed by Dr. David A. Fi eld in 1946, is currentl y und er th e direction of Dr. George F. Kram er and M r. Joseph F. Murra y of th e U ni ve rsit y's ph ys ica l educa ti o n 29

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department , and -is funded by th e University 's Student Government Association.

After a n un successf ul attempt in the 1950's to be recog n ized as a competitiv e co ll eg iate team, the troupe reve rt ed to its o ri gi nal pract ice of prese nting ex hibiti o na l progra ms. Th ey e nt e rtain ed a rm ed forces pe'rsonn e l thro ughout th e United States and ab roa d . It was during this p e ri o d o f ex te n sive travel that the troupe beca me known as M a ryland 's " Ambassadors of Good Will."

Th e present troupers still kee p this motto in mind as th ey look forward to prese nting a season of highly st imulating ex hibitional gymna sti cs.

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THE ALL-AROUND GYMNAST

by David Webster I have been informed that the NCAA Rules Committee on gymnastics is considering a proposal which would affect gymnastics competitio n at all levels. The proposal under consideration is that each gymnastic team would be made up of five all-around men, compet ing as in international level compet ition .

This then would favor university level NCAA schools, which have the facilities, coaches, resources, and scholarships to attract and train 10-20all-around men, in the hope of fielding an elite five-man team. The major thrust behind the proposal is an emphasis upon the United States development of a strong Olympic team in gymnastics -- which I strongly support .. . but I do not agree with the rational that more allaround men will insure a better Olympi c team!

Between the decision of a specialist or nospecialist, is a whole spectrum of other alternatives for Olympic development -- such as more invitational all-around meets only, for the top all -around men which our universities, colleges, and high schools produ ce. Perhaps teams representing major cities or national level high school all-around meets, o r other such proposals are needed.

The specialists have made a significant contribution to developing a standard of excellence in their events, assisting the allaround man with their sharing of skills, knowledge, and technique. To eliminate the specialist from gymnastics at all levels of competition would be a major step backward-at a time when we need more, not less. participants in gym nastics at all levels of co mpetition . Th e development of an elite allaround gymnast is the goal of every team and coach; the specialist co ntributes towards that goal.

Ask yo urself this question : On a 12 man team roster, three men are all-around and nine men are specialists. Would you like to have to explain to your team of nine specialists that their career in gymnastics is over -- unless they become all-around men? What affect would this ruling have upon you r school, college or university's gymnastic program in terms of participants, stud ent interest, spectator appeal, athletic budgeting, and overall program?

Lastly, would yo u like the specialist to be eliminated from your sport while yo u never took the time o r interest to voice your opinion?

If you want to let the NCAA Rules Committee know where you sta nd o n this issue, write to : NCAA Gymnastics Rules Committee NCAA Offices P.O. Box 1906 Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66222 Now is the time for all gymnasts, coaches, officials and all interested in the sport to take a starid on this issue!!! I suggest a brief letter .rom a coach, a gymnast, a team captain or a team letter sign ed by all members, if you feel strongl y on one side or the other of this issue.

Editors Note: Dave Webster (B.S. M. Ed.) is a graduate of Boston University, and Gymnastics Coach at College of DUPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In 1973, he was select as "NJCAA Coach of the Year" when his team finished third in the NJCAA Championships at Farmingdale, New York. He is a former president of the NJCAA Gymnastic Coaches, and an internationally rated (FIG) gymnastics judge.

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OUR MOUTHS _by Dan Speraw, Coach SCATS As submitted to Mrs. Hendershott It is unfortunate our American Society is so " chit-chat" orientated. Although small talk has a purpose of bringing people together, it ofte n is the goal instead of a means ... we make noise just because there might be the possibility of silence.

Gymnasts, like all of us can process only so much talk before their attention span is reached , and their minds begin wandering. So it seems best to speak only of gymnastics in the short period of a training session . But is so much talk about gymnastics needed? Many coaches begin "correcting" as soon as warmups commence and co ntinue their stream of co mments throughout the entire work-out, even until their st udents are leaving the gym .

Unfortunately these ath letes are only vaguely listening after the first few minutes.

What I am suggesting is a total change ...

DON'T TALK! Even though you know your team, and every mista ke they are making .. . slow down the mouth and give your brain a chance .

On any given trick, there is only one problem more important to co rrect than any other and the one problem does not change every time the skill is attempted.

So let your gymnast make three, five, or ten attempts before commenting at all , then stick to your eva l4ation until it has been cu red for sure. Can you imagine how much impact an opinion would carry if the coach 's vo ice had not been heard for a half an hour ... and the next half an hour was fo llowed by simple yes o r no, shake of the head?

Fin ally, along with the coach 's efforts ... more silence in the gym among the stu dents (especially no radi o) can prom ote an eve n more co ncentrated drive .. increasing progress o n every level.

Ed . Note: The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the GYMNAST staff. Readers are encouraged to contribute constructive articles for this new department.

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VII. New Code of Points and Classification of Difficulties for 1975 A. After Varna near the end of 1974 a new code will be published to be effective in 1975.

B. The 10 point distribution for optiona ls will be as follows : a. 4 points difficulty 3 Superiors - .8 each = 2.40 4 Mediums - .4 each = 1.60 total 4.00 2.0 Originality & Composition 3.0 Amplitude & Execution 1.0 General Impression

VIII. New Compulsory Exercises for 1976 Olympic Games A . The TC voted in favor of accepting the old compulsory format of set exercises for the Olympic Games.

B'. Th e TC will compose these exercises and send them to the Federations in June 1974 for I use in the Olympic Games, The film will be se nt as soon as possib le after the exercises.

IX. Miscellaneous Decisions on Proposals A. In Varna, the horse will be set at 110 CM 3nd ~20 CM for experimenta l use by the Federations in order to in vestigate the possibility of raisin g the official heig ht.

B. The team leader for women's co mpetitions must be a woman.

C. The reserve gym nast may not replace an injured gymnast o nce the competition has begun.

D. Only five scores in each event will co unt for team sco re as in the past.

E. Eleven new brevets were conferred none from USA. F. Canditures : Championships Men European Switzerland 1975 European Championships for Women Norway 1975 Modern Rhythmic Gymnastic Championships - Spain 1976 Estab lishment of African Cup with same regulations as European Champion ships under supervision of WTC of FIG .

X. Committee for Universal Gymnastic Terminology was established for English speaking countries of: Philippin es South Africa Sweden New Zealand Australia Norway England Denmark Ca nada Finland USA Israel_ Chairman : Mrs. Jack ie Fie, USA Note: All afo rementioned technical rules listed in Part VI will be effective for all USGF elite compe titi ons during 1974 beginning w ith the January qualification meet. The USGF Junior and Senior National Championsh ips will also apply these regu lations: 1. The tuck back somie on bea m s must be rigidly penali zed tor iack ot ampiituu e, stops before and after, and landing posi~ion .

2. The two points for ampl itud e and execution will necess itate a slightly more lenien't penalization of faults in these catego ries.

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by Barbara Thatcher During ABC's coverage of th e Munich · Olympics, one man was continually called upon to give his insights and observations on the gymnastic competition .

This man ... Gordon Maddu x has provoked a littl e curiosity among gymnast ics followers who wonder how he became commentator for ABC and what background he has in the sport that may justify his classi fication as a gymnastics expert.

In 1964 when gymnastics was far from being a household word or even one that was used very often by sports wr iters, Gordon was coach ing the men's gym team at California State College, Los Angeles, the site of the NCAA Nationals that year. CBS was in the sports business then and since gymnastics was fairly new and comp lex during their coverage of the meet "Gordon assisted them in understanding and ; reporting on the competit ion.

The next year he was ultimately hired by CBS · and when CBS left the realm of sports, ABC picked up the NCAA contract, needed a gymnast i cs commentator, the NCAA recommended Gordon , and he was contacted by them and given the job.

But Gordon 's experience in gymnastics goes back farther than that. A gymnast at Colorado State University he received his degree, moved to Northern California, where he coached for awhile at Pleasant Hill High School before moving down south to assume the head coaching position at CSLA. Gordon is amazed at the surge of interest in gymnastics and sees himself as " com in g from a time where there was no interest and going to where we may be a world power. " Once gymnastics had to contend with other sports for an occasional 3-5 minutetimesloton television but according to Gordon that's all been changed " They (ABC) love it and they fight for it." Most of the change he says has occured since Munich when ABC just happened to focus its attention on a littl e known Russian girl, " Olga Korbut. " We weren't even scheduled to show the Russians on bars that night. The Hungarians and Americans were so close that we "decided to show another team on beam. But when we saw the two minute warm-up we comp letely redid everything. " Gordon spends much of his time before a · competition with research, gettin g to know the competitors, trying to get the " human side" .

But during the two weeks prior to the first night of optionals, in Munich, Gordon and the rest of the ABC crew had not discovered Olga . The bt-oadcasters and television aud iences throughout the world discovered her together.

Now the network"shows at least four or five times as much gymnastics as previously and · Gordon feels that the reason is because people want more. But sti ll television often does not show the full gymnastics picture. For instance " ABC cancelled a scheduled trip to Japan for the · Chunichi Cup when it was learned that " Ludmilla Tourischeva and Olga would not be there.

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As for United States gymnastics, Gordon doesn 't see just one top woman gymnast who could be another Korbut orCathy Rigby Mason he "sees a hundred who might" . The growth of women ' s gymnastics has been tremendous making it possibly the number one sport for girls, however, Gordon fe els men 's gymnastics will stay at th e same participation level until the men have " a hero of their own " . " Men 's gymnasticshasgreater status in other countries , it's more traditi ona l and because other sports programs are not so strong." He's hoping though that there wi ll be a greater interest in men ' s private clubs, since clubs in developing a gymnast, reach to lower ages than the schools.

Besides his work with ABC Gordon is busy organizing a corporation which plans to open a series of gymnastic clubs first on the West coast then gradua ll y moving East. Since his start w ith ABC Gordon has covered every gymnastics competition with them and often attends local competitions as a guest commentator or just a spectator.

His commentary forABC has not been, and is not, styled for a knowl edgeable gymnastics audience. " Before th e Olympics I had to decide which d irection my commentary wou ld go. " He decided to concentrate on making the novice gymnastics audience more sophisticated. " They can understand nontechnical level commentary and I try to make it as educational as possible without getting technical. The names of tricks are immaterial to them. I don't broadcast to my peers, those peopie don ;t need help. " Television has helped make people more aware of gymnastics, better informed and interested . The contributions this medium has made to the growth of gymnastics, throughout " the world, is sizeab le and some of the credit for this must surely go to Gordon Maddux.

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INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR 1974 February 27 F.I.T. World Trampoline Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa Oct: FIG Congress, possib ly in Tunisia .

Oel. 19-26 World Champion ships in Varna.

1975 Oct. 15-21 Pan America n Games (33 countries possibly will compete). Santiago, Chi le Gymnaestrada in Berlin 1975 Sept. FIG Congress in Montreal , Canada , and the Olympic Game s U.S.A. NATIONAL PICTURE Jan. 5 Swiss vs. USA Competition , Ca lifornia State College, Los Angel es, Ca lifornia Jan. 5 KIPS Invitati ona l, Lakewood, Californ ia. Meet director: Jim Founta ine.

Jan. 6 Any new en tri es to Qualifica ti o n Rounds for Elites must register sco res.

Jan. 11-12 Big Ten In vitationa l, Ann Arbor, Michigan, wit h Reg ional Tec hnical Director.

Jan. 18-19 First Qualifying Round for USGF Elites Tentative Sit e, Long Beach , Ca li f.

Feb. Compul so ry Training Meets in four geographically located centers (Elite Program) Late Feb. All USGF State Meets to be he ld by this time .

March 7-9 National Junior College Championships, State University of New York, Farmington, New York March 8-9 Big 10 Champ ionships, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

March 8-9 Pacific 8 Championships, University of Oregon, Eugene, O regon March 8-10 Eastern Interco llegiate Championships, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Mid-March USGF Regionals Meets to be held by this time (one month to work for nationals) March 21-23 Western Athletic Confe rence Championships, University of Arizona, Tucson , Arizona March March 22-23 NAIA Championships, Fort Hays State, Hays, Kansas March 22-23 Big 8 Championships, University of Oklahoma, Norman , Oklahoma

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March 22-23 USGF Elite Qualifying Meet, second round , Newark , Deleware, M eet Director Ed Kn e pper, Mee t re fe ree : Jackie Fie March 28-30 NCAA Co llege Division C hamp ionships, Springfield College, Springfie ld , Massachuetts April 6-14 International Youth Trampoline Championsh ips, Be irut, Le banon April 5-6 AIAW Co ll egia te Championships (Women), Ca liforn ia Sta te Unive rsity-Sacramento, Meet Director. Kathy Shell y, Women 's Gymnastics Coach, Ca liforn ia State University - Sacra mento , Sacramento, Ca lif. 95819 April 4-6 NCAA Championships, Pe nn State University, University Park , Penna .

April 19-20 YMCA Nationals in Seatt le , Washington (Men's Compulsori es same as last two yea rs, Women 's - USGF Ad v. level. .. No minimum age o r score re quirements April 18-20 USGF Jr. Nationals - Hayward , California April 25-27 AAU Sen ior National Champ ionsh ip, Billings, Montana (Tent) April Compulsory Training M eets in four geographically loca ted centers (E li te Program) May 9-11 USGF Senior Nationals, C hi cago, Meet Director: Betty Meyer May 30-June 1 USGF Elite Nationals, Southern Illinois University, Carbondal e, Illinois, M ee t director: Herb Vogel; Meet Referee: Jac kie Fie Aug. 22-24 (tent) These dates a re proposed for Final trial for Qualification for World Games Team to re present U.S.A. at the Games Oct 19-26, 1974. Site is undetermined.

1975 YMCA National s on April 18-1 9 1976 YMCA Nationals o n April 9-10 REGIONAL SCORE Jan. 25-26 Magnolia Open (Strawberry Open becomes Magnolia Open when it moves to SW Mississippi Jr. College in Summit, MissisSippi) Feb. 8-9 Valastics Invitational - Niceville, Fla ...

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Feb. 9 Pacific Coasf Invitat ional - Ingl emoor H.S. March 15-16 Eastern Co ll egiate Region a ls March 15-16 AIAW (fo rmerl y Reg. 8) Colleg iate Regionals hosted by San Diego State University, San Diego, Callf.

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March 23 USGF Reg ionals, Forest Grove, Oregon .

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