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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn Sundby VIEWPOINTS, Di ck Cril ey WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? WHERE ARE WE GOING?, Dan M illman USGF ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Men's Report, Di ck Cril ey USGF SENIOR NATIONALS, Renee Hend ershott USGF ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Women's Report AAU SENIOR NATIONALS, Jay Shaw GOLDEN SANDS INTERNATIONAL, Varna Bulgaria, Ab ie Grossfeld MOSCOW & RIGA, Hal Frey 38th CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Lew is R. Wa ll er INTERVIEW: Diane Dunbar, Barbara Thatcher CENTERFOLD, Diane Dunbar 1974 NATIONAL MODERN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ann elis Strange Hoyman CLUB CORNER NEWS 'N NOTES, Renee Hende rshott DIET, The Gymnast-Her Weight and Her Diet, Dale Shirl ey FORWARD AERIAL WALKOVER, Another Look, Peter Ri ddell I CAN'T DO A SEAT DROP, Na tali e Bee rs A PARENT'S GUIDE TO GYMNASTICS, Patri cia A. Ga use HELEN'S CORNER, Helen Sju rsen SWING: The Essence of Gymnastics (Pari II), A.B. Frederi ck BAEK- UPRISE HANDSTAND (Rings), William Roe tzheim RESEARCH: Twisting Mechanics II, H.J. Biesterfel dt, Jr. SEQUENCES BY SCHULZ, Di eter Schu lz FRONT SOMIE FROM ABOVE THE RINGS, Tom Donova n NCAA '74 SEQUENCE POSTSCRIPT GYMNAST MEMORBllIA, Tom Wake lin g PSYCHOLOGY AND THE GYMNAST, joseph L. Massimo EDITORIAL: The End of Serious Gymnastics at The University of Massachusetts, H.J. Bi es terf eldt , Jr. ASSORTED MEET RESULTS LETTERS

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W e put Tom to wo rk takin g an inventory of all th e back editions of Gymnast (MG, Mi le G & Gymna st) h e could find in the ba c k room. He put th em in order not ing those ava il abl e and also li sting our out o f stock issu es. From this inve ntory we have come up with several different packet o ffers as w ell as indi v idual listings of all back editions ava il able o r no t (see page 53 fo r li sting s and p r ice s). Although thi s service was especia ll y d es ign ed to fill th e requ ests o f Schoo ls, librari es, private club s, camps and coaches, we h ave mad e it ava il abl e to all our rea d ers. Th e p ac ke ts and individual editions are priced b y their ava il abilit y not cont ent (ex: th e 50 pa c ke t contains the Aug '67 edition wh ich has 14 pages of sequ ence ph o to ro utin es of th e to p world gam es championships of ' 66 also th e '68 m en 's Ol y mpi c editi o n plu s man y, m an y more exce ptional past editions) as th e 50 pa ck (a rea l m e morabili a ba rga in at ju st $20.00, including postage) is m ade up of ed ition s th at we have o ver 500 b ac k copi es each, the 15 p ac k is 250 or more and some of th e indi vidu al editi o n s w e ma y onl y have 100 edition s in sto ck . When you cons ider we have almost 12,000 subscrib ers those may not las t ver y long. We do have a few copies of editions list ed as unavailabl e, but th ey have bee n set aside for binding into complete se ts in th e n ea r futur e as soo n as we can acquire other missing ed itions . Our thanks to To m for all th e tim e and eff o rt he put into ge tting our available back editions in order.

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Next Edition: Will b e our annu al High Sch o ol Ch ampion ships report of state, region , sec tion al and m etro politan competition s. W e will al so fea tur e a report on the USSR Gy mn as ti c tea m ex hibiti o n at th e Spok ane World 's Fair ... Plu s photo sequ ence and o th er in stru cti o nal articl es and in spiration al aid s... So ' til th en e njoy the summer Gym Camp of yo ur choi ce and HAVE A HAPPY HANDSTAND .

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A BIT OF HISTORY REVISITED In hi s stud y, "A Hi story of the Deve lopment of the U nt ed States Gymnastics Federation, " (USGF Press, 1972), Dr. Ri chard E. Lap tad devotes severa l chap ter s to d escribin g how and why th e USGF was founded and some of th e elements involved in deve loping its gym nas tics program . The USGF grew out o f the dissatisfaction of col lege gymnastic coaches ove r th e lack of com muni ca ti ons from and dominance by a tin y clique of indi vid uals within the AAU gymnastic comm itt ee.

Gymnastic coac hes we re not alone, nor we re th ey th e first, to expr ess rese ntment of th e authoritarian poli cies of th e AAU, and th ey join ed with tra c k & field an d ba ske tball orga ni za tion s in effo rt s w hi ch led to th e Federa tion move ment.

Dr. Lap tad's account li sts fi ve ea rly USGF objectives: 1) to estab li sh a ce ntral co mmuni cat io ns link, 2) to develop and distribute new and vi tal gymnastic information, 3) to estab li sh an ed uca tional program through clini cs and cam ps, 4) to increase nat io nal and intern ation al compe tition , and 5) to gain t he cooperat io n and co nfiden ce of all the U nit ed States organizations that were interested in gymnastics.

Th e GYMNAST ha s recei ved quite a few lett ers and so m e bitter articles this yea r exp ress ing dissatisfactio n with th e USG F. Th e AA U eve n published a se ri es of th eir cor responde n ce with the USGF and the May YMCA newsletter was also quite critical. The appare nt " straw" wh ich broke this ca me l's hump of critic ism was th e ove rl apped scheduling of AAU an d YMCA cha m pionships with USGF compe tition s. This yea r was not the fir st such occasion fo r overlaps, and both organizations indicated that th ey felt it was delibera te.

Bo th organizat ions had announced th eir championsh ip dates we ll in adva n ce, th e YMCA for Apr il1 9 and 20 and th e AAU for April 26 - 28. Both had originally " cl ea red " th ose dates with th e Tu cso n office of th e USGF . The USGF W o m en 's Committee app arentl y did no t get the word w h en they sc hed uled th eir juni o r Nat io nal Championships for th e sa m e weeke nd as the YMCA meet, w hil e th e AAU Championships beca me a vict im o f USGF late scheduling o f th ei r championships and a resultant crunc h o n wee kend s for ho ldin g th eir regiona l com petitions (Ap ril 26 - 27).

What I ca nnot understa nd is w hy everybody in 't hi s alphabet soup of gymnastics (NCAA, AIAW, NAIA, YMCA, USGF, AAU) ha s to pi ck on the spring (in a time period of abo ut 8 weekends) for their c hampionships (on ly th e jr.

Ol ympi CS see m left over for t he summer). We ll , be th at as it may, it is no secret that eve n within the re latively small ranks of the USGF administrators, co mmunications don ' t get aro und as they should. Perhaps th ere are too many jobs for a small staff; perhaps too m an y deci sions are mad e away from a ca lend ar; perhaps too many peopl e are m aking decisions; perhaps th e o ffi ces are too dispersed.

I had occas ion to talk w ith the USGF Exec uti ve Director, Frank Bar e, at th e USA Championships, and he told me he was doing

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hi s b es t to get things straig htened o ut tor n ext yea r. He noted, however, that th e n eed to hold ea rl y trials for th e Pan American Gameswass till going to place great str ess on the cale nd ar. Tom Maloney, Chairman o f th e AAU Gymnast ics Comm itt ee, was qu ite disturbed w hen I spok e with him at th e NCAA Championships, but indi ca ted he was making some headway in hi s communicatio n efforts. Frank Bare later confirmed thi s. As far as th e YMCA program is conce rned , Natio nal YMCA Gymnastics Cha irm an, Bill Buff a, is pretty " fed up" and is pl anning to ex p and th e YMCA program " w ithout regard for any future ' governing body ' co nsideratio ns. " . As long as we are examin in g g ri eva nces, let us not overlook th e squabb le over th e junio r Olympics. Whi le th e AAU juni o r Olympic Gymnastic program is co m para ti vely yo ung, th e AAU has b ee n car rying o n the junior O lympic name and tradi ti o n for 25 yea rs. Th ere is a " grandfather c lause " in th e leg islation protect in g th e USOC's use of th e term Ol ympic w hich p ermit s th e AAU to co ntinu e to use th e junior Ol ympi c name even if th e USOC d esignates ano th er orga ni zat io n that ri ght.

When th e USG F and AAU " made th eir peace," th ey agr eed that the AAU co uld co ntinu e with its junior and se ni or programs an d co uld cond uct the official (USOC -app roved) junior O lympi c pro gram in gy mn as ti cs . Tom Maloney ex pressed it for the AAU w hen he told me that all th ey want is to be abl e to ca rryon their U.S. program s w hiie ieavin g the internationai sce ne to th e USGF. He fe lt there was n eed for USGF and AAU coo perat io n, but that th ere need not be co mpetition betwee n th em fo r ath letes, meet da tes, etc.

Th e USGF indica ted at its 1973 Congress inSt. Louis th at it intend ed to present its own junior Ol ymp ics in gymnast ics in 1974. Rumblin gs to that effec t ratt led around Cri sler Arena (s ite of th e 1973 jr. Olympics) in August, 1973.

It was still so m ething of a bombshe ll to th e gymnastic co mmunit y when th e USOC approved transfer of the jO 's to th e USGF and later reversed itself and added th e int erpretati o n wh ic h, in effect, let anyo ne who wa nt ed to run a jO Gymnastic pro gra m. Thu s, gymnasts thi s yea r h ave both an AAU juni or Ol ympi cs A ug ust 8-1 2 and a USGF junior Ol ymp ics 23 -25. Th e gir ls are lucky as their co mpul so ry exercises have be en sta ndardi zed.

The boys face different compulsories although th ere are simil ar elements in both . aga in ove r H eated argum ent s arise sponso rship by the AAU and YMCA of interna ti ona l co mp etitions or ex hibiti o ns. The USGF is recognized as the go ve rnin g body and ha s been sea ted by the FIG. Howeve r, within th e USG F Governing Council th ere does not see m to be th e co mmunication th at might be expec ted - - alth ough, given pas t enmiti es, thi s is not so un ex pec t ed. With on ly a change in th e "v ill ain " th ere is a reviva l of th e old ar gum ent aga inst th e auth oritari an rule of th e AAU u si ng its international recognition by th e FIG as a weapo n to play favorites or to punish athl etes.

Mr. Buffa charges that th e USGF recog ni zes on ly " schoo l-co llege" programs and d iscriminat es agains t oth er gym nastic programs in t e rm s of in fo rm at i on dissemi nati o n and qualifying tri als fo r nati o nal teams.

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th e re isn ' t anoth er, less comp lica ted sport you can get into. There might b e, but I ca n 't think of any co mpetitv e sport th at doesn' t have it s own politi ca l probl em s. Look at it thi s way, if you are strong-wi ll ed e nough to succeed in gymnast ics, yo u are going to be st ron g-w ill ed about the decisions yo u make or want mad e wh ic h affec t your development as a gymn ast.

A s you go up th e ladde r of expe ri ence th ese feelin gs inte nsify. By th e tim e yo u ge t to a leve l where yo ur op inion co unt s, yo u think a lot of it and are upset when reversed. Sometim es it is pretty h ard to step back and take a civ ili zed look at thin gs an d to adm it, " I am in error."

But here is whe re th e USGF-AAU- YMCA and ot her gymnast ic programs still have a ch an ce. It might b e we ll fo r th e new associati on o f in dependent clubs to tak e a long look too, be fore jumpin g into the fray with th eir own de mand s. Cooperation is st ill po ss ib le, and w ill probabl y be enforced by th e Federa l Governma nt if pend in g leg islat io n passes (b ut more on th at fo r ano th er co lumn ). The USGF Govern in g Cou ncil is supposed to se t the poli cies b y which it s co ntracted admini strato rs run thin gs. Th e USGF Go ve rnin g Co un cil repr ese ntati ves have bee n li sted from tim e to tim e in th e USGF News, but as rep rese ntatives of th eir orga ni za ti o ns, on ly th ey rea ll y kno w how effecti ve th ey are. The USGF Congresses ha ve ve ry littl e im pact on the Cou ncil. The Co unci l's meetings are h eld subsequent to t he Congresses, w hen o ne wo u ld suppose th at Co ngress in puts might ha ve so m e effect, but th e feedback has ge n erall y b een weak .

It may be that gymnastic groups are too ca ntankerous to wor k togeth er sm oo thl y, b ut it would be a sh ame no t to keep tryin g. As one USGFWC Regio nal C hairm an puts it, "".gym nas ts (peop le with feelin gs and desire) are what we are all in thi s busin ess for. " H er rema rk wou ld almost deserve italici zin g th e wo rd "b usin ess" beca use th e mon ey-making implications of-th at-werd co ntribute mi gh ti ly to all of the afor e-me nti oned probl ems.

I rea ll y think that gy mna stics has co me a lo ng way und er the USG F. It has broadened com muni ca ti ons; it has deve loped new info rm ati on and disse minated it; it has con tribut ed to th e educat io n of gymnasts, coaches, and jud ges; it has in creased U.S. visib ilit y in international compet iti o n; and it

has e nli sted all th e U.S. gymna sti c orga ni za tion s as part of its governi ng cou ncil.

But there are so m e improveme nt s needed .

For o ne thin g, more staf f. Gymn ast ics can hardl y afford not to emp loy ta len ted p rofess iona l ad mini stra to rs to share the work now sho ul dered by Frank Bare, Jacki e Fi e, Frank Cum iskey, and Shirl ey Bryan.

For anot her: th e USGF Press is a ma jor so urce of in co me, b ut runnin g it should no t be th e job of o ur hi ghl y pa id admini str ators. It isa fa st way to get th e info rm ati o n rep rod uced, but it ca n employ less expe nsive help and even o utside enterpri ses. Withi n house, it is necessa ry to have enough staff to h andl e th e orders in a business li ke way wit ho ut all the multiplici ty of chores which devolve upo n th eir faithful few wo rkers each day. Th e info rm ati o n is co min g in - - it must be gotten ou t qu ick ly, accurately, and smoo thl y.

Each yea r sees a broadening of the U.S. im age in gym nast ics. Th e increased number of tours, th e increased opportu niti es for tr ave l abro ad , th e in creased reve nu es possib le from thi s ex po sure - - what specifi c policies are in vo lved here? If the program isn 't to grow too unwield y, so m ebody had better assess w h at th e goa ls are, w hat the limits are, and how these se rve th e en tir e gy mnas ti c comm unit y. As Dr .

Laptad relat es, in stead of " power grabb in g" as charged b y the AAU, every n ew serv ice of the USGF has bee n "wo rk grabbing" as it entai led more work for th e USGF off ice.

It see ms to me th at the USGF Govern in g Counci l and it s office rs have a rea l job to perform. Th e gym nas ti cs commu nit y shou ld see to it that th eir rep resen tatives perform th eir jobs and accou nt fo r th e res ults and not ju st delegate th e r espo nsibility. They must make sure th at members hi p in th e USG F is not a was te of time and money. They must stand back from their d isag reem ent s and say, " Loo k it is tim e for a fresh start. Let 's re-eval uate our servic@s and o ur goa ls and emp loy som e-new approa ches to these matters of sc hed ul ing, grassroot s deve lopme nt, financ in g, intern al st ructure, an d intern atio nal tours. We ca n be bu si ness-lik e and still promote gym nast ics for th e gymnast." Perh aps th en, real mean in g w ill pervade th e USGF motto, " Gy mn asti cs for A LL through th e USGF ."

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Former Nationally Tumbling Champion Ranked Gymnast.

Former Coach, Experienced, Wellesley H .S. 路 Successful Instructor.

Gymnastics Team Earle C . Batchelder, B.A. McGill, M.Ed. Harvard

WALNUT HILL SCHOOL 64 Highland St., Natick, Mass. 01760 GYMNAST June/ July '74

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"THE GREATEST KIDS IN THE WORLD: A TRIP TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS"

by Vicki Pasek Thi s yea r, un der the direc tion fo Ro chell Swan so n, the State Special Olympi cs had gymn as ti c apparatus compet ition , where retard ed youngsters o f all ages and ab iliti es co mp eted .

Th e eliminatio n rounds were held Saturd ay, jun e 29 in the m en 's gym at UCLA , with thirt ytwo hopeful competi ng. Ev ents included ; Tumblin g, Fr ee X, Bea m and Boy 's All-Around.

The eve nt s b ega n at 9:00 sharp , wit h each gymna st attacking their routin e with gusto.

After th e finali sts were announced, a clin ic was held for all eve nts, wit h anyone interested in competin g nex t year encouraged to participate.

Sunda y were th e finals, with gold, si lver, and bron ze m edals bein g awa rd ed . A ll routin es had great elem en ts and showed mu ch poli sh. All in all , it was a great two da ys for eve ryo ne. Nex t year, hopes are for adding suc h events as bars, vau ltin g, and rin gs . From what I saw and experi enced, th ere ' s no doubt that ne xt year will be fantas ti c!

Winn ers in th e girl s eve nt s were: Girl's Tumbling: Patt y Colombos ; Janice Wa lker; Va lerie Moss; A lice Howard. Balance Beam: Suzann e Fo lett e; Alice H orde; Ve li a Vega. Free Exercise.

Winn ers in th e boys were: Boy's Tumbling: Dann y Hoard ; Marc Garett. Free Exercise: Dan Hawe; Kev in Walis ; Keith Hamilt o n; Dan Sigf reid ; Dan Ho rd e; MarcGarett. All-Around : Dann y Hoa rd - Los Angeles.

Flo ss moor, Illin o is. rhi s was th e larges t tumbling mee t ever to have b ee n held in th e Un it ed St ates. Five hundred fift y co ntestant s entered th e m ee t and four hundred fift y-four . co nt estant s co mpeted . Th e entrants ca m e from twe lve states - Ca li fornia , Te xas, Wyoming, Co lorado, Penn sy lvania , Illinois, Indi an a, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Ok lahoma , and Wa shin gton.

This was th e first meet to ha ve four 60 foot mats go in g si multaneo usly. Th e re were 12 Illin o is Hi gh Schoo l gymnastic coaches judging w ith j oe Giallombardo from New Trier We st High School in Nort hfi eld , Illin o is act in g as hea d judge.

Forty- fi ve trop hi es were prese nted, along w ith ove r 100 m edal s to co mpetitors in six age LARRY MOYER RECIEVES AWARD gro ups: 8 yea rs and und er, 9 and 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14, 15 and 16, and 17 and over. Si x tea m Larry Mo ye r, m ee t director of the 1974AAU tro phi es we re also prese nted as foll ows : junior Nat ionals, h eld at Kut ztown St ate Co ll ege, was honored for hi s ou tstanding Team Results: Rozanas Studi o, Chi cago , Illino is se rvice to th e sport o f gy mn ast ics.

37; G ymna sti cs Un limited , Addison, Illinois 27; COLLECTION OF EXPERTS Tram polin e Town, Rock ford , Illinoi s 24; FOR NEW YORK CLINIC Midwest Gymn as tics, Morton , Ill ino is 21 ; Bett y b y Pat Warren Rye r Studio, Den ve r, Co lorado 13; Ka-Lach St udi o, Casper, W yo ming 13; Addi son f OI th e fourth tim e in it s hi sto !路y, Tumbling, Addison, Illino is 11 .

Qu ee nsborough Comm unit y Co ll eg e of Th e top m ale competit or was Curt Austin Baysid e ew Yo rk h el d dn <l 11I1U dl gymna stics from Elmhurst, Illin o is w ith a sco re of 9. 16. H e cl ini c for men and boy, . Each yedr th e clini c is was in th e Boys 17 and over. held to help promote th e sport o f gy mn asti cs in Th e top female co mpetitor was Nancy th e gredt c r m etropo litdn ared . rh e clini c Wd S Qu attrock i from Ro za nas Schoo l with a score o f held on Mdrch 3"1 dnd for o n e entire dd y 8.8 . She was in th e Gir ls 13-14 cla ss. p rovided 250 yo un g g ymnd sts ,lnd cOd ch es Th e m ee t was sa nction ed under th e Midwest alik e w ith ,111 op pu rtunit y to co nsult exper t> in Gymnas ti c Assoc iat ion and direc ted b y jam es thi '> fi eld . I he teaching , taff in cl ud ed Mdkd tu Roza na s and co mmitt ee. ~aka mut u - u ut stamli ll g gy mnd st U.S. Ol ymp ic

NG CONGRATULATIONS James A. Rozanas!!!

The Ch icago Park District honored j ames A. Rozana s as " Senior Citizen of th e Year" 1974.

O ve r 1,000 Senior Citi ze n s atte nd ed the " Senior Citizen of th e Year " Award Lun ch eo n in the Grand Ballroom of the Conrad Hil ton on Frida y jun e 7th , 1974, w here jam es was presented w ith th e Comm issione rs Award b y Mr. Patrick L. O ' Mall ey - Pres ident, Board of Commi ssioners, Chicago Park Di strict. j ames A. Rozana s name appeared in lights on the Magikist Bo ards at 87th and Dan Rya n and Eisenhower, Cicero and Congress Expr essway from Ma y 31st to june 2nd . And also appeared on th e Out er Dri ve Bo ard s from june 3rd thru jun e 9th .

Elite National Open Age Group Tumbling Championship - Huge Success On Saturday, Apri l 27, 1974, th e 1st Elite Nation al路 Open A ge Group Tumblin g Champio nship wa s held at H omewood-

Rozanas Studio School, Chicago,

III . . Team winners at

1974 1st Elite National Open Age Group

Tumblrng Championships.

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GYMNAST June/ July '74

team, I)on Tonry - Ol y mpi.Jll , .Jut hor .J 11 U gym n d ~ ti{ ~ coach dt Y,li e U lli ve r ~ it y , Johll PdlllO tt - mc muer of the Uriti ~ h Ol yill pic ted III a Ill] repre ~e ntdti v c for th e i~ ~e ll tquipill e llt CompdllY, Uon Weider - four tim e " Hi gh ~(hool Gym ll d~tic ~ COdch of th e YeM .... td~ t I:l run ~w i{ k H igh )choo l ew J er ~ey , Jim Culhd ll C - 'I%U dlld ' 1 ~ 7 2 Ol ympi c l ed m member ,1Ild l o rill er d" i ~ tdllt cO dch, We ~ t Po int , I)o ug A lt - Uirector 01 A lt '~ Gy nlll.J s ti c~ ~(hoo l dlld lorm el Spr ill gf ield Co ll ege gy mll d ~ t , dlld Ud ve Jd COU~ - COdch , 1-r,lll klill K. Ldll e Hi gh )( hoo l dlld Ildti o ll,1I gylll lhi s ti c ~ of ti eidl. Clini{ Uircctor, Uridll UOLiLk reel ~ thd t th el c i ~ d need to col lect ~ u c h ex pert ~ togethe r and ex po ~e t hei r t,li Cll b to d ~ p irill g gy mlld ~ b.

'10 ,li d in thi ~ COIlL{'p t, ,>ix gY lllll.J '> ti c,> te,lchill g s t Jtioll ~ wcrc '>{' t-up ill '>e pdl'dte gyill '> dnd we re equ ipped w ith Ol ympi c '>t,lllddl'd equip ment.

A s wc ll d'> co nvc llIi oll,1I cld '>'> -type progrdm s t here were Iree wo rk- out period ,> ill whic h th e clini { P,II ti{ ipdll b co uld '>eek did in ,>o lving dll y problem '> th,1I theynl dY hd VC f.Jced durillg th e Se d ~O ll.

jim Culhan e assists gymnast at N ew York clinic.

I he {I illi { W.J ,> .J to t,1I '> ucce'>'> dlld COdch UOLi{ k le lt Ih,1I it W.J,> .J ",>,lIe, com tru ct ive .J1ll1 me,lIli llglul edu( dt ioll ,1I experie ll ce lor ,II I tho,>e who .Jtt{' lld ed " NCAA

AWARDS 32 POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

Thirt y- two student-athl etes rep rese ntin g 10 differe nt sport s ha ve been awarde d Pos tgradu ate Sc hola rships of $1,000 each by th e Nationa l Co ll eg iate Ath leti c Assoc iati o n.

Ea ch acade mi c yea r, th e NCAA awa rd s 80 Pos tgrad uate Scho larships w ith 33 ea rm arked fo r footba ll pl aye rs, 15 for baske tb all pl aye rs and 32 to vars it y performers in ot her sports.

To be eli gib le for an NCAA Pos tgraduate Scholarship, each student- athl ete must have an accumu lat ive grade point average o f at least 3.0 o n a 4.0 sca le fo r thr ee yea rs of co ll ege studie s and mu st have exce ll ed o n th e p laying fi eld as we ll.

The 32 w inn ers are divided into four gro ups rep rese nting th e thr ee NCAA com p etiti ve di visio ns and an at-lar ge ca t ego ry.

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Th e G ymn asti c winn ers are, in Division II : Ro ge r A ll en Wojtkiewicz, Un ivers it y of Illino is, Chicago Circle. And in th e at-large division: Michael So lomon Pan coe from Dartm o uth Co ll ege and Richard Lee Danley of Indi ana State University.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES ASSOCIATION SPRING REPORT 1974 Th e Nat iona l High Schoo l Gymnastic Coaches Associat ion has just co mpl eted anoth er fine yea r.

Includ ed has been th e ho nori ng of A ll- Ameri can Hi gh Sc hool Gymna sts, represe ntatio n and vo ice in th e cou ncil , Na li o nal Federation Rul es U.S.G. F. Co mmitt ee rep rese ntati on, amo ng many o lh er fine co ntributi ons to th e spo rt of gymnaslics.

Future goals for th e N.H.S.G.C.A. inclu de: 1. Hi gh School A ll-Amer ica n award to those gymnasts meeting th e qualif icat io ns.

2. Publishin g of a bi-mo nthl y newsle tter co nt aini ng concerns of hig h sc hool coac hes, results, coachi ng techniques, rules, etc. Contr i bu ti o ns are encoura ged to make a great news letter.

3. Spo nsor ing of a high sc hool coaches cli nic at th e 1975 N.C.A.A. Champ ionsh i ps.

4. Continued representation to th e U.S.G. F. and Nati o nal Federat ion Rul es Committee.

5. Publi shin g o f a li st of th e Colleges and Universiti es hav in g gy mn as ti c program s. In cluding type of progra m and aid ava il ab le.

6. Publi shin g a com p lete mem bership li st, enco urag in g th e ope n lett er co ncept of comm unica ti o n.

7. Publishin g of an A nnual Yearboo k.

These preceding goals and benefits wi ll be ava ilab le for 1974-75 members o f th e .H.S.G.C.A. Other gp-'!ls to be studied include: 1. Th e honorin g of Hi gh Schoo l Coaches-of-theYear.

2. Compilation of a Hi gh School Yearbook.

3. So li Cit in g and publi shing of research concerning hi gh sc hool gy mnasti cs for th e news letter and GYMNAST. Remember: Th e Na ti o nal Hi gh Schoo l Gymna stic Coac hes Associati on ca n b es t fun cti on by se rvin g its membersh ip.

MEMBERSHIP IN THE NA TIO NA L HI G H SC HOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES ASSOC IA TIO FOR 1974 -75 JOI N NOW!!!!!

You ca n beco me a member of th e ati ona l Hi gh School Gymn asti c Coaches Assoc iat ion in two ways.

1, Reg ular membership ca n be ob tain ed by subm itti ng yo ur $5.00 ann ual dues to the .H,S.G.C.A. 2. Aff iliation Membership ca n be obta in ed th rough yo ur loca l State Gymna stic Coaches Associati on. Th e State Gymna sti c Coaches Associat io n can provid e it s members w ith membership in th e N. H.S.G,C.A. for $2.50 per member (minimum of ten members).

App li ca ti o n mu sl be su bm itt ed through the State Associat ion to the Nat io nal Associa ti o n .

SEN D YOUR MEMBERS HIP FOR THE 1974 -75 YEAR IMMED IA TEL Y TO: Denni s Fit zge rald 23073 Purdu e Farmington , Michigan 48024 Th e 1974-75 membe rship offers yo u more in the new year by le ngth enin g it s service Iii August 31, 1975.

Paul Tickenoff, now with Athletes in Action, wins all aro und at the 1974 Pasadena National Invitational

MEN

UNITED

TO COACH GYMNASTS

FEMALE

Men United to Coach Female Gymnasts is the name of a new orga ni za ti on I would lik e to see for m en. Too often I go to a mee t and see men fr ow ned upo n. Or read in Gymnast that th ey h ave grips. Well men now a chance to unit e an d wo rk it o ut. Wi th o ut yo u gy mn asti cs wou ld be awfu ll y du ll , w ith ou t th e do ubl e fu ll s, back flips and all the gut moves yo u dream up. I' m sure Olga agrees, her coac h being MALE, Your tops. So why mu st yo u si t o n th e side lines when yo u r girl s are out th ere .

We ll don 't sit , stand up for you r ri gh ts. One thin g I wou ld lik e to accomp li sh w ith thi s organi za tion is to have CO-ED Clini cs. For Coaches o nl y !!!

Th e m en would teac h the wo men spotting techni ques and expla i n about trick s. And in exchange th e women ca n show how to put together rout in es. Whe re to put th e flas h y tri cks in rout ines.

A nd I'd li ke to see the n at io n fo rm a unifi ed force, working together to achieve a num ber 1 team. The elit e of the wo rld . Lets fa ce facts if yo ur ch ild make th e Ol ympic Team shewi ll be ju st as mu ch a part as any o th er. So we sho uld wo rk so everyone has an equal chance. But I alone ca nnot ac hi eve thi s. So I ask your help, idea s. Pl ease help - becau se we have noth in g to lose and a go ld medal to ga in.

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I am interested in jo inin g.

Name:: ______________________________

Add ress: __-:----:__:-:-_________________ Club Associated with : ________________-,-I fe el I co uld be the most se rvice to th is o rganiza ti on in thi s or these area s:

I am wi lli ng to help w ith cl ini cs I am wi lling to he lp w ith news lette , I am wi ll ing to help publiciz e thi s o rgani zation

Thank you!

Write to :

.H.S.G.C.A. MEMBERSH IP NAME ______________________________ _ AD DR ESS ___________________________ CITY, STATE ___________________________ PHONE ______________________________ SC HOOL ____________________________ COAC HI NG ASS IGNMEN T _________________

M~N UNITED TO COACH GYMNASTS Carol Pietruszewski c/o Woodward Gym Camp Box 93 Woodward, Pennsylvania

FEMALE

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WltERE ItAVE WE bEEN1•••WltERE ARE

WE

GOiNG?

by Dan Millman Having ju st return ed from th e 1974 NCA A Men 's Gymna sti cs Champion ship s at Penn St ate, th e gy mna st 's Camelot, I find m yse lf driftin g on a cloud of aw e and admirati o n. And from thi s loft y va nt age point , it becom es easier to v iew th e Champion ship s in a different persp ecti ve.

It was n ' t ju st a m ee t - it w as a communion - a w ee k -e nd lo ve af f air b e t wee n a knowl ed gea bl e audi ence and som e o f th e mo st skill ed gymn as ts I've ev er seen.

It was Gen e W ett stone 's usual H ercul ean organizational e ffort. His th eme, " Th e O ld Mee ts th e N ew " led m e to see thi s champion ships as a singl e frame in a mov ing pi cture of gymna sti cs evo lvin g through hi sto ry.

A glance at th e pro gram reintrodu ce d us to som e of th e champion s from yes teryea r - and a glan ce at th e p erform ers aptl y d em o nstrated how far w e 've corn e.

Our gymn as ts showed strong foundati o n s built on corr ect fundamental s, for th e mos t part. Th e co mpul sory ex ercises are fin all y d eve lo ping in a superb fas hion . In th e o ptional routin es th e difficult y seems to be approaching at leas t, th e top of a paraboli c curve, and unl ess th e app aratu s chan ges - (eg. building springs on th e parall el bars, replacing the hi gh bar w ith a two - bar exe rcise ) - I im agine within th e nex t eight years w e 'll begin to see a levellin g o ff in many areas .

For aw hil e, diffi culty ma y increase . M o re doub le b ac ks and maybe trip le full s in FX.. . high er tumblin g. More gymn as ts doin g th ose " impossible" co mbination s on PH. Virtu ally everyo ne d o in g entire ring routin es straight arm , w ith so m e full tw istin g doubl es and mo re pik ed d o ubl es. And so on.

But eventually, w e ha ve to taper. Th e human bod y wil l stand onl y so much stress before givin g in to chronic injuries. We 're b eg innin g to see th e result s of phY Sical stress imposed upon mu scl e, ti ss u e and bon e in our gy mn as ts toda y. Loo k aro und at th e b es t men and wom en g ymna sts - how m any ar e free fro m chroni c injuri es w hi ch com e and go? W e ma y answ er, " Su re, th at's part of th e w o rk - injuri es and strain s are ju st part of it. " M ayb e. But th e ba sic qu es tion remain s wh eth er in th e lo n g run it 's good fo r us to continue in th e direc ti o n o f more and more diffi cult y at th e ex p ense o f lo n g range fun ctioning of the human bo d y. In an y case, most o f us will agree th at difficult y is go i ng to taper - w e' re approaching the limits.

So w e' ve seen the movie so far - from tho se d ays wh e n a b ent arm hand sprin g on th e fl o or to a squ at was hot stuff to pik e doubl e backs (and mo r e) on th e ground. W e've see n film s of mechani ca l, stiff, tea m parall el bar exh ibition s evo lve int o fl owing, floatin g routin es th at loo k like th ey belong on th e moon.

Not o nl y has th e stru ctur e, o rga ni za ti o n, cont ent o f gy mn as ti cs changed , but th e phil oso ph y too. A t o n e tim e a gymn as t was a bo d y build er, lear nin g co ordinati o n, upper bo d y strength and mas tery o f o ne 's bo d y in a di sc ipline d, o rga ni ze d fas hion. Now we p resent gy mn as ti cs as half comp etit ive fo rm and half as an aes th eti c p erform ance art.

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0'-' A nyon e who viewe d Ro n Rez ni ck 's tloor exe rcise ro utilie at thi s yea rs champion ship s saw .I prev iew o f co rnin g .Ittrac ti o ns. :'0 w here are w e goin g? Wh en w e in a se n se " run o ut" o f new uiffi cult y - wh en all our be st gy mn as ts have superb bas ics and proper mechanics - where do w e go? One direction is in th e im agin ati ve ar ea - ro utin e co mposition .Inu uram.lti c fl air. On e u ay it won 't be enough to b e m ech anical. Facial ex pr ess ion , as in the th ea tre, w ill creat e a mo ou and project an ima ge. I uon't simpl y m e.ln pld stereu on smil es we see in w om en 's gy mn as ti cs - I mean real drama - an .Iggre" ive knittin g of brows, a w id enin g o f th e eye" a fl ow ing of so ft slow move m ent int o qui ck st.l CC,ltO rh ythm s.

Perh aps we' ll auu mu sica l u.l ckgr o und, either reco ru ed or li ve mu , ic. (A, w h en Stev e Hug 's mu sica ll y talent eu bro th er, Jo hn , pla yed a mov in g guitar pi ece o f hi s own compo sition as backg ro unu fo r Steve's fl oor exercise routine during aU ,S, - Chin ese ex hibition in Los Angel es,) On e thin g is for , ure - .IS our culture and hi stor y chang es as a p eop le Jnu as a country, gy mna sti cs w ill ch'lIl ge. Wh eth er coaches, aumini strato r, <Inu leg i, lat o rs are fl ex ible anu in sightful enou gh to lea u su ch chang es or w heth er th ey w ill b eg ruu gin gly fo llow hi story's manif es to i, ye t to be ,ee n.

Gymn asti cs still has roo m fo r th e authoritari an a, we ll as th e arti st, th e slaved rivin g coac h as we ll as th e less ego-in vo lved teacher. Th ere 's , till r oo m fo r th e co mpul sive, unhappy, m echanica l gy mn as t, mu sclin g throu gh life, as we ll as th e happ y-go-luck y arti st who ju st lik e, to fl o w and fli p - anu there 's room for eve ryon e in b etwee n, And that 's beautiful , sin ce th e re mu st be room for eve ryone in a mutu all y to lerant dtmosphere.

But I do see ,o rn e po ss ibl e uirection s, ba sed up o n w here we've been. Wh en gy mn as ti cs was still relati ve ly yo un g, it co ulu have evol ved in three primary directi o ns, I ca ll th em Circu s, A rti sti c and M echani ca l.

If gy mn as ti cs hau evo lve d into Circu s acrobati cs, we mi ght no t see as ti ght form , but we wo uld be includin g eve nt s lik e u o ubl e high bar, (fl yin g from o ne to ano th er), swinging rings, trampo li n e (in steau of va ulting) and mini-tramp. The ru les might b e looser, and compet ition less se riou s. Maybe we'd have clown compet iti on too,

diffi cult y basE'u upon p erfectl y co ntroll ed ph ys ical ,y, tem, .

Women march like mechan ica l toy s, loo kin g dS inhuman dS po ss ibl e, stiff anu p erfe ct. W e stud y bi o m echani cs to be more e ff icient th an th e Ru ss ians (if th at 's p oss ible!) and stud y ho w to more rapidl y program our youth into FI G I f th e Arti sti c elem ent s had predominat ed , w e might have m o re pai sley color ed unifo rms, more indi vidu ally tailoreu , w ith mu sic and li ght s and multa m euia pr es ent ation s, p erh aps with a sto ry int erwoven into th e mov eme nt.

W e' d see far more dan ce-like elem ent s, afld more emph as is o n qualit y and flow th an o n qu antit y (such as " big tri cks") .

But in stead , w e we nt in th e uirec tion of M echani cs . A nd w e .see team s of yo ung m en and wo men att empting to close ly appro xim ate p erfect littl e robot s, uo ing mind-bendin g mod els of th e American dream, And it' s working too.

But all in allth e sys tem 's beautiful. No m att e r how cy ni ca l o r satiri cal m y view seems, th e M echani ca l style we 'r e u ev eloping is o nly a step in th e ev o lutiona ry process. W e have som e choi ce w here it goes from here.

W e can co ntinu e pur ely w ith m echani cs fo r awhi le, since th ey ce rtainl y are important, but eve ntuall y w e'll ha ve worked it thro ugh, and th en p erh aps to change s in apparatu s, lik e th e double hi gh bar - or to team coop eration in a sin gle ro utin e, such as two p eopl e wo rkin g floor exe rcise in a pattern , or. o ne perso n toss in g an o th er through th e air as in adagio, W e ma y eventuall y combine m en 's and wom elT's gymnasti cs, It could happen soon in floch exe rcise and vaU ltin g.

Or how about a floor exerci se routin e wh ere one person does the tumbling, anoth er teamm ate does th e press or ba lance and so o n .

Th e poss ib iliti es are onl y as limited as o ur imaginati o n, Th e p as t has been eXc iting, and on th e sho uld ers o f th ose pion ee rs w e've d evelop ed a truly aw eso me prese nt, pointin g th e way to an even bri ght er future, So w e' re ce rt ainl y hea ded som ewh ere with grea t en ergy. But th e path m ay well fo rk and wind , so let' s no t b e committed to th e straight and narrow . A s fo r m e, I rememb er som ethin g

by Rob ert Fros t - " Two paths uiverg ed in a wood. I took th e less travel led, and th at has mad e all th e d if ference."

GYMNAST June/ July '74

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total 107.60 107.45 107.05 106.75 106.20 105.90 105.45 105.35 105.00 104.30 104.05 104.00 103.80 103.50 102.85

All USGF Elite Championship photos by Dick Criley and Gle nn Sundby.

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18.500 18.350 18.200 17.800 17.150 16.750

Horizontal Bars 18.700 18.425 18.275 18.175 17.850 17.600

18.525 18.400 18.350 18.200 17.900 17.500

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Twins Jay (So. Conn.) and Gene (U. Mass.) Whelan both placed in the top six at the 1974 USGF Elite Championships.

1974 USGF National Championships Report by Dick Criley It was billed as one of the mo st talented champion ships in yea rs w ith six Olympians, a number of NCAA and cunference champ ions, and other ve teran s of USA national teams.

From the co mpetition 12 gymnasts we re to qualify for th e USA World Games Trainin g Camp. Unfortunate ly, Ol ympian Ste ve Hu g was out w ith a bad I)! sp rained ankle, A ll-Am eri can Wa yne Young b eca me ill during the compu lsories, and th e absence of Gar y Morava was felt b y all.

The USGF form at required competition in comp ul so ry and optiona l exe rci ses w ith ent ri es r estrict ed to all-around gym nasts. To lend a littl e spirit, there we re teams composed of th e top six gy mna sts from four USGF regions plus indi vidual s who had equalled or bett ered th e lowest sixth place sco r e.

At the conc lu sion of the opt ional The compu lsories we re the same o n es used fo r th e past Olympic Games and al l th e compet iti ons, the Ea st had four of the top six gymnasts should have had no difficult y w ith the gymnasts: (1) John Crosb y 107.60, (2) Ja y by-now-familiar moves and comb ination s. The Whelan 107.45, (4) Marshall Ave ner 106.75, and compul sory sess ion started ca lml y enou gh, but (5) Gene Whelan 106. 20 . The MidEast's Jim by the time competition co nclud ed at Ivicek was sixth with 105.90. No Midwest midnight , it was ev id ent that compu lso ries had gymnasts fini shed in the top six although th e re not been gi ven as strong an effort as might ha ve were thr ee in the top 10: Jim Stephenson (7), been expected from the 35 gymnasts .

Brent Simmon s (9), and Doug Fitzjarrell (10).

From- t he-com pu Iso r y-sets-tbe~e-wer e-few~om t h ~es1,~QJlLW_e_ed_eJLtoDLtb i[d_wj.tb _ __ sco res in the 9's except for parallel bars: FX-9 , 107.05. The ot her idid viduals w ho qualified for PH -O (on ly 2 above 8.5), R-2, V-3, PB-12, HB-5. the training ca mp were M ike Carter (E), Steve The Ea st' s Jay Wh elan had the high compu lso ry Posn er (W), and Dusty Ritter (W). Twent y-thr ee gym nas ts scored 100 points or better w ith the total w ith 53.5, follo we d by Tom Weede n (W ) at 52.6 and Ma rshall Avener (E) and John Crosby top option al totals from Jo hn Crosb y (55.25), (E) at 52.35. Stil l, there we re 22 gy mna sts wit h Tom Weeden (54.45), and Marshall Avener sco res of 50.0 or bett er. It was evident from th e (54.40) . start that the Eas t was th e tea m to wa tch as th ey co mpil ed a 262.70 compulsory total.

Team Results: 1st Ea sl-532.45. Coaches: Gen e Wellstone and Ab ie Grossfeld-Tearn: Ma rsha ll Avene r, Gene Whe lan , Jay Whelan , John Crosby, Jirn Kruest , Jirn Cu lh ane.

2nd M id West-527.75. Coach: Ed Gag ni e r-Tea rn: Mark Graham, Brent Simmons, Doug Fit zja rre ll , Jirn Step he nso n, Wayne Young, Bob Roth.

3rd We st-522.20. Coaches: Masayuki Watanabe a nd Di ck Wolfe-Team: Steve Posner, Tom Beach, Tom Weeden, Du sty Rill er, Dave Eby. 4th MidEast-510.60. Coach: Roge r Couns il-Tearn: Jim tvicek , Carl Wa li n, Jeff La Fl e ur , Ted Marli, Je ff Roc k, Jon Hallb e rg.

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The team battle was of interest as the Midwest outscored the East 270.30 to 269.75 in optiona ls, leading each event except FX and HB. The West had the hi gh optional FX and HB totals.

Nonetheless, the East prevailed because of their high comp ulsory total. Final Scores: East 532.45, MidWest 527.75, West 522.20, MidEast 510.60.

Gymnasts accustomed to NCAA regulations faced a time limit on FX, zones on the vau lt, and Compet ition III with its str icter difficulty and judging requirements in the finals. There were ded uctions made for routines that were short and also for grip faults in vault in g. How~ver, the competitors generally took the FIG requirements in stride, and the fina lists on each event genera ll y met the higher difficulty requirements .

INDIVIDUAL EVENT SUMMARIES Floor Exercise John Crosby and Doug Fitzjarrell were cons idered the top on FX with chal lenges expected from Mike Carter, Steve Posner, Jim Stephenson, and Jay Whe lan. Mike and Jay sat out th is year 's finals but Tom Weeden and Mark Graham edged in. Some individual notes: Jim Cul hane who threw a double twister (and overt urn ed it) for t he first time in competition.

John Crosby 's RO, ff, wh ipback, ff, double back ; 1'1, twisting dive roll; and double twister dismount which brought him scores of 9.65 and 9.55 in the prelims and finals. Doug Fitzjarrell 's high double back mount into back roll wit h ff off knees; full and 1'1, twisting d ive rolls, and double twister dismount. Dave Butzman - front handspring to full twisting dive rol l. Jim Stephenson - RO, ff wh ipback If, fu ll ; a tour jete to sp lit leap to lunge; a layout with 'I, twist to step out; and double twister dismount. Bob Anderson - double twist mount; a high V support and press to handstand, and an inlocate with extension to handstand. Tom Beach with handspring step out to front step out to side aerial. Me l Hill 's st radd led pivot on his back and ro ll over one shoulder to a chest rollout (a lso used byTom Weeden). Tim Shawarabian 13/4 mount.

The best balance of tumbling, st rength, and transition lay with the West and MidWest. Most routines cons isted of four passes using one side and repeating one diagonal. The piked som ie with turn from a roundoff is stil l a wide ly used sho rt transition tumbling move, but increasingly we find the full and 1'12 twist ing dives. Many double twisting mounts were thrown ; most dismounts were at least full s with a few double twists.

Pommel Horse Here, Marsha ll Avener and Steve Hug were expected to battle it out, but with Hug injured, there were few others of stature to chall enge Marshall. None-the-Iess, strong optiona l exercises were turned in by Bob Roth , Mel Hill , and Tom Weeden with Roth and Weeden both making it to finals. They were joined by Mike Carter, Jay Whe lan and John Crosby. Avener swung high and smooth and was a littl e fast but took the tit le anyhow. M ik e Carter was a little rushed also but comp leted as did Weeden who had a ba lance problem but muscled through.

Everyone else had a break or two and the fina l placings after Avener bore littl e resemblance to who had the most cons istent pommel horse ski ll.

Some notes on individuals: Dave Eby routine flowed easily. Kanati A ll en - those hooked toes aga in ! Dusty Ritter - has come a long ways . Jon Hallberg - another swinger. Ted Mart i - good (8.7) optional but on ly 6.8 compu lsory. Jim Ivicek ' s strange dismount. Jim

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Cu lhan e - a veteran who knows how to m ake ex peri ence payo ff with a co mpl eted routin e.

Ja y Wh elan - works w ith rhythm. Dou g Fit zjarrell - high and clean.

Unfortunately fo r pomm el horse fans, th e eve nt' s difficulties are al so difficu lt to ca tch and this report er noted on ly a preval ence of loop, loop with Vl off as dismounts with mo stl y co mmon combinations preceding.

Undoubted ly th ere were a few more diffi cult co mbinati o ns, but th e competition format did not lend it se lf to recogni zing th em . There still does no t see m to be th e f lair amon g AA m en th at speciali sts have been di splaying o n PH.

Rings Jim Ivicek was th e 1973 USGF champ and was expected to be chall en ge d by last year 's fin ali sts: Marshall Avener, Dave Butzman, Car l W alin, and Bob Roth , as well as n ewco m ers Tom W eeden, Jim Krue st, and veteran Brent Simmons. Th is year's fin ali sts we re Ivicek, Avener, and Weed en in a three-way tie for th e lea d and Simmon s, Jay Whelan , and Bob Anderson . A ll th e finali sts mounted with disloca te, shoot, halldstamJ , gi ant or some c lose va ri ation; three use d full twistin g dismount s (Whelan, Simm ons, Ivice k) with Anderson usin g a double, Weed en a pik ed double, and Av en er a doubl e twist. W eeden , in edging o ut Iv icek, used as strength moves a handstand lower to cro ss, whi le Ivicek u sed a front leve r and cross. Both used straight bod y presses.

Indi vidu al notes : Wayne Chand ler - ni ce hi gh front so mi e w ith V2 twi st dismount. Mik e Carter 's 9.25 was fourt h high es t optional sco re very so lid, good strength . Jay Whel an strong er than broth er Gen e, but I liked Gene's hi gh back upri se to straddle L - style! Fro m th e MidWest - inlocat e an d uprise to handstand by Fit zjarrel l and Simmons. M ark Graham _ Ol ympic cross but see med short on tim e. Tom Beach - sho uld give Weeden a run in a yea r used whippet to L and dismounted wit h doubl e twi s t~Bob Ri Ce - pike double. Jeff Ro ckDouble twi st. Jon Hallberg - a nice back rol l to fro nt lever.

A typi ca l exercise went so m ething like : D, S, H, G, X, K to L, Pr H, bk Ivr, D, 1/ 1 with va riation s as to st reng th p arts and transit ions.

Vault John Crosby was fa vo red here with virtua ll y th e who le M id West team in hot p ersuit (F it zj arrell , Steph enso n, Graham, Simmons) and so me Eas tern individuals (Carter, Aven er, both W helansJ, but into th e fin als went Crosby, Stephenson , J. Wh ela n, plu s Tom W eed en, Bob Ri ce, and Mel Hill. H oweve r, Rice was unabl e to vau lt and Mark G raham went in as high es t ranked of th e three ti ed at th e nex t sco re. M el Hill was co mpeting o n a bad sp rain also .

As usu al, both va ults had to co unt and th ese were suppose d to co me fro m the higher ri sk catego ri es.

Wh elan an d Graham use d full tw istin g hand sprin g and Yamashita. St ep hen so n Yamashita (8.8) and piked Tsukahara (9.3) . Me l Hill --favor in g hi s foot, was sho rt o n hi s hand sprin g wi th 1 Vl sa ito from th e nea r end , and a Yamash ita. W eed en used Yamash ita and Yamashita w ith vl twi st. Crosby won it with hand sprin g 1 Vl saito wit h a co uple of steps (9.3) and piked Tsukahara (9.4).

Indi vidu al no tes : Bob Ri ce - hand sprin g 1 Vl plu s steps for 9.25 . Ca rl Walin - ran into horse, skidded , and di sm o unted with apl o mb to th e sid e. Jim Ivice k - rudo lph from th e far e nd for 9.4, but h ad only 8.05 on th e co mpul so ry. M ike Cart er - hi gh and far hand sp ring 1 Vl sa it o.

Aven er - pik ed Tsukahara w ith height but o ff

ax is and a littl e short fo r 9.15. Fit zjarr ell - also a piked Tsukahara but low on po st flight. Many gymnasts seem ed to h ave troubl e with thei r run approach.

Parallel Bars Here again Steve was missed but qui te a lew gym na sts had th e kind of score need ed to gain the fi nals. From las t yea r' s finalists: M i ke Ca rter , Ja y Whe lan, Jim Ivice k, p lus Dou g Fit zjarrell , Gene Whe lan, and Brent Simmons. Others with a chance we re Mark Gra ham, Marshall Ave ner, and John Crosby . Sixtee n gymnasts had optional exercise sco re of 9.0 or high er. The MidWest team 's optiona l tot al of 46.25 was the high event total for th e co mpetition. Wh e n the du st had se ttled , Jim Ivicek (diamido v, stutz han d) had ca ptured the titl e with Brent Simmo ns second , and Gene Whelan third.

In dividua l notes : Lots of cast to support, sw ing to reve rse stutz or pirou ett e mounts, so m e w ith gl ide ki p to reverse straddl e cut to support (Rich Anysko use d this in th e middle of th e bars). Di smo unts usuall y were front or back off, so me wit h Vi twi st. Quite noti cea ble was th e " holl ow ches t " technique on th e giant glid e kip. Gene Mackie and Ivicek - d iamidov.

Fitzjarrel and Simmon s - high cas t with V, turn to support , and Fit zjarrell 's fro nt so mi e ca tch in su pport. Sid e mount s by Bob Anderson, Tom Weede n. Jeff LaFl eur - one arm handstan d. Ted Ma rti - nice start w ith peach to hand, but unfortunate br ea ks in a smooth ro utin e later.

Horizontal Bar Had he been co mpeting, Ste ve Hu g wo uld have b ee n th e leading co nt ender, but there appea red man y rea d y to fill the vo id . Eleven gymnasts had opt iona l scores in th e 9' s with bot h Jim Ivicek and Brent Simmons at 9.3.

Kanati Allen had a 9.25 but a lo w comp ul so ry set held him back. Th e high compulsory sco re of 9.55 b elonged to Ted Marti , who netted an 8.95 optio ll al, dlld Tum Beach (9.4 c/ 9. 10 0).

Fin al ists were Mart i, Beach, Simmons, Ivicek, Gene Whel an and Jim Kruest.

Brent Simmons won the title w ith a routine which included stald ers, Voro nin , exce llent German ginats, and a full twisting hecht. Beach who used a pik e o pen to full tw isting flyaway dismount was seco nd. Marti (third) used the sa me dismount and wo rk ed w ith good ex tension , showin g also dislocate giant s. Gene Wh elan used stald ers and dismount ed w ith a barani. Ivicek had a br ea k on a stra ight body kip but co ntinued o n to dismount w ith a hecht.

Kru es t almost suffered se riou s injury in his d ismo unt as hi s foot ca ught th e b ar on a full twi sting hecht and h e fe ll on hi s shoulder. Jim showed inlocat e and di slocate giants as we ll as stald ers.

Indi vidual notes: Kanati Allen - sta ld er with Vi turn out into anoth er stalder; ni ce Voroni/l; pike-fu ll d ismount. Bob Rice - pike double.

Tim Shaw - Ono; stoop in and out; and half~in half-out dismount. Jeff Rock - fu ll twisting hecht. Mike Carter - stalder; Voronin; flank over to regrasp behind back; h echt di smount.

M ark Graham - bara ni in ba ck out (?). Bad brea ks for Doug Fitzjar rell and Da ve Eby both of whom had nice routines going for them.

Capsule Comments Of the 36 finali st s berths, the Eas t had 15, the ' MidEast 4, the MidWes t 10, and th e W es t 7. Tom W ee den and Jay Wh e lan we re in four finals and Brent Simmons, Joh n Crosby, and Jiml vicek in three fin als each.

Th e USGF mee t does not emphas ize the sch ools of origin for th e gy mn as ts takin g part, but th ere we re six from Iowa State (Ed Gagnier wou ld rather enter as an Iowa State team than as a reg ion!), fi ve from th e Universit y of

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Among th e " vintage" gymn ast< were Jim Culhane, Ka nati , Du sty Ritt er, Br" n t Simmons, an d Ted Marti. Th e freshmen were Wayne Chandl er, Jo n H allberg, Tom Beach, and Dave Eb y.

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A fin e and smoot h- ru nnin g p'erfo rm an ce was put on b y H al Frey w ith the ass istance of hi s gy mn astic team and the No rth ern Ca lifo rni a gym nasti cs associa ti on. A special three -sid ed electr o nic sco rin g unit was built by a U.c. Da vis engin eer and used fo r the fi ndls - thu s, th e results were in stant ly visibl e. (I) r. Frey notes th at pl ans for thi s will be ava il abl e soo n. ) A fin al th ank s fr o m th e Gymnast staff for th e m an y co urtesies show n us.

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usqf SENioR NATIONAls Submitted by Renee Hendershott After having attended four Senior Na ti ona ls, I have to say without a doubt that the quality of this years meet was by far the best I have seen in Gymnast ic Ta lent. The gi rl s did a wonderfu l job and performed we ll w ith fe w major breaks or fa lls. I also have to say the ju dges did an excellent job putting the gi rl s through the rout ines in a near minimum time and scoring them in most cases as clo se to the quality of th eir wo rk as possible.

We th o ught we h ad p roblems before the meet began, and to a degree we d id . The information on th e m ee t and the change from Chicago to Denver was sent out five weeks before th e meet. The in fo rm ation was sen t to th e Technical D irecto rs of th e Reg io ns. For some reason some of them never received the informat ion and othe rs did not hi ng with it when th ey got it. This brou ght abou t mass co nfusi on. We received dozens fo phone cal ls from all over the United States wo nd erin g where the informat ion was and co ul d they get th eir girl entered. Up to th e mo rnin g of the meet we were still getti ng entri es. Some wo rk has to be done for future yea rs bn thi s probl em.

A m eet d irector in Den ve r Co lo rado or anyp lace else cannot poss ibly know if Susie Benson in Skunk Holl ow Kentucky has qua li fied. That is taking it pretty far, but the point is the Reg iona l Director s have the responsibility to get this information to their Reg ions. We had a b it of a breakdown this year and last as I remember it.

Because o f the Sen ior Nationals being the las t ch ance for a girl to qualify for Elites and Junior G irl s who reach the age of 15 before the end of th e year, th e Nat ion als grew and grew w ith each passing day . We started w ith 52 gi rl s we thought wo uld be here and ended up with B5.

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We did not know if we co uld possibly get this ma ny girl s through at a decent hou r or not, but we d id . We started at 2: 00 p.m. and fi ni shed at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and this was a half hour ea rl y. From 7: 00 p.m. to 10 :30 that eve ning, aga in a ha lf hour early. On Friday for Optionals we fini shed act uall y a half hour late . Fin als were run smoothl y and w itho ut inci d ent after we got past the opening ceremo ni es wh ich were a litt le hectic at firs t.

The all around and the team t itle we re up for grabs from th e moment the meet began until it fini shed . We wo uld have one girl lea ding, then t he next sess ion ano th er would take over and so o n until Debbi e Wilcox of th e Littl eton Flyers in Littleton , Co lorado emerged the w inn er.

D ebbie was steady all three days as she pi led up 71.85 points to win th e tit le. Second we nt to Debbie Muncey o f the Lon g Beach Kips. She sco red a 71.55 . Lind a An to nio of th e Denve r Schoo l of Gymnastics made ano th er fantastic run in Optionals an d moved fro m 8th to third w ith a 71.325. She had the highes t optio nal sco re of th e meet to make her mo ve. Severa l gi rl s had a shot at the all around, but had problem s in one even t. For Muncey it was Optional Beam.

For Antonio it was Compul sori e Beam . For Shell y Bier it was Optional Bars.

In the Team co mp etiti on it was just as hectic.

After the first session the SCATS we re lead ing.

Then it was th e Mannettes, then D en ve r took ove r after th e third sess io n and h eld on to the end. Th e final team score was Denver 112; SCATS 111 ; Mannettes 110.

In the Fi nals on Saturday N ight, the sparse crowd which came to watc h saw so m e ve ry fine gym nastics as the gi r1 s did th ei r ve ry best. I n t he va ult, Kim Bell ew of t he O lymp iad gym club execu ted a Yamash ita and a Yamashi ta w ith a half turn to score 9.25 and win t he co mpetition.

In the U n eve n Bars, Debbie Mun cey sco red a 9.20 to easil y w in th is event. On th e Balance

Beam, a rea l batt le developed between Carri e Englert of the Natio nal Academy of Gymnastics and Renee ' H ack o f th e Denver School of Gym nast ics. Carrie scored a 9.30 to w in th e event. Linda Antonio who was th e o nl y girl to be in three events in the final s, fin all y won an event as she edged Carrie Engl ert in Free Exercise.

Saturday afte rnoon , fi ve gi rl s qu alifi ed for th e Elite Na ti o nals as they perform ed th e Ol y mpi c co mpul so ri es and added to t h eir optio nal scores ca m e up w ith a 70.00 all around or better. High sco rer was Tr ish Reed of th e Denver Schoo l of Gymnastics. Trish had won th e all around at the Ju nior Nationa ls and was allowed to execute he r compulsor ies in D enver. She scored 70.95. Next with a 70.80 was Ke ll y Muncey of the Kips, she used her opt iona l sco res from Juni ors also. Wit h a 70.60 was Carrie . Engl ert; and Lisa Nuetz wi th a 80.20. Li sa is of th e Mannett es.

A ll in all it was an excell ent meet. The co mm ents we re all good except for one, and h e comp lain s about eve rything, so yo u take th at wit h a grain o f sa lt. The m ai n pu rpose was to mak e th e m eet for the girl s and no t th e spectato rs. The fir st two days were held at t h e Denver Schoo l of Gymnastics. H ere they had 5 beams to war m-up on and in the pre wa rm up in the days preceeding th e mee t, th ey had as many as 22 beams to wa rm up on. Th ere are 13 sets of bars in th e gym w ith 3 of th e kind they competed on. There are three free ex p ads and 3 va ultin g horses, so they did not lack for eq uipment. Th e crowds we re small, but as sta ted, th e m eet was fo r the girl s and they see med to en joy it ve ry mu ch. It was kep t as relaxed as possi ble for the gym na sts and t hey did not have to be in th e gym more th an 2 hou rs a day at a tim e, so th ey did not tire as easil y.

1974 USGF SENIOR NATIONALS REPORT FINAL RESULTS: Team 1. Denve r School 01 Gymnastics 2. SCATS 3. M a nnelles Yault 1. Kim Be ll e w - O lympiad 2. Jan Anthony - Olympiad 3. Linda Antonio - Denver SG 4. Debbi e Wilcox - Lit Fly. 5. Julie Knight - Fresno 6. Nancy Jones - Tumb le Bees Uneven Bars 1. Kelly Muncey ¡ KIPS 2. Nancy Jones - Tumbl e Bees 3. Gale Wycoff - SCATS 4. Linda Antonio. - Denver SG 5. Kathy Kec k - Co rn e r Ho use 6. Debbie Wilcox - Lit Fly Bala nce Bea m â&#x20AC;˘ 1. Carrie Englert - Nat. Acad .

2. Re n ee Hack - Denve r SG 3. Leslie WolIsberger - SCATS 4. We ndy Schol - Re no SG 5. Lisa Neulz - Mannettes 5. Shelly Bier - Ma nn e tt es Free Ex e rcise 1. Linda Antonio - Denver SG 2. Carrie Englert - Nat. Acad.

3. Shelly Bier - Mannettes 4. Debbie Hun g - Diab lo 5. Leslie Wollsberge r - SCATS 5. Kelly Muncey - KIPS All Around 1. De bbie Wolcox - Lit Fl y 2. De bbie Muncey - KIPS 3. Linda Antonio - Denver SG 4. Carrie Englert - Na t. Acad.

5. Gale Wycoff - SCATS 5. Shelly Bier - Mannettes

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USGF ELITE CHAM PION'SHTps~;P' Fo r t he fourt h st raight yea r, j oan Moore Rice is th e U .S.G.F . A ll- A ro un d Elite Na ti o nal

Gym nastics Champio n. j oa n not o nl y success full y defended her Cham p io nship but wo n th e Balance Bea m and Fl oo r Exer cise as we ll.

The co m petiti o n was a thrillin g d uel between j oa n Moo re Rice and Di ane Dun ba r. A fter th e co mp ul sory exe rcises, j o an sco red a to tal o f 37.30 po int s w it h Di an e onl y .40 b ehind w ith 36.90 po int s. In th e o pti o nals alth o ugh Di ane Dunb ar w hipped up a 9.6 o n th e U n eve n Bars and a 9.55 o n Fl oo r Exe rcise, d efendin g Cham pio n j oan Moo re Ri ce o nl y gave up .10 o f a poi nt, sco ring 37.85 to Di ane's 37.95. j oa n ' s tota l poi nts was 75 .1 5 to Di an e's 74. 85, w innin g by the narr ow margin o f .30 o f a point. A lon g w ith Ri ce and Dunbar, D ebbi e Fik e, Roxa nn e Pi erce, Na ncy Th eis, A nn Carr, Kath y Ho ward , and Kyle Gay ner b attl ed fo r th e Cham pi o n shi p an d all q uali fied fo r Wo rld Games Fi na l Tri als in Sep tembe r.

D unba r, a 15-yea r-o ld fro m Pl easa n ton , Califo rni a, had th e hi ghes t sco re in th e opt io nals w ith a 9.60 o n th e U neve n Bars and w ith h er pr evio us· sco re of 74.55 in th e qua lifi cat ion ro un d was num be r o ne q uali fie r for t he Fin als w it h 149.40 poi nts. Ri ce, an Ol ym p ian represen ti ng th e Phil ad elphi a Ma nett es, stood no bet ter th an 7th nat io nall y befo re t he m eet w it h 73.05, fi ni shed as th e 2nd q uali fier w ith a t o tal o f 148.20 behind Mi ss Dunbar.

The U.S.G. F. Elite Fin als was an eq uall y thrillin g competitio n w it h ano th er su perb bat t le between j oa n Moore Ri ce and D iane Dunb ar.

The Va ultin g was t he fir st even t w ith Dunbar w in n in g w ith 18.80 and Ri ce takin g third aft er Pi erce. Dunbar nex t wo n th e Un even Bars with a 19. 175 w ith Rice 2nd w ith a 19. 075. Next o n th e Bea m it was Rice's tu rn to w in w ith an eve n 19 po in ts and D un ba r fi ni sh ed 3rd wi th 18.650 beh ind Kyle Gay ne r. Rice the n took th e Fl oo r Exe rcise wi th 19. 125 w ith Du nba r 2nd w ith 18.950. Bo th girl s won 2 firsts, o ne seco nd and one t hi rd . Th e in d ividual res ults fo ll ow:

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USGF Elite 1'.174 Th e All-Around resu lts o f t he U.S.G. F. . Elite Champi o nsh ips: j oa n Moore Ri ce 75.15; Di a ne Dun bar 74.85; Debbie Fike 73.25 ; A nn Ca rr 73.25; Roxa nn e Pi e rce 73.20; Na ncy Th eis 73.10; Kyle Gayner 73.10.

Vaulting: Dia ne Du n bar 18.800; Roxanne Pie rce 18.600; joan Rice 18.575; A nn Ca rr 18.525; Debbie Fike 18.450; Na ncy Theis 18.350.

Bars: Diane Du n bar 19.175 ; j oa n Ri ce 19.075; Roxa nn e Pi erce 18.775; Co nni e j o Israel 18.650; D ebb ie Hill 18.575; D eb bie Fike 18.525.

Beam: j oa n Ri ce 19.000; Ky le Gaynor 18.925; Diane Dunbar 18.650; j ody Yocu m 18.500; Den ise W alk er 18.275; Ka th y Howa rd 18.150.

Floor: j oan Rice 19.125; Di ane Dun bar 18.950; Na n cy Th eis 18.775; D en ise Wa l ke r 18.700; Kat hy Howa rd 18.625; D ebbi e Fi ke 18.625.

1974 World Games Trials Th e 197 4 U. S.G.F .

Elit e N at i o nal Champion shi ps no t o nl y se lected th e 1974 Nat iona l Ch amp io ns b ut w hen th ese sco re are ad ded to th e b est qu alifi ca ti o n A ll-A ro und score, th e to p 12 W o m en ad va nce to th e 1974 W o rld Games Tr ia ls to be co ndu cted in Ca li fo rni a Septe m ber 27,28.

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D iane D un bar joan Moore Rice D ebbi e Fik e Roxan ne Pierce Ann Ca rr Kat hy Howard Ky le Gayno r Nancy Th eis j ody Yocum De bbi e Hill Bar bara Myslak Lynn Go vin

149.40 148.20 146.70 146.35 146.35 146.00 145.30 144.65 144.40 144.20 143.75 143.45

Th e fin al trials w ill be a fresh start fo r all 12 gymnasts. No sco res w ill b e ca rr ied fro m an y p revio us co m pe ti tio ns. j ane t A nd erso n w ill also be in th e fin al tri als du e to ful fillment of score requirement s fo r injury p etiti o n.

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AAU SENIOR Jay H . Shaw Th e A. A.U. Se ni o r N at io nal c ham p io nsips we re held at Eas tern Mo ntana Co ll ege, Billin gs, Montana, A pril 26-28. It wo uld have to be labeled "success " as so m e of th e f inest gymn as ts in th e co un t ry pe rformed bea uti ful exercises.

Extra's fo r th e 3 day meet in cl ude d weat he r rang in g fro m a ba lm y 80 0 and su n n y to 30 0 and snow . Th e b ig extra was p rov ided by o n e of t he co mpetit o rs, howeve r, as he performed a 9.5 0 st rea kin g ro uti ne t h ro ugh t h e gym d u rin g th e fina ls. (He had a small p ro pl em w ith hi s ex it to keep him fr o m r ece ivi ng a 9.90.) A lso uniq ue was th e elected A.A.U. Gymn ast ics Q ueen, D ebbi e Broo kin gs. Not o nl y did sh e ad d to th e bea uty o f t he m eet b ut also sh e he lped p ro mo te gymn as ti cs in t he area.

COMPULSORIES Frid ay, t he 26th , com pul so ri es we r e th row n.

So me very fin e performances were turn ed in by so m e of o ur Elite wo m en. Roxanne Pi erce turn ed in a 9.5 0 un evens sco re fo r t he h igh es.t co mpul sory sco re fo r th e wo m en. O th er fi ne pe rfo rmances were t urn ed in by Joa n Ri ce w ith a 9.40 on Bea m, a 9.35 in Fl oo r, and a 9.30 on Bars; A nn Ca rr w ith 9.3 0 o n Va ulting and Ba rs; Na ncy Th eis an d D eni se Wa l ker w it h 9.30 o n Bea m ; an d Barbi e Myslak w it h a 9.20 across al14 eve nt s.

Th e mens com pul sories we re not particularl y stro n g as a w ho le b ut so m e indi v idu al exe rcises were perfo rm ed alm ost flawless ly. Yo shi H ayasak i ju m ped t o an earl y A ll- Arou nd lead w ith a 54.90 and bea utif ul ly per fo rmed exe rcise s on P.Ba rs, 9.55, an d Ri ngs, 9.65 ! ! (hi gh sco re for mens co m p ul sories ). O th er o utstand in g co m p ul so ry ro u t in es we re tu rned in by Jo h n Crosby, 9.25 in Floo r Ex.; Ru ss Fyst rom w ith a 9.35 o n Pomme l H orse; Joe Perciva l, U. of O rego n, w ith an o utstand in g 9.50 o n Po mmel Ho rse; Ti ger Taylo r wi th a 9.10 Va ult; and D ubi Lu fi w it h a 9.1 0 on Para ll el Bars.

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Action with AA winner Yoshi Hayasaki Paul Hunt路

NATioNAls OPTIONALS Saturday the optional extravaganza started and both the men and women really turned on.

Womens Bars and Floor were both very exciting and mens Floor and Horizontal Bar were outstanding.

The women started on Vaulting and Beam.

Some difficult vaults were attempted but in the long run the Yamashita was still the scoring vault. Ann Carr of the Mannettes turned in the highest Vault score of 9.50 followed closely by a 9.45 for Barbie Myslak and a 9.30 for Lisa Cain.

Balance Beam, which ran simultaneously with Vaulting, proved to be the decisioner for many of the women. There were many bobbles and falls and few routines looked 'solid ' . Joan Rice and Ann Carr again did excellent exercises at 9.40 and 9.30 respectively. Close at hand was Lynne Govin of SIU with a 9.20.

The evening brought the dynamic events of Unevens and Floor Ex. for the women. Connie Jo Israel and Joan Rice shared optional honors with a 9.45 each . Donna Payton and Roxanne Pierce also executed fine routines both scoring

9.25.

The mens optionals were highly commented on by the audience, as outstanding routines were thrown on all events. John Crosby took Floor Ex. honors with a great routine and a 9.55 score. He was closely followed by Bob Rikli, U. of 0. , with a 9.50, Mike Carter with 9.45, and Paul Hunt with a 9.40.

Pommel Horse was a little rough but Joe Percival again showed his stuff with a 9.30, but had to share optional honors with Chuck Walter who did an outstanding job.

Still Rings brought some close scores with Bob Rice leading the way with a beautifully executed routine and a 9.50. Gene Johnson, WSU, pulled a 9.35 and Mike Carter, LSU, Jim Holt, WSU, and Vincent Faust, Owl Gym Club, all scored 9.30.

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Vaulting start ed th e evening sessio n wi th a vari ety of Roundoff Backs, D ouble Fronts and full Twists. John Crosby looked like a ch ampio n 19a in as he hit a beautiful Roundoff Back for a %0. Oth er great op ti ona l va ults we re turn ed in by flu cky Bl ev in s, a Double Front for a 9.50; Bob Rice w ith a 9.45; and Andy Alexander and Mel Hill with 9.30.

Parall el Bars showed sto ck moves and not much o ri gin alit y o r inno va tion. Hayasa ki pe rform ed a very c lea n 9.55 exe rcise; Mike Ca rt er scored an impress ive 9.40 and Bob Rice foll owed with a 9.30.

The fina l event, Horizo ntal Bar, was a great finisher for the op ti o nal sess ion. It was a ve ry impressive even t to watc h, as many exe rcises broke 9.00. Yoshi Hayasa ki agai n executed an almost flawless and difficu lt ro uti ne scorin g a 9.65, hi gh score for th e optiona l sess io ns. The Diginis and John Crosby put toge th er some

exce ll en t co mbin ati o ns and came o ut w ith 9.55 scores w hil e Gene Whelan an d Bob Rice hit so l id for scores of 9.50 .

By the end of Saturday the results in th e womens All-Around had Joa n Rice of th e Mannettes in firs t with an impress ive 74.90 to tal. Ann Carr, also o f the Mannettes, was seco nd w ith a 74.25 and Nancy Theis, Or ego n Acad. of Gymnastics, was third w ith a 72.90.

Th e mens d ivisio n had Yoshi Hayasa ki , U. of Ill inois, with a run away 109.80. Mike Carter, LSU, was seco nd with a 108.15 total and John Crosby came in third with 107 .55.

Womens team resu lts showed the Mannettes, coac hed by Bill Coco, com in g f rom seco nd and a .40 comp ul so ry deficit to first place w ith a 222 .00 to tal. Southern Co nn . Gym Club, coac hed by Muriel Grossfeld, was secon d with a 220.15 total and H erb Voge ls' Southern III. U. team was third with a 215.95 to ta l

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Bob and Joan Rice doing their thing at AAU Senior Nationals.

RESUL TS 1974 A.A.U. SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The co mpul so ry sess ions we re marr ed by many mi sse d performan ces, poor tran si tion s, and lo w scores. However, th e optiona l sessions more than mad e up for th e weak co mpul so ri es.

Most of th e optiona l routin es showed polish and difficult y. Scores jumped into the low and middl e 9' s as compa red with m an y mid 8's in th e co mpul so rie s. Both A nn Carr and Joa n Ri ce put all th eir opt ion al sco res into th e 9's wit h Ri ce scorin g an impre ss ive 9.60 in Floor Exe rci se and a 9.50 in Va ultin g.

Th e men ex ploded w ith diffi cult y durin g th eir o ption als, expecially in Floor Ex. Double ba cks and double twisters we re almost co mm on pla ce and some fine front work was see n from Paul Hunt and Bob Rikli. Floor started the optiona ls w ith a bang and th en conti nu ed ri ght on to Horizontal Bar di smo unts includin g full tw ist i ng hec ht s, shru g back sa ltos, and hi gh double backs. Yoshi H ayasaki too k all hono rs for scoring in the mee t w ith an exce ll ent performe d 9.65 ro utin e o n the Horizonta l Bar. In th e ove rall view we see m ve ry strong on our ol-ltiol1d l exercises but, w ith th e excep ti o n of a few, still need more wor k on co mpul so ry routin es. Perso nall y I feel we w ill improve over o ur 1972 standin gs and show th e world we are one o f th e strong es t gymnastic nati o ns in th e world.

I wo uld like to take just a sentence ortwo and th ank th ose w ho made thi s m ee t su ch a grea t one. First, to tho se great p eo pl e in Billing s w ho worked 25 hours a da y to make th e mee t cl ick.

Se co nd , to th e fabulous comp etitors w ho rea ll y put o n grea t performances and were ve ry co urteous and friendl y. And finally, to the coac hes, A .A.U. officials and tho se p ersecuted few, th e judges, I want to give a big th ank yo u for h elpin g thi s meet be a m emorabl e o ne.

W ith so many grea t peopl e work in g to put on such a fine event it 's no wonder GYMNASTICS is the no. 1 sport.

Barbie Myslak

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MEN Team 1. New York Athletic C lu b 2. Orego n Gym Club 3. Loui sa na 5!. Uni ve rsity 4. Cougar Gym Club 5. Owl Gym Cl ub All-Around 1. Yos hi Ha yasa ki (U nat.)

2. Mike Carte r (L5U) 3. John Crosby (NY AC) 4. Dubi Lufi (Cougar GC) 5. Robert Ri ce (Owl Gym) 5. Gene Whelan (NYAC) 7. Jim Culha n e ( YAC) 8. M ike Kimba ll (U na!.)

9. Richard On ys ko (NYAC) 9. Mel Hill (O w l Gy m ) 11. Pe te Ko rma n (NYAC) 12. Rick Ru sse ll (L5U) 13. Steve Ro ska n (Ore. GC ) 14. Hemo Walters (L5U) 15. Ti ge r Ta ylo r (U na!. )

323.10 304.55 301.55 290.90 257.50 109.80 108.15 107.55 107.30 105.85 105.85 102.80 101.35 100.30 100.30 99.40 98.85 96.40 95.25 93.35

Floor Exercise: John Crosby (NYAC) 18.95; Paul Hunt (U na!. ) 18.65; Mike Carter (L5 U) 18.55; Greg Buiwick (U n a!. ) 18.35; Jay Whelan (NYAC) 18.175; Bob Rikli (Ore) 17.975.

Pommel Horse: Joe Percival (Ore.) 18.75; Russ Fystrom (unat. ) 18.375; Chuck Walter (U na!. ) 18.275; Rogers (Ore. ) 18.25; Shawn Miyaki (U na!. ) 18.10; Mel Hill (O w l) 17.175.

Rings: Bob Rice (Owl ) 18.65; Yoshi Hayasaki (U n a!. ) 18.525; Gene Johnson, (Cougar) 18.20; Vince Faust (Una !. ) 18.125; Mike Carter (L5 U) 18.10; Richard Onysko (NY AC) 18.075.

Vaulting: John Crosby (N YAC) 18.825; Mel Hill (O w l) 18.45; Bob Rice (O w l) 18.25; Jay Whelan ( YAC) 18.12; Tiger Taylor (U na!. ) 17.975; Yoshi Hayasaki (U n a!.)

17.80.

Parallel Bars: Yoshi Hayasaki (Una t. ) 18.65; Dubi Luli (Cougar) 18.575; Gene Whelan (N YAC) 18.20; Mike Carter (L5 U) 18.15; Bob Rice (Ow l) 17.75; John Crosby (N YAC) 17.325.

Horizontal Bar: Yoshi Hayasaki (U na!. ) 18.90; John Crosby ( YAC) 18.75; Bob Rice (Ow l) 18.65; Gene Whelan ( YAC) 18.60; Mike Kimball (U na!. ) 18.325; Jim Culhane (N YAC) 17.875.

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WOMEN Team 1. Ma nn ettes 2. Sou th ern Co nn ecti c ut Gym Club 3. Sou th er n Illinoi s U ni ve rsity 4. Orego n Aca d e m y of G ymna sti cs 5. Loui sv ill e Gymn as ti cs 6. G ym Fo rum AII-Ar.o und 1. Joan Rice (Ma n .)

2. A nn Carr (Man.) 3. Na ncy Th e is (O re. AC. ) 4. Roxa nne Pi erce (So . Conn. ) 5. Co le Dowal iby (So . Conn. ) 6. Sandy Gross (5IU ) 7. Barbie Mys lak (So. Conn. ) 8. Sh elly Bier (Ma n .)

8. Donna Pay to n (LGC) 10. La urel And erso n (U na!. ) 11 . De ni se Walker (So. Conn. ) 12. Co n n ie Jo Isrea l (Ma n. ) 13. "Barbara Ca nt we ll (Man. ) 14. Lynn Go vin (5 IU) 15. Dia n e Gra yson (5 IU) 16. Rob in Bleamer (U n a!. ) 17. Jodi Yocum (U na!. ) 17. Li sa Ca in (So. Co nn .)

19. Pa t Ca rmi chae l (Ma n .)

20. Cind y Frank (U nat. )

222.00 220.85 215.95 211.20 209.30 192.50 74.90 74.25 72.90 72.75 72.75 72.50 72.45 72.05 72.05 71.75 71.70 71.20 71.15 70.90 70.85 70.45 70.30 70;30 70.15 69.80

Balance Beam : Ann Carr (Ma n .) 18.525; Denise Walker (So. Co nn .) 18.475; Barbie Cantwe ll (Man.) 18.300; Barbie Myslak (So. Conn .) 18.300; Shelly Bier (Man. ) 18.250; Sandi Gross (5 IU) 18.125; Joan Rice (Ma n .) 17.650.

Vaulting : Barbie Myslak 18.825; Ann Carr (Ma n .)

18.750; Joan Rice (Ma n.) 18.650; Lynne Govin (5 1U) 18.475; Cole Dowaliby (So. Conn .) 18.475; Nancy Theis (Ore.) 18.450; Robin Bleamer (So. Conn.) 18.425.

Uneven Bars : Joan Rice (Ma n. ) 18.925; Connie Jo Isreal (Man .) 18.825; Roxanne Pierce (So. Con n. ) 18.825; Ann Carr (Ma n. ) 18.550; Laurel Anderson 18.450; Sandi Gross (5 1U) 18.300; Donna Payton (Lou s.

Gym ) 17.925.

Floor Exercise : Joan Rice (Man. ) 19.125; Nancy Theis (Oreg. Acad.) 18.825; Lisa Cain (So. Co nn .) 18.775; Ann Carr (Man .) 18.750; Barbie Myslak (So. Co nn .) 18.625; Cole Dowaliby (So. Co nn. ) 18.475; Jodi Yocum 18.425.

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by Abi e Grossfeld Chef De Mission The third "Zlatn i Piassatzi " or Golden Sands International Competition , invitational in nature, were from June 6 through 9 at the Pa lace of Sports in Varna, Bulgari a. This was to have been th esite of the Wo rl d Championsh ips In October. It ISa m oder n looking arena with a seating capac it y of 3,000.

Th e United States delegation consis ted of two men gymnasts, Tom Weeden of the U ni versity of Californ ia at Berkeley and Jay W helan of Southern Connecticut State Coll ege; two women gym na sts , Ann Carr of the Mannettes in Phil ade lphia and Kathy H owa rd of Oklahoma ; Bi ll Coco (privately financed trip) as the women ' s coac h; Gail Dav is as th e women ' s ju dge and myse lf as the men 's coach and chi ef of the de lega tion.

Onl y two men and wome n gym nas ts from eac h nati路on were in v it ed as id e from officials. A few co untries requested permission to bring a third gymnast and we re given an aff irmative repl y.

Th e fo ll owing co untri es we re represe nted with th e number of male gymnasts In parenthesis: Braz il (2), Ca nada (2), Cuba (3) , Czech os lovak ia (2), ~Ol{ (E. Germ .) (2), France (2) , Great BritJin (2), Hun ga ry (2), Pol and (2), I{umani a (2), Spain (1), Sweden (2), USA (2), USSI{ (3) , Yugo slavia (2), and Bulgari a (6). In all th ere were 37 m en gymnasts repr esenting 16 co untn es. Whil e we were in Bulg ar ia, their orga nIZIn g committee dec ided th at th e ex tra gymnas t, be yo nd two, wou ld be classifi ed as unofficial-- excep t for the Bulgarian s--and co uld only compet e the fir st two days (in co mpetit ion no. 1) dnd not in th e all-arou nd or indi vidu al event fin als. A ll six Bu lgarians were offiCial and as it turned out, five of them made top 16 and , thu s, co mp eted in th e all -a round . final s.

Our o nl y practice session, th e day before competitio n, was co ndu cted at the competit ion arena and as we fou nd out meet conditions were simulated. The gymnast~ were spilt Into their res pective groups .and marched I n(o t he arena at 3 :30 d nd to t h eir first eve nt and had about twent y minut es per eve nt. We found thi s sess ion parti cularl y benefi cial in he lping our gym nasts adju st to the apparatus and cond ition s. Th e main difficulty for our men seemed to be on th e horizo ntal bar which was slower and the pommel horse which was narrower and softer than what we are used to.

Th e va ultin g runway was made of approximately o ne half inch thick spongy matenal that the gymnasts liked. The new type Reuther board was on a firm surface of the same thi ckness.

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at o nce. The gymnasts were sp lit into teams of six. Our men were t eamed wit h two Bulgarians, th e unoff icial Russian and a Spaniard. The order of competition and events we re exactly the same for comp ulsor ies and op ti ona ls. Each day the men's compet iti on commenced at 3:3 0 or 4 p.m. The audi ence was sparse. Never more than half full.

Compulsory Competition, June 6 Some of th e extrao rdinary occurrences in order of the even ts for our gymnasts are as follows: POMMEL H ORSE: Whe lan d id an ex tra circle after th e kehre out but otherw ise got through clean for 8.4. Weeden sat on kehre out but p icked up a good loop to undercut and f ini shed stron g - 7.95. Trifonov, unofficial USSR, performed w ith exce ll en t con tro l and form - 9.0.

RINGS: Weeden received the third highe st score of the competition at 9.1.

VAULT: Whelan 's prefl igh t angle was extra low - 8.4. The best vaults sho wed good preflight ang les, atta in in g close to th e 25 degree angle.

The Czech Tabak was .15 better than anyone else - 9.4.

PARALLE L BARS: Weeden fell to ba ske t mount, had trouble pirouette and basket glid e. showed a 30 degree ang le, dismount.

upper arms on on the back The rout in es st raig h t body

HOR IZON TAL BAR: Weeden fumbled gra sp on change to overgrip from the dislocate to back uprise, thus , he lacked contro l go in g into d ismo unt and bent hi s knees .

Tom Weeden FLOOR EXERCISE: Whe lan recei ved the third highest sco re at 9.3. Weeden faulted on press to handstand, tou c hed hads on tucked back so mi and bent knees on front som i. Szajna of Po land was .25 better than anyone else at 9.6.

Option al Competition No.1, June 7 PH: Whe lan hit the horse on back moore travel o ut and bucke ld arm s goi ng into scisso rs - 8.45.

Weeden had two stops - 7. 0.

R: Weeden touched hands on doub le piked dismount for an 8.9. H e wo und up 8th .

V: Two lines we re drawn on th e mat to indic ate distances to be atta ined for both the near end (cro up) 路and far e nd (neck) vau lts. The grip judge indicated the spot w here the gym n as ts landed to th e judges- - except for the Bul ga rian s- -i f th ey were short of clearing the app ropri ate li ne . Whelan landed sho rt of the li ne - 8.5. The most frequent va ults were handspring sa ltos and handspring or Yamas hits w ith twists. Th ere we re very few if any straight Ya mashitas.

PB: Weeden sa t afte r gli de overshoot to stradd le L and ba lked in do in g for a sw in ging pirouette.

HB : Whe lan hit the bar w ith hi s foot co ming out of a Stalder shoot - 8.95 . Weeden bent kn ees d uring hi s h echt dismount - 8.85.

FE: Whe lan scored the seco nd hi ghes t op tional at 9.4. Keranov o f Bu lgaria was the hi ghest at 9.65.

AA: Whelan fini sh ed the first two d ays with a comb in ed total of 105.85 and maintained 9th p lace. Weeden 's tota l was 99.65 for 25t h p lace .

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All-Around Final Optionals, Competition No. 2 (Top 16), June 8 Whelan was gro uped w ith two Bulgarians, a Czech an E. German and Szajna of Pol and. On ly three eve nt s we r e conducted simultan eo usly. j ay bega n on floor exe rcise and received th e hi ghest score of th e day (a long with Keranov of Bulgaria) at 9.5. In th e next even t, ja y sustain ed hi s only mi shap o f th e four d ays of compet ition.

H e sat on th e end of th e horse as he was abo ut to loop off w hi ch h e proceed ed to do after a co uple of leg c ut s. Hi s sco re was 8.25. j ay fini she d th e da y w ith a total of 53.45 for the seventh hi ghest total. Howeve r, h e did not change position and fi ni sh ed 9th all-around.

Individual Event Finals, Competition No.3 (Top 6), June 9 FX: Whelan scored a 9.1 and pla ced third. Four of th e finalists opened w ith double backs and finished w ith double tw ists. Th e first man up was Rad ev of Bulgaria who scored an 8.65. Thi s was the most incorrect judgment, in m y opinion, of t he entire compe tition. I judged this routin e to be abo ut a 7.2. H e opened wi th a poor full tw isting back, then did a stra ddl e L straight arm pr ess to hand stand , a running front into a crude headspring, a roundoff flip flop layout, a roundoff flip flop tu ck b ack and fini shed w ith a roundoff ve r y low whip back and took a step.

Szajna opened w ith a double pik ed back but overspun (in competition no s. 1 and 2, he opened w ith a double tw ist) and wen t on to complete a good routin e endin g w ith a double t w ist. He was seve rely judged at 8.8. Bestler (DDR) and Keranov (Bul g) opened w ith ve ry good double backs and finished w ith doub le twists. In co mpetition no. 2 th ey opened w ith doubl e twiests. I n co mp etition no. 2 five Bu lga ri ans opened w ith doub le backs.

Marchenko (USSR) w ho opened w ith a full twisting doubl e ba ck in Riga did double twist open in gs here. He was a littl e rou gh in co mpetition no. 1 and pl aced eighth. In co mpetiti o n no. 1 Tabak (Czec h ) opened w ith a front so mi step o ut to roundoff d o ubl e back fo r an 9.2 sco re, and To m Wi lson (G . Brit ain ) opened w ith a double b ac k and fini sh ed w ith a do ubl e twist for 9.3--the third hi ghes t sco re.

PH: Thr ee of the six fin ali sts broke badl y. Cuba has a fine horse man in Ri c hards . He sw ings with an ex tend ed bod y, good amplitud e and good leg form , and all w ith ampl e behind th e back wo rk. Hi s main probl em ar e hi s feet. I do not ha ve to tell yo u w hat he does not d o w ith th em.

H e led go ing into the finals and scored a 9.1.

Marchenko (USSR) performed th e mo st difficult ro utin e ve ry we ll and scored a 9.2 to tie Ri chard s fo r first.

R: Thi s proved to be b est eve nt of th e co mp etition. Four of th e fina li sts had ve ry good routines and sw un g exce ll entl y in both directions. I was parti cu lar ly impressed w ith Bors o f Rumania. Hi s ro utin e: Di sloca te strai g ht arm sh oot hs, back giant (hi gh bar sty led) hs, lowe r to planch (hold) , co ll apse to pik ed in ver ted hang and kip to cross, press o ut to L, stra ight body fo rward roll to st raight body press hand stand, hi gh bar sty led front giant (th e best I've seen ,) fall ove r t o l V, tw ist (rud o lph ) di smo unt. Bors was underscored at 9.35 and placed third . Boiko (USSR) started w ith a slo w inl ocate to kip cross, lowe r through back leve r to inverted hang, inloca te back upri se hand stand (he keeps hi s arm s and body GYMNAST June/ July '74

straigh t) , back gia nt (st ar ms), lower to p lanch, layaway to front uprise L, stra ight arm bent hip press w ith legs together, giant down to V, in V, out double. Marchenko: Pull up to 路 cross , di sloca t e st arm sh oo t handstand, st arm back giant, front giant (be nt arm s sli ghtly at end ), w hippet, sw in g bac k and ro ll forward to piked in ve rt ed han g, kip L, strai ght body press .hand sta nd , giant down v, in V2 out double (a lm ost fu ll in ).

V: Szajna won w ith a we ll executed hand sp rin g piked sa it o (bent legs on pr efli ght) - 9.5. (H e successf ull y performed this va ult in all thre e compet ition s.) Hi s seco nd va ult was a flighty fu ll tw isting handspring . Tabak (Czec h ) exec ut ed a very flighty han d sp rin g sa ito and the flighti es t (b ut a littl e misaligned) Tsukahara va ult that I've seen . He fail ed t o stick eith er vau lt and placed seco nd.

PI:!: Th e sov iet gy mn asts p laced 1 - 2 and did exce ll ent routines . Ma rchenko: Cast V2 turn to glid e kip , str add le cut L, straight arm press, one arm hand stand to ba ck pirouette, b ack somi hand stand , stutz handstand , layaway, front uprise, moore to hand stand , back so mi w ith full tw ist di smount. Bo ik o: Cast to support , sw in ging front pirouette, Di om ido v, st ut z, cast back upri se strad dl e L, Straight arm press, back som i to layaway, f ront upri se l V, tw ist front (r udo lph) dismount.

HI:! : Ma rch enk o wo n w ith so m e unique co mb in at ion s and d ismo un ted w ith a rudolph.

Szajna did not hin g unu sual b ut did end w ith a double p iked fl yaway wh ich he had tucked in both co mp etition s no. 1 and 2. Boiko ' s mount was uniqu e - -a back upri se full turn to free hip ...

Keranov scra tched fro m high bar finals but did use a full in double flyaway in com petition s no. 1 and 2.

Marchenko wo und up wi nnin g th e most gold meda ls-- three.

Miscellaneous Observations Th e judging was ge nera ll y good --mor e seve re th an mos t int ern ati o nal mee ts excep t for th e very poor performances--and th e Bulgarians got the maj o rit y of the breaks in compe titi on no. 1. Mea nin g that if th e World Championships we re in Va rn a, we wo uld undoubted ly have o ur h and s full w ith th em .

Th e Fr ench petiti o ned th at on ly o ne Bu lga rian be used per event in co m pe titi o ns nos. 2 and 3.

I ag ree d.

Th e you ngest male co mp et itor was Keranov of Bul garia at 18 years of age. He sho uld be wo rld class by 1978. Keranov was the o nl y Bulgarian in this meet to co m e throu gh their yo uth training program w hi ch is now pr eva len t in all the co mmuni st co utri es.

A lm ost all Europeans are usin g th e han dg uards w ith a dowel for rings. This was intro duced by th e Rum anian s a co upl e of yea rs ago. Th e handguards also conta in ed a double w ri st strap w hi ch was first used by th e Soviet gy mn asts ove r te n yea rs ago. Some of th e guards used spa nn ed thr ee fin ge rs. A nd I mi ght adu that t he Sov iet girl s also used w id e hand guards . j ust after co mp etiti o n no. 1, a meeting was ca ll ed by th e o rga ni ze rs to ask if anyo ne ob jecie d to m ov in g th e fin als ' star tin g tim e to o ne half hou r ea rli e r to all ow for T. V. cove ra ge thro ughou t Europe. The Fr ench aske d spec ifically in w hi c h co untries it was to be t elev ise d and no o ne kn ew. Howeve r, no o ne objected.

In between th e m e n 's and wo men 's fin als, I was ca ll ed to a press co nference along w ith the ch iefs of Grea t Britain and Cuba. I was questioned as to w he th er o r not the W o rld Championships sh ou ld be in Bulgari a. I indi ca ted our sta nu by statin g th at o ur federation felt that all m emb ers o f th e FIG sho uld be perm itt ed to take part in th e World Championships. I was asked if w hat occurred in society was no t m o re imp ortant than fo llo w ing the rul es o f a spo rt s federation. I in dicated that the action s of th e FIG , w hi ch is above th at o f th e emebe r federa ti o n s, had acce pt ed co untries w ith discrimination as members and the y should be th e ones questined. I was asked if I thought that discrimination in South Afr ica was good. Aft er angri ly an swe ring, " of course not," I indi ca ted further personal thoughts abo ut m y awareness of other co untri es th at h ave disc rimin at ion that wou ld be in the World Championships. It was a sli ght ly hea ted session ; ho wever, th e questions cease d an d I retu rn ed to the co mpetiti o n are na.

Two fun ction s we re held for the chef de missions--a recept io n by the Mayo r of Va rna at City H all and a cockta il part y at a nea rb y hotel.

Here we sang and da nced at th e req u est of the Pre sid ent of th e Bu lgar ian gymna stics fed eration. Most of th e so ngs we re Russian. His id ea was th at music en han ced friendship.

Pr aise is in order for Ga il D av is for spe nding num ero us hou rs makin g a ve ry attrac ti ve bann er w ith a USGF patch sew n in the ce nt er.

Thi s was presented to the Pr es id ent of th e Bul garian Gymnastics Federation. A nd, a sp ecial thank yo u to Wal ter Zwicke l for donating th e war m - up suits, sh irts and leo tard s that we re wor n.

From the results it ca n be seen that our girls were really su per. H oweve r, all our gymnasts prese nt ed themselves we ll and eve n though not all made th eir most ou tstandin g show ing , th ey all imp resse d m an y as was indi cate d to me num ero us tim es. This ve nture proved t o be profitab le to USA gy mn ast ics and especiall y th e gymnast in vo lve d.

GOLDEN SANDS INTERNATIONAl COMPETITIONVARNA MENS All-Around 1. Szajna 2. Marchenko 3. Boiko 4. Keranov 5. Koloko 6. Paunescu 7. Zoev 8. Radev 9. Whelan Bestler 10~ 11 . Koytchev 12. Boutet 13. Grosse 14. Todorov

POL URS URS BUL FRA RUM BUL BUL USA DDR BUL FR A DDR BUL

111.325 110.475 109.575 107.900 106.650 106.525 106.475 106.450 106.375 105.475 105.425 104.800 104.675 102.350

Floor Exercise: Keranov (BU L) 18.950; Bestler (DDR ) 18.500; Whelan (USA) 18.450; Szajna (PO L) 18.225; Radev (BU L) 17.950; Todorov (BU L) 17.775.

Pommel Horse: Marchenko (URS) 18.300; Richards (CUB ) 18.300; Netouchil (TC H) 17.475; Koytchev (BU L) 17.025; Zoev (BUL) 16.600; Grosse (DDR ) 15.675.

Rings : Szajna (POL) 18.825; Marchenko (URS) 18.575; Bors (RUM ) 18.550; Boiko (U RS) 18.375; Grosse (DDR) 18.000; Radev (BUL) 17.700.

Vault: Szajna (POL) 18.685; Tabak (TC H) 18.225; Paunescu (RUM) 17.825; Rade v (BUL) 17.750; Boiko (URS) 17.650; Todorov (BU L) 17.625.

Parallel Bars: Marchenko (U RS) 18.725; Boiko (U RS ) 18.525; Szajna (POL) 18.450; Netouchil (TC H) 18.425; Koytchev (BU L) 17.400; Radev (BUL) 17.375.

Horizontal Bar: Marchenko (URS) 18.850; Szajna (POL ) 18.800; Boiko (URS) 18.775; Koloko (FRA) 18.125; Gagnon (CAN) 17.925; Zoev (BUL) 17.775.

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MOSCOW

& RIGA'74

John Crosby

RIGA '74 and MOSCOW NEWS USA TEAM COMPETES IN BOTH

by Hal Frey The U. S.G .F . receive d an in vit at io n from th e Gymna stics Federat io n of the Soviet Un ion to participate in th e Moscow News co mpetition anu th e Ri ga 1974 co m petiti o n. Th ese mee ts were co ndu cted under spec ial rul es in w hi ch tea ms h ad thr ee indi vid uals en te red in each eve nt except th e host nation w h ich had four.

Th e A merican d elega tion co n sisted o f Mr. Frank Cumiskey, director of th e d elega ti o n and jud ge, men 's coac h Dr. Haro ld Frey, wo men 's coac h Lind a Metheny Mu lv ihill , and the fo ll owing compet it ors. John Crosby, Jim Ivice k, Kyle Gaynor, Debb ie Fik e, and Nan cy Thies.

Th e delega ti o n m embers m et at the J.F. Kenn edy airport in New York and boa rd ed the plane for Moscow th e eve ning of Ma rch 20th.

We arrived in Moscow late on Ma rch 21st. We we re met in a reception room at the airport by Yuri Tito v w ho was very kind and we were very happy to have him there to whisk us through cu stom s. After a 15 minute bu s rid e we checked into the U krainian H o tel.

W e w ork ed out th e n ex t da y at the Sports Palace w h ere th e com petition was to be co ndu cte d. Th e co mpe tition site was se t up sim il ar to Ol ympi c type co mpetiti o ns and was quite impress ive. Th e equipment wa s exce llent w ith Reuther sys t ems being used in seve ral eve nt s.

On March 23rd the men and wo men co mp et ed in se parate sess io ns. Many of the gymnasts compe ti ng st il l fe lt th e ef fec ts of th e long trip and did not fare we ll. H owever th e A m erica ns did ' a good job and Crosby and Ivice k scored more than adequ at ely in the all arou nd . Jo hn 's p erfo rm ance in th e final sess io n was se nsa tion al and he surpri se d eve ryo ne w ith an o utstanding fl oo r exerci se ro utine and ea rn ed a 9.7 an d th e gold m ed al. It was an Debbie Fike

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ex hilarating feelin g to see th e A meri ca n flag bein g raise d for a gymna st. Th e A meri ca n girl s presented good compet it ion for th e Russ ian gi rl s and th ough the Russ ians wo n th e majo rit y of th e medal positi o ns it is beco min g ev id ent th at th e Ameri ca ns are closin g th e gap .

All of th e gy mn asts and affiliat ed officia ls were taken to Riga by train. W e had on e d ay of trainin g in Rig a p rior to th e compet itio n. Th e city of Riga was very different fr o m Moscow.

Th e weat her was much wa r mer, th er e was more activit y o n th e str ee ts, and th e p eo p le are quite different. Jo hn Crosby and Jim Iv ice k performed be tt er in thi s mee t prob ab ly due to better adjustm ent s to the tim e zo n e differences. Kyle Gaynor and Debbi e Fik e also had excell ent co mp etition s and pl aced quite we ll. Nancy Thi es had some difficulties with her rou tin es. Jo hn agai n p laced in th e floor exe rcise w ith a sil ve r m ed al. He injured hi s heel in th e pr eliminary co mpetition and thi s seemed to affect hi s p erforma nce. Kyle Gayno r pla ced seco nd in balance beam w ith an exce ll ent exe rcise.

The Ru ssian federa ti o n had four Ru ss ian gym nasts in each co mpetition th o ugh all other nations we re restr icted to three gym nas ts. Th ey also used four different gy mnas ts in bo th of the co mpetiti o ns. Thi s gave th em an opportun it y to view an entire sq uad of eight gym nas ts in a rigorou s intern ,nio ndl co mpetition .

Th e judging was h and led by a co n-tingent of primaril y Ru ssia n jud ges plus many F.I.G . rankin g judge s. Th ey used co mputers to ass ist th e judges in their co mpil at io n of Band C p arts plu s d eductions. I was ve ry impressed wi th t he use of th ese elec tro nic ca lcul ators by th e judges.

Th e meet was staged wi th all of the po mp, ce remon y, and magnitude of th e Ol y mpics: Th e Russian Gymna sti cs Fede ration showed magn ifice nt e ffort in sta gin g th e Moscow News comp etition. We co ul d probab ly dup li ca te th e stag in g of suc h an even t in th e U nit ed States but it wo uld b e ex tr em ely cost ly and it wo uld probabl y be done at a loss in revenue. The Sports Pal ace was ti ed up fo r man y days, the equipment was pl aced on rai se d platform s, a reuth er sys tem was u sed in floor exe rcise, and all co mp et itors we re give n part ial tra vel ex p ense to th e co mpetition.

Th e Russian hos ts had reception s fo r the officia ls of each d elegat io n at b o th co mp et iti on sites. W e attend ed a typi ca l Ru ss ian reception in Moscow. It wa s give n by th e Moscow News ed ito ri al staff. Exce ll ent c ui sin e with good w ine, vo dka , and cav iar.

The Ru ssia n gym nas ts ha ve improve d and man y of th em are using ex tr emely d iffi cult d ismount s and m o unts i n man y event s. They see m to have narrowed the margi n w i th the Japa nese gy mn as ts. I sa w m any Ru ss ian gym nas ts executin g Tsukahara di smounts from the ho ri zo ntal bar and still rin gs. I sa w two Ru ss ian gymnas ts do doub le ba ck wit h ful l tw ist o n fl oor exercise. I saw at least two tripl e twisting mount s o n fl oo r exercise . Th e Japanese had so m e new elem ent s but no t as many. A t va ultin g th ere we r e many att empts at GYMNAST June/ July '74

new and different vau lts. I saw roundoff back with full twi st, double front w ith Vi twi st, some had ea rl y twists. The landi ng mats are not compa rab le wit h Ame ri ca n mats. Gene rall y they had four in ches of land in g surface fo r app arat us.

I saw many coac hes of other tea m s filming the rou tin es of th e American girls. I feel that the strength intern atio nall y is narrowing down to . the American and Ru ss ian girl s. Another interest in g observation is th at th o ugh o ur m en have not improved substanti all y in th e o pti o nal area we are ~till gett in g closer to the European co untries. I believe that we are capab le of being third in th e wo rld in op ti o nal exercises.

Th e co mp etiti o ns end ed with closing ceremonies . Th ese ce remoni es includ ed th e awarding of sp ecial prizes for va riou s gym n as ts.

Th e most original ro utin es, th e most co urageo us p erfo rm er, th e gymnast w ith the most promise, etc.

We flew back to Moscow prior to departing for the United States. The team members enjoyed th e trip and competition. Everyone periorm ed quite we ll and gained so me international experi ence. I mi ght add th at for any coac h es, m an agers , or ju dges contemplating ove rseas ass ignment s on .any gymnastics competition a spea king kn ow ledge of Frenc h or German is ve ry h elpful. I communicated w ith man y Euro pea n coac h es and official s t hroug h Ge rman . I also prot ested in German on two occasions at th e competition wh e n I felt th at th ere were irreg ulariti es in the jud gin g o f American gymnasts.

RESULTS RIGA - '74 MEN PLACE NAME COUNTRY 1. Ma rt she n ko, W (URS) 2. Tsukahara , M ()P ) 3. Thun e, W (G DR ) 4. Hid eo, K (JP N) 5. Boiko, W (U RS) 6. Safro nov, W (U RS ) 7. Kim Sun Din (PRK) 8. Crosby, I (USA) 9. M ik ae la n, E (U RS ) 10. Cue rvo, J (CU B) 12. Ivicek, I (USA)

TOTA L 56.25 56. 10 55.30 55.20 55.05 55.00 54.95 54.90 54.80 54.60 54.10

RIGA - '74 W O MEN All-Around 1. Gorb i k, USSR 2. Kim USSR 3. Sav ina, USSR 4. Gaynor, USA 5. Stodulkova , Czech 6. Sabei, Roma ni a 7. Fike, USA 8. Parshinceva, USSR 9. Bul luk, Hungary 10. Neiz, Hungary

37.80 37.75 37.55 36.80 36.40 36.35 36.30 36.10 36.00 35.85 lim Ivicek

MOSCOW NEWS - '74 MEN Name cou n try路 1. Klime nko, V (URS) 2. C hilmou guia, P (U RS) 3. Thu ne , W (G DR ) 4. Tsuka hara, M (JPN ) 5. M ikaelian, R (URS) 6. Hideo, K ()PN) 7. Chtchou kin e,V (U RS ) 8. Crosby, I (USA) 9. Kim Su n Din (PRK) 10. Ivicek, I (USA)

GYMNAST Ju ne/ Ju ly '74

FX PH 9.55 9.50 9.25 9.40 9.05 9.30 9.25 8.90 9.00 9.35 9.40 8.40 9.05 9.20 9.45 8.50 8.90 8.80 8.95 8.95

R 9.35 9.25 9.20 9.30 9.45 9.05 9.50 8.90 9.15 9.05

MOSCOW NEWS-'74 WOMEN V 9.35 9.35 9. 10 9.20 9.40 9.40 8.80 9.00 8.90 8.75

PB 9.45 9.30 9.30 9.40 8,35 9.25 8.45 8.90 9.20 9.00

HB TOTAL 9.45 56.65 9.25 55.50 9.45 55.45 9.40 55.45 9. 15 54.70 9.20 54.70 9. 10 54.10 9.25 54.00 8.95 53.90 9.05 53.75

Place name country 1. Grozdo, S (URS) 2. Primak , E (U RS ) 3. Saad i, E (U RS) 4. Abra mova , E (U RS ) 5. Ergewa ri , M (HUN) 6. Fike, D (USA) 7. Blagoeva, M (BU L) 8. Gaynor, K (USA) 9. Bellak, E (HUN) 10. Trantow, S (G DR ) 20. Theis, N (USA)

V UPB 9.30 9.30 9.40 9.45 9.30 8.35 9.25 9.25 9.15 9.30 9.25 9.05 9.00 9.00 9.10 8.85 9.15 9.00 9.00 8.80 9.10 8.90

B 9.70 9.35 9.50 9.25 9.05 8.90 9.10 9.05 9.05 9.00 9.00

FX 9.60 9.30 9.70 8.90 8.85 9.10 9.20 9.25 9.00 9.25 8.85

Total 37.90 37.50 36.85 36.65 36.35 36.30 36.30 36.25 36.20 36.05 35.25

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Bill Mackie (centerfold photo from th e Canatiian Gvmna"ic s Fetieration Bulletin. No. 4-74.)

CANAdiAN ChAMpioNships 1974

by Lewis R. Waller Canada 's gymnasts we re out in full strength for the 38th Championships at Laval University, Qu ebec, w here they enjoyed performing in probab ly the mo st ex tensi ve sports comp lex in Canada. Dir ec ting the efficientl y run m ee t most was Andre Bedard with a tea m of hard wo rkin g vo lunteers getting out res ult sheets. Backing him up were Nationa l Tec hni ca l Directors Carol Anne Letheren and Francis Tall y, Judging Chairmen Valerie Nye and John Tutte.

The march-ins were impressive w ith a good musi ca l background , and a good number of full team s, man y promising yo ung jun io r gym na sts.

The Quebec Girls were outstanding in their p erformance . Many member s of the B.C. senior girl s were missing due to injuries . Girls took advantage of National Pianist Marga ret Gibb s for their floor exercises. Queb ec had their own pianist, Denise Cloutier, a former gymnast returned to the fold to co mbin e her musical ski ll s and gymnastic knowledge.

Gymnastic highlights of the meet were Karen Kelso (BC) and Al iso n Howlett (Quebec) w ho both performed tw ist ing back somies in their floor routines , the first Canadian Juniors to do so! Kathy Korn of Manitoba was the fir st Canadian Junior to perform an arial wa lk -over on the beam .

When perso nn el for th e Scandanav ian Tour was announced, eig ht girl s were bustin g w ith excitement - Sylvie St. Laurent, Wendie Hotte, Alison Howling, Louise Boisvert, Lauri e McCrae, Cathie Murph y, and Tami Kni ght.

Senior Men showed a careless attitud e, and indifference to th e fund amental s of good gymnastic form. Keith Carter w ith hi s polished

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routines and no mistakes easil y defeated gymnasts with su perior mo ves w hich were missed.

Trampo lini sts at one en d of th e gy m prov id ed added color and thrills to the "s how."

To th e first time v iewe r th e sy nchroni zed teams were most fasc in at in g, also the fact that judge s observe from a raised platform. Th e new y" in ch webbing was appreciated by th e trampolini sts , as it gives a great spring w ith little effort.

I t was good to see Trampoline accep ted as part of th e gymnastic family. Anne Muscat and Nancy Bonh am presented their synchroni zed routin e fo ll owing the junior routine s on Saturday. Th e bouncers also received th eir awards at th e medal prese ntation ce remoni es.

Modern Gymnasts D eni se Fuji wara and Doreen Chung intrigu ed th e audience with a ve ry precise perform ance of Rhythmical work using ribbon and a ball at the se nior finals.

Gymnasts comp lai ned that th e Senoh floor was too hard and too slip pery. The company should be advised to modif y this befor e the floor is pl aced on th e Canadian market.

38th Canadian Gymnastic Championships Senior Men - 16 competitors fr o m 4 provin ces.

Individual Championships: K. Carter, Ma nito ba 101.55; R. Bigras, Quebec - 99.85; J. Gagnon, Quebec 96.60. Sr. Men Team Championships: Quebec 297.30; Ontario - 272.35; Manitoba - 177.80.

Junior Men - 24 compet itors from 5 provin ces .

(Que bec had 2 teams).

Individual Championships: G. Butler, B.C. - 101.50; C. Walstrom, B.C. - 100.50; N. Menard, Qu e bec - 97.00.

Jr. Men Team Champions: Quebec - 438.90; Ontario435.05; B.C. - 362.60.

Senior Women - 12 co mpe titors from 4 provinces .

Individual Championships: J. Diachun, Ontario 73.40; L. Arsenault, Ontario - 71.55; S. Ukamoto, Ontario - 68.85. Sr. Womens Team Champions: Ontario - 213.90; B.C. - 119.95; Quebec - 60.80.

Junior Women - 31 compet ito rs from 7 provinces.

Individual Championships: Sylvie St. Laurent, Qu e bec , - 68.20; Wendy Hotte, Qu e bec - 67.90; M. Parmelee, Ontario - 67.25. Jr. Womens Team Champions: Quebec - 332.60; Ontario - 319.30; B.C. - 310.50.

CANADIAN TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1974 Jun e 29,30 at Lava l Uni versit y, Quebec held wit h Gymna sti c Champions hips.

Senior Women: Tara Bonham, B.C. - 63.40; Susan Randal, B.C. - 60.50; Valerie Hancock, B.C. - 60.20; Lynn Bonham, B.C. - 42.50.

Junior Women: Anne Muscat, B.C. - 63.35; Nancy Bonham, B.C. - 62.30; Carla Barnes, Qu e bec - 60.40; Mary Ann Drinkwater, Ontario - 50.25; Christine Boisvenue, Qu e bec - 45.40.

Junior Men : Tom Legree, B.C. - 62.20; Frank Neglia, Ontario - 61 .50; Scott Bridger, B.C. - 59.70; Dave Levenois, Ont ario - 59.50; Bruce Danks, Ontario 57.00; Tom Green, Ontario - 54.80; AI Bessey, B.C. 50.60; Marc Brochu, Quebec - 49.20; Albert Quirconi, B.C. - 44.90; Larry Underhill, Alb erta - 19.70.

Se nior Men: Rusty Pierce, B.C. - 64.10; Dave Ross, Ontario - 64.00; Harry Wells, Ontario - 64.00; Bob Scott, B.C. - 54.50; Steve Juhasz, Ontari o - 45.00; Aaron Johnson, Ontario - 35.30.

Synchronized Competition Women's Competitions: Nancy Bonham and Anne Muscat, B.C. - 43.30; Susan Randall and Tara Bonham, B.C. - 42.10.

Men's Competition: Frank Neglia and Bruce Danks, Ontari o - 37.80; Tom Green and Dave Levenois, Ontario - 27.20; Dave Ross and Harry Wells, On ta rio20.10; Scott Bridger and Aaron Johnson, B.C. - 19.60; Rusty Pierce and Bob Scott, B,C. - 15.00.

GYMNAST June/ July '74

Diane Dunbar

by Barbara Thatcher In 1968 Di ane Dunbar was a child of nin e with blond e braids, a sweet and unspoiled personality and seve ral yea rs of tumbling ex p eri ence alrea dy behind her.

Wh en she j oine d the Diablo Gym Club, th at yea r, she was not consi d er ed just ano ther yo u ng gymnast, almost immediately h er t eamma tes, her coac h Jim Gault and othe r invo lved wi th Ca li forn ia gymnasti cs seem ed to se nse so mething specia l abo ut her. H ere mi ght be a rea l champion. Here might be a future Olympi an.

Now six. years later Dian e is fast app roaching th at goa l. Since her entry into Elit e Compet iti on, a littl e ove r a year ago, she has ca ught th e gym nastic co mmunit y virtuall y unawa re. After qualifying for th e 1973 Elite Natio nals in Seatt le she wen t into th at m ee t as a n ewcome r, amo ng Ol ympians and past National champions, and came o ut with a seventh pla ce fini sh in th e all around. " I d idn ' t foresee it," she says w ith the sa me naturalness which has always characterized her. "This is my first year of Elites and I was surprised to do as well as I did ."

But her success at th e 1973 Elite Nationals wa s j~st the start. She went on, at the beginning of 1974, to take third in the Fi rst Elite Quali(ication Meet in Fullerton, California, and first all around in the Second Elite Qualification Meet in Delaware . Her international accompli shments the past year have included a trip to Japan along with Joan Rice to represent the United States in the Chunichi Cup, se co nd all around in the official Czechoslovakia vs .

USA competition and last year she was a member of the USA vs. Romani a and USA vs.

China sq uad s.

It wasn ' t all ability th at he lped Diane reach th e level she's at today. In fact gymn asti cs has GYMNAST June/July '74

become esse ntiall y a way of life for her in rece nt years. Approxim ately 40 h o urs a week are spent in th e gy m. After school she works out from 2:30 p.m. to 9:30 each evening and at least five ho u rs each Sat u rday. Sh e utilizes this time by spendin g about an hour on va ulting, (last season the eve nt she co nsidered her best) then goes throu gh six co mplete optional bar routines and six co mplete co mpulsory bar routines, plus three optionals and three compulsories on floor and ten optionals and ten compulsories on beam .

Her floor routin e thi s seaso n is a rea l crowd pleas er. Don e to mu sic fro m " Mary Poppins" sh e comb in es difficult tum b lin g w ith a light, refreshing style o f d ance. On e gymnast she parti c ularl y adm ires in floor exe rcise is Nancy Thies. But of Nancy ' s style she ad d s " Both Nancy and Janette Anderson ar e d ance rs, but I'm not, it 's ju st no t m y styl e. Ju st this su mm er I went and work ed with Muri el Grossfeld and she rea ll y hel ped m e change my styl e and I've been wo rkin g on this ro utin e sin ce then. " She enjoys gymn as ti cs beca use " You ' re alwa ys stri vi ng for perfec tion all th e little tenths co un t. " H oweve r she tri es not to wor ry about sco res and tenth s b efo re she gets ready to co mpet e. " Befo re I go up I go throu gh my routin e reall y fas t in m y mind and th en ju st relax and do th e best I ca n."

Sh o uld Di ane m ake th e World Ga mes tea m this yea r, he r who le fpm il y p lan s to make th e trip to Munich too . Thro ugho u t h er gym nas ti c ca reer th e Dunbars have been Di ane's grea test fan s. Ra rely, if ever, do t hey mi ss a mee t and her fami ly ch eerin g sect ion usuall y includ es not o nl y her parent s, but grandparen ts and brothers as we ll, it 's o bviou s that they are p ro ud of Di ane and rightly so.

On th e way to th e Games, though , Di ane sees a gr ea t d ea l of compe tition and expects th e Eli te Na ti o nal., and Fi ll als Tri als to be " a little hard er " th an p rev io us m ee ts. Hut rega rd less sh e still ha., man y wa rm memo ri es o f p as t co mpet it ion, pa rti cularl y her trip to Japa n. " W e had a few prob lems w ith co nversa ti o n but n ot for long and J reall y enj oyed th e trip ."

A t 15, it appea rs D iane 's ca reer o n a Na tion al and Int ernat io nal leve l is ju st b eg innin g.

Wat ching h er p erfo rm it seems she hasn ' t even start ed to reach h er full pot ent ial as an Elite gymna.,t. And .,hould she make the Wor ld Gam es team fo r Dia ne t he o ft en used clic he " It co uldn 't happen to a ni ce r perso n." is ver y tru e.

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Currently rated number 1, USGF Golden Dozen Women Diablo Gym Club Pleasc;lnt Hill, Ca.

DIANE DUNBAR

CHA MPIONSHIt'~ ModERN RitYTitMic GYMNASTics

1974 NATIONAL

Th e 1974 Na ti onal M o d ern Rh ythm ic Gy m nastic Co mpe titio n a nd M o d e rn Rhyth m ic Gymn as tics judging' an'd Coac h ing Wo rkshop.

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by Anneli s Stra n ge Hoy m a n On Saturday afternoon , May 25th, 1974, at the Morton W es t High School in Berwyn, I ll inois, t he Second Nat iona l Modern Rhythmic Gymn ast ics Competition took place in fron t of a rath er disappointingly small crowd of o nl y app. 300 spectato rs. Th e fact that th e competit io n was held on the Memorial Day week- end m ay have con tr ibuted to th e sm al l n u mber of spectato rs.

Th e cO mp etiti o n was spon so red by the United States Gymnast ics Fed eration w ith M il dred Prc hal, Chairman of the USGF Modern Rhythm ic Gymnastics Committee, presiding, and with Mrs . Jane Jure w as the meet director.

The latt er did an ou tsta nd ing job of organizing th e mee tin g, and aft er a sl ightl y d elayed start , th e co mpetiti o n we nt on ver y smoo thl y and efficiently.

Th e co mpetiti o n included Option al Jum p Rope Routine fo r Si x-M ember groups and Individual Optional Routines in th e fo ll owi ng discipl ines: Ba ll Ribbo n Jump Rope Each inc:l ividual gy mn as t co ul d choose to enter in all t h ree di sc ip lin es o r o n ly two of th e d iscip lin es listed; th e tota l sco red va lu e obtained wou ld be based on the two hi gh est scores for each gym nas t.

A tota l o f 21 gy mna sts entered the compet i ti o n, wi th four of th em parti ci pat i ng in group as we ll as in div idual competition , and eight in group com p etition only .

Th e p erfo rmances we re in gene ral very good and of high er ca liber than in las t year's comp etit io ri ; th ere is, ho wever, a need for inclusion of more origina l ski ll s and also fo r mo re disc rimin ate choi ce of mu sic. Quit e often the musi c chosen was poor without enou gh dynam ic differ ences an d tempo differences, both of which are ve ry n ecessa ry and importan t. Th e fac t th at tapes we re used rath er than live accom panim ent did not m ake it an y better.

Seve ral gymn asts demonstrated very fi ne form , conS id erin g th e fact that mode rn r hythmic gym nas ti cs is sti ll a ve ry yo un g sport in the United States.

Th e nex t National Modern Rh ythmic Gymnastics Compe titi o n w ill take p lace in San Fran cisco in th e spring of 1975 with Dr. Andrea Schm id as th e m ee t d ir ec tor . Th e competition w ill includ e group exercises for six gymnasts w ith 3 balls and 3 ropes, as we ll as individual co mp et ition in th e fo ll owing disciplines: ball hoop ribbon clubs (with eight compu lsory elements in clud ed) An individu al may parti cipate in any number of th ese d iscip lin es, but must be all-round (a ll fo ur eve nt s) in o rd er to be considered for eli gib il it y for th e World Champ ionsh ips in Spain in 1975.

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RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS JUDGING AND COACHING WORKSHOP

Candace Celigoy lst AA

Only two groups ent ered in the gro up co mp etition ; co nsid erin g th at it was th e first tim e th at group exe rcises we re introdu ced in M o dern Rhythmi c Gymnas tics Co mp etit ion i n th e U nited Stat es, th e work presented looked very pro mi si ng fo r th e future. As w it h ind ivid ual com positi o ns, th e choreog raphi ca l aspect is very impo rt ant for th e group exe rcises, an d th e grou ps were g ive n two sco res, o n e fo r th e choreog rap hy and one fo r th e performance.

Th e results from th e competit io n are listed b elow:

Gro u p Exercises Place Nam e (Coac h) 1. University o f Illin ois, Urbana (A nn e lis Hoy man ) 2. M o d e rne ttes (Nora Veye tt e)

Place 1.

2.

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5.

6.

7.

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Ind ivid ual All-Ro und (Coac h)

Candace Ce ligoy (Da le Flansaas) He le n M artinez (Andrea Sch mi d) Kathe rine Brym (No ra Veyett e) Patt y Murph y (Dale Fl a nsaas) De bbie Barda rso n (Helena Great house) Na ncy Koetke (Dale Flansaas) Kim Ha nley (Da le Flamaas)

Tota l Score 16.30 15.30

Ball Ri bbo n Rope To ta l 9. 10 9.40 9. 15 8.05 7.90 8.55 8.70

9.65 9.30 9.35 9.40 9. 15 9. 15 8.70

9.35 9.25 8.95 8.85 8.80 8.45 8.80

19.00 18.70 18.50 18.25 17.95 17.70 17.50

Th e M ode rn Rh ythmi c Gymnastics Judg ing and Coaching W o rk shop wh ich was sponsored by Nort heas tern Ill inoi s Un ive rsity in cooperation w ith th e Un ited States Gymn astics Federat io n too k place May 21,22, 23, 1974 at Northeastern Ill inois Un ivers ity, Chi cago, Illi no is.

Mme .

Kveta Cerna of Pr ag u e, Czechoslovakia , w ho is a member of th e Federat io n of Int ern ation al Gymna stics Modern Rh ythm ic Gymnastics Comm itte, an international judge, and fo rmer coach of the Czechos lovak tea m, was the specia l guest lecturer an d in stru ctor. Ass isting Mm e. Cerna in t eachin g were H elen a .Greathou se of Rive rside, Ca lifo rn ia, Dr. A nd rea Schmid of San Francisco St ate Co ll ege and D r. Anne li s S. Ho yman o f University of Ill inoi s, Urbana , I llin o is.

Th e purp ose of the workshop was to enab le t he pa rti c ip an ts to increase their know ledge in teachin g and coac hin g Moder n Rh ythmi c Gymn ast ics, to rev iew judging techniqu es and / or qua lify to become a judge fo r M od ern Rh yth mi c Gymnastics.

The disciplin es cove red at the workshop were : Bal l, Exe rcises w it hout H and Apparatu s, Hoop, Ind ian Clubs, Jump Rope and Ribbon.

Th e exercises pr ese nted we re either basi c exercises lead ing up to exercises of medium and / or superior difficul ty, or as in th e case of th e clubs, co mpu lso ry eleme nts to be used in th e club ro utin e fo r t he ne xt World Championships, w hi ch are to b e held in Spain in th e Fall of 1975.

A to tal of app. 30 teach ers we re enro lled in th e wo rksh op. Fro m th is group eleven were chosen to serve as judges for th e M od ern Rh ythmi c Gymnastics Competition on Ma y 25 th . Mm e. Cern a se rved as referee.

A special no t e of appreciation goes to Mme. Cern a for co nd uc tin g th is wo rk shop and for givin g to us so ge nerous ly of her tim e, her energy and her know ledge.

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1973 World Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships revisited through these beautiful photos taken from Dr. Gohlers Olympisch Turnkunst Magazine, which is published in Germany.

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Bild oben: Krassimira Fil;Qova (Bulgarien) , Vizeweltmeisterin mit dem Reifen .

Bild rechts: Ballettreife Gruppengymnastik des Weltm eisters UdSSR .

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Bild links : Originelle , f as t artistische Figu r der vierfachen Deutschen Meisterin Carmen Rischer.

Bild unten : Gruppengymnastik voller Fantasie ; eine Glanzleistung von Rotterdam .

Fotos: A. Gaebele (2), Werek (1), Sve n S;mon (1)

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DIET THE GYMNAST - HER WEIGHT AND HER DIET Dale Shirley advancing age and w ith th e parent 's growing The obese gi rl. We have all seen her. Heavy in lack of co ntrol ove r h er di et. The solution to the th e legs, arm s, buttoc ks, hip s, bosom and probl em lie s in th e prevention of the prob lem. stomach. Th e obese girl gymnast rese mbles thi s Remember two or three pound s ove rweight is dscription. She is usuall y a teena ge r, with poor easier to correct than fiv e or si x pou nds physical and m ent al habit s. She is obese overwe ight, and fiv e or six pounds is easier to because sh e ea ts p oo rl y and too mu ch. Sh e correct th an 10 o r 12 pound s. You mu st prevent usuall y repr esses h er prob lem and too often th e seve re in crea se befor e it happens. The he r par ent s are un w ittingl y contribut in g to h er gymn as t and her parent s mu st not on ly be co ndition . O ccas ion all y she ha s emoti o nal aware of th e importan ce of a slim bod y problem s that contribute or cause h er we ight appearance from a gymnastics point of view, prob lem. She is no t a happy person nor does but also ag ree to not " whitewash " th e probl em she have mu ch chance of bein g a happ y and in stead work with th e coach to find a athlet e. She wa nt s to respec t het se lf and ha ve so luti on. ot hers respect her. H ow ca n she ex pec t thi s First the gyninast mu st be made constantly when her un sightl y ap p ea r an ce , in a revea lin g aware of her we ight with reg ular weighing-in leo tard , is co nstantl y be in g cr iti cized. Her b o d y pro ced ure s set up at home and in the gym . She is observed most close ly, scrutini zed by a large mu st be aware of in creases and helped to be number o f people important in her life, ye t mad e aware of w hether thi s is normal, good or w ith different view points. Th ese bei ng h er bad . Rememb er gymna stic we ight is d iffere nt coac h es, rivals and j ud ges . Th es e peo ple rea ll y and usually less than ave rage weight. " pick " her over, object ive ly judging her on all Rem ember that 路 so me girl s are hea vy boned, the written proper criteria bit subjecti ve ly large boned , large muscl ed or small muscled, critici zin g h er for excess we ight, attitude which is going to mak e a significa nt difference beauty, etc. Too often a judge has sa id to m e " I in evalu ating a girl 's prope r we ight. Sh e n eeds wou ld have sco red her higher, but I cou ldn 't to be given reco mmend ed training weight forget her big butL " Cr ude p erh aps - but true limits. These limits must b e adhered to and and sad. The bett er perform ance didn 't respected for th eir wort h to th e gymnast and necessa ril y w in b eca use of un sight ly her coac h. Prop er nutrition is, of course, the appearance. real key to preve nti o n of any we ight problem.

For th e yo un g girl , age 13-20, asp irin g to Sp ecial d ietin g should not b e necessa ry at all, becom e a gymna st, for so m e to remain a good unless there is a medi ca l probl em , i. e., gymna st. th eir obese co ndition is demorali zin g glandu alr, diabetes, etc. Wh en yo ur gymnast is to them se lves, th eir coac h, th eir training and yo ung, betw ee n 6-1 2, and h er parents are able co mp etiti ve p erform an ce . A LL TOO OFTEN to easi ly regulate her diet, there should rarely HER CONDITION IS UNRECOGNIZED OR be any weight problems, howev er, with the M I SU N D ERSTOOD AN D TH ER EFOR E on se t of puberty and the accompa ni ed phy sical IG NORED. and m ental changes, increased -independence, la ck of nutritional co ntrol, and lac k of parental The overwe ight gymna st presents man y problem s to herse lf, her coac h es, her club or influ ence, we ight problem s sudden ly em erge. tea m , her performan ce, sa fet y, her parents and Now th e gymnast mu st see th e va lu e for herse lf famil y life. Let us look at these pro bl ems a littl e of di sciplining her we ight and more th an ever more clo se ly. It is impo rtant to understand th at parent co ncern and encouraging support is th e overwe ig ht gymnast ma y not n ecessa ril y be need ed ; support for th e coach e's view point ove rweight as an average girl. She may fit and support for the gymnasts' new efforts in pound w ise eas il y int o height and age sca les, se lf discipline. Special dietin g may beco me a but as an athlet e jumping over, pulling herse lf mu st, but ther e are seve ral no-no's. up on to, jumpin g off three pieces of 1. NO "crash di eting " - thi s ca n cau se seve re gymnastics apparatu s, turning h er body ove r ph ys ica l and emotional problem s, ofte n backward s and for wa rds 15 to 20 tim es on each caus in g more harm than th e obese condit ion. piece of equipment, four to fi ve d ays per week, Mental depression common ly accompanies th e extra po und s ca n be di sas trous. cra sh di eting and fas ting .

2. NO " fasting " - so me medical clinics have For h er coac h w h o mu st be respo nsibl e fo r her safety, who mu st litera ll y lift h er, assist her, pro vid ed satisfactory means for dra stica ll y pull her and cat ch her 100 to 200 tim es lo sin g weig ht ; usin g thi s method, ho weve r, at home it is extremely dangerous . (conserva ti ve ly estimated ) a work out, o ve r and betwe en 2 - 3 pieces o f apparatus, o b ese ex tra 3. NO " macro-bioti c" di eting or other similar we ight ca n be fright ening and dangerous. On extreme method s of los in g we ight. many occasions an injury to a coac h or a 4. NO losing more than 2 pounds per week, gymnast ca n be direc tly attribut ed to the no matt er how proper th e di et might be. problem of being o ve rweight. Th e fault li es in a 5. NO seve re fighting w ith coac hes and parent s about we ight o r di eting ; th e emotional coach who is wi llin g to work a skill or a routin e with an ove rweight gymnast and thu s confli cts are not worth it.

REMEMBER!!

PARENTS, INSTRUCTORS, co ntribute indirectly to the ir own injury, or to the girl 's injury. Too o ften th e parent eith er GYMNASTS. innocentl y or not carin gly pl aces her 1. Set up a regular weighing-in pro ce dure. overweight gymnast in the gumnasium a_nd 2. Follow sound nutrition al advice. thus indirectl y contribut es to an injury. Even 3. Don ' t ign ore small weight probl ems. more fru strating is th e p eriod of time she sees 4. Don 't " whit ewash" rea so ns w hy yo u are herself fall behind her gymn as t fri ends. Sh e gaining weight. becomes discouraged and a disil lu siqnecL _.5. Follow th e coac~~ sug gest ions athlet e and for her coac h th e sa me ca n happen'. concerning weight limits.

The gymnast and her we ight ca n Slowly, but 6. A heavy gi rl is dangero us to herse lf and her surel y, beco me a prob lem, alm o st alwa ys w ith coach.

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Forward ? ~ Aerial {~ Walkovers (Another look) ~

by Peter Riddell, Darwin, Australia I reckon that Dan Speraw and Renee H ender shott had a co uple of mi sses in their (G YMNAST, Feb. 1973) article on w hat makes an aer ial front wa lkover wo rk .

First off: I am conv in ced that there was ca rel ess n ess in the tracing of th e sequence movie fram es o f the tri ck from Frank Endo ' s I World Gam es film. Th ese show th e perform er airborne by frame five... i.e. BEFORE the lea ding leg had reac hed its maximum se paration from the pu sh-off leg. H ad thi s in fact happened the gymna st's aeria l wou ld ha ve under-rotat ed . WHY ?

Well , sure enou gh, th e w rit ers co rrectly attribut e th e back-upward kickin g lead leg as causing th e trick 's rotation. But timing ' s the name of th e game. And such an effect of transferred angular momentum is only achieved IF the body still has contact with the ground. Th at is: th e m ax imum deg ree of split any perform er is going to kick into in this tri ck mu st be reac hed while th e push-off foot is still shoving. Though pr eferabl y onl y just before lift-off.

And here, of co urse, li es th e reaso n for th e nee d to swiftl y throw the torso close to th e pus h-off leg in a bobby-pin sh ap e. Only thu s CAN the lead leg REACH a good split. A fraction before th at punching f oo t leav es th e ground th e gy mn ast mu st be in a momentary standing split (or needle).

Should th e lea d leg still be moving toward s it s max imum se paration AFTER lift-off, it s so le effect w ill be a reaction in th e opposite direc tion of so me oth er part of th e bod y. In thi s case the tor so. A wonderfu l back whip m ay be effected , but litt le or no rotation in th e required direction. An y slight rotat io n wi ll b e' from oth er ca uses ... propping effe ct, ecce ntri c co upling etc.

Secondly: OF COURSE lea ning down / forwards int o thi s trick rather than doubling th e body in hard to th e leg does have th e effeclmentioned of th e thrusting leg being unable to prope l the bod y as vertically as necessa ry. But ju st as serious is th e aforementi o n ed fact th at max imum leg se paration will almost certa inl y occur too late to do its job. Ju st try doing a standin g sp lit with th e torso not much below horizontal. ...

So for an energeti c hurdle, girl s, to let th e push-off leg rea ll y pu sh, but also concentrate on getting the body down close to allow that leg up as swiftly as you can. See if yo u ca n cra ck a co upl e of rib s against your kn ee ! H ea d starting to go ba ck AS you throw down with th e torso doubl ed.

And if anybody wis hes to check for a bit of proof of my statements, I comm end them to a fram e-by-frame stud y of every side-o n see n front aerial in th e floor exe rc ises both of Endo 's Mexico and Munich wome n's 'fin als film s.

Check them on a Super 8mm edito r/ v iewe r as I have. And yo u' ll not fin d a sin g le aerial forward walkove r where the thrusting to es are not st ill in floor co nta ct at th e moment when th e ma ximum leg s'plit achi eved IS ach ieve d.

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Fi g ht and le ft side and a bac k and a fro nt si d e.

Tr icks to foster lea rn in g o f specifi c par ts o f t he bo d y ca n eas il y b e ada pt ed to th e trampolin e too. Th e famili ar strad d le jump and th e tu ck jum p ca n be re nam ed th e toe- to uch jump and th e knee -hu g jump .

In add iti o n, th e tra mpol in e ca n help th e ch il d see him se lf in relati o n to hi s enviro nm ent.

Th e fee li n g of bein g th row n u pwa rd an d pull ed downwa rd is a fee lin g t ra m po line enthu sias ts take fo r g rant ed, but m an y LD children have n eve r jumped up. Wh en th ey beco me airborne o n th e tram polin e, th ese children deve lop a co nce pt of th emse lves as separa te fro m th e wo rld around .

Teaching learning disability children how to jump on trampoline

I CAN'T do

A SEATdROP

A trampoline program lor children with learning disabilities

by Natalie Bee rs " Sw in g th e ba ll oo ns hi gh ... jum p w ith yo u r eyes shut.. hop o n o ne loo t. " Th ese co mm ands are no t th e co nve nti o nal in stru cti o ns hea rd in th e tr amp o lin e class . Ye t, as we know, all ch il d ren perform at d iffe ren t levels; and l or so m e ch il d ren simp le bo un cin g is a cons iderably d iff icul t leat. The t ra diti o nal exercises and stunt s such as sea t-dro ps, swivelhip s, and va ri o us Ilip s ca n no t be eas il y mas tered by all stu de nt s in a t ra mp o lin e c lass.

In a typ ica l sc hool roo m class of li ftee n student s, at leas t o ne w ill have such a p ro b lem on a trampolin e. Th is ch il d n o t on ly fa il s at th e tas ks at hand, he is exceedi n gly hype ractive ahd d istrac tabl e. H e is frequ entl y th e class " tr o ubl emaker."

H oweve r, thi s labe l may be a mi sno m er.

These chil dre n, w h o ca n be p icked o ut in an y classroo m, actu all y have a lea rnin g di sab ili ty w hi ch ca n i mpede th eir m o tor develop ment as we ll as affec t ing academ ic perfo rma nce.

Beca use of th eir in ad equ ate mo to r deve lopment , w hi ch res ults in co ordin ati o n, strength , flex ib ility, and ba lance pro bl ems, th e t ram po li ne in str uc to r mu st be awa re of th e la b el " lea rnin g d isa bili ty " and b e ab le to recog ni ze t he many i mpl ica tio ns o f the te rm in hi s wo rk w ith th ese yo ungs ters. If th e t ram po lin e prog ram is ad ap ted to m ee t th e nee d s o f th e lea rnin g di sab ilit y child , h e ca n grea tl y be nef it fr o m it.

H ow then, ca n we co nst ru ct a prog ram fo r the uncoo rd in ated chil d w ho has a learn ing d isa bilit y? Fir st, it is n ecessa ry to und erstand how an LD ch ild behaves and w here hi s m ajo r d if ficulti es lie .

Children w ith lea rnin g di sab iliti es are n o t retarde d . Th ey are of average o r above ave rage intelli ge nce, b u t o ft en fun ct ion poo rl y at pe rcep tu al- motor tasks. They have ad eq uate vision, hea ri ng and emo ti o nal adj ustment. The chil d is also fr ee fr o m p hys ica l ha nd ica ps.

Howeve r, an LD child pe rfo rm s in su ff icientl y in hi s academ ic end eavo rs, is hype rac ti ve, has

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poo r balance, has tr o u b le co ntro llin g hi s impul ses, and lacks muscl e co n tro l.

Beca use of t hese charac teri sti cs, man y of w hi ch invo lve movem ent, ba lan ce, and mu sc le deve lop ment , a speciall y adap ted p rogra m of i ns tru cti o n on th e tram po li ne aids th em in d efi cient areas.

Ga inin g bett er ba lance an d pos tu re are part o f any tram po lin e class, but are especiall y i mpo rt ant for a lea rn in g d isab ilit y gro up . Th e ch il d sh o ul d first wa l k aro un d th e edge, th en forwa rd and backward, and fin all y o n ha nds and kn ees discove ri ng th e give o f th e canvas.

H e m ay tr y lea nin g like a tr ee b low in g in th e w ind , or ro ll like a ba ll tryin g always to maint ain hi s ba lance. Nothin g is m o re im port ant o n th e t rampo lin e th an ba la nce w hil e bou ncin g. Th e chil d sho ul d fi rs t be bo un ced by th e teach er w hil e sitt ing down, next w hil e stand in g up, and fin all y be all owed to boun ce b y him se lf. If he has ex tr eme d iff icult y w ith thi s, ho ld in g o nto a towe l o r th e in stru cto r' s hand m ay help. Gam es are good ways to in crease th e d ri ve of su ch yo un gste rs, and are easil y adap ted to pro m o te ba lance. Red- ligh t, gree n-li ght , th e Bunn yhop, Pop goes th e Wease l, or th e Mex ica n H at Da nce w ill add fun to d evelo pin g b alan ce.

Af ter th e chil d ren ca n do sim p le bo un cin g, mo re co mpl ex stu nt s ca n be intro du ce d . Ca n th e child jum p o n o ne foo t and th en th e oth er ?

Can he cl ap his hand s or sw in g h is arm s w hil e bou ncing? Ba ll oons ca n foster awa reness o f th e u p and down moti o n of t he arms (by fo rcin g arms to be th row n ove r h ead and bro ugh t down to make ba ll oo ns fl y.) A ga m e of " Sim o n Says" w ill ho ld att enti o n bett er w hil e the y are lea rnin g a new ac ti vit y: " Simo n Says jump w ith fee t apart , ju mp w ith fee t toge th e r." Tas ks an d ga m es such as these are good fo r lea rnin g disab ilit y chil d ren since th ey can succeed.

Enco urage t his success to deve lo p th eir co nfidence ill t hem se lves and th eir bo dies.

Th e tram po lin e cla ss ca n h elp an LD yo un gs t e r deve lo p b ody awa r e n ess, knowledge of th e bo d y pa rt s and a co rrec t image of hi mself. H e fee ls most th at pa rt w hi ch hit s t he ca nvas firs t, an d co nseque ntl y becom es aware o f it. Th e seat-dr o p ackn ow ledg es th e sea t, a kn ee-d ro p th e kn ees and a frontd rop th e fro nt sid e. Th e child rea li zes he h as a

Frequ entl y, it is hard for lea rnin g di sa bilit y stu de nt s to jum p w h ere th ey are in stru cted .

Th ey need to deve lo p spacial orientati on in th e space su rro undin g th em . A sim p le aid t o g ive visu al gu id elines for an un co nt ro lled jumper is a bri ght co lo red squ are m ade fro m tape in th e ce nt er o f th e mat. Eac h m ember o f the class sh o uld also b e all owe d to ge t o n th e trampolin e app aratu s by him se lf, oth erw ise he will be un sure of how hi gh he is. Th e in stru ctor ca n o ff er assistance, but' th e teac her w ho lifts hi s stu dent u p is takin g away a lea rnin g ex perien ce Sin ce many leJrnin g d isab ilit y children h ave d iso rga ni ze d be hav io r du e to d isa biliti es in co nn ec tin g and se qu e n c in g eve nt s, perfo rmin g rou tin es o n th e tram po lin e ca n he lp th em in orga ni zin g behav ior. The commo n game of " Ad d- a-t r ic k " is ad va nt ageo us for the m. Th e ch il d mu st pay ca ref ul att en tio n to each prev io us tri ck, o rga ni ze th em, and th en add h is own.

Th e tram po lin e teac her sho ul d un de r stand that many lea rni ng d isa bili ty chil dren have d iff icult ies in processi ng in fo rm ati o n. So m e may have audit ory d isc ri mi natio n pro bl ems.

They may hea r th e d irec ti o n, "Do a back d ro p ," b ut b e unabl e to pu t t h e soumi s th ey h ea r into a mea nin gful sent ence . rh e res ult m ay be a fro nt drop. To h elp such a chil d, a sti ck fi gure drawin g of a back drop ca n aid the stud ent.

Ro u tin es C,1I 1 be illu strated too , and th e ch i ld wi ll lea rn to perfo rm seq u ences in th is ma nn er. a red and gree n visual cu e ca n b e adap ted to th e Red-li ght , G ree n- li ght game to mak e th e signals m o re ex pli cit fo r th ese chil d ren.

Perh aps th e m os t im po rt an t by -p rodu ct o f teac hi ng tra m po li ne act iv iti es to chi ld ren w ith th is lea fll i ng prob lem is th e soc ial and psyc h o log ical impact it ca n have. By beg innin g w ith ve ry bas ic ski l ls the chil d ren are abl e to deve lop d pos iti ve se lf-co n cep t. W hen th e ca ref ul illS tru cto r p ld ns a n exe rcise th e ch i Id ren can perform , for th e firs t t im e, they may gras p th e mea nin g of success. The em ph as is, t herefore, sho uld be on lead- u p ac ti vities , and a develop m en ta l se qu ence of exe rcises, r ath er t han the gymn dst ic sk ill. 1hi s w ill give th e clum sy boy o r girl , w hose fri end s make fun of th em, w ho is di slik ed by oth ers, and chose n last fo r ga mes, a chan ce to pla y in stead o f wa t ch. In lin e w ith thi s, th e chil d ren sho ul d be imp o rt ant i n th e sp o ttin g process. Th ey lea rn sa fet y tec hniqu es as we ll as beco min g a p art of th e group, So m ethin g we are awa re of as tramp o lin e ins tru cto rs, is th e be n efit th e tram po lin e is to ge nera l fitn ess, w hil e co n t ri b u ti ng to stre ng th , endu rance, and awa ren ess. Mos t yo un gs ters run and p lay, getti ng al l the st ren u o us exe rcise t hey n eed , b u t a lea rnin g d isab i lity ch il d w ho lacks the co nf ide nce in hi s body 's abilit y to perfo rm , ce rt ainl y ca n be nefit fro m thi s t ramp o lin e exper ience.

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to learn at every opportunity. Therefore, an apprentice judgin g arr ange m ent was established.

First the prospective jud ge had to pass a written exam of questions in vo lving dedu ct ion s and technique - similar to a written DGWS-USGF exa m. All the judges had to wa lk WHY ARE THERE SO MANY NATIONAL AND through the compulsory exercises and REGIONAL RATED JUDGES FROM NEW understand the written test. The practical exam was ba sed on four or fi ve routines w ith a panel YORK? of Na tional judges to compare sco res to. Once

by Linda Chencinski the prospective judge had passed both parts I have often been asked this question as there she underwent a judging apprenticeship. Thi s are 13 National rated judges and at least 21 consisted of judging three to four AAU meets Regional rated judges from New York. There is consisting of co mpul so ries and optionals with a a very simple answer and this is POPULATION ; rated experienced judge who could guide her most of the judges are from the_metropolitan and help explain problems. After this New York area and ALL the National rated apprenticeship which usuall y la st ed one yea r, judges are from Long Island. Howeve r, if you she was certified as a local judge. look a little closer you will find there has been a Marilyn became chairman for MET AAU and great deal of effort expended in the I took over as T.e. and began giving AAU development of gymnastics on Long Island. A judging courses in Nassau and Queens. Most of more complete answer to the question lies in the development of Suffolk County was under the history and development of gymnastics on the direction of Marilyn Cross w ho had also Long Island. , received her Nat ional rating through Don 's People first became interested in gymnastics training. From one perso n's efforts th ere were on Long Island around 1959-60 due almost now three Nationally rated, active judges solely to the efforts of one man - DON training clinician s. .

WILDEROTER. Don instructed at clinics set up Until about two years ago the only va lid at various high schools on Long Island to rating for Long Island was MET AAU as these generate a growing interest. At that time there were the most experienced people. Then were very few coaches or high school teachers DGWS- USGF became very popular and all of who knew what a set of uneve ns looked like the DGWS Boards required a judge to ha ve a no less what to do with them. However, the DGWS-USGF rating in order to judge high teachers were dedicated to the students and school meets. At this point ther e we re spent hour on hour trying to learn how to help approximately 20 rated AAU judges w ith fo ur the aspiring gymnasts. (Mind yo u - all this was National ratings. being done without financial reimbursement).

In the past two yea rs, the MET AAU rating ha s The clinics were usually for teachers who could given way to the DGWS-USGF system because bring several students to work with. Don would USGF is now the governing body for explain the technique and principles involved gymnastics. With this sys tem and the already in the skill, how to spot it, what errors occurred established National judges many people have and why, and how to combine the skill with been able to pass the rating exam. other mo ves.

It is interesting to note ju st ho w muc h Gymnastics began to develop and a need for enthusiasm and interes t one person ca n judges was apparent. At this time the AAU was generate; and ho w thi s enthusiasm and love for the governing body for gymnastics and Don the sport can be multiplied. was the Women 's Chairman. An established method for training judges and certifying them had not yet been created. The coaches and interested parents began learning how to judge Dear Mrs. Hend ershott , as Don presented the beginning judging We r ead with interest your artic les in courses. Long Island was becoming a center for " Gymnast"" magazine. Our g irl s both participate in gymnastics with the Lexington Gym Club and gymnastics, with national meets and on their school teams. Our oldest girl is a junior in exhibitions being held at the Merchant Marine high school so we are beginning to think about Academy yearly. From the first group of judges where s he wi ll attend college. She is a nxious to came three National rated officials - Joan Smith , continue her gy mn astics with coll ege competition Becky King and Lee Warbel. and we a r e at a loss as to where to find inform ation on co ll eges with girls gymnastics team s . Cou ld A s gymnastics continued to grow, more and you he lp us with so m e kind of a li st of such school s more people became in vo lved and helped with or is there some oth er pl ace w ith thi s clinics and courses. Being organizationally inform ation? minded, Don established the MET AAU We are interested in the South or East sections Women 's GymnasticCommittee. The chairman a nd a school that is n't too big. Yo ur article on Georgia Coll ege in the January issue of of the committee was responsible for running "' Gy mnast" was ve ry interesting and e ncouraged AAU meets and the Technical Chairman was us to write to you for thi s information. Some of th e responsible for judging matters. colleges we have wo ndered abo ut a r e Buller in Until approximately 1965 Don had Indi ana poli s , Ind., Ste ph e ns in Co lumbi a , Mo. , conducted most of the clinics and all of the TCU in Fort Worth , Tex .. Newcomb in New Orleans , La. , Mary Washington in judging courses almost entirely single-handed.

Fredericksburg, Va. , a nd SM U in Dallas, Tex. Enter Marilyn Schnaars, Pennsylvania Thank you for cons id e ring our request a nd an y gymnast! Marilyn was fresh out of West Chester help will be appreciated.

College, had competed for West Chester and Sincerel y had an enthusiastic love for gymnastics. Don Ma rjori e Polites Lex ington , Ky. asked Marilyn to be T.e. and with hi s help O.K. College coaches, people arc asking about Marilyn became a ve ry active National AAU yo u. Let's hear from you. Look in January issue judge bringing back experiences and for a guide as to what gymnasts and parents want information to Long Island. to know. Send your writings to: Renee P. All AAU work was volunteer including th e Hendershott, 17605 Fries Ave., Lakewood, Ohio 44107. judging. Thi s b eing th e case, these judges were sincerely interested in gymnastics and wanted patiently and methodically working along.

Lea rn from yo ur mi stakes. Watch yo ur weight.

Work on becom ing th e best gymnast that YOU can be, and do it all because YOU lo ve it. .. NOT because someone is behind yo u PUSHING!

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o ~ Mrs. Renee P. Hendershott 17605 Fries Avenue Lakewood, Ohio 44107

news 'n notes SOME INTERESTING DATA ON OUR TOP TWENTY WOMEN Renee P. Hendershott When a large national meet is held , every gymnast is asked to fill out a form which asks her quite a number of questions about herself.

From these data sheets the public relations staff at the meet site can compose material to be used for loca l publicity of the meet. We have this data from the Second Qualifying Trial for the 1974 Elites held in Delaware in March.

Fourteen of th e top twenty (ranked as the y went into the 1974 Elites) were at thi s C:ompetition. From this data we have gleaned some interesting generalizations.

Only three out of the 14 women started gymnastics under the age of 10. One started as early as six and another as late as 16! They are both top contenders for the World Games team and are both married.

It took most of them five to six yea rs to get where they are at this point. The extremes were as little as three years and as man y as 13 yea rs.

(This one was on our last olympic team .)

Almost all of them feel that beam is the most difficult event, because of the difficulty in "staying on the darn thing ," as one so humorousl y put it , and the " fear factor" .

Four stated that they practice three to five hours per da y plus extra impromptu sessions.

The rest work fi ve to seven hours per day.

Their hobbies range from " nothing but gymnastics" to football! Most of them enjoy dance, swimming, diving, bike riding,' and other active hobbies. It is suprising that some of them termed dance as a hobby since it is an important integral and inseparable part of gymnastics.

The reasons given for being in gymnastics were unanimous: They like it! They like to travel and meet new people, find it a challenging and exciting sport, and feel that it has forced them to learn to lead an organized and disciplined life.

What do they want to do with their live s in the future? Most of them seem to be so busy that they have not thought thi s out. A few want to coach, and a few want to be happ y homemakers. One ha s her eyes on an acting caree r, and another is thinking about becoming a nurse.

Their advice to young gymnasts? WORK HARD! Don 't get angry at yourself. Keep 38

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ShORT~AND FOR UNEVEN BARS Hock swing position

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Renee P. Hendershott

Drop

Hock circle

Rea r lying hand

f1B in

Low Bar faci ng in "T

Rear support

4

Seat circle position

LB facing out

,

Back uprise

Front seat circle

Front support

u

HB out

Front hip circle

Free Iront support

Underswi ng

Front straddle sole ci rcle

Front flip

Stoop thru Straddle

A Straddle sole support

Q

Squat thru

k

Kip

Leg Circle

to feet on bar

....

Back hip circle

Long hang on HB

Back seat circle

,

U.

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Eagle catch

r

Fake eagle catch

5Y

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Back straddle sole circle

Squat thru to rear support Handstand

Thigh roll from rear support to Iront support

Astraddle

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Straddle cut catch Straddle cut Straddle over to rear lying hang

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Back flip

Over

Rear kip

Glide

A

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Stoop sole support

~squat

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Push away (as for pushaway from front support to glide)

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tnterruption in rhythm with .1 or .2 deduction

X• .1.

Other type of extra preparatory move getting .1, .2, or .3 deduction

Vault type mount

Bar Drill:

In long form : LB fa c in g o ut ; g lid e, double leg shoot to rea r support , kip to HB cas t to w rap (rota te) LB , pu sha way. Re pea t entire sequenc3 fi ve tim es .

Notated:

Catch

Circle forward

Coacli's notation On gymnast's routine: She va ults over LB facing in to catc h HB , kips to ha ndsta nd o n HB, do es ha lf turn , wraps LB to eag le ca tch, drop glid e kip to front flip between bars to catch HB fa cin g in . Sh e does not extend he r glid es, has sli g htl y low amp litud e o n eag le, and a sli g ht leg bend o n flip.

Circle backward

0

360 turn

Both gymnast and coach ha ve simpl e, short reco rd of the content s of her routin e a nd the gymnast ha s so mething positive to do to improve her performance. Th e d ed ucti o ns ca n be ma rk ed out as the gymnast corrects each area.

Judges: You can make fl ash ca rd s with eac h move in th e code notat ed on a ca rd . Yo u ca n stud y you r d ifficu lti es thi s way. If yo u ca n write fast e no ugh yo u ca n eve n jud ge this wa y and ha ve a good record at th e en d.

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Main GYM AT .Denv e r School of Gymnastics home of the Hills Angels.

Hills Angels Team, coached by Rod Hill

Hill's Angels Th e D en ve r Schoo l o f Gymn as ti c for Girl s was fo und ed in D enve r in th e Augu st o f 1968.

Th e prese nt facilit y is located in Wheatridge, Co lorado. Th e int end ed purpose of th e sc h oo l is to give girls a chance at an athl eti c endeave r.

Th e pr ese nt building is th e lar ges t girls trainin g ce nt er in th e wo rld. Coach es from Czech os lovak ia, Ro m ani a, Japan , Austral ia etc. , have visited th e buildin g and all stat e th ey ha ve see n nothing like it. Th e bui ldin g is 20,000 square feet. It has th e main gym , a parents路 room , a secretarial o ffi ce for Coa ch Hill , a large darkroo m, girl s' ro o m wi th a steam bath , sa una , sunk en tub with wh irl pool ; a men 's roo m, and a kit ch en. In clud ed o n th e seco nd fl oo r are li ving quarters fo r Rod and D ebb ie, a team room, and two d o rmit ory room s in w hi ch gymna sts li ve, if th ey so choose, as th ey train at th e sc hool.

Th e gym is b ea utifull y eq uipped w ith it s two A meri ca n ca rp eted fr ee exerc ise p ads and one At las Pad alo ng w ith their thirt ee n se ts of un eve n !;lars, m os tl y GymMas ter and Am eri ca n, 22 ba lance b ea ms o f eve ry make, four va ulting hor ses, 16 ru eth er board s, 1 trampolin e, 10 landin g mat s, 1 cras h pad and

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sea t i ng for over 1,000. Futu re plan s within th e year includ e th e in sta ll ation of a swimm ing pool for th e girl s' use.

Si nce 1968, th e club has won 6 stra ight Co lorado Stat e Gymnastic Ti tles. Th ey ha ve won thr ee Reg iona ls and Two Nationa l Champ io nship s. In 1973 the tea m was th e j un ior Nationa l Champ io ns of th e Un ited States. In 1972 th ey we re seco nd as th ey wer e in 1974. In 1974, th e team becam e t he se n io r Na ti ona l Champ io ns. Th e team has won eve ry Phi li ps 66 Champio nsh ips th ey have ent ered; th ey are th e 1973 Winston ett e Champion s i n Toronto, Canada. Th ey are th e pre se nt Pan Am eri can jun ior Champions. There are m an y many more tea m tit les, as attested by th e 80 or so tro phi es d isp layed in thei r gym.

Th e tea m kee ps up a ve ry hard co mp etiti ve sc hedu le. In six yea rs, th e tea m ha s wo n eight y du al m ee ts and lo st six. The j unior tea m ha s never known d efea t. Co u n ti ng t he ent ire program of Beg inners, Inte rm edi ates, and Eli tes (3 60 girl s), t he club part icipates in abou t sixty m ee ts a ye ar, so t hat th ere is so met hi ng fo r eve ryo ne. Las t yea r H i ll 's Ange ls co mp eted aga i nst th e Rum ani an Nationa l tea m and lost b y 3Vl point s. Thi s yea r they compet ed aga in st Czechoslovak ian Nat ional tea m and lost by 1 V, po i nts.

Each year in cl ud es a tr ip to Europe. In 1973, th e tea m tr aveled th ro u ghout t he co nt inent competing in Sweden and Eng land before a res t stop in Ha wa ii. Rod and hi s girl s have plan s for fi ve wee k tou r through Europ e in jun e.

They wi ll b eco m e t he fi rst Ameri ca n club to co mp ete in a Communi st Na ti o n as compet ition is sc hed ul ed in Ruman ia and twi ce in Czec hos lovak ia. Th e tea m w ill t hen go on to compete in England befo re a to ur th roug h every count ry in Europe except Po rtuga l.

In Sept ember the club has been invited to compete in j apan. The gi rls are due to compete in four meets during t heir stay i n j apan includ i ng the junior Wo rl d Champ ionship s.

Th e band will be gone fo r a tota l of six weeks spend i ng th e last week in Hawa ii .

At th e prese nt tim e the team ha s b een i n 43 states of th e Union and i n 23 foreign co untries.

Th e school ru ns a summer camp and a Chri st mas Cli nic eac h year . At th e Christma s Cli ni c th ere have alwa ys been presen t 3 to 5 O lympi c co ac hes or O lym p ians. It ha s always bee n stated t hat th is is t he be st Clini c i n th e nation. The reaso n fo r thi s is that t hey do not all ow more th an 100 to enro ll maintaining a rati o of about ten to o ne, and th e qualit y o f in stru ction is excel len t. Its pu rpose is to ha ve each girl go back feeling th at she ha s accomp lished a great deal.

Ro d Hi ll , th e owne r and head coach, is th e auth o r of th e first fi ctional nove l on Wom ens Gymna st ics, tit led, I Want Gold.

Rene Hac k, Denve r Scho.o. l o.f Gym nasti cs.

GYMNAST June/Jul y ' 74

8 yea r Did Debbie Parrish, as Raggedy Ann in

year's Cart er Gymnastics Extravaga nza.

M ary M alo.y, 13, perfo.rm s a dro.p glide o.n th e sho. rt side o. f th e bar.

Beth Rayno.r, 13, o.f Carter's Gymnastics Scho.o.l in a dro.p glide fr o.m eagle ca tch.

Gymnasti c Extravaganza Cart er Gymn as ti cs Sch oo l Panam a Cit y, Flo rid a b y Marialice Carter Editor's Note: Th e fo ll owin g p ar agr aph s are exce rpts fr om a lett er Mrs. Ca rt er wrote con ce rnin g her sc h ools annual gymn asti c show. We fel t it mi ght in spir e o th er clubs to present simil ar producti o ns and give th e publi c an opp o rtunity to see gymn as ti cs in a non comp etitiv e way. " Thi s show or ex h ibition has b ee n an ann ual affai r for five yea rs. Each ye ar att endan ce imp ro ves; and it beco m es mo re and mo re popu lar. We find th at ex hibiti ons, of sho rt durat ion , do wo nd ers fo r th e spo rt to ge t th e publ ic out - - but we ge t th em o ut much bell er th an we do ju st to view co mp etiti o n -- be cau se th e best of th e co mpe titi ve yea r is co nd ensed into one exfravagant 路produ cti o n.

Man y of ou r fri ends, w ho run str ictl y co mp etiti ve prog ram s, are ama ze d, pu zz led , and som etim es flabbergas ted at th ese performa nces . We have take n gymna sti cs ou t of the gym and ad apt ed it to th e stag e and th ea ter. To m y k now ledge, we are th e first and

o nl y program to give ex hib iti o ns in th is parti c u lar m ann er. W e inco rpo rat e ba ll et and gy mn as ti cs in tales such as" Pete r and th e Wolf " and th en prese nt o ur se ri o us bal let stud ents in ball et numbers. Our to p co mp etitors thrill th e audi ence wi th th eir routine s and as a resu l t we int eres t m any in th e co mpetiti ve aspec t of th e sp ort. The show is a change of pa ce and br ea k in rout in e for our co mpetitors and a n eeded outle t l or o ur ot her student s w ho do no t co mp ete.

Th e show ta kes two month s of pr eparati o n; choos in g mu sic, leJrni ng routi nes, d esignin g co stum es, and bu i ld in g scen ery. yve' re pr o ud of th e quality of th e p roduction and th e fact th at eve ryone of us mu st rea ll y pu l l toge th er to mak e th e whole a success . Th is is a so urce o f grea t sa ti sfa cti o n and pride for us all , age fi ve o n up.

The head coac h 's nam e is Ro nald Ca rt er - we ca n 't forge t him - he pl ays a grandfath e r, a cow bo y, and d clo w n thi s yea r. Scho lars hip w inn ers are se nt to Ca mp Ol ymp ia, M cCa l l Cr ee k, Mi ss . <I lld H all o f Fam e, St. Leo , Flo rid a -w inn ers are <I nn o un ce d as a su rp ri se th e last ni ght of th e perfo rmdn ce ."

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branch, sticking with their house mother while she tries to get her work done, diving under the raft, squeezing furry animals necks, running away from camp, moping around from homesickness, and on especially hot days hanging on the neck of their favorite instructor or counselor .

Campers are an endless source of information. They know way ahead of everyone else in camp the names of the older. girls boy friends, what each counselor does in her free time, and what counseling technique the house mother will tryon them next.

A camper is innocence with mud on her face , a ball of enthusiams rolled up in a camp T-shirt and blue jeans, bermuda shorts with a bashful

by Patricia A. Gause smile, a sun-tanned personality with problems.

Just so you can remember her every minute of the day, she sings in a high-pitched voice, makes noises like the mating of a bull moose, flaps her wings like a hawk, throws a temper tantrum occasionally, playfully pushes her best buddy over a tree stump, gets herself stung by an angry bee, cuts her finger, blisters her feet, or becomes an entanglement of mixed emotions which finds release in a good oldfashioned fist fight or crying jag.

A camper is a composite of many things - the The question that keeps coming up this time curiosity and p layfullness of a young puppy, the of year is camp. Camps for gymnastics have suspicion of an alley-cat and the imagination of become more numerous in recent years which a Greenwich Village art student. is an advantage to the girls wishing to attend.

She likes animals of any size, shape or The type of camp and its location that your description, to chew three pieces of bubble daughter selects is the important thing and gum at a time, to be captain of the team (any depends upon her and your pocketbook . team), to get dressed up at any hour ol.the day Some camps run the whole summer and have or night like an Indian or a Pirate, and to listen a wide variety of activities for the camper aside for her name at mail call. from gymnastics. A gymnast can take longer Nobody can spend as much time eating, stay at a camp of this nature and is just right for exploring the edge of the lake, fighting at the some girls. table, getting her camp duties done, or just There are also " burn out" camps available doing nothing. She dislikes rest hour, carrying where the days are spent in really going at her luggage, keeping clean, changing her gymnastics and the night - time activities are clothes , going to bed and getting up in the fun activities and relaxing. These " burn out " morning. Nobody can laugh so hard or cry so camps are short duration and a girl should not easily as a camper. go for more then one session. The name is just .

A camper is a magical creature, possessing what it implies. One thing the camper will do at two arms, two legs, a head and torso, all this type of camp is come home with new skills bursting with the breath of life. All anxious to and a lot of sore muscles, but ready to go and explore the camp, house mothers and use her skills. instructors, most of which is attempted the first One of the important things for a parent to hour in camp. An when the last note of taps look for in a camp is the type of staffing and sounds and she is lying in her sleeping bag equipment the camp provides. Many times the looking up at you there is nothing in the world staff are w ell known gymnasts themselves or like thilt feeling of knowing that this camper is a are people that work with or have clubs of their real friend who wants your guidance and who own that ha ve a good reputation. Luxury has spent a truly wonderful day with you. accommodations are not necessaril y the sign of Tom is right. That is what camp is all about! a good camp or a good camping experience.

Ask around , take a look at the material different camps provid e, talk with the people that are running the camp , sign your daughter up and relax. Kids alwa ys seem to have a good time at camp if they go for the right reasons.

One Camp Director-Coach , Tom Proulx of the Owego Scamps, said it best in his article, " A Camper. " " Immediatel y following that period known as school an incredible creature known as a camper appears on the sc ene . Campers come in various si zes - small, medium, and " egad , how did that happen! " A camper is a rare combination of natural freshness, alarming frankness, unpredictable thoughts and actions, tangled hair, boisterous bell y laughs, and unbelievable sincerity and enthusiams.

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The " hands tand fu ll p irouette " do n e on t he Hi g h Bar m ay be a c hall enge for some one to perfect and use in th eir uneven bar routine.

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of th e ank les. Th e ankl e lift , as oppos ed to a hip li ft , w ill all ow th e gy mn as t to so mersa ult above th e rings. The so m ersa u It can bes t be acco m p li shed by fo lding the c hes t into the risi ng legs (Fig. 7). Th e p iked pos iti on is maintain ed on ly until th e n ecessary rotat ion ha s tak en pl ace (i. e. visua l con tact of the junction of the wa ll and ce ilin g). O nce the jun cti on o f wa ll and ce ilin g is seen, th e hip s w ill have dro pp ed suffi cientl y to all ow preparat ion for th e landing.

The land in g shou ld be accompl ished b y ex tension of onl y the legs for th e mat (Fi g. 9) .

Thi s wi ll in sure slowin g of the rota ti on of the so m ersau lt and all ow for ve rt ica l land in g.

Fai lure to p reven t th e chest from cross in g th e perpendi cu lar w ill r es ult in an overt urn ed d ismou nt and su bsequent l os s of points.

Openin g of both ch est and legs w ill reduce th e rotat ion to such a degree t hat th e gymnast ma y sta ll comp lete ly an d land on hi s back.

Th e beginn er can m aster thi s sk il l b y performing the so mi e in a (u cked po siti o n o n th e low rin gs w ith adeq uate spott ing and suffi cient mat tin g. As sk ill d evelops th e beginn in g gymnast ca n th en perform t he som ie in a pik ed position. For addi ti ona l va riation, the advanced gy mn as t co uld use a "wh ippet " to ach ieve th e support and fo ll ow i( w ith a twis tin g o r multipl e fro nt so mi e.

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Th e front so m ie from above th e r ings req ui res the ma stery of two fundamenta l techniques: 1) kipp ing action; and 2) so m ersa ultin g. Th e kip must be execu ted to a stra ight arm suppo rt an d b e fr ee enough to all ow a smoo th sw in g to th e ho rizo ntal pos ition above the rings. If th e shou lders are broug ht too far forward (i.e. m o re th an 45 掳), the gymnast w ill be unab le to p ush correct ly and a ro ll wi ll take pl ace. Proper ankle li fting durin g th e swin g and maintainin g good shou lder positi o nin g w ill all ow the gy mn ast sufficient momentum ( 0 execut e th e somersa ult phase of th e sk ill.

To execute p roperly the arm s mu st be p ushed sli ghtl y forward during th e support pha se (Fig. 5) to in sure a risi ng som ie act ion and not ju st a ro ll from th e top of th e rings. The key to th e some rsau lt p hase is th e co ntinu ed liftin g

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TWISTING MKHANICS II by H.J. Biesterieldt, Jr. As with Part I, we acknowledge th e contributions of th e Russians" Some of th e diagrams of Part II are reproduction s of theirs" IS THE "MODERN" TECHNIQUE OF PRACTICAL VALUE? I ca n best ilnswer thi s qu es tion by anal ys is of se ve ral twisting moves, so m e don e by one, some by the other techniqu e" PIKE-OPEN FULL from horizontal bar.

Figure 11 .1 is a photo seq uence of this move .

The first thing to no ti ce is that in fram es 32, 34, 36 there is no sign of tw ist. Th e tw ist is obviously initiated in th e air. In fact , th ere is a ve ry slight drift toward the twi st in frame s 40, 41. The tw ist is competed in frames 41 ,.. ... ., 52, or 11 fr ames.

The performer was in th e air from frames 31 through frame 58, a tot al of 27 fra mes. Hence, using the same qualit y of tw isting mechanics, but eliminating the pik e open , we would have time for 2Y2 tw ists. On the reasonable assumption that starting th e tw ist is hard , and continuing it less hard , we believe that there is really time for 3 twist s, using esse ntiall y the body action shown. Moreover, it is quite cle ar that the vigor of the ex tension from pik e has led to excess ive arch in 45, and over much pike in 47. In addition, arm position is decidedl y inefficient most of th e time.

The counterrotation is done with arms too wide.

The twist could well have been decisi ve ly executed from frame 40, or at leas t from th at position. The excellent bod y stability in frames 54, .... , 59 are typical of the " modern " twist. My comments on what could be don e merel y indicate how we could get quicker twist - not that they are thing s that mu st b e done.

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Again, the twist is done esse ntiall y free of the bar. Frame 30 is off the bar. Fram e 32 is a slight hollow chest position , th e tw ist being obtained by counterrotation of hips, feet , should ers , frames 33-38, and ther e is no tw ist af ter frame 39. Once the counterrotation is ended so is th e twis"t. The remainder is an entirely co n ve ntional dOl,lble.

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Figures Il.3f and Il.3s are front and side views taken concurrentl y. Figure 11.4 is th e sequence of side views, adjusted so that th e bod y ax is remain s ve rti ca l on th e pa ge, to mak e comparison w ith th e w ork of Part I easier.

Examine 11.4 first. Th e counterrotation of h ea d is quite visible in 34-40 and 43.50. But th e arm po sition is a rea l hind eran ce in frames 36-42.

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In observa tion of figure Il.3f, at first glance the bod y axis appears to precess, but we feel that th is is not quite right. Rather, examine frames 24 and 43, se parated by half a saito. As nearl y as can be told th e body axis is the same in these two pictur es. Thi s is not th e case if there is lots of twisting momentum. So we co nclude that the twi"stin g momentum was quite small much of the tw ist mu st be due to the counterrotation already di sc ussed.

From th e point of view of efficient tw ist, thi s twist was not any where near optimal. In fact , 27 frames are r equired for two tw ists, w hil e in the pike-open full , the twist would be done twice in 22 frames (or less with one continuous twist).

No small part of the inefficiency is due to the arm action, a ca rryove r perhaps from th e performers ea rl y learning of the " classical " twist.

TWISTING HKHTS ON UNEVEN BARS. Both techniqu es are frequently see n on th e full twi st in g hecht. We shall not illu st rate with photo graph s. It is wo rth m entio nin g th at the cl ass ica l twist frequently is accompani ed by a visibl e sa ito in non-vertical pl ane, and b y ugly

and insecure landings. What I find most satisfying is that so far as I know, tho se w ho ha ve use d a double tw isting hecht from low bar have done so w ith the modern twi st. In fa ct, when Terry Spencer formerly of Southern Illinoi s University was tau ght th e clas sica l initiation, she lo st the double tw istin g hecht altogether, and thereafter had only a so m ewhat less than perf ect full tw isting h echt.

TWISTING HANDSPRINGS IN VAULTING. Again we rel y upon your memory. The " Heal y" type tw ist was once co mmon. Some performers learned to do it entirely free of th e horse. Thi s is a co ns equence of counterrotation , but it is diffi cult to avoid a problem with one arm.

Thi s approach can be done with arm s together, as in th e sequ ence from Tw istin g Mechanics I, Figure 5. Ho wever, in doing so, th e hand s remain fairl y close to the horse.

Here, the twi st initi at ion is from the arch position, and the vault look s low eve n w h en th e rebound from th e ho rse is quite strong.

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SUMMARY So far as we ca n see, th e modern twi st can effective ly b e used at alm ost al l times, and is almost always advantageous fo r takeoff, twi st, and landing. It is not unatt rac ti ve, and all ows a co mpl ete stop of twist before land in g, as FIG officia ls have indicated th ey want to see.

We beli eve that it shou ld b e co n si d ered as a bas ic sk ill , p erhaps eve n being taught as the basic twist.

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by A. B. Frederick SYNOPSIS: Having established some ground rules for swing in Part I including an understanding of the qualitative nature of gymnastics, the writer explores further into concepts promoted by the FIG exposing some new relationships.

By spon so rin g a compu lsory program, th e FIG promotes th e id ea of a firm foundation of fund am ental gym nas ti c skills which have b ee n, in some cases, further developed by nation al federa tion s to tou ch th e li ves of gymnasts of all ages. W e, in th e Un ited States, ha ve not ye t recog ni zed th e va lu e of such comp ulso ry progra ms in th e edu ca tion of children and it has ce rtainly b ee n a weak area in the co mp etitive domain. The optional progr am is d esigned to promote the best d eve lopment of th e indi vidu al performer at all leve ls of skill.

Thi s ph ase of th e program seems to tell th e gymnast , " Look at yo urse lf. Understand what yo u are. Obse rve yo ur st rength s and weaknesses. Th en , being we ll-grounded in key gymnastic fund amental s, develop yo ur exe rcise to best ex pr ess yo ur weaknesses ."

Such is th e program in sw ing.

A look at th e eve nts th at are currently spo nso red b y th e FIG helps us to und ers tand th e goa l of pre-se rv in g swin g in spo rt. W e note th at floor exe rcise and va ultin g are in cluded in both th e m en's and wo men 's program s. Th ese two event s repr ese nt the base of in stru cti on throughout th e wo rld. Th ey represe nt uni ve r sa ls; act i v iti es w hi c h pr o mot e d ev elopment for eve nt s that eve ntu all y co mpl ete th e all ar o under's pro gram . Su ch a training base ma y actua ll y beg in w ith so m ething kn own toda y as " move men t edu ca ti o n."

With a firm fo undation in the fundamentals of m oveme nt , floor exe rcise (including tumbling , ba lanc in g and other agilit y maneuve rs) and va ulting, both bo ys and girlsat th e novice level are introd uce d to th e medium of pure swing by lea rning elements o n eith er th e hor izo ntal bar or uneven bars. The un eve n bars are probabl y to b e preferred for both sexes si nce th ey offer a w ide range of creative ac ti vit y for th e gymnast ic novice . There is ev id ence that boys and men were u sin g the un even bars in Germa ny prior to the turn of th e prese nt ce ntury. On b o th the un even bars and th e hori zo ntal bar, co ntinuou s motion is stressed and supports, when necessa ry, in vo lve po si tions partiall y bra ce d up by parts of th e bod y in addition to th e arms. the un even ba rs repr ese nt th e introduction to th e ~pitom e of swing in th e program for girls and wom en, but th e boys are progress ive ly in volv ed in suppo rt appara tu s w hi ch in a gradu al manner pl aces more and more emphasis on upper arm and shou ld er gird le stre ngth. Thi s path tak es th em from th e hori zo ntal bar w here support is parti all y tak en up by the thigh s, trunk and kn ees at novice leve ls to the rings where supports of all kinds dem and strength developm ent th at co mes with maturity. Th e parall el bar s fit so m ewher e in between sin ce free swingin g b etw ee n the rail s takes away depend en cy of th e thigh s but unlike the rings til e support is perform ed on a relativel y rigid apparatus. Th e rin gs are unique in the FIG program sin ce th ey are th e only apparat us

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wh ich moves. W e also not e that in so me aga in st a display of " naked force" on the beam co untries, swingin g rin g work is encouraged regard less of th e ex tent to which such but it is a design that eliminates support sk ill s move ments ma y be attributed to flexibility . and emphasizes hanging and swinging Gymn as tiqu e Modern is the latest category movements. Both boys and girls are invol ved in of competition to be sponsored by the FIG . This such swinging ring work. new group of eve nt s supports the view that The prese nt empha sis on sw ing in the girl 's more opportunities must be given to girls to and women's program is noted in the style of express th emsel ves in a sport medium without move ments perform ed and prescribed for the th e need for many arm-supported movements. un eve n parallel bars. Static positions ha ve In one respect, the add ition of thi s program di sappeared ; the goa l is co ntinu ous movement and the use of hand apparatus has parti ally from the beginning to the end of a routine in replaced th e indian c lub swinging event of both compulsory and o ption al work. Gone too , years pas!, an eve nt trul y worthy of inclusion in are sw in ging move m ents in support between gymnastics. th e bars. As viewe d to d ay there is a greate r W e note that events with a "circus " similarit y to hori zo ntal bar wo r k where orient ation such as the indian clubs and forme rl y move men ts on th e un eve ns were " flying " rings have suffered declines. There are man y others. No one has reall y commented on more analogous to a combination of ' even parallel bar and b ea m m ovem ent s. Movements th e " wh y" of such eliminations but it may be empha sizing " naked fo rce" are therefore that any " acrobati c" o r " circus " image once di sco uraged wh il e swi n g elem ents co ntinue to attribut ed to gymnast ics by the layman is simp ly be d eve loped yea r aft er yea r. Support, where not comp letely compat ible with concepts like' required , is more properl y suited to the unique " swing " and "a mplitude." There are, of cou'rse, structure of women in thi s modern ve rsio n of ac rob atic fede rations in certain co untries uneve n bar work. whe re ac ti vities like straight tumbling and A simil ar evo lution towa rd s sw ing is also trampolin e are emphasized. Within th e la st two noted in the program for m en. Tw ice Olympic yea rs we ha ve also seen the ri se of Am e rican champion , A lbert Aza ri an o f th e USSR, might int eres t in a separate organizat io n for so me of have so me diffi cult y today repea ting as the ring th e disca rd ed eve nt s that are none-the-Iess champion if he were to use hi s fonner optional loved by a great many people. Spec ialists in routine . A significant port ion of hi s routine on trampolin e, p yramid ladders, hand balancing the ring s emphasized raw power to th e point and rope climbing all of which ha ve at on e time that it wa s force -ori ent ed. Wh o w ill not fo rget o r anoth er been ass ociated with the circus ma y, hi s smiles as h e lowered effortl ess ly to the i n tim e, b e full y revived in the United States. " Crucifix " and ju st as ea sil y made his exit.

The modern program still ha s not had enough Tod ay, an exerci se w ith a strength emphasis will influence to change the hyperex tend ed back. not lik ely produ ce a wo rl d champion. The of the littl e figurines that grace many of o ur swinger is expected to p r ed o minate even on gymnastic trophies. the rings.

One final note on the rope climb. Its Finall y, the balan ce element is emphasized in elimination from gymnastics was probably due the FIG ' s program for men and women . Girls more to it s quantitive aspec t than to any circ us and women encount er th e b ea m wh il e boys ori entation. Those of us who rem ember this and men are introdu ced to th e pommel horse; event ca n think of no other where audience parti cipa tion in sport is or has the poiential for Jahn 's " Schwingel. " Th e latter probablY represents some ultimate co mbination of being qu ite th e same. To become one with the swing and balan ce in th e wo rld of sport. At the climber is a thrill long remembered as those ve ry least, the pomm el ho rse mu st be judged as . w ho were pr ese nt at the 2.8 seco nd climb of Don Perry at UCLA in 1954 will rem ember in a one of the most demanding of all sporting special way . Perhaps the world of gymnastics events. It is argumentat ive whether or not the beam rep resents some ultimate in difficulty in has beco me somew hat snobbish and esoteric the world of individual sports for wo men. but I prefer to think that in developing its swing But according to on e point of view, a dance philosophy and the co ncept of th e all-around upon the beam w ith the interm ittant program much more has been gained than has interj ection of ag iliti es, hold s, and frequent been lost. Thes e ch erished events were not cas t turning of the bod y does repr esent some out with malace; they si mpl y didn ' t fit. This ultimate form of grace and beauty in balance wou ld account for th e untimely fate of the w hich is probablY bes t d isplayed by the trampoline in gym nast ics which is. today feminin e body. Very recentl y, a noted French holding its own or at least making a comeback gymnastic journalist sa id that he much due to th e effo rt s o f those who simpl y believe pref erred the grace and ex tension of a Joan that ther e' s planty of room for many more Rice to the acrobatics of an Olg a Korbut. We kinds of activity than the FIG is wi lling or ab le to also note that the USSR ha s e leva ted Ludmilla sponsor.

Tourishcheva to " Sport swoman of the Year" in preference to littl e Olga th e acrobat who Note: In th e nex t art icle, dnother quick glance swing s with less fluidit y and feminity th an her at histor y with a rather in sightful predi ction by teammate. One m ay also find argu ments G. Stanley Hall in 1907.

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BACK UPRISE HANDSTAND Th e impo rt ant t hin g t he gym n as t sho ul d str ive by for is hip eleva ti o n and ex ten sio n away fro m William Roetzheim t he rin gs w hil e th e legs rem ai n pa rall el to th e . ri ng ca bl e.

I guess th e pl ace to beg in a back u p ri se Yo u can now beg in d ri vin g t he heels hand stand is w ith th e cas t. Most peop le beli eve downwa rd and the n backward. Thi s acti on th is is th e mos t im por tant sing le fac tor in rese mbl es th e ea rl y stages of a Japa nese pe rfor min g thi s m ove. W ith o u t ad eq uate swin g i n loca te. Now fo r th e m os t im po rt an t po rti o n th e stunt beco mes a press rath er t han an u p ri se of thi s sk ill . You must allow the heels to lead thi s hand stand . Th e secret is o bt ainin g max imum trick. The legs must rise above the back lever po we r thro ugh m ove m ent is ge ttin g th e body position before you begin the uprise up and away fro m th e rings. If yo u ju st d ro p movement with your upper body. Th e arm yo ur legs fr o m a ki p p osi ti o n, littl e sw in g w ill be movemen t in thi s st unt is late, b ut w hen it once created . Dr o p p in g th e hips too qui ckl y also beg in s yo u mu st qui ckl y ro tate t he r in gs limits th e to tal vo lum e of sw in g yo u ca n ano th er '14 turn and p ress dow n vio lentl y. Fr o m produ ce. Rath er th an ju st leg ex tens io n as th e t hi s p o int i t is ju st a m att er of co ntinuin g th e mea n s o f impetu s t ry and use th e arm s and pr ess acti o n until yo u reach a hand stand upper bo d y w ith th e hi ps and legs held hi gh. po sition.

W h en I am teachin g thi s stun t I u suall y stand Th e cast is diffi cu It t o d escribe o n pap er. It is a o n th e side of th e rin gs as I h ave illu str ated in co o rdin ated effort o f t he entire body w hi ch begin s by d ri vin g th e hips u pward w hil e fl exi ng th e pi ctur e. W hen t he gym nas t beg in s hi s and th en ex tend in g th e arm s. As I att em p ted to up wa rd movement , I p lace ill Y hands o n hi s perf o rm and analyze thi s sk ill it was app are nt hips and thi ghs and d ri ve hi m u pward to th at th e arm f lex i o n .and bod y ex tension we re increase hi s force towa rd s th e han ds tand all on e simul ta il eo us .mot io n. As yo u m ove pos iti o n.

Spottin g techniqu e for back upri se h andstand.

Drive legs upwa rd to hand stand position.

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Do you remember such names as Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia, Zinaida Voroina and larissa latynia both of the Soviet Union and Yuri Titov and Boris Shaklin also of the Soviet Union or Takashi Ono of Japan. Watch for our column and relive their triumphs and downfalls, their victories and even their defeats.

Their joys.

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By Tom Wakeling'

A ft er rev iewin g th e r ecord of thi s pas t deca d e, we mu st co n ced e th at the fin es t m ale gy mn asti cs tea m in th e wo rld represent s j ap an.

No o n e has pe rh ap s d o ne so mu ch to improve th e standard s o f mens' gymna sti cs th an th e Jap anese . Th at reputi o n is con sistantl y ju sti fied by th e fact th at th eir nati o n al team s fini sh ea ch int ern ati o nal m ee t th ey enter literall y draped w ith gold . Th ere are reaso n s for their continu al su ccess. Di sc iplin ed w ork o ut sch edul es pl aya signi fica nt rol e in th e d eve lo pm ent o f th e talent th at goes into th eir ever y perfo rm an ce.

Th er e mu st b e so m e va lu e to th eir sys tem ati c appr oach, f o r th e junior hi gh sc h oo l tea m s loo k lik e veterans, th e hi gh sc ho ol ers look lik e co ll eg ians, and th e coll egians lo ok lik e Ol ympi ans. In fdCt" mu ch o t th e j ap anese O lympi c Tea m was mad e up o f co ll eg ians.

W hat mak es th e j ap an ese national tea m s am o ng th e mos t hi ghl y rega rded and ho no red in gy mn as ti cs tod ay? Th e mo ld th at form s any gy mn as t is th e wo rk-o ut. Th e Ja pan ese are winn ers, and th eir wo rk- o ut wo uld p rove o f so m e int er es t to th e se ri o us gy mn ast and coac h. W e maintain 'se ri o us gy mn as t and coac h ' fo r go o d reaso n. Th eir wo rk- o ut and th eir phil oso ph y behind th e wo rk- o ut requires di scipline, dedi ca ti o n and a str o ng emph as is o n st yle and form . " Do you wa rm-up b efor e wo rkin g out ? H ow lo ng ? Fi ftee n minutes? Thirty minut es? Do yo u have a sched ul e se t up fo r th e wee k o r mo nth ?

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perfo rm ance? D o you wo rk out as a tea m ? Uo yo u add co nditi o nin g exe rci ses at th e end of yo ur wo rk o ut ? Do yo u wa it fo r th e coa ch to tell yo u w hat yo u are d o in g w ro n g? Alth o ugh an swe rs to th e p recedin g qu es ti o ns m ay va ry so mew hat, t here is a good d ea l of co n sistency in th e j apanese sys tem. " In th e Febru ary 1969 editi o n of The Modern Gymnast, th ere app ea red th e arti cle " The j ap anese Gymn as ti cs Wor k- o ut" in w hi ch is d escrib ed a typi cal w ork o ut sess ion as o utlin ed by th e po li cies o f th e j ap anese gy mna sti cs tra inin g sys tem. Th e sys tem ' s emph as is o n th e wa rm - up, trainin g techniqu es and th e actu al cO lltributi o n f rom th e coac h to th e wo rk -out , is n ea tl y illu strat ed by Roy Davis, th e autho r.

Thi s and similar articl es in each and eve ry past iss ue makes The Modern Gymnast th e numb e r o n e d e p o n e t o f gy mn as ti c memo rbili a. Co ll ecto rs everyw here are con stantl y di scove rin g w hat a va lu abl e referen ce source The Modern Gymnast is.

Fo r th e first tim e in yea rs we are offe rin g to th e public an asso rtm ent o f back iss ues w hi ch includ es o ur first d ated iss ue publi sh ed in 1957.

Thi s is th e fir st tim e th at we rea ll y have had th e staff to und ertake a ta sk such as thi s. W e p ossess so m e iss u es th at are ove rabund ant in number and th en aga in som e th at are con sidered ex tr em ely rare : a situ ati o n res ultin g f rom th e publi sher' s ove r optimi sm durin g o ur ea rl y yea rs, clini c sa les, and publi shing prom o tion al materi al for suc h event s as th e j apan ese and Chin ese tour s as we ll as Expo 7 4. (Pro grams for th e to ur s and Expo are o bt ain abl e thro ugh Gymnast magazine.) We are now rel easin g our limit ed number o f Mademoiselle

Gymnast as w ell. Go in g thro ugh o ur in ve nt o ry we fo und a coll ection o f exce ll ent and releva nt teac hin g m ateri al such as Gl en Sundb y's ve ry own " Ph o to Bal ancin g Co urse " w hi ch illu strates th e simpli st trainin g me thod s for mastering such va riou s skill s as pirou ett es, pr ess -ups (th e Frog, H o llo w -B ack, Tu ck, etc.), o ne-arm stand s, leve rs and th e Pl an che. A lso ava il abl e w ill be Dr. Willi am J. Vin ce nt 's " Le ts Teac h Routin es " w hi ch was d es igned to enco urage tea cher s in th e seco nd ary sc hoo ls to rea rrange th eir gy mn as ti cs pr og ram s, from a patt ern o f teachin g unrelated skill s to teachin g skill s w hi c h are sp ecifi ca ll y intended to fit into a simpl e ro utin e. Th at arti cle too, sh o uld pro ve beneficial to any yo un g man w ho mi ght w ish to put toge th er a fin e beg innin g ro utin e.

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DEFENSE MKHANISMS AND GYMNASTICS Defense M ech ani sm is a co nce pt famili ar to mo st everyo n e. Sometimes th e term is used loo se ly and lit erally- i. e. - a m ethod for de fending onese lf. Th e origin of th e notion res ts in th e area of clini ca l psych o logy.

Th eore ti ca ll y a de fense mechani sm is a psychic cons tru ct prese nted in ve rbal o r non- verba l behavio r w hi ch is ada pted by a human b eing as a m eans of prot ec ting th e indi vidu al fro m acute anxie ty. The so urce of th e anxiety ca n b e internal (co m in g from o ur impul ses) o r th e result o f ex ternal p ress (relatio nship s wit h others). Th e m aj or ob j ec ti ve of t he d efense is to avo id psychologica l pain. Th e ego, it s fru stration and vunerabilit y is in volv ed in thi s co n ce pt.

It may be cl ea rer throu gh exa mpl e. Wh en w e ar e very mu ch hurt by so mething someo ne h as sa id w e m ight respond w ith " Let 's ju st say it d idn 't happen". Th is represent s a " d eni al " of th e im pac t of w hat was sa id , a rath er primiti ve defense mechani sm . In add ition w e mi ght add , ' 'I'm better off w itho ut th eir suppo rt an yway " wh ich is a fo rm of w hat is r eferred to as th e defense mec hani sm of " rati o ndli za tion " (so u r grap e sy ndrome) - a most co mm o n u efensive manuve ur. Hoth d eni al and rationaliL ati o n are two de fense m echanis ms o ut of man y th at we deve lop and use over th e yedrS in o ur int e rp e r sona l r el at i o n ship s anu li f e ex p eri ences.

Som e d e fense m echani sms die sim p le such as " avoidan ce" (leav in g th e sce n e) w hi le o th ers are more com ple x suc h as " id entifi ca ti on with th e aggressor". (Yo u 'v e all seen thi s in ac ti o n at the fight s!) Oth ers are ex trem ely co mpli cat ed su ch as " reaction forma ti o n " w h er e o n e sees excess ive trend s in o n e direc tion- -" virtu e to a fau lt " - - wh ich is the buttress in g o f th e repress ion of una cce ptdble impul ses of a co ntrary nature. In o th er woru s, all overl y ni ce guy may rea ll y b e an S.O.H.! So unu famili ar ?

Th ere are two defen ses w hic h M e o ft en d o n fu sed - - proj ection dnu rdti ona li za tion .

Proj ec ti on is referred to dS a " primiti ve", low leve l d e fense. It in vo lves th e ba sic perso nal qu es tion- - wi ll I keep or thr ow o ut ? Wh en th e ego w ill no t to lerat e a blow to se lf-es teem th e source o f th e irrit ati o n is re ferreu to "ego ali en " . " I am sad , the refor e th e tr ees M e sa d. " Th e qua liti es of on eself spill o ve r to o th er things. In p roj ec tion th e ali en co ncept is repressed and th en projected o n another. I hi s defense is no t th e sa m e dS rationdli za ti o n refe rred to earli er. Obviou sly, th ere is a relation ship betw een th e two co ncept s b ut stri ctl y speak in g th ey are ui ffere nt u efe nsive stan ces .

A t on e tum e d efense m echani sms we re th o ught o f as totall y bad and p syc hopathi c. W e no w know t hat th ey ar e relati ve ly no rm al psycho logica l co mtructs w hi ch ca n h elp us cope with da il y life anu remdin pr ouucti ve.

Most so ca ll ed " health y" inui viuu als have a w id e va ri ety of defen ses that are brough t into pl ay in psychologica l emergenc ies whi le o th ers have a limit ed repert o ir e and usudll y related adj ustm ent prob lems.

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coac hes! The gy m is a rich labora tory fo-r obse rvi ng our se lves und er stress (in an xiet y states of vari ou s u egrees) dnu therefo re pro vides a stage wh ere multipl e u efe nse postures strut forth - - so m etim es rath er b latantl y. ~ or thi s paper we w ill bri e fl y loo k at a kind of beha vio r w hi ch perhap s is b es t u escr ibed as a rati ona li za tion co mbin eu w ith a kinu of wa tered-d own, non-class ical proj ec tion. How often have yo u heard coac h es dnu or gym nas ts say th e fo ll owin g: " Th e gym was too co lu" " I didn 't get e no ugh Wdrm up time" " Th e judges we re unfdir " " She rea ll y got c h ea teu " ' 'I'm no t use to th o se lou sy bars" " I had a poor spot in th e lin eup " " Th at coach is d b uu d y of hers" etc. etc. e tc. e tc.

Thi s b eha vio r, unfortunate ly, is so co mmon in the gym 50 as to be near luu icrou s. What is happening here is th e sea rch fo r a sca pegoat-so m ething or someone to identify as th e cause of o ur p ersona l suf fer in g anu fru stration. As in so many cases w her e thi s k inu of p arano id, qua si-pro jec ti on is il lVo lveu th ere ma y be a fragement of truth in vo lved in th e accusations.

(We all kno w th at at tim es J sco re may be off.)

Thi s is w hy th e techn iqu e is p erp etu ateu and uti li zed de fen sive ly so of ten. It ca n b e most d iff icu lt to d eal w ith excep t w h en it reaches th e absurd. (e.g.- -a girl fall s off th e bea m thr ee tim es, all ot her co mpetit o rs stay on but the coach cla im s th e beam was "slippery" .)

Anyone w ho has eve r co ach eu has at o ne tim e or th e o th er had suc h fee lin gs dnu in most cases have expressed th em - -som etim es in a not too subtl e fa shion. A n occdssion al su ch lapse into in fa ntili sm is excusab le anu quite natural. Th e probl em is th at su ch beh avio r ca n eas il y d eve lop into a patt ern or style anu in many such ca ses ca n b ecom e a modu s

opera nd i! When this occu rs we are add ressin g so m ethin g th at is ve ry destructive.

W e all k now o f coa c hes w ho have assumed thi s posture in thi s ex treme. Thro ugh the pro cess of identi ficat io n th e you ng sters res pond to co mpe titi ve setbacks w it h th e same m echan ism. The e ntire g ro up in ac ti o n ca n b eco me path eti c and it is almost emba rrassing. to be associat ed eve n by physi ca l prox imit y w ith such degrad in g behavio r. Needl ess to say th ese coac hes and eve ntuall y gy mn asts, who have b eco me en grain ed w ith thi s approach, are di sli ked and u sua ll y d isresp ecteu .

At another level th e e nergy ex panded in this kind of negati ve beh avio r is no longer ava il abl e to b e used w here it is reall y call ed for- i. e.- th e moti va tion for a goo d , hard look at impro p er coac hin g and poor trdin ing w hi ch results in constan tl y in ept performances. H ere in li es the rea l crime in surh coach and gym ndst behavior.

Th e yo ungsters w ho ha ve pi c ked up thi s " tech niq u e" ar e being d epri ve u of an opportunit y to grow as indi vidu als, lea rnin g how to cop e w ith ju stifi ed fai lu re, as well as no t rece iving th e killd of rational input u es igne d to improve th eir effo rt s from a techni ca l poin t of view.

Coaches shou ld be acutely aware of thi , prob lem an d th eir in flu ence o n th e you ngste rs th ey are tra inin g. Th ey should mak e a co nsc io us e ffort to avoi d slipp in g int o th is easy trap. Na turall y o n e shou lu prot es t wher e th ere is leg it imate ca use for t hat is part of th e sport but a coac h mu st ca ref ull y m o nitor su ch ac ti o n lest it b eco m e habitual anu d blind ki nd of perso nal defens e.

In pas t ye ars I have st ud ied wo rld- class gymn as ts and coac hes as a pa rt of my psycho log ical research in th e sport. In an art icle appearin g in Ihi s ma gaLill e some tim e ago I report ed o n th e p ersolla li ty charac teri stri cs o f intern ati ona l ca li ber gymna sts I hau stuui ed.

On e of th e three majo r fa cto rs prese nt in all profi les o f t hese at hl etes was referred to in th e arti cle as "a ba se m ent " . Thi s concept is de fi ned (Edwa rd 's Per so n al Pref erence In ve nt ory) as th e tendency to accept perso nal responsi bility ,for o utco me, not to blame o th ers for in adeq uate performance and then feel gui lty and humbl e w hen m e t with defeat. Sin ce thi s is a charact eri sti c of top gymna sts perh aps th e co rall ary b ehav ior, that is, to proj ec t blam e, to look to ex tern al cO llditi o ll s Jild illdi vi dual s as th e ca use of frust rat ion , is characterist'ic of ge nerall y poor p erform ers. These illui viuuals sp end an in o rdin ate amount of tim e looking w ithout for excuses rat her thell more pain ful but p ro du cti ve tim e rev iewill g th eir own sho rt com ings.

U nfort un ately, t hi s beha vior seen in in dividua l gyms GI n also b e fo ulld as part of our nationa l b e h av ior in int e rn ation al tourn am ent s. Th e re is littl e doubt th at difficulti es we w ill surel y inco unter at the World Gam es nex t O ctob er will be attribut ed to " bi ased European jud ging ", " poor training faciliti es " , etc.

In m y next art icle I wo ul d li ke to exa min e our nati o nal psych o log y in thi s r egJrd an d its im pli ca tion s in terms of th e p o liti cs, adm ini stration, alld CO lluuct o f th e sport in our culture. I ha ve p lace d emph as is here b ecause perh aps w e sho uld cOlltemp late th e notion th at w e wi ll neve r be d lOp pow er in gy mndsti cs, no t for th e reaso ll Susuall y give ll but, ill fac t, for intrinsic limitatio ns which are more culturally de termined Ihen we ca re to recoglli Le. Such all ex p lo rati o n as I su ggest m ay pro ve prou uc ti ve; it surely w ill prove paillful.

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Towa rd th e end o f M ay, 1974 th e ad mini str a ti o n o f th e U ni ve r sit y o f Massac hu se tt s d ecid ed th at it wo uld no t renew th e co ntrac t o f coac h Tom Dunn , and wo uld beg in to res tri ct th e Massachu se tt s tea m (men ) to a New En gland Reg ion al co mp etiti o n p rog ram , th e first of many redu cti o ns in minor spo rt s pr og ram s. Th e m ove is base d o n lo ng ran ge fin ancial di ffi culti es .

Ei ght year s ago <I S visiting Pro fesso r o f M ath e m a ti cs at th e U ni ve r sit y of Massachu se tt s, I fir st too k tim e to help o ut w ith the U Mass gymna sti cs program. Coach ' Kj eld se n proved an en e rgetic and capable man , and hi s program clearl y had a future.

Tod ay I wo uleJ Illu ch lik e to help th e p rog r am return to its proper track. It seems clear to me th at th ere is room for a seco nd out standin g pr ogram in New England . I so m ehow d o no t be li eve th at Conn ec ti cut is th e onl y state in New En gland that can afford a Uni ve rsity gymnastics team.

It is tru e th at w ith out all ava il abl e state fund ed p os ition- fo r th e coac h th ere mu st be so me adju stm ent mad e in th e pr og ram. O f co urse o ne o f th e p oss ibiliti es is to crea te such a pos iti o n. A noth er is to find a coac h w ho teac hes in so m e o th er eJ ep artm ent and is of nati o nal rep ut e. A nd ce rt ainl y thi s ma gaZ in e ' w ill h elp to find such a man , if th at lo ok s lik e th e ri ght cho ice .

But eve n so, effort s to res tri ct comp etiti o n to New En gland IllU St result in a seve rely d eg rad ed prog ram. M assac hu se tt s has o ne of th e bes t team s in th e co untr y, (to p 10?) and sho ul d ce rtainl y continu e to trave l thro ugh th e East at leas t as fa r as Penn sy lva ni a. A nd w ith tea m size o f rou ghl y 12 11l en, trave l nee d no t be a lar ge it em. Th e Massachu se tt s sc ho larship pro gram cos ts abo ut $5 ,300 per yea r, w hi ch is no t o ut of lin e at all. Co mp arabl e fi gures elsew here run up to $25,000 a yea r.

I f ind it quit e remdrk abl e th at w ith co ach To m Dunn ea rnin g und er $10,000 and ab o ut o n e- fifth th e aid g i ve n e l sew h e re Massachu sett s still fields quite outstandin g tea ms, and indi vidual s like Gene Whelan.

IF I CANNOT HELP REVIVE THE PROGRAM I WOULD LIKE TO HELP TO BURY IT. If th e pr og ram is p hased d own, but no t ph ase d o ut , th en an y current tea m memb ers w ill ha ve to '

cont end w ith the tran sfer wa iting p eriod if the y leave . A nd clearly if th e progr am is ph ased do w n, th en th ey mu st leave. So it is cl e ar that th e o nl y fair acti o n for th e Uni ver sit y of M assac hu se tt s to mak e is to A BOLISH THE PROGR AM to allo w m en to tran sfer without p enalt y. Whi ch eve r is d o ne, it should b e done pr o mptl y. Perh ap s lett ers to appropriate p eo pl e m ay help: Gove rn o r' Francis W. Sargent State Hou se Bos to n, MA 02133 Dea n David C. Bi schoff Boyd en Buildin g U ni ve rsit y of Massac hu se tts A mh erst, M A 01002 I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THROUGH THE COMBINED ACTION OF OUR READERS AND THE APPROPRIATE STATE OFFICIALS, SOME MEANS WILL BE FOUND TO KEEP THE SPORT OF GYMNASTICS AT MASSACHUSETTS AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. Th e r ea ders hould not think th at Massac hu se tt s is alon e w ith th e probl em of eve n minim al fin ancin g of minor sport s program s.

New Federal reg ul atory measures (Title I X) may we ll for ce eve ry major uni ve rsit y to a similar d ec ision. Th e rul es, if un change d, w ill require equalit y of funding fo r men and w om en sport s. But. w h ere w ill th e additional fund s com e from ? I f by a miracle th e additional fund s b eco me ava il abl e, I stand for equal fundin g. Th e m o re so in gy mn as tics, w he re both in qualit y and numbers, women come near to d o min atin g th e A meri can Gymn as ti cs Sce ne. But even h ere, so m e e ffort mu st b e mad e to ensure th at we d o n o t rob our currentl y success ful pro grams in ord er to in stea d suppo rt two m edio cr e pro gram s.

It is m y opinion th at w ithout ch an ge of the Titl e IX guid elines it w ill be imposs ibl e for mo st uni vers iti es to continu e to field tea ms in an y minor sp o rt s. Onl y se lf-supporting sport s w il~ surv ive as tea ms. Th e r es t h ave a ve ry rea l chance o f reve rtin g to club s, and un av oid abl y th en, clubs for those rich enough to pay the fare.

Perh aps, w hil e yo u are w ritin g to h elp th e M assac hu se tt s tea m , you mi ght su ggest to yo u r cong ress man th at a ph ase -in of th e equalit y rul es should be written into the laws. Some sy stem for keeping programs stable at present le vel s w hile gi ving all increased funding to the currentl y underfunded women ' s program is needed. But let us not destroy what has been built over the years to start again from scratch w ith both programs.

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The fourth .I 1l1lUJI ldke Erie In tercollegiate G Yn1 n.l sl ic Ledgue Chdmpiollship was hela at Celltf.!1 Michig.1Il Uni ve rsit y. Mt. Pleasant, Michig.1I1. Th e two Ja y meet showed a much closer race ,Hllong th e top six teams th an in the past three ye ,lrs of th e leag ue. The meet was a lso highlight ed by two n ew record s sel by two freshmen. MJrk O'Mdt le}' of We stern M ich igan sco red 49.35 to reset the All- Arou nd record and Je ff Rupp 01 Slipp e ry Rock Co ll ege totaled 17.8S in Va ultin g to oreak th e 17.57 record.

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Ea stern Mich igtlll 136.95; Uni v. Cin ci nn ati 135.65.

All Around: MJr k O'Malley WMU 49.35; John Li ve lsbe rger KSU 48.15; Ra nu y M ill s EMU 47.75.

Floor Exercise: Ri ck Res taino EMU 17.65; Mark O'Malley WMU 17.55; Hunt sin ger EMU 17. 10.

Pommel Horse: Dan Carlse n WMU 15.75; Ja nk o ws ki NMU 15.55; Maso n KSU 15.20. Slill Rings: Hal Keste r SRSC 17.85; li ve lsbe r,ger KSU 17.20; Bob Gibbon s KSU 17. 10. Vaulting : Jell Rupp SRSC 17.85; Rick Re stai no EMU 17.75; li ve lsberger KS U 17.65. Parallel Bars : Rand y Mi ll s EMU 17.60; Mark O 'Ma ll e y WMU 17.25; Tom Thornton WMU 16.85. Horizontal Bar : Kevin Wilkerson SRSC 17.80; Art M at z SRSC 16.90: Mike Kellinger WMU 16.90.

Winning Routines : FX Rickl!estaino: Ro, If, do ubl e full , drop to Jap. split , planche pr ess to handstand, Ha nd sprin g, fron t so mi . hea d spr in g, turn , back walko ve r, Sp ill, fo rwa rd roll to stald e r pr ess, for\>vard wa lk o ve r, turn , RO, II , lu ll.

SR Hal Kester: Di sloca te , shoo t ha nd , back g ian I, lo we r to ba ck ro ll to frollli e ver, kip l , ho ll mvback press, lo we r to doub le dislocate. full.

LHV leU RUI?.p : Far End Yamashi ta, Ha nd sp rin g.

PB Randy Mlns: Cas t support , cut l , hollowbac k press, stutz ha nd , drop peac h to front upri se , sw ing reve rse pirouette, st ut z la)'a\·v ay front upri se front off wi th half tw ist.

HB Kevin Wilkerson: Mixed grip hi g h sta rt , vault , back ~ip . germa n , stoop oul half turn , straight arm kip fronts, pirou ette, gian t, step on step off giani, double.

WOMEN 'S lsI ANNUAL NEW YORK STATE INTERSECTIONALS A very enthusiastic group of gymn asts at te nd ed th e 1s t An nu a l Wome n 's G ymnastic Int e rsect io nal s for th e State of New Yor k March 23, 1974 before 1300 sp eqa to rs. Hosting th e 1st Annual Int e rsec tional s wa s U nion-Endicott Hi gh School of Endicott , New Yor k und e r th e direc ti on of Jo Michae l as Cha ir ma n . Th e State Gymnast ic Chairman wa s ably RUES~rfsan McG ra na gha n .

Team Scores: Sect ion 5 (Rocheste r a rea ) 150.40; Section 1 (Westc h es te r Co unt y area ) 143.28;

fS~~it~~rn8 Ti~Lr) I~~6.~sJ~IS~cti~~10·17ke71~~~\0~e\~ YC;>rk) 124.33.

Hild ebrand t SWT. Un eve n bars : Bonds A&M ; Garr ison SWT; Ad am s UT. Floor Ex: Mille r SWT; Faggard SWT; Adams UT~ Vaulling: Ad a ms UT; Fa ggard SWT; Ko ll y UT. CJass II Tea m : Unive rsit y of Texas, A ustin , So uth west Texas Sta le Uni v., Texas Wes te rn U ni ve rSit y.

Beam: l ee Ann Lobdi ll 8.70 j Dagmar Hintn J us 8.45; Mary Pola k 8.15. Uneven Bars : l e e Ann Lobd ill 8.70 j Dagmar Hintn <lu s 8.45; Mary Po lak 8.15. Un even Ba rs: Mary Poldk 8.80; Beth Huftle, Nev. 8.50; Ca ro lyn Rybeck , S.D. and Barbara Clark , N ev ~ 8.30. Vaulting: Mar y Po lak 9.00; Da g mar Hintnau s 8.75; Lauri e Merlo , Northdg. and Barbara Cla rk, Nev. 8.70.

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Int. Jr .: Julic Skubic SI. Luui s GC 34.65; Honni e Honi f,lCe SCY 30.70; l ori 'W e ile r SCY 29.90; De bi Je rni gan KeG I 29.90.

Kansas Resu lt s Adv . Sr.: ' Jill Colrler VVGC 67.20; ' U<lin e Hodges WGC 66.55; '(;,,,ce Kruger WGC 60.70.

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fl l~i~~I .t~~t~u~~~/~:a~~:~6:~:~~~iPb~I:h~a~~~~~ Th e top gymnasts e ligibl e to co mp e te had to have a 26. 00 average in both compu lso ry and optio na l routines.

Susa n Graff of the Wood la nd Hill s team pull ed top honors in h e r age gro up. She ha s la ke n three fir st all-around titles at rece nt leag u e m eets and is now the 1974 los Ange les Count y Class II AIIArou nd C hamp io n. She also captu re d th e 15 and over un e ve n bars title. She sco red a grand tota l o f 65.60 for e ig ht rou tin es.

• Karen Fra nk of Mid-Va ll e y Y.M.CA. in Va n Nu ys took the seco nd place p OSit ion in th is age di Vision. Karen Sch ub er of the sa me team pl ace d third .

Li sa Rix o f Wood la nd Hill s cap tured th e tit le (or the second co n secut ive yea r as C lass II c ha mpi o n in free exercise. She to taled a 17.80 for co mpul sory a nd optional eve nt s. Th is wa s th e h ighest tota l score for a nyo n e eve nt for th e da y...

Sh e was fourth in a ll -around.

Th e 12-14 division wa s taken in a cl ea n sweep

Jerse y YMCA Mens Gymn as tics Championships M ay 19, 1974 Tumbling: Ma rk Johnson (Jersey City YMCA) 8.70; Rand y Pe nd e rgas t (Ridg ewood YMCA) 7.93; Ca rm en DeV it o (Je rse y C ity YMCA) 5.66. Wi nnin g Routine - 1st Run: Fr o nt sa it o stepout, roundoff flipflop back double tw ist. 2nd Run : Front-front saito, roll fr o nt sa it o , roll front sa ito. 3rd Run : Front sa ito stepo ut , rou nd off flipflop back 1 Yl twist stepo ut , round off flipflop ba ck fu ll tw ist.

Pommel Horse: 10 hn Guar in i (J e rsey Ci ty YMCA) 7.56; Ma rk Johnso n (Jersey Cit y YMCAJ 6.36; John Cerf (Ridgewood YMCA) 4.50. Wi nning Routin eCircle front in, double m oore, d ow nhill tra ve l fron t in , scissors, travel down loop w ith Vl turn dismoun t.

Ho rizont a l Bar: Ma rk Jo hn so n (jerse y Dit y YMCA ) 6.53; Lou Gu a rini (Jersey Ci t y YMCA) 6.03; Don Baue r (Ridgewood YMCA) 5.67. Wi nnin g Routin e - Hi gh sta rt , forward gia nt swi ng, stall vault ca tc h, hop kip imme diate pir o u ette, reve rse gi ant fu ll c han ge, giant blind change, reve rse gi ant hec ht di smo unt.

Para lleJ Bars: John Thornton (Ridg ewoo d YMCA) 6.70; Don Bauer (Ridg ewood YMCA ) 6.20; Mark Joh nso n (Jersey Cit y YMCA) 5.60, W in ning Routine - Jump to fr ee support sca le o n o ne rail, press to ha nd sta nd pi vot ba c kward s, stut zke hre , cast c ui ca tc h, la yba c k, reverse cast, swing pir o u ette, cast c ut c at c h " l" , stra ig ht ar m st rai g ht body pr ess to ha nd sta nd , layback fr o n t upri se holl a nu e r 011.

Vaulting: Mar k Jo hnso n (J ersey Cit y YMCA) 9.07; Rand y Pendergas t (Ridg ewood YMCA) 8.63; Ca rm e n DeV it o (Jersey Ci ty YMCA) 8.40. Winni ng Vau lt - Yamash it a.

Rings: John Thornton (Rid gewood YMCA) 8.20; Carme n DeVito (J ersey C it y YMCA) 7.43; Ma rk Johnson (Jersey City YMCA) 6.37. Winni n g Ro uti ne - Kip to free support sca le , doubl e dis locate shoot to handstand , giant sw in g ba ckwa rd , po we r d ow n to c ross, kip to " L", ho ll owback, g iant doubl e sa it o dismou nt.

All Around: Mark Johnson (Jersey C it y YMCA) 42.63; john Thornton (Ridgewood YMCA) 33.71; Lou Guarini (J ersey City YMCA ) 32.43.

1974 New Jersey Tea m C hamp io n - Jersey Cit y YMCA 111.18.

1974 AAU JUNIOR NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Larry A. Moyer, Meet Direc tor All Around Results ~uhllllan in a second place by .05 . Miss ll ebe lt ·s strength wa s in un e ve n s. Lo ri Franklin of M id - Womens Results : Kolee n Casey (51. Pa ul , M inn .)

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70.43; Ba rba ra Cantwell (Ma nn e tl es, Pe nn .) 69.60; G ymnasts co mp e tin g in the 11 a nd ~nd er age Tamm y Custodi (Pi o neer gy m Club , Niaga ra Fa ll s, g roup ar e el igibl e in co mpul so ry routmes o nl y.

M ic h e ll e Ross of the Va ll ey College Flippett es NY) 68.90; Lisa Neutze (Ma nn e lt es, Pe nn. ) 68.15; pl aced first all-around in Ihl s age di vis ion . She li sa In gebest ren (Piore tt e s, NY) 67.80; De ni se Rlaced firsl in fre e -exerci se a nd b ala nce beam. Rivet (SI. Pau l, Minn.) 67.50. Mens Res ults: Tig e r Sh e 'tola led a 31.20 fo r the four eve nts. In seco nd Taylor (Va lpariso , Fl.) 101.65; G len Barle tt a (New H a ven , Conn.)

97.6 5 ; Br ian Dawson pla ce positi on wa s taken b y th e Woo dl a nd Hill s (Gym na slrum , Penn. ) 92.85; josep h Sta ll one (G yrnn astrum , Pe nn. ) 89.75; Perr y Genovese team 's smallest me mber Kare n Bac hman.

The girl s we re presen ted w ith tro phe ys, (Ce ntury, Pomo na , NY ) 87.50; Stan le y G ladstone (Wilmington, De l. J 86.90. me d als, ribbo ns and flo wers.

AIAW Western Region a l Team Results: Md nll e tt es, ~ 208.25 ; St. Pau l Sa n Diego March 16, 1974 Turn e rs, 203.30 j Pirou e tt e s, 202. 15, Kat y G le aso n , Tea m : Ca l SI. Long Beach 100.55; U. Nevada 99.05; 201.250; Ol ympi ad Gym , 200.75 ; Ma rvatee n s, 199.65. Additional placing learns : Lo ui sv il le Gym; Sacramento State 96.75.

Faw ll e ll es; Bloomfield Across; All Around: Mary Po lak , )ac 34.75; Dagmar Lankettes; Corrigans Sc hoo l; Gymna strulll ; Ta urian s; Hintnau s, LB 34.30; Lee A nn l obd ill , lH 34.00.

Floor Ex : Dagmar Hintn au s, lB 8.85; Lee Ann Mo ntclai r " y " ; U.S. ACJd e m y; Birming ham"Y" ; Lobuli l. LB 8.80; Mary Polak. Sac. 8.80. Ba lance Ann Arbo r " Y"' ; Go ldettes.

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U~j~~~~i~~es~f i~~~~ a tSt~~stil~ n~~;JSi~marl :l~ College took lOp team honors in the three class d ivisions a l th e TCl AW (Texas Commission o n Intercoll eg ia te Athleti cs for Wome n ) State G ymna stiCS Championships. The two-da y me~t was hosted by Southwest Texas Sta te Uni versit y In San Ma rcos o n March 8-9, 1974, w ith ninet y- nm e gymnasts fr om thirt ee n co ll eges and uni ve rsit ies c ontesting for honors.

RESULTS Class III Team : Sout h w~s t Texas Sta te Uni v.; Uni versit y of Te xas, Aus tin ; Lamar Unive rSit y.

All Around : Hagga rd SWT; Ada m s UT; Hildebrandt SWT; Conway l U; Bauer UT. BaJance ~Beam : Faggard SWT; Salbab LU;

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rep resenting al l PM! !) of t he United StJ\(~s . en te red the 1974 AAU Age·C roup Nationals for Irdl1lpolinc . tumbling .•lIlO mini - tr •.uHp h e ld April 19- 20Ih.1I 'orlh High ) chool in Easll,lkc. Ohio.

I weill )' l e,lIn !) ,IIlU n umerou s ull a llach e u ind ividuals mollie up t he g roup s of 1 0~ trampolini sts. 126 lurnbl ers .lIla 70 mini -tra mp e ntran ts in the m eet w hi ch 1.lSlcu six hours h iday anti 15 ho urs )JIU ru,r y .

Yo unge's Club of M emphi s, Tellil. pr<1Clically owned the trampoline eve rHS <I ~ the y wo n fo ur gold a nd SIX sil ver mcual s ill .1 successful campaig n l or bOl h the m en '!:. .lllti wome n "s team tro phi es. Allhough th ey e nt er ed no tumblers in th e (o mpelitioll th ey were.l d o se seco nd for the overJl1 team troph)' w hi ch WdS .lwMded 111 co n siueration o f JII eve nts. \'Vilh 126.b th e Yonguc jumpers cdged ~t. Lou is' Caro ndalet YMCA girl 's team w hose eHorts gained 122.2.

Runn er·u p in the men 's event wa s the Co pp A cadem )' w it h 11 9.4 to Yo n gue's winning 123.7 .

I he tu m bling events w ith lilli e exception b elongeu to OhiO team s. Neil God be )" s Gymworltl bo )'s team Wil S all easy wi nner w ith 91.7 1 poin ts. Run ner up was the Oh io Geneva Vikings wi th S2.BS. 10 our knowledge,G ym worid \vas the lirst American team to field three tumblers bet wee n 14 anu 17 yeMs o ld doing

double back,. 1 he Copp Academl' CA TTS of Wi lluughb y, Ohiu drnasseu 76.7 poin ts to take th e girl 's tumbling troph )' o ve r th e Viking 's 73.0.

I he ove rall trop hy was awarded to th e team pla cing high es t In all event s of trampoline and tumbling . 1he \-vinner; th eCo pp A ca d em y CATT S of W illoughb y, Ohio which had nine teen ath letes in the linals and was the o nl )' team to have winners in both trampoline, tumbling and synchro trampoline events. They also had wi nner s in the mini·tramp even t bu t since this is the first year i o r mini · tramp it wasn't figured in 'he overall ' e am lO,al. The CAnS bar e ly edged out the Yongue Club fo r th e honor by a score of 84 to 79 based upon the place of each team 's fi nalis ts; 8 p ts. for first, 7 pt s. for second, 6 p ts for third , etc.

Se ve ra l out stanuing p erfo rman ces are note worth y here ..

I en·year·old Kenn y Ko v.lc h o f th e CAT TS open ed up hi s routin e with a III in In ou t and followed it with o ther hi~h level sk ill s to w in his a~e di vision wllh an amazi ng 64. 1. Ju st as impressive were th e ro utines of Dian e Gold swo rt h)' and Marion Thompso n whose 6b, 0 and 64.1 Icd thc girls of that age. Di ane opened with d tlilli s. 1raC)' Long of Hamilton , Ohio wo n the tumbling for this divisi on and included a beautiful dou b le tuiliwist in her routine. f he 11·1 2 di vision included a fantastic competition be tween Cali fo rnid 's Dou g Dawkin s and th eCA 1 I S' Jon1 orre for the trampoline title.

Both boys, Ju st 11 , incl ud ed pi ke fliff es and tu ck tlifles in their ro utines, l orre fin ished w ith a 2 ~J twi sting lront but was edged by Dawkin s to make th eir s tallu ing~ 1·1 in t he two ag e- group meets th ey 've had so fa r this )'car. The girls were led b y Memphis' Alicia Ashcraft of th e seco nd Pre sbyterian Church team w ith an exceptional 65, 1. l op tumbl ers here were CATT~' Lo r i Liegle r and \l ick)' Podojil w ho. WO Ii fo r th e girls w hile l oletlo 's M Jrk Gilliam took the boy's title o ver Geneva \liking Jess H opkins.

Boy's compet ition in 13·14 included the usuall y super pcrlormJnces of Ro n Merrioll 011 tramp with <111 equally super 70.7 score. Two bo ys in tumbllllg lor th iS age-group did double-back so mersa ult s; I:d Goodman dnd Kevin McKee, both 0 1 th e G)' mworld tC<lfn of Tol etlo. They took 1·2 respecti ve l),. Girl's tr<lInp ill this division had some real stars also .15 DiJ Il I isse n won w ith 66.7 o ver Ann I hompsu n 's 65.5 blrlier , on e f.)Vorite, Shelly Grdnt, ove r:: . hot .. ~ il1lple m ove ill the compul so r)' <llld WdS elimin<ucd from th e final s.

Sh e then did an H.b I1se t, 25.5 sco re bu t it '.vas too late by then. I he 1S· 1B t!1\,ision fe.l1u red the Y. 7 set 01 Memphi S' ~tua n Ran so m w hose 72.7 sco re was high tor th e meet. 1 he girls in thi s even t were led by GUlIl )' Green anu Pri scillJ L<lfkin w ith 6b.B & 65,2 re:::.peul vc ly.

I he tumbllll g cvcnt s wc nt to the ultra-clean p e rlurm.lIlt e~ ul (hic.lgo ·s Curt A ustin Jnd Kalh ), Se ve rellte Irom 1--I.ll11illOl1 , O h io. Curt 's ro u tin e fealured a pund, front .UHJ WdS enough to out · flip l im ja c kso n 's double back for th e title. Th e 19·over men 's diVision W.IS WOIl b y IIHJi,an a's jim Price in bo th tr.lInpolinc & tumbling. Jim declined from th c th ree .lIld Ihree·quarters front opcning he used .1 few YCM S ago but pu t in an Jd equate perlormJllce to w ill JllyW.I)'.

Milli· ) rdmp wa!l the special eve nt of th e co mpe titi on with m<lIl y trampolini sts and tumbl ers Irylll g II tor th e first time bcc.lU se of it 's relatio nsh ips belvvcen th e o ther two event s.

Exccptiondl perlorll1dnce!l vve re put in by Doug DJ w klll s. PJul W.ll kISS, Di.1I1 N isse n , Janice Car y, Dian e Gold~worth)' . hJ Goouman , Ron Merriott an d Mithiko D.lwkin s fo r the younger Ag e Groups. Mike Wh itc and Curt A u stin were top perlorm ers among the o lder bo ys.

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Team Ke y: A - Ait Gym nastics·Colt· s Neck , NJ . ·30.9; ~ mitl' / Ku v.K h , C 24.9. ~O y's Tumbl : Curt Ooug AI" Coac h ; C - Copp Academ y CAllS, Au~ t ln. 34.8 1; IlIl l l.u k'lOIl.l/vV 19.52;JUll lh ·r!/.

Wi ll oughby, 0 - Bill Copp, Coa c h ; CY - GW 23.99; I)l'llIH : :' It'l1k ..,. ~ I 11.53, Hay's M ini Caro ndalet YMCA , SI. Lo uis, Mo .• Bob Hauharl , Tr.l mp: Mlkc WIHh ·. I I 14.9; juhn ~lUr( h v ,lIl. KC Coach; 0 - Dougla s Gym nastics, San Bru n o, Cal. · 13. 75; R.I Y Ruw e. Y 13.55; Curt j\LJ ~ I IJ1, U 11.95; Do ug Da wki ns, Coa ch; GW - Gym \tVorld , To ledo , RUIl Smith. C 11.5; KUJ1 ~lt·b('II, V 11.05.. Girl's 0- Nei l Godbey , Coach ; H - Homewood Sc hools, Tramp: GIIlIl)' lor l'Cl 1. Y 66.8; 1-'11:::'<.111.1 LMk in . Y Home wood, III . . Tom Watk iss, Coach; KC - &5.2; P,lIt y LlJ g l· ~. PH 5&.8; I.I ~"I 1J 1Ib~k y . V 39. 1.

Kan sas Cit y 1 rampolin e C lub, KJll sas City, Mo.• Girl's Synchro Tramp : 1..11 klll / Grecn, Y '18.7. Girl's Paul Swaff o rd , Coach; MD - Mar il yn Denni s Tumbling: K<lth y ~l'Ve l l'l1(e, NllJ 10.26 ; lkth School, Hamil ton , o· D enni s H argate. Coa ch; NJ lu rk.ili. C 8.7&, LI ~.1 lJub ~ky, V 7.73. Girl 's Mi ni - New Jersey Tra mp Champs, Li vi ngsto n . NJ . Tramp: LI :::'d I) ub~ky. V 10.3 5; Helll I Ull.tlI.C 9.b5; Da ve Coon s, Coach ; PH - Pete Bu sh GYlllnast ics, Cher yl Courl. C 9.b; V.lIH· S~ .1 t-,lIfthdd . l. 8. 5; Fa ir port , NY - Pete Bu sh, Coac h; PC - Pa lli Ca lve rt Lind.1 L.lJ so ll. C. 8.4 .

School , Taylorvill e, Ill. . Pa lli Ca lve rt , Coa ch; PR - 19-0ver even ts 2nd Pr esby teri an Church, Memphi s, Tn . • Bill Men's Tramp: lUll PII(t.'. ~ H n .o. Men's Ko igers, Coach: R - Roc k ford Trampo line Club, Tumbling: JII11 Pll te, ~I I 17.35 ; 1).lve "-1 .!Jet. C Ro ckfo rd III. . Bonni e Ek strom, Coach; SH - 13.45; M en 's Mi ni Tramp: 11111 Pli Le , ~ II -U . O ; U.IV(' She lbyv ill e Gym Club, Shelbyvil le. Ind. - Jim Kr.IJ ct. C 11.5.

Price, Coach; SP - Springfield G ymn as ti CS, NEW ENG LAND A.A.U . JUNIOR OL YM PI C Sp ringfield III. - Je rry Clark, Coach; SP GYMNASTICS CHAMPIO NSH IPS Springfi eld G ymn as tics, Springfield, III . . Jerr y H eld at the Prov idence Turne rs gymnastics club Clark , Coa c h; SF - Stanford Foster Eagles, Ma y H, 1974, Thr ee Proviuence Turn er boy s won Wickliffe, 0 - Bill St anfo rd, Coac h ; TT the First Place all around medals in each of th e lrampoline Town USA, Roc kfor d III. . Bob thre e age group c a t ego rie~.

Bollinger, Coach; V - Geneva Vi king s, Geneva, 0 In the 10·12 age group Paul Da Roch a won 7 • Vern D iet rich , Coa c h; WM - \t\fay ne Miller gold medal s pla ci ng first in all 6 events and also Sch ool. Cedar Rap ids, Iowa • IAl ayne Mi ller, wo n t he all arou nu.

Coac h ; Y - Yo ngue's Club, Memphis, Tenn . • Jim In the 13·14 age group Kobert Connell wo n 6 Yongu e, Coach; U - U na tt ached. gold and 1 bronle also won the all aroun d .

10-under ev ents In the 15·1B age group j ohn Kujawski won 7 BOY' s Tramp: Ken Kovach, C 64.1; Ta ylo r French, gold meda ls placing fi rst in all 6 evcnts anu Y 56.4, Mark Va len ti , C 56,0 ; Dan Mise ner, V 52.3, winn ing th e gold me dal for all around.

Mike Gilliam, G\'\f 50.8; 10m Loe. GVV 45.5. Hoy's Final Top Thr ee St andin gs for all arou nd are: Sy nch ro : Kovach / Valen,i , C 20.8. Boy's 10-12 ; Paul Da Kocha (Prov. rurn ers) 77. 15; David Tumbling: 1 0111 Lo e. G\,V 19.50, Mike Gilliam , GW Bergh eimer (Prov. Turners) 58.30; Denni s 16.05; Do n Misencr. V 13.80 ; Mike Eva ns, ~ H Derocher (prov. Turner s) 56.9 5. 13-14: Robert 12.05; Mark Va lenti , ( 10.70. Boy' s Mini Tr : Ken Con n ell (Prov. Tu rn er s) 76.25; Davi d Da Roc h a Kovac h, C 12.8; 1\J\.nk Va lent i, C 11 .8; Don (Prov.

Turners) 67. 45; Ronald Goodwin ti se ller, V 10.6. Girl s Tr amp : DiJn e Gold swo rthy (Bellingham) 56.26. 15-18: John Kujawski (Prov.

66.0; Manon Ihompso n. Y b4 ,1; Kath y Hartnett , Turners) 85.25; Charles Goodwi n (Bellingham) CY 62.9; I en Bloedel, ~ p 62.8; JoAnne Guhman , 58.35; Thoma s Ole a ry ( New Bedford) 3&.20.

CY 61.9; Cheri Mohdll, ~P 61,b; Lil N obis, TT 61.1;, 1974 NORT HE AST REG ION YMCA Girl' s Tumbling: 1 rilC)' Long, MD 27.3; Diane GIRLS GYMNASTICS CHAMP IONSH IP S Gold swo rth y, 11 26.3 ; Lori DJ vidson TT 24.05; li z Th e 2 da y NO rlheaSl Regio nal YMCA G ir ls Nehls 21.25; Jul ene Berrier, V 21 .0. Gi rl ' s Syn chro Tr a m p: Goldswonh y/D avid son TT, 33,5; Gym nastics Championships were held Ap ri l 6&7, Harmon/ Young C30,4; L arge / ~ma rje sse , 5P 30,3; 1974 a' ' h e Spr ingfield , (Mass ) YMCA. Mr. Gene DoIOl1l o n/ Bloedel, ~ P 21 ,9. Girl's M ini Tramp: Cote. Cha irman of the Regional Executive Dian e Gold swo rth y. 1-1 13.45; Li l Neh ls, 1T 12.7; Committee, was meet director and M rs. Noreen Lori Da\'I <.15o n , 11 12. 15; Debbie Ryan , H 11.25; Connell was Judge Superior. Th is 2 day m eet Intermed iate and/ or A d va nced Karen Harmon. ( 10.05; Mary J.ln e Borkows ki , C featu red Compulsorie s o n Saturda y and Opti o nal 9.3.

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11-12 Ev ents 138 girls from 17 YMCA Teams in N ew York .

Bo ys Tramp: Doug DJ wkins, D 68.8, Jon Torr e, C 66.8; PJu l Watk lss, H 65.0; Gertlru Carges, PU 60.5; Massachusetts, Connecti cut and Rh ode Island Chuck Ryall, H 5&.9; Robb y Boswell, H 55.7. Bo y's had previou sly qua li fied for Ihis cha mpion sh ip meet by obtaining q ualif ying scores in regional Synchro Tramp: l o rre/ D.l\vk ill s, U 30. 9; meets in inter mediate or adva nced level USGF W.lIk iss/ Kyan. H 20.3, H opk ins / Boswell , U 16.6.

Compul so ri es and 11 7 of th ese girls qualified all Boy' s Tumbli ng: MJrk GilliJ Ill, G\'V 23.35; Jess around. 121 girls from 16 " Y" teams actua ll y Ho pk ins . V 21.75; Pau l Wa,ki " . H 19.40; Rob Loe, reg istered and co mpe ted in the championships.

GW 19.25 ; Geoll Bl ossom , G \!\I 18.14, Jeff Morris, Under the " Rules Go ve rnin g NE Regio n YMCA M D 17.70. Boy's Mini Tramp : Dou g Da wki ns, D Girls Gymna sti cs · 1973," the competitors who 15.95; Pau l Wa,ki ss, H 14.95; Rob b y Boswell, H performed I nterm ed iat e le ve l USG F 12.80; Chu c k Ryall, H 12.30; j eff Morris, MD Com pulsori es had 1.0 per eve nt (4,0 all around ) 12.25; Ge ol! Blossom, GVV 11 ,25. Girl' s Tramp: ded uc ted fr om th eir co mpul sory scores to more Alicia Ashtralt, PR 65.1 ; Michiko Dawkin s, 0 63.9; fai rl y integrate this age group c hamp ionship Li sa Fi ster. PR 63.6; l erry lhompson, Y 63.3; competition using both intermediate leve l and Darle ne \'Vestbu rg, H 61.8; Dell.1 Sh eil. N J 59.9. the more difficult advanced level co mpulsori es.

Girl' s Syn chro Tramp: I'i ster/ Ashcraft, PK 37.2; Th e result s an d p lacing s following are the I hompson / l humpso n. Y 33.8; HartnetlG uhman, sco res w ith th ese deduc tio ns al read y applied.

CY 33.3 ; ,h ,el / ,hiel. J 32.1; I'oujul / Va le ll'i , C Tea m: Fall Rive r, Mass. 478.25; Pa w tucket , R.I. , 28.8; Simsun / Mohdll , SP 1&.0. Girl's Tumbling: 398.50; Fi tc h Leomin ste r . Mass. 367.90. AIILaru l,e~ler. C 2&.70; Vicky Pouoji l, C 23.90; Aro und (12 -under): Margie Fo ster, Glove rs I heda lutJs. V 23.65 ; N.II1 CY Dunk le, V 22.85; I ami Comb s, MD 20.80; ~hMon Rin g, G\'V 19.85. 63.90, Ju d y Co te, F. Ri ve r, 58.45; Li z Marino, Tr i Co mm.

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(13-14) : Colleen Th orndon, Plain Girl's Mini-Tramp: Michiko DJ wki ll s, D 13.7 ; Darlene West burg , H 11 .8; D ell .. ~heil. N J 11.7; 58. 60; Joan ne Egon, vVes t. 57 .05; Carol Seeley, 54.25.

(15 and over ): Rosa nne Kennedy , vVesl.

Donn a Slhlei lier. H 11.&5; Beth t'dirchilu , C 11 .1; Glove rsv ille 61.60; Kath y Cote, F. Ri ve r 60. 25; Lori Llegl er, C 10.&.

Va lerie Roe, Glo versville 57.7 5.

13-14 Events

LBCC Wins 6th Con sec utive State Till e Alt hough not breaki ng t heir 1973 tea m scorE record of 16H.6 Lo ng Beach successfu l ly defenueo it's Stale crown with .1 162.0 to 135.0 v ic to ry ove l r unner·u p Pa sadena, Golden \!Vest College hosted the (wO da y even t with the team championship 011 May 4th an d th e indi vi du als on May 6th.

Long Bcach concl uded anolher undefea ted season by estab lishing a 78 undefeated dual meet streak and 7t h con sec uti ve conference title s to go alon g with th e 6 st ra igh t st at e titles.

The teaml11eet sa \.... Long Beac h wi n every event total; led by all-aro und performer Tim D eedsand highlighted by a 9.2 parallel bar routin e from D o nn Lea venworth. Harold Maghe's fine performance o n Pomm el Ho rse and Rin gs together with Elliot Sch nee's 9.0 on Rin gs kept the stat e c rown in Long Beach fo r an other yea r.

Pasadena was w ithout their fine all-around performer Sco tt Farmer due to a hand injury but had fine indi vi dual p erforman ces from fresh m en Steve Pit zek on floor Exercise and M ikeMaurizio on Rin gs along with th e sta tes top perform er on horizontal bar Tom \"'aISOI1.

Winnin g Routines Indiv idu al Fi nals FREE EXERCISE Tim Deeds LBCC9.15 So ph . BHS splits · roll straddl e L Press Hand· back wa lkover · front pik e stepout immediat e aeria l wa lkove r spin 10 straddle split s · Valdez roundoff sid e · roundoff back handspri ng full twist.

POMMEL HOR SE Hdro ld Maghe LBCC 8.8 freshman. On enuloop wa lk arountl· back moore travel in· moore· back moore tra ve l d own - loop back stockl i in • sc issors - travel to wa lkaro und Ol ym pic off. (H ad a si t do w n 0 11 ho r se. ) RI NGS Elliot Schnee LBCC 9.2 freshman. Di sloca te st raight arm shoot · giant straight arm - lower to maltese - coll apse 10 kip cross· pull up to suppor! st rai ght arm pr ess· giant to full twi st.

VAUL Tl NG Fre eman LACC 9.3 Sophomore.

Carlwheel back (ex tremely high and far,) PARALLE L BA RS DOIIII Lea vellwo nh LBCC 8.8 Sophomore. Cas t su pport swi ng piv ot· stuel z hand la)' fron t ri se· ho p pi vo t· SlUetz hand· back to ss hand - Di amodov . back full off (mi ss ed dismounL) HORIZO , TAL BAR Tom WalSo ll PCC 9.3 SOph Ofl'lOre. Tom 's rOlltine was don e w ith immediat e moveme nt s and diffi cult to Kon Merriott , R 70.7; l ed tO X, Y 65.1; I:d remember. Highli ghts include hop LO eagles · YMCA NATIONALS Goouman, GW &3.2; Dan Moore, A 63.0; JIIll hecht vaul! . toe o n to immediale hop· hop pi vo t

By Bill Burra VValk er, PK 59.6; 10m Da y, KC 59.1 . Boy' s Synchro Men' s Ch ampio nships to immediate w ilder kip to a h igh double Tramp : Merrioll / f--ox 39.4 ; Da y/ KJrgu s. U 22.4. Team: Sea tt le (D wn twl1 ), \t\fas h. 279. 85 ; New dismou nt.

Boy' s Tumbling: I:d Goodm.lll, Gw 32.2 7; Kevin Orl ea ns (Lee Cir. ), La. 246.00 ; Eu gen e, Or egon Indi vid ual Results: McKee , GW 29.92; Mike KcK ec, GW 23.85; Jack 163.90; Ch a rl oue, N .l. 127.85; (only 4 ,eams).

Fl oor b:er ci se: Deeds· L13 9.15 ; Sowell - Har 8.65, Us tar, C 19.20; DJn Moore . A 9,23. Bo y's Mini All Around : Jim Kelch (E ugene ) 100.70; Br uce Cook - DV 8.65; Parades · Har 8,55; M aya · ElA lramp : Ron M emo tt . R 14.95; hi Goodman, GW McGarthlin (C harlon e) 97. 45; Mike fos ter (New 8.55; PilZek - PCC 8.50.

12.85; 1 0111 D<l )' . KC 12.4: Dall Moore, A 11.35 ; Orl ea ns) 93.55 ; Bjorn HermJnson (Sea llle) 91 ,20; Pomm el Horse: Mdghe • LB 8.8 ; Parent · LB 8.6; Jack Ustar , C 9.9 5; Girls Tramp : Dia n N isse n, WM Jo e Hughes (Sea u le) 85.70; Pe,er Pa ul soll (Seau le) Duart e· LB 8.55 ; Curtis· GV\f 8.15; Marchi· LB 66.7, Anne Thompso n, Y 65.6; Linda Spitznagel, 78.70.

8.10; Sc hall - LB 7.60.

CY 64.5; Tia Wh ippi er, C 63.6 ; Jod i Novak , H 63.0; Wom en' s Ch ampion ships Rin gs: Schnee · LU9.20; Murufus ·LB 8.70; Krau s· Aven f airc hi ld, C 59.8. Gi rl's Synchro Tramp: Team: Seattle (D wlll w n), \'Vas h. 210.15; Lak e GW 8.55; Ma~he - Lll 8.50; Wallace - Va l 8.40; Novak / Westb urg, H 37. 0; H artn ett / Spi tznagel, O swego 198.10; \t\fest Seattl e, Wa sh. 186.85; New Deeds - LU 8.40.

CY 33.8; Da w ki n s / To r r e, U 32,6; Orl ea n s (Lee Cir.). LJ. 185. 30 ; Green Ba y, \"fisc. Va ulting: Freem an· LA 9.30; Ba so n · SAC 9.15; Whippi er/ Fai rch ild . C 29.1 ; Camhi / Kernan , NJ 178.40; W e:::.t h~ex, N. J. 171.75.

Deeu : :. • U:J 8,85; KdUg.IfJ . pee 8.85 j LdRu t;! - LB 22.4; Podji l/ Fai rc hil d , C 18.8. Gir ls Tumb ling: All Aro und : Debbie Ha ll e (Sea ul e ) 70.70; Laure l 8.70; Wilson - SAC 8.1 0. l erri Bemcr , V 26. 50; Li s.1 Podo;il , C 26.1U; Ande rso n (Sea ltle) 70.60; Palli Lant erma n Parall el Bars: Leavenwort h - LB 8.80; Deeds· LB Mi chelle Prosscr , M l) 21 .40, (im.! y Ro ss , M D (Seaule) 68.1 5; C illd l' Wac ke r (Lake O swe~o) 8, 65; MJghe · LB 8. G5j Parent· GVV8.S5; Wal son· 21.20; Avc n 1·.lIfc hdd . C 20.55; Michell e Koch, 66.90; Je lli fe r Selima II (Lake O swego) 65.80; Jud y PCC 8.55; Wilson - SAC 8.10.

Horizontal Bar: Watso n - PCC 9.30, Walla ce - Val MLJ 20.00. Gi rl's Mini Tramp : Dian Nissen, WM Putnam ( lew Orl ea ns) 65.10.

14.5; Jalll(c C.II )'. H 14.4; l oui Novak , H 13.4; l ia Jim Kelch and Debbie H ail e we re each 9.05; De eds · LU 9.00 ; Vowe lls • Val 8.05; Ba so n· \"' hippler. C. 12.45; K.lren Kern.Ill, NJ 12. 0; Aven o utstan di ng p erform ers in th eir respective SAC 7.90; S'ri ckly - LB 7.80.

I·airchilu . C 11.85. championship s. Debbi e was in fine form and A ll-Aro und : Deeus - LB 49.35j Bason - SAC 44.95; 15-18 Eve nts apparent I)' thi s was " her year" again. Aller I he SchJtz . LH 42.65; P.Ir.l des . H ar 42.50, Wil so n· Boy 's Trampoli n e: ~tU M t R<IIl SO Ill , Y 72.7; John semi· final s (team and all aro und competition ) sh e SAC 42.45; Paren' - GW 38.95.

Team Results Sl urd iv.lIl, N J 65.9; John H ookings, PR 65.4; Curt was trying an uneve n bars di smount sh e plann ed Auslin, U b5.2 ; ROil ~mith, c 62.1; Tim Jac kson , to u se in th e fi n als, had a freak landing and LBCC: FX 25.80. 1'1-1 25. 10, R 26.00, V 26. 10, PB GW 61.3. Boy 's Synchro Tramp: \!\Ihit e/ Aus tin, U seve rel)' injured her right kne(' (a severed 25 .50. HB 25.60. AA 8.02.

37.7; Ransom / Rowe. Y 36.8; Walker Hook in gs, PR ligament , I think ). It was a bad " l rf"!ak " fo r her , PCC: I' X 24.10, 1'1-1 14.00, R 23.40, V 25.55 , PB 19.30, H B 22.50, AA 5.50.

35.4; Sievert / Sturdi va n, U 34.7 ; Bush Kargu s, PB an d , w e all felt very sa dJened.

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1I'0l11cn's rouLincs (as y ou ofte n listmen· s. ilow abou t womcn's a lso. espceia ll y tile el ites). So muc il about "goss ipy " typc news is not rcall y appealing. A niee pielure Centerfold onee in a wilil e - plain on l il e otil er sid e - wou ld be ni ee.

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MICH IG AN GYMFEST Dear M r. Sundby.

Michiga n is pl anni ng a Gy mfesl lhis s umm er a long our Lakc Michigan sho r e line in Ludingto n .

P leasc sen d information as to how yo u anehored th e bars in lile sa nd. Did y ou ha ve a floUl' exe rcise mat ·) Did lilcy va ult in t he sa nd') Wou ld a pprec iate a ny olilcr pcrLincnl inform ation to make lile fir sl Mieilig<lnmCel a suecess so that it wi ll beC0l11C a ll iJn nual event.

Gymnastiea ll y y ours.

Patricia iVl. Jcnscn Ornastie Coac il LudinglOn High Schoo l Ludington , MidI ED: To ancilor tile a pp a r a tus we di g hol es in the sa nd 111'0 to three feet deep. Put a cha in through lh e w hol e of a 25 lb . ba rbe ll plate knot or put a bolt t hr oug h th e end of th e c ha in La keep it secure (a half in ch thick pl y board at least a foot sq uare with a hole for t h e c h a in to go through attac hed to a pipe or small s teel s lat on th e other s id e (to distribute th e force ) would a lso work). T he c h a in s hould be J to 4 ft. in le ngth ... attac h the c h a in La

l h e plate or boa rd a nd drop in lh e hol e and fill the hole with sand making su r e you hal'e left one e nd of th e c ha in aboH' t he sand for a ll ac hin g the a pparatus. Olll'e fill('d y ou II'illnot be a hl e to pull it out , hOII"l'I"l'r yo u m ay hm'e to m ake a few tighll'ning adj ust nH' nts as th e chain seeks t h e ri g ht prl'ssur(' a ng lt' to th (' apparatus. We usually use "S" hooks lI'hilt' sq uar in g up and tightening and bolts and was he r s for thl' final connections of th e l'iIain and thl' a pparat us. II" the e nd of the appa r a tu s yo u use does not h a l'c a l'iIain on the l'nd YO Ul'an USl''' U" holts to attac h c ha in to ca ble.

As to t he F loor EXl'rl'is(' ... we find a le l'e l spot and put down mats or s('l' tion s of foam mat a nd cover with a l'alll'as I·OI"l'r . WI' use sand on th e e d ge of the m at l'OH'r to hold it a ll in pl ace.

We us ua lly plal'l' the Vau ltin g ho rse inlhe sand a t th e l'OI'l1['r of lh(' m a t l\"ith the bea t board in t he sa nd on thl' m a t a nd run the diagonal of the mat ,",lUlting thl' horsl' an d lan d ing in th e san d.

At our San ta Mo nil' a Gymfest we hm'e open competition for boys and gil' ls on SaUirday & Sund ay II'ith the top l\"inn ers qualify ing for the finals on Labor Day .... "GOODLU(;K" G.S .

FOHEIG N A I[) ... At the mom e nt I a m wo rking at m y exami na tion lI'ork - (I'm s tudying spo rt s al a German unil'ersity) - I\" ilh the folloll"in g lhemc: "The profit (furth e r ance) an d da nger injury of fl'mall' gy mn astics for hea lth" B u t the pity is that y ou w ill noL rind c noug h literature abo ut this problcm in Germany . bceau se tili s t h cme ha s beeome <lelu<i1 o nl y recen tl y.

As y ou wi ll s ure ly have madc mo r e expe ri e nces. y ou mig ht poss ib ly be ab lc to help me. It II'o uld he lp me qu ite <11 01. if y ou co uld se nd me a li s t of literature . r e porls a ndresulls or tesLs. Of s pecial intcres l Lo me wou ld be to leaJ'll to know about el'cnLlw l injuries of s peei a l tra inin g methods in the USA. eonceJ'lling gy mn <lstics.

Ir y ou s houldnoL be ab le Lo help m e. I wou ld be ve r y grateful if y ou wo uld se nd my leite r to Lhe s uitabl e place Ma n y th an ks in adl'anee Ed ith Palm 516 Duren - Gorzenich DureneI' Weg 58 Gei'many E d. We do no t ha ve material on this s ubj ect in ou r files ... hopl'full y one or mor e of our readers w ho ma y h a l'e some data on "Injury a nd Future Health of the Female Co mpe titor" will be kind e no ug h to se nd y ou th e ir findings. G .S.

Ti-II NGAMAJIG Dea r Glenn : In Lh e Code of Po inls. Lhe I-'.I.G. inlroduced a "Ge rm a n " based termi nology for Gy m nastics. .U nfortun ately . thc g loss ary nam es onl y perfecL moves , making no pro v ision for er r ors .

In coaching hi g h sehool g irl s , I rind it n ecessa r y to des cribe lcss-Lh a n-perfeel gym na stics. As s elf a ppoinLed prcsident o f F. I. l:l. (Fede r <ltion InteJ'llationale des B r eaks). I orrer the rollo w ing sup pl ement of Icrm s for com m o n booboos.

Ca n y our r ca deI's idcntify them')')') WOMEN KIPPE N BUSTO NBAH TUR N E NW OBBLEOFF SLIPPE N BHU IS I N B UTT STRADDLEHOOKE NTOE SPLITTE NSCHEAM HOLL ENUHOP KRACKE NS HI NN J<:H FLIPPE NFLOPPE NT UC KE NBASH POPPE N BHE AKE NW HIST PIKE NW HAPE N BH 'IS I N BELLY MEN VALDEZASTEH H ANDGEHIPPEH TH AUMA- LOT SC HW ABENWOBBLE SPHAWLON HOH SE CH AGH INI AN DI AMOU-OFF KRE ISSMEAH OH- NO CZECHCUHSE DwighL M. Church King Philip Hi g h Schoo l Wrent ham , Ma ssac hu sells

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AN OTH E H HOH S EM AN AGH EES Dea r Gle nn: I have rea d Mr. Hus ty I-loilma n 's edi tori a l page ~9. F eb. I!J74. with g reat in te r es t. ".As a s id e horse s pecia li st I ag ree with Mr .

Ho ilm a n. I do hope th at the gove l'lling powe rs or int e rn a ti oncli gy mn as ti cs wou ld st udy thi s old r u ling a nd hopel'ull y cha nge it.

Kee p up th e good wor k.

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Dea l' Mr. Sundby: My fr iend jus t sent me;; postc;; rd 01 the la m ous Chin ese "C;; nton Ac r ob;; li c Tea m " pe rlor m ing on two poles. I t hought m aybe yo u a nd the Gy mn as t. rea de r s would like to s h;; r e t his pi cture with m e.

Thi s "C;; nton Ae roba lic Te;; m " is one 01 the bes t 01 China.

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CONCE R NE D Ge ntlem en: Th e r e is a we ll publi c ized confli ct betwee n t he SGF a nd som e 01 its m e mbe r org;; ni za li ons , t he s ubsta nce of whi c h in cl udes sc hedulin g 01 na li on;; 1 m eets , gy mn ast qu ;; lili ca li on lor in te l'l1a li ona l eve nts , the ri g hts to ;; n age g r oup prog r a m , a nd th e wo r d "oly mpi cs."

I a m co nce rn ed . T he publi e politi c in g a nd p owe r pl ayi ng see m to be hurt ing m y s por t.

I ;; m a YMCA coach in a n AAU JO prog r am unde r the USGF as the oili c ia l gy mn;;stic wo rd .

My limi ted v i ews 01 th e confli ct ;; re m y nona uthori t;;t ive in te r pr eta li ons of t he ir respective news pa pers.

What is ha ppe nin g with m y s port·) Who a r e t he or g;; ni za li ons? What ;;re they d oin g " Wha t a re t he ir jus tifi ca li ons" Also, in a si mil a r ve in , I unde rsta nd th a t th e U.S. gove l'l1me nt is pass ing lmvs co nce l'l1ing a m a te ur s ports. How w ill it ;; ilect gy mnasti cs '!

I be li eve tha t the above to pi cs co ul d lo rm the b;;s is or exce ll ent news sto ri es a nd edi to l·ia ls.

S uch cover age wo uld be eage rly read by th ose concel'l1 ed with the luture 01 a s ports' m agaz in e.

Ce r ta inl y, a n unbi ase d prese nta ti on of th e racts is not poss ible throug h the YMCA. USGF , or AAU news nor co ns is tent wit h the Nissen News obj ec ti ves. T he re lor'e , I loo k to you as th e so urce 01 accu r ate a nd res ponsib le re porting.

Th a nk y ou lor yo ur cons ide r a li ons a nd t h a nk you lo r yo ur m a ny pas t res ponses to the needs 01 .he gym nas ti c community.

Sin cer ely , Russ Rhin e ha r t Gy mn astic Coac h, YMCA Roc k Hill , So uth Ca r olin a E D: We try t.o br ing our rea der s a ccura te re ports about. wha t is happe ning , but s ometim es it is diffi c ult to obt.a in t.h e inform a tion. For a s ta rt, r e ader s c a n r e fer to Dick Cril ey's VIE Wpoint columns wh e r c he co vcr s s om e of thcse topi cs of inter es t.

RIDI CULO US De;; r E di to r : " mu c h to my astonis hme nt a nddi s m ;;y I see you pu bli s hed the ridi c ul ous top ;; II -arou nd gy mll<Jsts ra nk ings prev ious ly publi shed by J e rry Wrig ht" Out 01 th e 35 g irl s li sted 13 or mo re or them ;; r e no longe r in vo lved in na li on;; leom peli 'li on or have qui t gy mn as ti cs ". T h;;t li s t is com pl etely unl;; ir to the to p rem a le ' gy mn asts in our coun t ry (prob;; bl y jus t as ba d lor th e m en) ". Who need s a to p AA ra n king anyway" We kn olV who th e best gym nasts a r e. We don't need our gym n;;sts pu t on t he s;;me bas is as rootba ll or basketba ll teams with the ir in ev ita bl e na ti ona l r a nkin gs. Wh;;t we need is m or e rin e ;; I'li c:les lik e Bies te r re ld L' s Fl ex ib ili ty Prog rams w hi c h is inel uded in t he M;; r ch issue.

Ir you need to rill up s p;;ce I' d ra th er see a n exciti ng gy mn astic photo or d raw ing or some thi ng like thaI. A retr acti on is in order I Sill cere ty , J im Ga ul t Di ab lo Gy m Clu b OUT BUHSTS " .I' ve e nc losed t he cur r e nt USGF Sta ndi ngs hopefu ll y lo r pr int. I do reel very sym pathe ti c 10

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Aug. 16-26 USGF WILL SEN D JU N IOR TEAM TO TO U R JAPAN . Accordin g to AAU News, Erna Wachte l will tour w ith th e team as tea m man age r.

Aug. 24 USG F JUN IOR OLYM PIC NATIONALS, Na ti onals Tu rn er Camp in A lgonquin , III. MD: Mr. Paul Fina , 222 Scott swood, Ri verside , Illin o is 60546.

Aug. 31-Sepl. 1&2 SAN TA MON ICA GY M FEST Sa nta Mon ica Beach Park #4 Sep. 27-28 FI NA L TRI A LS FOR WORLD GAMES: MEN at U of Texas at A ustin , WOMEN at Long Beach, Ca. Oct. 14-19 AAU NA TIO NA L CONVENTION, Washingt on, D.C. Ocl. 20-27 WORLD GAMES M uni ch, Ge rm an y (or Va rn a, Bul ga ria ) USGF TOUR from Oct. 14-28 ... Contact: Wm. Meade, Gymnastic Coach, Sourthern Illin o is, Carbonda le, Illino is 62901 Nov. 8-10 USG FCONGRESS sit e changed from Denver to Chicago. Acco rding to USGF News, " In addit ion to the bu sy sc hedul e sta rtin g Frida y morning, th e USGF ha s arranged to sta rt the Ru ss ian Tour in Chi cago on Nove mber 8, w ith Olga Korbut and Ludmilla Turi shcheva lead in g the Women Gymnasts and A ndri anov and Kllm enko lead in g the Men Gymnasts.

The World Ac robati C ChampIOns and the World Modern Rh ythmi c Champ ions wi ll also perform on the tour. Mr. Yurr Tllov, Chief of Gymnastics in the USSR, is expected to address the Congress. A ll of the Ru ss ian gymna515 wi ll be in vi ted . Advance regi stration w ill be $25.00 w hich w ill also include the Saturda y night coc kt ail p art y and the USGF Banquet , and a tick et to the Russian performance on Frid ay evening .

Adva nce registrations close Nove mber 1, lat e regi strations w ill b e $30.00. Please mail yo ur registration check to USGF Congres?, Bo x 4699, Tucso n, Arizona 86717 .

Nov. 8-23 RUSSI AN TE AM TOUR OF USA: Nov. 8-9 Chicago; Nov. 12 San Fran sc isco; N ov. 13 Los Ange les; Nov. 15 New York; Nov. 17-18 Boston ; Nov. 20 Cleve land; Nov. 22 -23 Spokane, Washington (a t World Fair) Nov. 27-Dec. 9 CH UN ICHI CUP, Nagoya, Japan Dec. (early) FIRST USGF PRE-QUALIFYING Meet and QualifYin g (wo men) round (Pan Am Games) 8.75 Ave. Dec (3rd week) FIRST PAN AM TRIAL for Men select sq uad of 12 1975 Feb. 14-15 FIRST ELITE Q UALIF YING MEET (Top 20 girls advance to Pan Am Trial s) Mar. FI NAL TRI A LS for Pan Am Games for men and wome n late Mar. Top 7 go Lale March STATE USGF MEETS (21&22 preferred 28&29 cons id ered also) April 18-19 NA TIO NA L YMCA BOYS AND GIRLS Champion ships in Cambridge Ohio April 26-May 11 PAN AM GAMES in Sao Paulo, Brazil April 4-5 A IAW NATIO NA LS April 11-12 USGF REGIONAL MEETS May 15-17 AAU SR. NA TIO NA LS at Kennedy Sr. HS., Ceda r Rapids , Iowa July 18-23 CA NADA TO CONDUCT PRE-OLYMPIC COMPET ITION at Montrea l Forum July 1-5 BER LI N - 6th GYM NAESTRADA 20,000 active parti cipatn s and 20,00 supporters from 40 countries are ex pected to be pr ese nt. The World Gymnastics Festi va l feat ures popular shows and instruction performances (no co mpeting eve nt s) demonstrating the man y Sides of gy mna stics and ph ysical training.

Va riou s age groups w ithin the member organizations of the int ern ation al Gymnasti cs Federation, German and foreign gymnast ics schools, uni vers ity institute s, athletics schools, colleges of ph YSIca l education and teac hin g acade mies w ill co nduct th e performances.

Th ere w ill be spec ial performances by the indiv idual co untries, gymnastics performed by the wo rld 's best on olympic eq uipm ent , th e FIG Congress, the scientifi c sym p05l um and many ex hibitions. The sports ground s for th e Sixth Gymna estrada Berlin 1975 are th e ex hibition ground s be neath th e Funkturm, the neighbourrn g DeUl5chlandhalle, an d th e ice- Hock ey stadium , th e sport s faCilities at the Mommsen Stadium, t he O lympi c Stad ium, the schoenberg sw imming pool, va riou s di stri ct athletics faci liti es, as we ll as th e German Opera Hou se Berlin, the Philharm o ni c and th e Congress Hall.

Nov. 8-9 EUROPE AN CHAMP IONSHIPS for wo men , No rway Ocl.? WORLD CUP Me n and Women, Madrid, Spain 1976 Th e re is a possibi lit y that the 1976 FIG Congress w ill be held in Montreal ju st before th e Ol y mpi c Games

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