Book Review A B. Fredericks leistungsturnen am hohen Stufenbarren (Advanced Performance on the Un evens)
hands. Anticipate where the feet wi ll land and shift the gymnast's shoulder aver thai spot as soon as the feet con tact the floor. To prevent the gymnast from squatting too low, sitting on the floar, or falling forward, step in close and draw the upper arm towards your chest. By sta nding close to the gymnast at time landing, the spotte r's arm s are strongest should a pull towards the chest become necessary. Spotters on the landing side shauld give a5 little assistance as possible (but enough to prevent a fall), so th at the coac h ca n better determine whot error is being made by the gym nost before reaching the final balanced stance.
by Hans Timmermann Verlag Karl Hoffman , Schorndorl bei Stuttgart (7060 Schorndorl, Germany) Approx. $4.50 Only on occasion do we recomme nd a foreign book. We do so when we fee l thot even in the absence of a knowledge of the language, the book will none-the-Iess prove to be valuable. This is such a book.' The illustrator, Kla us Wiemann, is one of th e best gymnastic illustrators in the world. Hi s drawing s appear in Olympische Turnkunst, a magazine that many M.G. readers are now reading. The author, Timmerman, also writes for O.T. and other German publicotions such as Praxis der Leibesuebungen. On the basis of the above we recommend this book ve ry highly to those who specialize in the training of girls for competitive wo rk on the uneven ba rs. It is one of the best books we have seen. You wi ll find material on the following: 1.路Kips and movements in an out of kips 2. Circles and va riations of movements from and into ci rcles. 3. Underswi ng movements 4. Vaulting movements 5. Movements of release and regrasp 6. New, advanced movements of rel ease and regrasp Final chapters deal with specific trainin g methods and comparotive styles of the cu rre nt world champions. Included in this latter summary is the description of the Fuchs style of uneven bar work and the characteri stic styles of othe r world greats such as Latynina, Caslavska, Astakovo, Barth and Kutsch in skaia.
DID YOU KNOW THAT: 1. There is a penal ty if a spotter reaches into th e area between the uneven bars even thaugh the spotter is not standing between the bars? 2. There is no penalty for a pure "accidental touch" between spotter and gymnast (neither one making an intentional attempt to touch the other)? 3. If a girl falls off the apparatus and is nat touched by a spotter, the penalty is 1.5 points? 4. There is a pena lty if a girl takes an extra warm-up while wa iting for the judge's nod to start her exercise? 5. There is a penalty for dropping the heel too early on turns on the balonce beam?
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6. There is a penal ty if the dismount is not done "free" off apparatus, that is, on landing, the hand must not grip the apparatus for help in maintaining balance. 7. The penalty for falling to the knees or pelvis on a landing off the horse is muc h higher than makin g the sa me error when dismounting from the beam or uneven bars?
By DON WILKINSON
8. That, in flaor exercise, if a gymnast perform s too long over one area, the penalty is .1 pt each fime?
Don Wilkinson whose photos appear in Mademoiselle Gymnast, . . . . . covered ilie Olympic Games photographically in color and black and white. He has produced a fully illustrated catalogue showing over 1,500 contact size black and white prints (with over 400 of Gymnastics). Also listed are the color transparencies taken. This catalogue, price $1.00 is now available from - DON WILKINSON, 1013 8th AVENUE, GREELEY, COLORADO 80631.
9. That, if the entire floor exerci se area is not covered during the cou rse of the exercise, the penalty is .1 pt? 10. That if a floor exercise does not end with the music, th e penalty is .5 pt? (Penalties printed in Mademoiselle Gymnast are those held an record by Helen Sjursen collected through correspondence from the USA FIG Delegate, USA National and USA FIG judges and verification through the Presiden t of the FIG. As soon as the official English version of the Code of Points is ovai'lable, rules printed by the FIG will supercede any of those printed in Mile Gshould they differ.
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