Modern Gymnast - May/June 1964

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TRICKERY?: The March M.G. cover showing Art Shurlock doing a straddle jump high in the air over the Santa Monica Palasades Park, with the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica mountains in the background has been the suj:Jject of much controversy ... How was it taken? ... How did he get so high? . .. and where did he land? ... were but a few of the comments. Some also even suggesteg that we simply cut out a photo of Ai't and pasted it on the background . . . to enli2;hten the courious and the skeptical readers we assure you it was not "trickery. Art just mounted and stood on the fence post in the foreground and leaped high into the straddle jump landing on a bare patch of groun9. this side of the flower bushes (no wIres, Trampolines or minmi-tramps were employed) .

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: We believe Gymnastics to be the most artistic of all the sports and that by its' very nature lends itself to artistic expression in paintings, pastels, line drawings, sculpture and photography.

Therefore as long as our readers agree we will seek out and bring you inter ~ esting and colorful as well as at times unusual artistic impressions in Gymnastics.

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UNUSUAL: Speaking of the unusual , the photo on the right taken of a rope climber at the Pasadena Invitational Meet seems to fall into this catagory.

The interestin g fact concerning this . photo is th at M.G. photographer Richard Hallen was not attempting to catch something different. It just happened that the camera shutter was acting up and this is what came out, an unusual and interesting photo which presents an artistic rendering of a rope climber in action which seems to capture the full feeling of the event. "*'

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NEXT EDITIO N : Report on the AAHPER convention in Washington , " How to be a good Side Hone performer" , Pole Vaulting a Gymnastic Event?", judging ideas, looking into the past ,~~ith the editor for an " On Balance" article, and a special picture pre-view of 路 potential qualifiers 'f or the USA Olympic Gymnastic Team. Plus news, photos, and articles of instruction. ':' Because we have had a large number of reqllests fo r additional co pies oj th e pastel by Milan Med llsed on the lanlwry edition of the M.G ., we have had extra copies prin(ed which are sllitable for framing. Ij yOIl . wOllld like a rep T1~ 颅 duction copy of this bealltijul color pastel we will be happy to send one your way. lilst send 25c to cover the cost of handling and mailing to: M.G. Cover Pastel, Box 611, Santa Monica, California .

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S ian sa id. " Ph ys ical filn e"" a lway" ha" Iwen ' ''melhin ~ dow n mv lin e. I ho p,: I ca n do a ca pa bl e job" li t' ITco mlll e nded a daily ",,,,, ion "f 3S 10 4S Illinu"'" I R, :prinl l'd from Ih e Sli kol T vr" N·l·w, le lkr.

Cll'Yl· land. Ohi o) 19M Y.'1I. c. '\ . CH A'I IPIO NS HTP 5 T \[ CA Gym nas l ic, Cha irman . Bill Bu ffa a nn"un Cl', Ih a l th e Fift ee nlh Naii onal Y.\ [ C!\ Gy mna sli c Champi onsh ip, will bl' h,' ld al lIlt' West S id e Y~ I C A. S W e, t 63rd 5 1reel. Tew York C it y. N .Y. on Sa turday. .lUll!' 201h . 1964 . . . a t th e tim e w hen tIl{' WORLD'S FATR will h e in full s w in ~ .

LYLE WELS ER . FRED Z ITT A. D il L PRETSS. H AR RY G. NELSO T ELECTFn TO HEU[ S H ALL GY 'I'l TASTI CS H ALL OF FAME For our di stinguish ed coaches of Gymna slies were elected to th e H elms Hall Gym· nastics H all of Fame , .. LYLE WELSER , F R ED ZlTTA, EM lL PRElSS" and H A R· R Y G. NE LS O N. Approved at the l ast mee tin g o[ the H elms H a ll Board , n omin a· tions [or the four outs tanding coaches wer e pro vided b y th e Gymnasti cs H all o[ Fame recomm end a tions comm ittee, h eaded by Geo rge Szy pu la of Michigan S late Univer· sity.

Ea ch of th e fam ed Gymnasti cs coaches have had their n ames developed upon the Hall of Fam e trophy in H elms H all, Lo s .\n geles, internal ional sports shrin e. H all o[ Fame awards have been approved for all. Th e H elm s Ha ll -B oard is composed of A lex Kahn , R obert Myers, Rube Sam· uel sen , L\ I Sant oro, :\Iaxwell S til es, Sid Liff, Paul Zimme r man , Bi ll Schroede r and Pau l H. H elms, Ch airman .

T he selec ti on of Lyle Welser , Fred Zilla , Emi l Preiss and Harry G. Nelson for hon· ors, now brin ~s to a total of 45 th e num·

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ber who ha ve been c ited in Ih e Helms Hall Cy nlllasti c, H al l of Fa ml'. as fo ll ,.w5 : Cll nlribul ur:': E. A. Eklund , "bl' Lober. \dlliph Pi cker, G us Kern , Willi am .\I allhe i.

Hen ry Schroeder.

CYlllna~l:': Ra YllIond Bass, ,,\l fred J ochilll. ,\rlh ur Pill , Da ll a" Bixl er. Paul Kremp l' l.

Cu rli " Hollillan. l-'ra nk C u,ni ", kcL Frank Kri z. C""r~l ' WIlt'c lcr, Willi a lll > }J,, "III" .

Jllhll '\Iai ~ . He r, "an Wil z i ~ . Gl'{) r ~e Culack . h ·,·dnick .\ le yr ·r, ]{ II la ll d Wolfe. Fran k Ha u· ""Id _ ClIl·"I l'r Philli ps';' . ,;, ,\I "" c il ed u, co ach.

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II "" Pri ce . .\I aximillia n Youn".,r. L"" lil' .I . ,Iudd . Harlll'y Pri. '!'. Fro'd lilla . Hl' IH ' .J. Knll. H"ln ), S IIlidL Lcopliid Iwarl! . Lo ui, II. .\ I an!!.

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Ch ica!!, •. Gail",d :\'H e ri ca n Turner H"n" r Ke y. '1960. £.\ [IL PH E ISS . B"rn in Ger ma nv. and wa~ Illp E lIro pea I~ ~y tll l1 a s l. CaIlH' I" ) l i.:' . ill 192-k a nd "'n lert'll Turn e r No rma l Co d· l e ~l'. Indianapn li, . W"n Aml'r il'a n Tur'l l'r :\lI ·around t ill .. in 1926. -". ·\ .ll. c hamp ion in 192;'. and Ct'rman cha mpion in 192R Be!!a n coac h in !! al Ch ica!!O Turn .. r, in 192(,.

T o'uk oyer al '11. P" nn ' l;IYa ni a in 1930. rp· main in !! Ih ere unlil deal h in 1962. (" nlri · bUl ed 'mu ch 10 juni or gymna stics.

HARR Y G NE LSON . G radua l< ' "f Te mpl e l l. [x cl' lI ed in bOlh GY lllll a" li c" a nd Sw immin g. L on~ acli ve . s in cl' 1926. in Y.:\I .C.A. hi gh schooL A.A.U . and c n ll t'~ i al .. , I Ur"inu ,, ) Cvmna >li cs. Hi " Phil adl' l"hi1 TUrlH' r" w" n Ih " Nalio na l A.A. U. crllwn in 19';2. Nolem. rlh y co nlribul or I n Gynlll a,, · I ic" in Phil adelp hi a area.

NATIONAL HIGH GYMNASTIC COACHES

SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Th is is an open letter to all

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gymnastic coaches in the U.S.A . We cordi all y in v ite each

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line t o ·me or to Sid D ra in,

Maine West High Schoo l, Des Pla ines, Illi nois and

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be forwarded .

Our fir st meeti ng wa s he ld at Iowa City in conjunction with the U.S.G. F. meet. ALthoug h t he represe ntation was small , a great deal of work was done and th e meetings were a great success. I t was decided t o cor respond our areas of repre sentati on with th ose o f t he

U.S.G.F. Pro-tem officers were also elected a nd

man y items o f interest were discussed. T he regis tratio n fee was 'con firm ed ot $2.00 and if a coach is already regis te red and has no t yet paid hi s f ee we u rge him to do so as soon os

poss ible. Vi c Lesch, coach of Illinois State Champs, wa s the N.H.S.G .C.A. representative to the U.S .G.F. and was se lected to be 0 member of the By- law Committee.

Once again we urge eve ry high schoo l coach to join thi s f in e and wo rthwhile organization.

So l ida rity and unity am ong the coaches can

greatly benefit our sport in th e U.S.A. and futur e Olym pics.

Cordiall y, Don Von Ebers Acting Secreto ry N.H.S.G.CA

INTERNATIONAL REPORT ALL-AROUND

by Dr. J osep h Gohler INTERNATIONAL MEET Cope n hogen, De nmo rk, Feb ru ary 19 6 4 M . Ce ro r-Yug os loy io, 58.00; Age Stor houg , No rwo y, 56.55; O. Ke sto lo, Finlon d , 56AO; S. Lindeyo ll , Sweden, 55.60; fl.

W irh ed, Sweden, 54.80 .

FRANCE- SWITZERLAND Strossbou rg , March 1964 France, 557 .50 ; Switze rland, 546.05 .

Fang n eux, Fra nc e, 112.70; Guillond , Franc e, 1 12 . 10; Bouchon n et , Fr ancc., 1 10.60; Fenz, Sw itze rla nd , I 10A O; Char les, France, 109.70; De nza , Fran ce , 109 .65 .

INTERNATIONAL MEET Krakow, Po lan d, A p ril 19 64 N . Kubic a, Po land, I 13AO ; W. Kubica, Po land , 112A5; Ku cha rcz yk , Polanci, 11 1.60; Storhaug, Norway, 1 I 1.55; Konopka, Po land, I 10 .60; Aranyos, Hu ngary, 1 10A5.

SOVIET ZONE Erlurt , E. Germa ny, April 1964 SOY ie t zo n e, 556. 60, Poland , 563 .35 .

Fu el le, Ea st Ge rmany, 1 14 . I 0; Koes t ~, East Germany, I 13.80; N . Ku b ica, Po land , I 13 .25; Rokosa, Po land, I 13. 15 ; T ippe lt, Ea st Ge rmany, 1 12.55 ; Doe llin g, Ea ST Ge rm a n y, I 12AO. CHAMPIONSHIPS OF GERMANY Ulm , West Germany, April 1964 Fue rst, 11 2.15; Lyh s, 11 1.25; Jaschek, 1 I 1.05; Bi shof, 109.70; She li e, 109A O. Baum, 109.30.

CHAMPIONSHIPS OF FINLAND Apri l 1964 Heinonen, 1 12.85 ; Rantakar i, 1 12.45 ; Lo iho, 1 11.4 5; Ekma n , 109.90; He ikk inen, 109.75; He ino, 108 .80.

FINLAND-USSR He ls in k i, Apri l 1964 USSR 573 . 15284 .65 288 .50 Finland 567.90279.65282 .25 Titov- USSR 115. 05 57 . 15 57.90 Za pe nko-USSR 11 4.70 57 .05 57 .65 Li s itz ke -U SSR 114.65 56 .85 57.80 Leouz iew- USSR 114 . 15 5685 57 .30 Ke ree m e li di- USSR 1 14 . 1056.4557 .65 Rantakari -F inland 1 12.90 56.50 56.40 Laih o- Finl a nd 11 2 .4 0 56 .60 55 .80 He in on e n -Finl a nd 1 12 AO 55 .7 5 56 .65 JAPAN - HUNGARY Budapest, Ap ri I 1964 Japan , 577.35 ; Hungary , 5 59AO .

All-Around Ts urnmi , Japan , 116 .65; Enda, Ja p an , 1 16 .05 ; Ha yata , Japan , 115 .20; Nak oyama , Ja pa n , I 15 . 15 ; Kato , Japan , 1 13 .90; Csany i, Hungary.

FRANCE-USSR Lyo n, April 1964 USSR , 289.00; France, 281.85 .

All-Aro und Li s itzke, USSR, 58 .30; Ke ree m e li d i, USS;(, 57 .9 5; Zapenko, USSR , 57 .65; G ro m ow, USSR , 57.40 ; T itoy, USSR, 57.25; Bo u c h o nn e t, Franc e, 57. 15 ; ·G uill o n , Fron c", 56.60 ; Kuts, USSR , 56.10; Fan g n eu,,France, 56.05; Bo ularand , Franc e, 55 .80 .

JAPAN-GERMANY Stuttgart, April 1964 J apan, 285 .55; Germany, 278.15.

All -Around Enda, Ja pan , 57.45; Tsu ru mi , Japan, 57.00; Nagasawa, Japan , 56.85 ; Ha yata, J apan, 56.85; Kato, Japan , 56.65 ; Lyhs, German y, 55 .95; Furst, Germany, 55.70.

USSR -SWEDEN WOME NS ALL -AROUND Sweden , Apri I 1964 USSR, 383 .00; Sweden, 374.60 Elen a Volcho tskaya, USSR , 77.00; Po li no Astakova, USSR, 76.95; Tamara Manin a, USSR , 76.90; Lar isa Latyn ina , USSR, 76.80; Gerala Lindahl , Sweden, 75.05 ; So lveig Engman , Sw ede n, 74.90; Mari Lundquist , Swede n, 74.70; Mzia Ninos hviii , USSR, 74.50; Ami Lambert, Sweden , 7 4.05 ; Ulla Lin dst rom, Sweden, 73 .7 5.

THE AMERICAN SOKOL REPORT

By BLANCHE KOS strea ml in ed .l un ior and \Volll en's uniform :; a nd fl eW Ill a~s cali s th e ni cs are bein g pre pared for th e g:ra nd 1965 Su kll l Ce nt ennial I pla ce to be an noun ced lat e r I. W e will e xpec t 700-800 con tes tant s for th t' gy mna sti cs and th e colorful Czechoslovak Beseda will be a part of th e program . T ot, So kol classes ha ve ev"ked mu ch interes t and ha ve reall v taken hold all over th e s tat es. Dates o (interes t co ming up are : . Jun e 6- 2nd cla ss g irl s distri ct gy mnasti cs co mpetiti ons, So kol S iavsky, Cice ro. Illin oi s Jun e 6- 2nd cla ss boys di stri ct gy mnas· ti cs co mp e titi o n ~ . So kol Berwvn , Berw yn, III. Jun e 7- Sok ol pi cnic. San Fran ciscu, Ca lif.

Jun e 12- Frida y ni ght Womens di stri ct gy mna sti c com pe l ili on" a t Sok ol, S ti ckn ey, 1I1 in ois Jun e 12- Friday ni ght Juni or boys and mens co III pe t it ions So kol Brookfi eld , N ationa l H a ll Broo kfield . Illi nois Jun e 13- Sa lurday ·.luniur Girl s d istri ct co mpetitiun s, Su kol Slav,ky Hall. Cice ro, III. Jun e 14·- So kol Sic!. Coo nton. Penn.

J un e 14 - Ce ntra l di s tri ct :::;o kul ph ysica l fitn ess day , l{il'~ r s id e- Br oo k[i e ld S tadi um , Brookfield, Illin ois. Compe titi on winn ers a nnoun ced and th e beautiful Czec husla vak Besad a wi ll be pe rfurm ed and program for units co min g to New York Cvechoslovak Day. Ju ne 21 - Czech oslovak Day at the ' ell' York \i' odd' s Fair Jun e 28- Nor th easte rn Di stri cts, Cleveland , Ohi o So kol Slet.

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HE CO RD ' Hece nll y Ne il Sc hmit!. Illinoi" Hifd, Schoo l AIl·Around and H "rizonla l l3~n Champio n. executed f" ur ('" nS(Tut il' l' Ge rIllan 2ian l5 . . . Coach Vi c tor Le"c h f('('I, thi " I;, a), be a record lIurl h ,·" n"iderali"n and a tt enti on.

EVEN PARALLEL~ FOR WO _\ IE N A lth ough E ve n Parall e l ba r, a re no ICl n g:t" r a n ('vent in \rO lll e n ~ I'a tilln a l and Int e rn ati ona l CO IllPl't it illn I herl' ,Hl' a rL'a:-: alld g r o u,, ~ 5till usin g Lh t" evenl in Ih ei r Illcal and reo giona l cU;llpe titi o n ~ . _-\1 "" eve n parall e l5 "till se r ve as a fin e tra inin g aid for girl's Gymnasti cs. \Vith thi " in mind . H ell' n Sc hifan u Sjursen (US A Na ti onal Pal' a ll~> 1 Bar and All-Around Champi on 194, a nd 19'18 and a Brunze Medal \Vinn c r un Ih e Para ll el,. in ih e 19..8 Ol ympi csi has com pil ed an i1lu ,tral ed in s tru ction al milll cog: ra plw d palllphll'l for Phy;o ical Edu cation T t"ac hl'l''' expla in ill;.!

E I'e n Parall e l tricks in de tail and h" ", I" "pot.

AII tea chers in terc"s tcd in recl' i\ in;; a co pI of Ihis 30-pa ge illus tra led pa m ph le i Illay dl> so by se ndin g $1.00 to : '\'lrs. H ele n " chifan" Sjursen , 46 Poplar Pla ce, Fan wouci. t\[. .I .

SEVENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CL INIC August 22-27, 1964 Georg e

Szypulo,

Jenison

Gymnasium ,

Sixt een Rhod es Unive rs ity ,. ltHle nt s uf Graham stown, So u Lh Afri ca walked a measured mile on their hands in relav" in t 110' tim e of 32 minut es and 46 scc o~ds. Th el' claim thi s as a world reco rd ... H ow abou't it , are yo u USA s tud ent s go in g to acce pt thi s claim or are a half dozen of yo u go in g to a ccept the challeng e a nd beat them han ch; down ? ? ? . . .

INSIDE A YOUNG GYMNAST

By LAWRENCE E. GRIDGES Pity me not as I sit in s li gh t fear While I wait m y turn that seems so ne ar.

The past fe w days of wo rk and swea t Will pa yoff I s ay, th ey' ll payoff yet.

I rise to my na me as the off icia l ca ll s And over th e c rowd a silen ce falls .

I stand there quite ready to twist an d fly When eac h jud ge looks up , straight into my eye.

With a nod from each I ready my mount Waiting for the right time, each heartbeat I co unt.

I commence with grace of th e very best bra nd And steady my ne rves in my first handsta nd .

My rest is over, with my tricks I proceed Missing not a one with form a nd speed.

Th e wo rld abo ut m e seems t o whi rl a nd fl y Whe n th e midpoint of m y labo r passes swiftly by.

I' m a little weary but the bars I still seize As I lea p from them to soa r and return with ease .

All 's left is my d ismo unt I'm conf id ent of th at And satisfaction is in me as m y feet hit the m a t.

My cluty is ave r, the judges co nverse I take a deep breath , I could have dane wo rse.

All fe a rs th at were in me sudde nl y egress My score is post e d , as yet th e best.

Th ese feelin gs were natural , they' ve ha ppened before But in s id e me they ' ll live for a lifetime or m o re _

Director ,

Jack

Corr,

Teacher,

Coach,

Suburban

Chicago High School Paul Fino, Fo r m er Nat ' l. Chomp. , Sokols,

Judging Techniques Bill Meade , Finance Officer , Coach, So. III. Univ., (Nat ' l. Team Champions) Joe Schabacke r , Op. Dir. , Judging Dept. , Cha ir man, Ariz. St, Uni v ersit y CL INIC STAFF

Bob

WALK ON HA N DS

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Michigan State Univer sity, East Lansin g , Mic h igan CLINIC BOARD Bob Bohl, Pr o gram Di r . , Recreationa l Depl., Evanston, III.

St o ut,

Fo r mer

Olympian,

Subu rbon

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Scenes from Jerry Todd's 1964 Posadena Nationa l Inv itational Championships. Rust y.

Mitchell took top h onors in the Al l-Around f o llowed by Gary Buckner , Lem o ine Durhom and Ed Isa belle. Eve nt Winners" St eve Le idner too k first place in the R o p~ Climb with the time of 2.9. Di ck Pasquale of Montebel lo won the Fl oor Exercise. Dick Alba of East L.A. City College took top h onors in the Side Horse.

Stan T arsh is w ith a beautifully exec uted rou tine beat out all the youngsters o n the Hi g h Bar. Steve Parr of P.c.c. was th e winner of the Lon g Horse Vau lt. Dick Nicholas of P.c.c. was the winner on the Parallels. Steve Zahm of Cal got the top score on the Rings and Rust y Mitche ll won the Tum b ling ' event. ' . A specia l rin g exhibition by Fred Want lard of Long Beach State had the crowd in

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By E. F . " Bud " BEYER DTRECTOR OF PROMOnO N A ND ADVERT IS ING FOR THE NI SSE N CORPORA nO N 930-27t h Avenue, S. W. , CEDAR R APJI) S. IOWA lA s of Se pt ember 1. 1964, Associat e Professo r of Physica l Educati on. H ealth and Rf'c reati on with th e S ta te ni versit y of Ne w York Coll ege a t Plattsburgh. New York. )

THE THREE-STAGE ROCKET PROPUL· S IO ~ METHOD OF T EAC HI NG THE HEADSP RING TO S1\'IA LL YOUN GSTER S I a m s ure th a t most. of yo u who are duo in g a good ju b of tea chin g. have di scovered tha t if there is some way yo u can l'omanli t: izp

or

dramati ze tea chin ~ 10 yo ungs ters

be tween the age of 5 a nd 9. that yo u have far more <.;u cc~~s . Yo un~s te rs have an imap:in a ti un th at ca n be use d tu fire th e ir en· thu s ias m. Now that we ha ve l' mb a rked upon a s urge of gymna sti cs throu ghout th e nit I' d Sta tes. it is important th a t we beg III thin kin !! in term s o[ s tartin g gy mna sl s at a y~ ung:er age . When teachin g th e div(' roll for di s ta nce, it ca n be ove r a nve r o f ma n- ea tin g croco diles. "With th e n ea r end of th e I;,at as on e ban k of th e ri ve r and a so ft r ope that can be used for th e far bank of the ri'·er. we haye a fl ex ibl e ri ver width that mak ('s thi s " ga me" e xcitin g to th e s mall youngs ter. Wit.h ext ra thi ck soft mats and care ful SPOttlll g, we can have a grea t dea l of fun wi th thi s kind of im aginati~n .

In a similar fa shion , I have used th e three-sta ae r ocket propul sion method of

tc ac hing ~th e he ad s pring as a

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ulatin g' - th e yo un gs ter to. thinkin g a bou t th e part s of the head spnn g rath er th an just th e whole. " T he pa rt s of th e head s prin g would th en be explain ed in thi s fa shi on: A. In illu s trati on A. ,,"e have a ll part s of th e rocket propul sion unit r ea dy for firin g. Th e a ppropria te positi on 01 the basI' in vo lyf'S th e ha nd s ve ry close If n ~ t ri o" hl al on!! sid e of ~h e head. In fa ct, 1t w~uld be be tter if the head and th e hand s we re a ll in one lin e for a hett er rocke t

propu lsion thru st with th e arm s s traight d own int o th e mat. Th e kn ees are bent , a nd th e fep t ar ~ rea dy to make th e first yocket prnpul , ion thru st ag:a in st th e nl at.

B. In B. we see th a I th e first sla!!f' of th e roc ket has exploded. Thi s consists of th p J (-' ~ ~ s tra ig ht e nin g s h arpl y ill ~ lI c h a way th at th e fee l a re thrus tin g int o th e ma t. and t he hips are thru st over th (' head and beyo nd th e hea d sli ghtl y so th at we a I"{' read y fo r stage two to fire.

C. fn ilius tra t ion c., th e ]'oeke t h a, heen a ll owe d to g:o just a littl e bit too far he fore th e seco nd s ta ge explod es. Actuall y, it wou ld be bett er if th e hips wer e onl y a bont 6" beyo nd th e hea d. r eadv for th e s('~" n d ro cke t sta!,:e to ex plod e.

D. ] n D. we see that the seco nd rock et , ta!!(' has been fired. Thi s consist,; of th e It-!!; shoo tin g toward th e ceilin g a nd !!o in g: U I~ toward an arch in th e bac k. In stag:(' D. beca use th e second ex pl OSIO n was df'laye d in pos iti on c.. we fin d. th a t we are a bit too far beyo nd the veru cal m Sta ge D. This condemn s th e r ocke t to a low short fli " ht in stead of a high and lon g fli ght.

E. In sta "e E. the final rocket sta ge ex· pl osion has" tak en place. Thi s consists of th e hand s thrustin g again st the mat cau sin a the entire body t·o sh oot upward 'and outwa rd for a standin g positi on la ndin g with the head back and the aims back. 1n stage E. we see an error in the rock et fli ght.

Becau se th e rocke t was allowed to tilt over too lar in posi tion c., it caused the fh ght of the rocket to go too much along th.e m at in stead of up off th e mat as shown 111 po· sition 0 with th e result that we ha ve a rather low landin g in positi on E. .

This brings out quite 'g raphically the importance of the rocket sta ge eXlllosions taking place with a precise ti~in g y,:st as they must take place in a preClse timing to determine proper orb it in space.

Upon testing the young man who served as a model in thi s stunt , we di Scover ed he was not fl exible enough in th e shoulder girdle and al so tha t his ba ck arch could be improved giving him a better fli " ht for the head spring. In the next gimmi~k s article we will see how important this is for th e back hand s pring, and we will show how large n umber s of youngster s can be taught this man euver.

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GYMNASTICS FEDERATION Th e [ ' .S.CT. \atio na l C h ampionship_ h os ted by th e L' nil 'e rs ill of Iowa on Apri l 17-Hl ' was a tribute to unifi ed eff o rt o n Lh e pa rL o f a numbe r o f excell ent coach es who we re in atte nd a nce . A lthou g h bese t with a numb er o f admini strati ve prob lem s , large'l) attribute d to th e lack of firm ru!e~ aL Lh e tim e. th e rath e r hec ti c Frida y session wa s fo ll owed bl a s m oo th er runnin g Sa turd ay fin a ls and a beautiful sh ow for th e publi c o n Sa tur day n ig h t ... Di ck Ho lzaepfel. :Vlee t Director a n d C le nn Wil so n, Meet Manager put in quite a week to o rga ni ze th e tw o day. f o ur di vis i o n m ee t for me n a nd wo m en. More th a n 150 e nt ries arriv ed Thursdal' and fo und th a t th e four 1-SC I" Aff ili a ted Equipm ent co mpani es I P o rte r, \ isse n_ America n an d CYIll-Maste r I h ad provid e d nell' a ncl exce ll e nt equipment for wa rm-ups a nd cQmpetiti o n in thr ee ~ym n as ium s .

CO \CE K\T\C T HE COMPETlTlOi\ . . . th e Cla ss "A" perfo rm a nces lI'ere exce ll cnt a nd thi s divisi o n wa s by far Lhe laqres t s in ce lI e d id n ot have co mpul so ri es thi s year in th e --A" Di vis ion, r:ntri es we re received fr o m Ca lifo rnia , Arizo n a. Co lo rad o_ Pe nn s) Iva ni a. Ki sco ns in , T e nn essec.

Illi n o is . Nli c hi ga n , \ew Mex ico. Io wa. ~1inn eso ta. a nd a ll po ints in bet ,,:ee n. 1\ 11 told more tha~ :0,5 c lubs. Y MCA'" ~ ncl sc hoo ls Ire re rep re拢e nted in thi s nati o nal o pen co mpetition.

II, Ir o rd lllU St be sa id co nce rning th e pe rforma nce of Hu sh' Mitch e ll. g reat a ll -around pe rf o rm e r from So uth e rn Illin ois L' niv e rs itl. Th e m ost improved all-around glmnast I have see n in rece nt I'ea rs , Hu sty iVlitche lL is one of Amer icas a ll- time g rea t Olympi c ca libe r gym na sts. He ave rage d b ette r than 9 .<1 for a ll tw e lve ro utin es o l'e r Lh e two da\ m eet a nd did hi s o pti o n a l ro utin es twi ce o n Satu rd ay a ndl oo krd even he tte r durin~' th o: las t performance th an be fo re' H" n ot o nl y d e~e r ves a berth o n th e 1964 Olympic Cymnasti c~ LealTi f~ r th e [ ' .S. \ .. I would ven ture to say he is th e b es t L' .S .CT. C ove rnin g Co un c il

a ll-aro und !.!I m!1 as t in Lh e [ ' niteel S ta Les to(lal' . If th e L S.A . i ~ to se nd ' th e best possible team to Toky ~ thi s fall . . . th e re is n o doubt a lwu t o ne f act . .. RUSI ), ,Ililchell be/ollp:5 a ll IIia l l ea lll.

Th e L S .C,F. Co,'e rning Co un c il me t on Fridal', Apri l 17th and s p e nt an e ntire day' working o n I -S CF po li c ies fo r th e futur e , co nstit utio n a l c h a n ~es and o rga ni zat io na l p la ns.

He prese nta ti les p r e~e nt a nd th e o rga ni zatio n s th e_), rep re,se nt II'ere: Dr. Ha c he l Fln'ant an d Dr, Lo ui s All ey from A.A .H .P. f路:. R. ;Vlr . C le nn T.Wi lso n I Co lo ra d o'l , M r. L y le Quinn, f owa I a lld .\Ir. ;\ 1 \\ ' i lli s , Illinoi s) a ll represe ntill g th e ;\ational Fe d e ratioll s of 1-I. S. A thl e ti c Assoc.'s . i\Ir. V ic Lesc h rrp re;:e nti n ~ th e \aLiona l Assoc. of Co ll ege Cnnnast ics Coac h e路~.

Dr. Dona ld \ , H O\ r1 ~ lon . .\'11' . .\ 1. It Clausen and .\'Jr. Ilo h h':re idl e r o f th e \,-CA.A. Th e Counci l d isc ussed L-.s,(;. F. s tru c tur e and orga ni zatio n. ~e n e r a l po li c ies a nd pattern s o f p rog ram cle l'c lop me nt a nd ca ll ed for th e [ ' SCI-' nominati nf! comm ittee to prepare a slate of nell' office rs fo r elec ti O/; at th e next cou nci l m ee ting se t fo r \ ove mbe r 27_ 196-\, in C hi cago. Illi n o is. Fur th ~ r. th e Co un c il se t to wo rk o n a Co n stitution and B y-Laws Com mittee to IF in g th e a me nd eel Co ns titution up-to-d a te anel have it reach f~ r a formal l o te of app ro l'a l at th e \ ovemb e r mee tin g. ' Thi s met'l in g lVas th e fir s t m eel in~ ever co ndu c ted of' the L S,C. F . Coverning Co un c il. T he \ov embe r mee ti n o ' will be th e seco nd a nd fo ll o llfinf! th a t m eetin " th e Ccm ~tutioll, Hul es a llci !l l- Laws a nd ' Procedu res o rth e L'SC F lI' ill be re -p rint ed ane! mael e avai lab le to inte res teel g ro up s or ill elil'idu a ls .

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und e rs tand that th e Czec hos lova ki a n Oh'mpi c Cn11 na s tics team h as bee n in th e [ -.S.A . fo r a wre k or tIro .. , a l ~ d i: n -t it a nl'l zin g h a lf we ll g ua rd e d their trip h as bee n. .\Ilall\ tl :at I have ta lke d II'il h h ad no id ea that thi s great tea m' Ifas <:1'e'1 in thi s co ulltr y. From what informa ti o n I h ale rec2 il'ed th ey made a tour o f th e L S.A. fr om \ e ll' '{ark to \e lr ] er;n . I ca n o nl y say tha t I thillk it a rea l pit y to h 'lve in viteci !' uch a g re~t te'a m to o ur co untr y and n ot to h ave a ll o lred th em th e oppo rtunit y to see th e [ -.S .A. I f and wh e n th e in formation becom es avai lab le to th e pub li c we 'll tr y to le t you kn ow who won .

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T he L' .S .C.I-'. tr ampo line tea m to So uth A fri ca re turn ed h ome fr om the ir g rea t trip o n Ap ri! 27th a nd eac h tea m membe r exp ressed a s ince re th a nk yo u to th e h os t co untr y and M r. O. A rebo rn , pe rso n a ll y, for the exce lle nt trea tm e nt th ey recei ved du rill g th e ir ex ten ded to ur of the lI at io n of So ~th Afri ca. It is o ur h o pe th a t in 1965 we will have a tea m from So uth Afr ica made up of a ll-a rou nd p eHo rm ers a nd tr ampo lin ists to ur th e L;.S .A. a nd we' ll kee p yo u inform ed o f s uc h happe nin gs as th ey deve lop . The tea m, and th e coac h did a g rea t j o b of co mpetin g, losin g o nl y a ile c1o~e mat ch to th e ~ rea t p e rfo rme rs from So uth Afr ica o ut of th e three tes t matches th at we re cond uc ted. The L S,C. F. is pl ea sed with the m from a co mpetitio n sta ndp o int, but eve n more p leased th at th ey ha ve prese nted th em selves so we ll to ou r fri e nd s in a fo re ig lT la nel .

MEX ICO . . . The q ui et and beautiful ly warm co untr \' o f o ur ne iohb ors' to so uth b ec k oned us a n d the l'.S.C.F. s pon so red ; team trip a nd ex hibiti on to He rm osill o, Mex-

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ico o n Apri l 25th thru 28th. Th e team wa s coached b y Sa m Baili e of th e L' ni ve rsity of Arizo na a nd fea tured Steve Doty, WA C Co nfere nce AII路 Around Cha mpi on a nd Bill Zinkl and l ack I"': ena n. Ari zo nas two othe r All- Aro und per fo rme rs . .. a long with Rob Va la nzuela . .. I interpreter as well as gy mna st J a ll fr om the L. of Ari zo na. Two evenin 3 ex hibiti ons a nd a se ri es of clini c sessions we re co nducted a nd it was our specifi c goa l to send lhis gr oup into He r-

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mosill o to help prom ote and develop the sport in tha t co untr y. Th e Uni ve rsity of Sonora, located in H ermosillo hosted the exhibiti o ns a nd Prof. Cruz Garcia (Physical Educati on Oepa rtment J wh o also attended last years Wes tern Clinic was th e offi cia l host. No competitions . .. just a good work session a nd a n excellent performance on the part of a fin e g ro up of gy mn asts.

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When a dif fere nce surpassing t hese limits occu rs , it stands as a matter o f course that the two high and low scores must also b e fo lse , an d the refe ree will point o ut this state of affairs t o the 4 j udges , so that the pe nalizing ma y t hereafter pr oc eed co rrectl y .

In ord er t o establish a policy, the 4 judges and referee will meet in consultation for the 1st Qnd 2nd exercise of a contest held on th e sam e day. The same applies i f there is a r eo rganizati o n o f the Ju r y .

Each judge and the ref er ee, will re v eal t heir sco re s, and if the latte r are on a just ifiab le sca le , all arguments on t he subject , or discussion o f it , will b e a vo ided. On the o ther h and, if the scor es d o n ot confo r m to I he rules , unity of points of vie w must b e arri ved at in discu ssi on, and the ma jority o f sc o r es, as well a s th e referee 's score will prevail. Even during the com pet ition , and even if th ere is NO va riance o f sco res contrary t o the rules , the r ef eree has the ri ght to order a conference , if he feel s th at the judging is conducive t o a rupture o f harmony .

TYPE OF EXERCt SES TO B E PERFORMED I N OPT ION AL AN D COMPULSORY EXERCISES. PARALLEL BARS: Swing , flight, strength and hol ds (sta t ic ports ). The swing and f l ight pha ses sh o uld predominate. The e xercise must contain a t least o ne part invo lv ing strength and o ne 8 com p o nent executed ove r and under the hand grips by simultaneous relea se of grips.

There can be n o more than 3 stops.

H ORIZONTA L BAR: Exc lusi v el y swin g i ng nlOVementswith n o stops, o ffer ing a combination o f g! ant tu r ns ( tw ists) with ot her vo r ia t iO:1s , c r high v alue c onnec t ing movements.

SIDE HO RS E: Exclu siv el y sw ingi ng m ove men Is with '.1 0 st o ps , passe s o f o ne and bo th legs, scissors f o rwa rd a nd re ar w ard, one o f whlcn , at least. must be double . Circles o f both leg s mus t predominate in the e xercise, and the th r ee parts of the h o r se must be used.

For th e REQUIRED exerc ise, circles of bo th legs in t he o pposite direction N\AY b e c o n si d er ed. (i.e., o pposite double leg ci rcles are not requ ired in the optional exercise. ) RINGS: Combined mo v ements of swinging, strength an d h o lds. (Sta t ic Ports) with out swa ying o f the rings. The exerci se must include at least tw o ' handstands o f which o ne must be throu gh strength , and the o ther in a swing fr o m a hanging p o sition , or on inv erted , ho ndg , o r a half -inv erted hong. In addi t ion , it must include at least one h o ld of GREATER DIFFICUL TY, such as the free fron t horizontal support, the cross , the in v erted cross, o r o thers.

FLOOR EXERCISE The fl oor exerci se MUST f o rm a harmonious and rh y thmic whole , thr o ugh alternating ele ments invo lving suppleness and strength, ho lding and balance, with shifts in different directions , kips , jumps, and handstands. Abu siv e repetit ions are to be avoid ed, as are transiti ons and p oses that ore t oo simp le, and superfluous push-off steps .

The durat ion of the floor exercise is 70 SEC ONDS MAXIMUM, and 5 0 SECONDS MINIMUM, and the l imits o f the 12 x 12 meter area cannot be gone beyond.

LONG HORSE The t ype difficulty, execution, as well as the va lue o f the jumps ore covered further on in article.

JUDGtNG OF REQUIRED AND OPTIONAL EXERCISES A路Special remark s conc e rning the required

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2. On the Lon g H o rse Vault, the gymnast ca n exe cu t e two jumps, the be tter on e c o unting. _3.. Thp -f IOQr e..xef:cise cQn,:,o.t be repeated.

4. Beside the necessa r y " A " port s, the required exerc ise conta ins 3-4 " B" pa r ts , and its v alue in com pa rison with the o pti ona l exer cis es IS fr om 9.2 t o 9 .4 po ints. For the judge, and on the question o f co mbination and difficulty, th e val u e will be I 0 p oin ts, nevertheless . The Judge will therefore watch only that the exercise be performed in ac cor dance with the printed ~exts and instructions. I f su ch is not the case , deductions f o r a perf o rmanc e no t con forming t o the text will b e t he fol lowing: a. Fo r M ov emen ts n o t executed , the TOTA L V ALUE assig ned to this moveme n t according to part d. , then, it must b e seen whether or n o t this act does not facil it ate the e xecution o f the f o ll o wing o r preceding mov ement , and then t h ere will be cause t o odd on additional penalt y which ca n b e as high as I PO INT; b . Ad ded Mov ement s: If a contestant odds one or sever al un f o reseen m ov ements , there w i ll be on each occasion a penalt y of .3 to .5. Then i t must be seen if the added movements d o n o t fac il itate the executi o n o f the f o ll owing o r preceding part. In that case, the penalty ca n be i nc reased by . I t o .5. c. Fo r all other faults , suc h a s unre lated kips , touches, sitting down, f a lls, inter rupting the exercise , bo d d ress, imperfect execution f r om th e technical vi ewp oin t , etc. see deduc t ions f or ' imperfect ex ecution , under " B" . a . T o fac i litate Judging, each requ ired ex e r cise is div ided into se v eral port s havi ng a va lu e In p r op o rtion t o the ports and c o nnecting m ov ements involved .

R . Imoe rfect Exe cution of Requir ed and Optional Exer ci ses.

1. Dedu c ti o ns will b e made f o r fault y execution as well as f o r imperfections o f technical n ature.

Under Fault y Execution are cl assif ied bad posi tion o f (eel , legs, body, head , etc. , whereas , Faults of Technical Nature a re: Poo r executi o n o f mov ements and connect i ng m ov ements , such as a f o rward half - twis t with sh ou lder s t oo for f o rward or the body t oo arched, grips delay ed in r earward basket, or shoulders too f or f o r ward when the body come s to support p osition on the pa r all e l bar s, mount s mode t oo low, lack o f amplitude in circle s o f the legs, o r scisso rs mode too lo w on the side horse, ha ndstand without the b o dy b eing perpe ndi cular to the floo r , o r w ith sh o ulders f o rward , waltzes in handstand in which rhe body is not in perpendicular p o~ i 颅 ti on , hangs and h o riz o ntal su ppo rt s too lo w or t oo high . etc.

2. General Faults in Execu tion. Poor p os ition o f feet , legs, arms, head and bo d y, in addition to sp lit-leg positi ons where technique is n ot o bser v ed, deductio n on each occasion~.l to .3.

T ou ching the end o f the h orse, the pommels , the hand-grips , the ba r suppo rts , the b eams on t he flo o r in fr on t o f o r insid e the bars with t he feet in swinging , the horizonta l ba r or the suppo rt s o f the h or izo nta l , or ring r op es w ith the feet , legs, seat , or a no ther part o f the body of t ouching (contact) is no t requi red by the nature o f the exercise: Deducti o n o n ea ch occosion - .2 t o .5.

Faults during exe cuti o n , acco r ding t o the seriousness o f the case, and in conside r ation o f t h e difficulty of the ser ies givi ng r ise to them , will be penalized o n each occasion by-.3 to .7.

Wh en th e gymnast sits in noticable mann er, the deduction will be o n each occas ion-.s to

.7.

3. For Faults o f Technica l Execution , the applica b le deducti on will be the f ollowing, on each o ccasi o n: a. Walking in ha n dstand .1 per step - . 1 to .5. b . Two o r severa l at t empts t o toke p o sition for hold-.2 t o .5 . c. Interruption of p ress to handstand- . I t o .3. d. Swinging po rt s executed in str englh o r ports o f str ength executed w ith swinging (impe tus ) -.I to .3. e.

THE DURATION OF HELD PARTS IS THE FOLLOWING : On Parallel Bars and Floor Ex.-2 sec. and NOT MORE THAN 4 sec. On Sti ll Ring s-3 sec. and NOT MORE THAN 5 sec.

DEDUCTIONS WIL L BE MAD E AS FOLLOWS : On Parallel Bars and Fl oor Ex.-Only I sec. or more than 4-.2. On Still Rin gs-On ly 2 sec. o r m o re than 5-.2. On ly 1 sec. o r m o r e than

6-.4.

On Still Rings-Handstand w ith arms bent or touch ing ropes with a r m s-.2 to .3 . Handstand with arms bent and t o uching ropes with arms-.3 t o .5. C r oss, inve r ted cross and f r ee fr o m h o riz on tal support with a r m s bent- .J t o

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.5. T oo muc h swaying of ropes- . I to .3. Forward Fall with tum ble from handstand , insofar as a fault is potently invo lved-(fa lling fr om handstand)- .3 to .5.

Floor Ex e rcise- Fa u lts of balance or stan d at end , and during exerci se in accor dance wi th port 4 below:-. I t o .5. Lock o f harmony, rhythm, and supp lene ss on eacl:l occos ion-.2. Lock of harmony, rh ythm, and supp l eness during EN TIRE exerc ise-I.O. Sid e Horse-Lo ck o f a mplitude in leg circles. I t o .3. Scissors w i t h out disengag ing hips- . I t o .3 .

Ge nera l -H or izonta l suppo rts , h orizon t al hangs, - vi it~ngle-und-sptri i-:- CJngi~too high o rtao low, horizontal stands on one leg distorted , pos ses t oo rapid , ( fleet ing fr om o ne mov ement to the next ), handstands not perpendicu lar t o floor, o r with sh oulder s forward, etc. - . l t o .3.

4. STAND BEFORE AND AFTER EXERCISE, Initial and F ina l presentation. For an exer cise no t beg innoing or ending in a perfect stand , the deductions are a s f ollows: Small Step o r jump upon hitting the flo or , poor po sition b efo r e o r afte r exe rcise-. l to .2.

Several steps or jumps upon h itting fl oor , o r slight hand contoct wi t h fl oor , without leaning , o r p oor pos ition be f o re o r after exerc ise-.2 t o .3.

Sitting or knee l ing or fall o f A~jY kind , ve r y poor pas it io n bef o re o r after the exer cise.3 t o .5.

Lea v ing the area w itho ut VA LI D rea so n and BEHAV IOR CON T RARY TO GYMNASTIC REG ULA TIDN S.. .. . I to .3 . .

5. INTERRUPT ION DF THE EXERC ISE THROUGH FALLING OR TOUCHING FLOOR . When on ex erci se is inter r upted by a fall , o r o th er ci r cum stances , o r if the gymnast touc hes the fl oo r with hi s feet on the Side H orse and Pa rallel Bars, the gymnast can proceed wi th his exercise I MMEDIATE LY , or at latest 30 seconds later , but he wiil ha v e to accept a deduct io n o f poinl.5.

During tho se 30 seconds th~ gymnast enjoys freedom o f action. If , h o weve r , the exerc ise IS no t resumed afte r 30 seconds have elapsed , it is held t o be ended , and the sc o ring w i ll b e b ased o nl y o n po r ts executed . The referee o r head judge will guage time, and will inform the gymna st o r his captain of t he elap sing o f 10, 20, and 30 seco nds.

DEDUCTtONS ARE THE FOLLOWING: Interrupt ion o f Side Hor se and Parallel Ba r exe r cises by contac t of feet with floor , without re leas ing grips- .8.

Inter rupti on o f exer cise by relea sing g r ips, then immediate c ontinuation of exercise or after at m os t 30 seco nds time at the spo t whe re it was interrupted- I.O. Cl o thing da m aged , o r defec't ive t opes , as wel l as w o unds, o r hand guards t o r n, canno t inf luence the o rd onance concerning interru pt ion.

6 . ASSISTANCE TO THE GYMN A ST: a. T o p r event accidents, a second is permitted to stand near the appa r atus at the Horizo ntal Bar, Parallel Bar s, Rings and H o rse Vault , w it hout t o uching the g y mnast. If , h o wever, the second t o uches the g y mnast the deduction is- .3. b.

Hel ping the gymnast in the execution o f on exe r cise wil l invoke a deducti o n of-.s to 1.0. c. On the Side H o rse and Fl oor exercise, th e presence o f a sec o nd is no t permi tted. d. On the H o r izo ntal ba r and Rings , a gymnas t ma y be assisted in jumping into p lace on th e ap paratus. e. IN NO CASE will t he cap tai n or an y o th er person speak t o the gymnas t while executing his exercise during the co m p etition .

OPTIONAL EXERCISES A. GENERAL REMARKS-T wo im p or tant scoring fac t o r s su pplement exec uti o n and preci si o n : Difficulty and Combination . These t wo fact o rs represent the va lu e of the e xer ci se.

Optiona l exercises ca n no t b e repea ted , except f o r t he Lo ng H o r se va u l t in w hi ch two trie s are permitted.

Opti o nal exercises on a ll 4 apparatus and on the fl oor exerCise are scor ed fr om 0 t o lO poin ts by ded u cti ons o f ten th s and whole p o ints. Th e sco r e of lO points is composed in t h e following manner : VA LUE OF T HE EXERC I SE-DIFFICULTY-3.4, COMB INA TI ON-1.6-Tota l 5.0. EXECUTION-S. D. 10.0 T o ta l.

On the Pa r al lel Bars, the u se o f on ly one elas tic Reuthe r boa rd is authorized. It ' is p ermilled t o p lace it o n the horizo ntal st eel supp or t s o r t he mots, th e height of which does not exceed the upper limit of th ose support s.

B. DIFFtCULTY T o ob tain the maximum sco re on th e 4 appar ati and o n th e Fl oor exercise the exer cise mu st be composed o f at LEAST : 6 Principle parts Ports " A " . 4 Difficult ports- Part B. I Port o f grea t difficu lty C. AT THE WOR L D CHAMPIDN SH IPS, DL YM PIC GAMES, EUROPEAN CH AMPIONSHIPS AND OT HER SUC H MAN IFEST ATIONS, THE EX ERC I SES MUST CONTAIN AT LEAS T 6 Parts-"A ".

4 Ports-B. 2 Pa r ts-c.

5. Boring of Difficulty D e duction .for missing ' part s "A ", " B", " C":

Part " A " -.2. Par t "8"-.4. Part " C" - . 6 .

If a part "C " is r eplaced by a pa rt " 8 " t he difficult scare will be redu ced by .2 points.

I f t he maxim u m sco re requires o ne port lie" and the part " C" is rep laced by a part " 8 ", the maximum score that may be granted can-

no t surpass 9.8 po int s.

If t he ma x im u m score r equires t wo parts 'e" (Finals). and o ne o f them or b oth are replaced

by parts

"S", t he maximum score that

ma y

b e g r anted is as f ol low s: I part C replaced by a part 8-9.8 points. 2 part s C rep laced by 2 parts 8-9.6 poin t s.

An added part " C" may replace a missing part 8 . This clause is equall y va lid f o r parts 8

o ffered in preference t o parts A. 6. EXERCISE WHOSE SCORING IS DIFFICULT TO DETERM I NE W hen a gymnast pre sents an exe r c ise invo lv ing nu rnero u s failings, a nd not permitting scoring as a diff icult y, th e f o l lowi n g sco res wil l be given wi t h out rega rd t o the maxim u m o f 3.4 Do ints.

Fo r an e xe rci se e xec uted in

3h , max imum of 7.5

points. Fo r on ex erci se executed ' in Y2, maximum o f 5.0 poin t s. For an exercise executed in 1/4 , maximum o f 2.5 p o ints .

7. Th e difficu lty of an exercise must nat be pushed t o the det r iment of perfec t technical ex ecution and pre sentat ion. Ports o f an exercise o r p ositi on th at are incor re c t , ' bad co m por t ment , poo r swings, passes with too m u c h rap idity f ro m o ne port t o ano ther , lack o f mastery in ex ecu ti o n , entail necessary deduction s. The exerci se must co r res pond to the capacities of th e g y mna st, for in artistic gymnastics, th e gy mnast mu st b e able to master his body with ea se and a ss u ranc e. ( Editors Emphasis) C. Co mbination The exercise must co rrespo nd t o the type su ited to the appa r a t us.

Each exercise must end in on effec t iv e dismount which corresponds to th e wh o le o f what is contained in the exercise.

The essentia l par t s must b e join ed in a smart and sust ained m an ner. Intermedia te and excess kips, abusi ve rep etitions and par t s which are t oo easy and worthl ess, in relati o n t o the diff iculty and character o f the exercise a s a whole, o r e t o be avo ided.

The co mposit io n of t h e o p t io nol ex ercise must be noticeably dif fere n t fr o m that o f the required exercise. Neve rthel ess, the fact that it ma y contain p a rts and connecting port s alread y con tained in the req u ired ex ercise does not necessaril y const itute a fault to be penalized, as such, I f the tra nsi ti ons whic h prec ede and f o llow it are d ifferent.

Ser ies o f va lue , presen ting great r isks or marked o riginalit y, will be judged MORE FA VO RA8L Y , in the matter o f sma l l fault s i n execution, t han those loc k ing o r igina l ity, ri sk and v irtuosity.

The DU RATION O F THE FL OOR EXERCISE IS SET AT ONE M INUTE , w ith a margin o f 10 seconds more o r less.

The floor f o r t he fl oor e x erc ise is limited t o a 12 x 12 meter square.

PENALIZING OF THE COMBINATION If the compos itio n o f the exer c ise d oes no t corr esp o nd t o the requirements the deduct ion will b e . each t ime- .I t o .3.

For each in terpo lated kip , th e deduction will be-.3 t o .5.

I f the exercise d o es n o t end in an effect hIe dismount, corresponding t o the difficulty o f the ex erci se as a who le- . l to .3.

Fo r each part or transiti on with ou t v alue , o r abus ive rep e t itions-.l to .3.

I f the combinat ion o f th e opti o nal exer c ise s resem bl es th e req ui red exer c ise t oo closel y .1 to .5.

I f th e optional exercise ends wi th the dismount o f the required exerci se with the same p reliminar y transiti on- . 2.

E.x erc ises o ffering transitions o f val ue , great risks , o r a marked o r iginality will b e m o re favo rably judged, in the matter o f small fa ults in execution, t h a n t h bs e p erf o r med with o ut o rigina l it y, risk & v irtuo sity .

EXCEEDING THE TIME LIMIT OF THE FLOOR EX. W ILL BE PENA LI ZED AS FOLLO WS: Up t o 2 seconds, ov er o r under- . 1. Up t o 5 seconds , over o r unde r ~.2. Up t o 9 second s, ov er or under- . 3. More tha n 9 secon d s-.S. Stepping au t o f the fl oor area se t f or the fl oor exercises will be penalized as f ollows: T ouching the f loor with o ne part o f the bod y , each tim e-.1 . Touching th e fl oor with two fe et or two hands, each time-.2. Sitti n g, knee l ing o r lying down each t ime- . 3.

The maximum d educti o n f o r the co mbinat ion is 2.6 poi n t s.

THE LONG HORSE VAULT A. All vaults must be executed with support fr o m o ne o r both hands. The ru nning toke-o ff is as the gymnast desires. The ta ke -off approach must be at least 18 meters long.

The v ault is cons ide red t o b e b egun at the m oment 'i he springboa rd o r h o rse a r e t o uched, it ends when the gymnast is we ll ba lanced in a no rma l st ance. It is thus per mitted to a vo id o r go around the spring boa rd o r horse without

touching it , bui twice at the m as t . In such a cas e, the gymnast. w i ll be enti tl ed to a third and final va ult .

Th e required and o pti a nol ' -, oult s ma y be e x e c ut ed twice , and th e b est score ob ta ined will co unt. I n th e opti o nal vau lt , the gymnast has th e o ption o f presenting the some v a ul t twice , or two di ff erent vau lts. Th e two va ults must immed iately f o ll ow, one upon the o th er.

AT FINALS OF WOR LD CHAMPIONSHIPS , O LYM PIC GAMES , AND EUR OPEAN CHAMPIONSH IPS, as well as in INTERNAT IONA L EXHI81 TI ON S o f this t ype , EACH FINALIST IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT TWO DIFFERE N T VAULTS, with two tries f or each va ult o f which th e b etter one wil l dete rmi ne th e score. THE FINAL SCORE IS OBTAINED BY ADDING THE SCO RES OF THE BEST TWO VAULTS AND DI V IDING BY TWO .

8. JUDGING OF THE REQUIRED AND OPT ION路 AL LONG HORSE VAULTS .

Judging o f the h orse v ault is div ided into 4 fact ors , as f o l lows: I . Diff icul t y o f the optiona l v ault , o r interpret a t ion of th e r e.qui red ~ it.

2. Pl acing of one or both h ands. (PlaCi ng area .) 3. Take- off and flight i n the second phose o f the vaul t . 4. Executio n and tech nical interpretati o n .

C. Diff icu lty o f Va u lts , and Form.

T he sketches whic h are p r inted (we d o n ot have) show the f a rm and d iffer ent phases o f the 18 v aults and exec ution m ust adhe re to the se: fr om the indi ca t ions, inc l uding the di stance end o f the horse to the g y mnasts feet i n n o r mal stan ce.

Difficulty of V aults not prov ided. f o r in the sca le o f difficu lti es will be sc o red In the :::'Plrlt o f the line o f conduc t out line d by the scale .

T o stimulate execution of v ault s in vo lv i ng g rea ter di ffi cul t y, superior t o the d ifficu lty at the v aults li sted in the 10 p o mt sca le , small fau l t s in execu ti o n w ill be less sev erely penalized .

D. Placing of hands and support Zon es. _ T he length o f the h o rse is broken up into J zon es which f o ll ow each other , fr o m end t o end , 400 millimeters, 200 mm, 200mm , 400m m.

The markings se ttin g o ff the zones must ~e 10mm , (I cm.) w ide , and be clearl y drown In WHITE on the bac k o f th e horse in such a way that th e OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE STRIPE SETS OFF THE ZONE .

TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM POINTS, placing o f hands or h and must be made clearl y within the o uter zone o f nec k o r cr o up. As soon a s a zon e is encr oached upon by on e o r bot h hands there is a loss o f ONE POINT PER ZONE .

TAKE OFF UP TO PLACING OF HANDS AND FLIGHT TO STAND The m ax imum o f 10 points will be gi v en , if t he angle f a rm ed at the hand su ppo rt by the st retched bod y (mean ing the line from h ands t o feet ,) with the h orse' s back p o ints upward at leas t 30 degrees . .

The ma x imum will be no more than 9.5 p Oints, f o r a suppor t th at is merel y h o r izontal. .

The maximum will be no more th an 9.0 p OInts , if the f ee t are on ly as high as th e hor se' s back , and it will go da wn proporti o nally, if the feet a re still lo we r. Obv io usl y , sco re s rangmg In b etween , 9.1 , 9.2 , 9.6 , 9.7 , etc ., may be app l ied.

As a aeneral rule, vaults must be developed especially in th ei r second phases , (Free Flight a cco rding to the in Hei gh t and Length sket ch es) .

Fo r v aults with placing o f hands on croup , the t ake-off and flight in hei ght and length mu st co rre spond t o the phases in the sketches.

PENALIZATION OF EXECUTION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF TECHNIQUE AND COMPORT路 MENT Fo r pract ica l reasons this secti o n wi ll include d eductions f o r execu't i o n as w ell as f o r positi on of hands, rel a t ing to difficulty , ta k e-o tt and flight in the second part of the va ult.

I. Take -o ff and hand suppor t a t lower than 30 deg rees-. I t ad 1.0. 2. Fli ght nat high and long enoug h after placin g hands- . I to .5 . 3. W hen the gy mnast is not at a distance from the end o f t he h o rse co rresp o ndi ng t o the 'Ske t ch after the va ult and in coming to stand-.I t o .5. 4. T ao pron ounced bendinq of 190dy fo r wa rd be f o re coming t o stand- .l t o .5. 5. Parts o f v aults p oorl y o ri ented , ( if legs are not b rought downward in the DIREC TI ON o f vault, or if fhc y arc lowered al o n gsi de the h orse-. t t o .5. 6. Placing ba n d or h ands in th e 200 mm zone o n the neck o r croup side o r encroaching upon tho se z on es 1.0. 7. Placing hand or hands in the 400mm zone at cen ter o f horse , o r encroaching upon tha t zone-2.0 . 8. Poor posture o f f eet, leg s, body , head , u seless split o f legs each time.1 to . 3. 9. If th e faults mentioned in (8) are committed du rin g the entire va ult- A t o 1.0.

10. T ouc h ing H orse's body w ith feet , legs , knees or ather parts o f the body-.2 t o .5. Fo r m o re serious cases-.6 t o 1.0. 1 1 Arms ben t upo n executio n o f handsta nd- . I t o 1.0. 12.

Knees ben t upon execut io n o f p i ke vault. t t o 1.0.

PO SITION A FTER VAULT Pos iti o n a ft er the v aul t is judged in the some way as on lhe oppa r ati and in the flc,>0 r ex~ e rc ise, namely, Sma ll ste p o r sma ll Jump.1 t o .2. Severa l Steps o r jumps , t o uching the fl oo r wit h hands without leaning- . 2 to .3.

Sitting, kneeling , fall , o r v er y poor po stur e.3 to .5. Leaving the area with o ul v alid ' couse , behav io r not co rre sp o nding to gymnastic regula t ions- . I t o .3.

FL EXIBILI TY OF D EDU CTIO N S FO R FA ULT Y POSITIO N In particularl y di ffi clll t va u lt s, involv i ng v ery GREAT HEIGH T and GREAT DISTANCE in their second phase , deduction f o r faults of poo,r stance should be made flex ible by . I t o . 2 po in t s.

ORG AN I ZA TION OF JUR Y FO R LO N G HORSE VAUL TS I. T he ~ judges w ill take position so tha t t w o can obser v e the va ult h ea d-o n , and in its se c ond phase , part icularl y in the t raject o ry . Th e t wo o the rs will concentrate pa rt icu la rl y on I t S first phase.

2. The two judges o f ha nd pos itions will ta k e p lace o n ei t he r side o f the horse in sl:lc.h a manner that the y may o bserve th ose pOSitIOns .

3. The chief judge takes a position di agon a ll y in fr o nt o f the h o rse so tha t he may obser v e the vaul t in its en tire ty wi t h o ut disturban ce.

4. In o rder t o expedite judging , the con testo nt , as he is co iled , must a nnou nc e t he typ e o f va ult w h ic h h e will execu te t o the jury.

ADDI T ION T O TH E N EW SCO RING CODE OF THE INTE RNATION A L FE D ERA T IO N The presenta ti on o f di ffi cul t y sections, A , 8, AND C in three co lu mns correspo n ding to their o r igins is the rea son why repet it ions ~ f part s o r connecting movements under h ead ings o f d iffe ren t o r igins ar e to be f ound within the ca t egory of m ov emen t s rel a l-ed t o th e sam e appa rat us. In ord er t o avoid m isunderstandin gs when we are con fr on t ed with ident ical parts o r co nnecting rn ovemen ts , we call attent ion to the pert i nent numbers.

T he tables a lso inc l ude ce r ta in parts o r can nect ing m ovemen t s whi ch must b e per fo r med in v er y def i nite f ash io n , technICall y, in ? ~de r to be ' counted as part B o r C . In additi o n, we .find part s o r connec t ing m ov ements whic h , e"tend ing b eyond part C, also have the value o f pa r t 8 o r A , a n d ot he rs which , beyond par t B, h a v e the additi on al st rength of .on A o r B Where v er th is is t he case, t h e descrlpt ion w iil menti o n pertinent ind icat io n s.

At the end o f parts A , 8 , C an each appara t us, appea r ex am pl es o f co nnec ted o r mu ltipl e exe rcises , showing the n umber o f va lue~ ,. A ,.

B, C. Thi s procedu r e sh ou ld h elp techn iC ians t o approach th e sub jec t , and that will fac il it a t e definiti o n of o ther examples while ena b l ing compariso n s.

By wa y o f general o rienta tio n , we must spe~ if y th at Po stur es in Parallel Bar and Floo r e x erC ises must b e ca rr ied ou t in a p osition of stab ility lasting at leas t 2 seconds, and o n the rings f o r at least 3 seconds.

REPE TITI ON OF PA RT S B OR C IN T HE SAME EXERCISE A s a aeneral rule . a part o r connec tin a movement recognized as A , 8 , o r C , d ifficulty w ill count o nl y o nce within the scope a t . an exer c ise. It m ay coun t two , or several times, pr o v iding that the port o r connect ing mo.v ement which precedes, o r f ol lows, a re o f .0 different natu re . H owever, if a same pa r t IS repeat ed t oo often t he comb i nat ion and origina l i t y will su ffer in 'con sequenc e , and deduc ti ons wi!! ha ve t o be made o n th a t account.

W e hav e tr ied t o p r esent as many e x amp l e s as possib le, b ut must p o int ou t th a t in rega r d t o pa rt s fi guri n g i n a ll t he ta bles, the e~omp le s a re n o t re stric ti ve , bu t a re o f schema tiC cha r acter.

THE A , B, C's O F GY MNA STIC S PROPOSAL FOR T H E NEW CODE OF DIFFICULTY f or U.S. G.F. ( 8ased on t he FIG present rule ) SID E HORS E Pri ncipl es 1. Successi ve double rear vau l ts B 2. Tr avel-do uble r ea r vaults 8 3. Moor e at the side- t ra v el without int er mediate ci rcle 8 B 4. Moore on the pommele d part 8 5. St oc kl ( into d ismount , abo ) Gen erall y 1 2 S' s w ith o r wi 1hou t i nter media te 28 ' s m oves 2. 2 S' s with ou t an in ter media1e move may be I C (permissi b le t o have t wo incomp lete 8 's) 3. 18 connected with a r easo nab ly difficult combina1ion to a nother 8 1C + 1B 4. Tra ve l - double rear va ult- tro ve l double rear va ult I C + 28 5. Shagina~ (Stocklou t -st oc klin ) tC+ I 8 6 . Russ ian M oore 28 7. Double rea r va ult (ou t) -doub l e r ea r vault (in ) -t ra v el (au t ) -double IC rear vau lt ( in )

A

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8. Unless the combinati o ns (pre- o r after- ) are different , a B o r a C, repeated in a ro utine is a B or a C. This cou ld be an object o f a deduct io n.

4. Back ro ll sh oo t t o stoop thru t o half lev er 5. Back ro ll shoo t t o straddle down to hal f lever (h o ld ) 6. Back ro ll shoo t t o chest ro ll down to kneel up

9. All the fundamental mov es ore recognized as A moves o r A combinations.

These are not only applied to the tricks at the saddle positi on b ut also to t h e t r icks at sides and to the changes of g r ips. lO A n A m ov e that is perfor med pe r fectly shall be counted as a B move. (Example-consecu tive scissors w i th perfect fo r m and ski l l.)

11. ,.r. ··ur.us-ua! combination of an ,IJ., move at the saddle will become a B mov e o r a B combination when performed with ' a travel.

12. There is n o C move in side ho rse event.

But C combinatio n s on ly.

..:S.

4.

S. 6.

7.

B

3. Double leg Swiss ( H op Pirouette) 4. Left reor scissors- left leg right Y2 to rear suppo r t 5. Left rear scissors-left leg right Y2 t o d ouble circle 6. Left rear scissors-left leg right Y2 to rear suppo rt _righ t leg left V2-front scissors

C

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

I I. 12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

these Double rear v ault out Dou b le rear vau lt in Double in and double out Tra ve l ou t and double in T ravel out with immediate d oubl e in (hand not t ouching the croup ) Double ou t , double in and tra v el (From side), doub le in and immediate trovel ou t T r ave l out wi t h immediate double in and immediate tra v el out Sta n d facing side-left hand on the pomme l with p rona tion (under grip ) - p i vo t around the left hand- fr on t support Stockli in Double ou t-double in- st oc kli travel in Double in Double in-trav el out Doub le in· - t rave l out-doub le in wi t h :ravel Double in-immediate Moore Double in- immediate Moo reimmediate tro v el o ut Double in- tra v el out-double in Double in- t rovel out-doub le intra v el out-doubl e in Doub le out Double out-Moo re dismount Do u ble out-Moore (S ide ) -travel in T ravel ou t Travel out-Moore (s ide) dismount Tra ve l ou t -Moore (side)-t r avel in

16.

17.

B

Front !land s pring and J. Fr on t handspring

(

A A B B B C ( (

A

B

C A B C B ( B

C

Jumping I. Straddle jurnp A B 2. Pike jump (face touches the leg) A 3. Jump to handstand-f orward roll B 4. Jump to h andstand (hold ) 5. Jum p to handstand-forward ro ll with st retched legs B A 6 . La you t di ve roll 7. La yout dive handspr ing 8 Layout front somme rsault ( 9. Layout dive roll with straight kneesbackward handspring B 10. Lay out dive roll with straight kneesbackward dive Y2 twist to handstand ( instance)- forward roll C I I. Back handspr ing A 12. Backward dive-hand stand ( instance) forward ro l l B C 13. Backward di v e t o handstand (hold )

a

Springs Neck sp r ing Head spr ing Neck spring Y2 twist Head spring Y2 twist Neck spr ing Y2 twist to handstand Head spring Y2 twist to handstand Neck or head spring with out hands (hands placed o n the thigh) 8. Bac.k~var.d handspring t o neckspring position o . . ..... . . neckspring b. . ..... . neckspring Y2 twist Backroll shoot to handstand I . Back ro ll sh oo t t o handstand 2. Back roll shoot to straddle half lever 3. Back ro ll shoot t o stoop thru

14

A A B B C C B B C

A B B

B

som e rsa ult A A B B C C C

2. Front handspring (feet apart) 3. Front sammy 4. Fr ont sammy (feet apart ) 5. Lo y o ut front sommy 6. La yout fr ont sammy (feet apart ) 7. Tuck fr o nt sam m y V2 twist 8. Fr ont handspr ing- Jack knife fr o nt sammy 9 . Front sa mmy -handspring ( feet n o t apart at the take-off) 10. Two front sommies (one o f which shculd be Jack knife ) 1 J. One and o ne-half front sammy to f o rward ro ll

C C C A A A B

3. Single hand b ack spring 4. Bock so mm y B 5. Bock sa mm y loy ou t B 6 . Ba c k handspring- back sammy B 7. Back sammy- back handspring 8. Series o f b ock handspring with single hand (hand alternate) B 9. Two bock sommies (one of which shou ld b e lay out ) C 10. Back sammy to front scale C I I. Back sa mmy t o split C 12. Sa mm y with V2 o r m a re twi st (

Cartwheel and I. Cartwheel

d ee v lopment

of

cart wh ee ls

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Round- o ff Side sammy (tuck ) Side sa mmy layout Side sommies (tuck ), two o f Butterfl y Butterfly t o scale 8. Butterfly to side sammy

I. Bent bent press handstand (bent arms, b ent hips , knees straight ) A 2. Bend stiff press handstand B 3. Stiff stiff press handstand C 4. L support (or stradd le half leve r ) to bent p ress handsta n d B 5. t o bent press handstand B 6. t o b ent stif f press handst and C 7. St raddle half lever ) to bent stiff p ress handstand ( 8. Forearm stand A 9. Fo rearm stand-handstand B 10. Kneeling - ro ll down-handstand A 11. Fr o nt supp o rt - r o ll d o wn-handstand A 12. Lying o n the stomach-pres s t o handstand (without r oll ing ) C Bridg e (walk ov er ) I. Ly ing o n the back-bridge A 2. Handstand- walkov er to stan d stra ig ht B 3,. Stand- back walkove r t o handstand C

Other .::o mb inations 1 Front sa mm y V2 twist-bock handspring

1( +1 8 fr on t sammy 1( -t-I B Side scale- ·p r ess to o ne arm handstand (Aihara ) 2C

2. Boc k sa mm y V2 tw ist -

STILL RINGS Uprise I. Back uprise- L 2. Back uprise- s tradd l.? half lev er - L 3. Handstand- swina f o rward d o wn-' back uprise - L -L 4. Bock uprise- handstand 5. Back uprise- upper lev er (stiff, stiff) 6. Front giant 7. Fro nt uprise-L

Backward

roll

at

Hong A

2. Swing t o dislocation (n o pike- swing 3.

4.

f orwa rd- two backwa rd ro lls Swing 10 dislocati on (no pike )-shoo t t o handstand ' Disl o cati on t o d ismount ( Fl y awa y, straddle off ) Dislocatio n t o dismount V2 tu r n Dislocation t o dismount full turn

5.

6.

Forwa rd ro ll at hong I. Inlocotion

2. Inl o cati on-s traddle o ff 3. Inlocation-straddle o ff with Y2 turn 4. Inlo coti o n- stroddle off with f ull turn Handstand (press ) 1. Bent , ben t handstand (bent arms, b ent hips ) 2 . Bend , stiff 3. Stiff , bent handstand 4 . Stiff, stiff handstand 5. Forward ro ll with stretched body10 press handstand (stiff, stiff )

A B

B C

B

C A

B (

A A B

C A B B C C

Mu scl e lip I. Muscl.e up

A A B C C A B C

Stre ngth mov es

3

8. Fr ont uprise to support A 9. Front uprise- bock swing to handstand 8 Kip I. Kip to support A 2. Kip t o L A B 3. Kip 10 swing t o handstand C 4. Kip-swing t o upper lever (3 Sec. ) Sh o ot I. Shoot with swing forward A 2. Swing forward up t o suppo r t A 3. Swing forward up to L A 4. Swing f o rward up t o straddle half le ver B 5. Swing f o rward up t o upper le ver [3 6 . 8cck',','or d-giciit C Back kip I. Bock kip to support A 2. Back kip t o L A B 3. Back kip to handstand B 4. Back kip to straddle half lever C 5. Back kip t o upper lever ( 3 sec. ) Forward Roll I. Forward roll A 2. Forward roll-press t o handstand (pike) B 3. Forward ro ll with st retched body I Y2 t o back lever B 4 . Forwar d ro ll to handstand (stiff body ) C 5 . Forwar d ro ll to upper lever (3 sec.)

C Backward Roll from support I . Back ward roll t o supp ort A 2. Backward roll t o L A. 3. Backward roll to handsland B 4. Backward ro ll to upper lever B 5. Backward ro ll t o straddle half lever B C 6. Back·.vard roll to press to handsta nd 7. Backward ro ll t o press to upper lever C 8. Backward ro ll t o st radd le o ff B 9 . Backwa rd roll t o stradd le o ff with Y2 twist C 1. Disl o cat ion

C

Bock handspring and co m bination s 1. Backwa rd handspring 2 . Ser ies o f bock handsprings

( A B C A B

FLOOR EXERCISE

I. 2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

12.

13.

14.

15.

A

co e o n a knee B Fro nt scale-backward handspringfr o nt scale C L p ositi o n A V Sit A Straddle half lever (3 sec. ) B L positi o n wi t h finger tips C Handstand A Forearm stand A Handstand with entirel y stra ight body (2 sec. ) B One hand C A Upper lev er (b ent arms) B Single arm lever (Y2 turn) Upper lever (bo dy de f inite hor izontal , 2 sec.)

C Straddle seat position B Split seat position B

A

Double rear vault, travel, and combinations of 1.

2.

3.

9.

10.

I I.

g

A

B C

Scol e s 1. Front or side sco les 2. Rear scale

8.

Swiss Moves (pirouette) I. Single Swiss 2. Single Swiss to rear support

B A B

2. Double circle (at least 2 times ) 3. Single f oo t circle to press to hand stand .

4. Double circle wit·h Y2 turn (2 times)

A B (

C

Fo ot Circle I. Single foot circle

Front scissors and bock scissors I. Consecu ti ve scissors 2. Scissors with V2 turn 3. Scissors with travel 4. Scissors with V2 turn and tra v el

C

A

2. Muscle up t o support (arms always side ) (B 3. L c ro ss to pull up t o support B 4. Muscle up t o suppo rt (arms alwa ys ( si de , n o whipping ) 5. Muscle up t o bock lever ( Fron!- l ever I . Fr ont lev er (3 sec.)

B 2. Back.wa rd roll-fr on t lev er B 3. Backward roll A 4. Fron t lever- pull up (wi t h backwa r d C ro ll )-press to handstand 5. Fr o nt lever press to upper lever ( Bock lever I. Back lev er A B 2. Inlocate- back lever ( 3 sec. ) 3. Upper lever-lower down- back lever B 4 . Bock lever-dislocate- f r ont le v er (takem oto) C Upp er lever I. Upper lev er (sl i ff, stiff , 3 sec.)

C

Cross I. Cr oss

B

2 . Side cr oss (Olympic 3. L cross 4. Inve rted cross

Cr oss )

B C

C

Di s mount I. Straddle o ff 2. Fl y awa y 3 . St radd le of f Y2 twist 4. r ly away V2 twist Others

I. L 2 . Handstand 3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Fr ont swing at support- lo wer d o wn Fr o nt swing sWing back-inloco t e Fr ont swing-st raddle of f fr ont St raddle hal f lever Hang-pull up to inv erted hang (a ll the wa y stra ight body) 8. Fr ont lever-handstand 9. L (ro ss- f o rward roll-back le v er

A A B

B A A A A A B

PARA LLE L BARS

C C A

Upr ise I. Back uprise 2. Swing upri se

A handstand

B

3. Swing uprise handstand rev erse piroue tte 4. Swing uprise straddle cut 5. Swing uprise st raddle t o L 6. Swing uprise st raddle cut t o back stutz 7. Fr ont uprise 8. Fr ont uprise stutz (feet higher thon the b ar ) to suppor t 9. Front uprise stu tz (body higher t han level ) to support Kip I. Upper arm k ip 2. Glide kip support 3. Glide kip L 4. Glide kip with y, turn t o upper arm hong 5. (a st t o hang 6. (a st t o supp ort 7 . ( ost t o hang with V2 turn 8. ( os t t o su ppo rt L Backward ro ll I. Backward sh oulde"r roll t o handstand (st r eili) 2. Some as a bove and h o ld 3. Peach basket- upper arm hangsh oo t t o handstand (hold ) Stutz I. Stutz (body lev el ) 2. Stutz (body 45 ' angle ) 3. Stutz (body 45 ' ang le) t o upper arm hang 4. Stutz t o handstand (hold ) or t o pirouet te 5. Up r ise stutz ( feet above bar ) 6. Uprise stu tz (body abov e level ) 7. Bock stutz to upper arm hong B. Bock stutz to support 9. Back stutz- back stu t z (hang or support )

(

A B (

A B (

A A A B A B B (

A B (

A B

B (

B (

A B (

10. Bock stutz-Moore Peach Ba sket A I. Peach baske t-ho ng A 2. Peach b a sket upper arm hong A 3. Peach bas ke t support B 4. Supp" rt- peach basket-hang 5. Suppo rt - peach ba sket- upper arm hong B 6. SLlppo rt -peac h bas ket-su ppor t ( 7. Peach basket t o handstand (hold ) Peach baske t t o straddle cut 8. ( forward Moore B I. M oore 2. Mo o r~ - double rear v ault B ( 3. Dou b le M oore ( 4 . Ru ssia n Moore Bock Catch (back sommmersoult ) 1. Bock scm m y t o a rm hong A B 2. Bock catch t o support ( 3. Back catch t o handstand (holdi 4. Back sammy o ff B ( 5. Bock sOlTI m y o ff V2 turn 6. Stut z (body abov e 45 ' )_ bock w mmy ( 7. Back catch-stut z (bod y a bov e level) B 8. Back catch-stutz (bo d y abov e 45 °) ( Front Sommy I. Fron t o ff 8 ( 2. Fro nt o ff V2 twist 3. Fr ont sonlm y t o upper a rm hang B ( 4. Fr on t sam m y t o support Pirou ette I. Half pirouette (on t o one bar)handstand A B 2. P irouet t e ( 3. Pirouette- re verse pir ou ette 4. H op pi rouette B ( 5. H op pi rou ette-stu tz ( 6 . H op pir ouette- back catch ( 7. H op pi rouette- handstand (hold ) Pr ess handstand I. Bent bent (bent arms , b ent hips) A B 2. Sti ff bent B 3. Bent stiff 4. Stiff sti ff ( 5 . Handstan d (all kinds o f ) on one ba r ( Upp e r le ve r I. Upper lev er A 2. One a rm lev er B 3. Upper a rm le v er (arm stretched ) 2 sec. ( Mount I. (a t the end standing o n the floor fa cing inside) st raddle cut m ount -L A 2 . (a t the end facing ins ide) jump t o support - cut ba ckward-glide kip B 3. Dou ble in (s ide ) A 4. Double in (side ) t o handstand B 5. Dou b le in (side ) t o upper leve r ( (s tiff sti ff ) 2 sec.

6 . Double rear va u lt in A 7. Dou b le rea r v ault in-Moore B B. (at ~h e end facing out ) pull ov er t o support L A 9. (a t the end facing out) peach bosketstutz (45 °) B 10. (at i he end fa cing out ) pea ch bos ket( handstand (hold ) I I. ( facing side ) pull ov er A 12. ( f acing side) pullover to glide kip B 13. ( facing side ) pul l over t o glide kip ( to handstand

Dismoun t I. Double rear vau lt o ff 2. Side o ff 3. Pirouette o ff (al l kinds) 4. St raddle off (one or two arms ) 5. Stoop off (on e or two a r ms) 6. St ra dd le o ff t o the front bar (double b ar cut) 7. Stoop o ff t o the fr ont bar (double ba r cut) 8. S~mmy o ff ( f ron t or back) 9. Sammy o ff V2 twi st Other .:omb ino tions I Peach b asket- shoot t o hand stand (str euli ) 2. Shoot t o handsta n d -peach b a sket 3. Shoo t t o ha ndstand - s tutz 4. Peach basket-shoo t t o hondst a n d ba ck catch 5. Peach basket-shoot t o handstandstutz HIGH BAR Kip I. Kip 2. Back kip 3. Kip with ov er grip cast with chang ing ariD-under arlp handstand 4. Kip to dis loc ated giant 5. Kip with ove r grip (hange g r ip-cast wit h half turn support or swing 6. K ip with over g r ip cos t with half tu r:'l-ha nus tanu (under-g rip ) 7 . K ip 10 st r addle sup port 8. Kip to st r addle (sa le on the ba r ) 9. Kip to stoop in 10. Kip t o stoop (sale on the b ar ) II. Kip to straddle cut-rear support 12. Kip t o straddle cut- fro nt se at circle 13 . Back kip 14. Back kip t o ca st b ack- half ge rman giant 15. Back kip Germa n gian t 16. Back upri se t o st ra ddl e (su pport on • f oo t ) 17. Back uprise to st raddle cu t rear support lB . Back upr ise t o straddle cut disloca t e hang- V2 turn kip Upris e i. Uprise with mixed grip-straddle rea r v ault 2. Uprise w ithout st op- s tra ddl e rear vault 3. Front Gia nt- d ouble rear v ault 4. Uprise-flank vau lt.- re a r suppo rt 5. Rear , oult t o catch 6 . Full turn pir ouette (su pp or t ) 7. (with mixed grip) stoop in V2 tw istcast -upr ise Forward Hip cir cle I. Forward roll t o handstand 2. For ward roll wi th changing grip t o handstand 3 . Forwa rd rol l to cast with half tu rn hon9 or suppo r ~ 4. Forw-Qrd ro ll to cost wi th changinQ grip into dislocati on Qiant .

5. Forwar d roll t o cos t wi th reverse half t urn to undergrip handstand Back w ard Roll 1. Backward free hip circle 2. Backward free hip ci rcle to ~~~~

A

A B B B (

C B

C B B B ( (

A A R

(

B

6. Front giant-stoop through- sh oot t o disl ocate-u prise with ch ange o f gri p 7. Fron t giant - s t oo p through-lor st r oddle)- sheet circle- fr ont giant 8. Front giant-stoop through-sh oo t with V2 turn-ordi nar y g iant 9. Front gian t f ull turn t o mixed grip Germ an 1. Pike in v erted hong-swing bock P ike h al f turn t o ca tch with ord inar y grasp 2. Pi ke fr on t swing upri se t o stoo p position 3. German Dislo cat ion gi a nt 1. Dislocati on swing u prise 2. Dislocat ion giant 3. Undergrip h ang-cast , h op , reg rasp t o d islocati on-dislocation giant 4. Forward giant, hop , regra sp to dis locatio n 5. Dislocotion giant- ha lf turn to handstand Full tU rn I. Full t urn to ca tch 2. Ful l turn t o support 3. Fro nt giant-fu ll turn Co st I ( as t with half turn-(straddle or

C A B ( A

B C A B ( A B ( B

A B B

B (

A

B (

A

B ( (

(

B ( (

A

n~)

C A A A A B

B (

2. Ca st V2 turn-s toop th ru-f ree seat circle fr ont B 3. (ost V2 turn- c hange gr ip-stoop t hru - disloc(lted giant or eagle C;; B 4. (ast t o handstand Dismount A I. Straddle (pushing the ba r ) A 2 . Hecht (p ushing the b ar ) 3. St r a dd le or hecht wi th pulling the B ba r 4. St ra ddle or hecht With RL:l ling the ( b ar With V2 twist .

A 5. Flyaway ( fr ont, b ack ) B 6. Fl yaway with V2 t u rn ( 7. Fl y aw"y w ith full turn A 8. Pike flyaway 9 . Pike- s tretch f lyawa y (j ack-kn ifeB Tak emoto ) ( 10. Doub le fl yaw ay A i I. H andspr ing off (Vega ) 12. Standing o n the soleA somersault 13. Sta nding on the soleB some rsault V2 turn 14 . Standing on the sole( samersou I t 1 fu II tu rn is. Sol e ci rcl e (s toop )-immediate B somer sau lt 16. Sole c ircle stoop-immediate ( V, turn ( 17. Cast forwa rd-tron t somersa u(t 18. Free hi p ~ircle back ward A side v ault dismou n t B 19 . Free hip cir cle - fl yawa y ( 20. Free hip circle- fl y awa y V2 tu rn

C

( A

8

3. Backwa rd free hin circle with half turn in to fr ont giant C 4. Backward fr ee hip circle t o stroddle sal e circle (or st oop sa le circle ) A 5. Backward free hip circle t o straddle or st oop B 6. Backward free hip circle t o side vau lt dismount A 7 . Su pport-underswing-so mmy o ff .

B 8. Support-underswing-so mmy o ff V2 turn ( Gi an t sw ing s I. Forwclrd giant-pir ou ette-b ack giant A 2. Forward aiant- Dirouette int o cr oss giant-fron t giant B 3 . Cr oss giant to full t u rn- cr oss giantf orward gian t (pi vo t a rm should be changed ) C 4. Dislocation gian t- half t urn-back giant B 5. Forwar d gi ant- hop. to dis loc at ion giant C 6 . Back gian t-pi rou ette- forward giant B 7. Bock gicnt- pirouette- forwa rd giant B 8. Back giani-h op to chenge-forward giant B 9 . Bock giant- hop t o chang est oop thru C Comb inati on of Giant and oth ers I. Back giant - sole circle A 2 . Back giant- sole circle ha ndstand B 3 . Back giant- i ree she et c'ircle- bac k gi ant ( 4. Front gian t- f ree sheet c ir cle~fron t ( g iant

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15

ELITE A ll-Around SECOND

Ed

Isabe lle

Third

Elite

All-Around

ANNUAL

Wi nner s

USGF

Women 's All-Around

16

CA MPIONSHIPS

Un iv ers it y o f Iowa , Ap r il 17, 18 , 1964 ELITE DIVISION-Men ALL-AROUND: Rust y Mitchel l, 114.30; Glenn Gailis, 111 .70; Ed Isabelle, 108.50; Jerry Becket t , 103.70.

FLOOR EXERCISE : R. M itchell, (s IU ); G. Hery , ( Iowa ); R. Aure, (MsU ); J . Kenan , (Ariz .) t ie; E. Isab elle , (Penn State. ) TRAMPOLINE : G. Ir w in, (Mich ); F, Sau nde rs (M ich .); G. Hery; Hardt; (Unat ); B. Sa yre, ( Iowa ). SIDE HORSE: s. Ba il ie (Ariz. ); R. A lba , (ELAC );路 S. Doty , (Ariz. ); s. Pasternak , (s I U ); R. Mitchell. HIGH BAR: G. Gailis, ( Iowa ), R. M itchell , ti e; E. Isabelle; J. Bec kett , ( H illtoppers) . LONG HORSE : G. Hery ; R. Mitchell; J . Ken an ; G. Gailis; R. Au re. PARALLEL BARS : R. Mitche ll ; s. Bail ie; G. Gailis; J. Beckett; J. Kenan. RINGS : G. Gai lis; B. linkl, (Ariz.) ; R. Mitchell ; E. Isab elle ; J. Beckett . TUMBLING: R. Mitche ll ; D . Hardt ; G. Hery; B. Say re; R. Aure , J. Stein , ( Iowa ) tie.

CLASS "A"-Men FL OOR EXERCISE: Dwan 路Dimit , (PCC ); D. Sul l iv an , (PCC ); L. Lindau er , (s IU ); D. Albers, ( Neb.); T. N orth wa y , (Unat. ). SIDE HORSE : D. Albers; J. Fon t ana , (Unat. ) ; K. Kraneman , (Unat. ); R. Hal verson , (Una t .); J . O' Hara , ( III .

4ger ). TRAMPOLINE: J . Selby , ( Iowa S); G. H un t zicker , (AAG); D. Sull ivan , ( PCC ); R. Febey , ( Iowa ); F. Cons tant, (Iowa St.). HORSE VAULT : Parr , (PCC ); Selby , (Iowa St. ); Albers ; Howard , (N eb. ); Hyde, (PCC ). HIGH BAR: Fonta na , (Unat) ; T ucker, (S IU ); Dennis , (Wau.); Schneider , (U IC ); Singerman , ( Iowa ). PARALLEL PARS : Nicho las , (PCC ); H yde; Allen ; Krowder , (Unat. ); Fontana, (U nat .). STILL RINGS : Nicho las; Fox, ( UI C); Jackson , (Una t .); Beers , ( PCC ), Denni s, tie; siorek , (Una t . ). TUMBLING : Richards , (Elm GC ); Su ll ivan , (PCC); Langdon, (PCC) tie; Hunt zicker , (AAG).

CLASS " A" WOMEN ALL-AROUND: Pam Lorenzen, (M il w. T ); Sharon Knedle, (Milw . T . ); Ly nn He nnecke, (Mi lw. T .); Susan Rodgers, (Den. Y); Emi ly Da vis, (Lansing Gymn ); Caro l Mcvusiak , (Poli sh Falcons). HORSE VAULT : s. Knedle , (M il .

T .) ; P. Lo renza , (M il. T .); L. Hennecke, (Mil .

T .); E. Dav is, (Lansing ); S. Roger s, (Den. Y ).

TUMBLING : B. Bauer , (Eng .); V. Bolinger , (TG ); P. Iiten, (CRG ); B. Bauer , (Eng .); C. Co lbert , (Cedar R.).

TRAMPOLINE : J. McGaughey , (TGT); V. Bo linger, (TGT); B. Bauer , J. Aitken, (AA ); D. Bascom . FREE EXERCISE : B. Bauer; s . Knedle; P. Lorenzan ; E. Dav is; S. Rogers.

BALANCE BEAM: E. Dav is; S. Knedle ; S. Rogers; P. Lo rnezan; L. Hennecke. P. BARS : R Lorenzan; s. Knedle; S. Rogers; L. Henne路cke; C. Ma ru siak.

W inners

Class A A ll-Around Winne r , Fon t ana Four th

El i t e

All-Around,

Second Elite A ll -Around, Glenn Gailis Jerr y

Beckett

Emi ly Dav is Susan Roge rs

17

Trampoline

finalist .in路 action

at

USGF Championships

Susan Roge rs

Em ily Davis

18

Nicholas

Hyde.

A Class All-Around Winners: Fontana , Albers, Lindauer, Nicholas and Hyde.

Rusty Mi tche ll perfo rminq a Giant Piked ha ndspring.

Dick

Albers

19

NAPS

YM The USA

has been fortunate to have t wo different

Gymnastic

teams

tou ring

the country thi s year.

Da ni sh

The Ollerup

Gym Teachers (see MG Morch ' 64 and 0150 the Danish Gym team di rected by Erik Flensted-Jensen The latter g ro up are

st ill

touring

the

midwest

and

will' complete

thei r

tour

with a final appearance scheduled for t he New York Wor ld ' s Fai r Sports Arena o n J ul y 7th, 1964.

Pictured here ore scenes from their exhibition

Anto ni o

Co llege, Walnut, Ca lif .

ot Mount San

by A. BRUCE FREDERICK · 2125 ARMOUR DRIVE · WILMINGTON 8, DELAWARE

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Editor's Note: The article below by Mr. William s poses an interesting challenge to aff physi,cal ed· II cators. W e hope to / o ff ow' lIp by m e lltiJonill g some oth e r approaches to th e popularization o f gymnastics via th e ph ysical education m edillm. W e invite your comments in this res pect. Mr. Wiffiams' articfe wilf be amplified lat er on by a cOllrse outline he is preparin g l or the M.C.

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Education Edit!;)r WHY GYMNASTT CS I S A MI NOR SPORT and what yo u ca n do ab oul it . . . " cr iti cism of our approach to th e teac h· in " of "ym nasti cs and a soluti on to th e pr~ bl em "of publi c support.

By Ed wa rd William s Often I have asked myself and oth er" why gy mnast ics is a min or s port. Why du we gymnasti cs coaches ha ve to li ve in th e umbra of th e so·call ed maj or spo rts, p ick· in g up th e few crumbs that are le ft. and de pendin g on th e tenu ous support fr om th e foo tball go ds?

Th e an swers I ge t can be easily summar· ized. Th ere are too few gym nasts, too few coaches. too littl e publi c supp ort , too few s pec ta tors; and last but not least. the re ;" never enoul!h money. Th e all too familiar co mpl aint i, that th e' athl !'ti c a",oc ia ti on wo n't ~ i ve any ~ upp o rt until it see::> a !'uf . fi c ient measure of int e rest and success and th e la tt er cann ot he a tt ain ~ d with out th ,· form er.

Th ese are n ot rea.,ons. Th ey a re , VIlI Jl' toms. sy mpt oms of an ag in l! a nd a ilin :! sport.

Sure th e re have bee n ga in s. T elev ision has Iwlped. but th ese fee bl e shout s of vic· tory are qui ckl y drowned out hI' th e ciwer, for one touchd own or homerun. J ohn Gal · ant e, a man well kn own b y Philad elphi ~ I!y mn asts, told me that when he was C OPI·

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petin l! for Temple a woman ca m!' un t o him one day and asked wh a t "po rt I,, · pl ayed . When he tol d her he wa s a gy mna!;t she bubbl ed. " That 's wond erful. H ow many pushup s ca n you do? " If yo u do n' t Iw li ew it. just walk dow n th e stree t in an y town in th e U.S. and ask a ny 10 peo ple to nanw one perso n involved in foo tball. ba!!keth all. !!olf. track a nd ~y mna s ti cs . ( han pps an'. th ey will do fin e unt il they w, t to th p gv n1 • nasts. Th en th ev're li abl e to sa y Bonni e Prud en. Bud Wilkin son or H anpy Ih p Cl own. Surely, we dese rve bett er than thi !! .

Asid e from the small circl e of gy mnas ts and beller physical edu ca tors, how man y people kn ow tha t gym nastics is on e of th e oldes t and most r espected sports in the world '? With th e nationwid e attention th at is being g iven to phys ical fitn ess, h ow Jllan y kn ow what gy mnasti cs ca n do for the m in term s o f stren gth , coordination , fl exibility and kinesth eti c sense '?

S urely gymnas ti cs deserves so methin g be t· tel' t.h an th e anonymity und er whi ch we in thi s co untry have buried it.

Why have baseball , football , and basket· ball (relati ve infants in th e s ports world I snowball ed ri ght ove r our ancient and reo ve red s port , to beco me multi ·million dollar, multi·million parti cipa nt, multi ·milli on s pec· tator gia nt s? Consid er th ese fi gures : At a so uth ern coll ege whi ch supports both foo t· ball and gy mnas t ics, th e co st per yea r for ad hes ive tape for th e foo tball team is S2,800.00. The entire bud ge t for gy mn asti cs (includin g the coach's salary ) is Sl ,600.00.

H ere is an interes tin g parad ox: I attended one of thf' best teachers colleges in th e east.

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Thi s school r ecogni zed the values of gy m· nasti cs to th e ex tent of allottin g a full year to trainin g in gy mnastics while other s port s were a ll ott ed only 8 weeks; ye t not on!' hi gh school in th e area suppli ed by this college support s a gY lll te mll ; and most of it s graduates readily confess that th ey are both unqualified and unwillin g to teach thi s activity in th eir progra m.

What are we doin g wrong?

Take th e probl em of s pec tat ors. Th e grow th and popularity (I f an y sport is de· pend ent on it's a bility to attract spec tat ors.

S pectators are drawn to a sport bec ause they a re famili ar with it s obj ecti ves, pro· cedures and rul es. Tra ck and swimmin g are inh erent II' easy to und ers tand becau se of the s top wat ch and ta pe meas ure fa ctor <.

Base ball. foo tball an d haske t ball are morl' diffi cult to und ersta nd but are popular becau se eve ryone has, at IIn p tim e or an· oth er. playe d th e ga me. Here,th en is the crux 0/ m y argu ment: J submit that gy m· na sti cs is unpopu lar beca use of th e way we gy m te ach e rs a nd coaches prese nl

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acti vity. Wher e eve r we find varsity co m· petiti on in any s port enj oy iil g success. we al so find th at spo rt be in g tau ght in th e. gy m classes. Th e import a nt point i, that it ;, hein g taught as a sport.

Th e stud ents enj oy playin~ th e ga me. th e bett er perform ers are en coura!':ed !o Iry out for th e va rs ity. and th e res t '~ re in· ter es ted spectators beC;lUse th ey und ers tand what is goin g OIL Con sid er now, how we have bee n tea eh· in g gymnastics. Th e stud ent is required to lea rn a numlif' r of mean in l!less and el i,,·

co nn ected ;;tunt s or tri cks with th e va '!" ,. und ersta nd in g th a t thi s is good for hi m.

And th en. what dop" he get out of it ? J-k gt' t ~ torn ha nd ". r ope burn"'. soJ'(; mu "cl,·" and va ryin g d egrees of psycholog ical traum a fr om bein g forct' d to ma neu ver up s id e dow n e ight feet from th e fl oor. And yt' t. he' ll br ag abo ut be in g at tIl(' bott om of a pil e nn th t' foo tb all ,fi t' ld or proud ly d i"pl ay a sca r a" a troph v from a haske th all !!a mt'. Tn th e"" acti viti es he is "pl ay in g th ~ g:a me". and will put hi " hea rt int o it. Gvm n a"ti c;; progr ams whi ch are based "impl y on lea rnill !! a requirt'r1 numlw r of stunt " a re not on]" inadt'qu a tt' - th Pl' a re h t' lpill ~ to kill tIl<' "porI. We wo uld do wt'll tn ta ke a ],'""" ,, fr om th t' co ach e" of otllP r "po rt " on 10 "ti mul a te int ert',, 1.

Th t' one pla ef' in thi s w id e co untry \l'h t' f'O ' g:Y llln a~ li ('~ (' o n ~ i ~ t f> ntl v f' n jny~ f' r ow d ~ of th e ma jor "port tvpt' is P e nn S ta te U ni "" rs it v. Th f' crowd" a t P enn S ta te a re not on]" .Ia l:!!e hut Ih ev an' kn owled!!a bl " an d "n tln;" ia" t i('. Durin !! th e r ect' nt . Ea" tern Tnl t' rcoll e!!: iate cha m pion"hi ps T "a t hehind Tnm Da rlin g th e E x- Pill fl yin !! rin !!" wiza rd " Th e"e P enn S ta te crow d" a re lou '!" ".

T om lament ed_ " iVhen yo u mak e a mis lak .. th e jud gt'" mav mi ss it. hut thi " crow ,1 nt'vt' r doe"." Year a ft er yea r C en t' iVell s ton f' ha" managed to a ttrac t ;;ell out crowd;;. whi c h attrac t, ~10]"e talent. mor c pu hli cil v an ,l not in cide nt all v more h ack in " frolll h i" arl mini ;;tra li on. iVh a t is hi s ;;ec ret ? J h ave h ea rd all o f th e t'xc ust's from a ll of hi ;; cO l11pt' titors and n ot one ha;; hit upon th e answer . 1 work ed a" Gene', a;;s i"ta nt onc' yea r a nd T foun d out h ow h ,. doe" it.

- Cv mn as ti c" i;; one of Ih e a Cli viti ps off f' r .. d in P en n Stat e';; ph y" ical t'd ura t ion prog ra m rt' q u ired for all fr t';; hman a nd ;;ooh omore,. i"'e ll stont' t each es thi s courst' and he teach es it as ([ sport . H " teac hes a ha s ic roulin e on

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, tru cti on I) n th e basics of fo rm. co ntinuit y. and encuti on . At th e end of th e co urs~ .

Ge ne hold" a mee t a nd each stu de nt i< judged a nd g iven a score for hi " perform an ce. When a stu de nt passes Ge ne's cou rse_ he fan'c ies him self a gy mn as t o f ;;o rt s ancl enoy" brin gin g hi s g irl to th e mee ts whe re he ca n di s pl ay hi s kn owl ed /!e . No one enj oys be in g a spectator unless h e kn ows some thin g about th e acti vit y. wh etllf' r it is ball e t. foo tball. gy mna sti cs or ope ra: and only th ose wh o can und ersta nd what is i!Oin g on will en oy it and co me back a~a in .

When.J left P enn S tat e. 1 ta u!!ht a t a ;;o uth ern coll ege. T used W ell stone"" co ur",· and ad ded a few id eas of my own. T di vid ed each cl ass int o tea m" and add ed a few ba nn s stunt s for those who wanted more c h a ll e n ~­ in i! diffi culty. Th e nex t yea r. th e gy m d rew it s fir"l r apac it y n owd a nd tl1t're we re ~o hn yfo "Ht for th p f n: ~ hlll a n tea m.

The students enjoyed' th e co urse, because they wer e competin g; and because of this they pu t more into it , there by achi e" in ;! more of th e phys iological obj ecti ves o f th e co urse. Th ey began to und erstand sO l11 eth in g of the rul es of the sp ort and becam e kn owledgable spectators. Th ey learned so methin g of th e probl ems of fini shin g a r outin e and came to r espect the vars It y gy mnasts. Th ey und erstood the scorin g, and so me eve n sat in th e stand s with a penc i I and gave th e ir own scores.

It's tim e we stopped takin g th e le ft over spec tators, th e leftove r athl etes, an d th e leftove r dollars, a nd started promot11l g our own sport. Th e telev is ion exposure has pla ced us on the thresh h old of an era that could mak e us. Competitive gy mn astI cs 11l the classroo m could be one of the ma jor an swers to our . proble m of growth and pr ~; moti on. Wh at aTe yo u g0 11l g to do about II .

RH YTHMI C EXER CISES US I IG ROPES Ba rb a ra A. Sa lt zs ied er P AR T II

Thi s is th e second in a se ri es of a rticl es on r hythmi c exer cises. For gener a l informati on r egardin g th e perform an ce a nd teachin i! of rh ythmi c exe rc ise, th e reader is reo ferred 10 Ih e arti cle entitl ed " Rh ylhmi c Ex erc ise" Us in g Ball s" which appea red in Ih e April 1964 issue of Modem Gymnast .

SO l11 e im port an t fac tors r ega rdin g the se lec tion of ropes for exe rcise should be con s id ered.

1. Be sure th e rope is heavy en ough til be swun g e ff ecti vely. Three-eighth s in ch r ope is a good weight.

2. Th e rope ca n be 11' cas ured for lengl h by havin g th e st udent stand on th e center of th e r ope a nd h old t he end , in the hands w ith the arm s ex tendt' d.

T he rope shoul d be long en ou[!h for th e h ands to be held a t shoul der h e i ~ hl with th e elbows sli ghtl y r elax ed.

3. Cut ropes of several different len gth " and tape the ends with m ys t ic t ape .

Il s in g a d ifferent color fo r each length.

Thi " will save ti me d uring ear h le,"on when th e you n gs ters a re ,elect i n~ equi pment.

Th e foll ow illg ser ies of exerc ist', ca n ht' pe rform ed to mu sic fr om th e sa me a lbum a" th e exer cises usin g b all s. (Saltz;; ied er , Bar ba ra. " Rhythmi c Ex ercise, s in g Ball ,,".

Mo dem Gymnast, April , 1964.) Beg in with " Tht' M a gnifi cent Seve n" (s id e 1 hand 3) and continue with out cha ni!e of r eco rd In " Th e Green Leaves of S umm er" (side ]. band 4) . No exer cises are includ ed for tIl(' introdu ction s.

Ex er cise L Music: "A" th eme ; 24 co un ts.

P urpose : Stretching a nd r elaxa tion in legs, arm s, and shoulders ; bala nce.

Descripti on: S tan ding, rope fold ed in fours and held low in fr ont in t wo hand s. F our buzz steps turning on e com ple te circl e to the left , trunk t wisted slightly le ft , right hand n ear the lef t hip, look in g at th e left hand 1-4 ; four buzz steps ri ght, r ope held forward a t shoulder height 5-B; four buzz s teps left with ro p e held hi gh overhead, loo kin g up 1-4; four buzz steps ri ght with ro pe held high overhead , loo kin g up 5-B; four bu zz steps left, rope held for ward at should er height 1·4; four bu zz ste ps right , trunk twi sted slightly ri ght , le ft hand near ri ght hip , lookin g at r ight hand 5-B. T eachin g hint s: Keep the rope ta ut and the h ands shoulder width a pa rt rath er than ou t at th e ends of the r ope. F ocus on th e rope and hands. The bu zz s te p is don e alt ernately lef t and ri ght. ~ Iak e on e circle with four ste ps by ste ppin g feit, ri ght , feft, right, l ejt, ri ght , left to a co unt of I and 2 and 3 a nd 4. Thi s lea ves the ri ght foo t fr ee to r e peat th e circl e in th e opposite direc ti on. K ee p th e should er s relaxed.

. Tra ns iti on : i\l usic : " A·' th e me; las t !l co un ts .

Descrip tion : Op en the rope and h old it in two ha nds in front of th e body so th a t th e h an d s are shou lder wid th a parl , pa lm s u p, an d th e ends of th e r ope co me out between the thumb and fo refin ger and h a ng dow n to the floor.

Exer cise 2 . .\Iusic : Repeat of "A " th eme; 32 counts.

Purpose: Back and leg strength and fl ex ibility.

Descri ption : Circle th e rope four tim es so th a t the end s ci r cle forward ove r th e to p 1-4; co ntinue circl in g the ro pe with trunk "prin g in g for wa rd S-B; repea t fi rst four co un ts 1-4; co ntinue circl ing th e rope reach in g high ove rhead. g iving in knees and arch ing upper back 5-B. R e pea t en ti re exe rci"e one tim e throug h 1-4, 5-B, 1-4, 5-B. Teachin !! hin ts : H old th e rope loose ly so th at' it rotates in t he hand s, Keep th e ar l11 S as l o n ~ as poss ib le. Loo k at th e ro pe. " Give" in th e legs, forcin g th e ac ti on out of the fl oor. Wh en sprin gin g for ward . kee p th e hack fl a t. hea d u p. a nd arm s r eachin g fo r wa rd. Do not s prin g downward, bu t fo r ward, E xer cise 3. M usic: " B" the me ; 20 co unt :,.

Pur pose : Coordin a ti on.

Desc ript io n: Di r ect ly fr om exercise 2. hrin g ha nd s toget her thus fo ldin g th e rope in h alf. Sw ing th e rope with Ihe end s togeth e r a nd continu e cir clin g for wa rd over th e to p two ti me;; on the lef t sid e of th e body whil e takin g a t W I) step for war d begin ni ng with t he r ighl foo t 1-2. R epea t. circl ing th e rope on the ri ght a nd step p in g on th e le ft foot 3-4. R e pea t a ll o f th " above 5·3 .

R e pea t entire se qu ence performin g the two step back wa rd w hil e k ee p in g th e r ope circl in g forward ove r the top .

S tart Ih e b ac kwa rd Iwo "te p on tlw ri ght foo t and th e r ope c irclin[! on th t" le ft ;; ide 1-2 . 3-4. 5-6. 7-B . Repea t c irelin ~ of th t' r ope. t wice left and Iwire ri " ht wh il e s land in g in place 1-2. 3--1-.

T e;chin g hints : All ow th e trunk to g i"t' in to th e acti on. E mph a"ize li ghtn f'ss in th e movement.

Tra nsiti on . .\Ius ic : ' B'" th f' mc,; la"t fOllr co unt s.

Descr ipti on : Fo ld th e rope in fours an d hold it in the ri ght han el.

Ex erc i;;e 4. Mu s ic: " A" th eme; 64 cO llnt ".

Purpo"c: S id e be nd in g and trunk twist ~ ~.

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De"c ripti on: Sw in g the rope In a fl gurt' e i ~ ht hy c irclin g s id eways ri gh l an d th en across in fr ont of th e body. Let Ih e Irunk foll ow th e r ope. s ide b t' n d in ~ ri o- ht with th e s id eways circle a nd st~et c hin g up w hen the rope is c ircled in front of th e body 1-2, r epeat twi ce 3-4. S-6. Ci r cle t hI' rope t wice ;; id ewav,

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right whilt> s id e b endin g ri ght with tWII s prili gs 7-B . K ee ping th e rope in Ih.路 ri ghl hane!. swin g th e rope in a fi g ure e ight by circlin g bac k wa rd pa ,q til<' le ft s id e and then in front of Ih e body.

Let th e trunk foll ow th e rope. Iwistin !! to th e left with the circle pa , t the le fl , id e of the b ody and s lretching II l' when th e rope is circl ed in front o f th e body 1-2. Re pea t twi ce 3-4_ oS-6 . Cire!.. th e rop e twi ce at the left s id e of Ih (' bod y whil e trunk twi s ting to the le fl.

Change th e r ope 10 the left hand a~ th e rope co mes forward ove r the lo p of the second circl e 7-B. R e peat entire exerci se in th e oppos il e direc ti on l -R .

I-B. R e peat entire se quence I -B. 1-8_ 1-B, I-B. T eachin/! hint s : Th e rop~ makes Ihr ~n figure eights in the fir , 1 s ix co unt ~ .

Focus on th e rope all th e tim e a nd let th e trunk foll ow the d irecti on of th e rope_ K eep th e feet together. Durin ": th e trunk twistin g_ th e , tudenl sh ould .be abl e to look ' down over he r heek i\'Iak e th e e ntire action very large bv k ee pin g the arm s and trunk long . Be sure to , ta rt th e sid eways circl e h,' swin g in g downward a nd s ideways. Pra cti ce th e cha nge of hand s se parat ely until the , tud ent , can mak e a , moo lh tran s ition fr om on e side to th e other.

Tran , iti on: Musi c " The Green Leaves of S Ulllmer "; 4 count introdu cti on_ Description: Co me to a long , ittin g Dos ition . rope folded in fours and held in two hand s in front of th e body.

Exercise - 5: Ivlusic : Melody; 32 co unts.

Purpose : A bd ominal strength.

Descripti on : Bend the legs and e xt end them forward ujJward ove r the rope ending in a V sitting position 1-'l" dropping the fee t to the floor r elax forward over the kn ees 5-B. Bend the knees and extend them under the rope and jus t above the floor ending in a wide V sitting position 1-4, r elax torward over the legs 5-B. R epeat entire exercise I-B , I-B. On the last count ld' the ex ercise, come to a side sitting positi on with th e feet to th e left , rope still held in two hands.

T eachin g hints: Durin g th e extension of the legs, keep the back straight and the h ead in line. Emphasize a complete r elaxation forward over the legs_ R eally drop down; do not simply lower the fee l to the floor. Tuck tight in order to pass the feet over and und er the ro p!' with the toes pointed.

Ex er cise 6. Mu sic: Melody, 32 counts_ Purpose: Trunk twi sting .

Descripti on: Side sittin g, fee t to the left , rope fold ed in fours and he ld in two hands low in front of the bodv.

Trunk twistin g left with four presses of the arms 1-4, droppin g the right shoulde r to the fl oor n ear the right kn ee, roll onto the back and come up in a side sittin g position facing the oppos ite direction 5-B. Repeat in the opposit e direction 1-4, 5-B. R epeat the entire sequen ce 1-B, I -B. End in lon g s ittin g position.

T ea ching. hints: When trunk twistin g, turn the shoulders until they are par-

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RESEARCH AND FITNESS James S. Bosco, Ph.D .

Son Jose State College This is the third of a series of articles dealing with gymnastics and motor fitnes s. Six articles in the area of motor fitness have been planned. These will be followed by a series of articles in the area of cardiovascular fitne ss. Readers are urged to submit repo rts o f co mments directly to the Modern Gymnast Research and Fitness Editor, Dr. James S. Bosco, San Jose State College, Son Jose, California.

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PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of one year's participation in gymnasti cs activities on motor fitn ess a s mea, ured by the IB-Item test.

(Complet e test includ ed) METHOD Tn the faJi of 1%6, Ihl' IB-Item motor fitne ss test was used 10 l11e asure 51 new pupils, 3 10 16 years of age, before commenc in g in structi on in gymnast ics a t a private gymnastics school. Then, 路53 ex perienced children, B to IB year s of age, who had already taken the cour,e in gy mnasti c,. tumblin g, and trampoline were test ed.

RESULTS Th e avera"!' per cent of failures for the new group wa s 50% (M=9.520 ; 5 .0.=3.35) . The average per cent of faiKlr es for th e e xperien ced group was IB.5 % (M=15.330; 5.0 .=2.45).

TABLE I IB-ITEM MOTOR FITNESS TEST fCO!v[PARATlVE PER CENT FAILURES BETWEEN NEW AND EXPERIENCED PUPILS IN POND'S GYMNASTICS, TUMBLING .

AND TRAMPOLI E, 1956)

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EDITOR'S N OTE: This studx includes both th e Krau sW eber and th e l B-ltem Motor Fitness Test. Since the Kraus-Web er test was included in the jirst article oj this se ries (M.G. II-lar ch, 1964) the in/ormation dealing with the l B-ltem test is included here. On e definite we akness in th e stu dx was the lack of control IOj ihe ages with ill groups. For example, Table I indicat es that ij one group had more 16 xear olds ill it, th e means 0/ that group might be higher purelx du e to the age factor.

Thomas K. Cureton, Charles Pond, James S_ Basco " The Eff ec ts of Phys ical Education and Athletic s Upon the Kraus-Weber and Cureton la-Item Motor Fitness Tests." Paper presented to the World Congress of Physical Education, Melbourne, Australia, Nove mber 19, 1956.

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aile I to the s id e wall and look down over the r ear shoulder at the hand.

Do not hun ch th e shoulders. When roiling over to chan ge direction , avoid rolling too far by coming to a sittin!! pos iti on as soon as the hips are par路 allel to the rear wall. The fee t will chan ge sid es with each roll e nablill ~ the stud ent to perform the exercise in alt erna te directions. Always t wist th e trunk in the direction of the fee t.

Exer cise 7. Mu sic : Melody; 32 count, .

Purpose : Back and sh ould er fl exibility.

Description: Lon g sitting, rope folded in fours and he ld in two hands in front of body. S prin g forward two tim es 1-2, un curl to sit tall and stretch arms up overh ead 3-4, s prin g arm s ba ck ward two tim es 5-6, le tting the arm s fall forward downward , r elax forward over the legs 7-B. Re peat entire 5equen ce three tim es I -B, 1-B, 1-8.

T eachin g hint s : Concentra te on r elax ation of the head and should er s on th e forward trunk sprin gs and during th e relax ation phase of th e exer cise. Whe n the arlllS are s prin gin g backward, k ee p the back straight and the head in lin C'.

Look up when the arm s are up.

End in !! : Mus ic: B count s fad in g OUI. Description: Come to a standing po ;; ition.

This ,eri es of exercises will be availabl e for rent a l on black and white B 111m film .

Rental : 82.00 Address requ est, to: Barbara A. Sall z路 siede r, H earst Gymna , ium, Unive rs it y of Califurnia, Berk eley 4, California.

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21.8 18.0 8.4 30.0 41.2 27 .6 41.8 38 .5 41.8

Also if inter est was the fact that no s ig nific ant diffe r e nce w as fo und b e twee n th e b oys and the girls on the 18-Ite m test. It was true, h o we ve r , that the girls did slight ly be tte r in the fl e xibility tests and som e of the balance and a g ility ite m s ; wh er ea s, the boys did bel te l' on the s tre ngth , pow er, and s ome of the a g ility it e m s _

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BALANCE e ye s 1 Di v ers clo<ed S;Ons~~o~~s toes, 2. 'S nuat Stand 10 seconds balanc e 3. [)Izziness Recove ry, wa lk I U TABLE II N 27 24 32 21

New Boys New Girls Experienced Girls Experienced Boys

7.241 7.625 10. 187 10.214

line , 5 sees . after 10 turns ar ound tinge"r on flo or .

t-.

SoD. 2.35 2 .22 3 .29 2 .33

Mean Score

4.

5.

The ove rall conclus ion in the s tudy was that parti cipation fo r one year in a program of gymnas tics, tumbling, and trampolin e would eliminat e the majority of failures in the 18-ltem tes t.

The fo llo win g table is include d t o s ubs tantiate the comm e nt in the Editor's Not e and also a s a poss ible aid to those inte res ted in u s in g the 18-Ite m tes t for r esearch purposes :

6.

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8.

TABLE III CURETON 18-ITEM MOTOR FITNESS TEST COMP ARA TIVE PER CENT FAILURES FOR VARIOUS AGE GROUPS (University of Illinois Data)

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Balance 1 Balance 2 Balance 3 Flexib il ity 1 Flexibi lity 2 Flexibi lity 3 Agility 1 Agility 2 Agility 3 Strength 1 Strength 2 Strength 3 Power 1 Endurance I Endurance 2 Endurance 3 Endurance 4 Endurance 5 A verage

23.9 95.7 73.9 30.4 50.0 80.4 34.8 100.0 100.0 73 .9 23.9 93 . 5 89. 1 89.1 71.7 84 . 8 100.0 89. 1 72.4

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182 71.'9 64 .1 16. 1 35.9 208 21.9 66.7 94 .8 130 26.'6 78 .6 31.8 31 8 17 .'7 68 .2 464 33 .'3 42 . 1

11.5 27.9 21.2 13. 5 34 .6 23 .1 8.7 279 24 .'0 3 .8 5.8 596 8.6 19 .2 4.8 23 .0 40.4 11.5 20 .5

21.5 49 .2 54.6 27 .7 79.2 72 .3 24 .6 43.1 62 .3 16.2 17.7 80 .8 51.5 35.4 35.4 43.8 70.0 51.5 46.4

29 .2 81.5 60.0 10.7 30.7 64.6 63.1 73 .8 70 .7 30.7 35.4 35.4 86.2 49 .2 16.9 63.1 84 .6 89.2 54 . 1

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28 .6 72.9 69.2 20.8 45.6 44 .6 28.0 69.5 95 .9 29 .5 38.7 95 .9 38.7

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75 .2 69 .5 59.7 56.2

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B8.9

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77 .8

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72.2

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66.4

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61.1

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55. 5

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44. 4

7

38 .8

6

33 .3

5

27.7

4 3

22 2 166

2

1 1. 0

Good

Above

Po ina Fail ing

Be low

II . 'Stick Body, hold 30 secs., head on partner' s knee , hands on

bios.

12. txtended Press-Ups, fro m hands & toes without using elbows . ( Women d o f orearm press-up s, 20 sees.).

POWER I ft 13 . Standing Broad Jump , Height ENDURANCE 14 . Floor Push-Ups, 15 time s (Women do 30 from Knees).

15. ~toddle Ct In,);n g , 2U time s Women do 10.

16 . V~,t 7;{ seconds 17 . Irreath Holding, 3D secs. otter running in place 120 secs. at 180

+

steos oer min.

18 . I"ndurance Hops, in succession , 200 up & down, 200 straddle jump 200 a lternate stride , 50 o n left t oes, 50 on right toes , & a s man y full squat- jumps as possible .

Poor

Very Poor

No. of items passed --

.

Superior

A v erage

own weight and place on shoulders for carr v in 10 . sec s.

~ II

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<:.ucrpssion.

t o squat-rest position , return t o standing position (6 t imes in 20 secs.).

STRENGTH 10. Man Lift , pick up partner of

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legs fo rwa rd , flip ov er, return

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100 94.4

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9. 'A gility 6-Count Exercise, squat , extend legs backward , extend

Ages 26-60

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FLEXIBILITY Floor Touch, knees stro,\ght , .(Wo men touch nalm s flat .

Trunk Flexion Forward , sitting pos ition , knees held down , forehead s lowl y t o within 8" fist s, I o n to p of of ~~~o:(l. (2 Trunk Extension, Ba ckward , lying on front, buttocks held down with hands behind nec k rai se chin 18" from fl oor .

AGILITY Knee ling Jump , spring to feet , hold balance fo r 3 sees.

Jack Spring, touchln9 hands t o toes at least waist high , S

18 17

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FAILUR ES ON CURE TON ' S 18-ITEM MOTOR F ITNE S S TES T

NEW VERSUS OLD PUPIL S IN POND'S 1956 GYMNASTICS, TUMBLING AND TRAMPOLINE PROGRAM 6 7.9 PHYSICAL FITNESS RESEARCH LA BORATORY UNIVERSITY OF ILLI NOIS, URBANA, I956

32.1

17.0

ITEM

2

3

5

4

6

7

8

82.4

9 100.0

10

II

12

13

17.0

14

IS

16

17

18

78.4

72.5%

70.6 58.8

55.0

53.0 4 7.0

56.9

45.0

3 3.3

ITEM

2 BAL AN C E

3

5 6 FL EX I BILITY

4

7

8 AGILITY

9

10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 ST RENGTH POWER ENDURANCE

18

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Dear A rt : I am now working on th e reverse kip on the rings and also on the high bar. I am not in contact with an yone wh o can perform these stllnts and hope that you can help . On th e still rings 1 get a swing and either shaN Ill y feet lip doing a high dislocate I but I cannot sDop into a support position) or I try too hard and stop in a sort oj high back lever for a few seconds. all. the bar 1 am not getting anywhere either. Is it. wrong , to train for the reverse

QUESTIONS and POINTERS Ii~

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Stra ight arm reverse kip or shoot t o suppor t from high dis locate.

Reverse kip on ho r izonta l bar, Note : head, is above the leve l o f th e ba r ,

the

pike

is

not

comp letely

released

until

the

kip on the bar by dropping back from an " L" seat abo ve th e bar and then try 00 go into the reve rse kip? Also would you suggest a way in which a spotter could help me learn this maneuver.

Thank y ou Since rely, Bob Sullivan Carlsbad, Calif.

Dea r Bob: Yo ur problem is th at you are not shootin g "a bove" the rin gs on the reverse kip .

The action for thi s move is as follows: (Sta rtin g fr om a di slocate) . Hi gh dislocate, then as the body approaches the verti cal hand position pull int o a slight pike and continue swin gin g forward until the feet approach the straps at which point you extend forcefully into an arch, shoo ting your hips above the level of the rin gs. Pull and then push with your arms and shoulders, k ee pin g your hips close to yo ur hands so the rin gs are kep t well under con trol. Visualize yo urself doing a fa st pullover on th e horizonta l bar to (I support position. The reverse kip on the rings is very similar to this.

It is not detrim ental or wron g to tra in for the reverse kip on the horizontal bar from a reverse seat circle, in fac t it is a good learning technique. You shou ld hold a deep pike posi tion on the. back seat circle.

As the head approaches the level of the bar (or the seat circle is '}i complete) you shoul d extend yo ur body into an arch and thi s will give you the required momentum to reach the top of the bar and complete the movement. You must r emember not to extend before you are % of the way around otherwi se you will have little success with the trick since your circle drive will be curtailed.

For spotting technique: Lower the bar to should er level and have ,the spotter push yo ur chest with one hand and the legs with the other when the extension position is reached. He can also give the co mmand for you to ex tend when the correct position is reached. He can also give the command for yo u to ex tend when the correct position is reached. . A.S_ Dear M r. Shurio ck : 1 am ve ry interested in working jar a backuprise handstand on the rings. I was wondering if you might be able to give me som e pointers on how 1 could start working 'on this trick and what basic moves wo/dd help TIle ' leam the trick more easily.

Sincerely, F. S. Babcock c/o Fleet Post Ojjice San Francisco, Calif.

Dear Mr. Babcock: The basic moves to learn prior to the back uprise hand stand are : the inlocate; the high reverse cast ; the hi gh back uprise and the arch press. These must be mastered befor e a good reverse giant can be expected by you_ ' Presuming th at the above are within yo ur t ealm of mastery. You then are r eady to co mbine them in the correct sequence which will allow you to perform the back upri se hand stand.

Startin g from an inverted han g, extend yo ur hips above the level of the rings by pulling with your , arms and extending the hips (the mechanics for the high reverse cast ). As the downward movement starts the arms are pushed backward to take up any slack between the rings and yo ur body.

'On the descent the body should be extended

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except for a sli ght pike at the hips and legs (very important). Just as the body r eaches the vertical hang position , the performer extends and releases this pike very forcefully into an exploding arch which drives the lower part of the body above th e performer 's head and gives th e body the upward momentum necessary to rise above th e rings.

As th e feet approach the straps the perform er pulls his hips toward the rings.

W hen the feet and hips rise above the rin O's the gy mnast then presses or swings qUickly to the hand stand by powerfully pushin g again st the rings with the arms and should· ers.

A good spotting technique is to have the spotter push or whip the performer's thighs in to a deep arch as he r eaches the vertical hand position, th e performer will quickly feel the surge he n eeds to develop himself ih ord er to master the back uprise handstand . . . A.S.

Dear Mr. Shurlock: . I would like to know the tap for a lifter fly-a-way. Another thing I would like help .on LS a double rear. I always catch it jailing backward . I am in the eighth grade now and I hope to ha ve th is trick-pe rfected by the tenth grade lor my mount in my routine on th e H igh Bar. Thank you, Tim Pusztal S outh Gate, Cali/.

Dear Tim: The tap for a high lifter fly -a·way is very simple. From a good giant swing or handstand cast, stretch your body out as straight as you can. This will develop as much drive as possible on the downward swin g, and which will be converted into the force necessary for a high lifter. On the downward swing when your body is approximately 20° (at a 20° angle) away from the vertical hand position flick your body into an arch (throw heels backward ) . This is known as the fly-a-way tap . This tap develops the reaction necessary on the upward swing for a correct lifter fly·a-way. As the body passes the vertical hang, the hips and legs automatically pull forward in a pike because of the tap. The piking at this point is instrum ental for the body mechanics necessary for the upward drive. The perfonner releases the pike into a vigorous stomach lift as the body reaches the horiwnta! position (feet level with the bar) .

The performer immediately release with his hands, with the arms pushing away from the bar at the tim e of release. The head is thrown back and the body is kept arched until the landing is approached. The perform er should practice and master this movement in a safety belt before trying it without one.

A.S.

"Bock uprise

handstand or in locate

rise:

Note: technique for powerful re verse cast

SP ECIAL N OTI CE: Th e sequence photos on thi s page of Art Shur lock were take n with a new t ype camera. The GRAP H-CHECK SEQUE NC E CAMERA which uses Poloroid film f or instant resul ts which makes it an ideal camera f or an y Coa ch or Athletic Dept. as a t r ick can be analyzed immediately. This camera was des igned and m anufa c tured by th e Photag r ammetry, Inc. Rockvil le, MD. If you have a particular tr ick that you wou ld like Art Shurlock t o demonstrate in the MG t hrough the use of thi s special camera please write to him , Questions and Po inters , MG Box 611, Santa Monica, Calif.

Doub le rea r turn fr om high back uprise w ith mixed gr ip . Note: Shou lders remain on near side of bar unti l turn is al m os t comp leted.

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By Jess Robinson

At Le ft : Tram po line e vent Winners USGF Nation al Cha mp ionships he ld at Uni versity of towa: 1. Go ry Erwin , Mich . 9 .6 8; 2. Fred Sa unde rs, Mich. 9.50; 3. Geo rge Hery, towa , 9 .4 0 (George scared the hig hest all

scor e

f or

t he

fina ls bu t

t he

com p etiti o n a ve r age put hi m

in

overt h ird

pta ce ); 4. Hardt , Unat . 9 .3 1; 5. Sayre, towa ; a nd 6. W iltiams, S. I. U.

RESEA R C H PROJ ECT We r eceived the follo win g le tt er from I r vin R ose nba u m :

I am a studen t at New Yo rk Un ive rsity wh o is majoring in ph ysical edncation. I am doing a research proje ct involving th e safe tr aspec ts of the trampolille . B esides th e n ee d for anr in/ ormation cOllcern ill g th e apparatu s, I III1/ st IW l:e statistical figur es ShOlVillg the proporti1oll o f acridents on il.

T his in/ormation ' will greatly help in dil:isillg safer proce du res for th e use 0/ th e tram poIi ,;e in schools. All in for m ation lVill be held in the strictes t confid ence.

W e re we mor e s~n s iti ve, we 'wo ul d ta k e thi s Id ter to im p ly t h a t we m a k e a liv in g: "e llin g ap p a r a tu s th a t is a thr ea L to li fe a nd limb a nd a lso th a t we a r e in possess ion " I in fo rm a ti un concern in ~ tram polin e acc ide nt s th a t we wo ul d care to w ithh old fr om th e publi c.

W e ll , it doesn ' t bo th e r u s beca use we h ave beco m e a ccus tom e d to people n ot fa mili a r w it h trampo lin es t hin k ing a ll kin d s of thin i!" abo ut th e ' p ort. \V h e n tra mpo lin e ce nt e r, were in full bloo m th e re wer e m a n y w ild ~ t o ri ~~ ~ oin 1! a ro und. So many in fa c t. we bega n tu have do ub Ls abo ut t ra m po lin e ,a fe ty. W e h a d been runnin g a tra mp olin e ce n te r for al m ost t wo yea r s, h ad bee n Leac hin g "p\'e r a l yea rs b efo re th a t a n d ha d h a d n o acc id ent " of a n y co n se qu e n ce b ut we won dered wh a t wa s h a pp e nin g to peo pl e w h" uw n e d back y ard tra m polin es. :V10st of Lh ese unit s we "a iel w it h n o fr a m e padd in g:, th ey wer e un superv ised a nd th e childre n we re u s in g the m with out in s tru ct ion. Vle te leph on ed a lmos L a th ou sa n d of these pas t cm' tome r s a n d ta lke d a b ou t th e ir tra m polin es l un de r th e pre ten se of selling r epl ace m en t part ,) and foun d th em to b e sincer ely so lid in favo r o f t h e ir tra mp oli,ws. m any v() lunteer in ~ w r i tt e n testim onial s a ~ to th e good it h a d d o ne the ir childre n if Wf' h a d ' u"e 'for , ur h te" tim oni als. As for acc id ent s. th er e we re less m e nti on ed th a n on f' wo ul d e x pec t fro m chi ld r e n lea rnin g . to roll er s k a te .

W hi c h m a k es u" wonde r. w ha t wo ul d M r. R ose nb a um w rit e a b out werf' h e a ,,s i ~ n pd a rf':-:e arch proj e-r t in vo lvin t! ro ll f' r sk a tes? W oul d he po in t for s ta ti s ti cs co n ce rnin g t he n u mbe r of sea t d r ops on ce me nt on f' i" lik e ly to inc u r w hil e If'a rnin g t o sk a tf' o r would he b e m ore in te r ested in t h,' ha la n ('f' a nd h f'a lth fu ln f's;; . (路oord in a t io n.

-')lh e r b en ef it s of thi " s port ?

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A tram p olini s t, u sin g just r easonabl y good judg m e nt, n eed n o t e xpect as mu ch b od il y p uni sh ment as is in vol ved in a sea t drop on re m e nt a nd s h ould ex pect far m or e phys ical a n d m e n ta l b f' n e fit s th a n fro m roll f'l' sk a t路 in g. So. - 1\11'. R osen-b a um . w h y no t d o tlw Pl;hli c a se n ' ice b y resea r~ hin g a nd pub li "hin g a n arti cle on th e tre m f' ndou " b e n" fit " o'ff er-ed by tra mpoli n in g .

RECO RD OF THE M O ' TH :n b ack drop. full t wis t to hark dro p ( no so me rsa ult ) p e rfo rm ed hy Phil Drip" in T ok yo. J a p a n .

UNUSU AL S T UNT OR WILD RO UTI N F: Ceo r rre H ery rf'ce ivf'd a 9. 7 a t tlw l J.S.G.f. ' a ti ona l" w ith thi " r o utin e: I . Tripl e b ack 2. Barany o ut fliffi :3. Back 4. l:)tj ba ck S. Do uhl e cod y 0. B a ck (Layo ut ) 7. Bac k with full twi ;; t R. Rudol ph 9 . Do ubl e' hac k 10. Back with tripl e t wi" t J A P AN Phil Drips in T ok yo, Japa n , r e p orts tha t tra mpoline acti vit y is boo min g in the O r ie nt.

Tra mpolin e cente rs a re d oing we ll a nd co nIpe tition h as b egun. Excerpt s from hi s le tte r follow:

The jirst A ll-Japan Trampolin e Ch ampionship was held at Ok ay ama on 28 Ma rcil.

Th e m ee t was a great snccess w ith 30 m en and 10 wo m en com.petitors doing one optioll al rontine o j nnlim.ited dnration . Most rontines we re 10 to 15 contacts an d th e j ndging w as excellent with its. basis on th e international eve nts. S cores 01 m ysel/ and Ogata w ere 9.2 with 3rd place scoring 9.1 5.

T op girl had 8.95. . " .

Y on can imagine the gelLeral (hjlL cnltws in volved with the most experie nce d com petitor having had l ess than one year 0/ trampoline, no qnalijied instmcOors avadable, the problem s 0/ read ing an d wule rstandina the terminology 0/ th e Engh sh lang na;e texts available and still having m ore than hali a dozen performers come np w ith jli/jis l e~e l work in rontines. .

It is going to tak e a w hile becanse vi the equipment expense and a lew other fa ctors but YOll call expect big t.fl ings /r 01l1 japan in th e next jew years (io mpetitively. fI'I e ha ve peo ple here w ho 路h ave learn ed

triple twisters and Randolph s having n ever se en th e tricks done, n eve r heard 0/ 'a spotting bel t an d w ith no expe rienced coaching.

I cou ld,, 't believe it eith er.

Pi c tures sent by P hil were ver y much a pprecia te d . IL is int erest in g t o n ote th a t the yo un g la di es a re sittin g on the m a ts awa itin g the ir turn a t co m pe ition- the la dy p r ese nti ng th e awar d s is bowing to th e w inn e rs a nd th e g irl s an d b oys a r e in quite d e finit e se pa rat e g r oups a t the trampolin e ce nt er .

W e a re loo kin .,; for furth e r r eport s fro m Jal:a n.

SUMME R P ROGRAMS With gymnas tic sea son and th e sch ool y e ar comin g to a close trampolin e enthusias ts s h ou ld look for s umme r programs .that includ e trampoline activity . To b e a t op p erform e r on e s h ould work out a few h o urs e a ch wee k all ye ar lon g . Trampolines are som e tim es a va il a ble in s umme r camps, many YMCAs have a year round tram p oline progr a m th a t in c lud es instruc ti on and s umme r gy mn asti c clini cs, s u ch as th e N orthe rn Ca lifornia Gy mn as ti c Camp Clinic, g ive e xce ll e nt o pportunities for tra mpolini sts to le a rn fro m top ins truc tor s. Y ou may b e s urpri sed :0 find a trampolin e program in yo ur sch ool or pa rks d e partme nt.

L ocall y, tflt' C it y o f Gl e ndal e P ark s and R ecr ea ti on De pt. for m a ny ye ars h as h a d travelin g tra mpo lin es visitin g p a rks d urin g the s umm er. T wo . tra mpolin es are busy fi ve d ays a wee k , e ight, h ours a d ay on thi s program ::- pe ndin g mornin gs at o n e park a nd a ft ern oon s a t an othe r. A t e nd o f s um m e r th ere are com pe tition s and awards f or p a rti c i pa n ts_ S uc h program s may be a vailabl e in your area. If so . ta k e ad vant age of th e m a nd k ee p in s h a pe for n ext season.

F UN D AM ENTAL CHARTS We h ave p rint e d a n oth er 500 co pies o f th e po int r a ted fund a m e nt a l c harts an d ha ve "e nt th e m to a ll w h o sen t in s ta m ped se lf addressed e n velop es. If we ha ve overlook e d an yo n ~ o r if yo u wa nt th f'sf' c h a rt s send yo ur e n velo p es to J ess R o bin son , c/ o Tram po lin e In c., 4207 W . Ivl agn oli a . Bu rbank .

Calif . Also, if you ha ve a minute, send in form a ti on o f t ra mpolin e act ivit y in yo ur ar ea.

JAPAN Above: Men's winners: 1st . P. Drips, R. Ogata (ti e), 3rd. T. Kitamura.

Upper Right: Women ' s W inners: 1st. M . Hanada, 2. I. Sato, 3. Y. Shikuri. At Right: Miss Hanada, 19, performing in the AIIJapan Trampo li ne. Bottom: Act ivity at Yokohama Trampoline Center.

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ing example o t thIS was in the 1950 f':Jati on ol Champi onships when t he o fficials runnIng the meet set the long horse Of 6 feet f o:- competiti on and a high jumper fr om USC 's track

team won the eve:!t. Why don ' t we standardize events to o!

Illin o is State H i gh Sch oo l Gy mna stic s Champ io ns hips

By Victo r Les ch

"WHAT'S T H E SCORE?"

By Jerry W right San Francisco State College 1963- 64 A LL - AROUND RA NKI N GS as o f Ma y 1 st , 1964 OPEN Rusty Mitchell, 9.44; La rr y Banner, 9.37; Makoto Sakamo t o, 9.32; Armando Vega, 9.31, Grego r Weiss, 928; Art Shurlack , 9.26; Ron Barak, 9. II; Abie Grosfeld , 9.10; Don Tonry, 9.09; Glenn Golis , 9.07; Jack Beckner, 9.06; Jay Werne r , 9.05.

NCAA Barak, USC, 9.14; Isabelle, PS U, 8.78; Curzi , M . St., 8.71; Quintana, Den. , 8.67; Cohn, Tern., 8.65; Buckner , USC, 8.57; Lascari, Mich ., 8.56; B. ' Wolf, SIU, 8.50; G . Ga i lis, Iow a , 8.45 8; F. Roethlisberger, Wis., 8.45.

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

One of the biq reasons that gymnastics has been slow to cotch on in the United Stotes can probably be attributed to the haphaza rd manne r in which rules and re gulations were of-

fered and enfo rced during

the early ye:Jrs of

competiti on (actuall y fr om the 1880's to 1954 ).

T he rule s and regulati o ns have had a hi sto:'"y of being less than specific-probably th e Qu tsto:1d-

&

Ed Wilm ows!d

The Illinois Gymnastics Championship s we r e held March 13-14 at Willowbrook High School, Villa Pork , !llinois. The finals were witnessed by a capacit y "s tand ing r oom only " c.r owd of over 4200 spectators . The seventh (o ffiCial ) annual I HSA sp o nso r ed meet had its closest finish with three teams "bat tling " t o tt-,e lo~r c o ntestant- with the final resu lt Willowbrook 56 Y2, Niles East 54 , and Evans t on 53.

'11";e two-day meet was ably conducted b/ Jo hn A. Fischer, meet director for the f o urth time.

The:-e we r e four conference meets held 0:1 February 29 The con ference champions we:e: Suburbor Evanston; Mid Su bu r ban- Pr ospecl; Desplaines Va l le'y -Will o wbr oo k; and West Suburban-Maine East ( 120 I '3 to Arlington 's 120 1/ 6 ).

Qualifying f o r the IHSA Finals st a,ted Maech 7th with compe titi on in three district mee~s.

O;st r ict team champions are Niles Eas~ at the West Le yd en district , A rli ngton at the Arling ton district , and Will o wbr co k at the G!e 1boid East district , Each district advanced ten individ uals on each o f the sev en ev e nts to the s~ate preliminaries.

Ev er y thin g pOinted I-)OW f o r the climax. Individual ond team cl1a:11pio'lShips w ere a t stake. The le ;l bes t qualifiers in each event fr o:ll the prevIo us d':JY's preliminaries we re p oised and rea dy to go. Com peten t o ~se r vers said lofer man y r oul ines were comparoo!e 1"0 those (I f college cali b er. The overflow G a wel ma ny t lines gave stollding ova l ions t o p:J :-ticularly oesthef ic p ~ rformonces.

Th e r e w ~s pathos t oo. Harold Show de fen ding champi o~-, in tu'nbling , sprallled his ankle aHer his fir s ~ trip and was unable to defe:1d his crown. At an y rate , with one event t o go, tum b ling .

Ev anst o n , Niles East and V\'ill o whro<Jk 011 h od chances t o win. Evans t on hod 53 p .::>i:-lts bu . no tumbling final~st s, Niles East hod 36 p ::in is with two ou t standing tum hl ers left to c om pele Willowbrook, with 49Y2 p o ints, had on ly o~ o tumbler eligible, Cl so ph o more. \ll/illoNb:-o o k ' s tum b le,-, wh~ cr n.pctc-:::l f ift h , pe~formej (I~ maximum efficienc y and cli,1Ched at least seventh place, th ereby beaf"i ng EV(Fsto n . N ow the stage was set f o r S:'ow's accident. With the crowd stra:lgely si:e r1 t, Shaw relucta n~ [y wi tnd r ew fr o m competitio~. It was now hetwee1 Niles Ea st and Willowbrook. Whe 'l the srnoi<.c cleared Wil! owbr oc ~ had w on by a SC'1nt 2:'2 Champi o nship

points f o r their first leam c ha mpi ~1 r-shLp after 3 secon d place f ll1Lshc s making CO:J:::'l V ·;.: Lesch a ve ry happy man.

M EET RESULTS A ll -A round : Ned Schmitt, Wil., 76 (lVC. ; Ronald Harstad , Art. , 7.5 .: Fre=l Dennis , Wau. , 7.3 ; Mike Jacki , P.w. , 7.0; David Keder. Wil ., 6.7 ; Pete Bodey, W.L., 66 ; Greg LaPointe Th o r ., 6.4 ; Ernest McDo:"'I old , Evan., 6.4. T ra -:-np o li r.e: Gary H o l veck , Ari. , 8.75; Victor C Ol1n , Evan., B.43; Richard CrLm , E"Io n., B.40. Sd c H ')r se: Mark Sl ··!t e~" , N.E. , 9.3; Steve Bruhn , Evan. , 8.3; Bud Flanigan, W:I. , 7.9. H ig h e ::l l": Neil S-:hmiH, Wi!., 9.15; Fred Dennis . 9. 0: Rar'd , 8:- c wn, P.E. , B.7. Parall c l Bar s: R-, .,d· Brown , 8.7; Ron Rappe" N . E., 8 .7; Ron Hu' s"cd, 8 .6. Rin g s: Fred Dennis , 8.9 ; MtJrk Ko '" l N.E. , 8.7; Terr " Sie re k. Th or., 8.6. Tu mb l ;" q : Sam Ric har ds, Y ork , 8.6; Dale Hardt , N .E. 8.6; Richard Bl oc k , N.E. , 8. I. TE A M ST A NDI N GS Willowbro o k , 56 112 , Niles Ea st , 54, Eva 's~o '"" 53; Arlingt o n , 32; Proviso East , 31; Wauke)an , 28; Thornt o n , 23 ; Pr ovso West , 23; Y or k , IS; Wheaton , I 4 Y2.

Offi cial s : John Cod a, Ric hard H olza epfel , Donald Leos, William Meade, T ed MU I'vc zk o, Donald Ohannes , Roy Schmiessing, Will iam Wike.

ILLINOIS STATE HIGH SCHOO L M EET WINNING ROUTINES ALL-AROUND 1964 Neil Schmitt , Wdi0wb ,ook, (G.E . Dist. 2nd 587 pts. ) ( Final 609 ) S.H. 137 Moore ov er pommels, ci r cle s, kere in, circles , cut, re v e:-se ci rc les, cut , sc :s· cars ( 3 ), circles down hill tro mlet : circle s loop lh tw ist dismount.

H.B. 172 Qualified see H.B P.B. 151 p'each support , st utz , undzr bar cast support , st raddle cut t o L hold , straight arm leg press, handstand , b ack ur-der ba r cast , glide kip , st ra ddle cut, cast back , fro nt uprise , front o ff .

R. 149 Re ve r se kip t o hands ta nd, regula :giant , fr Ollt cost inlocote , b ack upr ,se back roll, L hold , stra igh t m m Ie":) p-e 3S ha"dstand , bac k r o ll , L cross , dislo:a ' c dislocate , high st raddle Cllt o ff TRAMPOLI N E 1964 Hol v eck , Gary, A r lingto n , (Arl. Dist. 2-166 ) (P relim. 3 - 172 ) (Final-175 ) J. Bran nle out fliffus (piked ), b ra nil Ie out fliffu s, back , 1/ 2 in Y2 ou t fliffu s, ru dolph , full , d oub le full , ra ndo lp'l .

2. Rud o lph out fliffus , b rann ie ou t fliffus , double full , back, d oub le back, rud olph , 13 / 4 back, cody. .

team)

SIDE HORSE 1964 M a rk Sia l te n, N iles East , (W .L. D isl.

(Pre l im. 1- 185 ) ( Fi n al 187 )

I-I B4 j

Ke - e 1:1, c l fcle s, d o w n hill tr o mlet , lo:' ps (3 1, hop m oore Im lTtedi a t e kere in , clfc le s, cu t, Sing le leg cir c le , cut , rev er se circles , scisso:-s (2 ), cu t, cut , r ev erse sci ss o r , clfcles , d o w ;, h ;l! t ro mlet . l oops (2), 12 twisl disrno u n t

H OR IZONTAL BAR 1964 Neil Schm;tt , Willo wbroo k , (G. E. Di s!.

(Prelim . 2 - 172 ) ( Final-183 )

I

PARALLEL BARS 1964 Tie Brown , Ra ndy- Pro v iso East (W. L . Di st.

9 - 154 ) (Prelim. 2 - 165 ) ( Flnal-174) Peach suppo r t , L h old , hollowback press i o handstand, bac k , stutz, und er the bar cast 112 twis t , front uprise, swinging pirouett e , stut z la y awa y, front uprise , handstand , bock

off.

2-174)

Dislocate sh oo t t o handstand , re verse q ian t , planch d own, b ack r o ll , L cross , disloc(lte,

bi rd up, bock roll , L h old , hollowback pre ss to

handstand , fro nt cas t , back upr ise , bacK

ro ll , c ross, b ock dle cut o ff.

rol l , d islocate,

hig h

stra d-

Fr ,

tin ,

Fr ,

tin,

Fr

The

Pennsylvania

State

Championships

Hi gh

were

Scho ol

in

Gym -

highlighted

by

Sc h oo l W " me,, 's

the countr y,

Lo ughran,

Jo e

Llt o w ,

Ro tert s,

4 5.0 5;

C en tr a l

44 .2 5; Cliffo rd

43 .9 CJ;

Central ,

4 1. 50;

Ar l hur

Pete

M orr iS,

Diehl , Butler , 44 .20; Gary

An d erso n ,

H oo d , Frankl i n , 40 .9 0;

J o hn Kindo ll , Roxbor o ugh , 40 .10. Free Exercise:

Bla ise Blask o, West Miffli n, 8.45 ; Will ia m Dlg gens, 8.30 ; Pete M o rris , 8 . I O. Si de H orse: Charles Beckwith , Abington , 8.90; Th o:11a s Gal io t o, West M i fflin , 8.25 ; Terr y M oore , Butler , 820. High Bar: Joc k Lo ughran , 8.5 ; D avi d S'1idemantle, Butler , 8.35 ; Pete M orris , 8 .35 .

Lo n g Hors e: Diggins, 9.3 ; Shidema n tle , 8.95 ; Don D' An iell o, Butler , 8 .95. Parall el Bars : C l if· f ord Diehl , 9. 0; Da v e Tomlins on, 8.6 ; Pete Morri s, 8.5. Still Rings: David Cr oft , Blltler , 8.85 ; AI Du n ckley , Heshaminy , 8.60; Pel:!

Fogel , Cheltenham , 8.5.

WOMEN ' S DIVISION All-Around: Geri McFadden , Frankford , 37 .05 ; Co lleen V lach "s, Beever Fa !ls, 36 . I 0; Cher , I Gia n nini , M o nessen , 3 5.5 5; Pat Sw on lck , M cKeespo rt , 34,30; Susan C o rfield , New Brighto n ,

Sand y

Shade ,

Li nco ln ,

3 2. 2 0;

Li nd ]

Harklero ad , Jo hnst o w n, 31.65; Cathie GiGnni n i ,

SI. Leonard , 30 .30. Floor Ex ercise: Geri McFadde", 9.65; Colleen Vlach o s, 9.20 ; L in da H ark l 2rood . 9.15. Vaulting: Geri McFadd.n , 8.95 ; Collee'1 Vlachos, 8.95 ; Pot ~ w o nick , B. 70 . BalOrice

Beam :

C o lleen

V I ach e s,

9 .45;

Ger i

Mc

Fadden, 9.30; Sand y Shade , 8.90. Un eve n Parallel Bars: Geri McFadden , 9.15; Cher)· 1 Giannini , 9 . 10; Pot Swo nick , 8.95; Cathie

Gi":J nn ir i ,

8.95 .

Minn es ota Stat e High School Gymnastic s Championships Relaining the c ov eted St a te g y mnast ic s title that the v w o n a y ea r ag o, C o a c h Jo hn G oeJ eke ' s Ramse y High Schoo l cha r ges de"no li shed th~ t o p c o ntend er s f o !' the 1964 Minneso ta

in p o st sea so ns wa s drop ped; the Iw C) re'110irII1g w e r e label ed Op t ionnl o r "A" clas'::. ,-d Co:n pul so r y or "8" closs. A gymnast ma' p :Jrt ic ip 'J te In ellher cl ass bu t not hoth.

MEET RESULTS M pls.

M a r sha'i

26 .50; Jim Nel son, Wh ite Gear Lake, 18.50, Bti l Soc ketl , R'''l1s ey, 16.00; Rick Dohlslron, Rob b insdale , 14.00; T . Pinolli, Rams ey, 13 50; Jo h " Boy le , Ho rdl"q, 12.00, B Je f ftey, Fa ir m on t , 9.00; M . Z enk . Fairmont, 8.00; Ma~I;lce Sou l IS, Mp ls. Roosevelt, 8.00 . H or izol1tal B ar .

J m1 Nel so n , 9. 15; Lou is RIve t, 9. 15; DennIS

Kr osschell , Mpl s. M a rshall , 9 0 75 . Sid e Ma u r ice d~le,

8.975;

SOUIIS,

8.8 25;

T om

K nouf f

G usla f s~n,

Wall"

Horse :

R.O~)hl·13·

Mpls

He 1r

,

8.7 0. Trampoli ne: D o n Johnson, Ra:11sey, 9.15; R . Gauck , Fair rn o nt , 9. 15; L oUIS Rihet, 9 .05.

Parallel Bars: Jo,n BO'.le, 9.40; Jj.,~ Nels']n, 9 .35 ;

Da v e

Sha ff er ,

Al ex .

RO" "0"

9.05

Brandt , Fairm on t , 9 .0 5. Still R ings: Pa t !an so n , Robbinsdale, ' 9.1 7 5 ; ROil ~J'{~:'c

j C~l r is

1

Ro'

binsd on" 9 . 15: Rick Dnhi,t ron, 9.125. TU '", I 'ng: T. P ino tti , Ramse y, 8.8 25; B ill " "eke!I, Rams ey, 8.80 ; Louis Ri v et , 8.7 75. Fr ee Exerc ;, e: R. D~h:­ str om , 8.90; Bill Sa ckett , 880 ; Terr y Pino t ti.

8.70 . .

TEAM STANDINGS Ramsey

66 ,

Rob:J in sdale

Mor ~ llull

38 ,

A ll - Around:

50 Y2 , f ai r manl

Whit e

Boor

C I ~ss

"B"

Ste v e

25'12 .

A chter ,

Ra m se .l,

4 01/2

19. 0 0.

Weigand, W. B. La ke , 16.50; Jack Ka m p ", Mp's N o rth , 15. 0 0 ; Bob H o mle " Ram5e / i 4.50; B. McDona ld , Fa i rm o nt , 10.00; Li o,'d Schomme r ,

Ramse y,

8.50.

Parall e l

Bars:

W e iqa 'ld,

8.9 5; Kampa , 8 .90 ; A c h t er , 88. Hor i,,", tal Bm : Schommer , 9.3 ; Ach t er , 92 5; Welqand 9 . 2. Side Horse: Ra y Gil l esp ie, Mp ls . He'", 9.2 ; M. Oitman , Fairmo nt , 9.1 ; Kamp ", 9. 05.

Trampoline : T hurl o w , Kell o gg , 9 .0; Da ve S,,: uiski , Mpls. Edison , 8 .8 ; 8. McDo nal d, Fai rm ont, 8.7 ; Hainlen , 8 7 . Still Rings : J 1I11 Mu ,c hi~,

Ra msey, Tumbling:

9 . 1; D.

Weigan d, Br an dt ,

9 .0 7; Fa irn1cnt.

A chte:,

9.3 ;

9.05.

DJvid

G:'egg , Sle?p y Ey e, 8.95 ; Terr y Hen ni ng, M oor h ead , 8.9 ; R. Christians o n , Fairm o nt , 8. 9; Lew is,

Ke!l ogg , 8.9 .

TEAM STANDINGS

Sp o rl,ng f our ind iv idual champi ons an d f o ur teen flled a ls the Alexander Ra :'t1 se y Rom s amassed 132 112 p oin t s t o se cond pla c e Fair mont 's 83 Y2 t o capture the Class " A " divisiQ~l

the Cla ss " 8 "

State Hi gh Scho o l Tea m

Ramsey 66 ; Fairm on t 43; Wh ite Be :J ( 39; Mpt s. N o rth 26 1 '2; Kelt ogg 2 5 1/2; Mpl s. Ed ison

I I 1'2,

wl ' h 66 .

Th e win ma r ked on ly the sec on d t irne in the elev en y ear s o f t he tourname~lt parti c ip oti"'n ot a state wide lev el that a Minneopo l >:-. sch oo l has not w o n.

C ompetiti o n was changed sl ightl y th is y ear.

The middle o f the three c lasses de :;ig nate::J

Penns y lvan ia

Clo ss "A" Louis Rivet,

A ll -Aro und :

State H igh Schoo l title.

with 66 V2 p Oints an d

Pe nns y lvania State High School Gymnastic Championships Mens Division nas tics

J ack

A bi ngl on,

3 2 .:\5 ;

TUMBLING 1964 Tie Sam Richards, Y o r k , (G. E. Dist. 2-158 ) (Prelim. 7 - 147 ) (Final-I72 ) 1. R.O., FF , B, FF , Double Bock 2. Cartwh eel , RO, FF V2, RO, FF , Full , Back 3. Fr , tin, Fr , hand sp., Fr , Fr. 4. RO , FF , Full , FF , Double Full Tie Dale H a rd t , Niles East, (W .L. Dist. 3T14 5) (Prel im. 2 - 174 ) ( Final-I72) I. RO , FF , Tr ipl e Full 2. Fr , tin , Fr , tin , Fr 3. RO , FF , Back V2, RO, FF , Double Full 4. RO, FF , b ack I V2, RO, FF , Full , back Richard Block , Nil es East , (W. L. D is!. 1- 158) (Prelim. 3-170 ) ( F- 16 2) I. RO , FF , Doub le bock 2. RO , FF , back, FF , Double Fu ll 3. RO, FF , boc k , back , bock , FF , hac k , FF, Full 4.

the o n ly Sl a te H ig h

MEET RESULTS All-Around: William Diggi ns, Pe n n Hills 46 .2 5 ;

1-170)

I

Dist.

pr obab ly

champi o nsh ips

Re v e;'"se gr ip cost , sto e p in , inverted gionrs (2), eagle , h o p t o re v er se giant , stall reac h under flank vault revers e k ip , ger man giant , germa n giant , 112 tu r n , flYin g kip , re o/ e -s..:' g iant fro nt Y2 twis t dismount.

RING 1964 Fred Denn is, Waukegan , (Ari. (Prelim. 3 - 169 ) (Finol -179)

the all -ar o und perf o rma nces o f \,yil liarYl Ulggens o f Pe nn Hills , Jack L o u g hra n o f Ce '1 tr : d and Pete M o rri S o f A b ingt o n.

Th e meet was c o n d u c ted o n an Internat ion al b asis to the extent that o nl y the inter n at io nal e v e '1 t s were co ntested An o ther fe8t uie o f the meet was the W o men ' s cha mp lonshi ps -

and

Sleepl

Ey e

II ,

Mpl s.

Henry

B.

Michigan State High School Gymna stics Championships II w o uld appear , fr om the meet results, t h a ~ Michael Husted of Ion ia a nd Geo r g e H lIltzi cke of Ann Ar bo r had mati ers pr etty m u:::t, th e.r wa y on Marc h 14 ot H il lsda le, MtCnlgoi1 d:_J:-Women

ing the Stale h igh scho ol chGjl1p: ~:)t- .. hlr ,1 .c· Michael captured the all -a ro'.Jnd , p:1rollcl bars, and stli l ring s in leading Ion ia to the team c!lampionship, and by a con'hx t aj lc margin it might be added .

Geo rge captu red the trampol;:,e (w iih 'j'he highest sc o re o f fhe meet 9.4 ), free e <e-Clc; e , a nd tumbling t o lead his team t o second p lac e.

Jim L isterman of N. Farmington made a fi : .e sh o wing on the Long H o rse with his f ir:.t fault sc o ring 9.16 Qnd his sec o nd 7.8 for an 8.48 t o tal o n the two.

Len Hamilton of Portage t o pped the field o n the high bar with a respecta ble 8.66 a.v er age ;and T om Church o f Ionia capture d the side h orse at 7.66.

MEET RESULTS All - A ro und: Michael Husted , Ionia , 41.40; Denn is Smith, St. Clair, 39. 43; Len H8milton , Portage , 36.81 , T h om as Chu,rch , Ionia , 36. 7~; Don Po rtman , Ann Arb or, 3 1.91, Robert Nelson, St. Cla i r, 31.38; Hud Owen , Portage , 30 . 15.

Long H o rse Jim Listerman , N. Farm ington, 8.48; Lewis Tillman , Hillsdale , 7 .66; Don Portman, Ann Ar bo r , 7.64. Parall el Bars : Michael Husted , 7.53; Dennis Smith, 7.26; Th omas Chu r c.~, 7.10. Still Rings: Michael Husted , 8.40; Rage' Miller, Portage, 6.7 ; Sam Muftit , Hillsdale , 6.3: H o riz o ntal Bar: Len Hamilton , Po rtage , 8.66 , Michael Husted, 7 .96; Tom Bringman, Hillsdale , 7 10 Sid e Horse: Th o mas Chu r ch, 7.66 ; Den nis Smith , st Clai r , 6 .46; William Vande:lbroek , Ann A rbor , ' 6.26. Trampolin e: Geo rge HU:ltzicker Ann Arbo r , 9 . 40; Don Portman, Ann Arbor : 8.36; N or man Jo lin, St. Clair ,.7. 60. Free Exe rci se: George H untzicke r , 8.06 ; Keith Sterner , Ion ia , 7.23; Hud Owen, 7 .20. Tumbling: George Huntzicker , 9.0 ; Don Por tman , Ann Ar b?r , 8 . 16; Lewis T illman, Hillsdale, 8.03; Gene Brinkerhoff , Jackson Pa r kside , 8.03.

TEAM STANDINGS Ionia 130 Y2, Ann Arbo r 94, Portage 92 ; St. CiaIC , 84 Y2 , Hillsdale 45 , N . Farmington 34 Y2; Alpena 16; Jackson Park5lde 7 Y2· Official s: Geo rge sz ypu la , Newt Lo ken , R'Jb ert Armstr ong, Marv Johnson , Wolfgang Dez~JUer , Go rd on Th o mas , John Furr y, Tom Callan , ron y Miele.

SCOTI A 'S

A LAN ALEXANDER WINS ST A TE A LL -A ROUND Dii igence and hard w o rk paid of f Saturda y for Scotia High ' s outs tondina gymnast , A lan Alexander , when he was crowned New Yo~k State's " all-aro und " intersectio nal g y mnasti c champion at Fayettevil le-Manlius Senior High in Man l ius.

Cornpeting against the cream o f the crop from New York State public High Schoo ls , Lo ng Island t o Buffalo, Alexander ' s endurance throughout the gruelling test ov ercome the othe r contestants as the afternoon wo re o n .

He ultimately succeeded in gaining t o p h o n o r s with 469.5 p o liltS. T ony Summitt , an o ther fine schoolbo y pr ospect fr o m Secti o n 8 , Lo ng Island , finished second 10 Alexander. Another New Y e rke., Dick Redding was third.

It was the fir st time the all-around was held in New York State schoolb oy co mpetition.

Co ntestant had t o co mpete in all six Olympic ev ents to be considered f o r the champi oi1ship .

Aqgregate score f o r all ev ents (high ba r , pora l lel ba rs , stil l rings , sid e h o rse , lo ng h o r se v aulting, free - exe rcise ) determined the w in ner.

In taking the champions h ip, Alexand er W O:1 the long h o rse v aulting , parallel ba r s and side h o rse and was second in th e h o rizonlo l bar (high b ar ) and flo o r exercise. Only disc o uraging spot in the o the rwise fine ofternoo:, 's performance was when he slipped t o an e ig hthplace finish in the still rings. .

D ou glas McManus , Section 2 chairman ( t q ymn a sti cs and co ach of Ale xander , said New York A l l-Around Chomp Alan Alexander wIth Coach Douglas McManus

Ale x a nder ' s ov era ll perfo rm ance wa s " frul l outstandinq" inasmuch as the boy starfeu training f o r gymnastics only two '> ears a go.

The Scotia High sen ior was fre sh fr o m Sec t io:, 2 all-ar ound championship he c o pped at Scotia the week b efo re. Many wh o witne ssed his exhibiti o n there felt he definitel y would be a co ntender in the State all-ar o und The rneet was the culmination of all New York State pu b l ic school g y mnastic compe!ition f or 1963-64 . It b rought together the sec tionall y -cr owr.ed champi ons o f the week before.

Indiana V

Tea m

Annual

Champs

I ndian a

fr o m

State

MEET RESULTS All- A round : Fisher , Th omas Jeff. , 32.75; Sin ger, Fa i r v iew , Bolder , 29.80; Baretta , N o rth , Den v er , 2830; Truman , Aur o ra Central , 28.15; Takamine , 'East , Den v er, 27.85. Fl oo r Ex e rci se: Fisher , 8 . 55 ; Barbou r , Aur. Cen. , 8.45; Truman , 7.525. Tramp olin e : Stout , East , 7 . 475 ; Fish er , 7.175; Evans , To m . Jeff , 7.075. Sid e H orse: Ry an , Aur. Cent. , 8.7; Walker , 8.4; Baretta , 7.7. H i gh Bar: Blea, East, Den., 7 .65 ; Diest , Aur. Cent. , 7.5; St out , 7. 4 . Parall el Bars: Fisher , 8.4; Castles , East , 7.87; Singer, 7.85 Still Rings : Mullins, Aur. Hinkle y, 8.15; Stoadt , Au r . Cent ral, 7.62; Stanle y, Aur . Central , 7. 27.

Tumbl i ng : Fisher, 7 .97; Uster , North , Den v er , 6.62; Sprigg , East , Denver, 6.60.

Co ncord

High

Sc h oo l

Gy mna stic s Champ i on sh ips Ron Weiss Pres. I HSGCA

The fifth annual In diana State High Schoo l Gymn astic s cha mpionships were held March 6 - 7 at War re n Centra l high sch oo l , Indianapo lis , w i th Con cord dethroning 4 time champion C larksville f o r the team title.

It was the f irst t ime since the sta r t of the sp ort in !ndiano high schoo ls thot an y tearn had ev en threatened Clarks vil le and this year it was a three team race f o r first place dow,-, to the wire: Growth has been tremend o us in this sp o rt in the h ioh sch oo ls. The rT1eet had a I e :o rd number o f entries and almost a 50 00 increase ov er 1963. .

Ap o the r indicati o n of the treme ndou s grow;h o f this sport was seen in the tum b l ing ev ent os Ind iana hod h er f i rsr d o uble b ock tum blein Terr y Co x o f Cr own Po int wh o incidentaly was the all-ar oun d winner. T o top this Cox wa s b e"Jten by 12 a p eJin t in lumbl irlg !,y the defending champion Fred M yers o f Conc o r d. A couple o f yea r> ago this ev ent w o uld have been w o n eostl y with a doubl e b ock.

Since all the s tate charT"lp ion s are junior this yea r except in o ne event, we expe ct t o see ev en m o re II"!--;prOVe;lleni next 'ye')r.

MEET RE SULTS Ali - A r o u nd : Terr y Cox , CP , 7.3 A v e. ; Mi ke \"' heat , C la rk. , 6.66; \-Vayne Fo rre st, Clark. , 6. 39; Ji;11 Mo gan , Cl erk. , 6. 28; Ted Enis, Co:" 5.8. Floor E ~ e rc i s e : Dove C laypool , Muncie 8 . , 8.25 ; Dan Iwema , Concord, 7.9: V";a y ne Forr es t , /.75 . Tramp o lin e: Jerr y Coll ins , Ke "lti o nd, 8.75; Rich For e, Concor d , 7 .9; Fred M ·. e. s.

Con c o rd , 7.85 . Si d e H orse: Terr y Cox, C ro,'; !!

Poi nt , 7.4; Ste ve G0Iden ,. Cr o wn Point, 7.t.; Larr y Ta it , Conc o r d, 7.4. High Bar: Terr y Co:..., 8.7 ; Jim H ogan , Clar k, 8.15 ; Mike Wheat , 7.3.

Par a lle! Bar s: Don lwe mo, 8.4 ; Dwight s!ee!e , WC , 7.8; Terr y Cox , 7. 5; Mike Wheat , 7.5 St i ll Ring s : Joh n LurtL , CP , 8.3; Ted El lis, 8.25 ; Mike Wheet , 7.85. Tumbling : Fred M ·, ers, Canccrd, 8.4 ; Terr / Co x , 8.35; Dave Cla Y ~Y.Jol, MG , 7.9.

TE A M STANDINGS Co ncord 113% ; Clar ksville 95; Crown Poi nt 92; :r.d pls. Wo rr en Ce:-l tral 50; Colum bus 25; Kentla n d 23; Muncie Burris 2 I; Madi seJ r.

Heights 21; Ang o la 8.

Uni ve r si t y o f De n ve r High Sch o ol In v ita t ional Gymna st ic M ee t T he Fisher (mon) made a good catch at the University of Denver on Ma r ch 6-7 when he reel-ed in four gold meda ls in the Denver H igh School Inv itational. A young man oy the name o f Fisher walked off with victories in the ailar ound , flo o r exer cise, pa r alle l bars and tum bling and placed second o n the trampo line .

Edging ou t ahead in a tight 3 wa y tea~n battle was East High o f Denver as the y re -

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corded 64 pOints led by Stout w ith a vic f o f\ ' on the trarnp oline , Blea w i th a first on the higll ba r and superio r teom ·depth wh ich sow two East men in the t o p 5 o f f ou r different events.

Not all the f ish w er e caught by' Ea st High a nd T homas Jeffer son , however , as R yan and Walker o f Aur o ra Cent ral placed 1-2 on the sid e h o r se, and M ullins o f Aur o ra Hi nkle; ended up in fir st place on the still rings.

East

H ig h

of

Denve r ,

Color ado

Champs

TEAM STANDINGS East High Denve r , 6 4; Aur ora Cen t ral , 60; T hom as Jefferson , Denver , 52 Y2; Nor th High , Denve r , 23; Fai r view High , Bo u ~der , 21; Wass.on Colo., Sp r ings, 20; Au r ora H ink ley ,. 13; Lin ·· coin High. Denve r , 8 Y2; Littleton High , 7Y2; W est High, Denver , 7; Wheat Ridge H igh, 7.

Washington Stat e High School Inv itational Gy mna stic s Champion ships Wit h all around performers Wayne K o tt si~k, Dan McG innis, a n d Dennis Clemmons f inisn·· i n g 2-3-4 in that event H ighline H ig h Scho~1 wal k ed off with the 1964 Washington State Hlgn Schoo l Championsh ip team title .

Caus ing no sma l l amount of concern to t he strong Highl i ne t eam was Rand y Ca r ruther s of Bothell who led h is t eam t o second place , capturing the all-a r o u nd, a n d p~rallel bars , and finishing sec o nd in floo r exe rCise, and on the long hor se.

In a definite sh ow o f team dep t h coach sarve r s f ine H ig h lin e t eam scored over 20 points in 5 events incl ud ing a 1-2 -4 d o minati on of the high bar. .

Other top perf o r man ces we r e reco r ded Ir. fl oo r exer cise by Bo Benne tt of Cl ov er Pork ; tram poline by Joh n Morgan o f Issaquah; side horse by Duane Mu r ph y of Highline; h igh bar Washi n gton

Ch amps

fr om

H ighline

Hi gh

and ro pe clim b b y MIke McCarthy a t Highli n e ; long h o rse b y St ev e Nicho ll o f Bo thell (9. 2) and H a l H u b er of Highline (9.0 ); and in tum bling b y Pat Calk ins .

MEET RESU LTS All - Ar o und: Ran d y Car ruthe rs , Bothell , 44.60; Wa yn e Kottsick , Hl g h l ine, 41.95; Dan McGinn is, Highline , 41.15 ; Dennis Clemm o ns , Hlghline , 40.65 ; Bo Bennett , Cl ov er Park, 40.00; Aaro n H o l lo wa y, Richland, 39.65 ; Br ad Graham , Renton , 39.25; Mace Brady , Bo thell , 38.05 ; Ro n Street , Bo thell , 35.35; Jerry Kraft , Issaquah , 35.2 0 . Fl oo r Exer cise : Bo Ben nett , 8.35; Rand y Carruthers , 8.05 ; Dan McGinnis , 795. Trampolin e : Jo hn Morgan , 8.15 ; T oby Eiliott , Rich. , 7.7 ; Mike McCaw, Shore., 7.0.

Sid e H o rse: Duane Murphy, Highline , 7.3 ; Pete Von O r num , Rent on , 7.0; Gory Helby , Rent o n , 6 .85. High Bar : Mike McCarth y , 7.75; Wayne Kittsick , 7.7 ; Lee Del b erry , Bo thell , 7.66. L o ng H orse : Ste v e Nichool , Bo thell , 9.3; Rand y Carr ut h e r s, 9.2 ; Hal Huber , H ig hl ine , 9.0. Par all el Bars: Ran dy Car ru the r s, 7.6 ; Glenn Clint o n , H ig hlin e , 7.5 5 ; H a l Hub er , 7.5. Ring s: K o tt sick, 8.2 ; N o rm Steelhammer , Centralia , 7.85 ; Le Ro y Jac k son , Ric hland , 7.6. T u mblin g: Pat Cal k ings , Highl in e , 8 .2; Dan McGinnis , 7 .35 ; Ro ll y Da wkins, Centralia , 7.1. Ro pe Climb: McCa r thy , 4 . 15; Gar y Let back er , Rich ., 4.2 ; Bill T rimm , Renlon , 4.6.

TE A M ST A NDtNGS H ighli n e, 18 1 Y2 ; Bo th ell , III ; Rent o n , 52Y2 ; Richland , 52; Centralia , 30 Y2 .

Ohi o- W es t Virginia Ar e a Y MC A Juni o r Gymna stic s Champ io n sh i p s Fo r t y-o ne boy s k" o m seven YMCA ' s co mpeted in t h e Champi o nsh ips at t he Limo , Oh io YMCA o n March 21 , wi t h Da y t o n Central the team ch ampIon by I Y2 poin t s ov er Co lum b u s.

Jo hn Clemmer of Day t on an d Jarnes L ew is o f C o lum b us prett y much hod things th eir o wn way a s Clemmer w o n the All - A round , sti l l ring s, parallel b ars, and lo ng h o rse an d Lewi s fi '~足 ished sec on d in t h e all-around, first o n the side h o rse , and high b a r an d sec ond o n P Jr allel b ars , lo ng h o r se , and tr ampo line.

YM CA J r.

Gym

Champs

from Dayton

MEET RESULTS A ll -A ro und : Jo h n Cl emmer , D; Ja mes Lewis, C ; Vaughn Howa r d, C; Ke n St a ll , D ; Bob Wal lace, Y ; W a y ne Pachuta, Y. Sti ll Ring s: Jo hn Clemmer , 0 ; V a u ghn H o war d, C; Bill Jo hnso '1, AF Fl oo :" Exer ci se : Vaughn Howard , Mike Grimes , E; John ClerTln'!er. Si d e H o rse: Jam es L ewi s, Jo hn Cl emme r , Ken Stoll. Parall e l Bars : Jo hn C lernmer , James Lewis , V aughn H o ward.

High Bar : James Lewis, V aughn H oward , Joh n Clemmer. Lo n g H orse: Jo h n C lemmer , Jo . nes Le w is, Vaug h n H o ward. Tumblin g: Nli ke Gru1"~es, John Clemmer , James Lewis. Tr a mpolin e: Aar o l'!

Spechler , L ; James L ewis , Jo h n Clemmer.

Eastern State s I nvitati o na l A ll -Around and High Bar Ch amp, Joseph L itow o f Central H igh Sch oo l , .Philadelphia, Pe n na , Regionals, t h e New Y o rk State Cham pionships, and the Massachusetts State Champi o nships we r e designated as qualify ing m ee ts.

The all -a ro und title wa s won by Jos eph Li tow, an elev en th g rade student fr o m Central H igh Schoo l. Joe al so w o n the h o r izontal ba r and pl aced in flo or exercise and parallel b ar s. Bill Diggins o f Penn Hills High Sc h oo l fr om Pittsburgh, Penns y lv ania was second 011around. He won the parallel ba r e v ent and pl aced in floor ex erc ise, hori zontal bar , and lo ng hor se. Th e o nl y other d o u bl e winne r wa s Bla ise Blasko fr om West Miff li n Hig h Sc h o o l in Pittsburgh , Pennsy lv ania. Blaise t oo k t o p h o no rs in fl oo r exercise and lo ng h o rse. Nesha min y High Schoo l fro m La ng h o rne , Pennsy ivania captured the team title wi th twent y seven and th ree quarters points. Penn Hi lls was a c[ o se second with tw enty-six po ints. Cen t ral H igh Schoo l rounded ou t the t o p t h ree.

Ra y Christoldi and Miles Wilde he lped N esh amin y ' s couse conside r ably b y t aking f ir st place in side h o r se and tumbling re spec ti v el ~_ Sixteen o f the twenty - f o ur schools compet i ng managed t o get into th e sco r i ng co lum n.

TE AM SCO RI NG : Nesh aminy-273,!., ; Penn Hill s-2 6 ; Centr ol-2 1; West Mi ff lin So uth - 20 ; Freeh ol d Re g iona l- 16 3,!.,; A bington- I 4; Plain edge-I 2; Ov erb roo k ; Yorktown; Baldwin; Che ltenham ; Great Vo lle y; Mt. Leba n on; O l n ey ; Franklin ; and R iv er sid e.

MEET SUMMARY ALL - AROUND : Joseph Lit ow, Central-Phil o , Po .; Bill Di ggins , Penn Hills-Pittsbu rg h , Po; Bob Stewa rt , Nesham in y - Langhorne , Po.; Paul Vexler , Fre ehold Reg.-Freeh o ld , N.J .; A rt hur H oo d , Ben Frank lin- Philo ., Pa .; T ony Summit , Pl ainedge-N. Ma ssa pequa , New Y o rk.

FLOOR EXERCISE : Blai se Blasko, West Miff l in <:;n .- P ittsbu rah , Po. : Bi ll Diooins, Penn H illsCoach Joe l Baba and hi s Sch ool, Lo ng h orn , Pen na .

Pittsburgh , Po .; Joseph L itow , Central-Philo . , Po. SIDE HORSE: Ra y Christal d i , Nesham inyL anghor ne, Po.; Wayne Erri ckson , Fr eehold Reg. - Freeh o ld; ,N. J. T h o mas Galio t o, West Mi ff l in So- Pi tt sburgh , Po. PA RALLEL BARS: Bill Diggins, Penn Hill sPittsbu rgh , Po. ; Paul Ve xle r , Freehold Re g .Freehold , N.J. ; T on y Su mmit , Pla i n ed ge -N. Massapequa , New Y o rk .

HORIZONTA L BAR: Joseph L itow, Cent ral Ph i lo. , Po.; Pete M o rr is, Abingt o n -Abing t o n , Po.; Bi l l Diggins , Penn H ills-P i t t sb urgh , Po. LONG HORSE : Blaise Blasko, We"t Miffl in So .-Pittsb urgh , Po. ; Bill Digg ins , Pen n H illsPittsburgh , Po .; Ken Schmidt , Pla ir.e dg e- N .

Massapequa , New Y o r k.

STILL RINGS : Ben Iv ey , Ov er b roo k - Ph il". , Paul Fogel , Ch eltenh am -Glens ide , Po. ; Po. ; Chris Miller , Mt . Leb on o n -Mt. Leb anon, a nd New Y o rk ; Alan Dunkley, Nesham in y -Lan gh o rne , Po. TUMBLING : Miles Wilde , Neshaminv- Langh o r re , Po. ; Gar y Heimer l e , Baldwin-Baldwin , N.Y.; Rand y Jo hn son , Great Valley- Pa o li , Po.

INTERCOLLEGIATE WESTERN GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Uni v ersit y o f Was hi ngton com e fr o m b ehind in the last event o f t he meet t o success ful ly defend its Western Inte r collegiate Gy mnastics champi o nsh ips March 2 1 on the cp mpus o f the Univer sity o f A ri zona.

Washington trailed th e Univer sity o f S ) uth~ ern Cal i f orn ia 104 Y2 t o 95 g o ing into the f inal t umbling ev ent. But t he Hu skies rocke d up 24 p o ints in tum bling t o only th r ee f o r the Trojans, there by co ppin g the t eam cha mpio n -

1964 East ern States Champion ship Team

fr o m

Nishaminy High

TE A M STA NDI N GS Da y t o n , 66 \-:'; Col um b u s, 6 5; Eucl id , 10; A kr on Firest o ne, 8 ; L imo , S Y2; Parker sburg , 4 ; Yo ungsto wn , 3 ; Akr o n Ea st , I V2.

EASTERN STATES HIGH SCH'OOL INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Th e twelfth annual Gy mnastic Meet sponso re d by the Temple Univ er sity Gym Team Alumni Assoc iatio n was h eld o n Ma rch 21, 1964 at T emple Un ive rsity's Sou th Hall. Sixt yone competi t o r s r epresentin g twent y- f ou r h igh schools fro m six states participated in the m eet.

Th is was t r ul y a meet o f ch ampions since o nly g y mnast s who p laced first , seco nd , or third in t heir respecti v e State o r Area Ch ampi o nship s we re in vited. Among ot hers , th e Ph iladelphia Publ ic League Champi""ship s, t he Western Penn syl v ania Champi o nships, the Penn..: sylvania Sta te Uni ve rsit y Invitatio nal , th e New Jersey St a te Ch a mpionships, th e Long Isla nd

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ship with 119 points. USC finished with 107V2.

AAW U al l -oround champi on Ron Borak , o f USC , was again the stando ut o f the l1i€et as he

captured

the all-around ov er

teammate

Ga ry

Buckner , and finished ahead o f the field on the h o r izontal b ar , parallel ba r s (a ctuall y tied f o r first here w ith Buckner ). and Floor e xe rcise.

Scenes fr om the Second loc k , Barak,

Annual

MEET RES U LTS All-Around: Ron Borak, USC , 54.35 ; Ga r y Buckner , USC, 51 .4 0; Kjell Hansen , Wash. , 50.00; Rick Field , Cal. , 49.425 ; Steve Wood word, EWS, 49 . 15 ; Bob Hall, Wash, 49.125 ; Mike Flansaas, Wash., 49.05 ; H iroshi Kat o, SSC , 41.825 . Flo or Exerc ise: Ron Ba rak , 9. I;

Arnerican Legi o n

Weise, Sakamoto and V eg a.

Invitationa l ,

Banner , Gro ssfield ,

Shur-

Jim Da v id , Was h. , 8.9; T on y Bautista , LA S, 8.8. Trampoline: Ri c h McCabe, Cal. , 8.95 ; Jim David , 8.85; Steve Woodword , 8.3 . High Bar: Ron Barak , 9.5; Gory Bu ckner , 9.2; Mike Lov ell , Was h , 8.9. Side Horse: Steve Dot y, Ariz. , 9.37; Jerry King , Air For ce, 8.9; Mike Flansaas, 8.8. Parallel Bars : Ron Barak, 9.125; Gory Buckner , 9.125; Bob H al l , B.9. Long Horse: Jer ry Stansbu ry, Ariz. St., 9.20; Crod Chi n , Cal .f., 9 . 20; Gary Buckner , 9.1. Still Rings: Steve Zahm , Calif. 9.4 25; Bill Zinkie , Ariz. , 9.275 ; Ro n Borak , 9.2. Tumbling: · Jim David , Wash., 9.125; Doug Re y nol ds, A ir Force , 9. I ; Bob Hall , 8.55.

OTH ER TEAM SCORES University of Co l ifornio , 86; Air Force Aca-

dem y, 42;

Unive rsit y of Arizono, 36; Arizona

State , 35; Eastern Washington State , 23 ; U n iv ersit y o f Co lor ado, 17V2; Lon g Beach State, 14; Los Angeles State , 9 ; San Jose State, 4 V2, U CLA. I. 2ND

ANNUAL HOLLYWOODAMERICAN LEG ION IN V ITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET San Ferna ndo High Sch ool (Calif. ) Apr il 24th and 25th 1964 The sec o nd Annual American Le gion Inv itati on al b r o ught together m ost o f the potential USA Olympians f o r the f irst tim e on the west co ast, A lso on hond was Mrs, Muriel Grossfe ld wh o g a v e an e xhibition In Fl oor Exe rcise and on the Unevens , The compu lsory rout ines were welJ done b ut not ou tstanding, Sakam oto did no t sh o w up we l l and se2 "lled t o ha v e an indiff erent attitude du r inq the . c o rnpetil ion . The All - around scoring changed f r o m Gymnast to Gy mnast as the meet pr og ressed . Sakam o t o, Shurl ock then V ega end f inally a determined any ps y ch o logicall y improv ed as well as ph ysica ll y prepared Larr y Sanner came t hro ug h t o win the top h o nors o f the meet. Art Shurlock rece ived the highest sc o r e at fhe ev ening with a 9,8 on the Side H orse (o ne judge gav e him a 10 .00), however a b reak o n th e high b ar dro ppe d Art ou t o f first pla ce chances and a v er y ba d br eak o n the h igh bar a lso took Vega o ut as he was leading at the tirne . Weiss's Side H o rse compuls o r y was his downfall oth erw ise his pre f o rma nee 'NOS stead y a n d he d id an exceptional r o utine on the Parall e ls .

RESU L TS ALL-AROUND : Larr y Banner 562· Ma ko t o Sakamo to, 55.925; Armand o' Veg~ , '5 5.850; Gregor W eis s, 55.7 ; Art Shurl a ck , 55 .5 75 ; Ron Barak , 54.7; Abie Gros sfeld , 54 .625 ; Jay Werner , ~~:6~~: M.ke Jacobson, 53 .15; Gary Buckner, 1964 COLLEGIATE ALL-AMERICAN GYMNASTIC TEAMS (Sponsored b y Wheaties Sport s Federati on ) EVENTS 1st Team, 2nd Team, 3rd T eam All-Around: Ron Barak, S. Calif ., Co ach , J. Beckner. Ed Isabel le, Penn State, Coa ch G. Wettstone. Jim Curzi , Mich. State , Coach, G. Szypula. Floor Exercise: Rust y Mitchell , S. Illino.s, Coach B. Meade. T ony Bautista , Calif St .

College, Coach G. Maddux. Ron Barak , S. Calif. , Coach J. Beckner.

Side Horse : Russ Mills , Yale, Coa ch D. Tonry.

Ste v e Pasternak , S. Ill inois, Coach B. Meade.

Allen Porter, Penn State, Coach G. Wettstone.

Trampoline: Gary Erwin , Univ. o f Mich ., Coach N. Lo ken John Hami lton , Univ. o f Mich. , Co ach N. Lo ke n. Fred Sanders , Un iv . o f Mich. , Coac h N. Loken and George Hery, Uni v . of Iowa, D. H o l zaepfel (Coach).

High Bar: Ron Barak , S. Calif. , Coach J .

Beckner . Gory Buckner , S. Calif., J. Beckner.

Jim Curzi , Mich. State, Co ach G Sypula.

Vaulting : Sid Oglesb y, Syracuse ·Uni v ., Coach P. Romeo, J im Quintana , Den v er, Uni v ., Coach D. DeWitt. Dennis Albers , Uni v. of Neb raska Co ach J. Geier. ' Parallel: Ro n Barak , S. Calif. Co ach J. Beckner. Rusty Mitchell, S. Illin o is, Coach B. Meade.

Arno Lascari , Uni v . of Mich. , Coach N La ke ;,.

Tumbling: Rusty Mitchell, S. Il linois: Coach B. Meade. Jim David , Uni v . o f Wash., Coach E. Hughes. Doug Rey n o lds, Air Force Academ y Coach Jim Tanakas. ' Rings: Chris Ev ans , Ari a na State, Coa ch N Stev erson. Chuck Ehrlich , S. I llino is , Coach 8.

Meade and G len Gailis , Uni v , o f l owo, Co ach D. H o laepfel.

SELECTION COMMITTEE (Consists of past-Presidnts o f Notiona l Association o f College Gy mnastic Co aches ) Chet Phillips , Nava l Academy; Charles Pond , Un iversity of Illino is; Lyle Welser , Georgia Tech; Charles Keeney, Un iversity of California ; Tom Ma loney, Wes t Point M il itary Academy; George Sypula, Michigan State Uni v er sity; Hal Fre y, Univer sity o f Ca lifornia; Gene Wettstone , Penn State Uni v ersity; Joe E. Brown, H onora r y Member-H ol lywood; Newt Loken, Chairman, Unive rsit y of M ichiga n,

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS

1964 M I NNESOTA GYMNASTIC ASS 'J C!ATI ON OPEN FLOOR EXERCISE CH A MPIONSHIPS Burn svi ll e High School Ma r ch 14, 196 4 Girls 10 and Unde r Groce Finger , SI. Paul , Minn.; Jod ; Peo'o-

ma nn, St.

Paul ,

Mar y Ka y French , SL

Mlllt1. ;

Pa ul, Minn.

Gi r ls I I oed 12 Years Old Cher yl Stoppel m oor , Huron , S. Dak .; Betty Fr i tz , Bem id ji , Min n.; Connie Pechmonn , S~.

Paul , Minn.

Girls 13 and 14 Year s O ld Jo Ann Connolly , St. Paul , Minn. ; Sue Sk ipton , Burnsvi lle, Minn, ; Patr icia Finge r , St. Paul , Minn .

Girls 15 and 16 Years Old Rita Mueller , Savaqe , Min n.; Shell y Gunde,son , Minneapolis, Minn. ; Lo aune Hickman , Shakopee, Minn.

Girls 17 and Over Gl y nn H uset , Huron , S. Dak.; Ca:hi e Esce-,

Shakopee, Minn.; Susan Sch roeder , MU1neap 'J!ls, Minn.

Boys I I and 12 Years Br ion Ol son , Huro n , Boys 13 and 14 Years David Gregg , Sleepy Boy s 17 and Ov er John T obler , Bemidji ,

Old S. Dak. Ol d Ey e, Minn.

Minn.

Competitors in the Minneso ta Floor-Exercise Champi onships

A .A.H.P .E.R . INVITATIONAL MEET

March

14 Southern

JU N IOR DIVISION :

Nev ada Unive rs ity

Los VEGAS Report by Ro d Hill Th is was the fir st meet we know of in La s Vegas, T eams in v ited were Sou th ern Ne路.... ada co ached by Ma rgar ita V i la ll obos . Vadas Olympettes o f Sacram ento, Calif o rn :a c o ach ed b t Vada Cra bb e. U .S. ETTES o f Sparks, Nevada , Coac hed by Rod H ill. Th is meet was held In conlunc t ion with the state A .A. H .P.E.R. ca n 路路 ven ti o n . It tu r ned out t o be a fine success.

GIRLS I S and OVER Fr ee Ex erci se : Tina Gudge , Vadas; Lea Tru ss, Vadas; Freda Nicho las, U.E . ETTE S. U r.eve n Bors: Freda Nicholas, U.S. ETTES , Non Ros s .

U.S . ETTE S; T ina Gudge , Vadas. Si d e Horse Vault: Freda Nicho las, U.S. ETTES; Non Ross, U.S. ETTE S; Ph y lli s Ferrel , U .S. ETT ES. Balonc e Beam: Leo Truss, Vadas; Non Ross, U.S. ETTE S; T ina Gudge , Vades. ALL AROUND: Freda Nicho las U.S. ETTES; Tina Gudge, Vad a s; NO .1 Ross, U .S. ET TES. 11 and Under Girls Uneven Bars : Ka ren Gallowa y, Vadas; Shirley Ferrel , U.S. ETT ES; Jeanene Galloway, Vadas.

Balance Beam: Karen Gal loway, Vadas; Lori Forman , U.S. ET TES; Shi r ley Ferre l , U.S. ~TTE S. Free Exe rcise : K g ren Gall owa y, Vadas; Lo r i For man , U.S. ET TE S; Sand y Gall o wa y, Vadas.

Side Horse Vault : Lo r i For man, U.S. ETT ES; Karen Ga l loway, Vadas; Shi r ley Fe rr el , U.S. ET T ES ALL AROUND: Karen Gall oway , Vadas : Lori For man , U.S. ETTES ; Shirl ey Ferrel , U .S .

ETTE S. GIRLS 12 to 14 Uneven Bars: Ci n d y Jones , U.S. ETTES; N ora T r uss, Vadas; Cindy M cCrear y, U.S. ETTES. Sid e Horse Vault: Ruth Westall, U.S. ETTE S; N o ra Tr uss , Vadas; Cind y McCreary, U.S. ETT ES. Balance Beam : Nora T ru ss, Vada s; Robin H ug h es, Vadas; Kathy Barnes, U.S. ETT ES. Fre e Exercise : Nora Truss , Vadas; Ruth Westall , U .S. ETT ES; Koren Taan, Vadas. ALL AROUND : No ra Tru ss, Vadas; Ru t h Westall, U.S. ETTES; Cin d y McC rea ry, U.S. ETTES.

ALL - AROUND : Wendy Cluff; N o ra Trus s; Koren Gall owa y; Susie Singrin; Karen Toon.

FREE EXERCISE: Wendy Cluff; Karen Gallowa y; BALANCE BEAM : Wendy Cluff; N ora Tru ss; Karen Gall o way. VAULTING : N or a Tru ss; Wend y Cluff; Susie Sing rin . TUMBLING : Wend y Cluff; K o re n Gall oway; N or a T russ.

College of the Holy Nam es Invitational Gymnastics Me et Resul t s for Wom en : Report by Yon Martiny Modern Gymnastics Free Exercise : Frances Mason , H . (H oly Names ); Suzanne McCol l , H ; Barba r a Bradley. H , Modern Gv mna stics Hand

Apparatus: Barbara Bradfeu, H ; Frances Mason, H ; Cathleen Mead , H . Balance Beam : Do ris Nishinqka , LH , ( Les o Health ); Linda Branscum , (Concord Re. ); Penny Dengel, CR ; Paulo Bertinett i , H ; Tie between Bev Trujill o, CR. and Mary McClary, H. Sid e Horse Vault: Lindo Branscum , CR .; Do ri s Nishinaka, LH ; Frances Mason, H ; Barbaro Bradle y, H ; Suzanne McColl , H Fre e Exercise : Dor is Nishinako , LH ; Lindo Branscum , CR. ; Frances Maso n , H ; Ba rba ra Bradley, H; Suzanne McColl , H. Uneve n Parallel Bars: Doris Nishinoko ; Lind a Branscum; Bev. Truj illo; Cath leen Mead ; Suzanne McColl. AIIAround : Do ri s Nishinoka, L H ; Linda Branscum, CR. ; Frances Mason ,H ; Barbaro Bradley, H ; Suz'Jnne McColl , H.

Scenes from USGF Calif o rnia Wom en 's Meet

TEAM POINTS

.. 96 .. 90 8

U.S. ETTE S Vadas

S. N. SECOND STATE

ANNUAL U .S.G.F. CALIFORNIA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR GIRLS

Long Beach City Co l lege , Ap r il I I , 1964. Meet Manager , Wayne Ski l l.

SENIOR

DIVISION :

TEAM

TOTALS :

Southern Califo rnia Acro Team, 286 .85; Vado's Gy mnastic Studio , 237.35; Enc ino High School , 85.00; Arcade Gym Club, 69.85 ; Coro na Del Mar Hi g h Schoo l , 24.00; T rampoline I nc. , 21.00; North H ig h Sch oo l , 14.00; Long Beach Gy m Club, 10.5.

ALL-AROUND : Judy T ra mme ll , T ina Gudge ; Jo ann Pa squale; Barba r o McKee; Judy Ab bott; Kath y Finch.

FREE EXERCISE: Judy Trammel l , T ina Gudge , tie; Barbaro McKee. UNEVEN BARS: Judy Tramme ll; Kerr y McCoum; Joann Pasqua!e.

TRAMPOL ! NE : Judy Abbo tt , Sand y Astle, tie; Sand i Fittinger. BALANCE BEAM : Judy Tr ammell; Bar b~ ra McKee; Joa nn Pasquale. VAULTIN G: Jud y Trammell ; Kath y Finch ; Tina Gudge.

TUM BLING : Tina Gudge; Judy T rammell; Lyn ne Evans, Barba r a McKee, t ie.

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OREGON

Susan

Rog er s

COLOR A DO

WOMEN ' S OPEN GYM N A STI C CHAMP I ON SH I PS The second annual Colorado Wo me n's Ope" championships we re held April 4th at Ar va da West Hi':lh Scheo l, Denver . Mrs. Terr v Sendqraff was di re ct or o f the meet. Out standi '1g performer was '16 year old Su san Rog er s sop homore fr om N or th Denver High Schoo l. Su sa n won the All -around title in the preliminar y qualifyinq and then followed with tops in fi v e of the six e ven ts in the finals. Ev e:,t resul ts we!"e as foll ows: All - Ar ou nd ; Susan Rogers f oll owed bv Su so'" Loqan, sec ond ; Juanita Loerwa ld , third a "ct Kathy Rogers , fourth.

CL A SS "A" Tumblin g ; Pamela Hughes , Kath y Fr asi pr , Mar garet Wise. Sid e H orse Vault : Marilee Rob e:- son , Monica Roberson. T ra mpoline: Robin OWAn s.

Debra Cuen in , Marilee Roberson. Fr ee Exe rci se : Pp-qg y Kaiser , Kathv Frasier , Le slie Distefano.

Balanc e Be am : Rob in Owen s, Pegg y Baugh , S~errie Wilson.

CLASS B Tumbling : Kathy Stoecker , Opal Anderson . El len Kettering. Un even Parall el Ba rs: Kath v Rog ers , Karen H upfer , Carol Erdman. Side Hor s~ Vault : Beth Wo rk , Juanita Loewrald , V iv i Betti s. Trampo lin e: Donna Hartman. Zoann Stinson , Koth v Rogers. Fr ee Exer ci se: Ellen Ketterin q.

Charlotte Auten , ( tie ) Lindo Koerner . Joa nna Long . Balanc e Beam : Kathy Rogers, Su san Logon , Lisa Melby.

CL A SS C Tumb lin g : Susan Roge rs, Barbara Alley, LeAnn Lewis. Un eve n Para ll e l Bars : Su san Rog ers, Kar en H ansen , Ann Sutherla nd. Sid e H or s~ Vault: Karen Hansen , Judy Graham , Sharon Graham. Tra m poli ne: Susan Rogers , Ruth Sutton , (tie ) Toni Hav ens, Susan Distefano. Fr ee Exe rci se : Susan Rogers , Ma rsha Heath , Jane DiFulco. Ba lanc e Beam : Susan Rogers , Donna Cox , Sharon Graham.

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HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Report By Harry Johnson The fifth annual Oregon High Schoo l Gymnastics Charnpi onships were held March 7 at McArthur Court on the University o f Oregon campus. The top eight gymnasts in each event at the end of the mo rning prelimina r ies were qualified f or the 8:00 p .m. finals. As in all previous meets, only opti onal rou t ines were perf ormed.

South Eugene captured the team championship f or the second consecutive yea r by pil ing up i 09. 5 points t o 68 for North Eugene and 44 f or Roosevelt of Portland. Performances far exceeded those o f last year and the outlook for the 1965 meet appears ev en brighte r .

The 1964 meet ma r ked the lost yea r f o r the ground tumbling e vent which is being dropped in favor of providing a more effiCIent and interesting meet for spectat ors and to place more emphasis on fl oor exercise and other international events.

The trampol ine ev ent will remain 1/1 competition a s a speciality item.

Te am score in Oreg on meets is based on the seven internati onal ev ents onl y.

There were no doub le event w inners in this yea r's meet. South Eugene 's Da v e Telling captured the all-around championship after a second place finish lost year. T el ling placed sec ond in fl oor exerc ise and long horse, th ird defended his floo r exercise title and placed in the horizontal ba r and side horse Jan Hardin, Bob Leach , and Jock Wa l ra t h also scored firsts for South Eugene. Hardin success f ul ly defended his floor exercise title and placed fourth in all-around. Leac h won the hor izonta l ba r event and placed thi r d in all-a round. Walrath was the winner in the t rampolin e .

Second place in the all-around ev en t wen t to Charles Key of Por tland 's Rooseve lt H igh.

Key won the parallel ba r s, p laced second in the horizontal bar, third in the long h o rse, fou rth in fl oor exercise, and fifth in the still rings. The side horse event was held for the f irst time and South Solem gymnasts dominated the event with a one-two finis h by Joe Babineau and Ca rl Jacobson. North Eugene had tw o first place winners in Don Chapin in the r ings and Wes Bires in the long horse. T he tum b l ing champion wa s Jerry Alvey from Thu rston High in Sp r ing f ield.

Coaches, athletes, and fans were equally enthusiastic about the caliber o f the performances and are 10Cl king t o an even greater meet next yea r. Gy mnastics in proving increasingly popular in Oregon a nd public schoo l o f ficial s ha v e be en generous in su pport of competitive programs. Each y ear marks the additi on o f more schools entering full teams.

Results: Fl oor Ex ercise: I. Jan Hardin (SE) 7.90; 2.

Da v e Telling (SE ) 7.55; 3. Denny Th ielen (R )

son (Sh ) 35.65; 8. Tom Fergason (T) 34.65.

T eam Scores: South Eugene 109.5; Nor t h Eugene 68 ; Roosevel t 44; South Salem 27; Thur st on 7.5; Sheldon 7 ; Da vid Douglas 6 ; also competed Cottage Grove , lone, Sisters, and West Linn.

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Trampoline : I. J ack Walrath (S E) 7.44; 2.

Jim Heal ey ( NE ) 6 .79; 3. Tom He im b ig n er (I) 6.61.

Side Hors e : I. Joe Babineau (55) 6.4 7; 2.

Carl Jacobson (55) 6 .34; 3. Gra n t Beyme r (NE) 6.33.

Horizontal Bar: I Bob Leach (SE) 7.95; 2.

Charles Key (R) 7 .50; 3. Don Chapin (N E) 7 .28.

Long Hors e: I. Wes Bi r es (NE) 9.03; 2. Dove Telling (SE ) 8.71; 3. Charles Key ( R) 8. 6 8 .

Parallel Bars : I. Charl es Key ( R) 6.99; 2.

Jan Ha rdin (SE) 6.98; 3. Dave T el l ing (SE) 6.92 Still Rings : I. Don Chap in (NE) 7. 13; 2. Bob Libb y (NE) 6.90; 3. tie Do v e Tell ing (SE) and Bob Leach (SE) 6 .89.

Tumbling : I. Jerry Alvey (T) 7 .03; 2. Denny Thielen (R) 6.95; 3. Bill Sp il ler (Sh) 6 .53.

All-Around: I . Dove Telling (S E) 43.25; 2.

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I I is a I!r ea t he lp to m e a s I coach t he sehoul le am, but we are 50 mi les from Bri s ban e. a m e re co untry schoo l wi th almO"l 600 bo a r d e r s .

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A ls o the I!y mn a s iulll 12 wa ll ,. /ln ly) gal a third wall 10 prot ec t it fro m the w es le rly s un a n d wind s (d e p(' ndinl! o n th e sea son ) a n d wa s fu lly lin ed a nd painl ed! Everyo n e is :r lowing wilh prid e and r ece nllv wh e n "ur ne w Paralle l Bars arr ive d in ra il' hlue I!u lllll etal col or a gain th e G y m m e mbe r s we re s pee c hl ('ss . \find you o ur sc h ool h a s s in ce it's e x islan ce (]901) b een kn own as a rO,winl! schoo l. with loi s of fOO l hal l. s wimminI!. ,om e t e nni s . p l en ly of cri ck el. some debal inl! and e ven ch ess !! A n odd gym n as l wa, know n t o h ave a workoul so m e wh e r e ou t hac k and n o w all Ihi s h a s c hanl!e d . It is a r esult o f a p e r sonal t en ye a r fi l! hl w hi c h is co ntinuing. Many a tim e th at th e sch o ol noti ce board has b een "d e faced" bv hu g e nos t e rs adve rti s in g gym na sl ics. WeI"1

it work s !

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Yours Sin ce r e ly : L Elich Queensl and. Austral ia 1964 SUMMER AC ROBATI C TOUR SCHEDULE o f James A. Rozanas and Staff 10 Hours of Acrobatics each week-5 Days , Monda y-Fr ida y- 2 Hour s every day f o r each class-

3 Graded closses each day.

BEGINNERS CLASS- 9 :00 to II :00 AM .

INTE RMED IATE-11 :00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. ADVANCED-l :00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND A COURSE PLEASE WRITE OR PHONE THE TEACHER IN CHARGE .

Jun e 8 · 12, Gym Master Co., 3200 South Zuni St _, Englewood , Co lorado. Fo r informatio n Call Bob Fen ner-7 81-4429.

Jun e 14·18 , Clar ice Totto n Schoo l o f Dance, 908 Prospec t, Fort Morgan , Col orado. For Info rmation Call Clarice Ta t ton- 867 -6815.

June 22.26, Eureka Valle y Recreotion Center , 18th & Co llingswood Sts. , San Franc isco, Calif. Far Informatio n Call Be tt y Ma y-VA 4-6057.

June 29 -July 3, La s Ayres Dance Studio , 1991 Bancro ft Ave ., San Leandro , Colif.

For Info rmati on Call , Bett y Ayres351-9777 .

Jul y 6-1 0 , Rose Ann ' s Dance Stud io , 1163 EI Camino Real , Menlo Park , Calif.

For Information Call , Rose Ann- DA 35292_ July 13 · 17, Bett y Doli Dance Studio, 1307 Fordham , Modesto , Calif. For Info rmati on Call , Betty Dali-522 -6119.

July 20-24, Cupertino Schoo l, 21991 Homestead Road , Cupertino, Calif. For Informati on Ca ll , Ellen Sheridan, San Jose, CL 8 -3732.

July 27·31, Litka School of Music and Dance , 30 14 Altez N. E. , Albuquerque, New Mexico, Fo r

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I nformation Call, Mu ri el

Litka-299-4348.

August 3-7, Billie Jo' s Dance Studio, 4228 Boston , Lub bock , Texas . For Infor mat ion Call. Billie Jo- SW 5-0188.

August 10· 14, Velma Tucker Dance Studio, 218 East Central, Miami, Oklahomo , Kimball 2-8962. Vel ma Tucker Dance Studio, 151 I North Joplin, Pittsburgh , Kansas, ADam 1-4552.

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Iowa,

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August 24.28, Watson Dance Studio , 100 East Euclid Ave_, Parkfair Shopping Center , Des Mo ines , Iowa, Call Betty Wat~on-288-8424.

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250 W. Sixth St. , San Pedro, Calif.

Send P·57 Pants . Size _ _ ____ .

LH Handgrip . .

S·6 High Score Shoes. SIZe _ _ _ .

OB Handgrip .

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TRAMPOLINES TRAMPOLINE, INC.

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4207 W . MAGNOLIA BURBANK , CALIFORNIA

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTICS CAMP CLINIC Camp sessions this year wil be fro;" August 15th to August 22nd for boys and girls 8 to 14 years of age, ond from August 22nd to August 29th for men and women 15 years ond up.

The cost this yeor Wilt be $55 per session. See enclosed registration co rd . We will have the following equipment in camp: 5 overhead spOiling rigs,S high bars, 6 side horses, 6 ~ , Bars, 5 sets unevens, 5 sets rings, 2 long horses, 1 fre c exerCise mot and 300 feel o f tumbling mots, 6 trompol ine s.

" FALLING FOR STARS" - FIRST and ONLY

APPLICATION : NOR THERN CA.lIFORNIA GYMNAST IC CAMP CLINIC MAIL TO ERNEST MARINONI , CAMP DIR ECT O R, BE RKE LE Y YMCA, 200 1 ALLSTON WA Y, BERKEL EY 4 , CALIFORNIA .

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FALLING FOR STARS P .O . Box 832

Tarzana , CalifornIa

Why Pay More? ..

It's completely unnecessary to pay higher prices when you can have the best equipment for less. Dollar for dollar, you get more from Porter! More and better features ... more fun ... more quality.

And now, our popular 2000 line is available in attractive colors ... turquoise, brown, maroon, antique white bases, with white uprights. A special epoxy - polyamide finish provides a durable, maintenance-free coating . So why pay more-when you can have the best ... Porter ... for less. Meets Olympic specifications.

Write today for complete information on this colorful 2000 line.

PORTER

ATHLETIC

EQUIPMENT

COMPANY

(DIVISION WACO-PORTER CORPORATION) 9555

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Performance and Appearance ... a /N ISS E N I Tradition Sure Nissen gymnastic equi pment looks great. Why shouldn 't it with its bold , modern des ign and luxurious nickel chrome fin is h. But beneath this practical beauty is the rugged, dependable, proven craftsmanship that pays off where it counts-in ch ampionship performance.

All in all , some impressive reasons why N issen gymnas-

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tic equipment is preferred by more gymnasts and coaches th an all other brands combined. Fo r additional information, write :

NISSEN CORP., Cedar Rapids,. Iowa, 52406 NISSEN路SENOH Tokyo, Japan

NISSEN TRAMPOLINE CO., LTD. London, England

CHOSEN FOR 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES, TOKYO, JAPAN