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CONGRESS OF AMERICAN GYMNASTIC COACHES The Congress of Americon Gymnastic Coaches will be conducted in Denver, Colorado on November 2627, . 1965. Representatives from all oreas of the United States are expected to convene with the Friday morning breakfast a'n d open the door to two days of discussions, exchanges and planning . . . on all phases of promoting and developing gymna.stic s for men and women.

Friday, November 26th 8 :00 a.m . ~Breakfast meeting .

9:30 a.m. -1st General Session .

12:00 noon-lunch.

1 :30 p.m.-Area 1 ... Session .

3:30 p.m.-Area 2 .. . Session .

7 :00 p.m.-Banquet.

Saturday, November 27th 9 :00 a .m.-Area 3 . .. Session .

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SEPT.-OCT., 1965

NUMBER 7

CONTENTS NOTES FROM THE EDITOR _________ .. __ ..... __ Glenn Sundby CHALK TALK ___ . ______________ .__________ _____ __ _______ _______ ___ _________ ___ _ 1965 UN IVERS lADE ______________________ ____ ___ _____________ Bob Hall MANAGING: SOME INS & OUTS ___ _____ __ __ ______ Dick Criley USGF DI RECTOR'S REPORT __________ ____ ______________ Frank Bare CANADIAN REPORT _______ __ __ _______ __ ______ __ Johnny Nooney GYMNAESTRADA REPORT __________ ___ _______ __ ____ __________________ WORLD 'S BEST ___________________________________________ .Jack Beckner RESEARCH AND FITNESS ___________________ _____ James S. Bosco NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE __________ __ ____ Roy Davis DISMOUNT ANALYSIS, translated by Dr. Michael Yessis TRAM POll N I NG _________________ ________ ________ _____ __Jess Robinson WHAT'S THE SCORE _________________________________ .Jerry Wright LETTERS ___ ___ _______ _______ _____ _____ ____ ____ ____ __ _____________ _______ __________

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COVER: T op--Gil Larose, 1965 National All-Around Champion of Canada. Bott om-M iroslav Cerar, performing at the 4th Gymnaestrodo, Vienna, Austria.

NEXT EDITION: There were many items we could not squeeze into this edition such as the Sokol Slet in Chicago, scores and photos of the European Championships. The Santa Monica Annual Gymfest, and summer Gymnastic Camp and Clinic reports.

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VOLUME VII

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SUBSCRIPTION RATE NOTICE: In 1966 the number of M.G.'s published will be increased from 9 to 10 issues and the subscription rate will be raised to $5.00 annually. The current subscription rate of $4.50, the two and three year discount rate of $7.50 and $10.00 and the Special Team rate of $3.00 for ten or more new subscriptions sent in by a coach will be in effect until November 31st only. After that date the rate will be $5.00 for USA and $5.50 for all other countries. The two year discount rate will be $9.00 and the three year rate $12.50 ... All new subscriptions and renewals (Groups and 2 & 3 year subs) postmarked 'before Dec. 1st, 1965 will be honored at the current rate.

GYMNAESTRADA REPORT: Although over one third of this issue covers reports and photos of the 4th GYMNAESTRADA held in Vienna, Austria this past summer, we have only just scratched the surface. To adequately report on the thousands of performers who took part in the displays large and small and of the exhibition groups from 28 countries from all over the world would take volumes of M.G.'s. There were about 15 different halls, gyms, fields and stadiums used, sometimes all at the same time so you just could not see it all. We hope our all too brief report will give you a glimpse of the magnitude of this event and in four years when the next GYMNAESTRADA is held you will be on hand either as a participant or a spectator. * * * * * ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (competition type) is an important but relatively small part of the over all performances at a Gymnaestrada. A Gymnastrada could be described as an exhibition of Modern Gymnastics, Physical Training ideas or what we would more commonly refer to as Physical Education programming. One could not help but be impressed with all the youngsters who took part in the displays. The Floor Exercises of boys and girl gymn'astics groups from Czechoslovakia and the wonderful group of boys from Yugoslavia who did more things with vaulting boxes than you could imagine were real show stoppers. And after seeing sensational acrobatic and handbalancing routines of the Eastern countries, I could not help feel this type of activity should merit more consideratilon in our Physical Education programs here in America . While we are at it lets include the Rhonrader (gym-wheel), which the German Turner Bund displayed so effectively. (In a country such as ours which takes to fads so quickly, hula-hoops, skate boards etc. if we ever got started with Gym-wheels we would roll our way to fitness and fun as a national pastime in a hurry. I want one myself). A group of girls came all the way from New Zealand and there were thousands from the Scandinavian countries plus over 400 energetic youngsters from the Great Britain Gymnastic Association (J im and' Paul ine Prestidge are to be congratulated for the job well done). Hundreds also came from Switzerland. The large group from Czechoslovakia all lived on a large boat anchored in the Blue Danube river. At night hotels, homes, classrooms and school gyms throughout the Waltz Capital were filled with participants on cots and sleeping bags all resting exhausted from the days activities, eager to rise early for the thrills and excitement of another day at the Gymnaestrada * * * * * * THE USA AND THE NEXT GYMNAESTRADA: By the time the next Gymnaestrada rolls around in 1969 let us hope that the USA is there in force with several different exhibition groups numbering in the hundreds, a cross country representation of our growing Modern Gymnastics, Dance, Ballet and Physical Education programs. We can do it and we should start planning now TO DO IT! ... In the fall of 1964 the USFG made a request to bring a large orga nized exhibition group to the 4th Internanational Gymnaestrada. This request was vetoed by the AAU through the F.I.G. body. Although the AAU committed themselves to represent the USA by vetoing the USGF bid months before the Gymnaestrada was to take place they did not make any preparations. Only with last minute frantic action by Mr. Leon Nance to get uniforms and gymnasts to Vienna and three days of hard work by the gymnasts themselves directed by the professional talents of Muriel Grossfeld did the U.S.A. come through with a well done but short exhibition of tumbling, trampoline, apparatus, floor exercise and group jazz number by the girls. It was so fast and flashy that much of the audience was left breathless in a "wow! what was that?" feeling. Fact is because of the pace hardly anyone noticed the 路Iack of a US flag flying during the performance. Tremendous credit must be given the Gymnasts and their director for coming through with flying colors (if not flags) at the 4th International Gymnaestrada, however we cannot say as much for the organization which sent them. Where many countries spent over a year preparing their groups for this International festival , a three day flash effort by the AAU no matter how well done is an insult to the Gymnaestrada and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).

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Former Olympian ond MG Women's Editor Jackie Klein Uphues and husband Jock announce the arrival on September 17th of Christopher John who weighed in at 7 Ibs. 4 oz. Congratulations Jackie!

Congratulations and best wishes also to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nels Flansaas (nee Dol e McClements) who were married Saturday, September 1 1, 1965 in Seattle, Washington.

1960 Olympic Gold Med al winner Aihara of Japan and his team mote Nakayama visit Las Angeles after their tour of Mexico and South America. Mr. Aihara is now retired from competition and has token up Golf for recreation. Th ey visited with friends in the home of Bill Tom to chat about o ld times and catch up with late news.

Mr. Frank Hailand, former Illinois gymnast, died of Hodgkins Disease on Sept. 4th in Berkeley, California at the age of 28. Memorial services were conducted at the Berkeley Uni· tarian Fellowship Church on Sept.

7th. Surviving are his wife Carolyn and three sisters.

Frank attended South Shore High School in Chicago. He lettered in swimming and began his gymnas· tics training at the Hyde Park Y.M.C.A. His coaches there were Dick Zuber and Hal Frey.

Frank enrolled at the University of Illinois and continued his gym· nastics training under Charles Pond.

He won many honors in the Big Ten Conference in tumbling, trampoline, and free exercise· He also won the N.C.A.A. tumbling championship in 1957 and 1958. He helped pac;:e the IIlini team to team championships in 1956 and 1958. He also ' placed 6th, 5th , 4th, 3rd and 2nd in the N.A.A.U. Tumbling Event. The No .

1 position seemed to elude him.

Frank served as head coach at Eastern Montana College at Billings, Montana. While at Washington he helped to coach Jim David and Dale McClements.

Frank enrolled at the University of California to work on his doc· torate. He assisted with the varsity team at Berkeley. He worked ex· tensively with the team and partic· ularly with Dan Millman .

Frank served as Camp Clinic Di· rector of the Northern California Gymnastics Camp Clinic. He was a member of the Executive Com· mittee of the Northern California Officials Association . He was opti· mistic at all times and he was con· templating additional work on his doctorate plus additional coaching assignments .

Contributions in Frank's memory may be made to the American Can · cer Society.

USSR REPORT

by Yuri Sabirov

From left to right (seated) Mrs. Charles Simms, Mr. Aihara, Mr. Nakayama, Mrs. Beckner, Bill Tom .

Standing left to right, Mrs. Tom, Bob Lyon, Makoto Sakamoto, Ken Bartlett, Kent Barber and another v isiting Japanese gymnast Mr . lito.

Back row is Jack Bec kner.

The USSR National Championship s were held in Jun e. T he Men's e vent s took place in Khabarovsk and the Women's in Len· in grad. Th e competition proved to be very int e res tin g and tense. 1 have already men· ti oned that th e l'vlen's compe titi on was held in Khabaro vsk whi ch is situat ed 8000 km from Mosco w and of course it was diffi cult for th e parti cipants to ge t used to th e tim e differ ence of 8 hours. S trange as it may see m but when the re was a bri ght and sunn y day in Moscow, ever yone was slee pin g in Khabarovsk. (by the way the temperature was about 30·35 degrees) .

It wa s good on on e hand beca use the sam e climate could be expe cted in l'vl exico , but on th e oth er hand it cost some extra ef· forts for the particip ants to make a good showin g. Ne verth eless th ey d id th eir best

Il ul lu di ,ap poin t t he s pec la to rs a nd c ua c h es.

O n ly 60 t'Y llln as ts we r e all owe d tu CO Ill · pe le fo r it wa s a n indi vid ual cont es t. Th ey we re Ih l' s l ro ll ~es t gY llin a s t:; in our co ulltry.

Ha l f u f th e p a rti c i pa n ts we re und e r 20 yea n. of a ge . Th e r es ults we r e ver y hop e· ful. Eve ryo ne di s pl ayed e xe rc ises mo re dif· f in dl Ih a n is req uire d b y th e F.l. G . rul es.

F il l' exa illp le fin a li s ts on th e e ve nl s did 5 u r 6 '·C " Ill oves in s tea d o f th e 2 r e quire d , a nd pe rfo rill ed va ults w ith full t wis t (360 0 ) , h ec hl wilh full t wis t an d hand sprin g w ith 360 0 turn s .

Th e hes t a ll ·aro un d was V ic to r Li s il s k y, (Ol ynlf)i c a nd E u ro pe a n S ilver me dali s t ) .

Hi s II! tal sco re was 116 .3 . S econd e a lll e lJ iolll id uv foll uwe d by L eo n ieI' a nd S h a c k · lin . .\1. Vunlill in was pla cin g thirtl t hro u gh len eve n ts but unfo rtun a te ly h e fa il ed o n th e Hi g h Dar a nd Ih at sli p dro ppe d. him to 91h pl a ce . In s pite o f th a t h e is in good furlll nl! w. Th e fifth place wa s occ u p ie d b y V. l'vfcd ve d ev a yo un g gy mna s t., 23 yea rs o i age. fr Ull l K iev . He is a n e w s tar in gy m It a:-.- l il".....

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In th e 'Wo me n 's compe titi on i n Len in · g rad a ll lh e tu p gy mn as ts parti c ipate d w ith th e exce pti on 01 La ty nina wito wa s ve ry t ire d after the Euro pean c u p a nd ex hi biti on in Ii a ly, an d a yo un g N at ional a ll ·a ro und c ha mpi on ch oo l g irl Lari sa P e tri c w ho had a s li g ht injury. In the ir absen ce the s trug· ~ I e wa s betwee n fam o us and e xpe r ie n ced P. !\ s lac h ova (go ld j\ lrd a l in T ok yo), j\ f.

N ieu la e l'a (gold l\Ie d a l in R o m e on L on g Horse ) , and yo un g 16 yea r Na tas ha Kuch· in s k a ya w h o h a d jus t finis h ed th e 9 th fo rm o f Ih e s pec ia l sch oo l in L enin g ra d for y ()lIn~ s t (-' r!-'

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Los Angeles

UT :\H WO RKS HOP A W om e n 's S po rt s Work s h o p in gy m nm;ti cs a l th e U ni ve rs it y o f U ta h in S a lt Lak e C it y rcccn i ly a ttra c ted a ln"" 1 50 pa rli c ip a nt s from Uta h , Nevada . W yo min g: and Co lo rado , most o f th e m hi g h sc hool lea c h(' rs. Directo r !\I a ry J o R e ite r, in s tru clo r in h e a lth , p h ys ic al e du ca ti on a nd Tecrc al ion re po rl ed thai e n ro llm enl ha d ri se n ove r las l yea r 's, du e prim a ril y 10 cl ini cs a nd prom OI ion o f gy mn as ti cs thro ug ho ut Ihe sla lc,· pa rli c ul a rl y in th e Provo a r ea .

Ca ro lyn Os bo rn Bowe rs, g u es t in s lru c lor [ro m Oh io S ta te Uni ve rsit y, co mm ent ed Ih at thi s yea r·" c lini c wa s mu c h mo re pro [(';., io na l th a n on e s h e condu c ted h e r e two yea rs H!-!O. Th e prop: ram wa s a ri go roll s one, a nd pari ic i pa nts e nj oye d wo rkin g w ith fl oo r exc rc i,es, un eve n pa r a ll e l b ar5, and Ih e ba la n ce bea m.

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a l arge swimmin g poo l.

Vo lunt ee r gy mn a s ti c in s tru c lor s in clu d e Frank M e rrill , pas t. Na ti onal Rin g C h am pi on a nd one tim e Tarza n o f Ih c m ov ies.

O lh e r s arc : Da le CO le, S o ulhern Ca lif orni a [!ymn as t. R o be rl Ca nlin a nd J oe _\L a rin o .

Va l K e ll e r and B ill Th o mpson a rc th e Ph ys ica l Directo rs at Ih e YMr:A, 7

Above:

Makot o .Sakamoto, 3rd place AII -

A~ourid winner

1965 UNIVERSIADE

by Bob Hall, U. of Wash. Dental School Budapest Hungary was the site of the 1965 University Student Competition from August 21-25 . The competition involved twenty·five hundred athletes from the en· tire world and centered around competition in nine sports. Essentially the Universiade was Olympic competition for Uni· versity students and many world and olym· pic champions were present.

Many factors were evident as I witnessed the gymnastic competition. By far the most dramatic was the fin e demonstration of skills in the Men's All-Around -';vith our own Makoto Sakamoto fini shin g third be· hind Nakay'ama of Japan and Cerar of Yugoslavia. The entire United States Delegation was received with great enthusiasm by the Hungarian people and Makoto was a crowd favorite in the Gymnastic events.

Nakayama with his outstandin g 58.80 fin ish was undoubtedly the bes t performer at the competition and with his Japanese teammates who finish ed fourth , fifth and six th ( Hirai, Konishi and Yonehara ) this was enough to also capture the team title.

Although the Japanese dominated the Men's competition other teams and indivviduals showed fine performances. The young Russian team headed by Arkaev and K arassev showed that they also could per· form under pressure with strong routines.

The Cuban team headed by Ramirez and the Hun garian team headed by Aranyos show great promise and will surely improve in the international meets in the future.

Individuals such as Cerar of Yugoslavia, Konishi Hirai of Japan perform ed steady and difficult routines. I felt the scoring was a little high in some events but it was fair and consistant. I can't underestimate the j ob th at Makoto did though. His performan ces were practically flawless ' and even thou gh he lacked the difficulty that Nakayama exhibited, he well deserved the honor of third place All-Around.

The women's events also produced sev· eral visible factors. The strength of the Russian women was evident. Bouroutcheva and Alexeeva are two performers you will be hearin g of in the future. Ducza ( Hungary) on Floor exercises, Makray (Hungary) and Karachka (B ul garia) ·on the Un evens all demon strated excellently prepared routines. Although Ducza won the All-Around with a score of 38.70 and with her team· mates won the team title over the Russian team , the results were deceiving. My exliBri~ n ce with women's gymnastics is lim· ited, yet it was evid ent to myself and the crowd that the Russian team headed by Bourou tcheva was by far the strongest. The scoring of the women's competition defin· itely showed fav.oritism toward the Huna

Above : awa rds

Men's

team

champions

receive

At right : Cerar of Yugoslav ia, Akinori of Japa n and Sakamoto o f USA. 1965 Univers ity ·AI I-Around W inners .

garians and away from the Russian and J apanese women.

I noticed from my mvn ex perience and from my talks with other American parti cipants in other sports, that few r ealized how im portant · and outstanding this com· petition really is and can be in the futur e.

The Unversiade was organized similar to the Olympics (except only optionals were performed in Gymnastics) just for the University students around the world. The process to prove the competi tors were uni· versity students was very com plicated and involved much work even before the entire list of competitors were known. One humorous episode occured when the delega· tion from '. Mongolia had r epeatedly at· temp ted to explain their status at Mongolia Universi ty. (They were allowed t o participate ). The Universiade definitely is a challenge to the University organization. Both a United States men's and women's team would have placed very hi gh if they were sent. I felt that each could easily h ave placed th ird. I hope that a full team will be sent to Tokyo in 1967 to this fine com· petition.

Two individuals, Mr. Jim Fowler and Mr. Phil Shinnick of NSA can be congratulated for 'their fin e job even though they had little knowledge of who would ac· tu ally show up, nor what to expect at the first competition of the Universiade in which an American delegation was sent.

RESULTS

UN1VERS1ADE

BUDAPEST

1965

Women

Vaulting : Kaloczy (Hungary), 9 .60; Alexeeua (USSR), 9.5 5; T ie, Bouroutcheua (USSR), 9.50; Ducza (Hun.), 9.50; Shybuza (Jap.), 9.50; Makray (Hun.), 9.45 :Unevens: Bo uroutcheua , 9.70; Tie, Makra y, 9. 60; Ducza, 9.60; Furuyama (Jap .), 9 .50; Karachka (Bulga ria ), 9.50; Alexeeuo, 9.40. Beam:

Ti e, Ale xeeuo , 9 .75;

Duczo,

9.75; Makray, 9.65; Tie , Furuyama , 9.60; Bourou tcheua , 9.60; Tie, Kaloczy, 9.50; Stojanoua (Bul. ), 9.50 . Floor Ex.: Ducza, 9.B5; Bouroutcheua, 9 .BO; Shybuya , 9.70; A lexeeua, 9 .60; Furuyama , 9 .55 . All Around: Ducza, Aniko, 3B.70; Bouroutcheua, Galina , 3B .60; Makra y, Katalin, 3B .35; A lexeeua , Tamaria , 3B.30; Shybuya, Taki , 3B .00; Furuyama, Yasuko, 37.B5 .

Men Vaulting : Naka yama (Jap .), 9.75; Tie, Rose ngren (Sweden), 9 .70; Kon ish i (Jap.), 9.70; Tie, Jonnsson (Sweden), 9.65; Sakamoto (USA), 9.65; Cerar (Y ugo .), 9.e5; Hirai (Jap:), 9.65. P.-Bars: Tie, Cerar , 9.BO; Nakayama , 9 .BO;· Ko nishi , 9 .BO; Loginou (USS R), 9.70; Karasseu (USSR), 9.65; Tie, Sa kamoto, 9 .60; Arkaeu (USSR), 9.60; Yonehara (Jap.), 9 .60; Hirai , 9 .60. H.-Bar: Tie, Ce rar, 9.90; Naka yama , 9 .90; Konishi , 9.65; Sakamo to, 9 .60; Hirai, 9.50; Tie, Loginou, 9.45; Yonehara , 9.45 . Floor Ex .: Naka yama , 9 .90 ; Hirai, 9.BO; Cerar, 9.70; Konishi , 9.65; Tie, Sakamot o, 9.60; Storhaug (Norway).

9.60;: Karasseu, 9.60. Rings : Na kayama, 9 .BO; Ti e, ,Sakamoto, 9 .75; Arkaeu , 9.75; Cerar, 9.70; H irai , 9.65; Log inou, 9.60. All Around: Naka ya ma , Akinori , 5B .BO; Cerar , Miroslav, ·5B .55; Sakamoto, Makoto, 57.B5; Hirai , Tomi h iro, 57.70; Konishi, Yoshiaki,57 .65; Yonehara, HIroshi, 56 .95.

Team Results Women : Hungary , 114 .95; USSR, 113 .BO; Bulgaria , 10B.95; France, 106.20; Cuba, 104.30.

Men: Japan , 174 .35; USSR , 170.45.; Yugoslav ia, 16B .05; Hunga ry, 164.95; Cuba , 161.45.

Women's All -Around winners and Te am Champions

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MANAGING:

Some Ins and Outs

By Dick Criley

The author would like to acknowledge the contribution ill Jo e Garvelli, Head Man ager jor the 1965 NCAA Championship team. at Th e Pennsylvania State University, whose written notes added greatly to the extent 0/ this articleWhat coach, upon receivin g compliments for a well-run meet, doesn't feel proud of the a ~s i s t a nts who made it possible And what co_ach , uppn arriving at a gym and havin g to set. up the equipment and perform 1001 little details, doesn't wish for a better system of organization ?

A system of student managers is n o cure all for the headaches of the coach in runnin g a meet, but it does spread out the burdens and r esponsibilities. By taking care of large and small details of a meet, student managers allow the coach to concentrat e on coachin g and strategy.

St ud ent managers are recruited in many way s. In those institutions where such a system exists for the . major sports, the athletic office can provide so me assistance.

Managers from year to year often know of other students who are . interested in the sport and would like to be a part of it.

Cym classes also provide a source. The " Hangers-on" who are found around most gym workouts can sometim es be pressed in to service.

Nothing works like an in centive system to attract managers. Of course, there are always a few for whom this sort of work is a labor of love and who stick with it through thick and thin. If a managin g system is ·organized on the basis of a H ead manager, two or three First man agers, and up to half a dozen Second managers, the path to advan cement is app arent and an incentive to work hardeF. Since many schools make a practice of recognizing studen ts for activity outside of classwork, this recognition also works to the advantage of . the managerial system. Bu t often , more concrete in centives, such as the chance to accompany the team to away meets and championships, can be provided.

This is, perhaps, enough on structurin g, purpose, and in cen tive. Let us look at the system in practice.

During the gymnastics season and often as far in advance as can be scheduled, the H ead manager designates crews of his 2nd managers, headed by 1st's, to set up and tak e down equipment each day. ·Durin g the worko'!ts, th e managers are available for shiftin g equipment, runnin g errands, k eepin g bask etballs out of the way, and sometimes for spotting. Even in those gyms where the equipment is set up more or less permanently, managers can be useful.

A number of labor- and timesaving innovations have been developed by ingeniou s {or lazy?} managers during regular workouts, ranging from wh eeled carts to cleverly disgui sed holes in the basketball co urts for an chorin g equipment.

HOME MEETS Lln e of the assignments ca rried out far ahead of the meet is arranging · for score flashers. Now, the head manager need not necessarily mee t every girl who will assist the judges (although he may want to do a thoro ugh and conscientious screenin g job ), but at least prior to the meet he or the desk mana ger will have prepared the girls for fast, accurate fla shing of the judges scores.

Among the instructions issued have been included suggestions as to what to .wear (white blouse, dark skirt ), how to use the flashboard without revealin g· one judge's score to the others before th ey are fla shed, and to remain calm and poised even in the fa ce of a near miss by a gymnast on the apparatus, strange (ripping) noises, and the like. Often the fla shers and their alternates are selected for the entire season and thi s means fewer worries for the manager.

The day before the meet, the head manager and coach go over all the eq uipment to be used to be sure everything is in shap e, that all fittings are tight, and that anchorin g devices will hold. Second managers are put to work scrubbin g the mats and cleaning things in preparation for the meet. In addition, any special items r equired by the coach are obtained. In some cases the visitin g team arrives early and a manager is assigned to help them locate lockers, to arrange for towels, and to aid their manager in locating various services required by their team.

On the day of the meet, the head manager will be concerned with everything from equipment to uniforms to lineup and judges' forms although separate first managers are delegated specifi c responsibilities in each case. If there is a meeting of the coaches, judges, and other mee t officials prior to the actual competition, the head manager is oft en present to mak e note of the rules and regulations to be followed and chan ges which may be suggested. The manager may consult with the judges as to their needs, even if he has anticipated them and has clipboards, pencils, stopwatches, (glasses?) and prepared forms ready.

The flo or manager and crew set up the equipment according to a previously arran ged floor plan. Ordinarily all the equipment would be set up prior to the meet for warmup and the apparatus to be used in the second half is taken down before the meet begins. Swift handlin g of the equipment during the meet is a result of practice durin g regular workout sessions.

The .value of this is brought out in Manager Carvelli's comments on running a home meet : " As the meet starts we use two sets of chairs so one is around the floor exercise mat and the other is around the side horse. In this way the judges can go right to the next event and sit down and don't have to wait for chairs. It makes it a lot easier for everyone. After fl oor exercise, we roll up one flo or exercise mat and move the chairs to the trampolin e. At the same time (other managers) position mats for the high bar. After side horse we move the chairs to the high bar. After the trampo·

lin e, we remove the tramp from the fl oor .

We ha·ve it down so that three manager s can fold and put the wheels on and remove it in about 20 seconds-whi ch is movin g.

During the intermi ssion followin g hi gh bar , the first thing is to get the long horse and parallel bars set up. The high bar, side horse, and the r est of the floor exercise mat are tak en out with these operations bein g performed in about four minutes."

The floor manager and his assistants will often be attired similiarly (white shirts, black pants, sneakers) , which gives them identity as a team working together. When the two sets of chairs mentioned by Manager Carvelli are not used, the managers should be used to move the judges' chairs, thus avoidin g the embarrassing scene where the judge has to carry the chairs or, even worse, the score fla sher carries the chairs I While the floor manager assumes the responsibilities for moving equipment and · chairs, a desk manager may be in charge of preparing copies of lineups, judges' scoring form s, and keeping a record of the scores and reproducing them at the conclusion of · competition. If he or someon e else announces, a check with the visiting team's manager or coach for the correct pronunciation of names is an important courtesy. And in preparing the announcer's script, care must be taken to avoid such announcing errors as calling a Navy Midshipman "Cadet Jones."

Following the meet the managers attend to the details of taking down and storing the equipment, cleanup, distribution of results (including a copy to J erry Wright for the MG, of course), and phoning local radio and press media. Where the gymnasts do not hold on to their uniforms, a manager may be dctailed to check in their equipment. A head manager's job is not over with the meet as often his Athletic Department offi ce requires completions of forms and a writeup of the meet. In additi on, there is always the next meet to look forward to and to plan for.

AWAY MEETS On e of the r ewards in managing is the opportunity to travel with the team to away meets and championships. The Head manager and often a First manager accompan y the team, depending on the finances of the school and the distance to be traveled.

The 1st managers would rotate, each having the chance to learn of the responsibilities of managing on trips with the prospect of being · named Head manager for th e coming season .

Should the trip be by car, the managers serve as drivers for the trip. Such responsibility may entail arranging for the cars with the school or rental agency, parking and picking up the cars at the hotel including tips for the doormen (sometimes essential if they have parked the cars), running errands, and finally returning the cars at the end of the trip. Careful plans must be made in terms of routes and sites of hotels and host gymnasiums.

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FRAN K L. BARE Executive Di rector

Vi'te~t(J.'t:t

1i?ef.t(J.~

THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION P.O. Box 4699,

TUCSON, ARIZONA.

THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR A DEMOCRATIC, INTER JATlONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TRAMPOLINING. Trampolining has grown and improved in the United Sta tes and many other nations. What the event now needs is to have several interested groups in foreign nations to get together and form a World Trampoline Association with the primary aim of promoting and developing trampolining around the world. There is no such organization in existance today.

There is a pseudo-recognized International Trampoline Club whi ch has (membership of several FIG groups. I was invited to attend'-a meeting of this group which was held in Basel, Switzerland on August 31, 1965. I was told (by letter that the possibility of joint membership by the USGF and AAU was being considered and it seemed logical to work with other nations if such was their desire. I attended the mee'ting. To my complete disbelief as the President of this club opened the meeting (he did not speak English and an interpretor was utilized ) he quite nonchalantly announced that "yesterday we decided to only recognize the AAU" ! And that was it . . . no vote was dared to be allowed. There was fear on the part of the four officers in control that by allowing a vote on the floor the USGF might well have replaced the AAlJ as member from the United States. THE SUREST WAY TO PREVENT THAT WAS SIMPLY TO NOT EVER LET THE SUBJECT GET TO THE FLOOR . .. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED .

Let's review that meeting: FIRST: There were several delegates (of what organization I do not know ) from several nations. But not one person could tell me who had the right to vote and who did not.

SECOND: There was an election of officers. Strangely enough all four of the officers of the past two years were swiftl y re-elected to four more years in office.

NOT ONE NEW NOMINATION WAS MADE! THIRD: Durin g "the election the French and the Venezuelans (who were vi~itors) had no concept of what was happening . . . there were no interpretors provided for those languages . . . so they just sat there.

FOURTH: Two sites bid on the 1966 Worlds Trampoline Meet (which for the past two years has been entirely conducted and paid for by Mr. Nissen). London, and Lafayette, La. The ENGLISH stood and made it very clear that if London had the meet they fully intended to invite the USGF. Obviously this horrified the officers who quickly handed J:he' meet to Lafayette, La. Why? The chairman of the AAU Trampoline Committee lives in Lafayette. PERHAPS THE AAU CAN WIN THIS 'EVENT . . . IF THEY CAN KEEP EVERY ONE ELSE OUT OF THE MEET. 10

So. contin uing my opening statemen t, there exists today a real need for an organ ization interested in promoting and developing ti:ampolining. The remainder of my visit in that meeting in Basel, was taken up with listening to discussions concerning who ca.n.'t compete, who ca.n't do this or that and most of all how much the dues will be.

At the break for lunch . . . I felt a strong urge to leave . . . and I did.

AAU - 1st USA - 4th THE FAHRBACH-SCHUSTER CUP.. is a trampoline competition held in Germany each year. In 1963 we were invited and sent Danny Millman who took first place. In 1964 we were invited and declined to send anyone since we were not a recognized international group. In 1965 we were asked to send our national champion and we did.

Frankie Schmitz, Junior from So uthern Illinois University won our national title this year and we bundled him up and put him on an airplane.

When Frankie arrived, he was greeted warmly by the founders of this event (Mr. Werner Lohr and Dr. Steinmetz). Frank performed in several exhibitions before large crowds in various German cities. A few days before the meet he was informed that A.A.U. officials had been busily scurr ying about (th ro ugh the mails) trying to see to it th at Frankie was not allowed to compete. They were successful! The German hosts in an attempt to be fair ... allowed Frankie to take part in a special "Guest Class".

He (Schmitz ) scored the highest of any performer in the meet . . . doing the same compulsory and using the same judges. BUT, OF COURSE, HE COULD NOT WIN THE CUP. So Ame'rica didn' t win.

The AAU sent their usual entries from Lafayette, Louisiana and they finished somewhere in the lower division (approximately 4th and 10th) . So as I started this brief resume ... AAU FIRST ... USA FOURTH .. . appears to be the rule.

THE AMERICAN TURNERS conducted their Upper Mississippi District turnfest on the Fox River in Algonquin, Illinois in Jul y. It was well attended and well conducted .

The Turner Camp in Algonquin is beautiful and the faci lity is well used by many Turners. Several hundred Turner enthu siasts took part and it was a pleasure to attend the event.

THE AMERICAN SOKOLS had their national festival in Chicago, Illinois at the same time the Turners had their even t in the outskirts of that city. The SOKOL event was large and well attend ed and the warm, humid weather made the mass drill of the final day a real test of endurance.

Glenn Sundby and I took a few pictures at both of these events and thoroughly enj oyed visiting with gymnastic enthusiasts at both events.

THE GYMNAESTRADA in Vienna, Austria. This weeklong demonstration of new ta len t b y many nati.ons was interesting to watch. The Czechs stole the potlight with interesting to watch. The Czechs stole the spotlight with them. The Scandinavians sent thousands of performers.

Many other nations sent lOa's. The USA sent less than 20. At the closing cel~emony the officials were to pass out some sort of momento' to coaches marching with the teams.

Our team was represented by two boys and two fine yo ung gi rls .. . the rest were in th e stands. No Coach .. . so the yo ung ladies had to go out and receive the awards.

Organization-wise, the AAU hasn't learned a thing since Tokyo . But they sti ll send the same men's manager . . . no matter where they send a team.

Glenn Sundby's pictures will say much about these events and I'm sure they will deserve yo ur attention elsewhere in this issue.

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CANADA'S FUTURE GYMNASTS Dr. ewt Loken (M ichi gan ) will have AI Sm ith ( Fort Willi am) , Fred Rom ney (Montreal) , and Wayn e Kin g (Ottawa) as freshman aspirant s.

Alex Pawlak (Toronto ) is still undecided about his future plans, but a U. S. College definitely fit s into th em.

CANADIAN REPORT by .T ohnny Nooney

HERE N' THERE RALPH THORNTON (Ottawa) , one of th e more dedicated 'Secondary School coaches, reports that DOUG SPROTT is at Qu eens (Kingston) and labors hard for gymnasti cs. BILL GARDNER and CLA YTON La FLEUR, two more of Ralph's stud ents, are attend ing the new Carleton University From Glebe College (O ttawa ), GORDON MIALL will study at Mount Allison. GORDON is the brother of GERRY 1\11ALL, one of Canada's top exports to Eastern Michigan . . . TOM WATT, th e Technical Chairman of the Ontario School, Gymnastics Coaches' Association, has recent y received an appointm ent to the Physical Education staff for men in the School of Physical And H ealth Education at the Un iversity of Toronto. Tom will be returnin g to hi s Alma Mater with the responsibility of planning, organizin g and teachin g gymnastics in the Phy. Ed. Teachers' Trainin g Course . . . ACCOLADES to Canada's National TV networks - e.T.V. and e.B.e. for coverage of the; Ameri can National Championships and th e ~Canadian National Open Champion ships. 'the Saskatoon TV crew did an exceptional job . . . Canadian Am eri can fri end JERRY LUSC HAK is now Asst. Dir. of Health and Physical Edu cation at the J ewi sh Community Center in Baltimore. J erry worked very hard to promote the sport of Gymnastics for many years in th e Toront o area.

YMCA INTERNATIONAL PROJECT Alon g with 14 other top Canadian Sport instructors, JAMES H. CONDIE, Physical Director of the Central Branch YMCA, at Vancouver, B. e., volunteered his services in a YMCA In ternati onal Cooperation Year coachin g proj ect in the Caribbean. The Canadian " Y" sent the instru ctors to J amaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago to conduct coachin g clinics in their own specialti es. As you may have guessed Jam es Condie speciali zes in Gymnastics and in a future editi on of the M.G. we hope to have a picture report of Jim's program in the West Indi es with a progress report to date.

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS The Malmo girls, directed by Leida Leesment included Toronto in their North Am erican tour. Their coordination and great fl ex ibility thrill ed the large audience who attended th e display.

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EASTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Accolades to Guy Guillette and hi s offi cials who conducted a great meet at the fin e new Montreal -East Sports Center. Gil Larose, wh o had threatened to r etire, dominated the Men's Se'lior Competition. Gil intends to work hard towards the 1968 Olympic tea m trial s. Both Gil and Roger Dion, the runn er-up, were in excellent form .

SU5an McDonn ell was the Women's Senior winner. Like so many of our very good gymnas ts, Susan will leave this fa ll for the U. S. This correspond ent would like to cite the contribution mad e hy Ja ck Toy, the Men's Head Jud ge. Great job!

SWAN SONG The Novice Team Trophy was won by Tom Watt's Monarch Park Hi gh School (Toronto) team . This is a bi g fi rst in Canada - a high school team entering a major reg ional mee t. Tom takes up hi s new udties at Uni versity of T oron to in September (M.G. May June, 1965).

GOOD FRIENDS DEPARTMENT Bernie Newman (Win dsor ), a Canadian member of parliamen t (Ontario), has offered hi s personal assistan ce. I have accepted hi s kind offer on behalf of the Ontario (O.s.G.e.A. ) . T o have a man of Bernie's stature on your side gives one a wonderful feelin g. The M.P.P. 's di sciples are numbered among many of the top co aches in American Universities.

Alex P ee pre, the man who organized the bi gges t clinic ever held in Canada (1963), will take up a new post this fall at one of Ontario's most progressive n ew universities, Waterloo. Good luck, Alex.

CLINICS Mrs. Mari lyn Savage headed a team that gave a very successful clin ic sponsored by th e Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Associations last month.

J ennifer Diachun (Toronto Sok ol) is now att ending Camp Olympia, Mi ssiss ippi. Vannie Edward s, the American Olympic Coach (G irls) will coach Jennifer. J ennifer's future looks very bri ght. Last year she attended th e Florida A.A.U. Clini c and progressed beautifully until an injury sid elin ed her.

Will Eliza beth Austin co ach J en nifer when she returns to Canada? I hope so.

TURNABOUT? A Canadian team tourin g Europe? Mrs. H elene Tiidus, the great guru of Modern Rhythmical Gymnastics, has just return ed to her Estonian Girls' Club (Toronto) after a tremend ous performan ce at the World's Fair.

Helene is contempl atin g takin g her team of girl s to Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Tiidus have some 200 attendin g th eir Club. An outstandin g feature of their routine is their work with hoops and scarves.

PROMOTION DEPARTMENT Th e National Film Board of Canada, winner of many Int ernational film awards, is to be congratulated on th eir very fin e fi lm cove ra ge of the P an Am Games in Brazil.

Gymnasti cs received prim e tim e on the Canadian Brp ad cll.ยงtin g Corpora ti on's pro-

gramm in g. thi s film!

Edu cators tak e note -

show

BON VOYAGE To Keith Russell (he has left for New Zea land) , a fin e Senior Gymnast. K eith takes with him the best wishes of the Tor('>nto Sokol Club and all th e Ca nad ian Gymnastic Comm unity.

COMMENT Th Women's Na ti onal Titl es stayed out west whil e the Men's Titles came east to Montreal. What about Ontario, British Columbia and the Mari tim es?

H ow many Canadian's attended the clinic at Michi gan Sta te University in August?

Did you receive your May - Jun e issue of M. G. ? Back co pi es are available. Get yours now - there is a good deal of im portant inform ati on in th at issue.

LOOKING AHEAD More on th e National Championships Th e Na ti onal Jud gin g Clinic - A thumbnail sketch of Richard Kihn.

FIRST CANADIAN GAMES The site is now announced. Quebec is the selected site. This event will give our gymnas ts an opportunity to compete at a Na- . tion al level and as the basic prin ciple behind the games is participation and competiti on bet ween th e Provin cial Teams in all sports.

I feel in Gym nastics we should encourage th e formin g of Junior, Intermediate and Seni or Tea ms in Men's and Women's Gymnasti cs. Participation by all Di visions must be encouraged at these Winter Games. One specifi c r es tri cti on is that all athletes competin g must be Canadian citizens by birth or naturali zed. The games will rotate from provin ce to provin ce.

REPORT FROM NEW BRUNSWICK In recent years the New Brunsw ick gymnas ti c co mpetiti ons were held mainly between Ca mp Gagetown (A rmy) and Saint J ohn (YM CA) . Now gymnasti cs has blossomed into a very popular sport. Mu ch of the cred it must go to the Army Seni or men's team , wh o in travelin g throughout th e provin ce, putting on di splays and clinics see med to spark everyone tow ards gy mnastics. This was done for the school board with th e kind permission of the Army.

In th e lew Brun swick Provin ce gy mnasti C meet : Wilfred McIntyre, Gerald Doiron, Bobby McDouga l and Billy Chipm an all fr om Camp Gagetown placed in that ord er in the Tyro Boys compo Besid es winnin g th e All-A round, Wilfred McIntyre pla ced first in Floor-X, P arall el Bars and Hi gh Bar. Bobby was th e top sco rer in Vaultin g as wa s Bill y Chipman on th e P omm el Horse and Gerald Doiron on Rin gs. As you may have surmi sed Camp Gage town took the Team Troph y.

St. J ohn " Y" took Novice Tea m Trop hy with Dou g Nolan winnin g th e All-Around and all th e other events except 'Pommel Horse wh ich was won by A. An gelopoul os.

D otH! Pa tt erson, Go rd on I\ Ieritt and To ", Buriey were th e other pl acers in the AliA round. For th e J r. Men, Don Ea gle and Sco tt Howell were th e top scorers foll owed

by A rt Gibson and Howard H e ffl er (all from Univ. New Brun s.) and J ames Stone of Mon cton. F or th e Senior Men Ron Ca rlt on of Gagetown placed first in all event s exc ept Hi gh Bar wh ich wa, wnn

by Jim H ancock of U.N.B. , Marcel Beauchamp of Moncton was an almost co nsistenl second place winn er. Co nni e Tripp of Fre-Ieri ckton Hi gh School, Bev Cooke

of U.N.B. and Ivy J ohn st0l1 fr om Ga ge town ca me in 1, 2, 3 in the Juni or Wom en's (,o m petition.

GYM SKETCH Irene Haworth , an 18-year-old native of Saska toon went from Ballet to Acrobatics to Gymnasti cs. After seven years of Ballet her teacher introduced her to som e 10-minute acroba ti c classes at the end of each Ballet lesson. Irent began more and more to look forward to the Acrobatic tumbling classes and later joined th e gymnastic club at th e YMCA_ With enthusiastic interest and hard work during practice hours, Irene is now one of the top women gymnasts of Canada. For her gymnastic success, Irene credits Frank Szucs, Phy. Ed. Dir. of the YMCA who coached her for four years. .

Her gymnasti c excellence has taken her on tours and competitions of many countries and the family piano is decked with a glittering array of medals, ribbon s and trophies.

Besid es the 1962 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia and the Pan Am Gam es in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1963 (where she won a medal for the Balance Beam and placed 4th All-Around) , she has been to En gland, Switzerland , Germany and Trinidad. Irene is in her second year at Southern Illinois University where she and Saskatoon's Gail Daley (Canad ian and USGF National Champ) are members of coach Herb Vogel's Gymnastic team.

ACCOLADES Dr. Josef Gohler's report on Germany's contribution to World's Gymnastics Sport 65 magazine.

The following is an extract about my good friend Karl Nutzemberge r : " Karl establi shed a gymnastiGs stronghold ten years ago in Toronto, Canada, from which th e German immigrants, Wilhelm Weiler and Richard Kihn, emerged to win illternational fam e. Both were several times Canadian National Champions and were members of th e Canadian Olympic Team.

Wilh elm Weil er was elected sportsman number one by the Canadian Sporting Press for two years in succession . Weiler's gymnasti c education as a young man in the Rastatt Cl ub may have helped in this direction."

I am sure everyone in the Canadian Gymnasti c fraternity thanks Karl for his efforts in promoting the sport.

CANADIANS AT A 1ERICAN SOKOL SLET Twenty Canadian Sokol members entered t he Ameri can Sokol Slet Jun e 25th-27th.

Kurt Eggerswe il er with a 2nd place in the Men Championship Division was the top Canadian competitor, Kurt is from Sokol Toronto . .Jan Waldauf, Sokol Toronto 2, placed 5th in the Mens Low Division as did Aldo DiGiovanni al so of S.T.2 in the Junior Boys-Interm ediate Division. David Hunter of S.T. took 8th place in the J r. Boys Low Division. Oth er Gymnasts in the Meet from Canada were Tom Forest, Bill Beadle, Allan Forest, Jim Paradiso, Connie Linderburger, Virginia Oake, Sharon Lon ghurst, Jim Hal e, George Corn, Paul Vidlak , Mik e Perovi ch , Stan Skala, P eter .Bodnar and Steve Csoka.

Th e Men's Juni or Titl e was won by Ed J ense n (Qu ebec) . Everyon e 'predi cts a great futur e for thi s fin e a thl ete. Remember hiS n a me !

Th e hom etown audi ence was thrill ed to have Gl enna Sebeysten score an impress ive win in th e Girl 's Juni or Di vision.

CNAUSA GAMES MEET AUG UST 14, 1965at German Harmoni e Club Th ese are ga mes in which Hamilton City and Flint City indul ge, each year in all sports areas. This is the seco nd year f or

Do n Fr iend

gymnasti cs: 路The 'rules are a seven man gymnastics team , open age divi sion, and every man goin g all around .

RESULTS F,ee Exercise-Don Friend (F), 1; Rollie Steele (F), 2; Steve Mitru k (H), 3 Parallel Bars :-Don Friend (F), I; Bryden (F), 2; Deiter Woerhle (H), 3.Vault-Don Friend ( F), 1; SIeve Mitruk (H), 2; Mesaros (H ), 3 . RingsDon Friend (F), 1; Stev e Mitruk (H), 2 ; Bryden (F), 3 . Horizontal Bar-Don Friend (F), 1; De iter Woerhte (H), 2 ; Steve Mitruk (H), 3 .

All around score points: Don Friend, 52.3; Steve Mitruk, 46.4 ; Deiter Woerhle, 45.8.

Team T ota ls Flint 66, Hamilton 52.

CANADA vs. U. S. A. Canadian Invitational Meet held at" the Canadian National Exhibition, Taranto, Ontario Canada Defeats the U.S.A. Men's Team and Loses to the U.S.A. Women's Team The Canadian Men's Team with a total 160.20 points narrowly out pointed the Am eri can Men's Team who received 159.75.

The highlight s of the evenin g were many, but parti cularly the outstandin g performance of Gi l Larose th e Canadian National Champion.

Gil Larose ca ptured the All-Around title with Jim Am erin e, U.S. A. takin g 2nd pla ce.

Ro"er Di on, Canada, 3rd place; Don Tonry, U.5. A. , takin g 4th place ; Kurt Egge rshwiler, 5th pl ace and 6th pl ace, J im Culhane, U.s.A. Both Raym ond Gagni er, Canadian Coach and AI S tumpf, U.s. A. Coach can be proud of th e perform ances of th eir Gymna sts, whi ch were witn essed by the bi ggest Canadian crowd eve r to wat ch Gymnasti cs in Can ada.

THE WOMEN ' S MEET Th e U.S.A. vi ctory was an outstandin g tea m eff ort. T otal points, U.S.A., 110.15 and Canada, 101.95.

Linda Metheny captured th e All-Around Tit le followed by Kathy Gl eason, U.S.A., 2nd pla ce; Susan ]\II cDonn ell, Canada, 3rd pl ace ; Cathy Corri gan , U.S.A., 4th place ; and Irene Haworth , Canada, 5th place.

Li se Beaud et, Canada took 6th place.

Kathy Gl eason wa s 1st in the Vaultin g but Linda Metheny perform ed beautifully to win 1st's on the Ba1an"e Beam and on the Un evens. Susan McDonn ell of Canada had one of her excell ent performan ces to win 1st in Free Cal. Coaches, Mrs. Loretta Pospisil of Canada and Mrs. Sally Stumpf can be justly proud of th eir girls' performances.

This kind of International competit ion is a must if Gymnasti cs is to grow.

C.N.E. INVITATIONAL CANADA-USA MEET TEAM SCORES : j' den - Canada, 160.20; U.S.A. , 159.75. Women - U.S.A., 110.15; Canada, 101.95.

Men: All-Around: Gil Larose (C), 54.85; Jim Amerin e ( U.S.), 54.80; Roger Dion (C), 53.15;Don Tonry (U.S.), 53.05; Kurt Eggerschwil er (C), 52.20; and Jim Culhane (U.s.), 51.90. FLOOR EXERCISE: Larose, 9.5; Dion & Am erin e, 9.15; LONG HORSE: Larose, Di on & Amerin e, 9.3. PARALLEL BARS: Cu lh an e, 9.15 ; Dion, 9.10; Eggerschwil er, 9.05. HIGH BAR: Larose, 9.25; Am erin e, 9.15 ; Eggerschwiler, 9.0. POMMEL HORSE: Tonry, 9.15; Amerin e, 9.0; Eggerschwil er, 8.8. RINGS: Amerine, 9.4; Larose, 9.2 ; Eggerschwil er, 9.05.

WOME , ALL-AROUND: Linda Methany, (U.S.) , 37.15; Kathy Gleason, (U.S.), 36.9; S usan McDonnell, (C) , 36.35; Cathy Corrigan, (U.S.), 36.1; Irene Haworth (C), 35.05; and Lise Beaud et (C), 30.55. FLOOR EXERCISE: i cDonn ell, 9.4 ; Methany, 9.35 ; Haworth & Gleason, 9.25. VAULTING: Gl eason, 9.2 ; McDonn ell, 9.15; Methany, 9.10. BALANCE BEAM:: Methany, 9.35; Gleason, 9.15; Corrigan, 9.05. UNEVENS: Corr igan, 9.1.

Left: Lineup for openi ng the Canada-USA Meet

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Lower left: Canadian women Gy mnasts Susan Mc Dona ld, Irene Haworth and Li se B6a udet Belew : Gil Larose, Kurt Eggerschwiler t Roger Dian and Coach Raymond Gagnier

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SASKATCHEWAN Jun e 3D-July 31, 1965 Our new Canadian Senior Champion, Gil La Rose, caused a major upset when he defeat ed Willie Weiler - a great win!

Gail Daly extend ed her rivalry with her S.LU. team mate, Janet Howarth. Gail can ~e very proud of her new Senior crown.

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The W orl d's Best at th e Gymnaestrada : L t o ~:

Endo, Yamashita, Titoy, S~aklin, Cerar, Caslavsko, Janosi, Lat ynina, Makray and Astachovd.

TURNEN DER WELTBESTEN (The World's Best Gymnasts) Report By J ACK BECKNER This exhibition was one of many high points of the Gymnaestrada , which took place in Vienna, Austria this past summer. It was held Thursday, July 22 at 7 P.M. in what is billed as the most modern multi-purpose indoor stadium in Europe today. The main h all, where we eventuall y found our seats holds a capacity crowd of 11,621 which includes standin g room for 2,092 persons, (although the newspaper reported 15,000).

It should be noted here that contests are excluded from the Gymnaestrada program, hence, no competition to.o k place. The purpose of the Gymnaestrada is to popularIze the idea of physical cu lture and also to promote friendly relations between gymnasts, organizations and nations.

The hall was completely packed when the program began with the entrance of the gymnasts . The performers were: Vera Caslavska (Czech . ) , Olympic Womens' All-Around Ch amp. , Polina Astachova (U.S.S .R.) , Olympic ~neven Bars Champ., Larissa Latynina (U.S.S .R. ) , OlympIc Fr~e Exercise Champ. , Katalin Makray (Hungary) , OlympIc 2nd P lace winner in Free Exercise, and Ducza Aniko J anosi ( Hungary ), Olympic 3rd Place winner in Free Exerci~e. For the men there were: Yukio Endo , (Japan) , OlympIc AllAround Champ., Haruhiro Yamashita (Japan) , Olymp~c Long Horse Champ., Boris Schaklin (U.S.S.R. ), Olymp~c Horizontal Bar Champ. , Yuri Titov (U .S.S.R.), OlympIc 2nd Place winne r Horizontal Bar, Miroslav Cerar (Yugo slavia ) , Olympic Side Horse Champ.

FLOOR EXERCISES

Yamashita beo"an on floor exercises-forward somersault, handspring~ fall, press, then, dia.gonally, roundoff, flip flop , full twisting layo ut. The routme was much the same as before and contained the inverted cross handstand.

Titov was next and performed the routine he has used for a number of years, with the addition this time of the front handspring, front somersault. His exercise starts-r.oundoff layout with half twist stepout, roundoff layo ut, . (m competition this second layout is normally a full tWISt ), turn and fall. Where many lesser routines se~m to die after one or two outstandin o" sequences, Yuri's continues and always flows . Near the e~d of the routine he performs h~s o~t足 standino- cartwheel side somi, cartwheel side somI WIth beautif~l rh ythm hei o-ht and control which has come to be his h allmark. CeraI~ was next and did an especially good job. He started-roundoff. flip flop,. fulltwisting la.yout.

Other hio-hliohts of his routme were hIgh double leg cucles and a ,\~ell-l~erformed front somi stepout, cart~h~el side.

Schaklin was excused from this event due to an mJury and this put Endo up next and last. Endo's routine was we.ll don e and was a series of high points all executed to theIr ultimate. The routine was the same as he used in the 1964 Ol ympics-flip flop , back j acknife to front leaning support, 1'ou nd off flip flop full twist, one-arm lever press handstand, front handspring, front somi, inverted cros~ ~andst~nd, roundoff flip flop, j acknife somi dismount. It IS Im~ossIble here to 'describe the minor connecting sequences whIch are an important part in making this one of the most outstanding exercises. .

Comments: The good form of the performers was Impressi ve as was their mechanical te?hnique, for example:

flips were high and twisters exhibited height, easy landings and control. The routines were well thought out, dramatizing difficult and unique parts and were presented in an aesthetic manner. This reflects a good grounding in fundamentals, good coaching, and a great deal of training on the part of the performers.

SIDE HORSE

Titov was the first performer on the side horse. He mounted with-circles on the end, turn in and Czech on the body of the horse, (not using pommels), allemand, (called "German" or "end around"), reversed stockli to saddle, break into scissors and hop scissor travel with half turn. He did one to two more moves and came off due to an insecurely fastened horse. Yamashita set down a very good routine, the high points being-Czech hop around on the end of the horse and the Russian Czech. Schaklin started his routine with-loop on the end, Czech, kehre in, scissors, Russian Czech, tramlot, kehre out, and ended with loops to hop Czech wit}l.Out use of the pommels. He did not however, work quite up to par on this event. Endo passed up the side horse so Cerar was next. He accomplished a very nice rou-

tine routine but had a form break on his dismount. He started-Czech on the croup, Russian Czech on the end of the horse, allemand, side lift to saddle .. . etc. just as in the 1964 Olympics and with the triple Russian Czech in the saddle as the high spot of the routine.

Commentss Since the new rules were introduced at Tokyo the routines are longer than previously. Without exception, all performers worked once on the body of the horse, (some twice) , all started on the end, avoiding the more traditional mounts. That mount is probably used because it takes a little more ener gy to loop the end and do a tough sequence halfway through the routine and again at the dismount. Scissor s work was excellent, with the per路 formers really moving their hips out and getting their legs up.

RINGS

Each performer on the rings did a fine job and used a routine which met the F.I.G. requirements ; they all used th ree h andstands and for ward or back giant swings. I thought Cerar's mount was the most impressive strength move and mount . . . pull to cross (hold), then press up

The Wor ld 's Best in Action

to "L" support. Other mounts included . . . inverted pull to handstand by Yamashita, . . . cross rise by E ndo, . . . pull to front leve r (hold ), inlocate, kip and swing to handstand by Schaklin, and . . . dislocate, shoot to handstand by Titov. I believe all the dismounts were full twisting layo uts except for Schaklin's which was a hip circle straddle with half twist.

Comments: There were no exceptional strength moves such as back lever pull to cross, but each man met the requirements of the rules adequately. Their shoo ts and giants to handstands demonstrated complete mastery of the swing technique.

PARALLEL BARS

Titov started first on parallel bars- peach to handstand, strueli , back somi, stutz, drop peach basket with straddle cut, then developed a little trouble and finall y ended with' €I frontal turn off (Wende). Yamasllita was next. He just could not seem to hit his moves in his normal manner. His stutz was not to handstand and his back somersault which followed was very low because of it. However. he redeemed himself by perfo~'ming a more than adequat~ back somersault with a full twist fo r the dismount. :?chaklin performed next with approximately the same routine he h as used for the last several years. His routine performed quite well as usual, but his stutz coming out of his back somi was only horizontal and his back somi dismount, although high enough, lacked the twist or generally the difficulty common with the parallel bar champs of today.

Comments: CeraI' and Endo performed their same routines as in Tokyo, (note Endo's routine in the March issue of the M. G.), however, Cerar had a slight form break, barely missing his back somersault to handstand posi tion .

Cerar, of course, with his unique routine and Endo with his faultless execution must both be ranked as two of the greatest ever on the parallel bars. Both these men will be put to a real test when they come up against a yo ung Russian gymnast new to the lnternational scene, who we had the pleasure of watching perform at the Russian exhibition.

This fellow 's routine was"""7"peach, front rise, swinging pir· ouette, full spin on one arm to handstand, (we call 'this stunt a Diamidov ), back somi, stutz to handstand ... double back som1 dismount.

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HORIZONTAL BAR

The last event was the horizontal bar and it was most disappointing. Everyone except the Ol ympic Champ missed or fell off. Schaklin did a very fine job on what was ap路 parently a very poor high bar. His routine-double rear, German giant ,d isengage legs, kip , hip circle forwards , for 路 ward giant, half turn, straddle leg sole circle, shoot to back giant, cross change to forward giant with left hand in dislocate grip , (cubiotal ), full spin around left arm to rear vault, kip to handstand, change right hand to reversed grip (palmary), % giant forward to straddled single leg rear, disengage legs, turn, and with reve.rsed grip (palmary), kip, two giants forward to high straddle dismount.

Comments: It should be noted that the men who fell from the bar did so only because they were attempting to perform their stunts to the ultimate, for example: Stalder shoot to handstand, sole circle to handstand, etc. Even the simplest of moves were performed to the ultimate. Using proper mechanics the performers gain a great deal of control and can conserve their energy for a longer or more difficult routine. Two of the biggest disapliointments were: 1 ) that there was no long horse vaulting even thou gh Yamashita, the Olympic Champ and probably the greatest vaulter of all time was there, and 2) the fact that Menichylli , Olympic Floor Exercise Champ and place winner on many of the events was not in attendance.

The womens' events were alternated with the mens' events which gave each group an opportunity to rest between events. In general, the women performed better than the men and of course pleased the audience very much . Caslavaska was the outstanding performer of the exhibition, men not withstanding. The newspapers dubbed her "The Uncrowned Queen of the Gymnaestrada." Physically she does not show the lean trim lines from liard training of IPany women champions, however, when she works she exhibits extraordinary sense of rh ythm and timing.

The floor exercises were performed quite well although the girls did work with the handicap of taped music over the P. A. system which cannot slow or speed up accOl:ding to the particular performance. Astakova delighted the audience by performing h er exercise to the music of Strauss' "Wiener Blut." Latynina did a wonderful routine but un fortunately without her music which she had left at home.

I liked Casalavska's routine the best.

The uneven bars were the highlight of the evening with Astakova duplicating her Ol ympic routine, (see The M.G. , March 1965 issue ) . Her full pirouete catch on the high bar with the immediate drop to the straddled glide kip on the low bar certainly r anks as her most dazzling stunt, although it ma y not be the most difficult or hazardous to perform.

The balance beam was the last event, and by the very nature of the work done here it was somewhat anti-climatic for the audience. For those who were gymnasts or followers of gymnastics, (about 60 per cent of the audience) , it was equal to the other events. The two Hungarian girls performed first, doing fine exercises, but both ' were a little shaky during certain sequences. Astakova set down a go od exercise ending with-straight arm straight leg press to handstand, arch over with what appeared to be a full turn. Latynina and Caslavska also did fine exercises. The dismounts were layo uts backwards and one brandy.

Olympic Gymnast champ ian Caslavska tops the page f ol lowed by Janosi, Lotynina , and Astochova on the Unevens .

"The World's Best" performers

NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS from

GYMNAESTRADA 1965

By JACK BECKNER During the week's time of the Gymrtaestrada I was extremely fortunate in being able to view a great many exhibitions of many of the participating countries. Some of these exhibitions were put on by particular clubs but most were organized on a national basis. The small group representing the A.A.U. of the U.S. put on a fine program that was well received by the audience. Much of the credit for organization goes to Muriel Grossfeld, who did an outstanding job on short notice, putting together the mens' and womens' groups into an exhibition which included some tumbling, a team drill and a run-through of most of the events with one performer on each.

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It is interesting to note thatadivities such as hand balancing, tumbling and rhythmic gymnastics have a definite place in the gymnastic programs of many countries" ,and are enjoyed by participants of both sexes_ The Russians have a special acrobatic organization, (not connected with circus or professional activities) in which they have competition on all levels including international. As a matter of fact they plan to participate in the W orId Trampoline and Tumbling Championships next year. I'm sure they will pose a threat to our supremacy in the Tumbling. They do all the stunts in tumbling and one of their boys even performed a double side somersault on the mats. I might hazard a guess that not before too long, the Russians will dominate this world event as they have Gymnastics so successfully since 1952.

I might also guess that this event (W orId Championships) may someday soon include many of the other acrobatic events common to competition in the Block Nations.

It is very difficult to say which exhibition was the best because each one was different. For example, Czechoslovakia presented 12 completely different exhibitions, from a dozen each boys & girIs doing acrobatic exercises to 54 men doing exercises on the horse. The diversity and enormity of the Czech program was typical of 8 to 10 other countries.

After such a wonderful experience, which also afforded me the pleasure of renewing old friendships, I came away somewhat saddened by the existing state of gymnastic affairs in our country. It is quite apparent to me that without all interested parties working together in "harmony through democratic processes and towards the same go als, we will continue to remain a second-rate gymnastic power. It seems to me that we have made tremendous progress in many areas, however a laCK of coordination and national purpose are evident when compared with some of these small European countries. It should be apparent to all that our great country cannot be served adequately by the type of program we have had for the last 15 years or even a slight modification of improvement thereof.

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Above at right: Scenes from the Scandinavi an night at the great Sta dthalle Below: Clos ing day performan ces at the stadium

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projector \I'as stopped and straight pins were inserted in the ca rdb oard protractor at the degree of leg thrust. Th e projector \I'as then turned off and the line bet,reen the pins was reco rded as the angle of maximum thrust. This ,ras necessary because, ,rh en~ vie "' ing the film, the legs of the performer covered the degree marks on the origin al protractor.

Th e reco rd secured from the film gave an exact meas urement.

TESTING EQUIPMENT USED

JAMES S. BOSCO, Ph . D. - SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE, 'San J ose , California

RESEARCH AND FITNESS

By JAMES S. BOSCO, Ph.D. San Jose State College

This is the jirst oj a series oj articles dealing with research on kinesiological and cinematographical analysis oj gymnastics activities. Articles jor this series are still being accepted. Because oj the nature oj this area, pictures should be included with written material. The type oj injormation included in this article should serve as a guide jor prospective co ntribztlors. Please send all questions, comments and materials to the above address.

Spencer, Richard R.

" Ballistics in the Mat Kip," The R e search Quarterly 34,:2:213-218, May 1963.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this study was to determine the range and angle of leg thrust in the performance of a successful gymnastic mat kip.

PROCEDURE

A total of 28 subjects participated in the experiment.

Sub jects were selected at random from two separate college classes of physical education majors at the University of California, Los Angeles. The instructions were standardized to give the same specifics to each class group. A pre·test demonstration illustratin g common errors was givell b y the same instructor for both classes. Only two warm ·up trials were permitted prior to the three actual attempts of the mat kip. The third attempt was recorded on film.

To begin the kip pattern, the subject placed the acromion process of the shoulder area ,which constitutes the transverse plane of the body, on the mid·point of the mat. His arms were at his sides and legs straight out in a reclining position . Each subject was positioned by the instructor.

B9th classes had three trials. No competition was involved to eliminate any pressure which might influence the subject's total output.

The finished film was stopped frequ ently for deliberate examination. The use of the animatic film strip projector was considered superior to the use of the standard motion picture projector because (a) a lens element of heat resistant glass has been built into the animatic projector, thus allowing longer continuous projection of a single frame without burning the film; and ( b ) it was easier to advance the film one frame manually than to do so with the motvr of a motion picture projector.

The pictures were projected directl y onto a .large piece of ' rhite hard·surface cardboard on which a protractor was drawn. The picture was projected one frame at a time and when the maximum point of leg thrust was reached , the 26

A special! y designed 4. x 8-ft. protractor was built of plywood. It ,ras cut at the 90 ° vertical and hinged at this point for easy handling. This protractor was used to measure the ballistic movement of the leg thrust and to enable the instructor to determine the best range for judging success or failure. To measure the angle of leg thrust 3-in, arab ic numerals were stenciled on the protractor with black ink. The 10° increments were marked with soli d black lines and the 5 ° increments were marked with black broken lines for easier reading. A 5 x 10-ft. gym mat was placed directl y in front of the protractor and was bisected transversely at the 5-ft. mark with :~~'t -in. black maskin g tape.

This was in a direct line with the 90° vertical of the protractor.

Since all the testing was done indoors, it was necessa ry to use artificial lighting to obtain the required data. T\I 0 sets of three 20-\l'att ' photo-floods were placed on 3-ft. tripods located 36 in. beyond the opposite corners of the mat facin g the protractor. The camera was placed 9 ft. directly in fron t of the mat, in line Irith the 90 ° vertical axis of the protractor, forming a tri angle with the fl ood lights. Thus in the projected pi ctures, the vertical ,axis of the protractor appeared in the center of each frame , and the performance of th e mat kip was completed in a p lane perpendicular to the line of sight from the camera.

A 16mm camera with a wide angle lens was used for filmin g each class. The film speed was adjusted to 64 fram es per second. The resultin g film sequences were run through an animatic fi lm strip projector equipped 'rith a specia l holder which could be operated manuall y or automatically.

For this research the fi lm for the projection of fram es was moved manually to analyze one frame at a time. The projector was equ ipped with an anastigmatic lens so that optical aberrations would be minimized. l/~- in .

ANALYSIS OF DATA

Analysis of the leg thrust based on the means and standa rd deviations indicated that the angle of leg thrust varied in the success and failure gro ups. The a.ngle of leg thrust for the successful group ranged from 45 ° to 70 ° while the angle of leg thrust for the failure group ranged from 35 ° to 85 ° . Therefore, whenever an individual was successful, he Iras within the success range; however , not every time a performer achieved this range was he successful. This indicated that there were other involvements influencing success and failure which were not exp lored in this study.

It was noted that the successful performer kept the legs extended in the initial thrust but bent the knees abruptl y in the final performance, maintaining an arched back Fig. 4) . The successful performer sacrificed upward inertia in favor of the greater forward inertia needed to carry him to or beyond the balance position on the feet. The unsuccessful performer bent at the hips and knees, relying on upward bod y inertia, without a proper bod y arch and push of the head backwa rd, to successfull y complete the stunt.

As noted in Table 1, the mean. of , the angles of leg thrust achieved b y the successful group was 52 °-standard dev iat ion of 8.6. The mean of the angles of leg thrust for

the unsuccessful group was 64,0-standard deviation of 16.8.

The critical ratio of 2.31 obtained between the means was signifi ca nt at the 3 percent level of confidence.

The fact that the mat kip ma y also be performed without using the hands su ggests the importance of the angle of thrust in successfu l performance.

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CONCLUSIONS

The principal co nclusions derived from thi s stud y were that the angle of thrust when proj ecting the body was a determinin o· factor in the successful performance of a mat kip, and the performer has a better chance of attaining a hi o·hel" level of performance if he does attain an an gle of leg th ~ust hi gher than 30 ° . Previously, it was believed that success resulted when thrustin g at a lo w horizonta l plane of 30 °. However, the results of this experiment did not co ncur wi th this opinion.

For this experimental ° TOUP the best angle of leg thru st , successful performance" was a mean of 52 ° Th e cases for in wh ich failure occurred, showed that the mea n of the angle of leg thrust was 64 ° which proved to be much too high for a successful kip.

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NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE

by Roy Davis No te : This is a first in a series of six articles devoted to a thorough analysis oj the FIG Code of Points. Th e comments will, no doubt, be thoroughfy disagreeable to many and especially to the fram ers oj th e FIG rules . Howe ve r, th e fa ct remain s th M th e FIG is at bes t a sloppy do cum.ent with many good ideas-at worst, it constitu.tes a creative strait jack et fas hioned by R ube Goldberg think ers. If yo u don't want to be provoked into thinking deeply about this problem , don't read the articles. Simply k eep complaining. And curse the judges.

All comments pertain to th e AAU translation of the FIG. Although it may n.ot be th e most popular, it is the lIlost accurate, or least inaccurate.

TH E PER FO RMAN CE REQ UIR EM ENTS "To B or not to B"

What's wrong with our event requirements? Why are they so difficult to in terpret ? Flexibility should not be confu sed with ambi guity. The form er can be qu.ite cl ea r and int entional , the latt er simply r esults from car elessness. It mi ght take more space and tim e to clarify the wordin g of the event requirement, but it's a small price to pay.

Here are so me of the questi onabl e areas : Parallel bars : B release is too proscriptive.

It is contradictory to th e aestheti c goal to prescribe th e difficulty of a r equirement.

I pres um e this is why the dismount was relabeled "e ffecti ve".

Hi gh Bar: (1) "other variati ons" is vague - etc. would do just as well. (2) " hi gh va lu e" conn ec tin g movemen ts is am bi guous.

All moves are co nn ectin g_ Between giants?

Meani ng va ults, tUnl S, and in -bar work ?

S id e Horse : (l) What is a " pass"- if it may be a 112 circl e, then th e requirement is OK. (2) Does " used" mean a momentary support ?

Rin gs : (l) The hand stand requirement is a m bi guous. Is it: 2 hand stand s, on e swin g hand stand , one press hand stand OR one swin g hand stand , one press handstand .

Opini on seems to be pretty uni versal on thi s issue, but op ini on should n ot be necessary. (2) " half-inverted han g" requirement is peculiar. The only move thi s allows is a kip handstand . Is this a sw in g move? Rega rdl ess, can it be a suitabl e substi tute? (3) The additional " hold" is too res tri cti ve_ It does not put presses and pull-outs in the same class and allow gymnasts to move through a held move at hi s aesth eti c di scretion.

Floor exercise : ( 1) unn ecessaril y stri ct termin ology by use of terms " kips, jumps, and hand stand s". Strictly, any routin e omittin g these is subj ect to penalty.

JUDGING THE EXECUTION <Artic le 6 ) " He re a word, t he re a word

1. The long horse vault should read "may" not "can". Everyo ne knows this di s~ tin ction- tri vial perhaps, but sy mptomati c.

Why does th e better vault co unt wh en the 2nd repetiti on of the other events counts_ This is in consistent.

2. Distorting th e diffi culty of the co mpulsory to add up to 10.0 is unn ecessary and co nfu sin g. Judges are burd ened exces-

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sively with an a lready diffi cult mental task by adju stin g diffi culty out of propo rti on to ha bitual standards. To alter the difficult y valu es in recogniti on of th e margin al differences of ratin g is to challenge the whole basis of the diffi culty secti ons of the FIG: Perh aps th ey should be qu estioned.

3. T oo mu ch la titud e in applyin g th e 1 pI. penalt y for omitted move ment s if th ey fac ilita te the followin g part. They will nearly al ways do so; and if th e omission is unintenti onal and a res ult of mi sinterpretati on th en the perform er is undul y penali zed. Anyhow, how does one determin e th e degree to whi ch an omission as facilitati ve? Extremely diffi cult to apply. Fortunat ely, it is a rare occurrence.

4. The sa me argument a ppli es to the add ed movement. Both in theory and in practi ce, it is imposs ibl e for a result to influence a ca use. Th erefore, an added move ment co uld never fa cilitate a precedin g pa rt , onl y a foll owin g part. Again , I ca nn ot think of an in stan ce in which an int enti onall y add ed move ment would not facilitate th e foll owin g part, but how lIluch it would fac ilitate it wo uld , I presum e, depend on the move ment itself- fa ctors n.ot spell ed out in the Code.

5. " Fault y executi on and technical executi on" : here we have one of the most ambi guous, indi stin ct, and unn ecessary divisions of th e FIG_ The inconsistencies are too num erous and reall y too trivial to mention. Th e di stin cti on should be eliminated in favor of a more flex ibl e and more di stin ctly appli cabl e di vision of faults whi ch I will suggest in a later articl e.

5: " touchin g th e end of the horse" should be .1 to .5 not .2 to .5 6. tumblin g from a handstand should be more seve re- .5 to .7 to equate thi s with sittin g on the other apparatus.

7. Lack of harm ony should apply not only to free exercise, but to every event except vaultin g.

8. " Interruptions by fallin g or touchin g th e flo or" is not specifi c enough : " If the gy mnast touches the flo or with his feet on the sid e horse and parall el bars . _ _" The wordin g leads to in co nsistency in applying the rule because it has to be interpreted liberall y. In addition , it is contradi ctory to articl e VI.B.s. b.) The latter article submits to the same criticsm.

THE DIFFICULTY REQUIREMENT <Artic le 7 8) " Play it safe, Man "

This is the most controversial and provoca ti ve area of the Code. The justifiable a ttempt to be obj ective has led to ri gidity and infl exibility wi th no really fair allowance for extremes of performance. Th e Code does not provide a good basis for sco rin g at the hi ghest. and lowest levels, but applies well to average and above average gY lnnasts.

Bl!l s ic c riticis ms fall into the follo wing cate gories :

1. The Code must be rev ised to more honestl y evaluate the beginn ers and novices and the grea t and near-perfect performers_ 2. The present system does not give needed directi on to great performers. It does not divid e between the 3C and 6C perform er when executi on and aetheti cs are equi valent. Th e resultin g differentiation is based on geograph y, reputation, order of co mpetiti on, and crowd r eaction. A value judge ment must be made on th e perfonnan ce; the judgement does not necessarily

indi cate wha t is better, but what th e judge likes better. Who can determin e if hi s op in ion is better than th at of his neighborin g judge? On e can only say th at it is different.

We desperately need more objecti vity for th e lowe r level competitors and more in ce nti ve and reward for th e top echelon perform ers. Somehow, the Co de should provid e for gain s in diffi culty that would be offsc t by great er penalti es for executi on to prevc nt lopsid ed routines.

Th e Cod e also should provide for greater degrees of diffi culty as well as grea ter quantiti es. Both of the suggesti ons im ply that the sco rin g limit, to be trul y representative of the growi ng perfection in the sport, should not be a finite fi gure in th e mathemati ca l sense; i.e., we should not impose a limit and mak e him adhere to it ; ra th er, we should es tablish a stand ard and permit him to achi eve at his ultimate, not an a rhitrary ultimat e of ri gid limit. Tt see ms alm ost lik e tellin g three mil e runn ers, runni ni! se parately, to run th e fa stest race possibl e - th en admitting that your stop-wa tch onl y goes up to 4:00 minutes.

Th e formul ators of th e FIG seem to r ecogn ize th e diffi culty- limit dil emm a when th ey la st rev ised th e Cod e, but they thought with too mu ch tradi ti on and too littl e im aginati on. Th e U.s. " brain tru st" has done Iit.tl e better. Th e systems devised here have been to the instrument of judgin g. Ad mittedl y, so me of the method changes have merit , hut. they still incorporate too many of the fault s inh erent in th e FIG Code.

THE COMBINATION REQUIREMENT (Art icle 7 C) Gymnast : technician or artist ?

Th e co mbination area r epresents the aesth eti c as opposed to the mechani cal area of th e performance. The gy mnast must meet cert a in s pecifi c requirements whil e avoid in g abusive repetition s and strivin g for elega nce and co ntinuity. Good lu ck judge !

Th e on ly gy mna sts who can afford to be d i ff eren t and daring are the ones at th e top . And we don't reward them enough .

Th e co mbinati on area is def icient, thou gh If'sS flag rantl y, in th e sam e res pec ts as th e diffi culty area. The reward for co mpl etenf':O S and ori gina lity are not great enough to eith er encoura ge darin g and different com binati ons or to di vid e between "mastery" of the apparatus and "greater mastery" of the ap paratus. H ere again , the 1'1 G must encourage the intrepid and creat ive gy mn as t to demonstrate his sup eriority. Th e gy mnast shÂŤuld be able to get a hi gher score at th e greater risk of gett in g a lower score if he fails-o therwi se th e intrepid but sloppy gy mnast has nothin g to lose. Th e gam bl e of " playing is safe" becomes less attractive, yet execution may not be sacrificed.

The possibilit ies for correction here in vo lve what most certainly will be controversial distin ations between comhin ation and diffi culty. This will be di scussed in a later article_ Next mon th : Th e A, B, C Moves.

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Ana lysis of Pi ked Somersau It followed by Layo ut Dismount Editor's no t.e: The following is an original article t.ranslated from the RLLss ian by Dr. Michael Y es5'is, Assistant Projessor of Ph y sical Education, Chico State College. The article jirs't appeared in Th eory and Practi ce of Physical Culture, No. 1, 1963, a monthiy journal published in Russia dealing with physical cdLLcation and related areas.

T hi s move ment is comparatively new, or at leas t se ldom used in compet iti ve gym nasti cs. T here a re a numb er of element s cO l1 cl" rnin g th e m ove whi ch were stu di ed in detail such as th e take-o ff; th e flight, includin g th e deg ree of bod y bend and exten sion ; and th e di smount.

Through studi es of ava il ab le kino gram s (made from hi gh speed mov ie film s) of first class gy mnasts and acro bats, it was found that th e move is most cff cc ti.vc a nd mechani ca ll y correct when th e foll ow in g co ndition s were met : 1) the perfor mer ta kes off with th e fee t in sup port. 2) fli es ~w iftl y u pwa rd , r ap idl y liftin g the legs fore -upward. 3) searches for maximum ben d in th e hip reg ion, and 4) imm ediately follow in g th e ti ght piked positi on, hype rex tend s to the arched, layout pos iti on. If the pik ed positi on is held beyo nd th e verti cal it leads to a delayed extension resultin g in a shor tened layo ut durin g th e secondary fli ght and does not leave a goo d im press ion.

A nalysis of th ese element s follows:

TAKE-OFF: When completing the round-off, transferrin g weight from the hands to the feet, th e perform er touches down within his base of support, bending slightly at the hip and kn ees. After landing the performer quickly straightens his body, completely ex tendin g all areas of the legs and lifting forwardupward. At the moment of leav ing support, and in an effort to preven t passing the verti cal, it is necessary to straighten the body in th e process of takin g off and at the same time tensing the muscles of the forward surfac e of th e body so that, towards the end of th e take-off the body is at an angle to th e verti cal. Th e take-off was comple ted in 0.093 seconds and the angle of lean of the body varied from 8 to 20 degrees from the ver-

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FLIGHT: A ft er take-off, the body of t he gymn ast passes into flight. Th e pre-flight movemen t of th e gy mnast lead s to imm ediate, vigo rous piking and extension of the legs at the hip reg ion, at max imum height of fli ght. Durin g the initi al fli ght movement it is necessary to hold the body longer, close to th e verti ca l, oth erwise it is impossibl e to complete th e ti ght pik e movement wh ich is preferred. Execut in g the pike must be done qu ickl y, liftin g the legs fonvard-upward and co mpl etin g th e pi ke at that moment when th e body a nd legs a re positioned in space about 45 degrees from the vertical (Fig. 7. T he angle be tween the body and legs at thi s moment should be be tween 85 a nd 100 deg rees.

To bend in th e hip reg ion, the performer not onl y brin gs the legs closer to the body, but also the body closer to th e legs with a forward lea n of the head. The arm s during this fli gh t are lowered to th e region of . the kn ee joint in an opposite-directi on movement. Donski sta te that: " When both elements are found outside the su pport, then by con tract in g the muscles, they move to meet one another." ( Opposi te-direction movemen t ) Thi s aid s in a quicker, more intensified pik e in the hip region and promotes a better state or condition for muscle con tracti ons of the back and should er, and ex tens ion of the hi p region when "shootin g" for the layo ut. The pike position is n ot held , rather th e perform er seeks immed iate ex tension .

Ex tension starts with active carryi ng back of th e head, straightenin g of th e spinal column and at the same tim e bra kin g with the legs. Throughout this ex ten sion the perfOf-mer first lift s the arms to th e side and as th e ex tension is nearing conclusion the arm s are brought forward-upward in line with the body. In proper fulfillm ent the move is co mpl eted at the maxi mum height of f1 ight. The perf orlller passes through the verti cal in a layou t position, ( Fi g. 10 & 11) and hold s it longer as in th e comple tion of a layo ut back so mersa ult. (The key point to remembe r durin g the fli ght stage is that the pik e position is not held , but released immediately.)

DISMOUNT: Th e performer land s on the balls of the fee t with tensed legs, qui ckly chan ges to the full foot a nd bends the legs in all areas for stab ilit y.

METHODOLOGY: Before att em ptin g thi s movemen t a performe r should have mastered th e prereq ui sit es of back hands prin gs ,back somersa ults and backovers. For learning and improvement of this move a series of preparatory and specialized exercises were devised.

Some of the exercises presented foll ow : I-Pike jump- jump up bring the kn ees to th e nose, and gras p the kn ee joint area with the hand s. Spri ng ba ck out with the head leadin g, back arched with vigorous ex tension in the hips and th e a rm s flin ging sidewa rd. Re peat 5 - 6 tim es both on the mat and on th e trampolin e_ 2- Pik e jump on th e trampolin e-repea t exerc ise no. 1, but followin g grasp th e kn ee reg ion with th e hand s, execute for ceful extension, landin g in backdrop position. (Repeat thi s exercise sear chin g for additional fli ght , in creasing head thrust, ann moveme nt and powerful extension out of the pike position to land on stoma ch foll owin g a piked % so mersault with extension.)

3- Bent han g on low bar- han g over a horizontal bar at the waist, hands a nd feet in close prox im ity to one another. Leading with the head backward , thrust off the bar, throw in g arms up and sid eward, (s imilar to the throw for eagle catch on uneven bars) with vigorous ex ten sion of back and shou ld ers to land in front stand position.

4-- 0 verh ead belt or hand belt with two sta nd-in s. From standin g position practice fa st pike-ex tension movement. Repeat this 4 or 5 times until the performer correlates moves properly, searchin g for the layout position at height of fli ght. The performer should now be ready to attempt this movement utilizin g a run .

Key points for emphasis: I - Tak e-off should initiate from within the base of supp ort.

2- 0n tak e-off raise legs fonvard-upward in sli g ht gai nin g action.

3-Complete both the pike and extension at height of upward fli ght.

4--A t height of flight drop head back . ward, seeking qui ck hyper-extension of the body.

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Roger Walsh from Brisbane, Australia, reports that Tim Ransom performs a 2% front to three tripl e porpus (or triple bailouts). He mentions that in Australia the mesh, or string bed is widely used instead of the web bed that we use here.

It is mu ch springier than the web bed.

Jeff Hennessy sent us winners of the National' AA U trampoline event held in Cleveland, Ohio, July 1-3. They are: Men1st Jim Yongue, Lafayette, La., 2nd David Jacombs, Amarillo, Texas, 3rd Jim Anderson, Lafayette, La., 4th Kearn Day, Baton Rouge, La., and 5th J erry Strickland, Amarillo, Texas. Women-1st Beverly Averyt, Austin, Texas, 2nd Ann Byunm of Texas Tech, 3rd Judy Ford, Rockford, Ill.; and 4th Barbara Galleher of Southern Connecticut.

Frank Schmitz sent a card and letter from Germany. In addition to competing and puting on demonstrations he had time to

visit Berlin and' spend a day in East DeF lin which he says was "an experience, to say th e least. " Frank is a fine boy and brings credit to the U.s.A. We're proud of him.

Also from Australia Mr. J . LeHunt who ha s the South Oakleigh Amature Trampoline Club sends routines of his top performers requesting constructive criticism.

Paul Howl ett performs: I-Barany In Fliffi s, 2-Barany out Fliffis, 3-Double Back, 4-1 % Front, 5-Ballout with 1% Twist, 6-Back with Double Twist, 7-Rudolph, 8-Back with Full Twist, 9-Barany Out to Stomach, 10-----Double Cody. Don Viney throws I -Barany Out Fliffis, 2- Double Back, 3-2% Front, 4-Full In Double Par pus, 5-Barany Ballout, 6-Back with Full Twist, 7-Barany Out to Stomach, 8Cody, 9-Rudolph, 10-----Back with Triple Twist.

Larry Martin of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, wrote discussing routines. In his letter he mentioned the World Professional Trampolin e Championships. We haven't heard anything about this competition for this year but thought it was to have been held at the New York World's Fair same as last year.

Jerald Clark, Coach of the Springfield Gymnastic Team, Springfield, Ill., writes, "V icki Bolinger starts her routine with a full-in fliffis to a b.arany-out fliffis and recently Frank Schmitz taught her a doubl e cody at the lVlichigan National Summer Clinic. Since her return from the clinic she is standing it up and working into it.

We feel thi s is an accomplishment for a 14 year old 105 pound ninth grader." So do we, J erald.

Third letter from Australia was from Ian W. Irvin, president of the Australian Am· ature Trampoline Union. He writes that they are conducting trials in Sidney to selec t a team to attend the next world trampoline championship. They expect to sen d two men , two women and a manager-

CRADLE BACK- taken from the Cradle (back drop, % twist to back drop), Cradle Back is back drop, % twist to back somersault. It is similar to a J ana Back hut for so me reason is considerably easier to learn.

Recommend ed progression for learning would be 1st-Bailout, 2nd-Barany Bailout but since the twist is before the somersault there is danger of twisting before

leaving bed causing performer to land in the springs.

When hand spo tting, spotter should stand on trampoline frame until performer is in the air and then step in to make certain performer makes the somersault. About all the spotter can do is to turn performer over and it is the responsibility of the per· fanner to look for the bed when landing.

By Jess Robinson Well, it's back into the swing of things after the summer off. First order of busi· ness is to go through the mail. . . .

Bill Copp of Cleveland, writes that Bill Hudson of Lakewood, Ohio, now performs a back drop, 2% twist to back drop and wonders what the stunt is called. (Back drop, % twist to back drop is a Cradle and back drop, 1% twist to back drop is ca lled a Corkscrew.) We know of no name for the stunt but we would call it a pretty good stunt.

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CtJach. They are really coming on strong in A ustralia and we should look for some stron g com petition from "Down Under."

Danny McFarland of Burbank, Calif. got a triple back somersault out of the belt early this summer and performs two or three each week. We mention this because as far as we know Danny is the only 13year-old to perform a triple back.

Judy Johnson of La Canada, Cali£" also has a double cody. She is the third girl to accomplish this stunt this summer according to reports given to us. These girls must not realize how difficult this stunt is.

Dave LaVin wrote a nice letter discussing trampolining at University of Utah.

He ended the letter with . . . Hope to see you at Tucson. Which reminds us ' that the Christmas Gymnastic Clinic at Tucson is not far off. We will be there, hope many of you can make it.

UNUSUAL STUNT OR WILD ROUTINE Bill Copp writes that he can perform a 1 % fran t somersault to a hands landing. We have never witnessed this stunt and would like to have it on film for our readers to see.

RECORD OF THE MONTH Larry Martin reports that Ronnie Munn performed five back-full·backs (full in flif· fi s) breaking Frank Schmitz's record of four . Larry claims he was taking films of the record and ran out of film, otherwise Ronnie would have done more. Knowing Ronnie Munn we believe it.

SPEAKING OF DON'TS How many Trampoline Don'ts do you see in this picture?

Don't horseplay. Don't have more than one at a time on trampoline. Don't eat or drink on trampoline. Don't bounce barefooted or with shoes. Oh, yes . . . Don't land on your head.

Above: Danny McFarland performs Cradle Back in a piked position

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Open Trampoline Competition for boys and girls will be held in Springfield, Illinois, Dec. 18,1965. There will be a boy's and girl 's division with a Class A and Elite division in both .

For information and entry blanks write to Jerald Clark, Springfield Gymnastics Team, 15 Calland Drive, Springfield, Ill. Bottom: Spotting a Cradle Back

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"WHAT'S THE SCORE?"

By Jerry \\' right

Franci,co Stat e College With anoth er season about to get under way we at the Modern G~mna st and this writer especially are lookm g forward to a bi " "er and even better year than ever be· fo re.~~On e reason for this optimism is the fa ct that I, Jerry Wright, am also no~v in char "e of the NCAA Gymnastics Statlstlcs so that this year ANY AND ALL meet res ults can be sent to one source-to the " What's the Score Column". I would like to emphasize again-send in a co py of your meet results-th e participants deserve the r ecognition.

I am pleased to report that in the past yea r (including this edition) thi s column alone has reported the results of 89 cham· pionships meets-thats an average of 9 meets per edition.

Please send us dat es for our calendar of events.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS OcL 23, Sal., Novice iVleet, Berkeley, Calif. YMCA. Nov. 6, Sat., Novice Meet, Sacramento, Calif. Turn ers.

Nov. 12·13·14, Clinic and Meet, Chico State College, Calif.

Nov. 27, Sat., W estern Open, San Fran· cisco State College.

Dec. 3·4, Fri·Sat., II'l id·West Open , ????

Dec. 4, Sat., Camellia Bowl Invitational, Sacramento State College, Calif.

Dec. 4, Sal., Open Meet, Berkeley, Cal if., YMCA. Dec. 10, Fri., Open Invitational, San Jose State College, Calif.

Dec. 11, Sal., Novice Meet, Sacramento, Calif., Turners.

Jan. 22, Sal., Novice Meet, Sacramento, Calif.

Feb. 5, Sal., U.C-L.A. Invitational, Univ. of Calif. at Los Angeles.

INDIANA STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS The 1965 Indiana State High School Gymnasti cs Championships were held at Wabash High School in Wabash, Indiana, on March 13. A near capacity crowd turned out for th e Saturday afternoon meeL Con cord Metropolitan High School suc· cessfully defended its state crow n by ama s· sing a total of 143 points to 2nd place Crown P oints' 81. Concord's victory was a team effort as their all around depth proved too much for the field , even though Crown Point won 5 gold medals in the 8 event meet.

The individual outstandin g performan ces of th e afternoon was Crown Points' Terry Cox who won 5 events and placed 3rd in another. H e al so became th e first Indiana high school gymnast to win both the All· Around and tumbling event s.

This year marked the fir st tim e Indiana has had to have a qualifi ca tion mee L This mee t was held the Saturday prev ious th e final s, with ten boys qualifyin g in each event for the finals. Plans for next ye ar's state tournam ent include 3 reg ional centers with each regional advancing 6 indi vidual s in each event to the state final s.

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SCORES

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Cro wn 40;

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8; Wakarusa, 6; Muncie Burris, 4; li s Southport, 3Y2; Blooming t on High , 3; New Carl isle, 2.

RESULTS

IndianapoUniversity

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Terr y

Cox,

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place routine is RO-ff-ff-back layout , drop to single leg circles, t o straddle sca le, press handstand hold, to figure 4 handspr ing, step out into front handspring into side scale. Y2 turn to back handspring, to spl its. 3J" turn to single leg circle to standing p osit ion. Roff-ffY2· turn to dive roll to feet, immediate ff step out, 2 steps to front semi, to fr ont sca le.

Y2 turn t o Ro-back layout.

Trampoline: Fred Meyers, Con co rd, Sr.; Jerry Collins, Kentland, Sr.; Rich Fore, Concord , Jr. Winning Routine: Double back-dou b le backback double full-back- 3J" back-doul1le cody. double full-back- 3J" back-double cody.

Side Horse : Terry Co x, T om Currier, Concord , Sr.; Wayne Forest.

Win i ng Routine: Loop w ith Y2 turn on, t o immediate back kere in to sadd le, 2 circles, moore, 2 c ircles, break into scissors, 2 circl~s , side tra ve l, down, (III. tromlet) loop, loop With Y2 turn off. .

Horiozntal Bar: Terry Cox, Stev e Gelflus, Columbus, Jr. ; Rich Fore ..

Win~ing Routine : Stoop through on top o f bar, dislocate to 2 eagles, hop out of eagles to immediate full pirouette, rever se giant, change to mixed grip at t op, flank vault with Y2 turn , kip, Kris Kere, disengage with Y2 turn, kip change hands to 2 reverse g ia nts, pirouette 2 regular giant s, fl y away .

Par~lIel Bars : Terr y Cox, "fom Currier, Fred Meyers.

Winning Routine: Front uprise, swing pirouette to momentary ha ndstand, drop peach , " L" seat, straight-strai ght press, back t oss, stutz, cast, straddle cut, swing handstand , stutz layaway, front uprise, fro nt som i off.

Rings: Larry Banghart, Concord , Sr.; John Lurtz , Crown Point, Sr.; Jeff Myers, Concord , Jr. Winning Routine : Back kip t o handstand, regular giant , lowe r to L cross, back lev er, to front lever, pull up, dislocate shoot handstand, f o rward giant to back uprise cross, pull up to O lympic cross, roll back, dislocate, fl yaw ay .

Tumbling : Terr y Cox, Fred Meyers, Wayne Forrest.

Winning Routine : RO-ff - double back. ROff-full - ff-double full.

RO-Arabian fr o nt-ro llfront-roll-front-roll front.

RO-ff-B - B-B -B-Bfront.

All Around : Terry Cox, Wayne Forrest , ar y Banghart, Jeff Myers, Mike Meyers.

Southern Intercolllegiate Gymnastics League Mr. Spencer of the University of West Vir"inia dominated the 1965 S rGL Cham· pio;ships as few gymnasts have ever dam· inated any champion ship event. Spencer won six of the 10 event s contested and , in most cases, by wide margins.

The University of West Virginia, coached

by William Bonsall , himself a member of the 1948 Olympic team , cap tured th e tea m titl e over Louisiana State by a close score of 115 to 107.

Other hi ghlights of the meet in clud ed the fin e performance of David Lipscomb's Lynn Baker who won his 3rd strai ght SIGL tramp olin e champion ship and placed 2nd in tumblin g and third in flo or exercise. Bob Fay of Furman, who sco red in 9 eve nts last year, placed 2nd in the all around and scored in 6 event s this yea r. F ortier of LSU won th e tumblin g and placed 2nd in floor exercise, trampolin e, and long horse.

Boudreaux who won the fl oor exercise for LSU and Yeager who won the rope climb for Memph is State.

It is interestin g to note that th e SIGL and the Big Ten used th e so call ed " Bauer" system of judging wh ereby one judge is res ponsibl e for only difficulty, one jud ge is res ponsible for 'compositi on' and two judges judge the executi on with th eir scores bein g averaged. The official s were : Cass, Roge rs, DeLoach, Beaufait.

RESUL TS All - Around: Spencer, WV, 49 .65; Bob Fa y, Fur, 36.80; Boudreaux, LSU, 35.10; Buffingt on, DL, 34.05; Frank Dannard,. FSU , 33.00.

Floor Exercise : Boudreaux, 7.9; Fortier, LSU , 7.8; Baker , DL, 7.77. Side Horse : Spencer , 7.8; George, LSU, 7 .15; Boudreaux, 6.'3 . Trampoline : Baker, 7.97 ; Fortier, 7.40; Wa Uace, Fur , 6.4 7. Long Horse: Spencer, 8.9; Fortier , 8.77; Buffington, 8 .75 . Horizontal Bar: Spencer, 8.5 7; Kell y, U. Fla ., 7.87; Smith , DL , 7.82. Parallel Bars: Spencer , 9.25; Fa y, 6.87; Hart , GT, 6.3, Bagwell, GT, 6.3. Still Rings : Spencer, 8.4; Clark, MS, 7.87; Kelly, 7.50. Rope Climb: Yeager, MS, 4.8; Hancock, GT, 4.85; Kell y, 4.90 . Tumbling : Fortier, 8 .87; Baker, 7.6; Roberts, WV, 7.6 .

FIRST ANNUAL SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS INVITATIONAL ALL STAR GYM CHAMPIONSHIPS Sponsored by Springfield Gym Club Report by Jerold Clark All-Around : I st, Co lleen Mu lvi hill , McKin ley YMCA Champion, III.; 2nd Vicki Bolinger, Springfield Gymnastics Team Springfield; 3rd, Dia ne Bondi, Milwaukee Turners; 4th, Heidi Schultz, Mi lwaukee Turners; 5th, Barbara Bauer, Engstrom Gy m Team. Unevens : Mu lVIhill ; H . Schultz; N. Schu ltz. Floor Ex. : Bauer; Mul vi h il l' Bolinger. Horse Vault: Bondi; tie H .

Schultz '& Sauer. Balance Beam: Bolinger; Bauer; Mu lvihi ll. Trampoline : Bo linger; Bauer; Bascom, (Donna, Spr ingfiel d). Tumbling: Bauer; Bond i; Bolinger.

NORTHERN NEVADA SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP Led by a group of fine college gy mnasts keepi ng in shape during the summer the Berkele y (Cal if .) YMCA captured t he men 's div ision team tr ophy in the 3rd annua l N orthern Nev ada Championships, f o llowed by SparkReno Gy m Club.

Vada ' s o f Sacramento captured the Women's tea m tr oph y w ith the Berkeley Y Second.

Meet directo r Pat Inch expressed the desi re t o make thi s more of a nati ona l meet in the future . . . Th ink a bout it! !! !!

Men's Open Division Paul Mayer , sophomore at Southern Ill inois U n iversity, this year, led this division w ith v ictories in the FX and PB and seconds on t he SH, and LH , and a third on the HB. Richard Tu cker , a lso o f SIU, won the AA and LH , and Fred Dennis (S IU ), won the SH and Rings. Arion Z o ll othuhen edged the SIU field on the Lon g Horse to the pleasure of the local fans.

Boy's 13-14 Division H oward Hardie won the AA, HB, LH , FX , SH , PB , and Rings to d ominate this event f o r the Berkeley YMCA. Boys 11·12 Division Clark Johnson of the Berkeley Y was the on ly m ultiple win ner as he captured the AA , LH , SH , a nd Ring s; Joel Sporber won the FX , and Steve Berg land of the Sacramento Tur ner s led th e parallel bar field.

Boys 10 and Under Rick Diamond, Steve Vaughn, and Phil W iggins sha red th e spot light here as Ri ck won the FX , SH and HB; Steve won the PB , and LH ; and Phil won the Rings ....

Women's Open DIVISion Caro ly n Hacker from the Berke ley Y ran away wi th the h onors h ere a s she won every even t , the FX , Unevens, Vaulting , BB , and the AA. Tina Gudle was a frustrated ru nner up in ev ery event.

Girls 13-15 Division Kar en Gall owa y won a l l 5 ev ents f o r Vada's finishing ahead o f Chri st in e Olsen in t he unev ens and BB and Karen Toon in the FX , a nd Betty Sm ith in v aulting.

Girls 10-12 Division T o continue the pa ce of the day Lori Fo rman , o f the Sparks Club, won ever y event in this di v isio n finishing ahead of Sandy Gall oway in the FX and U nev ens, a head o f Shirl ey Ferrell in the v aulting and Betty Lewis on th e BB. Girls 9 and 'U nder Ma r y Po la k led the field here but failed t o get a cl ean sweep as she won. 3 ever:t~ but was tied f or fir st on th e BB by Linda Wil liams.

SEAD YO UR MEET RESULTS TO: JERRY WRIGHT SAN FR ANCISCO S TATE COLLEGE 1600 HOLL OWA Y AVENUE SA N FRA NC ISCO , CA LIFOR NIA 90127

m o unt . Ron Per one, Q Senior fr o m ' Sewanhaka H igh Schoo l, Coach larry Re snik. long Hors e Vault : Ron Vel ton, Sec. 8 , 8.40; Pi a Di Mia, Sec.' 2, 8 .3; Bruce Simmons, Sec. 8, 8.25.

1st Place: Vault, piked front handspring .

Ron Ve lt o n , a Sen io r fro m Freeport High Schoo l, Coach Ri chard Ruffin e.

Trampolin e: Bruce D evereau z, Sec. 8 , 8.80; Mi lto n Col li ns, Sec. I , 6.50; Stev e Carey, Sec. I , 6 .45.

1st Plac e Ex.: Brannie out fliffus , piked , branni e, brannie out 13,4 fliffus tuck, Cot y, back flip , full twi st , back flip double twist, Brannie, back fl ip layou t , Rud o lph , back ' fl ip , do ub le twist. d o u b le twist . Bruce D evereaux, a Senior from Hicksv ille High Schoo l, Coach Ron Benizio.

Coach Don Power s (flanked by Mike and T om Sexton) and his Fairmont East State Champ ionship team of Ohio OHIO STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Report by Coach Don Pow ers The Hi g h Schoo l Gymnastics prog ram is g rowing bl9 g er o ,.d bigger. I Il lS ) ~ ,-.: I ~ l1e 1st o ffi cia l H ig h Schoo l State meet was he ld at Oh io State Univ ., in Columbus. Fa irmo nt East won t he team champi onship with 4 5 po ints f ol lowed by Cu ya hoga Fall s with 2 8; Meadowdale 25; Cincinnati Central 23; Belmont 19.5; Co lumbus So. 14; f o ll owed b y Kent State, Taft Sen ior , Fairv iew, Fairmont W., Columbus c. , Garfield a nd Stiv ers.

The Sexton brothers, T om and Mike, cocap ta ins of th e Fa irmont E. Team scored 42 of the teams po ints. Tam undefeated A II Around in school and open champi onshi ps piled up an impressive 35 po ints and his you nge r b rother, Mike scored 8 . Both boys wi ll g ra duate fr om High Schoo l this yea r with Mike go ing on to Ohio State and T om enro lling at the Univ. of Ok l aho ma. Tom and M ik e started in gymnastics at the age o f lOot the Dayton, Ohio YMCA with T om Gu mpf a nd Geo rge H ery giving them a helping hand.

MEET RESULTS All - Around : T om Sexton, 42 .80; Bruce Trott, 39.75; Stephen H oward, 38.25; Mike Dick, 37.85; and T om Dona to 34.90 . Free Ex.: Tom Sexton , T o m Donato, Jeff Cerney .â&#x20AC;˘ Si de Horse:

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Ernie Armstrong, T om Merritt. Still Rings : Jim Peak ins, Johr> Holsapple, Ernie Armstro ng.

Tumbling : Jeff Cerney, T om Sexton, Da le Tuboug h . Trampol ine : Ed Huffman, Mike Sexton, Ken Bates.

1st ANNUAL CRESTLINE GYMNASTICS CLUB SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP W e had a t otal of 8 1 g irl s competing in thi s meet. Our club formed in 1964, a nd we ore iust gettin g into competiti o n . We ha ve had a great dea l o f help from Rud y and Janet

Boehne.

Novic e Class Tumbli ng : Judy Neuman , 6.5 . Un even Pare:i , 1 S,,,s: Sally Baxter, 6 .75 . Balance Beam : Kar en Keit er , 5.9. Free Exe rcis e: Paul a V u ckov ich , 6.7. Vaulting : Karen Ke iter, 6 .0 5. All Round : Judy Neuman , 24. 6 .

Although Judy did not win an y si n gle ev ent in A ll Ar o und, she plac ed second in thr ee events and th ir d in anoth er .

Jun io r Cla ss Tum bl i ng, Vicki Bec k , 8.4. Un even P. Bars : Vick i Beck, 8.75. Free Exercise: V ick i Beck , 8.75. Vaulting : V icki Beck, 8.85 . All Round : Vicki Beck, 34.3 . Balance Beam : Vick i Beck, 7.95.

Vicki won fir sts i n all eve nts. She is a 13 yeor o ld eig hth g ra der.

Senior Clas s Un even P. Bars: Mi c key Rosandic, 8 .85. Balanc e Beam: Mickey Rosandic , 8.35. Fr ee Ex¡ erci se: Mickey Rosondic, 8.75; Vaulting : Beck y H owe, 8.4. All Round : Mickey Rosandic , 34.05; Beck y Howe, 33.9.

Mickey is a Juni o r ot Crestlin e H igh Sc h oo l.

Her close compet ito r , Bec k y, is a Fre sh man at Crestline Jun ior High.

Our Coac hes a r e Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Fugate.

M r s. Fugate is Gi r ls Ph ys ica l Educat ion t eacher at CHS. Mr. Fugate is a Principal ,a nd gy m nastic instructor at Mansfield YMCA .

NEW YORK STATE INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

By An th ony Grandinette New Y ork State Gymnastic Intersectional Co nt est-March 13, 1965 (Sa t .) Hel d a t the U.S . Merchant Marine Academy at Ki ngs Point , New Y ork. Meet conduc te d by Anthony B. Graridinette, New Yo rk State Gymnasti c Chairman and Arthur Zielinski, coach of U .S. Merchant Marine Academ y.

Seven sections within New York held Champi onsh ip meets a nd th e best two boys in each even t qua lified f o r the Inte rsectional meet.

There is n o team award o r section winner award qiven at this meet- the awards consist of I st , 2nd, 3 rd , 4th individua l places in each even t .

Compet ition is held in the following events : H B, SH , Rings, PB , FE , l HV, Tum b ., Tramp ., Repe, AA (o ly mpic six). We use two sets of o ffi c ial s - f o ur in each group wi th a superi o r judge .

Fi na l re sults-team results: Section 8, Nassau County, 68 points. Section II, Suffo lk Count y, 63 .5 poi nts. Sect ion 3, Cen tral New Yor k, 30 points.

Fina l r esul t s - indiv idual : Ho riz ontal Bar: W illiam Wisman, Sec. 1 1. 6 .65; Richard Salas, Sec. 8, 6 .55; Ed ward leteller, Sec. 11, 5.65. l s~ Place Ex. : Reverse grip-high cast t o front g ia nt, stoop thro ugh t o o ve r bar dis locate t o back uprise , free hip circle, drop kip t o cast and back g iants, c ross h and pir o uette t o fro nt giant t o straddle hecht and back giant s, cro ss hand pirouette t o f ront giant to straddle hecht dismount. Wm. Wisman- Jr ., Por t Jefferso n High Sch oo l, coac h R. Pataky Floor Exerc ise: Peter Hari ng, Sec. II , 8.25; Ron V ince, Sec. 8, 7.75 ; Davi d Macleod, Sec .

I I. 7.75.

1 sl Plac e Ex.: Round-o ff , back hand sp ring , one ha lf twisting fr ont dive roll-straight log t o stand, Swed ish fall , snap up t o hand _stand , lower to straddle L , press straight arm and leg handstand , pirouette lower t o . stand , front walk-ov ~r , front hand spring, fron t ro ll t o headspring t o sea t , bock extensi o n one guarter turn t o split , f r ont roll , front handspring one step sca le, handsta nd to straddl e legs and wide arm handstand , chest ro ll t o stand , thr ee running steps ro und off piked samm y d ;sm ount. P. Haring- Jr. , Po rt Jefferson High Schoo l. coac h R. Pataky.

Side Horse: N o rm Perry, Sec. 3, 6.75; Chuck Perry, Sec. 3, 6 .7; Peter Hari ng , Sec. II , 6.25 .

1 st Place Ex. : Double in , on e fl a nk circle , t amlet ou t , 2 flank circle, Kehre in, 2 flank circles, bac k scissors-3 fro nt scissors, flank circle, taml ot out, loop dismo unt . Norm Perr y, a Senio r , N orth Syra cuse High Schoo l, coach Bi ll Covey .

Still Rings : Anthony Fior e, Sec . II , 8.75; Ric hard Sa las, Sec. 8, 8 .60; Anth o ny Nejedly, Sec. 1 I . 8.20.

1st Place Ex.: Pull t o strai g ht body inverled hany , bac k uprise t o handstan d, lower t o sfraight arm planch e, lower t o bent hang , dislocate shoot ha ndsta nd , back ro ll to cross, back kip t o ha ndstand , f orward ca st t o inl ocate t o back upri se c ross, roll t o bent hang dislocate hi g h st raddl e cuto ff di smount . An th ony Fi o re, a Juni or fr om Com mac k High School, Coa ch Pau l De Pace.

Parallel Ba rs: Ro n Perrone, Sec. 8, 8 . 10; Covid Jennings, Sec. II , 7 .5; Gera ld Vega, S2C. I I . 7.05 .

1st Plac e Ex. : Cast ca tch , p lange, layawa y fr ont upri se t o bock stutz, handstand piroue tte , Stu tz , drop cast t o b ack upr ise doub le cut catch ha ndstan d. half p irouette stoop dis-

Rope Climb : A nthony Fiore, Sec . 11, Time 4 .35 sec.; Jo hn Napo latano, Sec . 8 , 5 . 15; Vito La Ru sso, Sec. I , 5.2.

Anth ony Fiore a Junio r from Co mmack High Schoo l, Coach Paul De Pace .

Tumbling : Bru ce Devereau x, Sec. 8 , 8.5; Joe Gar st, Sec. I, 7.95; AI Til ove, Sec. 8, 7.8.

1st Plac e Ex .: I st pass Round-off 3 back handsprings, back sammy, fulltw ist, back sammy. 2nd pass Round o ff walk out Arab ian ro und-o ff, 2 back handspring s, back sammy full. 3 rd pass Fron t sammy wa lk out r ou ndoff 2 back handsp rings, back la yout , back sammy.

Bruce Devereaux, a Senior fr om Hi c ksv ille High Sc h oo l , Co ach Ron Benizio.

All-Around : Richard Sales, Sec. 8, Sewanaka H .S., 38 .15 ; Dav id Macleod, Sec. 11, Port Jefferso n H .S ., 37.70. Dav id Jennings, Sec. II , Port Jefferson H .S. , 37 .35.

1st ANNUAL PENATHLON GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Approx imatel y 300 spectato rs v iewed the I st Annual Penathlon Gymnastic Championships at the Pan American Polo Field : Oak Brook, Illino is; Sunday, Augu st I, 1965. Ove r 90 boys and girl s from all over Illinois parti c ipated in the events which saw Linda Metheny, 1,'6 4 Olympian, capture all. o f the 1st places and the All Around Ev ent In the Wom e n 's Competition for 15 and over girls. Don Hatch , 1965 Illinois High Sch oo l State Ring Champion, captu red I st in the Boy's 16- 18 year o ld event. Dick Swetman o f Maywood captured the Boy's All Around Ev ent (16-18 year olds) wi th a po int t otal of 805 f o r the 6 events. Dick was 1965 Il linois High Schoo l All Around, Parallel Bar & Horizonta l Bar Champio n.

Gy mnasts were pr esent from: A rlin gton H eights, Chicago, Cicero, C larendon Hi ll s, Des Pl ai nes, Evans t on , Harvey, Hinsdale, Lombard , Ma ywood, Oak Park, Springfield, Waukegan, Westchester, Westmont and Wheaton.

RESULTS Wom en 11 & Under Fr ee Exercise: Sue Kinsman , B lythe Bauer, Leslie Shaffer ; VaUlting : Sue Kinsman, Blythe Bauer Hellene Mulvihill; Balanc e Beam, Blythe Bauer: Sue Kinsman, Hellen e Mu lvih ill ; Un~ evens : Bl y the Bauer, H ellene Mul v ihill, Sue Kinsman; All Around : Bl y the Bauer, Sue Kinsman, He ll ene Mul vi hill.

12-14 Free Exercis e: Barbara Bauer, Co lleen Mu l v ihill and Pat Felice lli ,. Vaulting : Vick i Bol linger , Colleen Mulvihill, Barbara Bauer.Balonce Beam : Patty Felicelli, Colleen Mu lv ihill , Diane Bolin . Unevens: Co ll een Mulv ihil l, Ba r ba ra Ba uer, V icki Boll inger. All Around : Colleen Mul v ihill , Barbara Bauer, V icki Bollinger .

15 & Over Free Exercis e: Lindo Metheny, Jani ce Richter, Sherry Ash , Vaul ti ng : Linda Metheny, Janice R ichter , Donn a Bascom . Balance Beam: Linda Meth eny, Janice Richter, Carol Maruzak. Uneve ns : Lindo Metheny, Janice Richter, Donna Bascom. All Around : Linda Metheny, Jan ice Richte r , Do nna Bascom .

M en 12 & Under r-ree Exercis e: Chuck O' Neal , Bob Ande(so n, Tom Fogel , Pau l Ondrus, M ike Butler. Vaulting: Mike Att ley, . Chuck O' Nea l, Dave Black .

15 & Under Free Exercise: Fred Henderson, Dan Swetman, Ward Black & Dav e Kevorkian. Side Horse : Mike Shorter, Ron Alden, Dan Swe tma n. Hori~ zOfital Bar: John Hughes, Ron ' Sass, Tom JohnSOri. Parall e l Bars: T om Johnson, Dan Swetma n , John Hughes. Still Ri ngs : John Hughes, T o m .J o hnson , Mike Eller. Long Horse: Ro n Alden, Ernie Mi ll er , Ward Black & Dan Swetman . All Around : John Hughes, T om Johnso n , Don Swet man.

16-18 Free Exercise: Jim Johannese n , J o hn Gratch, Di c k Swetman. Side Horse : Ken McCan less, Jo hn Fe rgu so n , Neil Schmitt . Horizontal Bar: Neil Schmitt, Dick Swetman, Jim Jo hannesen.

Parall el Bars : T o m Dunn, Dick Swetman, Dave Ruttenb erg. Still Rings: Don Hatch, Rich Kinney, Larry J o han nesen. VaUlting : Tim Labus, Ed Ra y mond, Di ck Swetman . All Around : Dick Swetman, Ji m J o hannesen, Ed Raymond.

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portation problems but only 'in relation to the organiza tional talents of the manager.

T he H ead manager may take charge of distribution of expense money to team and coach, procure the plane tickets and distribute them, keep records, etc., while his assistant can be kept busy with the head co unts, baggage checking and running errands. Manager Garvelli's notes from the trip to the NCAA's this past year provide a thorough portrait of the r esponsibilities involved in an away meet: " We were to leave on Wednesday evenin g from the Phillipsburg Airport. Wednesday afternoon I went down to the travel agency to pick up the plane tick ets for the entire party. Then I went to see the Athl etic Department Business Manager and picked up the money for the team and the emergency Inoney. I was at the gym about an hour before leavin g time to make sure th at everyone had all he n eeded and to make sure the med kit was intact.

Afler everyone was on the bus, I took my first head co unt to make sure everyone was there. When we got to the airport I had the team check their bags then gave the tickets to the agent to check us for the pl ane. On the plane the exp ense money was distributed to the team and receipts collected. We landed at the greater Pittsburgh Airport and spent the night there.

"T o make things easier I got all the room keys and checked the team into the motol.

In the morning I was the first one up and had to get everyone up and make sure they knew when we were leavin g. Once again I had the ba ggage checked, purchased fli ght insurance, and had the plan e ti ckets taken care of. I was the first one to the plane ramp and the last one one after checkin g heads_ Upon arrival in St. Louis we claimed our baggage and went to the rented cars we had reserved. We had two Avis cars reserved but had to get a third beca use of all the baggage.

"Upon arrival in Carbondale we checked into the motel. After getting organized we headed for the SIU Arena for a brief workout. At the arena I had to check the team in, pay the registration fee, confirm the -number in our party and fill out other pa pers. Back out on the floor I checked to see if there was anything that the team needed and then Coach Wettstone and I proceeded to check the equipment. Notes were made for the coaches' m eeting the next morning. After the workout, I had to make sure we had everyone before we left the gym . . . Back to the motel, chow, and then the night was spent studying . . .

Next mornin g awaken the teanI, tell them what time we would leave for . the路gym : . ..

When we had everyone we went up to the Ar ena for the meet. " At the gym I got the lin eup sheets so each man knew when he was up . . .

Mad e sure the team had all they needed and any other thin gs that they or coach wanted done. As the meet went along I kept a runnin g score of the all-around so the guys would know how they stood . After the afternoon events we went back to the motel where everyone else took it easy while I fill ed out reports as to the afternoon performances. Then back to the gym for the evenin g events . _ . Inform the tea m of any changes and then once again I'm their slave. After the meet I made sure that we had everyone before leaving for the motel. Most of the guys went straight to bed but I stay ed up filling out a bun ch of reports that had to be turned in upon return to P enn State.

"U p about the middle of th e morn ing and check to see if anyon e n eeded anythin g- then off with some stu ff for drycleaning. In the afternoon we had a little pep talk and meeting. Then we counted heads and headed off to the SI U Arena for the evenin g. A t the meet I got the lineup and reserved some bench space for the team. During the meet I kept a runnin g score of each man and a runnin g score of the all-around. Aft er the meet we got up on stage to receive the medals. Aft er we go t every body together we headed for the motel. Nobody had had anything to eat so we went across the street to ge t something, using the emergency money to pay for it. " Early the next morning I'm the first on e up and have to rouse the team. Aft er loading the cars, I once again count h eads and then we are off for St. Louis. A rriving at the airport, I have the guys check their ba gs and I return the cars and get the b ills for them . . . Get the plane tickets checked and then let the team kn ow where a nd when we leave . .. once again first to the ramp and last to the plane. On ce on the plan e I count noses again to make sure everyone made it. We fl ew to Chicago and had about 11f2 hour layover. On ce aga in , I had to co unt noses, know fr om where we were leavin g and what fli ght number. On the fli ght to Pittsburgh I fini shed mos t of my reports. In Pittsburgh we had another layover . . . Same procedure as before and on to the Philli psburg Airport.

We claimed our baggage, loaded the bus, counted noses, and headed for P enn State.

Back to my room and I fini shed fillin g out reports. So much for the N. C.A.A. trip or just about any away trip. " This is a rath er comprehensive report a nd serves well to illustrate the attention a manager mu st give to his job. A few points can be amplified and additions made. T he thorou gh plannin g involved in setting u p plane, car and motel arrangements is oft en carried out by the coach or athleti c department, but the manager must be aware of all the details to be eff ecti ve in carryi ng out his job. A rather detailed schedule is drawn up to cut down on conf usion. Littl e items tha t can be packed in the med k it includ e a stopwatch, measurin g tape an d needl e and thread and safety pins. On occasion the manager even needs to sew on a button or elasti c band an d should be prepared. The size of the team and method of travel dictates the amount of confusion in cident to travel and checking into motels, pl anes, and the like ' and thus the etern al vigilance and frequent nose counts.

The pre-meet meetin g of coach and team affords opportunity for fin al discussion of plans and for pep talks. On e rather wellpadded H ead manager cla im ed to have lost many pounds in his close associati on with the team- dieting when they did, sweatin g out each performance, and generally undergoing the sam e ex perien ces as they did . His pep and spirit were undoubtedly a lar ge part of that year's team's winning national honors.

The mana gers do help in checkin g the scorekeeping and reducing mi sunderstand in gs due to errors. Besides it is always handy for a team to know its standin g, however unofficial. Again, in the concl usion of an away meet, the manager sees to it that the fan s back home are informed of the res ults via long distance calls to the radio stations or press.

As to improvements, again Manager Garvelli has put it nicely : " . . . the best thi ng is to read the rules and talk to the judges

and other co aches on how your mee t is run now and ask what they think co uld be done to improve the. meet and what co uld be don e to make it run smoother. Anythin g that can cut the time of the mee t is some· thin g that the judges lik e. Our sys tem of two sets of chairs is one th ing I kn ow judges like for they · h ave told me this.

We're trying to thi nk of d ifferent setups that may even cut this and they are all willin g to help in such matters. Th e bi g thin g is of ways to im prove the meet and the other things that come under your joll."

Many are the jobs of a manager- from providing chewing gum fo r the coach to directing the visiti ng team to a local r es· taurant, from n abbing th e swinging rings (as they did in the old days with a shep· herd's crook ) to guiding a smooth runnin g meet, and the list could go on. But th e point to be made is this : Student mana· gers can and do play an important rol e in reliev ing the coach of many worr ies about the little detai ls of a meet or trip and al· low him to concen trate on the team.

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Research and Professional Liason Committee Notional Gymnastic Clinic & National Association of College Gymnastic Coaches (N.A.C.G.C.) CHAIRMAN:

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Price,

Florida State

Univ ersity, Ta l lahassee, Flo rida .

ANN OUNCE M ENT: Four Research Awards will be off e red this year.

GYMNASTIC RESEARCH AWARDS for (19651966) At the National Gymnastic Clinic at Sarasota, Florida.

1. The C. H. McCloy Hono r Research Award if the National Gymna s tic Cli nic-$ IOO. (Preside nt-Frank Cumiskey, RFD Westwood; Rockleigh, New Jersey ). Decided at Sarasota .

2. Two Honor Research Awards of the NACGC (National Associatiton of College Gymnastic Coaches )-$ IOO each. (Pres ide nt-Jake Geier , Gymnastic Coach; Uni versity of Nebraska; Linco ln, Nebraska) . o. Western Award b. Eastern Award- temporarily approved at Sarasota . Final approval by the Executi ve Board of NACGC at the NCAA Championships.

At the Gymnastic Clinic at Tucson, Arizo na: 3. The Gym Master Company Research Grant - $200. (Director-Mr. Sam Bailie; Uni versity of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona) .

CRITERION OF COMMITTEE: The committee wishes to stress that studies that benefit a large group rather than a small group will be fa vored.

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3. A repo rt o f the winners 'of all awards will be made at the N.A.C.G.C. Annual Meeting at the N.C.A.A. Gymnastic Championships at Penn State University; Pennsylvania.

Dear E di to r , In yo ur J u ly-Au g u st iss u e of t h e "JVLod e rn Gy nl n ast" YOll bro u g'ht a repo r t abo u t t h e " Anle ri can Tur ne r s Nati onal C h a nlpi o n s hip s" in vV iinl in gto l1 , D el a\var e -o n

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How wo uld y,o u fee l just be ing fo r go t te n as a pl ace " ' in ner in a nati on a l lneet.

J ac k s o n Heig h ts, N.Y .

Yo urs very tru ly, Ho lge r Asm u s ED. The highest 1 ever placed was 3rd on the Parallels in the 1939 Los Angeles All路 City Championships. But , had I made it to a Natio.nal . Meet and placed 'without receiving

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'Vie n na, A u stria. Si n ce t h a t titn e ,ve h ave co ntinu ed t o travel and h ave t r a i ned wit h Cer a I' in Y u gosl av i a an d Nle nic h e lli in Ita ly . It was q ui te a n expe l' ie n ce t o r e ceive !':illc h f ri en d li ness a nd to p e r s ona lly

s h a k e th e h a nd of E ndo, Yal11asa k i, S h ak lin , CeraI' a nd eve n Caslavska a ll in o n e day .

It was a lso a ne\v experi ence to see t h e n1a!-;s drill s of, in o n e in stance, over 700 gy n1 nRst~ a nd to see h ow each clo ll ntry of th e wo d d com p a.res to th e USA and es p ecia ll y to see i t a..11 f1'01n very coveted front r ow seats 0 1' t h e fl oo r itself , fl an k e d by t h e h ea d of th e USCF o n on e s ide a nd t h e h ead s o f t h e AAU o n th e oth e r. Th e n to see t h e USSR t u mble r s d.D suc h stunts as d o ubl e s id e, '4 in backwn.rd fliffu s, 19 con sec uti ve \v hip back s, a.n d 9 co n sec utive s ide S0111111er saults, \vel1 , a ll t hi s \\"as just too lnuc h to t a k e in o n one day ( ri va ls f o r e,'e n Holm es & M itch e ll ).

A lt h o u g h t h e co un t ri es o f E urope h ave it a.11 over u s in mass presen tatio n s a nd are co min g stron g, espec ia ll y i n Tra n11)J8 li n ing, t h e r e is o n e t hin g t h ey aJI ag r ee up o n , th a t Th e Mode rn Gy mnast is o n e of t h e few g'yn1n astics l11 ag'azin es in t h e \vo l'ld a nd is u nanin1011 s ly con si d e r e d t h e b es t a ll ove r EU I'op e . I fou nd i ts n a lne in t h e co nve r sat io n of t h e va ri o u s s p orts sc h oob an d g'y mn as iun1 s a ll ,o \-er E uro p e, bu t fa l' too few cop ies to ~ ui t e it h e r t h e gyn1 n aR t ~ o r In :ysp lf. I a n1 loo kin g fo r ,va rd t o see ing th e next iss u e of t h e NIG coveri ng Yuji D ji e lutov' s d ou bl e s id e n.n d f liff u s, t h e a n1 az ing' fr ee exer cise o f t h e li t tl e boy , and t h e r es t o f t h e la r ges t gY 111n as tic ex h ib it iun in t h e wo rld .

U n t il we r e turn in S e ptembe r , Gar y T e nni so n O n e o f 3 Un i ve r s ity ,of Illin o is Gy mna s t s, C h a mpa ig n , Ill. ED : Glad to be of service. Sorry but we didn ' t get路 any pictures of the Fl oo r Ex routine of the amazing little Finnish boy .

Swiss Gymnasts TRAIN STOP Dear G le nn , . T h at's h o,,, it goes w h e n yo ur lUG a rri ves , t h e e ntire tra.i ning of t h e to p gym n asts at th e Turn ver e in Bern a-Be rn e stops. L e f t to ri g h t : E rnes t K ade rli. He inz Hug li . C,C)ac h Mar cel A d atte, Fred dy B latte r , r-fan s Sc hun1 ac h e r , Fri t z F euz an d Obe r t urn e r Fra nz Meyer.

S incerely yo u,'S, Kurt Bachl e r B e rn , Sw itz el"la nd TAKE AIM D ear S irs : I beli eve t h a t I h ave discove r e d a way .o f p e rfor min g' th e layo u t b ac k fl yaway fr o m th e h o ri zo nta l b a r , that w ill r es ul t in a. n ear p erf ect fl ya\vay every tiln e . T o d ate , I h ave n o t ye t see n it f a il a n d I beli eve th a t t hi s in for m atio n w ill h e l p oth e r gym n asts t h at mig ht h ave tro u b le p e rfo rmin g th e fl yaway .

P r es u m ing t h e b a r is se t a t e ig h t f eet, le t a piece o f tap e be pl aced o n th e fl oo r abo u t s ix t een f ee t fr o m th e ve rti c le upr ig h ts s uppo r t ing t h e b a r , a nd d ir ec tl y in f r on t of t h e ba r in t h e d irec ti o n of the fl yaway .

Th e p e rf o rm e r , w ith s tra ig ht body. t h e n a li g n s th e tip o f hi s p o int e d t oes w ith th e ta p e o n th e fl oor, in a n1 anne1' sin1i la r to a ill1 ing a rifle, U p o n r eaching th e p o int at w hi c h t h e to es a nd tap e a r e p e rfect ly a l ign ed , th e p e rf o rm e r -sh o ul d imm eclia t e ly r e lease hi s gri p a.nd execute th e fl yaway.

I h o p e that t his tec hni q u e w ill prove t o be Qf !':iO ll1 e valu e t o a n yo n e w h o is h av in g d iffi c ul ty in p e rf o rmin g t h e ba c k fl ya way .

Yo u r t rul y, C h a rl es C r ee Sy r ac u se, New Yor k ED. Please use spotters when trying, everyone ' s aim is not the same.

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