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VOL. VIII

AUG ., SEPT., 1966

NOS. 8 & 9

CONTENTS NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ______ Glenn Sundby CHALK TALK ___ ________ _________ ..............................

WORLD REPORT __ .... _......... Dr. Joseph Gohler CANADIAN REPORT ....... _....... .John Nooney COVER STORY .... __ .. _...... _.......... _._...................

1966 SCHOLASTIC GYMNASTICS Dick Criley 1966 SCHOLASTIC GYMNASTICS ... ___ .......... _........... Dick Criley RICHARD SWETMAN, ILLINOIS H.S. STATE CHAMP ....................

PEACH BASKET __ ......... __ ........ ..... _... Don Tonry GYMNASTICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION ___ ............. _....... A. B. Frederick HELPFUL HINTS ...... _..................... Jim Farkas "Y-NEWS" ...... _. __ .......... _._ ....... Kenneth Hollis RESEARCH AND FITNESS .. _.Dr. James Bosco PROGRESSIVE TRAINING .... Bob Lynn & Prof. Ben Solomon NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGE ......................Roy Davis LETTERS ._ .... _. __ ............. _.. _...............................

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COVER: Bob Teel , 1966 Southern Section CIF Ring Champion - (MG Photo)

GLENN SUNDBY .. . _.. ____ . ____ ..... __ ..... _... . _____ _... ____ Ed itor-Pu blisher ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. BRUCE FREDERICK .. .. ___ _...... _______ .. _.. ............ ...... Education DR . JAMES S. BOSCO ........ ___ .. _... __ .. _... . ____ ._ . _____ ........ Research DICK CR ILEY ____ ..... ________________ .......... .... ___ . _. ___ .. __________ Stotistics J 1M FARKAS .. ........ _. ___ _.. _.. _.. __ ._ .. .... .......... ___ .. __ .. ___ Instructio n JERRY WR IGHT ____ ..... ____ .. _...... ___ .. _____________ .......... Competition FRANK L. BARE _. ___ ._ .......... _....... _____ .. __ .. __ ._.......... _... _... __ USGF JESS ROBINSON __________ _____ __ _._....... .. ... ____ ._ .. __ __ ._. _____ Trampoline ROY DAVIS ____________ . ____ ___________ ._ ._...... .. _._ .. _... _.. ___ .. _...... Judging JACKIE KLEIN UPHUES ________ . __ ____ ....... _._ ... _.. _. __._. ___ .. ... Women GRACE KAYWELL ........ ____ ........ ____ . _______ .... .... _............... Ballet KENNETH W. HOLLIS __ ........... _...... _. __ ____ .. ...... .. ..........YMCA INTERNATIONAL JOHN NOONEY ____ .... _._ ...... ...... _.. .......... _... _. _____ ___ ____ ._ .. Canada KURT BAECHLER ....... . ____ ........ __... ___ .. .. ________ ._ ...... ____ .... Europe HELMUT ROH N ISCH _________ ____ ___ __________________________ Scandinavia YUR I SAB I ROV _______ . __ . _____ . __. _____ . __ ._.. __ ._.. _._ ....... __ ._ ..... _.. Russia BRUD CLEAVELAND ...... _. ____ .... _._. ____ ._ .. _______ ........ .. .... ___ Japan DR. JOSEPH GOHLER ____________ ..... _.. ____ .. _._. ____ .. __ .. . __ .. _..Germany

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR WOULD YOU BELIEVE, TEN? It was with high hopes and great expectations that we announced "TWELVE FOR '66" in the December '65 MG. Rising printing costs and office expenses without an increase in subscribers and advertising has forced us to face the facts . Good intentions are fine but not real路 istic therefore to insure the continuance of the MG we have had 'to tighten our belt to ten issues a year. We feel this is an espec ially good edition filled with facts and instruction wh ich we hope you find inspirational and challenging to your gymnastic program. We cannot over emphasize the need for new subscribers and quick renewals . Please do what you can to insure the success of the Modern Gymnast by renewing as soon as your present subscription expires and to see to it that your gymnastic friends all subscribe to the MG. The MG can only grow better with your help ... Thanks.

BOUND EDITIONS The history of THE MODERN GYMNAST takes on more meaning when we look through the bound volumes of past editions that grace our bookshelf. Here at a glance we see the collective work of the many people that contributed to make the M.G. possible ... Each year we have held out a few copies to be bound and sent to our regular feature contributors as a small token of our appreciation for their efforts ... In our recent request for back editions from readers to help fill our depleted stock of M.G.s needed for binding we had a very good response. So good in fact we were able to .have several extra complete sets bound be路 yo,nd our immediate needs. We are therefore in a position to offer for sale ten complete sets (all editions of the M.G. printed between Dec. 1956 and Dec. '65) of seven volumes each. These volumes are collectors items and when they are gone we will not be able to repeat this offer at any price. Therefore if any Universities or individuals (perhaps a group of gymnasts would like to get a set for their coach) would like to obtain a complete bound collection of past M.G.s they will be available for $70.00 a set while they last on a first come first serve basis . . . In the future we will set aside copies of each edition to have bound at the end of each year for those that desire bound editions and place their order in advance. The price will be between eight and ten dollars per volume depending on the amount of orders received. * * * *

PLANE CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF HALI SHERIFF One of America's bright hopes in future Olympic competition, Hali Sheriff, Blue Mound, Illinois, died in a plane crash June 15th. Hali and her parents, Hal and Virginia Sheriff, and three other passengers wer~ returning to Blue Mound froIT) a gymnastIC demonstration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

They apparently enco untered bad weather and were forced down near Galesburg, TIL At fourteen, Hali was already regarded as one of the best gymnasts in the country.

Her natural ability and intense desire to succeed made her the United States' best bet for success at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

"S. M. GYMFE'S T" Cover gymnast Bob Teel and many other top gymnasts have been invited to compete in our 4th Annual Santa Monica "GYMFEST" on Lahor Day weekend Sept. 3rd, 4th and 5th. Plan to be there if you are in the area. The "GYMFEST" is held a few hundred yards in from the ocean where the cover photos were taken. (Lou Perschke will again set up the equi pmen t for the competitions.) Saturday will be the OPEN CLASS COMPETITION, Sunday will be the GIRLS INVITATIONAL, Trampoline, Mini-Tramp and a Special "GYMWHEEL" demon stration, by a champion from Germany. Monday (Labor Day) is the MEN'S I VITATIONAL with top competitors from the area.

GYMNASTICS RETURNS TO THE COLOSSIUM The Los Angeles Colossium the site of the 1932 Olympica was once again th e center of Gymnastics attention as members of th e Southern California Gymnastic Association put on a demonstration that thrilled the thousands on lumd for the Annual 4th of July Show and fireworks display. Saka路 moto, Teel, Diamond, Rock, Banner, Lynn, and Luber were just a few of the bi g names Assoc. Pres. Jack Beckner brought for the ex hibition with the aid of Jerry Todd and also hi s brother Dick who brought up several girls from his Corona Del Mar Gym Club.

POOL AND STEAK PARTY UCLA alumnus Don Rosenstock (top UCLAN free-x competitor in the late 50's) invited Coach Art Shurlock and the Bruin gym team to his hom e in the Hollywood Hills for a swim and fun time. After swim-

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ming, trampolining and feasting on 2 inch thick char-broiled steaks Art gave out awards to the top UCLAN Gymnasts of the past season. Do GymnaSts really have more fun than people ? You bet they do!

Kanati Allen

USA MEN'S WORLD GAMES TEAM Top US gymnast lVlakoto Sakamoto came through as expected to take top position on the USA World games team. 1966 NCAA All·Around Champ Steve Cohen placed second followed by Greg Weiss, Fred Rothisberger, Arno Lascari and Don Tonry with Kanati Allen of UCLA coming up with the hi ghest total optional score of the competition to gain the alternate posi· tion.

FUTURE OLYMPIAN? Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beckner (three time USA Olympic team member) announced the arrival of Maria Lee Beckner (6 lbs., 12 oz.) on July 16th, 1966.

SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP Fred Friedrichsen, Gymnastic Coordinator at Southeast Missouri State College and Miss Freddie Malone, Assistant Instructor, Women's P.E. recently held a Gymnastics Workshop for teachers in the elementary and secondary schools in the area. The objective, to introduce and to improve th e quality of Gymnastics in the public schools in the state of Missouri. An extremely eager and willing group of teachers came from all over the state to participate to help make the five day workshop successful.

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NEW GYMNASTICS PUBLICATION OLYMPISCHE TURNKUNST or GYM NASTIQUE OLYMPIQUE if you perfer th€ French is a new publication featuring World Competitive Gymnastics. It is published in Germany with text in Gern1an and French (the official FIG lan guage).

Our good fri end Dr. Gohler (who has sin ce been made the vice-president of the Deutshes Turner Bund) is one of the edi tors and the first regular edition will be J anuary, 1967 selling for DM .3 a copy (75c).

WE will give you more information in coming editions of the MG, as to subscription rates etc.

WORLD REPORT

By Dr . Joseph Gohler LATEST GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS IN EUROPE The Russian gymnasts were very successful in Finland and in both parts of Germany .. . Special attention should be paid to two up and coming young Finnish gymn astic talents by the names of Nissin en and Sappi nen who are just 18 years old ... The USSR-B-Team was lucky to win over Germany-East, a team which may be the favorite for the third place at Dortmund (World-Champ ionships) . . . Two 16year-old girls are the best in the USSRTeam of today , this they proved in Moscow, Tifles and J erewan. A third 16-yearold girl came in 7th place with 74.665! . . . The Poland-Germany (East) meet ended in a great surprise as the experts had Poland picked as the top team . . .

The German team of Hamburg mi ssed Tepasse and Banzhaf, the team of Kassel (against the CSSR) started without the champion J aschek and Steinm etz, a 20-yearold junior-gymnast . . . The Czechoslovakian team is nearly as strong as the German / East T eam . . . The best gy mnast of the world, Vera Caslavska. I saw her perform at Stuttgart. This admirable girl is an artist of great perfection. These were her scores when the Czechoslovakian Championships took place: Vaulting, 9.9019.80; Parallel Bars, 9.9019.90; Beam, 9.70/9.90; Floor Ex ercise, 9.85/10. ( ! ! ) .

At the moment with the results we have so far I would rank the teams for the World Games like this : 1 JAPAN, 2 USSR , (Russia), 3 GERMANY (east), 4 CSSR (Czech), 5 POLAND, 6 USA, 7 ITALY, 8 FINLAND, 9 SOUTH KOREA (perhaps even better), 10 Yugoslavia, 11 Germany (west ) 12 Sweden.??

WORLD-EVENTS IN GYMNASTICS Finland 561.15-USSR 567.90 (Men) at Tampere, May 1966 : Woronin-USSR 1 IS.20; LaihoF. 113.65; Titow-USSR 113.35; KerdemelidiUSSR 112.80; Karasew-USSR 112.75; NissinenF. 112.65; Sappinen-F. 112.00. The Ex-Wor ldChampi on Boris Schaklin got anly the 8th place with I I 1.95 points!

Germany / East 564.75-USSR (B-Team) 564.80 (Men) at Schwerin, Germany, May 1966: FuelleG. 1 14 . IS; Brehme-G. 113.70; Arkajew-USSR 113 .65; Doelling-G. 112.95; Medwedew-USSR 112.90; Zapenko-USSR 112.40.

Germany (Bundesrespublik),: .549.25-USSR (A Team) 556.20 (Men) at Hamburg, May 1966: Diamidow-USSR I 14 .30; Wo ronin-USSR 113 .55 ; T itow-USSR I 13 .05; Kerdemeli9i-USSR 1 12.3S; Karasew-U5SR 111 .90; Jaschek-G III . IS; LyhsG. 110.7S; Schaklin-USSR 110.25 .

Poland 556 .45 - Germany/ East 561.50 (Men) at Premnitz-G. May 1966: W. Kubica-P . 113 .70; Brehme-G. 1 13.S0; Fuelle-G. 1 13.40; N. Kubica -P . 112.60; Doelling-G. 111 .8S; Faerster and Dietrich-G. I 10.60.

Cup Meeting at Moscow (Men) May 1966 : 1. Woronin , 1 15.00 (obI. 56.90 / vo l. 58 .1 0); 2.

Lisitizki , 114.25 (56.45 / 57 .80); 3. Diamidow, 114 .00 (56 .70/ 57.30); 4. Titov, 112.95, (55.90/ 57.05); 5. Waschajew, 112.85 (56.0 / 56.85) ; 6. Arkajew, I 12.40 (55.65 / 56 .75) .

Germany (BR) 548.00 - CSSR 560.05 (Men) at Kassel, June 1966 : V. Kubicka-Cz . 112.65 Mudrik-Cz., 111 .85 (55 .95 / (56 .95 / 55 .70); 55.90); Bischof-G., 111 .25 (55.20/ 56.05); Stastny-Cz., 111.00 (55 .30/ 55.70); Krbec-Cz. 110.45 (54 .65 / 55.80); Bocko-Cz. 110.10 (55.95 / 54 .1 5) (Pommel Horse 7.85) .

Italy 556.55 - Hungary 538.25 (Men) at Rome, May 1966: Menichelli - It. 114.70; G. Carminucci-It. 112.35; Cimnaghi - It. 111.75; Cser-Hung. 108.B5; P. Carminicci - It. 10B.45; Franceschetti-It. I OB.I O. Yugoslavia-Ukraine at Lubljana, June 4-5: Ukraine 564.80; Yugoslavia 560.10; Cerar-Y. I 15.45; Titow-U. 113.70; Kuc-U. 113 .20; Medwedew 112.90; Schamenko 112.60; Makurin-U. 111.15; Anic-Y . and Keran ic-Y. 110.45 (tie).

Finland-Norway at Lappeenranta, July 2324 : Finland 558.50; N orway 541.90 . NissinenF. 114.10 (19 years old! ); Storhaug-N. 113 .70; Sappinen-F. 111 .95 (19 years); Heino-F. , 111 .00; Ekman - F. 110.80; Gjerstad-N. 109.30; Rahikainen - F. 106.26; Lilja-N. 105.05.

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III. Qualifications for World-Championships 1966 of Japan at Tokyo July 2-3: (Men) Endo I 15.25; Kato and Nakayama I 14 .25 (tie); Havata I 14.15; Tsurumi 114.05; Matsuda 113.95' Mitaukuri 11 3.55; Watanabe 113.35.

Japdnese Championships of 'Universities at Tokyo July 18-24 : Ueda 112.85; Takei 112.70; Miki I 12.60; Konishi 112.45 (Champion of 1965 ') Jinbo 111.55; Sasaki 111.40.

USSR-Qualifications at Gorki for World Championships, July : Diamidow 116.45 (!), Lisitzki 115.15; Medwedew 114.10; Kerdemel,d, 113 .75; Arkajew 113.00; Kurzew 112.80; Schaklin 11 2.35; Titow 112.30.

WOMEN DUAL MEETINGS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS Invitational Meeting at Tiflis (USSR), May 1966: Kut schinskaja 76.65 ; Petrik 75 .70; Astachowa 75 .1 5; Dschanukaschwili 75 .05 (all USSR); Zuchold / Barth-Ger. East 74.55; StarkeG.E. 74 .55; Ducza- Hung . 74.55.

Invitational Meeting at Jerewan (USSR), May 1966 : Petrik 76 .55; Dschanukaschwili 76 .05; (both USSR); Zuchold / Barth-G.E. 75.50 Makra,Hung 75.35; Starke-G.E. 75.35; BurutschewaUSSR 75.35.

Cup Meeting of USSR at . Moscow, May 1966: Kutschinskaja 76 .2 98; Petrik 75.965 ; Druschmina 75.198; Dschanukaschwili 75.031; LatlDlDa (! ) 74.999; Surminewa 74.864; Charlowa 74.665; Astachova (!) 74.063.

Germany (BR)359.95 - CSSR 380.75 at Stuttgart, June 1966: Caslavska-Cz. 7B.15; Sed lackova-Cz. 76.20; Kostalova-Cz. 75.35; Kub,ckav a-Cz. 74 .90; Rimnicova-Cz. 74 .5 5; KrauserGerm. 73 .90.

CSSR-Championships at Prague, June . 1.966 : Caslavska 78.95; Sed lackova 77.25; Kralclrova 77.15; Kubickova 76.95; Kostalov a 76 .75; R,mnacova 76 .50; Hana Liskova 76.00 (14 years old!); Svetlikova 75.90; Hubena and . Sklenlckava both 75 .75. Still five gymnasts With more than 74 points, another four with more than 72 points!

IIi. Qualifications for World-Championships 1966 of Japan at Tokyo, July 2-3: Shiby ua 75 .65; Ikeda 75.20; Mitaukuri 74 .30; Furu yama 73 .90; Ikenaga 73.80; Kandori 73.60; Hara 73.25; Hashiguchi 73.20.

Japanese Championships of Universities at Tokyo, July 18-24 : Ikenaga 74.43 1; Yamagami 74.29B; Iwamoto 73 .062; H ash iguchi 72.997; Matsuhisha 72.097; and Miy azaki 72.097 (tie).

USSR-Qualifications at Gorki for World Championships, July : Kutschinskaja 77.85; Petrik 76.45; Astachowa 76.10; Drushinina 76.05; Charlowa 75.95; Latyn ina 75.85; Danukaschwi li 75.60; Kitljarowa 75.00.

TEEN POWER Dick Swetman, top High School Gymnast from Illinois (our center-fold gymnast for this edition) was the cover subject and lead inspirational theme article for a June edition of TEEN POWER, a SCripture Press Sunday School publication that is read by thousands of High School age students all over the USA.

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Horst, on behalf of all your gymnastic friends in the East, may I wish you success in you r new venture and happiness to you and your fam ily. We will miss you here but our loss is British Columbia's gain. Good luck.

CANADIAN REPORT bv Johnnv Nooney 18 Lavine:ton Dr. Weston. Ontario THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Mr. Raymond Gagnier, our National Chairman of Gymnastics for A.A.U. of Can· ada has been associated with gym nastics in i 'l ontreal for at least fourteen years. Hi s early gymnastic experience was !?ained while a high school student at RIchard Academy. After grad uating from the Uni· versity of Mon treal he spent 9 years as a teacher of physical educati on in the Catholic Schools of Verdun during which time he coached and promoted gymnastics. One of his outstanding contributions to the sport was discovering and developing Richard Montpetit so that Richard was able to attend the University of Michigan on one of the first gymnastic scholarships awarded to a student from the Province of Quebec.

Montpetit became Canada's Nati onal Champion and an all round winner of the U.S. "big ten", In 1956, Raymond was" a member of Lew Wall er's Westmount YMCA gym team which won the Quebec-Montreal inter YMCA gymnastic meet.

Ray was elected chairman of the Quebec Gymnastic Associati on in 1958-59, served as French secretary 1962-63, and was again elected to the chairm anship in 1963-64. He withdrew from this office on the Quebec Committee in order to devote his full attention to the office of National Chairman of the Canadian Gymnastic Committee of the A.A.U. in 1964.

The Quebec Branch of the AAU hon ored Raymond in 1961 by the presentation to him of their Annual Award and Ci tation for ou tstanding leadership in gym nastics.

Mr. Gagnier is now director of physical education for Commission Scolaire Regionale Le Royer, Montreal. He has held the position of Provincial Chairman of L'Associa tion des Diplomes en Education Phy· sique et Recreation for two years.

Besides his work as an active committee member, judge and dedicated promoter of gymnasti cs, Ray is a keen follower of track and field sports and holds a black belt in judo.

CONGRATULA nONS Miss Monica Lindeman, th e chairman of the National Women's Jud ging Commi ttee was awarded the C.A.P.H.E.R. prize, at the University of British Columbia this month.

Miss Lindeman was first in her class.

Congratulations.

GOOD FRIENDS DEPARTMENT Mr. Horst Wilhelm recently left Ontario to settle in British Columbia. Horst was a dedicated worker here in the East for the Sport and being connected with eq uipment companies he was always assistin g someone, by lendi ng equipm ent or assisting in the lay-ou t of eq uipment at Meets. o

HERE AND THERE It is now finalized th e Athletic scholarship granted to Sid Jensen, Montreal, by the University of Michigan.

Gary Balcombe of Saskatoon, is also being considered and according to the University of Michi gan coach, Newt Loken, everything is being arranged.

Steve Mi truk, our grea t prospect from Hamilton, is considering attending the Universi ty of Michigan as well. Three of Canada's great juniors co uld-next year, be attending the Univers ity of Michi gan and don ' t let us forget Fred Romney, Montreal who is already in this University.

Another excellent gym nast, Miss Diane Masse, Montreal (Palestre Nationale Club) is go in g down to Centenery College and will join Susan Mc Donnell; both are members of our Na ti onal team. Mr. Dezo Kiefer, her coach, and Sid J ensens and Fred Rodneys coach, can be justly proud of his boys and girls. This Palestre National e Club is doing tremendous work producing excellent juniors. I hope in the n ext issue to have the story of this Club.

Al Pawlak, :me of our previous Canadian Junior Champions has just grad uated from Teachers College and will teach in one of Toronto's public schools. It is pretty exciting to watch our young gymnasts mature into excellent teachers and coaches.

Mrs. Jan et Armstrong has been appointed to teach at 0.c.E. this summer and maybe in the fall. Janet has had a fine year with her own high school team, winning the S.O.S.S.A. championships and she gave many clinics to her fellow teachers and took time to write th e Simple High School judging procedure. Congratulations Janet.

Mr. Doug Kerr, O.S.G.C.A. Presiden t, will attend the University of Oslo, Norway this summer. I know Doug will take his camera and will attend a goo d many of Europe's gymnastic camps, so come fall we can again look forward to many enjoyable evenings watching Doug's home movies.

CANADIAN WINTER GAMES To date, seven provinces have informed the Corporation of their intention to participate in all the competi tions listed for the First Canadian Winter Games.

British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island will send athletes to com pete in the 13 sports forming the Games.

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are taking part in 12 of the ~ 3 sports while Newfoundland has decided on 10 and North-West Territories on 9.

Yukon , it seems, will try to participate as fully as possible in the Games, and plans to enter teams in more than one competition .

As of now, a total of 1,851 athletes is anticipated for the Games, pending the elimination of Handball and the final acceptance of "Wrestling.

Air transpor tation will be provided by the Corporation for all these athletes; pick-up points to be chosen for each province and territory.

TORONTO DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Recently a superb Meet was convened by Mr. Hugh Rodgers of T. L. K ennedy ColI. This was a well run meet, much above the average. I\'l any of Hugh's innovations have been adopted and will be used in n ext year's meets.

This year for the first time, all competitors competed All Round and they were also area winners having won the right to compete. This improved the standard and made the meet a high calibre one, although it cut down en tries, the twenty boys com· peting should give some indication. of !he improved standard in our Ontano hI gh schools.

The Individual All Round was won by B. McVey, Cedarbrae ColI. and the Team Trophy was won by the David and Mary Tompson Coli. This team was coached by Bill Symons who has been active in high school gymnastics for many years. Congratulation s, Bill.

All Round: McVey, Cedarbrae 42.75; Veno David and Mary Thompson 39.85; Cam~bell, Central Peel 38.85; Arturs, Vic· toria Park 38.60.

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Before the largest crowd to ever witness a High School meet Bawating High School, Soo Ste. Marie, superbly coached by Ed. Boutiller, cap tured the team trophy by edgin g out Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa and Trinity College of Port Hope.

In true championship style Bawating won first place, on all apparatus, thus picking up 15 gold medals. Mike Zuke was the big scorer for Bawating winning the All Round, winning first in vaulting, free cal and high bar. David Russel, his team mate, had a first on pommels and finally Roger Dorion of the Bawating team made his presence felt. This is an excellent team. In compari· son to last year's winners Sir J ames Dunne also of the Soo Ste. Marie, I would consider this team having more depth and bal· ance. Over 20 school teams competed, far more than ever before and a much higher standard wh en you consider the difficult req uirements set up to eliminate the frin ge gymnast, also a separate competition for the Individual champion, thus a real team effort was necessary to win this trophy.

It was obvious to all coaches and offi cials connected with high school gymnastics in Ontario that this meet is becoming the high· light of the year.

Ralph Thornton's Glebe Collegiate team had a fine day as the runner up and Had· ley Armstrong Trinity College coach again demonstrated his ability to come up year after year, with a conten"der. The present hold that the Soo Ste. Marie schools have on the team trophy is, I feel, partly due to the fine competition to get from the Michigan High Schools and from attending the Summ er Clinics. It was obvious a great deal of hard work went into their perform· ances. Bawating High School were worthy cham pions.

The judging was oIle aspect as laid down by the O.S.G.C.A. officials.

ONTARIO INDIVIDUAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS This meet was convened this year by Mr. Jim Mc Pherson of Port Col borne and it reflected the dedication that this man has for gymnastics. This year's e n try was doubled and the representation was pro· vincial, north, south , east and west. Run· ning this meet in conjunction with O.E.A. week is in itself a feat but great credit must also go to the Phy. Ed. Dept. of Bath·

hurst Collegiate for assistance. I believe that this meet next year will be part of the Centennial celebration and will be held in Ottawa.

A pack!!d house, watched Mike Zuke of Bawating' High School, co ached by Ed Bouiteiller, win the All Round with superb performances. His floor exercise was mag· nificent. Mike also won the Vaultin g.

John Lash of Sir James Dunn C. & V.S. won the Side Horse and Horizontal Bar. This boy is coached by Frank Holm, and Bill Kernaghan and Tim Wasyliuk both won medals, Bill winnin g on the Parallel Bars and Tim winning the Rings. Both boys are students at the Sault Technical and Com· mercial school and coached by Dave Walsh thus glVlng the Soo Ste. Marie High Schools a clean sweep.

Year after year judging these boys from Soo Ste. Marie allows me the privilege of saying our fin est traditions of gymnastics are being tau ght to these boys. The well composed routine, the flawless execution and the deportment on and off the floor.

Sometimes you wonder what it is that makes champions; whatever the secret, the coaches of the Soo Ste. Marie schools have found it.

High level competition and dedi cated coaches could be the answer.

The judging was one aspect as laid down by the O.S.G.C.A. officials.

GREATER MONTREAL INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOC. HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Don Cochrane Over 56 Juniors and 52 Seniors took part in this exceptionally large meet held at Chateauguay High School, Montreal.

This meet was convened by Arne Peterson, former Danish Olympic coach, and was a highly organized and well-run competition.

SE NIOR (U nde r 18) -F.X. : M. Provencher, M.M .S., 1st; R. Douglas, L.I .S., 2nd; D. Glendenning, Ver., 3rd. P. Ba rs: M . Provencher, 1st;

D. Glendenning, 2nd; B. Wright, R.H.S., 3rd.

H. Ba rs: M. Prove ncher, 1st; B. Smell ie, M.W .S., 2nd; R. Walker, M.C .S ., 3rd. L.H. Va ult : M. Provencher; D. Glendenning ; R. Kenned y; M. Nicho lson and R. Walker, Tie. Po m mel Horse: M. Provencher, 1st; D. Glendenning , 2nd; R. Wiechald, M.C.S., 3rd. Rin gs: M. Provencher, 1st; D. Glendenning 2nd; B. Wright 3 rd .

Sen ior All Rou nd : M. Provencher, 1st; D. Glendenning, 2nd; M. Nicholson, Lachine H.S., 3rd.

All Roun d J u niors: C. Gillis, 1st; G. Jamieson, 2nd; R. Godwin, 3rd.

WESTERN ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOLS GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Fifteen hundred spectators were treated to an excellent gymnastic meet held at Wood· stock Collegiate. Part of the success can be attributed to the work done by Mr. Don Young, the Convener. A record entry from the London schools and Sarnia and Elgin schools, gives an indication of the growth of gymnastic in the high schools of Ontario. The judging was on aspect and as laid down by the O.s.G.C.A. officials. All Ontario schools used this system this year.

The Senior and Junior Team trophy was won by Central Elgin H.S. RESULTS Seiior Division-All Roun d : 1st, C. Robertson (C.E .C.I.); 2nd, A. Willis (C larke Rd .); '3rd, D. Fowler (C.E .C.I.) . Para llel Bars : 1. Allan Phillips (Lam); 2. Gord Robertson (Elg.); 3 . Dave Sterling (Elg .). Free Ca l.: 1. G. Robertson ; 2.

A. Willis; 3. Gary Oulette, (Reg. Mundi Coli.) .

Va ulti ng : 1. John Duchene (St. Clair); D. Fowler; 3. G. Robertson; 3 . A. Phillips. Pom mels: 1. Greg Barge (Clarke); 2. Gord Hammet (Wheable); 3. Lennie Bailey (Lambton); High Ba r: 1. D. Fowler; 2. Lo rne Godfrey (Lambton); 3. A. Phillips. Tumbling : 1. A. Willis; 2. G. Robertson; 3 . Ray Hooper (Beal) . Tra m poline: 1. A. Willis; 2. D. Fowler; 3 . Jim Tilley (Lambton).

Jun ior Division- All Ro und: 1st, Gary Gagen (C.E .C. I.); 2nd, Ron Charron (C.E .C.I.); 3rd Ken Graham (Lambton).

ONTARIO FEDERATION OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC , ASSOCIA TIONS BIENNIAL COACHING SCHOOL

Comments by J. D. McPherson, O.F.S.A.A. Gymnastic Committee Chairman Recently, O.F.S.A.A. played host to its biennial Coaching School amid st the picturesque surroundings of the Ontario Athletic Leadership Camp on the shores of Lake Couchiching-a setting typical of Ontario's northern terrain, with sparkling lakes embraced by giant evergreen s perched on mounds of colourful crystalline rock.

In Ontario, it is considered desirable that all coaches in the school systems be r egular members of teaching staffs. The implication of this is that many of our coaches are not directly concerned with the curricular programme in physical education and are therefore not readily exposed to th e continuing changes in athleti cs which the professional physical educator must be aware of. The Coaching School was established to provide an opportunity for these teacher-coaches to meet and exchan ge ideas with their colleagues, some of whom are, of course, physical educators.

This meeting is vital to the progress of athletics in the Province.

The 273 coaches in attendance had their choice of lectures in football, bask etball , volleyball, wrestling, track and field, and gy mnastics. The coaches were advised to select two sports for maximum benefit, and the timetable of lectures provided for this.

The gymnastics sessions, although timetabled simultaneously ~vith lectures on the traditi onally more popular activities, received extraordinarily hi gh attendance. An average of 75 interested persons were ex· posed to four lectures offered by the memb ers of the Ontario School Gymnastics Coaches Association. An added feature, which created a great deal of interest, was a display of gymnastics manual s, periodicals, and wall char~s. Mr. Nooney (Can. editor) was responsible for this exhibit and he reports that the U.S.G.F. Age-Class Workbook and the Nissen Wall Charts at· tracted mo st of the favourable comments.

The loquacious Irishman was always on hand , givin g advice and inspiration.

The first lecture in the gymnastics section was entitled The School Gym T eam and was conducted by Mr. George Harlow, the very successful gymnastic coach at York Memorial C. I. in Toronto. Methods of promotin g interest in gymnastics on a competitive basis were explained as were methods of handling large numbers of students so as to derive maximum benefit from time allotment. Although Mr. Harlow was directing his comments to the uninitiated, as an experienced coach I derived a great deal of benefit from his remarks. In particular, the use of compulsories or "set" routines in early practices to assist you in spreading yo urself thinly over the g'roup.

Highlights of Mr. Harlow's material were O.S .G.C.A. e xecutives at coach ing school: L to R, J . Nooney, Advisor; A. Warrick, V-Pres.; D. Kerr, Pres.; H. Rogers, Sec .

published in Modem Gymnast, April '66.

Compulsory or "set" routines may be obtained from the U.S.G.F. workbook. (l like Group 4.)

Next on the gymnastics agenda was for the most of us, the highlight of the entire School. At 8 :00 p.m., a tim e when most of those in attendance were gettin g "tired of being lectured to", Mr. Nooney was scheduled to deliver an address. As convenor, I was a little apprehensive about the number that mi ght attend such a late event. The place was packed! With dedication and conviction Mr. Nooney held the audien ce spellbound for the better part of an hour, as he implored and at times goaded his listen ers to take up the torch.

Sometimes on the verge of tears, sometim es in gales of laughter , the group hung on every wO,r d as they were humbly beseeched . . . gym'n astics for the yo ung peo pl e, gy mnastics as a vehicle for better health, gymnastics as a build er of men- a challen ge to the creative competitive spirit inherent in everyone. When it was over, th e appreciative audience, touched by Mr. Nooney's sincerity, commended him with a thunderous ovation.

Th e following day, Mr. Al Warrick of the North York Bd. of Education and l'vlr.

Doug. Kerr of Western Technical School in Toronto presented a two-hour seminar on the One Aspect Judging S yste m whi ch was formulat ed by Mr. Nooney and Mr. Warri ck and which is currently in use in most of our high school meets. Mr. Wairick preceded the explanation of the intricacies of the system by giving a brief, but extrem ely important, commentary on the r esponsibilities of a convenor to the judges of his meet . .. the provision of sufficient score sheets, the positioning of judges, the provision of trained judges' helpers, and, possibly the most important of all, the scheduling of events well in advance of tlje meet so that judges can be a ssigned to their events in time to do a little " boning up". Mr. Warrick pointed that convenors and judges should make every effort to assist th e spectators in understanding how the routines are being .evaluated. Skilled announcers and explanation s on the programme of events help in this most .important "sales job" for gymnastics. While Mr. W srrick explained in considerable detail the various implicatidn s of the syst.em itself, thirteen explanatory sheets were passed out to each of the ' sixty-five present. The conclusion of the seminar took the form of a practical judgin g session and was conducted by the Provin ce's most experienced judge, l\h. Doug Kerr. A filmed routine was shown at regular speed. The group was then directed to judge ( unde'r Mr. K err's guidance) the composition ' as the film was shown again in slow motion. Similarly diffi cult and execution were judged ' with good results. Although there is no space available at thi s time to explain th e vaulting problem, suffice it to say that i't, too, has been divided into different aspects for purposes of more objective evaluation.

Th e activities of O.S.G.C.A. at the O.F.S.A.A. Coaching School must certainly mark a milestonp. in their development.

Never before has so large an audience been so sympathetic to the cause. Each person there will return to his school where the most ca ptive audience of all waits on his every word. The ' responsibilities of coaches and judges alike have been r ecognized and clearly defined. The foundation has been laid but the house is far from being finished. I extend my thanks and my congratulations to O.S.G.S.A. for having achieved " the end of the beginning".

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Bob Teel of Baldwin Park High School in Southern California was perhaps the most outstanding Ringman in High School Competition anyw'here in the USA this past season. A top Rope Climber and Ringrftan, Bob Tee! contributed much to help tlie Baldwin Park Gymnastic team win its sixth consecutive C.LF. Championship under the coaching of John Draghi.

After watching Bob compete we asked him to come to Santa Monica Beach so we could take a cover photo of him for the MG. With the able assistance of Lou Perschke we set up the ring stand at the waters edge. A most cooperative Pacific Ocean, its breakers as a backdrop for our photo efforts, resulted in our cover shot and the complete setup pictured here.

We gave Bob a fine workout that A.M. on the beach as we took close to a hundred color photos i;I search of the right one.

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it was hard to decide just which one to use.

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Hold tL/:!:路.}Ibld It! Here comes a breaker we yell.ed to Bob from behind our zoom lens and he held it! Over and over again until we finished with all the cover shootmg. Then if that was not enough ! Bob went through his full routine for us several times to enable l:!S to take the ' sequence photos of his routine which follows (sequence camera se~ting slipped and our photos did not turn' out as ' well as we had hoped for, sorry) . ~OB TEEL, R!!\p Routine: (Butterfly) StIff-arm-pull to a' ..H0ss, pull out to "L", press to malteze, shoot to handstand, backgiant to handstand, lower through back lever pull through support position to front lever, pull to cross, pull out to ."L", hollowback to hanqstand, giant to high straddle dismount. .

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by Dick Criley A he·a dline in The Deliver Post read, "Prep Gymnastics Rated Hi gh". The lead paragraphs point ed out that more than a dozen coll ege coach es attended the 1966 Colorado High School Gymnastics Cham· pionships, an evidence of th e growin g qual· ity of high school gynmastics.

This phenomenon is not confined alone to Colorado, we find, as newspaper clippings and writeups sent to Th e Mode rn Gymnast from all parts of the U.S. relate the in· creasin g interest and improvement in schoo lastic gymnastic programs. The in creasin g number of states coptemplating and holding regional qualifications also is. an indication of the growth of the sport: This growth is one of the reasons we have devoted nearly the whole of this month's issue to the grass· roo ts gym nastic programs of our nati on's hi gh schools.

Two prominent members of our collegiate gy mnastic scene, Bill Meade and Rusty Mitchell, climbed out on the proverbial limb and voiced their own rankings of the state scholastic gymnastic scene. Mitchell, U.S. Olymp ian and recently·named gym co ach for th e University of New Mexico, rated the current gym powers thi s way: 1. California, 2. Illinois, 3. Colorado, and 4. P ennsylvania. Meade, coach of the So uth ern Illin ois University team that has won the NCAA title two out of the lilst three years, took a sli ghtly different tack, go ing Ly ci ties with PhHadelphia first.

Chicago second, Lo~ Angeles third, and Denver fourth . H e, too, rated Colorado th ird over·all behind JIlinois and California .

Coach Meade offered an additional com· ment-the Un ited States will have to get behind an age grou p gymnastics program to move to the top in intern ational competition. The U.S. ha sn't won an OIympic gold medal in gymnasti cs for more than 30 years. "It will have to start at the grass roots, just like age group swimming has done," Meade says. ' '1

Beginning wi th the report from District No. 1 of National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association by Roy Davis, The Modern Gymnast is happy to offer a some· what condensed version of the more than 80 pages of state gymnastics summaries and result s rece ived by this offi ce sin ce the middle of this spring.

Many result s have appeared in previous issues, but sti ll other state champion ships were never reported at all. Space limitati ons, a desire to use as many of the photo· graphs sent us, and the differ en ces existing between scorin g systems in the various regions have n ecessitated our abbreviations and omission of score designations.

NATION AL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS COACHES ASSOCIATION REPORT District #1 by Roy Davis, Corresponding Secretary CALIFORNIA Part I Survey of Growth and Participation.

In September· 1965, the California Inter· scholastic Federation (CIF) sent out the following letter reporting the results of a na tionwide survey on interscholastic athletics: I NTERSC HOLASTIC ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY 1964·65 SCHOOL YEAR The California Interscholastic Federation and other State High School Athletic As· sociations recently participated in a nationwide interscholastic participation survey.

The survey is evidence that the interscholastic athletic program provides for great numbers of students, rather than for a few.

On a nationwid e basis, football leads in participation with 822,681 boys involved.

Basketball is second with 674,938 participants; track and field is third with 569,687 participants; and baseball is fourth with 355,053 participants. Wrestling ranks fifth

with 140,719 partiCIpants. Gymnastics is 12th with 25,891 participants in 1,159 schools (also 12th in number of schools with such a program) .

The California tabulations are based on an actual count of the boys on the various athletic teams as reported by the Athletic Director at each senior high school for the 1964 school year. Refer to Table I for tab· ulations by CIF sections in California and for growth of gym nasti cs in California.

Table II compares partici pation in gymnastics for 10 states and California.

In respo nse to my inquiry, the following letter was r eceived : ARIZONA Dear Mr. Davis : In reply to your letter of May 1, 1966, I submit the following information : 1. The state association is divided into four conferences, "AA" enrollment 900 and over "A" enrollment 400 to 900 "B" enrollm ent 150 to 400 "c" enrollment 1 to 150 2. 24 "AA" schools participate in gym· nastics 3. Three new gymnastic schools this year over last year 4. Approximately 992 participating this year 5. Increase of 135 participants over previous year.

Very sincerely, H. A. Hendrickson , Executive Secretary UTAH, HA WAIl, NEVADA At the present time there is no olIcial interscholastic gymnasti cs according to official communication from state athletic association s.

Summary of Part I If you will ex amine carefully the growth statistics from the California and Arizona area, you will notice that Arizona added three school s in one year, California added

8 in three years. Of the 11 listed spor ts in California, gymnastics is growing slowest of all! This is a very interesting fa ct in view of national population and growth fig· ures which show that California is the faste st growin g and most progressive state in the U.S. Let's hope the other states are doing their job. In Arizona, only one coach bothered to join the NHSGCA. If we don't get together to do the job, obviously it won't get done . Give it some thought.

You may be party to a dying cause.

Part II Area Results. ( Editor's note: We usurped this part of Mr. Davis' report and are including these results below: ClF Championships, Los Angeles City High School Championships , Northern California Invitational Gymnastics Championships , and Northern CIF Championships.)

TABLE I California Tabulations by Each CIF Section Interscholastic Athletics Participation Survey, May 1965 Number of Number of Participants Schools Section 2 30 Central 1964 L os Angeles 44 19 504 North Coast 114 5 Northern 90 6 Oakland 3 60 Sac-Joaquin 342 13 San Diego 9 224 San Francisco 1271 45 Southern Calif. Total Years 1961-62 1963-64 1964-65

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Northern California Invitational High School Gymnastics Finals A multitude of league, conference, and regional competitions preceded the Finals of the No. Calif. Invitational sponsored by the College Park Turners at the College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif.

In spite of the fa ct that there were som e outstandin g individual performances, the highlight of the 1966 Finals proved to be the battle for team title. Encina High of Sacramento , the East Bay Qualifying Champions, edged Berkeley High 93% to 93 in spi te' of Berkeley's 1-2·3 placings in tumbling, the final event.

Dick Wolfe's Encina team was paced by Dave Douglass and Jim Ellsworth with victories in PB and SH respectively, and by Dana Alexand er who garnered a host of points with several high place finishes.

Berkeley was led by so ph Kirk Edward, S r. Maurice Williams, and fr eshman H oward Hardi e (an unusually youn g team taken altogether) .

Scott Standish retained some of defendin g champion Hom es tead High's honor by retainin g hi s all-around title and by win· nin g th e lon g horse vault. Homestead man· aged a third place fini sh despite the fact that Larry Butts, defending champion on three events, was unable to compete.

Other highlights of the meet included the fin e still rin g performance of Jim Kepley of Hillsdale, a good trampoline routine by Jim Turpin of San Mateo, and some excel· lent vaulting by at least 5 good vaulters.

Several late injuries kept some fin e gym· nasts out of the meet as San Mateo's Jim Sweeney, Hillsdal e's Steve Fletcher, and Larry Butts suffered accidents ' just prior to the Finals.

hang , ~ack uprise handstand, giant swing, giant SWing, flyawa y .

SH: Jim Ellsworth (E). Moore in middle, double, Moor e, Side travel , double kehre in double, rig ht leg back, reverse s~issor, r ight leg back, left leg over , 3 f o rward scissors left leg over, 2 doubles, side tra vel, 2 doubies 2 loops, V2 turn dismount.

I T: Kirk Edwards (B). 1. Round off flip flop , 2 bounders, flip flop , full twist, flip flop, full twi st. 2. Front sam ie, step out, handspring fro nt , run , round off , flip flop, back, back.

All Around winner: Scott Stanish, (Hd), Sr. LH : Yamashita HB: front cast, back uprise , full pirouette, kip , back giant, free hip, back giant, cross

RESULTS Team standings : Encina (E), Berkeley (B), H omestead (Hd ), Hill sdale (H ), San Mateo (SM), Fremont (F), Carlmont (C), Oakland (0), Ygnacio Va lley (YV), Cla y ton Valley (CV); AA: Scott Sta ndish ( Hd ); FX: Kirk Edwards (B), Rogers (Hd), Bob Lutz (YV) ; SH: Jim Ellsworth (E), Dana Ale x ander ( E), Don Reed (HD); TR: Jim T u rp in (SM), Tim Earl y (SM), Thomps on (H); HB: Ma urice Williams ( B), Scott Standish (Hd), Robb ins (CV); LH: Standish , H oover (H), Tom Do y le (C ); PB : Dave Douglass (E), Edwards, Ernie Wash ington (F); SR: Jim Kepley (H), Douglass, Wil li ams; T: Edwards, H owa rd Hardie (B), W illiams.

East Bay Qualifications for No. Calif. Invitational Team standings: Encina (E), Homestead (H), Berkeley (B), Fremont (F), Ygnacio Volley (YV ), Oakland (0), Cla yton Valley (CV), College Park (C P), Sky l ine (S), Mt . Diablo (D); AA : A lexander (E), Bo rders (C), Edwards (B); FX : Butts ( H ), Rogers (H ), Lutz (YV); SH: Reed (H), Ell sworth (E), Chisum (YV); TR : 5, Standish ( H ), McWhirk (E), L. Standish (H); HB: Washington (F), S, Standish (H), tie between Douglas (E) and Robbins (CV); LH : Standish (H ), tie between Douglas (E) and Borders (0) and Wash ington (F ); PB : Douglas (E), Edwards (B), Borders (0); SR: Williams (B), Vanderhoef ( E), Dc uglas (E); T : Ed wards (B), Rogers (H), tie between Stand ish (H) and W illiams (B ) and Hardy (B).

West Bay Qualifications for No . Calif. Invitational Team standings : H i ll sda le (H ), Carl mont (C ), San Ma te o (SM), Mills (M), Palo Alto (PA), San Carlos (SC), and Sequoia (S); AA : Fletcher ( H ), Doyle (C), Cooper (M); FX: Herschberg (SM ), Cooper (M), Hills (H); SH: Mesik (H ), Fron zil (H), Bresso (SC); TR : Turpin (SM), Lynum ( H), Earl y (SM); LH: Doyle (C), Cooper (M) , Turpin (SM ); PB: Do y le (C), Kepl y (H), Pigg (PA); SR: Keply ( H ), Keck (C), tie between Luddy (PA) and Shigam ~ to (SM); T: Herschberg (SM); H owel l (C), Hills (H).

Winning routines: LH : Scott Sta " dish, (Hd), Yamashita.

HB: Maur ice Williams ( B). Stem ri se, forwa rd giant, full pirouette change (Yz turn plus Yo lurn ), forward giant, Yz turn, back giant, cross change, reach under rear vau lt, kip, hop, fr ont giant, hop, free hip, fl yaway, FX: Kirk Edwards, (B). Round off, flip flop, back sam ie, flip flop, full twisting somersaul t, jump, splits, turn, straddle chest lean, hollowback press, Yz turn, step down, handspring, heodspring step out, arch div e to chest roll, stoop vault, back lean , sit flip flop to back (cradle) and kip with Yz turn, stand, round off, back di v e Yz twist, forward roll, to immediate flip flop, snap out with Yo turn to sil , Va ldez, step down, round off, flip flop, pike back somersault.

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TR: Jim Turpin, (SM).

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SR: Jim Kepley, (H). Inverted pull to handstand, inverted cross, fall forward to back upri se a n d maltese, 2 straight body back rolls, pull to cross, front lever, pullout to inverted

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SH: Moore mount to middle, 3 doubles, Moore! 3 doubles, right leg back, reverse scissor, right leg back, 2 front scissors, left leg over, right . leg back, 2 doub les, side travel left, loop With Yz turn.

Ken Mathauser, Northern Open Champ

FAR NO RTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 1966 The Yreka High School Gymnastic team coached by Ed Loudon scored 86 points to win the Far Northern Gymnastic Open March 5th at Redding, California. Enter· prise was second followed by Chico, Del Norte, and Eureka.

Besides winning the Open, Yreka had an undefeated season winning 11 dual meets, including a victory over the University of California Freshmen.

A key factor in Enterprise's victory was their domination of second place, 7 out of 9, in addition to three firsts.

Ken Mathauser of Enterprise won three rsts, in Free Exercise, Parallel Bars, and Side Horse, in addition to the all-around title. The all-around is scored by allowing a man to en ter as many of the nine events as he wants to; in this way we have a real all-around gymnast!

Seven schools entered the meet which was well-conducted by Chuck Endres, Enterprise gymnastics coach.

RESULTS Team standings: Yreka (Y), Enterprise (E) Chico (C), Del Norte (DN), Eureka (Eu); FX: Ken Matheuser (E), Steve Roney (C), Gary Penberth y (Y); SH: Mathauser, Dan Bunns (Y), Joe Garrison (Eu); TR: Jim Ridgeway (DN), Ralph Grossen (Y), Paul Nichols (E); HB: Pat Connors (Y), Paul Tufts (Y), Mathouser; LH: Roney, Grossen, John Burwell (E); PB: Math-

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North Section CIF Event Winners auser, Roney, Bill Schmidt; SR: Joe Jarvis (Eu), David Lowe (Y), Roney; T: Grossen, Jim Hollister (Y), Charles Darr (DN); Rope: Dan Lacy (Y), John Tufts (Y), Dana Simpson (Y).

1966 C.I.F. Finals

by John Draghi, Baldwin Park Unified School District Co-capt"ains Bob Teel and Craig Dickson led Baldwin Park to a record-breaking 6th consecutive CIF championship, erasing all other winning streaks in the CIF_ Cal State College at Los Angeles, under the competent direction of Gordon Maddux, hosted the final s before a large enthusiasti c crowd_ The meet began with Steve Wri ght of Baldwin Park winning the Rope Climb with a fast time of 3_2 seconds and ended with a 9.7 performance by Bob Teel on the rings to win his third consecutive ring title and Baldwin Park's sixth consecutive ring title.

The meet developed into a two-way battle between Baldwin Park and Lakewood and was not settled until the last two events when Baldwin Park outscored Lakewood on Parallel Bars and Rings.

Mi ssing due to injuries were two fine all-around perform ers, Dan Kolb of Westminister and George Greenfield of Muir. As defending elF high point man, George was expected to provide the needed strength for Coach Steelhead's fin e team from Muir.

Outstanding performances were given by Gen'e Cataldo of Millikan, a junior with tremendous front tumbling, John Nelson of Muir who won the side horse with a difficult routine (see below) finishing up with effortle ss loops, and Ed M etters of LakeBaldwin Park, Southern CIF Champs

wood who edged out Steve Langdon of Muir on the high bar with fine style and contra!'

Baldwin Park won four individual titl es; Rope by Steve Wright, Rings by Bob Teel , and Lon g Horse, and Floor Exercise by Craig Dickson. Tee!'s routine was highlighted by his straight arm pull to cross mount, effortless pull-outs of crosses, free swinging giants to handstands, maltese, and extremely high dismount. In winning his 2nd FX title, Dickson displayed strength by holding a planche, control with high doubles, balance by a one-arm handstand, and tumbling both frontwards and backwards. Craig emerged the high point champion of the 1966 CIF Gymnastic Championships.

RESULTS Team standings: Baldwin Park (BP), Lakewood (L), Muir (MU), EI Rancho (ER), Westminister (Wm), Pasadena (P), Millikan (M), tie between California (C) and Santa Paula (SP), Wilson (W), Ganesha (G), Anaheim (A); FX: Craig Dickson (BP), Tom Johnsey (L), Mike Shane (BP); SH: John Nelson (Mu), Darryl Miller (L), tie between Tony Parra (ER) and Ken McGowan (L); H B: Ed Metters (L), Steve Langdon (Mu), Charlie Hedges (ER); LH: Dickson, Phil Bullington (SP), Langdon; PB: John Sevoid (Wm), Son Stoval (BP), Roger Stambaugh (BP); SR: Bob Teel (BP), Paul Gillespie (P), tie between Bob Turner (ER) and Don Flock (L); T: Gene Cataldo (M), Chuck England (C), Felix Montoya (ER); Rope: Steve Wright (BP), tie between Bob Teel (BP) and Steve Hall (L).

Winning routines: FX: Dickson (BP): Press straight arms and legs (together) to handstand, one arm stand; 3 steps, run, front somie, handspring, handspring; fall; high doubles; come to stand, Y2 turn; roundoff, beck handspring, high layout; planche; bounce to handstand; rollout to stand with Y2 turn; back extension roll with Y2 turn in handstand; straight leg roll up; step to handstand, pirouette; roundoff, back handspring , high tuck back.

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PB: Sevold (Wm): Peach basket to L, hold, prass to handstand (stiff-stiff straddle), cast below bars to upper arm support, swing backwards and drop to glide kip, straddle cut catch, layaway to front rise, swing to handstand, layout back somie off.

LH: Dickson (BP): Pike front handspring from croup. Hecht from the neck.

SR: Teel (BP): From hang slowly pull to iron cross (straight arms and regular grip), press to maltese, 3;" frontward giant (leading with ventral side of body) to handstand, backward giant, stiff arm and body drop down rotating to back lever (drop slowly through planche position), from back lever pull through to cross and support position and drop back to front lever, pull to cross (hold), press to L (straight arm cross pull), straight body bent arm press to handstand, frontward giant to high straddle dismount.

T: Cataldo (M): Front walkout, roundoff, back handspring, full twisting back, back handspring, full twisting back. Front walkout, handspring , front walkout, handspring, front walkout, handspring, front, front. Front walkout, roundoff, back handspring, arabian, front

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Rope: Wright (BP): 3.2 seconds.

1966 Los Angeles City Gymnastics Championships

by Dick Criley The 1966 Los Angeles City Gymnastic Championships were held at the San Fernando Valley State College on June 4.

Earlier, eliminations were held in each league which resulted in 1he appearance of over 100 ,gymnasts representing more than 30 high schools.

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Undoubtedly, the dominating figure was Juan Sanchez, a senior from Venice High Schoo!. In winning the individual high point title, Sanchez captured three firsts and two seconds and erased the old mark held by Makoto Sakamoto. With teammate Don Ferre, he led Venice to its second consecutive city championship. Westchester, led by Larry Bassist, tied for second with Garfield whose effort was sparked by the Caling brothers, Marty and Leonard.

Tumbling and the rope climb are still a part 路of the event sequence in Los Angeles, but the efforts of the rings performers created some confusion due to the resemblance to the discarded flying rings event. Only Jeff Marcus of Fairfax could muster the difficulty, control, and style to break into the 9's. With difficulty to burn, too many tumblers tried too much with too little finesse and the event was won by the clean, moderately difficult tumbling of Don Ferre.

Fourteen of the 17 rope climbers posted times better than 4.0 and 4 of these were 3.5 or better. Side horse and parallel bars both lacked the quality of 9.0 performances although some individuals possessed the material, if not the contra!'

The championships were perhaps most outstanding for the high bar and floor exer路 cise performances. In addition to the medalists, several other competitors showed promise, including Max Magdeleno (Wilson), Mark Davis (Van Nuys ) , and Bill Ward (Venice) on floor exercise and Tim Pusztai (South Gate) , Larry Fratus (University) and Davis on high bar. It was interesting to note that at least half a dozen gymnasts used double flyaways as a dismount.

The meet itself was well run, and the large crowd quite appreciative. Indeed, a number of routines were of college caliber, and the Los Angeles city high schools can be proud of their contribution to the gymnastics scene. But, in view of expanding gymnastics consciousness in other parts of the country, this area would be well advised to pay even more attention to the goal of aesthetic as well as difficult gymnastics.

RESULTS Team standings: Venice (V), tie between Westchester (WC) and Garfield (G), South Gate (SG), Reseda (R), Los Angeles (LA), JefVenice Hi Sch., City Team Champs

ferson (J). tie between Fairfa x IF) and Poly (P). tie between Banning (B) and University (U) and Van Nuys (VN); High Point: Juan Sanchez (V). Larry Bassit (WC). Don Ferre (V); FX : Bassist, Sanchez, Ferre; SH: Sanchez, Ken Bronner (Dorsey). Richard Muff (V); HB: Phil Eliades (R), Sanchez, Marty Caling (G); LH: Sanchez , Bassist, Caling; PB : Sanchez, Gerald Green (B). tie between Robert Chavez (G) and Ferre; SR: Jeff Marcus (F). Ralp Tani oka (LA), Mark Davis (VN); T. Ferre , James Bettors (J). tie between Ron Brunswick (Birmingham) and Bassist; Rope: Harry Sid les (P) 3.3, Gene Zdenek (Taft). tie between Hal Cohn (Pa lisades) and Eugene Bailey (SG).

Winning Routines: FX : Bassist (WC); Roundoff, back handspring, full twist; turn, body fall, single leg circles to bock support; full twist around to back support; dislocate kickover to handstand to Japanese (side) spl its; ho llowbock press t o handstand; handspr ing, pike front, handspring; Swedish fall , t urn to str aight sp li ts; stiff-stiff, pike down; handspring walkout, roundoff, layout with walkout t o swedish fall; momentary handstand, step dawn back walkover; roundoff, back handspring, back somie.

SH: Sanchez (V): Jump to doubles on end, double rear to center (kehre in). 2 doubles, ri ght leg back, left leg back, 2 forward scissors, left leg under, right leg under, right leg back, doubles, side travel, 3 loops, V2 twist off .

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by Harry Johnson Highline High of Seattle dominated the 1966 meet scoring 177.5 points to 70 for second place Issaquah. Coach Bob Sarvor's gymnasts have consistently been the class of Washin gton's high school gymnastics.

Marv Hildebrand, Highline's outstanding junior all· around man amassed 48·9 points to win the event by almost t en full points, winning the floor exercise, side horse, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and still rings in addition to the all·around title. Wash· ington coaches report Hildebrand is pres· ently doing college level work on both h ori· zon tal bar and rings.

Marv Hildebrand, Champ

Above: High Bar Placer, Marty Caling and Ring Winner, Jeff Marcus HB: Eliades (R): Stem rise, front giant, pirouette to immediate reach under cross change (fu ll twist to one eagle gr ip). giant and change oth er hand to eagle gr ip, eagle hop out, forward giant, V2 turn, free hip, reach under,

rear vault, back kip, german giant, castout,

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LH: Sanchez (V): handspring from neck; pike handspring (Yamashita) .

PB: Sanchez (V): Peach layaway, front up-

rise, moore, L, stiff-st iff, backover bar, st itz, drop, un"derbar cast, straddle cut, press and sw ing handstand, backover bar off.

SR: Marcus (F): Bock lever to cross, press t o L, hollowback to handstand, back giant to handstand, back giant, front upr ise L, press

to maltese , back lever bounce, cross, dis locate, straddle off from half support.

T: Ferre (V): Roundoff, 2 back handsprings, fu ll , 2 back handsprings, full, 2 back handsprings, full. Handspring front walkout (repeated four times) . Front walkout, roundoff, bock handspr ing, full, 2 back handsprings, ful l.

Washington A ll-Around

Ron Street placed second in all·around fo r coach Jim Sullivan's Bothell team.

St reet was al so second in floor exercise.

J arry Kraft of Issaquah was third in allaround. Fourth place fin isher in all-around was Charlie Peters of Foster high schoo!.

Peters performed solidly with a second in the parallel bars and thirds in floor exer· cise, side horse, and still rings.

Results: Team standings: Highlin e, Issaquah, Bothell, Renton , Foster, Kennewick, Kent· Meridan, Richland, Shorecrest, Cascade.

Ron Moninger, Oregon A ll-A rou nd Champ

creased cal iber of competition, generated considerable crowd enthusiasm.

Performances were generally on a higher plain than last year. Highlights of the meet were the routines of South Eugene's Tim Rayley on the side horse, David Doug:· las's lVlike Walker on the high bar, and the still ring performance by Jim Lambert of South Eugene. Overall performances on both the sid e horse and the still rings far surpassed those of previous years. The all· around champion was So uth E ugene's Ron Moninger who also finished secon d in the hi gh bar, fourth in floor exercise and eighth in parallel bars.

The system of di stricting established by the Oregon Gym nastics Association after the 1965 season proved hi ghly sa tisfactory and will be continued. The Association has established a series of judging clinics for the fall of 1966 to better train judges.

Lack of qualified judges and coaches con· tinues to be a problem in Oregon as it is throughout the Northwest. All indi cations po int to a higher level of gym nastics with greater interest from coaches, participants, judges, and spectators.

RESULTS Team Standings: SoOth Eu gene (SE), David Douglas (DD), North Eug ene (NE), South Salem (55), Sheld on (5), Cottage Grove (CG), Junction Cit y (JC ), Albany (A), Roosevelt (R), Wi lson (W), Th urston (T); AA: Ron Moning er (SE), Gary Brain (DD), Don Schrouder (NE); FX : Bil l Sp iller (5), Bob Hanes (SE), Brain; SH: Tim Rayle y (SE), Ken Betterton (NE), Tim er guson (SE); HB: Mike Wa lker (DD), Moninger, Ron DePiero (NE); LH: Brain, Ray ley, Gary Singleterry (DD); PB : Lance Larwood (NE), Jack Boyd (55), Walker; SR: J im Lambert (S E), Don Avance (DD), tie between Jim Moore (55) and Dave Masengil (NE).

T im Rayley, Side Horse Champ

1966 Oregon High School Gymnastics Championships SOUTH EUGENJ;: HIGH SCHOOL

by H arry Johnson A strong fini sh in the all·around event pushed South Eugene to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Oregon High School Gymnastics Championship. The largest crowd on record witn essed the seventh an · nual meet held March 11 at McArthus Court on the University of Oregon campus.

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by Tracy R oge rs Th e mee t was hosted by Aurora Hi gh School and as usual Coach Don Robinson put on a magnifi cent show. Bann ers for each school and large paintings by Ton y Rowan , Au rora gymn ast, decorated the gym.

The meet was of high calibre throughout.

Coach Bill ivl ead e who was present rated Colorado third in the nation , and there were 11 other college coaches present for r ecruiting purposes.

A long story could be writt en about the difficulty of routin es and excellent per· forman ces. For exampl e, tumblin g compe· titian had 3 double backs, one out of al· ternates. All the doubl es were solid. Seven out of ten scores were over 8.0 on va ult· in g, and so on down the line. Hi gh bar and Still rings were the weakest events while Free X, vault , trampoline, and tumblin g were all exceptionally strong.

Fairview's Tom Proulx defended his FX title and won hi gh bar and the all·around title in leadin g Fairview to its second straight State Championship over 17 other teams.

Cert a inly one of th e contributin g fa ctors to the excellence of the variou s team s and individuals wa s th e strength of the coaches organi zation. No t enough can be sa id about the acti vity of thi s group in providin g publicity, hi gh level judgin g, and a fin e show.

Teams: Fa irv iew (F), W a sso n (W), Auro ra Cent ra l (AC ), Ra nu m (R), Abraham Lincoln (A L), N orth (N ), Ea st ( E), Georg e W ashingto n (G W ), Palmer (P), South (5), Mapleton (Mp), Mitchel (M i) and Auro ra H inkley (AH ) tie, Littl et o n ( Li ), Go ld en (G), Jefferson (J ) and Manual (M o) and W heatRidg e (WR ) tie .

FX : T om Proulx (F ), Chuck Kennedy (W ), Rich Murahata (F); SH: Pat Edwards (F ), Ron Day (R), Larr y Dardano (N ); TR: M ike Brown (GW), Doug Bog er (A L), Jim Royce (A C); HB: Proul x, Frank Swanson (W), Ralphe Clarke ( E); LH: Jim Dye (5), Ri ch Tew (P), Kenn ed y ; PB: Ed wa rd s, Prou lx, Mi k e Larson (AC ); SR: Chuck O 'Shea ( R), Dave Mawhorter (A C) , Ron Crescen tini (N ); T : Boger , Proul x, AI Hendrich (AL).

LITTLETO N HIGH SCHOOL GYM TASTICS INVITATIONAL

by A rt White Fairview High S chool Five Colorado hi gh schools took part in th e third annual Littleton Invitational held April 29, 1966, und er the direction of Lit· tIeton Coach Dick Qualls. Team standin gs were determined by awardin g points to the top 9 places in each event, and ' medals were awarded the top 3 places.

Team standings: Fairview (F), W heat r idge (W), Palmer (P), Littleton ( L), Durango (D ); FX: T om Proulx (F), Rich Murahata (F ), Dick Klutsch (W; SH: Pot Edwards ( F), M ike Tr ian-

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t os (F), Ru ssel Lucas (W); TR: Julian Stovall (W), Proul x, Bob Arrell (L) ; HB: Proulx, Murahata , Luca s; LH : Proul x, Bob Fluken (W), Rich Tew (P); PB : Ed wards, Ken Macauley (F), Tew; SR : Ed wards, M ark A sbur y (W ), Proul x; T: Proul x, Rich Sado k (W), Murahata; AA: Tom Prou lx ( F), Bob Fluken (W) , Rich Tew (P) .

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET T eam: Fa irview (F), A b raham Linco ln (AL ), Au ror a Central (AC), Iver Ranu m (R ), W asson (W), Go lden (G), Palmer (P), N orth (N ), South (5 ) a nd W heatR id g e (WR ).

AA : T om Proul x (F ), M ike Dyas (AC) , Dove Rod ri guez (A L ); FX: Proul x, Dou g Boger (AL ), Ed Ramos (AL ); SH : Pat Ed wards (F), Ron Day ( R), Mike Triantos (F ); TR : Boger, Julian Stov01 (W R), Jim Royce (AC); HB : Proul x, Fronk Swanso n (W), Dya s; LH : Proul x, Rich Tew (P), Rich M ura hata (F ); PB : Edwards, Ken Maca u ley (F), Proul x; SR: Edwards, Proul x , Chuck O' Shea (R); T : Boger, Proulx, Doug Watkins (R).

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COLORADO STAT E HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GYMNASTICS MEET Ka thy Rogers of North Denver high school succeeded her older sister, Susan, as all· around champion in th e junior divi· sian. Miss Rogers won th e un even parallel bars and va ultin g and placed third in bal· ance beam . Th e only girl to win two event s in the meet was J ane DiFu Jco , of South Denver Hi gh, wh o captured th e junior free exercise and balan ce beam titles. Allison Lehti of Gold en High School won the allaro und crown in th e beginnin g di vision .

Junior Division-UPB : Roger s, Sherry Hanson (GW), A nne Bir ky (LaJunta ); FX : DiFulco, Ka y Liret te (Denver ), Ph y lli s Jo jola (WR); T: Ellen Ke tter ing (Fo rt Morg a n ), Joj o la, Sue Alley (WR ); TR : Don na Hortman (Den v er), Sandi Billinger (Denve r ), Cindy Mor iarity (WR), BB: Di Fulco, Pam Fossum (Bear Creek), Rogers; SHV : Rog ers, Billi nger , Sherron Houk (Denver); AA: Rogers, Ha nson , Beth Work (Cortez).

Beginning Divisian-UPB: Linda Rob inson (Colo ra do Springs), Ci nda Clark (BC), Dione Rath bun (CS); FX: Amy M o ntova (Denv er), Lehti , Sharl en e Sanderson (CS ); T: Deborah Fila (L i), Barbaro Cou nce (Alameda ), Vicki V er ve rs (FM) and Conn ie Vern o n (Arvada ); TR: Jo n Da ley (Ar), Linda Chad w ick (BC ), Susan Le t t s (Durango); BB: Li ndie M ulnex (C S), Suza nne Bea n (CS ), Cl eo M artinez (Denver ), SHV : Ph y llis Jo j o la (W R), Lehti , Carol Sorgent (CS); AA : Leht i, Robinso n, M artinez.

1966 NEW MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL GY MN ASTIC CHAMPIO NSHIPS Gy mnastic championships for both boys and girls were held at the Roswell Hi gh School, Roswell, N.M., under the directi on of Mr. Derry Moore, Roswell gymnastics coach.

The Santa Fe boys team coached by Clarence Allen won the boy's division due, in part, to th eir clean swee p of the first fi ve places on still rin gs. This victbry un· seated Lovin gton from the championship which they had held for the past three years.

The Lovington girls team coached by Mrs. LoLee t Speegle demonstrated fine depth in winning the girls division.

RESUL TS BOYS-Team standings: Sante Fe (SF), Lovington (L), Roswell (R), Farmington (F), Goddard (G), Carlsbad (C); AA : Lee Ta y lor (R) , Leo Rio s (SF), Jerry Allmon (L); FX: Mark Hopkins (L), Rick Popoff (F) , Chris Truillo (SF); SH: Allmon, Mike Duron (SF), Trujillo; TR: Murphy Lynch (G), Allman, Doug Jones (F ); HB: Ta y lor, Dale Hadley (SF), Steve Wil son (L); LH: Taylor, Rios, Allman; PB: Hopkins, Ta y lor , Allman; SR: Johnny Duran (SF) , Steve Sco tt (SF), Ri os; T : Hopkins, Robert Duarte (C) Rios.

GIRLS-Team . standings: Lovington (L), Farmington (F), Carlsbad (C) , Roswell (R), Goddard (G), t ie between Santa Fe (SF) and Cl ov is (CI); AA : tie between Laquita Hargrove (C ) and Brenda Gibson (F), Rosie O' Grady (L) ; FX : Hargrove, Pam Wallace (L), Sharon Snell (G); SHV : Susan Stoabs (F), Libb y Lee (L), Judy Hawthorne (SF); BB: Emily Gimsberg (G), Stoabs, Hargrove; TR : Leona Camp (L), Cindy Browela nd (CI) , Janice Wolters (L) ; UPB: Hargrove, Stoabs, Janet Dennison (R); T: Hargrove, O'Grady, St oabs.

FIFTH ANN UAL OKLAHOMA CITY CH AMPIONSHIPS

by Paul T. Condit The Fifth Annual Oklahoma City Gym· nasti c meet was held on February 19, 1966, at the Oklahoma City YMCA. A total of 40 gy mnasts fr om Oklahoma and Texas parti cipated. Th e largest group came from the F t. Worth Y, und er the coaching of J ohn Rhoad s.

Stron g competition was evidenced in tumblin g ( Dick Womack with a doubl e twistin g back into a front , as well as a full twi stin g front ) and trampoline from Dyckman 's, Maverick's and Nard 's Tram· polin e Clubs, both in Amarillo.

The outstandin g performer award went to Bob )\'I acKey, a hi gh school senior from Ft. Worth, who is a promisin g all· around gy mnast.

RESULTS Boys 16 and over : AA: Bob Mackey (Ft .

W orth ), Tom Cunningham ( Ho usto n Y) Kent Reed (O kla . City Y); FX: Macke y, Odess Lov in (Maver ic k s), Ron ni e Webb (M ); SH : Mackey, Ed Trantham (F W Y ), Reed ; TR : Jerry Str ic k land (Nard Tromp ), Darrel Bohn (Perry ton Y ), St eve M cFarla nd (Nard ); HB : M a ckey, Cu n ning ham , Reed ; LH: Mac k ey, W ebb , Bohn; PB: Ma c key, Cunningham , Bo hn; SR: Cun ni ngham, Mackey , Reed; T: Richard W o mack (Mav.), Odess Lov in (Ma v), Ronnie W ebb (Mav ).

1966 KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL GY MNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS With only two seniors returning from th e 1965 Championship squad , Lawrence High School edged Wi chita East for the state championship 116 % to 114, at the Wichita State University, February 18, 1966, for their sixth vi ctory in seven years.

Kansas Coach Bob Rector with his winning team champs; Snow, Mitchell and Hemphill

Three Lawrence gymnasts, Ken Snow, Steve Mitchell and Roger Hemphill netted five first places between them while Bob Carroll of Wichita East paced his team with wins in three events, contributing over one-fourth of the East team total.

Th e State meet was Lawrence Coach Bob Rector's last as he has accepted the position of Head Gymnastics Coach at the Kansas State University.

RESULTS Team standings : Lawrence (L), Wichita East (WE), Wichita South (WS), Atchison (A), Medicine Lodge (ML), Winfield (W), Topeka Seaman (TS), Highland Park (HP), Wichita Heights (WH), tie between Washburn Rural and Wichita North and Wichita Southeast).

AA: Snow (L), Jim Hughes (WE), Cl y ne (WS); FX : Snow, Hughes, Clyne; SH: Bob Carroll (WE), Stutleey (A), Martin (L); LH: Steve Mitchell (L), Hughes, Mike Tennyson (L); HB: Roger Hemphill (L); PB: Carroll, Mitchell, Brouillette; SR: Carroll, Gardner (A), McDermed (A); T: Snow, Clyne, Carner (TS).

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WISCONSIN STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP Granvill ~, Wisconsin's defending State High School Champions, repeated for their fourth consecutive title by topping 20 teams with 93.5 points. Unlike last year's win they qualified men in every event and wo~ three individual titles. Greg Gruenwaldt netted the champions two firsts on floor exercise ;and long horse. For the third blue ribbon, Chuck Senn topped the side horse competition.

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Team standings: Granvi lle (G), Milwaukee Marshall (MM), Milwaukee Boys Tech (MBT), Menomonee Falls (MF), Green Bay Preble (GB), Milwaukee Custer (MC), Eau Clair Nort h (ECN), Whitnall (W), Milwaukee Bay View (MBV), tie between Eau Clair Memorial (ECM) and Milwaukee Pulaski (MP), Janesvi lle (J), Manitowoc (M), MilWaukee King (MK), Jefferson (Jf), Madison East (ME), Milwaukee Juneau (MJ), Homestead (H ).

FX: Greg Gruenwaldt (G), Mike Weinstein (MM), tie between Rich Gehrke (M L) and James Rezell (G); SH: Chuck Senn (G), Roger Downey (GB), Gerald Bieck (MP); TR: Dean Arnold (ECM), Larry Smieja (ECN), Steve Engedol (ECM); HB: Gary Ploetcher (MM), Bob Fitzpatrick (MF), Bill Grochon (MBV); LHV: Gruenwaldt, Rezell , tie between Steve Gerhard (Jf) a nd Henry Winfrey (MK); PB: Peter Tharp (ECN), tie between Roger Maker (MBT) and Rod Maker (MBT); SR: Paul Rabbitt (ECM), Craig Hopper (ME), T om Daniels (G); T: tie between Dick Airis (J) and Weinstein, AI Hebbring (MF).

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Paul Rabbitt in still rings and Dean Arnold in trampoline gave Eau Clair Memorial two firsts. Eau Clair North's P eter Tharp earn ed his school a first on the parallel bars. The most closely contested even t, the high bar, was won by Gary Ploetcher from Marshall. Dick Airis of Janesville and Mike Weinstein of Marshall split the tumbling title.

The fourth state high school meet wa s hi ghlighted by the finest fi eld of gymna sts thus far to vie in this meet and the indications are stronger than ever that the sport will continue to grow stead ily in Wisconsin. Although ihe preliminaries and final s were conducted in one day using three ses路 sions, there is a strong possibility that additional qualifying rounds will be needed in the future . Credit for this bright future is directed to the excellent efforts of the Wisconsin coaches, the W.I.A.A. and the national enthusiam to boost gymnastics.

As a footnote, it might be added that Granville's fourth championship marked the end of Coach Bob Bowen's high school coaching as he becomes Head Coach and Assistant Prof. in P .E. at the State University in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Granville

Sub urban , Prospect; DesPlaines Valley, Willowbrook ; West Suburban, Arlington; Central Suburban , Niles North ; and the City title, Lane Tech. Qualifying in thre e di stri ct meet s were Evanston at the Rich East di strict, Arlington at the Barrington di strict and Willowbrook at the Proviso We st district.

Rich Swe tman scored a record 33% points winning the all-around and parallel bars and taking second on hi gh bar and an 8th place ti e on side horse to pace Provi so ot its third state gymnast ics title.

When Willowbrook's tumblers hit , it wa s up to Les Sargeant of Proviso East to provide th e winning margin, which he did, taking second place.

Coach Roetzheim and Sandy Horn with their Illinois State Championship team from Provost East Team scoring: Proviso East (PE), Willowbrook (Wb), Arlington (A), Niles West (NW), Ev anston (E), Niles North (NN), Prospect (Pr), Barrington ( B), Maine East (ME), Glenbard East (G E), Niles East ( NE), Thornton (Th), Oakpark (0), W heeling (Wh ), Forest View (FV), York (Y), New Trier (NT), Proviso West (PW), Waukegan (Wa), Wheaton Central (WC), Lane Te ch (L T ), Hinsdale Central (HC), Maine West (MW).

AA: Richard Swetman (PE), Richard Scorza (Wb), Edward Raymond (NW); SH oo Robert Wagner (B), Bruce Co la (Pr), Tom Nev ille (Th); TR: Richard Crim (E), David Hippensteel (FV), Richard Carr (Pr.); HB: Scorza, Swetman, James Johannesen (A); PB : Swetman, Ron Rapper (NN), Scorza; SR: Steven Rochelle (NW), James Bowker (Wh), Roy Rettburg (A); T: Barry Slatten (NE), Les Sargeant (PE), Jerome Bonney (PW).

Winning Routines : TR-Crim: Full in back out, barani out fliffus (piked ), rand o lph, back, double full, barani out fliffus (p iked), rudolph, back, 13,4 back, double cody.

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1966 ILLINOIS STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Victor Les ch, Willow Brook High School The Illinois Gymnastics Championships were held March 11 and 12 at Willowbrook Hi gh School, Villa Park, Illinois. The final s were witnessed by a capacity crowd of over 4,000 spectators, including a closed circuit TV broadcast in th e auditorium. The ninth annual ISHA-sponsored meet had a close fini sh with three teams battling to the last event Proviso East 55, Willowbrook 53, and Arl ington 46 1h was th e final result.

The two-day session was ably conducted

by John A. Fisher, meet manager for th e fifth tim e. Chicago's TV channel 32 videotaped the final evening's performances for rebroad cast to the Chicagoland area.

This weekend climaxed months of pre路 paration for over 60 Illinois schools which participate in inter-scholastic gymnilstics.

There were six conference meets held in February. The conference champions were: Suburban, Proviso East and Evanston; Mid路

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PB-Swetman : Pea c h support, L hold, straight arm straight leg press to handstand, back to handstand , stutz handstand, under bar cast to half twist , front uprise, swinging pirouette, stutz, layaway, front uprise, front off.

SR- Rochelle: Dislocate, shoot handstand, regular hand giant, planch down, back roll, cross, butterfl y up, L ho ld , straight body forward roll, straight body press to handstand, bock roll L cross, drop back, inlocate, back uprise , drop dislocate, straddle cut off.

T -Slatten: Roundoff, 2 back handsprings, double back. Roundoff, back handspring 1 V2 step ou t , round o ff, back handspr ing, d ~ uble full. Tinsica, roundoff, back handspring, back Y2, tinsica, front, front. Roundoff, back handspring, back, back, full , back, back handspring, full. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

1966 INDIANA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

by John Hinds Columbus Senior High School The 1966 Indiana State High School Gymna stics Championships were held March 12 at Indiana State University under the 17

direction of R6ger Council. Approximately 500 erilhusiastic fan s watched Concord Community High School successfully defend its state crown, in this, the Seventh Annual Gymnastic Championships_ Columbus Senior Hi gh and Warren Central High tied for second place_ Prior to the state meet, three regional meets were held to qualify teams and competitors for the final s_ The regional winners were Columbus, Madison Heights, and Concord __A total of 208 gymnasts, representing 25 teams entered the respective r egionals, with only 15 teams qualifying men for the state meet_ The level of competition continues to advance, and several routines w.ere of collegiate caliber. The , fan s also saw three promising all-around gymnasts perform, Tom Dunn, Jeff Myers, and Brent Simmons_ With many outstanding gymnasts returnin g next year, including Dunn and Simmons, interest in gymnastics will be hightened by keen competition_

FLI NT JUNIOR OPEN Flint, Michigan Northwestern High School-April 23, 1%6 320 competitors from Dayton, Columbus, Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Clarenceville, and Farmington, Mich. and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada battled it out for the 1966 Flint Junior Open individual awards at Northwestern High School with Grand Haven, Flint, North Farmington, Clarenceville, and the Detroit Y coming out on top team-wise and Linda Weaver, Jack Nelson, David Eby and Barry Frechette garnering most of the individual awards.

RESULTS Team standings: N. Farmington (NF), Clarencev ill e (C), Grand Rapid s (GR). AA : Dave Slucte; (NF), Charlie M orse (C), Jim McCammon (C) ; FX: Jack Nelson (GR), Tom McArt (NF) , Gary Herc (NF); SH: Morse , Bob Kainz (NF), Sluctor; HB: Ray Smith (NF), Morse, tie between Sluctor and Roger Schamanek; LH: Nelson, Cla y Rumble (NF) , Kainz; PB: Rum-

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by Clayton Bush, Section 5 Chairman The 1966 version of the New York State High School Section 5 Championships were held at Irondequoit High School in Rochester , New York , on March 26, 1966.

The class A team title (for teams with formal competition) was taken by Franklin High of Rochester as they successfully defended their championship after winning the 1966 City title.

Leadin g Coach Lewis Szeles' Franklin team were J eff McGrath who plans to atten d Monroe Community College next year and Harvey Silverstein who plans to attend Syracuse University.

Webster led the class B division (team without a formal competitIOn schedule) and they showed the results of a strong

out; neckspring; closed seat; kip; back handspring; run, front, straight leg roll ; handspring ; % turn; scale; straddle jump front ; roll out; rou ndoff, back handspring, 3;" turn , run, front, di ve handpsring ; straight leg front roll ; roundoff, back handspring, back layout.

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TR-Cor'\nell : Baroni out fliffus , double back, back, rudolph , back, double full, back back back, 3;" back, double cod y.

HB-Fare: Reverse grip kip, front giants , fl ank vault, front swing change grip , reverse grip kip, front giants, pirouette, rev erse giant ,

full turn change ove r, reverse giant, crossover, front giants, barani off.

PB-Dunn: Peach support, L hollow back press handstand, one arm straddle leg handstand, return to momentary handstand, back

toss, stutz, under bar cost, back uprise, straddle cut, layaway, front uprise, swing handstand, stutz handstand , layout back off.

SR-Earle: Inver ted hang , pull through to handstand , regular hand giant, handstand, straight body ro ll , cross, back roll , back lever, d islocate, shoot t o L support, maltese, 2 dislocates, back hip circle, straddle leg cut off.

T-Rehl : Roundoff, back handspring, full , 2 back handsprings, beck. Front, front, front , front , front. Front , roundoff, 3 back handsprings, back layout. Roundoff, back handspring , back layout, back handspring , back, back handspring, back.

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Team standings : Webster (W), Rush Henrietta (RH), West Ironidequoi t (WI), Penfield (P), Byron-Bergen (BB ); AA: Dan Farnan (WI), Jerry Boddy (R H ), Mike Johnson (W); FX : Bruce Staffon (R H ), Pat Fi nn (W), Charles Brucker (W); SH: Len Chernetski (RH), Johnson, Pat Finn (W); TR: James Wings (W), Kim Blair (P), Steve Tiller (W); HB: Boddy, James W ebster (W), Steve Tilly (W); LH: Farnan , Johnson, Gary Chastic (RH); PB: Richard Sunde (W), Richard Day (WI), Wing; SR: Boddy, Day, Sunde; T : Farnan, Jack Watson (W), Chastic .

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Team : C ~ ncord (C), Columbus (Co) and . War. ren Central (WC), North Central (NC) , Madison Heights (MHl. Angola (A) , Crown Point (CP), Elkhart (El. Wabash (W), Clarksville (CI.) All-around: Tom Dunn (NC), Jeff Myers (C), -Brent Simmons (Co.); FX : Phill Rehl (WC), Mike Myers (A), Jeff M ye rs (C); SH : Dunn, Steve Kafoure (NC), Richard Hay nes (WC).

TR: John Connell (MHl. Rich Fore (C) , Eric Connell (MH ).

HB: Fore, Simmons, Danny O'Dell (WC). PB: Dunn, Rob Eckhart (C), Haynes; SR: Chuck Earle (Co), Dunn , Mike Roe (C) . T: Rehl, Mike Myers, Tim Blosser (C) .

FX-Rehl : Roundoff, back handspring , full twist; Y2 turn; Swedish fall ; leg circles; side straddle; press handstand; h pirouette; roll

RESULTS CLASS 'A' Team standings : Franklin (F) , Madison (M), Greece Olympia (GO) , Marshall (Ma), Edison (E). FX : Case y Sanders (M), Jeff McGrath (Fl, Robert Geddis (M); SH: McGrath, Tom Ekwell (GO), Ken Wilcox (MF); TR: Bob Gaddis (M); LH: Harv ey Silverstein (F), Bill Atkins (E), Geddis; HB : Si lve rstein (F), John Douglass (GO), Prince Forbes (M); PB : McGrath, Forbes (M), Todd Ottman (V); SR: Ottman , Silverstein, EkCL~SST;BPougla ss, Atkins, Y. C. Bell (M) .

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Winning routines:

building program under the leadership of Coach John Boomer_

1966 PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Third P ennsylvania State Hi gh School Meet was held April 3, 1966 prior to the finals of the NCAA Championships at the Pennsylvania State University. Over 250 boys representing more than 40 high schools participated.

The meet was run with six events being conducted simultaneously and concurrently with a girl's cham pionships_ There were two judges per even t representing the western and eastern parts of the state.

Elite division and " A" competition separated the performers with competitive experience from those with little or no meet experience.

Alth ough a grea t improvement has been made in the calibre of statewide com petition since the fi rst meet in 1964, gymnasts from the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas still dominated the competition. Bellmar H igh School of Belle Vernon (western Penna.) handed defending champion, Butler High, their first defeat in ten years to win the team title_ Butler High, coached

by Paul Uram, was a close second.

Joe Fedorchak led John DiMilion's Bellmar tea m to victory by winning the allaround title and three other gold medals in floor exercise, high bar, and long horse.

Carl Satta, a Philadelphia boy, from Oln ey High School , was a double winner taking the parallel bars and still rings.

High school coaches met prior to the meet to determine ways and means of settin g up regional qualifications and the format for the State Championship Meet for 1967 .

Elite Divi sion Team standings : Bellmar , Butler, other standings nat repo rted ). All-around: Joe Fedorchak (Bell.), Pete DiFurio ( Bartram), Mickey Uram (But.); FX : Fedorcha k , Uram, DiFurio; SH : Don Peters (Bell .) T ony Blasko (W. Mifflin S.), Ca rl Satta (Olney). HB : Fedorchak, DiFurio, Uram. LH: Fedo rchak, Davi d Haiagh (Kiski), Uram. PB : Satta, Uram, Fedorchak.

SR : Satta, Steve Goss (Chief Logan), Bill Parese (But.)

EASTERN STATES I NVITATIONAL HIGH SC HOOL GYMNASTIC CHAM PIONSHIPS

by Carl Patterson, T emple University Sponsored by the Temple University Gym T eam Alumni, the three-year-old meet has

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expanded its geographical range and encompassed even greater talent and competition. Fifty-one boys r epresenting 27 schools qualified by fini shing in the top three in their own area or state championshi ps came from as far away as New Hampshire and Virgin ia to compete for individual and team honors.

Defending champion on 1I00r exercise, Bill McCauley from Wakefield, Mass., took the event again with fine style and good lIexibility and tumbling. Pete DiFurio took top honors of the side horse with an exercise which included a moore to circles, moore, tromlet, forward and backward scissors, side lift, and a triple loop dismount.

Joe Fedorchack displayed an excellent reverse stalder in winning the high bar with a routine that also had a high start, rear vault, back kip to German, front and back pirouette, and a high straddle dismount.

Fedorchak became a double winner by executing a fine Yamashita to capture the long horse event. P ete Difurio picked up his second gold medal by winning parallel bars with a beautifully executed exercise that included a back coach, stitz, and a front somie dismount. Carl Satta, of Olney High School, Philadelphia, became a winner for the second year by defeating the field on still rings.

The all-around competition, with 16 boys taking part, developed into a dual between Peter DiFurio \ the winn er) of Bartram High School in Philadelphia and Joseph Fedorchak from Bellmar High School near Pittsburgh. By outscoring Fedorchak in a closely contested meet, DiFurio not only became the all-around champion, but in doin g so, he led Bartram to the team championship.

The meet was judged under modified F.I.G. rules by officials from the eastern section of the National Gymnastics Officials Association.

Team standings: Bartram (Bar), Bellmar (Bel). Olney (0), Hudson (H) N .J., Wheaton (Wh) Md., Woshington Wa). Northeast (Ne).

Morris Hill s (MH) N.J., Pennridge (PR), S. Freehold (SF) N .J. , tie between Pennsbury (PB) and Wakefield (Wk) Va., and Wakefield (W) Mass.

All-around: Peter DiFurio (Bar). Joe Fedorchak (Bel). Carl Satta (0); FX : Bill McCauley (W), Fedorchak, Barry Weiner (Ne); SH: DiFurio, Paul Kiatkin (Wa ), Satta; HB: Fedorchak, DiFurio, Satta; LH: Fedorchak, Dave Fennessey (Wh). . Edward Vano (MH); PB: DiFurio, Fedorchak , tie between Fennesse y, Satta, and Norman Vexler (SF) : SR: Satta, Garth Garges (PR), DiFurio.

PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS With the team championship determin ed by a playoff between Washington (winner) and West Philadelpia, the section winners based on the season dual meet record, only the individual champions remained to be determin ed in the League Championships.

In takin g the title, Washin gton snapped the four路y ear hold of Central High School on the championship.

In the all-around competition, P ete DiFurio of Bartram was the winner, followed

by Carl Satta of Olney and Paul Kiatkin of Washington, Individual top honors were tilken by DiFurio on the horizontal bar, horse, and parallel bars, while Satta won the rings even t.

RESULTS Mats: Williams (S. Philo .)' Tom Woods (Olney). tie between Pete DiFurio (Bartram) and Barry Weiner (Northeast); HB : DiFuri o, Weiner, Paul K iatkin (Washington); SH : DiFuria, Kiatkin, Carl Satta (Olney ); PB : DiFurio, tie between Weiner and Satta and Denni s McNeill (Wa); SR: Satta, Kiatkin, Appline (W. Philo.)

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1966 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GIRLS INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Steve Banjak, Chairman WPGIGL On the basis of league dual meets, Rochester, with 8 wins and no losses was named the league Team Charnpion. On March 19, the league sponsored individual championships with girls doing compulsories and optionals in each event in the preliminaries. In the finals, the top 10 competed with the optionals for final places.

In the state championships at Penn State, there were four league teams represented.

Shenango won the "A" division Championship. Upper St. Clair, Rochester, and West Mifflin North competed in the Elite division. Results were not r eadily available.

The league hopes to expand to nine member schools and plans to divide into northern and southern sections.

Results of WPGIGL Chompionships : All-around: Nancy Kerr (USC). Kathi Vaughn (Roc), Th eresa McDaniels (Roc); FX: Kerr, Gail Egner (WMN), McDaniels; BB : Ebner, Judy Phillips (WMN), Joann Easton (USC); SHY: Kerr, Dana Smi ley (Roc). Paula Martin (Roc); UPB: Vaughn, Kerr, Melissa Schuller (Shen).

1966 VIRGINIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Dick Taffe Wakefield high school of Arlington, Virginia had a taste of Sweet revenge on March 12 at the fourth annual Virginia state high school gymnastics championships held at the University of Virginia. Yorktown high school, also of Arlington, state champions since the establishment of the state meets, was dethroned by the powerful Wakefield sq uad by a co mmandin g score of 242 to 141.5. Arlington's Washington-Lee high school finish ed and also-ran third with 46 points.

Due to a three way tie for first place on the parallel bars (all three winners from Wakefield), the champions walked away with eleven out of the ten gold medals (allaround events plus tumbling, trampoline, rope climb, and alllaround itself ), leaving only the gold from the side horse to the Yorktown boys. Wakefield team captain AI

All-Around Champ, A I Gatti

Gatti pulled a typical "Rusty Mitchell" trick by winning not only the horizontal bar, parallel bars, and all-around, but the extras of tumbling and rope climb as well.

Tom Clark of Wakefield defended hi s state trampoline championship for the third time as well as winning the vaulting. Junior Pat Swanson was in the gold medal tie on the parallel bars and also managed to muscle his way to his still ring championship. Dick Taffe and Jim Lewis copped Wakefield's last two gold medals with Dick taking the floor exer cise (with a sprained knee yet), and Jim closing up the parallel bar trio.

Lone gold medalist from Yorktown, Bill Johnson, beat out favored Ray Gatti (AI's twin) to break the Wakefield Warriors streak.

Despite the fact that the competItIOn was lopsided in that Northern Virginia teams were in com plete domination , the 1966 state meet proved that through the use of clini cs, open meets, and increased publicity, gymn astics is rapidly coming unto its own in the inter-scholastic sports system of the Old Dominion. A summary of place winners in the state championships follows: Floor Exercise: Dick Taffe (Wake.); AI Gatti (Wake.) ; Tom Clark (Wake.). Horizontal Bar: AI Gatt i, Dan McCord (Ykt .). T om Clark. Parallel Bars : (Three-way tie) Jim Lewis (Wke.), Pat Swanson (Wke.) , AI Gatti . Still Rings : Pat Swanson, C. Mcintosh (Ykt.) , B. Murry, (Ykt.) .

Side Horse: Bill Jo hnson (Ykt.). C. Bernard (Ykt.), Ra y Gatti (Wke.) . Trampoline: Tom Clark, S. Merrill (Hammond), Mike Taffe, (Wke.). Tumbling: AI Gatti, Dick Taffe, Dan McCord. Rope Climb: AI Gatti , B. Murry, Pat Swanson. All-Around : All Gatti , Tom Clark, Jim Lewis.

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FLORIDA GOLD COAST HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Don Holder The Florida Gold Coast Conference Gymnastic Championship was held on February 19, 1966, at the Miami Coral Park High School. After two nights of preliminaries, the top six gymnasts were chosen in eight events for the final s on Saturday evenin g.

The first two nights completed the allaround with Roland Lopez of Coral Park the winner.

With this 8 point lead, Coral Park then alternated with Hialeah while North Miami maintained a consistent third. Depth proved to be the deciding factor as Coral Park had no entries in tumbling. A slight break by the defending tumbling cbamp Cliff Hon eycutt (NM) on a double twist assured Hialeah the championship by allowin g Dan Shannon (H) to capitalize on his great routine to become the new tumbling champion.

The meet was dotted with some outstanding stunts and routin es. Steve Belleme (H) carried off a nice back som i stutz and other C moves on P-bars. Most gymnasts co mpleted front s over the long horse and there was one brandi. A double flyaway by Brennan iSW) and full twist by Vest (H ) were examples of some good dismounts shown on high bar. Cliff Honeycutt's fl oor exercise was almost lIawless and probably the best ever in Miami. Don Clay (CP) also performed an outstanding routine on side horse, the best in most recent memories. Honeycutt had the hi ghest tramp routine according to the Bollinger system.

RESULTS Team standings: Hialeah (H), North Miam i (NM). Co ral Park (CP). Southwest (SW) Norla nd (N) , Coral Gables (CG ); AA : Rola~d Lopez (CP). Steve Powell (H). Steve Klotz (NM); FX : Ho neycutt (NM ), Bellame (H), Lopez (CP ); SH: Cla y (CP). Gortman (CP). Hoercherl (NM); TR : H oneycutt, Greer (H), French (NM) ; HB: Brennan (SW). Powell, Klotz; LH: tie between Brennan (SW) and Bosse (NM) , Bellame; PB : Bellame, Lopez, Byers (CP); SR: Morales (CP), Archer (N). Sharp (SW); T : Shannon (H).

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By Don Tonry The peach basket may be performed with either of several types of preliminary "drops" or swin gs below the bars. When used as a mount on the parallel bars the grips are interchangeable. One may use an outside or an inside grip according to preference. The outside grip lends itself to a more direct type of pulling action on the bars but limits the performers versa· tility because the outside grip cannot be used when dropping below the bars from a support to a hang as in the middle of an exercise. The early drop (body descends with hips behind hands) tend s to be more difficult than the late drop (body descends with hips in front of hand s) because of the speed acquired from lean in g backward off·balance early in the swing.

The peach basket 1h turn to a support, illustrated in chart 66·2 - ADVANCED PARALLEL BAR SKILLS, is of the early drop type. The following is a brief description of th e action that occurs:

1. Obtain a slight swing forward with a sli ghtly arched back. Stop the forward swin g of the body just before the hips reach the hands. The shoulders are leaning forward sli ghtly in front of the hands.

2. Lean backward with the shoulders and allow body to descend straight downward. There is a tendency to over exaggerate a pike at this point which causes over rotation during the latter part of the skill.

3. As the body continues downward, the hips are fl exed so that the calves are approximately bctwccn the wrists. The head is held forward , the shoulders are rounded forward and the arms are straight.

4. The POSItIOn of deepest compression occurs just prior to the arms reaching the vertical at the bottom of the swing.

5. Forcefully extend the hips, at approximately a 30 degree angle, and pull with both arms from the sho ulders.

6-7. As the hips straighten and the shoulders rise above the bars, the grips are released and the head and shoulders lead in the direction of the turn .

8-9. Both hands are quickly placed on the bars before the hips actually complete the turn. The should ers are pulled forward over the hands as th e legs descend so that the upper body does not fall backwards after the catch.

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Gymnastics Methods VOLUME II, "A RTI STI C GYMNASTICS MADE EASY" Helm ut Bantz, Adalbert Dickhut ABOUT THE AUTHORS Helmut Bantz-the 1952 Olympic Long Horse Vaulting Champion, Mr. Bantz is a professor and gymnastic coach at the Sporthochschule in Co· logne, Germany.

Adalbert Dickhut - Coach of the 1964 combined East/ West German Olympic Gymnastics Team. An injury prevented Mr. Dickhut from being Bantz's teammate in the 1952 Games.

Dickhut now has his own Gymnastics School in Frankfurt, Germany. He is one of the most highly respected Gym. nastics authorities in Germany today.

In the last decade advances have been made in the training and cond iti on ing of athletes in all sports. This has come as a result of new understandin gs of physics and psysiolo gy. Much of the cred it for the advancement of our kn owledge of condi· ti onin g should be given to the track and fi eld people.

The endeavor of this book will not be to di scuss conditioning programs for gym· nasts, but rather to attempt to take three basic gym nast ics movements and show how they can be altered sli ghtly and become more advanced movements. Up to n ow this approach has not been used. This method was developed from the practical experience of the authors and can be used by th e readers in th e development of gymnasts.

The uniqueness of this approach li es in the methods by which it develops difficult movements from basic movements. Minor details are left out in order that the main points may be clearly understood.

In higher level, competitive gym nastics it is especially clear that there are only a few unique moves. The basic activity with· in these uni que movements- or r oot move· ments, always remain the same; they only change as a result of the difference in the apparatu s, i. e., through the stab ility of th e horizontal bar as opposed to the instability of the rings, or through the differen t sup· port positions and grip possibilities. For example, on the parallel bars and the hori· zontal bars the greatest chan ge is in the grip and the movements of the arms. Th e bending and straightenin g of the head , trunk and hip remain essen tially the same, the deviations come in terms of the dy· namics of the movement such as the angle,

, tlmmg, etc. But it is incorrect to assume that a gymnast who is able to do a giant swing on th e horizontal bar should also be able to do a giant swin g on the rin gs.

Rather we wish to say, for example, that a correct understan din g of the accomplish· ment of a simple giant swing on the hori· zontal bar is of value, if not the most valu· able prequisite for the learnin g and teach· ing of the very difficult giant swing on the rings. If an elementary movement is an· alyzed, then learned, it should not be diffi · cult to carry this movement over to another piece of apparatu s. "Correctly recognized, is half done". Of course, not all gy mnastics can be included in the development from a basic movement. This is especially seen in the international, competitive C·movements.

These more difficult movements will be di s· cussed after we have presented the basic or root movements.

We wish to make the way for our yo un g gymnasts a little easier than it has been in the past. We recognize that n ot all will become master gymnasts; we want to smoo th out some of the rough spots along the way to a gymnast's optimum achieve· ment; but even more than this, we wish to give some guidan ce to leaders, coaches and teachers of gymnastics in the German Sports F ederation and a wider understand· ing of gymnastic fundam entals.

THE KIP (lst of the 3 basic movements) The Kip is also a cement workers tool, whi ch is emptied through sideward move· ments. This tool turns around a stable sup· port or turning point (axis). One shank tilts, the other follows immed iately there· after. In this machine the angle of course always remain the same.

The same mechanicai analysis can be observed in all forward kips in gymnastics.

There is no great bending or straightenin g in the . gymnastic kip (floor kip excluded) , but rather like the cement workers kip the movement of one shank (thighs of both legs), with a fairly fixed angle at the hip joint, causes the following movement of the other shank (trunk).

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WISCONSIN STATE UNIV. DEPT. OF P.E. & ATHLETICS SUPERIOR, WISe. 54881 The cement workers kip is passively moved , while th e action of the gymnast's kip is an active one. From the inverted pike position (kip position ), the gymnast must kick his legs forward upward and continue to hold an angle at the hip joint thus causin g the trunk to come forward upward also. This movement is basic and changes only slightly according to the ap· paratus.

From this it can be easily concluded that the legs must be straight and extended in order to lift up the heavy trunk success· fully. Gymnastics with good form comes out of physical necessity.

Each apparatus demands its own adapta· tions which many times eliminate a sub· stantial unique movement. The kip on the Aoor seems to be the contrary of the above, here it is a bending and stretching, or hy· perextension. The apparatus, the fl oor, de· mands thi s. While on all other apparatus without great change of our center of gra· vity, we still have room for downward movement of the legs, this is missing on the floor. While most kips on the apparatus develop from a hang into a support, the floor kip lead s us out of various positions into a stand . Since we do not have room for our legs to come through, we must lift up this center or gravity or turnin g axis, so that the legs will come into a standing position. The missing pull of the legs is compensated by special intense pushing and stemmin g of the head and arms.

The first kip movement the beginner meets is a backward extension roll. The slower the backward roll is executed, the stronger is the sudden stretch or extension action from the back and up move. The backward roll to a handstand is not really a difficult accomplishment but it assists, through a dynamic push movemen t, to ' brin g the body weight over the "roll·barrier", th e head. The stron ger the upward movement ( hip and trunk extension) the lesser is the load for the arms and head, so that the arms can be stretched or extended without using great arm stren gth.

Next month- The Kip (continued)

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Helpful hints by "Jim" Farkas, Instructor of Physical Education, of The Milwaukee Turners, Wisconsin

The use o.f the Trampo.line as auxiliary equipment, is no.t unkno.wn. Here I wish to. emphasize ho.w it can be helpful as a landing platfo.rm, particularly at ho.rse-vaulting.

When teaching ho.rse-vaulting, especially fo.r girls, it is no.t Unco.mmo.n to. see students who. abruptly sto.p o.n the springbto.ard, o.r if they take-o.ff then they ho.ld themselves back, co.mpletely retarding the seco.nd phase o.f the vault, especially at hand-springs. The reaso.n is usually a fear o.f landing. While a landing technique can be successfull y develo.ped with gradual expo.sure, fo.r so.me all metho.ds

fail to. ease up the terro.r. Here is where the Trampo.line co.mes in. Simply place the ho.rse to. the, Trampo.line (as illustrated ), co.ver the Trampo.line-bed with mats to. reduce the bo.uncing effect and yo.ur gymnasts will hin~e fun while at the same time practicing a fast push:o.ff fro.m the ho.rse.

In some instances it will be helpful to place a large ro.ll o.f mat o.n the trampo.line to. enfo.rce sho.ulder-extensio.n in hand-spring, but in all cases you can depend o.n safe " lan~ 足 ing" and also. in yo. ur students the last remnants o.f subco.nscio.us fears will disappear.

"Y-NEWS" Ij you have " Y-N EWS" that should be in the MG ... Send it dire ct to Kenneth W . Hollis, 3881 W. 25, Cle veland, Ohio, 44109 .

Introducing The Backbone Of The YMCA " Bread is the staff of life." Whether or not thi s is tru e is debatable, but whether or not volunteer leadership is the sta ff of a YMCA's life is anything but debatable.

The untirin g efforts of our gy mnasti c vol unt eer leadership here at Brooklyn ha ve brou ght about renewed vigor in our approa ch to gymnastics (see article, '"A Long Range Promotion").

Our busy and co mplex wo rld t. ,:" y wou ld not seem to lend itself too we !' ' 0 the giving of seve ral hours each week : ,r t he assu min g of additional duti es. I I jJpose this is what makes th eir service a gi ft to be treasured- the fact that it means enough to them to impose still an other in conveni ence on their already busy lives.

Our head co ach is Har vey Schwartze llberg, an engineer for a large indu otli al firm. H e has a very discernin g outlook toward the co mpl exities of our yout h's world and is not content to let a'!1y prob路 lem lie dUfllIant. It was his idea which

Kenneth W. Hollis sp urred our new Play Gymna sti cs program at Brooklyn, a program seekin g to promote int erest in co mpetiti ve gymnastics by a new and exc itin g method. Mr. Schwart zenberg's old es t son, Lee, is a form er Cleveland YMCA and Junior Olympics gy mnasti cs champi on, and now attends K ent State Uni versi ty.

Adolph Dannecke r, at nearly 80, is still acti ve in teaching gym nastics. Hi s career is a long and disti ngui shed one, beg innin g over 60 years ago as a Turn er gy mn ast.

He has organ ized and promo ted so me of the Turn er's most gala gymnasti c exhibit ions and is still pretty mean with a pair of In dian cl ubs. Boys and co aches, alike, a re impressed with his alertn ess, ambition , and hi s techni cal knowl edge of th e performan ce of gy mnastic moves.

Art Kenaga, an employ ee of a frozen foods co mpany, is a fo rmer member of the Rocky Ri ver Hi gh School Gymnastic Club an d a Physical Education Leader at that sc huul. Hi s spec ia lt y is trampoline, he says,

Volunte er Gy mnastic leaders of the Broo klyn YMCA, Cleveland, Ohio. Left t o right; Kenaga, Bob Kuenzer, Harvey Schwartzenberg and Ado lf Dannecker

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but hi s real specialty, the physical director says, is hi s ability to work well with youths. His enthusiasm and good naturedness are contagious.

Bob Kuell zer, a stud ent 'at Parma Senior Hi ""h -School, is a form er member of the Br~okl y n Gymnasti c team. One of America's worst events is side horse, but Bob li ked the eve nt so much he built his own - install ed it in hi s back yard!

LOUISVILLE Y. IVLC. A. INVITATIONAL R eport by Cap Cah ill Th e Louisville YMCA of K entucky hosted th eir first annual Invitational Gymnasti cs Meet Feb. 12, 1966. 20 tea ms were entered from all parts of the Mid-west and South.

180 participants took part in 3 divisions, Element ary, Juni or Hi gh, and Senior Open.

The Louisville "Y" dominated the mee t by winnin g 3 divisions-Junior High Boys and Girl s and Sen ior Open Girls. Gilmore Lane won the elementary boys and Dayton YMCA the elementary girls. Northeastern Loui siana College of Monroe. co ached by Barry Johnson won the Senior Open Mens.

The overall team trophy went to the Louisvill e YMCA. The comp etition was very good in all age groups. The outstandjng performers were J ohn Elias, Dennis Sullivan in the Senior men's. 10th grader Garry Koch of the Lo ui sv ille Y performer solid on the rin gs. We should hear a lot from thi s youn gster in future years.

Terry Spencer, of the Athenaum Turn ers, and Carole Shepherd of Louisville Y fini shed 1st and 2nd respectively in every event. Th e Junior Hi gh girls had several outstandin g yo un g ladies Debbi e H owell, Ad ele Gleaves, Patty Murrell from th e Louisville Y, S haron Fogers and Susie Applega te fro m J effersonvill e Recreati on were all solid perform ers in the All Around .

Terry Walters and K elly McIntosh of the Louisville Y won 1st and 2nd in th e A 11 Aro und to win their 3rd team trophy in as many tri es this year.

Sue Werlin g of Dayton Y was the All Arou nd winn er in the Elementary Girls.

Faye Hensley of Gilmore Lan e was 2nd.

Brend a Arms performed the outstanding routin e of the day on the un even parallels.

Brend a is in the 5th grade at Gilmore Lane and consid ered by many as the top Bar worker in this area. David Hayes won the All Around for the 5th time this season for Gilmore Lane.

Jon Harrison, Ring Champ

THE 1966 NATIONAL Y.M.C.A. GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Frank O. Perron Assist. Phy. Dire ctor- Dayton, Ohio YMCA The 1966 National YMCA Gymnastic Championships are now a part of history.

The memories, however, will be manifold.

Even though fun ctioning under the handicap of completing the entire com· pulsory and optional meets in one day, there will be constant recollections :;f outstanding performances by Mark Cohn (Philadelphia, Pa.), Joyce Tanac (Seattle, Wash.), Rick Black (Montclair, N.J.), Jon Harrison (Redwood, Calif.), Margie Sims (Bethesda, Md.), Paul Newman ( Redwood City, Calif.) , and a host of other top·flite competitors. The 17th An'1ual Men's and 2nd Annual Women's Championships were truly great National YMCA meets. They found some thirteen states representing thirty-one YMCA's gathering for the contesting of both individual and team Championships. The representation was from all points of the compass-the Pacific northwest, weSt coast, east coast, and the Gulf coast. The large representation at the 1966 Championships indicates to us that gymnastics, throughout the United States, is growing by leaps and bounds. We were, indeed, fortunate to have hosted the largest National YMCA Gymnastic Championships ever, with a total of one hundred and eight competitors.

The Dayton Central YMCA feels that the caliber of men's Competition exhibited was well above that of the many meets of the past. Past performers at our National meets did not show the great diversity of ability of this year's performers. Many more routines of national cali ber were executed. The Women's Championship was dominated completely by Seattle's Joyce Tanac, taking all 5 gold medals. It was apparent that the abilities of the women are advancing even more rapidly than those of the men. The women are now an integral part of the National Championships, and it should remain thi s way.

Photos by Bud Whyte

Joyce Tanac, First All-Around

Mark Cohn, "Y" All-Around Champ

The Dayton Central YMCA would lik e to extend to the New Britain, Connecticut, YMCA the best of luck in hosting the 1967 YMCA Gymnastic Championships.

1966 NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN RESUL TS All Around: Mark Cohn, Germantown-Philadelphia, Po ., 106.25; Peter DeFuria , Germantown-Philadelphia, Po. , 93.20; J ohn Pesha, Westside, New York, 9 1.80; Harold Hauben , Westside, New York, 90.40; Joseph Bridges, Westside, New York, 89.50; Barry Weiner, Germantown-Philadelphia, Po. , 84.25; David Fennessey, Washington, D.C., 83.75; Larry Posey, Washington, D.C., 82.85; Bruce Trott , Columbus, Ohio, 80.95; Bob Cook , Sequoia, Redwood City, California , 79.30 .

Team Scores: Germantown, Po., 66.5; Westside, N.Y., 41.0; Sequoia, Redwood City, Calif., 17.0; Dayton, Ohio, 12 .5; New Orleans, La ., 8.0; Washington, D.C., 5.5.

Parallel Bars: Mark Cohn, 18.70; Paul Newman, 18.50; John Pesha, 17.50. Floor Exercise: Mark Cohn , 17.50; Jerry Dufour, 16.90; William McCauley, 16.40. Side Horse: Mark Cohn, 18.35; Myron Gluck, 17.35; John Pesha, 16.20. Long Horse : Richard Black, 17.9; Mark Cohn ,•. 16.80; Dav id Fennessey, 16.05.

Tumbling : Gtover DeLuca , 7.5; Jerry Dufour, 6.95; Kirk Peterson, 6.85. Still Rings : Jon Harrison , 17.00; Mark Coh n, 16.45; Lee Inman, 16:00. Horizontal Bar: Mark Cohn, 18.45; Paul Newman, 16.60; Peter Defurio, 15.25. Rebound Tumbling: Rich Black , 8.40; Glenn McLain, 8.15; Clay Siefert, 8.15.

1966 NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN All Around: Joyce Tanac , Seattle, Wash., 68 .55; Margie Sims, Chevy-Chase, Bethesda, Md., 58.60; Lonna Woodard, Seattle, Wash., 55.85; Debbie Howell , Louisville, Ky., 54.25; Cleo Ann Carve r, Seattle, Wash ., 51.40; Betty Haas, Montclair, N.J., 50.45; Carole Shepard, Louisville, Ky., 48.75; Linda Beyer, Wash ington, D.C. , 48.07; Sue Wer ling, Dayton, Central, 47.70; Adele Gleaves, Louisvi lle , Ky ., 46 .85.

T.eam Scores: Seattle, Wash., 59 points; Louisville, Ky., 13 po ints, Dayton , Oh io , 5 pts.

Floor Exercise: Joyce Tanac, 16.65; Lonna Woodward, 14.95; Cleo Ann Carver, 13.20.

Balance Beam: J oyce Tanac, 16.65; Margie Sims, 15.00; Lonna Woodward, 12.55. Horse Vault: J oyce Tanac, 17.25; Linda Beyer, 16.65; Margie Sims, 16.35. Uneven Parallel Bars: Joyce Tanac, 18.00; Debbie Howell , 14.70; Margie Sims, 14.50.

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RESEARCH AND FITNESS IN GYMNASTICS -".

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by James S. Bosco, Ph. D. San Jose State College

This lS the first if! a series of articles dealing with random' topics of research in gymnastics. Since March, 1964, your editor has attempted to present articles according to area and in series' of- six. Thus far, the following have b~en presented relating gymnastics to: 1) motor fitness, 2) cardiovasCltlar fitness and 3) mechanical and cine· matographical analysis. In the ensuing series, no attempt will be made to classify by subject area. The emphasis will be on variety. S end all articles, comments, questions and suggestions to the above address.

ANALYSIS OF BEGINNING TUMBLING Harold J. Frey Unpublished Master's Thesis, Urbana: University of Illinois, 1951 P URPOSE : The purpose was to determine a rank ord er of dilIi culty in selecte~ beginning tumbling stunts.

METHOD: A survey of tumbling literature was made to lo cate beginnin g tumbling test items.

The most outstandin g published materials were used to secure a battery of test skills.

The curriculum content of beginning tumbling classes at the University of II· linois, at Champaign, University of Michi· gan, Michigan" Siate College, and the Uni· versity of Illinpis ' Undergraduate Division, in Chicago, we~e\ also reviewed.

The testin g b~t f~r: was selected from a gross tabulation, ' · 6f forty · five tumbling iteins. This battery of tests was finally reo duced to twenty items after consulting experts in teachin g tumbling. They also helped .to set up the various items in ap· proximate relative difficulty.

The battery of twenty test items was giv· en to nin e sections of beginning tumbling students at the University of Illinois Under· graduate Division, in Chicago, durin g the fall ' semester of 1950. A grand total of two hundred and three freshman and so pho· more male stud ents were included in this study. These stud ents were enrolled in the beginning tumblin g course in fulfillment of their physical education req uirement. Five different insti;uctors taught the various sec· tions of beginnin g tumbling. The following stunt s and ~t;mdards for "Passing" or "Fail· ing" were. used: 1. Forward roll-Do three consecutive rolls.

2. Backward roll- Do three consecutive rolls.

3. Sq~at balance-Hold ten seconds.

4. Head balance-Hold ten seconds.

5. Elbow balance-Hold ten seconds.

6. Dive and forward roll- Dive over a minimum distance of five feet without touchin g floor.

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7. Neckspring-Land and remain on feet without stepping back 8. Forearm balance-Hold ten seconds.

9. Cartwheel- The legs, arms, and back should be in one straight line during the execution. .

10. Back extension roll Extend to straight arm hand stand, hold momen· tarily, and snap legs down for land· ing.

11. Headspring-Land and remaip on feet without stepping back. Execute with head touching or almost touching floor.

12. Front handspring-Land and remain on "feet without stepping back. Exce· cute with arms straight.

13. Roundoff-Execute with body reason· ably straight. Feet must land simul· taneously.

14. Bucking bronco-Hands and feet can· not be touching floor at the same time. P erformer must hit a momen· tary handstand with an arch on ea<;h jump to hands.

15. Back roll to head balance-Hold the balance ten seconds.

16. Hand balance- Hold ten seconds. Do not walk on hands. ' 17. Front somersault-Land and remain on feet without stepping back.

18. Back somersault-Land and remain on feet without falling forward on hands.

19. Tirisica-The body must face in a forward direction. One foot must be at least 1 foot ahead of the other on landing.

20. Back handspring - From stand or roundoff Performer must secure definite support from hands during the back spring.

The instructors were asked to teach the items in the order of relative difficulty as set up above. Each section met three times a week for sixteen weeks. Each class peri· od lasted one· half hour.

ANALYSlS: In order to determin e the value of each item, the item was correlated with the total score criterion on the entire twenty items of the experimental battery. The regular bi·serial technique was used by correlating "Pass" or "Fail" on each item with the quantitative scores by means of the follow· iog formula : .

M2-Ml pq R 6W z wherein, M2=Mean of those "passing."

Ml=Mean of those "failing."

6W=Standard deviation of the entire dis· tribution. .'

P=Pt:, ,>,cent of those passing the item, expf.e·ssed ' as a decimal. q=Per cent of those failing the item, ex· pressed as a decimal. z=Height of ordinate in normal curve dividing p from q.

The twenty item battery of tests was grouped into five categories for further statistical analysis. The groups are: ' hac\<· ward springs ; forward springs; rolls; bal· ances; and change ~f direction stunts. ~,ach item in a group was correlated with every other item in that group to find out the relative discriminating power of each , item.

Twenty·eight intercorrelations between 'vari· ous items v:ere computed. These coefficlF-nts are shown In ' Table I. '.

RESULTS: , 1. The frequency distribution for q~g in. ning tumbling ability as measured by ' the total scores of the twenty item battery;. was normal. The distribution was normal because the test skills ranged from relatively easy to relatively more difficult items.

2. Nineteen bi·serial validity coefficients were obtained by correlating each item with the total score criterion. The coeffi· cients ranged from .579 to .965. The back· ward roll had the lowest coefficient and the elbow balance had the highest coeffi cient.

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3. A short classification testing battery of the "progressive" type consisted of the most va li d ietms selected from the vari ous groups of instructi onal emph asis. The selections in cluded: forearm balan ce; roundoff; fro nt handspring; 'buckin g bronco; and the back somersault. T hi s battery of test sk ills cor· r elated .71 wi th the twenty it em battery.

T he pro bable error mis ± .0166.

4. A middle length progressive testin g battery included the foll owin g stun ts: back ex tension roll ; forearm balance; r oun doff, headspring; fron.t han dspring; back roll to head balan ce ; bucking bronco; hand balance; back handspring; and back som·

ersault. This battery of test sk ills correlated .76 wi th the twenty it em battery .. The pro b· able error was ± .0269.

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14. Bucking Bronco ..... ........... .

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19. Ti ns ica ........ ......................... ...... ............ ... __..

20. Back Handspring ......................... .... ....... ..

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Progressive Training With Pulley-Weights

By Bob Lynn University of Southern California and Prof'. Ben Solomon Calijornia State College, L.A. One of the major difficulties confronting athletes training for sports involving lifting or moving the entire body has been that of developin g their strength to the point whe~e they could move their own body repetl.t. ively. This problem, and the more ba s~c one of building minimal motive power In novices, has been overcome by the intro路 duction of pulley路weight 路training machines.

Use of these devices is far superior to barhell training in that the athlete is able to exercise exactly the right muscle group for a specific maneuver and to have the correct hody attitude at the time of the exercise.

This article contains the results of two years of observation of gymnast~ at . Pasadena City College and the UnIversIty of Southern California. The gymnasts trained on a pulley machine manufactured by Cross Master of Altadena, Californ ia. Results of a six months study at California State College at Los Angeles using a prototyp e pulley machine by Healthways Inc. are also incorporated.

General Factors Affecting Pulley Training Some gymnasts are hesitant to start a heavy weight training program due to their fear of a flexibility loss. Our experience has shown that con tinuous use of the weights will indeed produce a tight and stiff feeling in the muscles, hut that normal, even li ght workouts, or stretching with the pulleys will soon eliminate this. In fa ct, the pulleys can be used advantageously to develop shoulder flexibility.

It must be emphasized that pulley training should become a part of th ~ norm al workout program. The same consIstent attitude that is required for gymnastics should be extended to your strength development program. Significant r esults can be expected only with determined effort over a lon g period of time. Do not get di scouraged after 2 months. For example, it normally takes at least 5 months to prod uce a cross hold.

Much research has been done on method s of dynami c weight trainin g, and our program is a combination of the two recognized types of exercising: 1. Use of low weight and high repetition for endurance, and 2. Use of high weight and low repetition for power building.'

In order to determine the amount of weight to use, you must take into account your present muscular development and body weight. We suggest a trial starting point of 1;'. body weight. It is better to start too light than too heavy. Each set should consist of approximately ten repetitions of which the last three (numbers 8, 9, and 10 ) re'luire intense effort. Aft er determinin g the amount of weight to use perform 3 sets the first day. In crease the sets to 7 over a period of 6 workouts. The se ts should follow each other closely. " The greatest growth occurs if the muscle is not allow~d " to fully recover from previous exerCIse. 2 P eriodic tests of 15 repetitions should be perform ed to determine the point at which 5 pounds can be add ed to the pull eys. At that time repeat th e original procedure.

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It is important to perform each exercise with the body in correct position. Keep form even if lower weights are required, and pay attention to your form just as you would on the apparatus.

Another important factor is careful control of breathing in order to give the muscles an adequate supply of oxygen. Breathe in on the contraction and ex hale on the release. Try to breathe while holding a cross on tbe pulleys.

Schedule: Use the pulleys lightly before workout in order to speed warm up. Very light weight and a wid e range of exercises is recommended. After your regular workout, do intensive training. Work hard every Monday, Wedn esday, and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday work lightly, just to keep loose.

Aids: Weight training can be dull, so anything that can be used to show progress or increase interest is worthwhile. Some devices we have found useful are : 1. A record card of the training program, 2. A mirror placed in front of the machine will help to determine the proper position, and 3. Occasionally, after thorou ghly warming up, put on weight in 10 pounds increasements to see how much you can hold or pull out.

Safety : There are few inj uries that can be incurred whil e using the pulleys them-

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BODY POSITION Standing

selves, as lon g as one starts out with a reasonably low weight and then builds up .

The big danger is in using rapidly developed muscle strength while the tendons, and ligam ents of the joints are still underdeveloped. We have encountered 3 cases of injured tendons in the inn er elbow incurred when insufficiently trained gymnasts tried crosses after intensive pulley training. To avoid such painful and timewasting injuries, follow this procedure : 1. Do not try crosses or other holds until you can handle nearly your own weight on the pulleys, unless you use another gymnast for partial support.

2. Warm up thoroughly before making any attempt at difficult holds. Use the pulleys for warm up.

3. Begin work on a n ew hold or move by startin g at the beginnin g of the schedul e. Do not ex pect that sin ce yo u can hold your weight in cross position on the pulleys that yo u will be able to begin training for a back lever cross at full body weight. , T. L. Delorme, " Heavy Resistance Exercises", Archives of Physical Medicine, VXVII, October, 1946, p. 607路630.

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Ri chard Beckner, Resource Guide jar Raising Athletic Efficiency, Pasadena City Schools, 1960.

EXERCISE l. Pull down arm s bent, "chin up" 2. Pull down with false grip from overhead to hips

3 . Pull down , arms straight sl ightly

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X II

forward of lateral 4. Pull down rapidl y, arms slig htl y bent and about 45 0 off lateral 5. Arms at sides, sw ing or shr ug shoulders 6. Rotate shoulders (dislocate or loca te), arms overhead l. Pull straight arms from over head to c ross l. Press from shou lders t o hand stand 2. Pull from hips t o hand stand

XI

3. Push arms lateral to hand stand

IV

Sitting XII

Inv erted

Ly ing face up

4. Hold handstand , swing r ings back and forth l. Pull stra ight arms t o sides

Lying face down

l. Pull arms to s ides, push down arms strai ght

APPLICATION l. Pull for cast 2. Muscle-up

3. Cross, cross pull 4. Kips, uprises 5. P-bar support sid e horse support 6 . Shou lder flexib ility

l. Pull to cross, L-crass (butterfl y)

l. Presses, hand stand strength 2. Shoot, peach hand , high cast l inverted pull 3. Inv erted cross, shoot , snap rise 4 . Handstand can t rol

l. Straight

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I. Cross pull

IV. KiDs. uori ses pull forward

V. Back lever p!lll. ba ck kip

VI. Support strength

II. ButterAy, pull lateral

Vll. Sup port strength

III. Kips, uprises

VIII. Shoulder shrugs

( IX. Olympic cross

X. Inverted cross

XI. Shoot. Dress hand stand

XU. Invert ed pull, presses

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Roy Davis, Chairman, Committee on High School Judging, Northern California Gymnastics Officials Association

(Note: I am postponing the appraisal of the FIG Illustrations planned- for this edition oj M .G. to include this article on high school judging. Many people have asked about such information and I think that the proposals contained in this article might be of great significance to gymnastics in the United States and perhaps in the world.)

HIGH SCHOOL JUDGI NG: We have long been plagued by the problem of judging the novice or beginnin g gymnast. Although all areas of the nation realize this dilemma, few have att empted to solve it, and communications between areas have been virtually non·existent. In recognition of both of these unfortunate conditions, the Northern California Gymnastics Officials Association decided to attack the problem by appointing a committee of volunteers to propose a solution. In two .I une meetings, the committee decided on the major issues and propose d solutions which we would like to share with the gymnastics community.

MAJOR PROBLEMS: I. To determine the maximum value of a II. III.

IV.

V.

complete exercise with a mlllimum number (from 1-6 ) of A value moves.

To establish a penalty for short fuUtines.

To equalize the distribution of points in the "combination" area by es tab· lishing more complete regulations for all events.

To establish rules for determining "par· tial fulfillm ent" of combination require· ment s in r ecognition of varying degrces of accomplishment.

To recommend more complete rat.ings of A difficulty movement s in all events.

GUIDING PHILOSOPHY: In decidin g on solutions to these very basic problems, our committee realized that we had to refle ct the goals of the beginning gymnast since our formulation s would serve as guidelines for beginning !!vmnasts and for coaches as well. In att empt ing to defin e and clarify these goals, we arrived at the following conclusions: 1. Mainly for the benefit of the Jud ges, but for the gymnasts and coaches as "Jell, the guidelines mu st be, in sofar as is prac· tical and consistent, an exten sion of the FIG Code rath er than an independent for· mulation which would be difficult to Lom· bine at the higher levels.

2. In our judgment, the guidelines must refle ct the most important area of gymnas· tics co mp etence: Good, clean, confident exe· cution and presentation. We felt that diffi· cult movements should not be included if poorly performed. We would rather see less difficulty in a routine with a minimum of flaw s.

On thi s basis we decided not to penalize short exercises (i.e. from 7 to 11 mo ves), since the penalties for lack of difficulL v were already heavy and because we did no't want to force the gymnast to compose an overly·long routine beyond his capabilities (i.e., therefore oIt the expense of execution ).

We also felt that extra movements were an assumed risk since more attempts meant a greater potential to err; the added risk should only be justifiabl e if it added to the difficulty value while not gathering penal· ties to neutralize the gain.

3. We felt that gvmnasts and coaches needed a more objective guide to evaluate lower level exercises not covered by the dllductive-type prescriptions of the FIG Code.

We wanted to remove the guesswork and give some concreteness to routines with from 0·6 moves. The great bulk of the problems occur before the gymnast acquires the skill necessary to add the B move.

Normally, problems in de terming maximum score dimini sh rapidly with the addition of the first B move.

It was this lin e of reasonin g that led us to decide upon 6 moves as the focal num· ber for our final formula. Not only does the number fit well mathem atically but it serves to maintain consistency with the FIG since the Code only rewards up to six A moves.

THE FORMULA : A. Difficulty Value 1. According to the Code, six A move s equals a value of 7.8 points (i.e., 10.0 minu s 2.2 for lack of B's and C's), provided all combination requirements are sati sfied.

Therefore, each A move , contributing equally, may be assigned a value of 1.3 towards the 7.8 maximum. We are not recoglllzlllg zero va.1ue movements becau;;e the FIG doesn' t and because we don't want to see a gymnast clutter up his routine with them. So: I A = 1.3 maximum 2 A = 2.6 3 A 3.9

=

4 A =

5 A 6 A

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= 6.5 = 7.8

max imum

2. Please note that this formula does not apply to incomplete or faulty exercises. It applies to a complete routin e performed by a gymnast whose skills may be ex tremely limited. The Code provides for the faulty exercise, but not for th e complete one. We are attempting to fill the gap.

3. This system is additive up to six moves and deductive from seven and up.

(Please note that the number of moves reo fers to A or better movements only). a. 6 moves or under- a B is worth 0.2 more than an A; therefore, includ ed B's would received 1.5, C's 1.7. (B's might be common, C's quite rare.) b. 7 moves or over-either use the de· ductive system or add 0.4 for B's, 0.6 for C's.

Ex ample: 2 A's 2 B's = (2) ( 1. 3) (2) (1.5) or (4) (1.3) (2) (.4) 5.6 4 A's 2 B's = (4) (1.3) (2) (1.5) (6) (1.3) (2) (.2) = 8.2 6 A's I B = (6) (1.3) (.4) = (10 .0) (3) (.4) (.6) 8.2

+ + + + +

+ =+

+=

It may seem complex at first, but it really isn' t at all. Simply keep in mind the additive formula up to 6 moves. After that , the FIG Code can be applied without modification . Try it and you'll see !

B. Combination 1. We took some small lib ertie s with the Code here because we did not feel that it was complete enough. It did not provide for equal deductions in each event, nor did it encourage what we would define as " mastery of the apparatus". We added reo quirements in some instances.

2. Our committee expressed concern over any connection between combination requirements and high difficulty. If the gym· nast is to be encouraged to pursue good execution and presentation in his learnin g, then we should remove the regulations which force him to add difficult moves before he is ready to do so. Consequently, we took care to see that all combination requirements could be sa ti sfied with A moves. As we exa mined our list, we were surprised and pl eased to note that we had to make only three changes: We decided to allow a shoot shoulderstand on rin gs, an A strength move Qn rings, and an A release on parallel bars as movements of sufficient value to satisfy combination require·

ments. (No te : We are in no way pre·empt· in g NCAA Rul es. First of all, we are not empowered to do so! secondly, the collegians are not very often beg inners.)

Floor Exercise: Forward tumbling, backward tumbling, balance, f lexibility, strength.

Side Horse : Circles predominant, forward

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sors, apparatus coverage.

Parallel Bars: 2-hand overbar release, 2hand underbar release, strength, turn, hold_ Horizontal Bar: Fo rward grand swings, backw ard grand swings, change of direction (does not have to be during giants), in-bar m~ve­ ments, two-hand release and re-grosp.

Rings: Swing t o handstand or shoulderstand, strength to handstand, strength hold, rotation around ring axis (com pares to in-bar requirement on horizonta l bar).

Trampoline: Forward somersaulting, backward somersaulting, forward twisting (baranis will have to suffice here but only because it's unava idable), backward twisting, bady landing.

Tumbling-: Forward tumbling , backward tumbling, f or ward to backward tumbling , backward to forward tumbling, backward twist ing . *For some inexplicable reason , our committee overlooked tumbling. The recommendatians are those of the chairman only.

Note : The above requirements are not delimiting. Points in the combination area co uld still be deducted for other FIG reasons- lack of harmony , extra swings, inef· fective dismount. etc.

Each even t li sted above has fiv e require· ments, each worth 0.3 points (except rings, each worth 0.4 points.) An official could award partial credit for movements which parti ally sat isfy th e li sted requirementthis would be a subj ective judgment on th e part of th e official. In other word s, deduct 0.1 to 0.3 for deficiency in req uiremen t.

C. Ratings of A Moves In the beginnin g, our committee hoped to remove the guesswork from scorin g at th e lower levels. Our rath er strict reliance on A moves to determine maximum value has mad e it quite necessary to define A moves more completely so that two judges will arrive at the same begining score. We are optimistic that thi s final phase of the hi gh school formulati ons will indeed ac· complish this task.

Floor Exercise: 1. Tumbling, all "springs" and kips, cartwheels and round-offs, back-roll extension; 2. Strength and holds, elbow or gut lever (2 arms), pike sit, handstand. 3. Agi lity, pass through Valdez, straight arm roll down fr om handstand , Y2 turn in handstana (hold to ho ld ), straddle jump, front l imber, all dive rolls and straight- leg ro ll s, tour jete, squat, stoop, stradd le va ult from frant rest, back dive Y2 turn off of one foot to chest ro ll or forward r oll, from L, bend knees and br ing between arms and stand, false Va ldez to sit, Russian rol l, battement tourne or tur-jete to scale A A. Side Horse: Full single leg circles , undercut f o llowed by undercut with other leg, sing le rear fo rward or backward, first double = A, second double = A A; no credit beyond two.

Parallel Bars: All kips, swing handstand, L support, dislocate , circle, b a c k shoulder (straight body), forward shoulder circle, back roll to support, flank vault (single rear), frant or rear vault dismount with Y2 turn, double

+

+

out dismount.

Rings: Muscle up, shoulder stand.

Horizontal Bar: Al l kips, all swinging casts level or above (to handstand=B), all hip circles (except free hip to handstand), cris-carry (cris-Kehre), flank vault (single rear), dis locate, seat circle, so le circle, 3,4 giant, all

back uprises, seat rise, f lyaway from cost.

Trampoline: All single somersau lts, 3,4 back somie, barani and back somersault with Y2 twist, ball out to feet, cody, kaboom , fu ll twisting back somersault .

Tumbling: 'A' recommendations are covered in fl oo r exercise.

Note : Although there may be some over· lappin g, these recommendations are intended to suppl ement the ABC illustration s of the FIG Code of Points. Moves already rated were avoided. Also, and rather obviously, the r ecom mendation s are not abo solutely co mpl ete, nor can they be. The sport is a creative one; it is this element plus the execution area which place the weight of th e final judgment in the hands of the person for whom this report is intended-the judge.

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Two years ago Erni e Furblur came t o our s c h ool and ,;;tarted t h e sport. In the beg in n ing i t lOOKed pretty ragged , "Hey is thi s the way t h ese p a.!m g u a rd s go o n ?", " What's this white c h a.lk f.or?"

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