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WINTER CLINICS: CALIFORNIA GYMNASTIC CLINIC California Christmas Clinic Director Hal Fre y has forma lly anno unced that the 2nd Annual Winter Gymnastics Cli nic wi ll be he ld at the Unive rsity of Ca li fornia at Be rke ley, Dec. 26-30. A cre dit cou rse in teach ing gymnastics will be taught throu gh the Unive rsity's extension se rvice. Coach Frey fu rthe r sta ted th at the '67 Cli nic wou ld st ress the All-a round events and th at Ol ym pi ans Dal e Fl ansaas and Art Sh urlock along with past Wo rld Trampo line Champion Dan Millman wi ll be among the many inst ructors on han d t o assist Men's Director Bob Pea vy and Women's Directo r Don Ne lson. Also there wi ll be at least six pieces of app aratu s on han d fo r each event.
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-' Official Publication of the United States Gynmstics Federation
Volume IX
CONTENTS December. 1967
No. 12
NOTES FROM AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR ...................... Dick Criley USGF DIRECTOR'S REPORT........................................ Frank Bare OLYMPIC COMPULSORIES .......................................................... GUEST EDITORIAL. ............................... ................. ..Irving Jaffee CHALK TALK ................................................................................ MUSCLE BEACH HAPPENINGS..................... .Thomas Humphrey ALL·AROUND THE WORLD ................................... .Jack Beckner THE JAPANESE-AN INTERVIEW...... Dick Criley and Ken Sakoda WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUTINE ................................. Voronine RESEARCH AND FITNESS ............................ Dr. James Bosco GYMNASTIC AIDS .......................... ................... .......... Don Tonry LET'S TEACH ROUTINES ......... ............................ Dr. Bill Vincent JUDGING .................................................................. Arno Lascari GYMNASTICS IN PHYS. ED ..................... .. ....... Bruce Frederick GYM FORUM ........................................................... .Jerry Wright PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ...................... Mike Jacobson Y·NEWS ................................................................ Kenneth Hollis SOKOL SLET ..... ..................................................... ............ ............ LETTERS ...... .................................................................................. MG SCOREBOARD ..........................................................................
COVER STORY: Hayata of the Japanese National Team at their Long Beach, California, exhibition. See story, page 14.
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MEDIOCRITY IS FOR THE LAZY "The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood, but we do know what the Greeks knew: That intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; for physica I fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a hea Ithy body .... it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity." John F. Kennedy President of the United States
* * * * IN THIS ISSUE: The Compulsory exercises for Men for the 1968 Olympics appear in this issue , commencing with the U.S.G.F. Report. While additional copies are available from their office, the planning of pagination is such that by merely removing a pair of staples, the entire 4 pages of exercises are available in one piece for ready reference. The Women's Compulsories will be scheduled for MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST, volume 2, number 3. We' thank Art Shurlock for providing us with the transcript of the side horse routine by Voronine appeJring on pages 16 and 17. An attempt to coordinate the move identified with the pictures has been made. The dptails of th e MG photo I Art Contest announced in the August MG are listed on our Chalk Talk page. Our Guest Editorial , by Irving Jaffee, Olvmpic medalist, is especially pertinent as the United States Olympic Committee be gins its fund·raisin g for the 1968 Olympics. With grassroots support perhaps his suggestions may some day become a reality. * * * * REMINDERS: If you have not taken advantage of the special sub· scriber Christmas offer announced in the last issue, you have until December 31 to do so .. . and if you missed our previous notice, you'll be pleased to learn that the MG is holding its offer of a $4.00 subscription to the OLYMPISCHE TURN KUNST, the international ma gazine of the FIG, open to December 31. See ad in this issue ... Our MG Servicemen's Special ($l.00 for one year subscription to any serviceman stationed outside the continental US-APO & FPO addresses) is still in effect . .. We are still seeking back editions in good condition to fulfill requests for bound sets. See Au gust '67 MG for details ... We recently received a packet of 50 dittoed score sheets from a clinic. Our staff simply does not have the time to si ft out the top winners in the many different categories. If your meet is important enough to send out the results, it is important enough to take the time to ensure that they will be printed. Plpase advise your p!J blicists and meet directors that the format given on page 33 of the November issue mu st be followed if there is to be any chance of the meet results appearing in the MG . . . The response to our request for sites and dates of 1968 State High School Gymn3Stic Championships has been disap· pointing.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - F.I.G . Left to Right: Mr. Frank Bare (U.S.G.F.), Mr. Arthur Gander (President, FIG-Switzerland), Mr. Klas Thoresson (Sweden), Mr . Max Bangerter (Sec·Treas, FIG - Switzerland), Mme. Berthe Villancher (Pres. Womens Technical Comm.-France Mr. Nicolai Popov (Vice-Pres- USSR), Mr. George Gulack (Vice-Pres-USA), Prof. Mario Gotta (Italy). Copenhagen , Denmark , Nov. 21, 1967
The United States Gymnastics Federation P.O. Box 4699 Tucson, Arizona
USGF DIRECTORS REPORT FRANK L. BARE
Executive Director
COPENHAGEN, DE NMA RK . . . November 15·22, 196 7 The third World 's Championships in Modern Gymnastics (Gy m· natique Moderne), was conducted here thi s week. The Executive Committee of the International Gymna stics Fede ration also conducted a series of meetings here before, durin g and after the competition s. {See photo}. The world's championship s in thi s event, whi ch has yet to be seen in America, was conducted at the KB Hall, in Copenhagen. The first day's competition called for a compulsory routine with a rope and one optional routine with a hoop. That evening the six· girl tea m competition was conducted and each team drill was scored. In all some fifteen nations were represented in the over all com petitions with 12 nations fielding team s. Four women observers from South Africa att ended as part of that nation's developm ent is aimed at entering future championships in thi s newest of gy mnastics events. In the team competition the USSR was first and Czechoslovakia was second , but it was the third place team fr om Bulgaria that really won the crowd and only a technical ded uction of one-half point due to their using over-sized hoops k ept them from being world 's champions. In team competition six girls work at once. Ea ch nation can ent er three indi viduals who do four routines, one compul sory and three optionals. Each girl did one required routin e with rope, one optional with rope, one optional with hoop and one optional with no hand apparatus. Awards are presen ted to the hi gh over-all scorer, the hi ghest sco re for the rope, the hi ghest for the hoop and the highest for fre e {no hand equipment } performance. All are performed to music {mostJy pianists . . . some taped} , and the performances may have any acrobatic movements nor hand balancing. Next world's Championships in thi s event are scheduled at this time for 1969 in Bulgaria. In that year it has been determin ed that the compulsory will be performed with a ball. Five judges are used, routines may be on a hard wood floor or mat. All events are timed, from one to one and one-half minutes for the individual events with 5 second s grace period either way on th e fini sh . . . that is you may go over but not more than 5 second s. As stated earlier , no walkovers, cartwheels, hand stands, splits (exce pt to perhaps pass very quickly through one in a movement other than a roll). The weight may not be held on the hands, no aerials . . . etc. This year the gy mnasts from the Soviet Union utilized ballet to a great extent, and we have been told (even though the USSR girls scored exceptionally well) that thi s has been disc ussed by the FIG wom en's technical committee and ballet movements will be frow ned upon in the future. I would say that modern dance, with a number of lea ps and fl exibility move ment s, co upled with some ima gin ati ve and tri cky use of a rope and hoo p are the key. Music plays a vital part of the 6
over·all picture. As diffi cult as it is to describe here . . . some of th e routin es were not only bea utiful but difficult .. . without any sign of acro bati cs. (USGF will have film s out soo n to illustrate what I mean). Some of th e leaps I witnessed here ind escribably hi gh and beautiful. Th e list of teams was impress ive . . . USSR, CZEC HOSLOVA KIA , POLAN D, WEST GERM A Y, EAST GERMANY, YUGOSLAVIA , DENM ARK , CUBA, HUNGARY, ITALY, BULG ARI A AND FRANCE. Venzuela and Brazil al so had en tries in the indi vidual events. The United States co uld do well in thi s event and it opens up an entirely new avenue for American women who perhaps do not yet have th e expos ure to gymnastics stunts but do have an exposure to modern dance . . . which it tau ght to a large degree in our school s, even where apparatus gy mnastics is not. (By th e way, th e USGF coll ected a large number of out standin g ph otos from thi s event along with the rules and information concerni ng th e co mpetition . . . which will all go into a special publica tion to be ready about the end of the year).
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P erhaps the most stimulatin g news from the Copenha gen mee tin gs was that co ncernin g th e immediate future of Ameri can gy mna sti cs. Need less to say I will not go into specifi cs here as to what pre· cise ly took place but rather the futur e will speak for itself in that regard. As most of us know gymnastics ha s been slowed (int ernati onally and nationally) somewhat this past three ye ars by a la ck of help in criti ca l areas. We have asked ourselves such question s as why most eve ry nati on in the world has had an international judges course evcep t the USA? We have asked why the Czech tea m came to the USA in 1964, los t a large amount of mon ey and never traveled West of New
, .-/ Maria Gogiva (Bulgaria) First, with Hoop .
J e rsey ? W e have pondered wh y a Japan ese tea m was in vited to th e USA in 1965, th ey selec ted th e team . . . e ve n had a far e well party fo r that team , and acce pt ed g ift s from thei r fri e nds wi shin g th em bon voya ge , onlv to have la st minut e no ti ce th at th e trip was o ff. Imagin e th eir e m barrass ment a t havin g to re turn th eir g ift s and im ag in e th e red· fa ce all o f us shared a s Am e rican s . . . without e ve n kn owin g it. W e have ask ed why it is that the FTG r eleased th e offi cial film s o f th e Olympi c Co mpul sori es in July . . . yet th e fir, t lim e Am e ri can coac hes saw th ose film s (includ in g the 1968 Olympi c mana ger) wa s at th e Co n gress of Coa ch es in O c tober. M y m essage to yo u at thi s tim e is that eve n tho ug h th e A.A.U. has ca rri ed this respon s ibility for ye ars it ha s fail ed mi se rably to pe rform an ad equ a te j ob and th e important thin g he re is that gymnas ti cs cannot and mu st no t stand s till e ve n tho ug h th ey con· tinu e to do s uc h a poor job for Ih e s port. Gymnasti cs will pro gress, and h e re is how.
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The U.S.G.F. ha s invited a SCANDINAVIAN to tour th e U .S.A. in January and th e trip is now stars from FlNLA D, NORWAY , SWEDEN AND all be on the team and w(' ha ve planned sto ps lllinoi s, Co lorado and Californ ia at thi s tim e.
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Mm e. Be rthe Villanche r , Pres id e nt of the F .I.G . \"'o m e n's T ec hnical Committ ee w ill co me to the U n it ed S tat es in F e bruary to g ive two or more lec tures and trainin g sess ions on FIG techni ca l matt e rs, th e 1968 Olympic Routin es and th e IWW evpnt . Mod e rn Gym nastics. More on h e r variou s appeara n ces will be coming to you from our Wom en 's C ommitt ee .
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W e ha\'e e xte nded a te ntati ve invitati on to th e wo me n's team fr om Bulgaria. as it wa s perform in g in Cope nhage n . . . includin g on e W orld 's C h amp ion. to com e to th e U.S .A. in Marc h and make two or three sto ps . . . and they ha ve acce pt ed o ur invitation. :.;:
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Ba s ica ll y, th ese four e vent s are a beginnin g. Th e re is mu ch to be done , but thi s i, a s tart towal d s yearly e xc h an ges and yeall y trainin g courses for our o ffi CIa ls in ord e r that th ey might tak e th ell' place a mong oth er n a tion s in int ernati ona l e ve nt s. For on e thin g . .. th e futur e of Ameri can gy mna sti cs look s a great d eal bri g ht e r after (lur s tay in Co pe nhagen . . . th e ne xt ye ar will say quit e a lo l abou t wheth ..- r th e s port mov es a head in Ih e U .S.A. and in th e world . Thi s is on ly th e beg innin g . . . but it is a beg innin g. F. L. Bare .
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U.S.G.F. Women's Committee Report By ./ lI d\, I-Iall - Vire Chairlllall US CF W Olll ell '" COII/mill ee Th e ,pcond nll'l'lin!' o f Ihe U .S .G .F . W OlllPn ', Co mmitt e" w a~ ht' ld in Kan ~ a " C il v. ,\'10 .. Or to lwr 20 and 21. Topi c, und e r di "c us· ~ i(J1l we re. na tional c() lllpul ~ or y ro ulin ('~, jlld~ f> :-' tr a inin ~. l eacher Irainin ~ C'iini c)o' . edu cati ona l Ill a l e ri a l ~. clIll1peliti vt' opportuniti t"'~ .
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Th e Al hlrl ic In, lilut c ha" a film o f Ih e ro mlHII "o r y e xe r ci,cs pe rform ed by lo p ~v mn a " t ' whidl w ill I", a va ilahl e around Deccmbe r 1. 196 7. Th t' film ma y Iw purc ha"' d in loo p". 16 mm a nd s upe r 8 but as o f ri g:ht nllw 111<' pri'T i, lIndl'lel'lninl'd. ;\ lIIanual e xpl a inin g t (' a c hin ~ tcrhniq u l" w ill a cco mpan y Ih e film. Th e lJ .S .C .F. WOl11 pn'" CO lli III ill e,' ha s di vid"d Ih e Unit f' d State' intn f' i ~ ht rq .! ioI1s. . Each rq .!'ion h a~ a rf' prest' llt a tivc wh o i ~ res pon· 5 ihl{~ for g(' llin ~ peopl e 10 or~anize judg ing (' liJli c~ . tea cher training clini cs and co mpetition for Iht -ir area . Each J't' g ioll ~ hflllid ha v(' at
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The cha rt be l ow se rves as a gu ide fo r the gymna sts to f o llow . may cho os e one o f t he f ou r co rne rs in t he a re a as po i nt A.
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Ra ise heels bringing a rms ba ckwa rds and j ump backwards to ha nd s t and a nd l ow er t o f r on t le ani ng re s t pos it ion with suppl e movemen t . ( Back hand spri ng . cat c h i n hands t and and lowe r to fron t suppo rt .) Be nd trunk fo rward bringi ng legs c l os er t o hands and ri se slow l y , body bent, legs apa rt and a rms s tra i gh t t o hands t and , joining l egs . ( HOIl)
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Bend arms and l O\... er t r unk fon... ard to ha l f - i nverted posi tion, (kip pOS it io n) on t he neck a nd kip to handstand, and l owe r to fro nt sca l e on one l eg, arms ra i sed s i det... ard. (HOlD)
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Lowe r l eg and raise upper body to s t and with feet toge t her . Two o r .:ilree r unn ing steps fon...a r d, hurd l e and l and with fee t together and j ump i n tu rni ng fon,.'a r d, body and l egs ben t (sal t o forwa r d) , t o l a nd on one l eg , ... ith the o t her leg he ld fon... ard and, S t ep fon ... a r d into f ron t handspring t o squa t position and head kip, (headsp r ing) to sta nd ,... ith arms up,... ard. Lower arms in f ron t t-!hile raising l eft leg forwa rd, 1/4 turn right and, raising arms sldewa r ds, fall (lunge) to left l eg and bending knee, pu t ting the hands on the floo r , pass r ight l eg under righ t hand, lef t hand and lef t f00t, 1 /2 turn to left on left foot and pass r ight leg under r ight h.lOd and left, and r ise to handstand while joining l e gs . (HOlD) 1/8 turn to l eft in D- B d ire ction, fa ll ,... ith st r aigh t arms t o ro ll on back and rise, l egs st raight, t o stand, raising arms upward, raise le ft leg fon,'ard with 1/4 turn ri gh t l o ....'ering arms Sideward, and cartt... heel left to land on right leg ,.;r i th 1/4 t ur n righ t Hhile joining l eft l eg to right and, Jump turning back.... a r ds to handstand (flic - flac) to stand on right l eg, put l ef t foot behind r ais ing the arms fon ... a r d ",ieh 1/2 turn to the left while join i ng ri ght leg to l eft leg and, Jump in place lOt... e r ing arms ·.... hile t ur ning 135 0 to the left t o fron t catch, bend arms and p l ac e chest on gr ou nd to ro ll backwa rds on the stomach, body bent backwa r ds, to momentary f ront l ean i ng res t position and, jump fon... ard passing l egs straight and apart l aterally under hands t o rear leaning res t position. (St r addle cut to r ea r support. ) Lot... e r to si t position and bend trunk forwa rd and t urn baekv.'a r ds on back executing a back ro ll through momentary handstand to stand, arms upward. Step fon... ard on right foo t l owering arms sid e wards. hop forward on ri ght foot, s,... ing l ef t leg and arms fon... ard, step forward on left foot and ,.,rith 1/4 turn to left, turn to the left side by a momentary handstand with a 1/4 turn to left to half bent stand and jump turning backward to handstand (f l ic - flae) to ha lf - bent stand and jump turning over baeln... ards (sal t o ) with st r aight body and legs to stand. (Roundoff flic - flac layout somersau lt )
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The Fl oo r Exerci s e may be re versed totnll y o r p.:lrtia il y.
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Pass righ t l eg forw a rd under right hand and f r on t scisso r t o l ef t and f ro n t sc is so r t o ri g ht. Pass l e ft le g forward under l ef t hand and pass both le gs under ri gh t hand, left hand, rig ht hand, and, With suppo rt on ri gh t arm, pass legs over right porrme l and neck with 1/2 turn ri gh t placing left hand on neck, pass le gs under ri gh t hand, and with s upport on ri gh t arm pass l egs ove r neck and ri ght pomme l wi t h 1/2 t u rn t o ri gh t moving l ef t hand t o righ t pomme l t o re a r support on both pomme l s. (Stocklie ri gh t.) ( Keh r e - ou t, Kehre - in, a r ound right arm), pass l egs under ri gh t hand and l eft hand and, With support on lef~ arm, pass l egs over le f t pomme l and c r o up with 1/ 2 turn rig ht placing ri ght hand on croup, and with support o n ri gh t a rm pass legs over right pommel with 1/4 turn ri gh t t o d i smount t o stand o n ri g ht side. (Back or Invert ed s t ock lie , 1/4 t ur n t o side s tand rig ht.)
NOTE : The Sid e Horse exercise may be reve rsed onl y i n its entirety.
Ty pi ca 1 Fau It s 1 - - - - --- 1. 40
a)
b) c)
Deductions
Lack of supp)e movement in fron t support -------O. - 0.2 Ben t arms while p r essing to hand s t and ----------O. - 0.7 Lack of rhythm whi l e moving t o handstand-- ----- 0.2 - 0.3
II --- --- 1.20
Lack of harmony and rhythm during e ntire part ------------- -- -- ------ -------------------- O. l - 0.3
II1 -- ---1 00
If front somersau lt is be l ow t he level of th e shou l ders - --- ---- --- --- --- - -- ----- O.
1V--- ---1 00
Par t s 3 and 4 a nd connec ti on be t ween the t wo without harmony and acce l e rat ed rhy t hm----- 0.2 - 0.3
V--- - --- 0.80
a) b)
Lack of harmony and rhythm- - -- -- --------------- O. Arms bent while rising to handsta nd ------------ O.
- 0.3
- 0.3 - 0 .3
V1----- - 0 .60
Lack of harmony - - ----------- - ------------------ O. l -
VII --- -- O 80
If dur i ng flip flop, t h e c hest is l owe r t han shou l der height ------ --- --- -- ------------- O.l
V1II - --- 0 90
a) b)
1X ---- -- 0.50 1X ----- - O 50
X- - ----- 1.80
O.
If a t t he moment of ca tchin g in suppor t wi th hands. t he body is be l ow a 45 degree angle ----- O. 0 Lac k of harmony and rhythm in 6, 7 and 8 ------ - 0. 1 - 0 th~
body does not pass through a pronounced momentary handstand - ------ ----- -- -- - 0 . I f
a) b)
Legs not jOined dur ing flip f l o p or backward some rsault (each time) --- - - - - ------- - - O.l Chest be l ow shou ld er leve l during back somersault -------------------------------- O.l -
Typ ica 1 Fa ult s
1--- ----1. 00
Deduc tions
Us ua l faults 路
11 -- - - -- 1. 20
Lack of rh y t hm be t ..... een Part I & Pa rt II -------- O. l - 0.2
111-----1. 40
Touchi ng e nd of horse t oo soon ---------------- -O.
0 .5
1V- ----- 0.80
Touch back ..... ith hand --------------------------- O
0.5
V-- ----- 0.70 SIDE HORSE
a) b)
Hi ps t oo l uw during scisso r s ------------------- O.l - 0.3 Touching e nd of horse wh ile. c uttin g l ef t l eg u nder ri g hL h3nd -- - ------ - ---- --- ----- 0.2 - 0 . 3
Fr om s id e sta nd f r ontways wi th le ft hand on neck, ri g ht hand on left pomme l .
V1 -- ---- 0.50
Us ual fau lt s
I.
V"ll - -- --0.60
Hips t oo l ow during scissors ---- - -------------- O. 1 - 0.3
V11I ---- 0.50
Usua l fau lt s
Pass l egs under left hand, 1/4 tur n right a nd p l ac e right hand on neck, pass l egs ove r left pomme l and 1/4 turn right to rear suppo rt , l eft hand on left pomme l, r igh t hand on neck. (Loop around end.)
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A Plan To Resc ue Our Olympic Beggars after 12 years we still scronnge to affo rd an OlY1T/' pic team, while we fail to deve lop onr potentiality in m an y sports. H ere's a plan to end all the begg ing. /3 ) IR VING JAFFEE O lymp i(; S ka tin g Cha mp ion in 1928 a nd 1932, as told to H a l Bock
Condensed and reprint.ed by permission from the Septembe r, 1967 edition of the A.II ER ICAN L EG ION magazin.e _ T he modern O lym pi c ga mes we re fir st held in A th ens, C recce, in 1896. T hey have bee n he ld eve ry four yea rs s in ce, exce pt in war years 1916, 1940 a nd 1944. Th e winter games were added in 1924. Th e n ited ~S t a t es has pa rticipa ted fr om th e s ta rt. \V he n we go into th e 1968 ga mes, our Ol ympi c ex pe ri en ce will have sp ann ed 72 yea rs. Ye t it is a fo regone co ncl us ion th at it will be a crash opera ti on to fin an ce our 1968 team. Und oub tedly our Ol ympi c Com mitt ee wo n 't go in th e red . It will balance th e boo ks by a last-mi nut e p leadin g fo r ind ividu al gift s, by s wa p pin g excl usive Olympi c adve rti sin g end or se ments for cas h and cq ui pme nt fr om _ S. corpora ti ons, a nd by practi cin g eco nomi es in Ol ymp ic expenses - eco nomi es th a t wi ll in cl ude leav in g sOme e li gib le a thl etes h ome. T hi s begg in g to h el p the richest natio n on ea rth se nd it s squ ads to th e Olym pics mak es me absolut ely furi ous. But whil e I can co ntain myself , my wife can 't. S he wa nt s to ta ke it out on the onl y t a rge t ava il ab le - th e poo r ushers who pass th e t in cup. "W hy a ren ' t they pl a n nin g so methin g," she cri es, Uin stead of embarrassin g a nd humili a t ing our s ports, our n a ti on and our wh ole prog ra m ?" S he and I aren 't a lone. As a form er Ol ympi an , and as on e wh o eve r s in ce h as ide ntifi ed himse lf with th e developm ent of yo un g American ath letes, J a m oft en the ta rge t of a blunt q Uf's ti on from oth ers : " Wh a t th e h ell is the matt er ? Why do th ey have to put Bo b H ope on a teleth on to raise ni ck els a nd pe nni es, or enlis t Bin g C ro:;by in appea ls to the publi c, or ask peo ple to se nd in so ap co upons with the p romi se tha t th c ma nu fac ture r will give so mu ch to the Ol ymp ic fund fo r eve ry so many co upons? " They do have to d o th a t, and our 1968 Ol ympi c tea m will n eed yo ur support in eve ry co nceivable way in ord er to make out. Th ere's no chan ce of ge tt in g out of th e old rut in the littl e tim e re ma inin g. -'Iay be we' ll neve r ge t out of it. .\I ay be the begg in g, pe nny.p in chin g, co mm erc iali za ti on a nd cas h ope ra ti ons will go on an d on in to have th e th e n ati on that is re puted greates t rese rvoir of management ability in th e world _ There's a s im ple and logica l way to ass ure our Ol ym pic tea m the money it n eeds in a plan ned, n on-b f'gg in g fa shion with eno u gh money left ove r to prov id e some need ed su ppo rt for the bett er develo pment of ama te ur a thle ti cs in the United S tates. Wh a t could we d o in th e Unit ed S ta tes to ass ure our O lympi c an d P a n-A meri ca n Cames teams of a ll ex pen ses, with out begg in g a nd comme rc ia li za tion of a ma te ur s po rt s, and a t th e sa me time find more money for the deve lop me nt of yo un g a th letes? 1 am s ure we don 't wa nt to professiona li ze our a ma teur s port s, a nd I a m equ a ll y sure th a t we don' t want Uncle Sa m
to run our s po rt s p rogram s the way th e Co mmuni s t gove rnm ent s do. 1 think we have a lre ad y gone too fa r, for to me it is repu lsive th a t th e Olympi c Co mmitt ee is in t he bus in ess of so li c it in g cor po ra ti ons fo r he lp a nd g ivin g them exclu s ive ad ve rti sin g endorse me nt s in ret urn. Th e an swe r ca n surely be foun d r ight a t ha nd , by simpl y a da ptin g a finan cia l pri nci ple la id dow n yea rs ago for th e di sposal of a ny p rof it s from th e Olympic Cames the mselves. S uch p rofits " must be applierl for the promo tion of the Ol ympic movement , or for the developm ent of am ateur s ports_" 1 wo uld like to see a fund , ea sily paid for by s port s fa ns in a sy tema ti c way, to s u pport our Ol ymp ic and Pa n A merican games, a nd at th e same time fur th er the d eve loJl ment of am a te ur athleti cs in th e U ni ted S ta tes. Ca ll it an y thi n g yo u want , but "AS DOF" would do for n ow. (A meri can Sports De"e lopm ent and Ol ym p ic F und ) . .1t wo uld be s us tai ned by a cut fr ol11 th e ga te a nd from TV rece ipts in a ll U .S. spor tin g event s, amate ur a nd p rofessiona l. F or a ll I ca re - if it were so ad ministere d as to preve nt ch ea tin g - it could be a sm all s urt a x a dd ed to ti cke t p ri ces, so tha t n o promoter co uld cry that he co ul dn 't afford it. Th e whole Amer ican s portin g p ubli c co ul d qu ite painl essly foo t the b ill - and gladly, 1 think. Tn WW2 , a 10'10 tax was slapped on s portin p: good s a nd a muse ment s. Now, 22 yea rs a ft er th e wa r's end , we're still p ay in ~ some o f th ose taxes. ASDOF co uld put milli on, of doll a rs int o th e support of amateu r a thl e ti cs, fr om Ol ympi cs to sa ndl ot, with fa r less. I've thou!!h t of 1 or 2'10 for A SDOF. Pf' rh a ps it - wo uld be more ronveni ent to thin k of a flat ni ckel for ASD OF for each pa id a dmi ss ion of Sl or more to a s p o rtin ~ event - with a nomin a l cut on :;o me oth er ba,i, fr ol11 TV too. W ha t a wo nd e rful feel in!! it wo uld be to know th a t eve ry t ime you ~go to a s po rt in ;! event yo u'd be hel p in g your co untry's ama teur prop: ra m. W hen I pay 86 to see a track mee t a t i\ Ia d iso n S qu a re C arrlen. I'd cheerfull y pay an extra SC AS DO F " tax" w hen I bu y my ti ck et. Wh a t a reli ef if th ey , 11O uld int erru p t the prop:r a m !lOt to b e~ . but to ann oun ce : " Att end a nce toni ght is I S.8Ti. Yo ur ga tc receipts h ave p;ovid ed S793.7S fo r a ma te u r s ports in Ame ri ca ." Th ev wo ul d n't need mor e th a n th a t s mall sum from a Ga rden a ud ience at a track mee t .a h ock ey or basketba ll p:a me_ or a box in g mat ch. if the re we r e a .Sc ASDOF " ta,'" on all 路s port s ad mi ss ions prerYlU here. La l' t yea r th ere we re 135 mill ion admi s,ions to coll e!!e a nd pro foo tb all. pro base ba ll. horse rac in!! a nd trollin !!. S im ply fro m th ol'e three. a Sc AS DOF co ntri b uti on per ad mi ss ion would yield 56,7:')0.000 a yea r. In th e four-vea l' Ol vmpi c s pan th a t alone woul d p!"l'v ide S27 mi lli on pa inl essly.
Throw in a ut o r ac in g. boxin g, track , hockey. ba ske tball. sw immin g. skiin g_ ska ting. ~o l f. dog races, jai ala i, and so on. an d th ere woul d be m illi ons mor e. We'd never have to pros t itut e our Ol ymp ics to adve rti , in g aga in or pass th e tin cup a roun d . Th e cost of onr l as t 0l vl11Pi r a nd P an A mf' ri can team s was $1,39g,11'1 .30 a hu ge a mou nt und e r our present horse-andb ugp:y funrlin g. a drop in th e bucke t und er the AS DOF idea. O"e r each fo ur-yea r pe ri od a n ASD OF su rtax. if it were Sc a pa id ad mi s:; ion. co ul d rroh ably rai se more th a n S30 milli on above wha t our Ol ympi c and P a n A meri ca n tea ms need. That wo uld put mu scl e in t he la te P res iden t K enn edy's dream of a na t ional ph ys ica l fi tn ess pr0it ra m. wh ere now there is onl y pa per ancl talk. Th ere are assoc ia ti ons govern ing or pro1Il 0t ing most sport s t h at co uld s pell out fa r more that coul d he don e to w ide n opportunit y a nd develop a mat eur ac ti viti es in th e ir fi eld s, if a fun d such a s AS DO F offered th em a runni ng s ta rt. A few thin gs abo ut s uch a fund as ASOaF. It ce rt ; inl y shou ld be run h y a top boa rd of out sta ndin g c it izens wh o a re no t pa rt of a ny s port s assoc ia ti on , to k ee p it above su ch senseless qu arrels as th e AA U a nd th e NCAA a re now wag in g. It shoul d be a s fa r a bove s uspi c ion as~ C~esar's wife. A n a t ion that ca n run a R ed Cross or a } [ar ch of Dim es has th e ma nage ment savvy to mak e it wo rk. Sports fan s. T think , wo uld be d eli ghte d to support it. S port s promote rs who pay profess iona l pe rforme rs and ent ertain ers have been takin g in bi g ga tes for a mateur sport s for yea rs, with out do inp: ve ry mu ch fo r a ma teur s po r ts in re turn a nd - of cou rse - withou t pa yin g th e perfor me rs. M os t of our profess iona l s port s fea s t off a ma teur s port s. W e are all fa miliar with pro foo tball and pro baske tball di vvy in g up th e top co ll ege stars amo ng th e m ever y year. Pro baske tba ll scout s tour th e co ul)try loo kin g for a ma te ur ta len t. T o th em th e bes t a ma te urs a re found gold. Tt is tim e th ey coo pe ra ted to help develop tlw tale nt th a t is th e source of th e ir ri ches. And it wo uld be good bu s in ess, too. T elev is ion's s port s s hows are its bes t d raw ing ca rd. T V too should bf' very hap py to make a contributi on to th e deve lop ment of it s most a ttracti ve pe rfor mers. The g rea test valu e of AS DOF wo ul d n ot li e in Olymp ic meda ls. T hey wo uld s impl y be the fr ostin g on th e ca ke. By fa r its chi e f illlport-a nce wo uld li e in th e op portunit y it co uld prov id e for all th e boys and girl s who wa nt to achi eve some thin g_ but whosp e lde rs say th ey "ca n 't a ff ord " thi s a nd "ca n't a ff ord" tha t. It wo ul d also li c in th e help it wo uld g ive to th ose yo lunt ecr adult s who a re bu ckin g " th e sys tem" in tryin g to do wh a t th ey ca n fo r s uch boys a nd g irl s. Yo u ta ke it fr om tlw re. T il E L\' D 9
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Four nt'w nlt'n liJt' rs to the tripl e club in lin e a ft ern oo n. Thi s is an examp le of a ~y mn as ti c happening: at .'Iluscl e Beach in Sa nta .'Il on ica . S in e!" 1932 . Mu scl e Beach has bee n th e .'I[ pcca for ~ylllna s t s, and , pe r· hapi' . mor!" than a ny ot he r pla ce ha s. bet'n \\' itn ~~~ to s pontan eo us gymnas ti c hap penin gs. Thi ,; pa st ,. umm er was no exce ption. In ad dition to th (' four new ~ymna s t s d o in ~ tripl es off th e little rin gs, we were trea t('d to Ri ck Tu cke r's "eye·ball poppin g" double front ·to· th p·bac k barani out at th e end of hi s hi·har routin e ! Then how about Ed C unn ey 's full twi,;tin~ douhl e uff th e bar. J f he ,"w r ge t,; it und er co ntrol it should , hah th e judges up. A lso Ed , in spired by all tilt" new tri p lers, did a stand up tripl p off th e rings, perhaps for thi' first tilll !" in hi s care!"r ? A rno Lascari stopped by at the Beac h ,>11 hi s way to th e Un ive rsiad e Games. 1 noti ct'u th at he h ad hrought hi s work out g:ear, but after watching th e boys ~o throug h tlH'ir pa ces he ju st sat in th e sa nd. That was th e aft e rn oon that S teve Lern er h ad hi s own littl e gy mna sti c happenin g. S urely no ont' el se can approac h Ste w for va riet y of ~ win g in g rin g di s mount s. Th e lat est ad dition to hi !:' rt'pn tory that I sa w in c luded a s pa s· a wa y full ·in doubl e and a doubl e t wistin g full·in doubl e. P erhaps he has already dun e it , and I'm H lI' e h e is capabl p of a full·in tripl( ' . . . h e eve n wa" talking about a () A])!! S pea kin g of imposs ibl e tri cks, did any· on,' s.. e Loui e We"!',, doubl e j erk ba ck '! I t\ simpl y nut sUPPo>t'd to' be puss ibl e off th e littl (" rin ~s I whi ch a re about l.~' hi ~h I , but no ont' told Louie th at. Apparentl y he was in s pirt' d by wat chin g \lark ])avi" do hi " !"t'a l hi gh stall j erk back , s" Ill' g,)t up a nd did a pe rfect douhl e j erk ha c k I think eve n Lern er is c hi c ke n of that. I rt'nll'mlJ<' r an oth e r di ~ nlOunt e r by tln~ IHII1H' of Lynn \Vald t' n who tri .. d d"ub!v :" rk bacb way ba ck in th e 1\)40,. Twi( '" hl' "tall!'d IIU't and la ndt 'c/ 011 hi ~ h~ad. I h aVt' Tl t' v t' r :-t'e l1 a nyu n(' tr y it s in ...' . that i" unt il Luui (" " 0
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. reme mber Leonard Harri s (former nati(lnal ring champi on) , and what du yo u think of a on e a rm front lever. ])on P erry actually held thi s fanta sti c tri ck , and viu sa li ze thi s if yo u can a n in verted .\[alt ""e cross . .'Iliit on Lipman pull ed to that pos iti un mume ntarily whil e at the beach a fe w yea rs a go.
Lou Persc hke hr o u ~ ht dow n portabl e e quipm !'nt Iwarl y eVi'ry weeke nd during t he summ er , su the ~ym na s t s had a chance to wo rk s idf'horse and un a se t (If s pringy parall l' ls. Al so the g irl s we re not forg:utt en. i\ balan ce bea m was used both at fu ll height and a lso s(' t a t th e sand level to give th e "iris a ch ance to It'a rn wa lkovers, kick· uve r~, s plit ". e tc. Th e big: t ra mp that Lou brought down was the onl y true coe d event thuugh. And th .. mini ·tra mp in th e sand gave sonl(' of th e boys a chan ce to try fr ont unc·and·a·ha lves. As id e from so mp ankloinjuri es tllf're wa s onl y on e othe r catas· trup h,' that I saw. So me unkn ow n ~y mna s t tried a front doubl e frllm th e mini·tramp and landed whil e still in a tu ck. Hi s bathing tr unk s s plit cump le tely aruund the seam. But in tru e Mu , c1 e Beach s p irit h e cu n· tinued wit h a tow el wrapped aruund hi s wa ist. S tp,·" Hu~ mad e man y of th e old e r g:ym· nasts g:roan with envy a" he hit a diamidov on on" "f hi " fir "t tri es on th e parall e ls. Thi s was at a "" rt "f for c," d hapl1Pning: " 'Ill'n man y of tilt' g:ymna sts w('rt' unahk til e nt e r th .. m(,pts a t th e b .. ach hut wt'n ' a bloto wo rk out b"fort, and a ft t' r. Wl wn Bob Smith w"rk,- th " hi bar at th t' bea ch, a ha ppening: a lm""t a lway"
JAPANESE EXHIBITION AT LONG BEACH 1967 16mm fi lm, B & W , s il ent and apprax . 370 ft. in length. Hi gh ly educationa l film st ressing group cal isthenic warm-up, so me warm-up on apparatus and fina ll y excellent opt ional ro utines by t wa or three Olympic team members o n each of th e 011around events. Men's events on ly. Fronk Endo 12200 So. Berendo L.A, Cali f. 90044 T h ree day s rental: $5.00 Sa les: $28.00 Ppd.
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Japanese National Teams Perform in Exhibition By Dick Criley Followin g a week of intense competitIO n at the Little Olympics in Mexico City where th ey earn ed a large share of the medal s, th e Japanese Na ti onal Men's and Wom en's Gymnastic T eams demon strated the talents which have led th em to th e top in world gymnastic competit ions. T he ex hibiti on wa s held at th e Long Beach City College und er th e sponsorship of th e SP AAA U and the Southern Cal ifornia Acrobati c Team (SCATs) . The arrangem ents for th e visit were in stituted by Mr. Frank Endo who also served as interpreter and by Mr. Bud Marquette, coach of th e SCATs_ Films were taken by the lVIODERN GYMNAST of many of the exe rcises and future issues will run sequences. Color mo vies of th e ex hibiti on are also ava il able from Mr.
Frank Endo. A few of th e hi gh points of the exercises may be mention ed. FX: S. Kato 's pike sid e so mie , T . Kato's high full twist, Nakayama's handspring pik e front somie perform ed in sp ite of a foot injury. SH: The outstanding 'C' move seemed to be a loop in stockli imm ediate travel down. T. Kato's exercise was unusual for the lon g end sequ ence after scissors: moore, travel down, loop in, travel up , tra vel down , loop hop on end, loop dismount. All worked rapidly. SR: Nakayama's shoo t, stiff arm giant and hi s ba ck lever out kip 'L'. Ex ce pt for S. Kato who used a doubl e, all the others used a full twisting somie for a di smount. LH: Th e notable thin g in the men's va ultin g was that everyone stuck hi s landing. Endo used th e pike hand sprin g from the neck which won him a 9.7 in lVIexico City. PB: Everyone was impressed by th e way th e Japanese worked - smoo th , high, clean , fr ee, fa st and sharp were just a few of the desc ription s of th eir
style. In thi s event the work was so similar that all performers co uld have been cast from th e same mold . Both Hayata and Nakayama used a solid ba ck over bar to hand stand. Impressive was Nakayama's mount which was a shoot to hand stand on one bar, hop e to the other bar, glid e over sid e and stalder up and hi s dismount wh ich was a very hi gh front off with one-half twi st. HB: W hile some the difficulty di splayed in Mexico City was cut out (such as full twisting hech ts by Kato, Na kaya ma ) diffi culty enou gh was di splayed by T. Kato 's takemoto, pirouette catch and Endo's hecht with full. The women's work was fa scinatin g for its originality and difficulty_ Quick mention might be made of Shibuya's pirouette change (from stand on low bar facing hi gh bar, reverse grip, jump to three-quarter giant ) to hip circle. A layout front and a back so mie , both from the end, were among the dismount s used on th e beam.
(~_~_~_~~~_~OO_W~_~I_:_lh_eJH_UHn_ese_J What makes the Japanese the most highly regarded and honored gymnasts in the world today? Before the recent Japanese Team exhibition in Long Beach, California, the MG was able to arrange a day with the visiting team and a chance to ask this question personally of the Japanese themselves. What transpired was an eye-opening insi~ht into the anatomy of greatness. by Dick Criley and Ken Sakoda Our lust interview wa s with Mr. Ryoji Koguchi , the General Manager for the Japan ese T eams. IvIG: Do you have any gymnasts working trampoline? Mr. Koguchi: A few , th ey are specialists. MG: In view 0/ the fact that the Russians are seriously working tramp, do you think trampoline will ever appear in the Olympics? Mr. Koguchi: In due tim e, but not in the near future. MG: Does everyone work all-around ? lVIr. Koguchi : Yes, th ere are only a few specialists. Th ey may compete in tumblin g or tramp oline in th e hi gh schools or uni versities. MG: What is the length oj competition /:n the high schools and universities? The period of the dual meet season? Mr. Koguchi: A college dual mee t, both optional and compul so ry routin es, will tak e two days. Wheth er both optional and comp ul sory routines are used depend s on the leag ue. There are three divi sions in the uni versity level compet iti on. To determine th e champ ionship team takes a full week. With respect to the high scho ols, on the national level, th ere are 48 prefectures (roughly equivalent to states).
Only one high school team represe n ts a prefectur e at the national competition. Th e gym nastic season run s from lVIay to December. lVIG: How many university teams are there? lVIr. Koguchci: Close to 200 tea ms. MG: How do you handle practice sessions? lVIr. Koguchi: W e first start off with a warm-up session s of cal istheni cs. Each gymnast stretches and loosens every part of his body. Then thi s is followed by group tumbl ing-hand springs, cartwheels, neck kips, etc. Then the group circulates to each event and farm s up , as a group , on that apparatus. MG: What is the extent of government support for gymnastics in Japan? Mr. Koguchi: Wh en a gy mnast r eaches th e National level of competition, th ere is a government subsidy for such thin gs as transportation, workout clo thes, equijJ ment, etc. In Decemb er, 36 gy mnasts will be selected for next year's Olympic team trials. In May, another competi ti on will be held and half of these will qualify. During thi s time of training, the government will provide room and board. In J lily, the final trial s will be held to select the six team members and one alternate who will co m-
pete in Mexico City. MG: What are you doing to remain on top in the Olympics? Mr. Kogll chi: We are doin~ a lot of research. We ha ve a nlaga zin e
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Research ) sponsored hy the J apan",;,路 Federation devoted to re,,'a IT h. The ed it or is l\h. Nakajima. Th e ma gazi ne all' 路lll pt,. to co mpare such grea t athletes a" Ca,,lavska, Voronine. For exa mpl e, Ca, lav"ka mal' be shown doing a va ult and a J apalI ese. The analysis tell s why Caslavska is doing it better. This way \ve learn . We also use movies. MG: Have YOIl made use oj the videocorder? Mr. Koguchci: Yes, for ten days before we left for Mexico City, we used it to study our exercises. MG: Where do you coach gymnastics? Both Endo and Hayata co ach at Niho ll Un iversity. Both were Phys ical Ed ucation majors. Th ey noted that coac hin g takes up so much tim e that Su nday is the only day available for a good workout. MG: What sort oj strength-bllildin& exercises do yOl~ use in developing young gymnasts? Endo: A di stin ction must be made between
simply buildin g muscl es and develop in g the muscles n eeded to do a move. As id e from arduous workout s six tim es a week. there is no regul ar weight·l iftin ll progra m to build mu scles. They go through a wa rm·up , then li g ht routin es, a nd th en heav ier r outin es. It is this pra cti ce whi ch b uild s up and d evelops muscl es . W eight· liftin g is n ot a way of buildin g a gy m· nast's body in Japan. MG: H ow do YOlL learn and practice haz· ardolLs moves? H al'a ta: Th e gy mn a sts ' work a s a tea m, , tud yin g th e moves of one an oth e r ~o th ey can le arn how to do the moves be tter. fvIG : Are spot/.l:ng belts used ? Hayata: No. A t th e elementary (l ower echelon ) l evel, a spottin g belt may be use d, but at th e hi gh cali ber levels, n o s pottin g b elt s are used. Thi ck s po n ge ru bber ma ts a re u sed for landin gs to pre· ven t inj uri es. MG: Are th ere many injuries? H aya ta : I h ad a s houlder injury seri ous enough to k eep me from work in g out for a month . i\'1G: Do YO lL stay in shap e all year ' round ? Endo: Th e Japan ese in th e hi gher echelons work throu ghout the year. Thi s is why they feel they are abl e to stay on top. Durin g the o ff- season , they work ou t to stay in shape, but also for developin g n ew moves. In th e events of sli g ht injuries to some portion s of the body, by runnin g a nd other exer cises. Me: Do you have slum.ps? Tflhat do you tlo about them? End, >: Wh cn a J apan ese ha s a period whi ch Ini ;!!l t be a slump, he kee ps on workin g " ut. !-I " keeps tryin g the m ove tim e and t illll' allain. tryin g to brin g perfection to it. Th at one more tim.e makes it! .\I e : /l olU many hOllrs 0/ work out do you pllt ill a da.l'~ Endo : '1' '''1> a nd a half h ours until th ,. na ·
ti onal level o f com pe tItIOn is r eached , th en four h ours a day. Thi s goes for three days, res t one day, a nd so on. MG: Tflhat is your motivation ior competing ill gymnastics? (A hard qu es tion to an swer. Endo and Hayata finall y a greed th a t they h ave the sam e motiva ti ons as most gy mn as ts, but it is th eir tra inin g meth ods th a t mak e th e m seem different. ) Thus, it is th e ri go rou s trainin g and technique which h as c aptured th e inter est a nd foll owin g of some of the top US gymnasts such as Sa kamo to a nd Allen. H ow do you strength en a gymnast's weak event ? Endo : Th e tra inin g period for that event is len gthened in order to stren gthen it. MG: TfI hat goes into the planning or a routine? Endo: On e mus t kn ow the different A, B, C, moves in order to plan it. At the beginnin g level, the coach's advice is so ught. After a r outine is developed, the coa ch ass is ts th e gy mnast and may make adjus tm ent s by droppin g or changing parts. MG: TfI hat is your preparation for a meet? Endo: Whether for a meet or an exhibiti on , I r equire a period of r elax a tion. In prepara tion for a bi g mee t, I work out very h ard up to a week be for e but taper down as th e meet approaches until the day b efor e when I on ly work out li ghtly. On the day of th e mee t it self I have plenty of energy and sta mina a nd ca n r eally put out. In bi g mee ts in Japan when all six eve nt s are go in g at once, the gy mn a st will gen erall y kn ow ahea d of tim e what event s h e wi ll work firs t. H e plan s hi s workou ts acco rdingl y. Me: just be/ore yol/. mOllnt th e apparatus, we obsPrve an intense look oi ('o n cell ' tratioll . /) 0 YOIL have sOllie "{lartif'li/ar th ollghts in mind?
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E ndo : My purpose is NOT to have an y· thin g in mind , bu t to cl ear my mind for th e r ou tine whi ch I am abou t to go throu gh. MG: A number of yo ung japanese gYIII' nasts have come to the US lor col/egeIto, Kanzaki, Hayasaki- are th ere likely to be more? Tflhat wOldd be their pur· pose since gymnastics is at slLch a high level at hom e? H ayata: Membe rs of th e Na ti on al team s will not leave Japan becau se th ey ca nn ot lea rn mor e gy mna sti cs out s id e of Jap a n. Th e low.e r echelon gy mnasts may com e becau se th ey wish to r ece ive a Maste r's d egree or so me other edu ca cti ona l in s tru ction. MG: Tflhat about smoking and drinking? Endo: Th e Japan ese, lik e others, ha ve th e ir b ad hab it s, and ad mit that smokin g a nd d rinkin g are su ch. But th ey are still on top and top gy mnas ts fee l th a t the ir hard trainin g more than overcomes ill effects. (End o admitted that when hi s throa t hurts, h e quits smokin g.) Trainin g a s h ard as th ey do, they r each a point of utt e r exh a usti on a fter a workout. Then a littl e alco hol or glass of bee r relax es th em a nd re li eves te nsion so th ey ca n slee p better. In summary, it is not th e bad ha bit s so much as the go od on es whi ch affec t th e end r esult. W e wou ld es pec ially lik e to a ckn owled ge th e a id of i\ Ir .. Frank End o who gave nearly a full a ft ern oo n o f hi s tim e to inte rpretin g fo r us. A co mm ent o f hi s d id mu ch to h e lp us und er, ta nd th e a ttitud e o f th e J apanese a bout a thl eti cs in p:e neral and gy mn as ti cs in parti cul a r : On e o f th e reaso ns for th e inl e n ~e
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60ES TO MEXICO PRE· OLYMPICS by lack Beckner, 1968 Olympic Team Coach BACKGROUND Last May the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Committee recognized the necessity of U.S. participation in the IIIrd Pre·Olympic Gymnastic Meet to be held in Mexico City, Oct. 15-19. Since this meet fell under the jurisdiction of the AAU action was finally initiated primarily through the efforts of Mr. Maloney, Mr. Meade, the NAAU Com· mittee, Mr. Barak of the Luxford Founda· ti on and myself to see that this necessary experience take place. Thanks and credit for our successful venture must al so go to the three top gym· nastic equ ipment companies who helped und erwrite the expenses : The Nissen Corp. who in add ition, provided fin e warm·up suit s, The Gym Master Gymnastic Equip· ment Corp., and the American Gymnasti c Co rp . Many thanks. TRIAL A tri al was held at Pasadena City Col· lege Oct. 12·13 to select 6 gymnasts who wou ld depart the followin g day for Mexico under th e direction of the 1968 Olympic coach and manager. An appropriate fi eld of 13 gymnas ts entered thi s co mpetition sc hedul ed for Friday the 13th. F ollowin g are th e result s : Steve Hug 105.15; Bob Lynn 104.85; Fred Roethli sberger 104.60; Ri chard Loyd 103.70; Fred Den ni s 101.40 (d ue to un fortunate circ'u mstan ces, Fred Dennis wa s unabl e to acquire the proper documen ts and Jim Amerdin e replaced him just b,' fore fli ght time) ; Ri ck Tu cker 14
• 100.50; Jim Amerine 100.40. Na tional Li st Jud ges participating were: Paul Fina (IlL ), J erry Wright (San Francisco), Ron Barak (So. Calif.), Larry Ban· ner (Corona Del Mar), J. Beckner ( L.A.), North ern Calif. Officials were Rick Field and Don Nelson; So uthern Calif. Offi cials were Messrs. Barber, Bartlett, Bellmar, Endo, Flood, and Rosenstock. MEXICO After a pleasant fli ght on Mexicana Air· lin es, we arrived and dep arted for our hotel only to find we had to temporarily move to another hotel. Even though fati gued, we proceeded to the Auditorio National, the sight of competition, in order to familiarize the team with th e apparatus and enjoy a li ght workout. We found the aparatus excell ent (Fritzen and J ann son with exception of Japan ese S. Horse and Rin gs) . The only shortcomin g was the chalk whi ch was more suitable to bowling than gymnastics. Sunday afternoon we observed the Women's Compulsory Competition which deve loped into a close race between the Czechs and the Russians. The Czechs· ulti· mately won th e team title. and without Caslavska. The day of co mpetition we arrived early for warm· up and found the warm·up gy m to be ex tremely cold. Our order of com petition was se t so as to help us achieve the bes t team eff ort and score possible. The team accep ted co aching dec isions without
question and even tho' minor problems arose the se young men r esponded in a fin e mann er. Our tea m started on tb e Parallel Bars with the USSR preceeding us on eacb apparatus and the Japanese followin g us on each, fini shin g on Lon g Horse. On the optionals we started on Side H orse, fini shing on Floor Exercise. Needless to say, lack of group training prior to departure and lack of international experience resulted in some individual low scores which we expected, but morale was hi gh and mistakes immediately forgotten. Consequently the team effort was strong. This held true throughout the whole meet and resulted in a 3rd place team victory for the U.S. This team did an outstanding job considerin g the level of competition and their own experience. Individually they will be the better for the experience and I would not be surprised if these boys show the necessary improvement next year to make our Olympic Team. We suffered no ill effects from altitude or gastric·enteritis, thi s latter due to disi· plin ed eating habits. RESULTS Our bes t effort s were on the optional routines, (see event score sheet ). Our best individual effort was earned by Rick Tuck· er (S.LU.) on Horizontal Bar optional routin e; 9.6 Over· all, our best event was Floor Exercise; over·all average for com· pulsories and op tion als was 9.1. Our best 5 routin es were on the Horizontal Bar with
an average of 9.4. Our poorest effort came on the Long H orse with an average of 8.56 on comp ulsory vaults. It is my feeling that gy mn asts and coach es should not become complacent over goo d scores on H orizontal Bar, h owever I feel that judgin g s tand ards, particularly on the co mpul sory Lon g H orse vault , are much hi gh er than in the U .S_ lUDGES Forty judges were present and of those 11 were from Mexico_ Next year of 11 only about 3 will be Mexican, the rest will be from co untries in direct competition with the U.S_ for top honors, su ch as D.D.R. (E. Germany), Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Korea, China , all of which , if entered, will have judges participating. The U .S. delegation was r epresented by 2 judges : Tom Maloney and A rmando Vega (on Side Horse and Rings respectively) . Both did an outstanding job. Both are F.I.G. ca rd holder s and command a strong degree of respect from their counterparts_ Mr. Vega was invaluable to the U.S. delega tion in helping u s with any language problems. H e offered his services freely and helped us avoid and straighten out such difficulties as occurred. N OTES ON THE EXECUTION OF COMPULSORY EXERCISES The fo llowing notes are based on my observations of the compulsory exercises. Mr. Meade will have film s available for your study soon. The F.I .G. Table of De ductions must be followed but, more important, a higher standard of performance must be achieved in order to qualify for the top scores. The following points are primarily the " movements" that must be d eveloped to the ultimate . Be advised that execution of the compulsory exer cises literally sets a standard of judgin g for yo ur team throughout the entire competition , in su ch l arge international m eets as Olympi c Games. FLOOR EXERCISE Mount-Back handsprin g hi gh then landin g in hand stand position (no hold ). % Turn- (after leg circle to handstand ) in si de hand moves to r ear. After Cartwheel to Stand- High back hand sprin g step out. Dismount- On e ste p, roundoff, flip-fl op, high layout, Maximum lift attained with body strai ght, (chain in) , then h ead back for rotation . SIDE HOR SE Amplitude on high double leg circles and scissors_ Di sengag ing hips on scissors. . Uniform rhythm and form throug!lOut exercise.
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Avoid hittin g the horse. Dismotwt- On inverted st eckli move to the end of the h orse, avoid placin g the hand n ea r the pommel. Body must l ayo ut over the horse and land next to the end of the horse (n ot pommels) . RI N GS Mount- Shoot hand stand wi th strai ght arm s (to secure hands tand but not h eld ). On l owerin g from h andstand do not touch straps. Back Kip- Perform to stra ight arm support thcn lower to cross. Cross-A rm s and shoulder lo cked, b ody "ralnrod" straight. 2nd Dislocate-S hould b e performed with strai ght arms and little or hip fl ex ion (a low giant ) . Back Uprise-Perform high en ou gh to show " h orizont al support lever" with arm s stra ight. Best ones performed co mpletely with s tra ight arm s to l ever positi on. Dism ount- Hi gh approachin g hand stand an d lillIe or no hip fl ex ion_
LONG HORSE E mph asis on lift after h and cont act, complete opening and distance gr eater th en the length of h orse. A s trong run is indicated an d contact with horse is in the 30째 position. PARALLEL BARS Mowit- A stron g jump to stretched l1Orizon tal body po sition above th e bars with h and ah ead of shoulders. Do not bend th e arms or body. Strwli-Move rapidly t o h and sta nd. Do not h old. Peach Basket-Early drop and move rapidly to a posit ion just short of a h andstand . Front Uprise-Little body b end and hi gh. Straddle Cut to "["-P erform a s high a s possible la ndin g in strong " L" position. Back Stute- At least at horizontal po s ition. Dismount-Must flo w and push ojf to free stand . HORIZO NT AL BAR Mount-A bove horizontal. I prefer Russian techniquc of sh ooting near hands tand and u sing slight hip fl ex ion to kill downward sw ing. (No te: Mr. A. Gand er, President of F.I.G. , a t a comp ul sory di scussion in Kan sas City stated that the Russ ian t echnique was all wron g and executi on above the horizontal would meet the r equirement. Th e killin g of the swing defin itely wron g-B ill Meade.) Finnish Turn-Must b e p erformer hi gh and s tretch ed (above h orizon tal ) . Upr ise to Straddle " L"-Hip s mu st r ise to at least bar height. Straddle Cut-Sh ould be high , utilize leg fl ex ability and hand push off. Kip-Should be performed with strai ght arms. Dismount-Must be of the high fl yin g "stradJle hecht" type_ Avoid unn ecessary preliminary tap . RA NDOM N OTES The Fin als of the competiti on (Women 4 P.M_ and Men 's 7 P_M _) wer e viewed by an appreciati ve and kn owle dged a udience of 20 000 and they waited willin gly for 1% I; ours between women 's a nd men 's competition . Mon golia was represented b y a coach and male gymnast, Zarabazar N iamd a ba of U lan Bator, a fine gymn ast. M iroslav Cerar of Y u goslav ia worked with the U.S. T ea m and perform ed at his usual best a ffordin g our team an oppor tunity of a close-up view of him in action. On H. Bar hi s Stald er shoo t wi th a II:! turn to forwa rd giants was one of the best executed S up er C moves. There were many mistak es in th e tabulation of res ul ts and in so me cases S up eri or 1udge Scor e Sheets copi es wer e ill egi bl e. We had a mix-up on numbers du e to our late entry. No doubt these problems will be eliminated by next yea r. Hurzeler (Switz) coach ed by l ack Gunthard look ed to be an exceptional gym nast. I'm sure th e '68 Swiss team will be a t ough one. Dollin g and Doste of th e DDR (E. Ger. ) s howed so me fin e technique and diffi cult y, one doi ng a " free hip, hop to reversed gri p, imm ediate stoo p through and s hoot to Takamoto" on the H . Bar. Th eir tea m will be as tou gh as in T okyo. The ir detenn ina tion a nd organ iza ti on was evidenced particularly by their girls; 15 yr. old Karin 1anz (2 medals) and 16 y1'. old Mariann e Noack (l medal). In both th e mens and wo mens team the Cham p s stayed h ome. Lisitsky and Soshin (USSR) mounted the sid e horse with back loops on th e end . Klimenko demon stra ted unu s ua l ability and d arin g on all event s for an 18 yr. old. P. Bars-" ha ck se mi to hand stand , Di a modov.
stutz to hand s tand" a nd dis mou ntin g with " hack se mi full s twist". On vaultin g h e performed a "Ya ma shita with a full twi s t" . By virtu e of th eir sco re R oe thlisberger. Hu g, Loyd , and Am erin e should be quali fi ed for th e First T ea m Trial s to be held in Jun e. All scored above 104.00 points. SmvIMARY Parti cipati on in the Pre-Olympics was a worth whil e ex perien ce for U. S. Gymnastics. We accomplish ed the foll ow in g obj ec ti ves: 1. A co ntin gent of Ol ympi c ca ndid a t es and coach es had th e opportunit y to oh"er v(" th e int erpretati on and executi on of th e co mpul sory and op ti onal exe rc ises hy the best gy mnasts in th e wo rld . 2. ~l e ha d th e chan ce to check fa cilili es, equipment, e ffects o f atti tud e, anJ ot he r conditions and poss ibl e prohle ms whi ch will fa ce us in th e co min g Olympiade. 3. We had the opportunity of measurin g th e r ea din ess and capac ity of U.S_ gy mna sts and coaches to meet the chall en ge of th e co mpu lsory exer cises. 4. Und er ex istin g conditi ons of: a) ph y" ical co nditi onin g, b) read in ess to co mpe te. a nd c) gen eral la ck of to p level interna tional experi ence, we found our gy mna s ts ready to mee t the chall en ge eve n th ou gh th ey were not co mpl etely prepa red as ' co mpared with ORGA N IZED gy mn asti c nation ". 5. Our tea m pe rform ed far be tt er than expected , which r efl ects th e ir experi en ce , desire, ability, coaching, and the ir und e rstanding of thi s di sc iplin e (Gy mna sti cs) . RECOM M E N DA TIO NS A more int ensive e ff ort must Iw marl (' to d evelop U .S. gy mnasts for th e Ol ympic Prorrram. A"'d diti on al Olym pic Trainin g and Clini c opportuniti es mu st b e se t up on na ti onal and r err ional bases to a ) teach prope r tec hniques ~ in th e co mpul sor y exer cises ( hasic movem ent s); b) develo p a ll -a round co mpetitors for thi s '68 T ea m and future team s. F und s mu st be found to und e rwrit e a U.s. a ti on al Program and an Ol ympi c Program in ord er to prov id e th e necessa ry co ns istency in coac hin g ( tec hni ca l devel opment) a nd di sciplin e of gy mn asts and tl lP program s in which they parti cipat f" . On e to three opp ortuniti e>' for intnnational compet iti on betwee n now and 1\ u ~ u s t mu st be d eveloped , wh etllPr for indi vidu a ls or for th e tea m in ord er to mea sure nul' progress. Training equipm ent mus t be ma(h- available, su ch as vin eo tape, moti on pi cture equipment, with th e appropriate lenses, film , tap e, etc. ( Our problem i" one o f makin g a grea t improve lll Pl1t in a sh ort tim e. Thi s can on ly be a chi eve d if " th e power that be" wish to do it. It is actually within our ca pa city. We don' t need th e u sual T ALK, we n eed a ction!) No te : Th t' Russ ian s\ Cuba and Japa n had crews takin ~ pi ctures for th elll of a ll of th e LO mpetiti on. RESULTS OF lit LITTLE OLYMPtCS All-around: Diamidav (USSR) 115.35; Naka vama (Japan) 114.95; Endo (Japa n ) 114.70; Cerar (Yug o.) 114 . 10; Li sitsky (USSR) 114.00; Kato , T. (Japan ) 1 t 3 190; Roesthtisberger 107 .60; Hug 105.95; Loyd 105.60; A m eri ne 105.50; Lynn 103.75; Tucker 103.45. Ftoor Exercise: Naka ya ma (Japan) 19.35; Kat o, S. (Japan) 19.32; Endo 19. 15. Rings: Naka y ama (Ja pan ) 19.57; Li sitsky (USSR) 19.52; H ayota (Japa n ) 19.52. Side Horse : Cerar (Yugo.) 19.40; Diamidov (USSR) 19.32; K o t o, T . (Japan) 19.00. Long Horse: Matsuda (Japan) 19.60; Enda (Japan ) 18 .95; Kt imonko (USSR) 18 .90. Porollet Bars: Nakay ama (Japan ) 19.60; H ayata (Japa n) t 9.35; Klimenko (USSR) 19.32 . Horizontat Bar: Naka yam a (Japan) t 9.37; Endo (Japan) 19.35; Kat o, S. (Japa n ) 19 .32. Team Scores : I. Japan 572.40; 2. USS R 568.10; 3. USA 535.25. Event res ults for US T A O",: FX Ql.()(); SH 82.20; SR 89 .75; L H 86.75; PB 89.85; H B 89 .70; T ota l 535.25.
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BY JAMES S.
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'This is the ninth in a series of random topics. A second series of cinematographical studies is presently being planned. Studies using this method of research are being solicited. Send all articles, comments, questions and criticisms to the above address. SWARD, SIDNEY B. "The Metabolic Cost of S e l ee ted Gymna stic Routines," PhD The sis, University 0 f Illinois, Urbana, 1967. PURPOSE 0) To determine the energy expenditure for selected routines on horizontal bar, vaulting horse, flo or exercise mat, rings, trampoline, parallel bars and side horse; (2) To compare and evaluate the energy expenditure differences between seven selected gymnastic routines performed on seven uniquely different pieces of gymnastic apparatus; (3) To compare and evaluate the metabolic cost differences between individuals of various skill levels performing the same gymnastic routine und er the same experimental conditions; (4) To determine the energy cost of wearing metabolic equipment during a gymnastic routine; (5) To compare the caloric cost of gymnastic routines to the caloric cost of other physical activities and sport s. PROCEDURES Seventeen members of the University of Illinois gymnastic team between the ages of 18 and 21 years were used as subj ec ts. An analysis of weight in terms of bone, muscle and fat proportions was conducted on all subjects to describe quantitatively their physical characteristics. Anthropometric measurements and somato typin g were employed. The open-circuit method of indirect calorimetry was used in this study . Th e primary piece of eq uipment used for data coll ection was t.he Kofranyi-IVIichaelis respirom eter. Oth er metaboli c eq uipm ent consisted of a cloth aviators headpiece, flexible plastic respiratory tube , nose clamp, Han s Rud olph Junior respiratory valve, rubber mouthpiece 18
and coll ec ti on bags made out of Scotchp ak Film ( this new material is constru cted from a shee t of aluminum sa nd wiched between two layers of polyethylene fi lm , crea tin g a structure virtu all y inp ermeable to 0' . CO, and water vap or ). Analysis of all collected air sam pIes was performed on a Fisher Gas Partitioner. Each gymnast wa s required to perform his gy mnasti c routine three tim es, twice with me tabolic eq uipm ent and once without the eq uipm en t. A ten minu te rest period before the gymnast ic r ou tine and a fift een minute recovery period after th e routin e was standard procedure. Gas was coll ected during these periods. By comparing th e differences between r est and recovery sa mples in the gymnastic routine without the metabolic eq uipment and these same differences with the metabolic equipment, it was possible to calculate indirectly the ener gy cost of wearing the meta bolic eq uipment durin g a gym na st ic routine . Pulm onary ventilation values were r ecorded during exercise, rest and recovery. Oxygen consumption val ues were obta ined by metabolic calculati ons normally used in the indirect ca lorimetric open-system method. A constant (5 .0 ) was multiplied by the 0' consumer O/min) in order to expr ess metabolic data in Calories (Cal/min) . Data . were al so ex pressed wi th body weight taken into consid era tion (ml/k g/m in and Cal/ k g/min ) . To check for errors in the Kofran yi-Mi cchaelis respirometer ventilati on rates, the device was periodically calibrated wi th a Tissot tank. One gymnastic routine of each performer was video-taped in order to keep a visual record which co uld be helpful for future studies. The gymna sti c rou tines were tim ed and judged so as to assess the leve l of sk ill with which the routine was executed. Variability in the reprod ucibility of gymnastic routines was st udi ed by requirin g: gYlllnasts
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1. Tram.poli ne 08.4 Cal/min) compared to Sk iin g uphill, maximum speed 08.6 Cal/min) and Side S traddle hops 09.2 Cal/min) . 2. Lon g Horse (l0.8 Cal/min) and 3. Floor Exercise 00.7 Cal/min} compared to Back stroke, 40 yd/min (11.0 Cal/m in ), Cross-country runnin g 00.6 Cal/min) and Cabre fencing 01.0 Cal/ min ) . 4. Side Horse 00.4 Cal/min ) compared to Breas t stroke, 40 yd/ min (10.0 Cal/min). Sq uash rackets 00.2 Cal/min) and Football 00.2 Cal/min). 5. Horizontal Bar (9.6 Cal/m in) co mpared to Backstroke, 35 yd/min (9. 10 Cal/ min ), Rapid march in g (9.7 Cal/min) and Skiin g, 9 km/hr (9.0 Cal/min). 6. Parallel Bars (8.6 Cal/min) compared to Horse ridin g, gallopin g (8.1 Cal/min), Di gg in g trenches (8 .8 Cal/min) and soccer (8.9 Cal/min). 7. Rings (6.7 Cal/min) com pared to Backstroke. 30 yd/min (7.0 Cal/min) , Canoeing, 4.0 mph (7.0 Cal/min) and Shovellin g (6.8 Cal/min). As th e subj ects in thi s study for med a highl y select gro up , the following co nclu sions ca nn ot be transferred to t he general population.
DO UBLE BACK WA RD SOME R SAU LT DISM OUN T 1-4. Ob ta in lar ge swin g. F lex hips and kn eps on for wa rd sw in g and pull downwa rd with a rm s. Th e kn ees a re lift ed with a grea t d eal of for ce upward a nd then inwa rd over the hea d. S-9. R elease bot h rin 2s w ith head held fo rwa rd and Ihru st kn ~es in wa rd toward Ih e chest. Gr as p lowe r leg' with hands an d h old k nees in flex ed pos it ion. Li ft head backwa rd. a fl er first somersau lt has been cO lll pleted, a nd look fo r la nd ing a rea. Extend h ips and kn ees to land.
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sta nd almos t und ern eat h t he performer a nd hol d hi s upper a nd l ower back with their ha nd s. P erformers us uall y co me down the sa me way they ca me up a t first, but la ter they may go down th e oth er way (co unterclockwise) until th eir fee t touch th e ma ts. After tou chin g, th ey should release the rings and sta nd up . Thi s com pl etes what is commonl y r eferred to as a simpl e " skin th e ca t. " Upon mas tery of the tu ck inverted han g and th e simple "skin the cat," th e teacher may introduce th e pike and s trai ght bod y in verted han g. These are perform ed similar to a tuck inverted ha ng, exce pt th a t after the body is upsid e down , the kn ee joint is ex tend ed so that the body is in a pike posi ti on, or the hi ps a nd kn ees both extend ed for the stra ight positi on. The rin gs may have a tenden cy to wob bl e as the stud ent first a ttempts to perform th ese man e u路 vel'S, but thi s is usually corr ected by press路 in g the rin gs again s t the sid es of the body to give them more sta bility. To pro/!ress furth er. th e stud ents may be enco ura ged to pe rform a co mpl ete "skin th e ca t" by pullin g to a tuck in verted han g and continuin g on until th e feet touch the mat; th en. -w ith out r eleas ing hi s grip, th e feet a nd legs a re pull ed back over th e head in th e op po sit e direc ti on until th e st udent is again s tandi ng in his or igin al posit ion. So me stud ent s may need help from s potters to gpt back. or th ey may have to jump off th e mat to ge t started , but t hey should be enco ura ged to wo rk until th ey ca n perform th e en tire skill by bri ngin g the ir toes on e in ch from th e mat an d th en pullin g back up and over with out ass istan ce or a j,~mp . Anoth er meth od of pprformin g a skm th e cat" beg in ' with a standin g inlocate. Thi" is acco mpli shed by takin g a standard g rip on th e rin gs a nd tllt' n mov in g them wi th s traight arm s to th,' ' id es of th e body. With th e rin "" out to the sid e. th e arms are rota ted fo r w~rd . or thumb, out. and brought t n~et h e r aga in behind th e back . Durin g thi s rotation. th e hea d is tu cked forward so th a t th e chin cont acts th e chest. The stud ent w ill now find him se lf in th e "skin the cat" pos iti on read y to pull hi s l e~s back over hi s head. T he " in loca te to skin th e ca t" should he tau!!ht to a ll stu dent s wh o ca n do th e "skin ih e ca t" with or w ithout a jump to !!f' t back. as it is a ski ll to be used in th e ;'() utin e th at will be desc ribed lat er. Th e op pos it e of " in loca te to skin the cat" a nd a noth e r ve ry usef ul skill for later lea rn路 In g is call ed "skin th e ca t" to di slocate.
Lei's Teach ROUTINES RIN GS by Dr. William J. Vince nt Gymnasti ccs Coach San F ern a ndo Vall ey S tate College NOTE: This is th e fijth in a series 0/ articles designed to help teachers in secondary schools organize their gymnastics ClLrriculwll to in clude simple rO IL tines rath er than ILnrelated skills. Rin gs probably re present th e most signi fi cant event to teach secondary pupils because o f the s trength required. Bein g uns table and fr ee-movin g, they r equire t he performer to n ot only support hi s own body wei ght , but also to co ntrol movement of the apparatus a nd hold it in positi on whil e performin g. Man y seco ndary school s tud ents do n ot have th e streng th to acco mpli sh thi s task at the beg innin g of th e ir gymnas ti cs ex peri en ce, so it is advi se d that rin gs be tau ght la te in th e seme;-te r, or a t leas t after th e s tud ent s have deve loped s uff icie nt s treng th to be a bl e to hold th c mse lve, in a s trai ght a rm wpport above th e r in ~" without excess ive moveme nt. Lik e hori zo nt al bar, th e rin gs are a han g in g and s win~ in g: apparat u5. 'th e refo re. a ll of th e sa fety preca uti ons, s uch as cha lk in g th e ha nds. pro per g rip , and spot tin ~. menti oned in th e ho ri zont a l bar a rti cl(, an' appro priat e he re. Th e rea de r i, rek rrl'd to th a t essay for a d isc uss ion of th ese point s. For th e beg innin g s tud ent s. th e rin~ s sh ould be place d abou t eye leve l. Thi" assists th e perform er in mountin g. sin ce th e apparatus is low enough so t hat he ca n jump to a support position . Lat er in the CO UrSf\ as s tre n g th impro ves, th e rin p:s Illay be rai sed so that th e su p port pos iti on mu st be attain ed by th e use of some sk ill oth er than jumping, s uch as a kip, pull to s u pport {m uscle up' , or rear swin g ri se (s nap ri se or up ri se) . Af te r introducti on o f the bas ic safety preca uti ons, the class sh ould Ilf' allowed to experim ent on the appa ra tlb b ~' practicin g some of the more simple s trength skills s uch as chin up s, holdin g a ha ng in g half leve r, or " L", and bent body in ve rted han g. Th e . las t skill is pe rform ed by r a i s in~ th e legs a bove th e head and bet wee n th e arm s so th a t th e bud y is s upported in an upsid e d ow n tu ck pos iti on. S pott ers should
H er e th e stud ent performs the first half of "s kin th e ca t" until his feet touch the mat. At thi s point, he stand s up by rai sin g his hea d an d mov in g th e r in gs from behind hi s back. out to th e sid e and aro und to th e front. Th e r ings will turn in a directi on oppos it e to the inl oca te, ( ba ck wards, or thumbs in ), but in the dislocate, thi s OCC lll'S na turall y, and th e perform er automati ca ll y turn s th e m in th e ri ght direct ion. As skill in c reases in performan ce of thi s "skin th e ca t to di slo ca te," the tempo of t he ma neuve r s hould be in cre ased so th at it is pe rform ed in one continuous action without a stop as th e feet touch the ma t. Thi s is accompli shed by tellin g the stud ent to begin liftin g hi s head and movin g th e rin gs to the sid e before hi s fee t touch, and t hen as th ey tou ch, to com plete th e action s moo thl y with out a stop. F in all y, th e skill is initiated from a pike in ve rt ed ha ng position. The stud ent is instru ct ed to ex tend hi s hi ps vigorously, s hootin g hi s feet backward at a bout a 45 d egr ee an gle, wh ile at the same time r a ising hi s head rapidly and movin g hi s arms out to th e sid e with hi s elb ows strai ght. As hi s feet co me down and conta ct the mat, the skill is completed by brin g in g hi s hand s aroun d to the front and rai sin g his head to a co mple te standing pos ition. This action is the beg innin g of th e ac tu al disloca te skill (o f course, the shoul de rs do not di slocate, but only appea r to do " 0 ). Timin g is im por tant here, an d mu ch pra cti ce wi ll be r equired befor e master y; however , this is an essen t ial skill f"r la ter pe rform a nce on hi gh rin gs . A ft e r perform in g with th e fee t hittin g th e ~r o und on luw rin gs, th e a ppar a tu s ma y be gradua ll y rai sed until th e skill ca n be comp le ted with bent kn ees, th en s trai ~ ht kn pes . For as" i"tance on hi gh rin gs. s potters mw' t st and r1i rpc t Iy und ern ea th th e perform er with on e hand on hi s sh ou lde r a nd th e oth er on front of hi s thi /!h. just a bove th e kn ee whil e he ha ngs in a ll in ve rt ed pike. As the move me nt is initiat pd by the perform er, spott e rs lift u p on t he should e r to help tht' a rm s co me around a nd up 0 11 th e leg to slnw dow n tlH' sw in g. S potter" s hould moment a ril y hold th e pe rform er in a hori zont al pos iti on with hi s a rm s ext end ed to th e side durin g ear ly learnin g. Th en th ey slowly lowe r hi s l e~s until a han gin g pos it ion is reac hed. As skill improves, less a nd less help ma y be required. In attemptin g tu improve th e di sloca tes of interm ediate rin g perfOrtll r rs, som e experi en ced in structors ha vf' found it ~
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IS THE PURPOSE OF JUDGING ONLY TO DECIDE A WINNER? Arno Lascari, Ph.D. Stnclent Th e University 0/ Wi sconsin The aim of the f o ll o win ~ di scuss ion I S to stimul a te aft er - meet di scu ss ion s amon g judges, coaches, and gymnasts as a m ethod of improv ing judg ing . In the experien ce of the writ er, judges too often come to a m eet , say a few h ellos, judge, coll ect their fee and de part w ith littl e or no in teracti on with th e gymnast s and/or co aches involved. Gy mn asts and co ach es habitually complain , and in many ca ses justifiably so, about ' ba d jud ging'. In other ca ses the cO lllplainin g is merely a method to find a scape goat. Aft er the m eet is compl eted , why could it not be general policy for judges to di s· cuss th eir judg in g with the coach es and /o r gy mn as ts in volved. It is my strong convi cli on Ih a t much can be ga in ed for the gy m na st and coach , as well as the jud ge . fr olll such a di scussion. Thi s poli cy h a" lwen ca rried o ut by certain promin ent jud ges. with co nsid era bl e success for a ll co n c,· rn ed. Th e reaso ns for such an a rra nge ment are : 1. Th e gy mn as t and coa ch lea rn how th e judge 'sees' the routin e, what are th (, point ge tt e rs and whal are th e point losp rs in th e routin e. 2. If th e jud ge mak es a mi stake , di scu ssion will bett er pre pare th e jud ge for hi " next judgin g ass ignm ent. AI"o. th e man y inadequac i('s in th e rul es llI ay be b ro ught int o th e o pen a nd be di scussed . 3. Th e gy mn ast and coa ch may devp lo p more res pec l for the jud ge who will ad lllit mi stakes on hi s pa rt and th en take pos iti ve ac ti on 10 sec Ih a t it do p"n't happen again. 4. Th e coach ca n evalu a it' eac h judg(' hr tt e r if th e in d ividu a l jud ge expl a in s th e reaso ns for hi s score. It is important for coaches to kn ow exactl y how co mpetr nt each jud ge is. On e reaso n is Ihal in so me cases th e coa ches vo te for the ir conference jud p:e~ .
S. P erhap s the coach a nd gy mnast will lea rn so me thin g fr om th e jud !!e. So me gy m nasts and co aches be li e ve th ey ca n g.- I away with ce rl a in dev ia li ons frolll th e rul es . Jud ges ma y inform th em Ihat Ih e ro ut in c's are be in g pena li zed. 6. Th e j ud ~e thai just s il s back and gi ves an edu cal ed guess as a sco re will be (' X· po se d. I do nol a ttempt 10 pl ac .. a valu e jud gment on thi s meth od . r.LC. has laid down a form al s lru cture for judg in g and we should ba' icall y foll ow th e F.I.C. sys· tem as specifi ed by Ih e N.C.A .A. rul es.; 7. S uch di sc u s~ i o n s would put mu ch needed press ure on jud g('s 10 improve. How ma ny hours d ocs the co ach and gy mn as t put in to do th e j ob ? H ow m any hours does the jud p:e put in 10 do Ih e j ob'~ Wh o does hi s r es l" 'CI ive job bes t ; coac h . gy m· nast or jud ge -~ Th e reason s against such di sc uss ions a ft e r a meet are : A. Some judges m ay b ecom e embarr as",·d by exposin g th e ir mi stak es.
B. S uch emb arrass ment mi ght di scoura ge judges and thus drive m or e jud ges away fr om th e ta sk. e. Hard feelin g may en sue am on g the judges, coa ches and / or gymna sts. D. Th e extra tim e such di scuss ions would require would p ose extra work for th e judgp without extra pay. E. S uch di scussion s mi ght prove in com · p eten cy on the part of th e judge and thu s for ce a comp etent coa ch not to hire him and th er efore be d eprived o f th e judge's services. F. Such di scuss ions mi ght lower th e respect given th e judge hy th e coach and gymnast. S in ce this articl e is int end ed to promote after·m eet di scussions he twren jud ges and team s involved, T will make a rebuttal again st th e reaso ns for not havin g th e di scuss ions. ' N .e.A .A. Rul es : Rul e 5, secti on 1 " The FJ .G. system will be foll owed witth modifi ca ti ons". Tt is und e rstood th at th e modifica t ions will be di ctated by th e N. C.A .A. R e f e rrin~ to argument A, only gross mi s· takes should be a cause for embarrassme nt. If gross mi stak es are mad e, the judge should becom e emb arra ssed and thu s tak e steps to correct th e cause of hi s e mbarra ss· m ent. nam ely to lea rn the rul es. As for item B, we n eed jud ges who are willin g to fa ce up to the task of jud !!ing and not people who want an easy job. Concernin g the probl em of not havin g a large enou gh supply of jud ges, th e probl em of qu alit y is of gr ea ter s ignifican ce. R e ferrin g to argum ent C, h ard feelings wo uld n ot be th e res ult if th e goal of all co nce rn ed wa s to improve the sport. If thi s goal is k e pt in mind , and tact is e mpl oyed , polit e a nd co nstructive di scussion s will be th e result. Ar gum ent D would tend to eliminate judgin g as a mon ey makin g end eavor. Tt is m y co nt enti on that we could n ever pay enou gh of a fee to cover th e trainin g of a full y competent judge. Jud gin g is a moral obli gation of ex-gymnasts. Ex ·gymnas ts sho uld try to improve the sport, perhaps as a re pay me nt for all the ways gymna stics had help ed th em in the ir competiti ve and post·competiti ve days . Th er e a re easier ways to m ake money th an by be in g a gy mna st , coac h o f judge of gy mnasti cs. If one is lookin g solely for th e mon etary r ewards, he will not contribute to th e up gradin g of th e s tandard s of o ur sport. Argulll ent E . Th e coa ch must decid e for him self. A r !! ullwnt F is too weak to b e stron gly con s i·d ered. rn con clu s ion it mu st be r emember ed that an y s uch di sc uss ions mus t b e handl ed with extr.-",,- ta ct. Th e jud ge merely off ers hi s 'l' r vicrs 10 ha th co aches. If yo u a s a j ud ge Iry a flt'r ' meet di scuss ions, I think yo u will find oll e more argum ent for c onlinuin g th f' pracli ce. Th a t on e is the great er f,·,·lill!! of sa ti d aC li on derived by an oc· cas ional s in cf' rr thank you from th e coach and l!Y llln as t. 21
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NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINIC The National Gymnastics Clinic, held annuall y in Sarasota, Florida, promises to be larger, more instructive and a generally more informative clinic than ever before. A new giant arena has just been com pleted and will hause all of the g y mnastics activities . This year, the arena will be open in the evenings for additional training, and films will be available, ot the same time , in va ri ous side rooms. The basic instru ctiona l gymnastic cours~ for coaches and ph ysical education instructors will be taught with the use of a series of new illustrated charts recentl y completed by Don Tonry . Generall y, the course will attempt to analyze the problems of the colleg iate gymnast and coach in terms of skills that may not be fully understood because af their complexity or uniqueness. Besides the Qutline of instruction designed by Abie Grossfe ld and Don Tonry, there will be additiona l lectures and discussions concerning the physiology of ex ercise by Dr. Jon Culbertson (member of the 1962 World Champio nship team) and a presentat ion of a recently completed stud y on gymnastics nomenclature by Don Tonry. The entertainment committee hos designed a massive evening beach party at Lido Beach, a fishing excursion, an afternoon training session at Lido Beach , and
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leading to regular and twisting scissors, circles, tra ve ls, moores, and hops, and dismounts) and Parallel Bars (forwards and backward uprise skills, casts and
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Information Wanted The MODE RN GYMNAST magazine would like to have the dates and site of all State High School Gymnastic Championship Competition for 1968 throughout the USA. If you are in charge of a State Meet please send the data to: MG SCOREBOARD-Box 611 , Santa Monica California 90406 . 22
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CONTROVERSY
NCAA vs. A-B-C By Jerry Wright Eriilor's lVote : Mr. Wrif!,ht is a hif{hiy re.!Zarderl judge and member oj the National ,Iudge's list. Wh en I r ece ived my copy of th e 196R :'KAA gy mn asti cs rules th e other day, I perform ed my usual microsco pi c examination of ta me and was grea tl y impresse d to , ee th e ABC illustrations, Olymp ic compul sori es, and Appa ratus specifi ca tions included together for th e firs t tim e. To my di smay, however, I eventually c a l li e Lo th e trampoline section of th e ABC ra tin gs and found that many di sturbin g chan ges had been made. Presumably, whoever present ed thi s proposal to the NCAA rules co mmittee had one of two thin gs in mind. 1. The proposal wa s present ed to a n uns uspectin g co mmitt ee wh o cou ld ha ve ca red less, thinkin g at that tim e that t Iw
I wi sh to spell out my primary objections to these ratings: 1. Safety 2. Artistic gy mn asti cs (see rule book, pa ge 12, article 6, "TIl<" co mbinati ons and diffi culty of th e exerc ise mu st corres pond with the ca'1abilit y of th e co mpetitor, etc.") Can yo u beli eve th at th e proponent of thi s gui de has the audacity to li st a tripl e cody as a "C" move? BEAUTIFUL! How many triple cody 's have any of yo u seen und er a ny ci rcumstan ces??? I have seen a ll of th e top trampoli nists in th e last 5 yea rs a nd I have only seen two a nd both wer e on th e Australian bed! Let's worry about the A ustralian bed when it is ap路 proved fo r co mpetition. That is lik e listin g a d oubl e fly-a-way from th e hi g h bar as a "11" mo\'e ju st becea use Dan Millman has done a full -in fliffi s . . . I beli eve a total di s regard of reason and co mmon se nse has prev~il ed her e. F or ex ampl e : H ow man y trampol ini s ts do you kn ow that do: full twi s tin g I :Yl ba ek ? a ra ndolp h in th e middl e of a routin e? half in half out fliffi s'? full-in fliffi s? All of th ose moves are listed as " B" moves and I'll bet that out of some 350 co ll eg iate
1968 NCAA TRAMPOLINE A, B, C PART.S: Origin or Name
Front Somersaults
Back Somersaults
Twisting Forward So,mersQults
trampolini sts no one knows more than 15 who ca n do these moves. There are no more than four or five team s in the country that have more than one trampolinist who can come up with a 10.0 routine with thi s guide. Probably the easiest " C" listed is half in half out 拢Iiffi s t.o "barani ou t f1iffi s which. is :,'C:: plus " A ! There are no co mbmatIOn C parts like 3 con secutive "B" moves, for exa mple, Even the FIG allows A B B to equal B C on the sid e horse ! I beli eve a follow-throu gh adoption of thi s guid e will lea d to di saster. T eam s fight in g for championships will be forced to ha ve their trampolinists try for more diffi culty in order to get a decent score. r feel it is ex tremely dangerou s to force everyon e to go for the bi g trick to get a 10.0 point routin e. I would rath er see him lose points for la ck of form , control , or he ight. Why should a trampolini st do a double ba ck when a back has th e same value? Both are listed as " A" moves. And so forth. T hi s guid e will help to separate the top 10 trampolini sts in th e co untry, but th e other 340 will all fall in a bi g group or fall off! Le t it not be sa id that I offer only criticism and no alternative. P er ce ive the fol-
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low in g:
R epriYlted from 1968 NCAA Gymnastic Rulebook.
A Parts
C-Parts
B-Parts
o. front somersau lt b. fr ont 13,4 somersault t o back drop c. double fro nt as a di smount d. front cody
a. sw inging ou t of double fron t b. fro nt 2 3,4 somersault to back drop c. double front cody
a . triple
a. b. c. d. e.
a. 13,4 back t o double cod y (B B) b. 2'12 back t o double pullover (A + B)
a. triple back b. 2 3,4 back to stomach drop c. triple cody
back somersault doub le back somersault 13,4 back t o stomach d rop back cody double pull ove '
O . Baroni b. Rudolph c. Baroni out fl iffes
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a. full twisting
13,4 front
somersault b. Baroni in f l iffes c. Randolph d . 13,4 front, Rudolph ball out (B + B) full twisting 13,4 back '12 in '12 out fl iffes full in fl iffes full out f l iffes triple twist double twisting cody
front
a. Rudolph f liffes b. Rando lp h followed or preceded by something other than full twist ba rani or back somersau lt c. triffes d . 2% front, Rudolph ball out a . full in full ou t fliffes b. triple twisting cody c. tripe twist fa ll owed or preceded by something othe r than back somersau lt, barani o r full twist
a. full twist b. double twi st
a. b. c. d. e. f.
o. bock to barani or v ice-vers a (A+A)
a. any combination at the following: barani out fliffes , doub le back, Rudolph or double twist (A + B) ( 12 possib le combinations b. barani out, double back, Rudolph (A + B + B) c. full twisting 13,4 back to double cody (B B)
a. Y2 in '12 out to barani ou t fliffes (C + A) b. '12 in '12 out to triple twist (C C)
Front Somersauits
a . front somersault b . front 13,4 to back c. front codv
a. double front b. front cody w ith full twist
a . tr iple front b. fr o nt 2 3,4 c. double front cod y
Back Somersau lt
a. back somersault b. 3,4 back c. back cody
a. doub le back b. 1% back c. double codY
a. triple back b. 231" back
Twisting Forward
o. baroni b. front with full twist
a. b. c. d.
a . Randolph b. Triffis c. 2 3,4 front, rud o lph ball out
a. fu ll twi.ting back
a. back with double twist b. full twisting cody
a. b. c. d. e. f.
a. 1 3,4 to cody B + A b. any combination of
o. any combination of
Twisting Back Somersaults
Combination Example
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Suggested Changes:
Somersaults
Twisting Backward
somersault
Rudolph full twisting 1% barani in fliffis baran i out fliffis , rudo lph B + B
Somersault
Combinations
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a . back somersault t o barani A + A
tWI"l
consecutive liB" mo ves =
B +
B
back with triple twist '12 in '12 out fliffi s full in fliffis full out f l iffis double tw o cody full two 13,4
three consecutive "B" moves = B + b. 1% back to double copy=C
C
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The First National PRO Competitions Mike Jacobson A ss istant Gymnastic Coach United S tates Naval A cademy Th e first profess ion al mee t was, w ith out a do ubt , th e mo st in te res tin g a nd by far th e mo st gr uel in g co m pe tit io n in whi c h I have ever been in vo l ved . Th e co m pe t iti on wa s h eld at th e N issen P la nt in Ced a r R a pid s, I owa. Th e top th ree perform er s in eac h even t w er e awa rd ed sh ar es of N issen stock . Twen ty sh a res for first place, fi ftee n fo r second a nd te n for third . A profess iona l t ~ a m was p ick ed to re p resent th e Uni ted S tat es aga in s t for e ig n tea ms, a nd a po s" ibl e mee t mi g ht tak e plac e in Sa ra so ta , Fl ori da du rin g th e C hris t ma s holid a y. Eve n th ou gh s om e of o ur top gy mnas ts co m pe ted , th e meet in ge ne ra l la ck ed d e p th. For in sta n ce , Ru!'ly M it c hell an d .T a mil e As h mo re were bo th un a bl e to co mp ete beca u"c of injuri es. A rt S hurl ock injured hi s b ice ps a nd saw limit ed co m pe titi on. Ji m pe r fo r m at hi s best. I n th e co mp e titi on fi ve f' ve nt s w er e used. fl oo r e xe r cise, " id e h or se , rin gs , parall el ba rs and hi !! h ba r. Th e lon g h orse wa s d ro Plw d Iw c ~ u se o f s pecta tor ap peal. A ll th e eve nt s w e re hi g h-li g h te d by so me out~ t a ll d in £! ro utin es. . Sa m 'Ba ili e wo n s id e hor se w ith hi s co ns is te n t wo rk. bu t S teve Doty gave him a s tro n g ba ttl e a nd se ttl ed for seco nd place_ R u"" Mill s wo r k ed a s hi g h as eve r but di d no t s<'e m to have th e end ura n ce needed for the do u b le eli m in a ti on to urn a men t so e nd ed up in third pl ace. Two o th e r o ut s t a ndi n~ , id,· h orse Illen wh o co m pe ted we re Bill B uck a nd i\ rt Slnll·lock. P a rall el ba rs tU J'lwd int o a runnin !! ba ttl e bPI wee n .I im C urzi a nd J err y Crnwd e r. A ftP!' los in g m y second ma t(' h a nd plac in g thi rd. Ji m a nd J e rr y hoth d id two out sta nd in!! ro utin es a pi ece w hi c h ke pt th p ju d g,'s m;d !'Towd o n th e edg,> of tlH' ir sea t". T he
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judges we re com pl e tel y sold on J e rry's fro n t s tu tz h a n d stand a nd his diamidov to a h a n d sta n d so end ed u p w ith th e first pl ace la urels. Hi!!h bar was as exci t in g as us ua l w ith so m e~ ve ry diffi cul t a nd sofid r outin es perfo r med by Ru sty R ock , Jim C urzi, Ar t S hu rlock a nd m yself. Ru sty R ock pe rform ed con s istent ly w ith hi s d yn a mi c a nd ori g in al r out in c to place first. I wa s second , Ji m Curzi third an d A rt S hurl ock wa s fourth . Ji m J ackso n pro ve d to be a g rea t rin g ch a mpi on but it was a s hame he d id no t ha ve a n yo n e to r ea ll y c hall enge hi m. F loor e x erc ise was wo n by G"o rge H er y. th e fo r me r World T ra mp o lin e C h a mpi on . I was "'(, 'Jlld , a nd C hi ck C hi cio wa s third. It was ob vious to sef' th at ma n y of th e gy mn as ts we re n ot p re pa red for tIl e g ru elin !! d o ubl e el imin a t ion tourn a me nt. On e re~so n fo r thi s wa s du e to th e s ho rt n ot ifica ti on o f th e co m pe titi on da te. Some of th e g ymn asts onl y had ap p roximat el y three week s to tra in Iw fore th e co mpe titi on . Ne x t ye a r 1 a m sure th a t everyone in vol ved w ill h ave mo re th a n eno ug h tim e to pre pare for the com pe titi on. A noth e r reason for th e ~y mn a s t s lac k o f e nd ura n ce mu st be a ttribut e d to th e ve r y n a ture of d o ubl e el imin ati on . Pl ease le t me e x pl a in th a t I a m not COI11pl a inin g a bout th e a bove fac to r!'. T hi s mee t was, in every respec t, an e xp e ri me nt al event. Ever y gy mn a st rea li zed thi s fac t a nd co mp ete d w ith com ple te e nthu s iasm. an x ious to co ntribute ne w ideas for our nex t profess iona l co mpe titi on . Di ck Z ube r wa s o ur M ee t Director. H e li ste ned to all of o ur su ggesti ons a n d wa s mo re th a n a n x ious to meet our n eed s. F m in ~ l a n ce, a gy mn as t wa s n e ve r forced to co mp ete a t an y s pec ifi c tim e. Tt wa s m ad e clea r to us th at if we nee d ed more ti me to res t we coul d have it. Eve n tl1(' ord e r o f (, ve nt s we re formul a t" d to be nef it th e ma-
j o rity uf co mpe tit ors. Now th a t I h ave h ad th e op po rtu n it y to loo k ba ck a t all the ph a s!"s of tl1<' co mpetiti on I reali ze w ha t a s uccess it was. One r easo n for success is ba sed on t he na ture o f d oubl e eli m in a ti o n. Fo r in sta n ce. a gy mn as t is all owed to co mp e te until IH' loses t wo ma tches. Thi s fa c tor contribut e" tn a muc h s tron ge r ide n t ifi ca t ion I)(' t w(, " n th e s pec ta to rs a nd th e co rn pe t it ors . Th " s pec ta tors wa tch a gy mn as t lose a ma tc h. fo ll ow him dow n to th e lose rs brac k et. th e n ~ i ve him th e mora l s u p po rt to wo rk hi s way back to a w innin g p o~ iti o Jl. Ano th e r int erestin g po int i" th a t in do uble elimi na t ion th e co m pe t it ion is ma n aga in st ma n. Th e w inn e r of eac h m a tc h is se lec ted by wha t Geo rge N isse n ca ll s th e " hu ma n co mput or th eory" . T he j ud~ es ( twe lvE' we re used ) wa tc h a ma tc h an d d ecid e w hi c h i!y mn as t pe rform ed tl1<' bes t overa ll routin e. Thi s m e th od wo rk ed o ut ex tre me ly well. Th e re wa s n o need for t il1l l' co ns umin g jud ges confe rences a n d th e j udges we re not in vo lved with th e m a ny intri ca te as pe c ts o f a ma te ur ru les . whi c h a re nee ded to awa rd nu me r ica l "Cort·s. T he s pec ta tors we re a lso q uit e in te res ted in trying th e ir h a nd a t pic ki n~ eac h w in ne r. They und erstood t he bas ic ~y mn as t ic req uire me nt s a n d the refore c h ose th e ir w in ne rs o n th e bas is o f g race. pasC'. s urr· ne"s a nd wha t th ey felt to be th e diffi c ult y o f eac h r outin e. A ft e r co m petin g in o ur (,n u n try's fir"t pro fess iona l gy mna sti c nH'f' t an d di sc uss in " pro fe~s i ona l ~Y llln as ti cs w ith th e many p p~ pI e in vol ved , it is ha rd no t to ~ e t exc it ed ove r th e in nu me ra bl e op po rtuniti es for tlw p r o fes~ i o n a l gy mn as t. Eve n ITI Or e im po rt a nt are th e m a ny wa ys in w hi c h prn fe ss ion a l ~ y nll1 a s ti cs can pro mo te o ur wo nd e rful spor t.
1X - -- - -- 1.30 X------- 2 . 00
1.
II.
III.
Touch b ack o n l'ehre (each timc) --- --- - - - -- ----- O.3 - O. a)
Tou ch back on back s t oc kli - --- - ------ - --- --- --- O. 3
5
b)
Passage over ho r se t oo 10\-.' -- --- - - - -- - - -- - --- -- - 0 . 1 -
3
c)
Passage o v e r ho r se too 5 10 ....' - - ----- -- --- -- --- - -- 0 .1 - 0 . 2
V.
VI .
VII. VIII.
IX. X.
a) b)
Body o r arms ben t t oo much --------------------- O.l - 0 . 2 Dislocate t oo 101.' -- -- --- ----------- - ----------- 0 .1 - 0 .3
IX --- --- l 00
a) b)
Di s loca te t oo low -- ---- ---------- - - - --- ----- --- O. Dislocate done with bent body ------------------ O.
0.3 0 .3
X- - -- - --l . 20
a) b)
Release to o ea rly (hips t oo 101.') --- --- ---- - - -- - 0 Lack of extens i on of body at t he end (or be fo re land ing)
0.5
LONG HORSE
From hang, rise slow l y with body ben t forwa rd to half inverted hang and turn backward and dis l ocate t o swing forwa r d and. Turn backward to handstand.
Va ult No - 4 as li s ted i n the Cod e of Po i nts, Ed iti on 1964 . from neck.
(St r euli)
STOOP VAULI
Swing foX"-'a r d in support and l ow er body t o swing backward in hang and turn forward with dis l o cation , body s traight. {Inlocate with s traight
I.
body.J
I V.
VII I ---- 0 . 80
Swing backwa r d t o back uprise wi t h straight anns to suppor t and raise legs for-lard t o horizonta l ilL" position. HOW Lower legs and slow l y p re ss, strai gh t body wit h bent arms HOlD
II
App r oach Hit h a good run t o t ake off both feet o n boa r d, vau lt, body stretched durin g moment a ry support on t h e neck , Be nd body in o r d er to pass the st r a i gh t and j o ined t h en stretch the body before,
l ~gs
over the neck and
to handsta nd.
III.
Landing t o st a nd rearways .
lowe r to suppor t and backwa r d r oll t o support and lower s t re t ching arms sideward t o , Cr oss.
HOLD
lower and t urn backward with s li ghtly bent anus and (strai gh t ) bod y to stra i ght i nverted hang, bend body and dis l oca te to, Tu r n backward and dis l oca te t o , ( giant d i sloca te) Tu r n backwa r d wh ile straddling l egs to s tradd le dismoun t.
~o
速
),
~----~
~~~ 速
Typical Faults
1 - ------ 4 . 00
Deduct i ons
a) b) c) d)
Bod y pos ition no t 300 above t he horizontal ----- O.l .. 0 . 5 Not g et t ing fee t (l egs) ho r izonta 1 t o horse --- - O 6 - 1.0 Body bent at moment of (light -- - - -- -- - ------- -- O. l 0 .5 F li gh t not strai g ht over horse (deviatio n f r om axis) ------- --- - ---- ----------- O 1 - 0 . 5
a)
Fli gh t of body not rising duri n g second pa rt of vaul t --- ---------- - --- -- - -- - - --- - - -- - -- O 2 Body no t extended or b ody t oo bent or arched - - - O. 2 Body extended t oo late --- - - -- - -- --- - - -- -------- O. 2 Deviation from ax i s of horse du ring second pa rt of vault -- - -- ---- - - - --- - -- - ---- - ---------- O 2 Landing too close t o horse ----------------- -- -- O.l
II 111 -- -- - 6 . 00
b) c) d) e)
Typi ca l Faul t s
II- ---- - I .OO
Dedu ction s
Dislocate too 10w--- -------- ------------------- O. l
I- ------ 0.50 a)
I V- -----0.50
b)
If shoot to h a ndstand not execu ted with flair (amplitud e) ------------------------- O. Taking too l ong going t o handstand ------------- O
a) b) c)
Dropp i ng shoulders befo r e end of front cas t---- O 1 - 0 No t comp l eting inloca te before second par t - -- -- O 1 - 0 Bending bod y on inloc ate -- -- ----- - ----- ----- ---0. 3 - 0
a)
Back upri s e t oo low arrd not fr ee go ing t o support ------------------ - --- ---- - -- - -O. - 0 Legs n ot horizontal in "L" s upport or uns t ab 1e -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- 0. 1
b)
PARALLEL BARS
F rom a f ew running s teps forward, jump to uppe r anus and s\<"' ing fo rward and turn backwards rele as ing and regrasping ho l ds and pass i ng through a hands t and. (Streuli t hrough a ha nds tand.)
- 0 .3 0 .3
Ill . I V.
v.
V-- - ----1.50
Lack of r hythm and harmony in press ing to hands tand -- - - -- - -- - --- - - - --- ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 0 .
- O. - O.
0.3
II. II I-----0 .70
- O. - O. - O.
- 0.5
V1------ 0.80
Lack of rhy t hm in back kip to suppor t -- -------- 0. 1
VII ----- 2.00
Lowering t o the c r oss too fas t -- - -- - ----------- O. l - 0 .3
VI .
Swing forward and lowe r backward t o ha if inverted hang and tu r n back wa r ds re leasing and regrasping, (earl y sa It o bel ow the ba rs ) to, Uppe r arm support and swing forward to f r oh t uprise to suppor t and, S\<,,' ing backward, swing forwa r d , and pass l egs st r add l ed under hands to support with le gs together li fted horizontally fo rward . ti L" posi tio n. (Straddle c ut - ca t ch t o L.) (HOLD) P r ess s Lo\<,,' Ly, body ben t a nd anus and l egs s traigh t
t o a handstand.
(HOW )
Swing forwa r d with L/2 turn re le as iog a nd r eg r asping hands t o suppo rt, (Stutze - Keh re) sw ing forward and,
0.3 VII .
L-m... er backward to half i nve rt ed hang and cas t t o uppe r anus and sw ing b ackwa r d t o ,
VIII.
Backwa rd uprise with 路1/2 t urn wh ile releasing and regrasping holds to support and swing,
IX.
I V.
To handstand with 1 /4 turn right on righ t arm and with suppor t on left arm, 1/4 turn right, V.
X.
On the le f t arm to a side stand left.
(Hollander dismount . ) VI .
VU.
NOTE :
The
Pa r al~el
Bar exe r c ise may
VIII.
be r eve r sed tota lly or partially. IX.
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Turn backward and pass l egs under the bar while joining them, swing back, bring legs together and pass l egs between arms t o straddle out whi le releas ing and regrasping ha nds, joining the legs t o swing forward wi t h ordinary g rip, and in half inverted hang. Kip and change g rip to under grip, ( r eve r se grip) and cast t o hand s t and and, Giant swing forwa rd to handstand and 1/2 turn righ t around right arm, (forward pi rouette) , and lower to free suppor t and, Free backwa r d hip c ircle to handstand and, Two g iant swings backward and 1/2 t urn ri ght ar ound right arm to hand s t and wi th under g rip and, Two forwa r d g i ant swi ngs and,
5
2
NOTE :
The Horizon t a l Bar exercise may be reversec' t otaliy or partia lly.
10
1Lf-
11
1<.
15
28
Ty pi ca l Faults I ------- L 4 0
II - - - ---O, 90
a) b)
III- -- --0.30
Legs and hips advanced during sa It o (ea rly peachbasket) ---- ----------- - ----- ------- O 1 - 0 If hips are below bars after sa Ito (peachbasket) --- - -- --- --- - --- -- - -- --- - -- - - - - - - -0. 1 - 0 Body be nt t oo much before a rriving at suppo rt (bent too much on front uprise) ------ - - O.l - 0.3
IV -- ----1 . 00 V-- - - ---L 40
Deductions
If streuli does no t go th a pronounr:ed handstand ------ - ---- -- -------------------- - ---- O 1 - 0
Usua l fau lt s a) b)
Pr essing too fast to handstand ------------- - --- 0.2 - 0 Arms b ent dur i ng press to hands t and or after arriving in handst and posi tion---- ---- 0.2 - 0
VI- - ----L 20
Body below horizonta l- - - - ---- - -------------- - -- 0
- 0.3
VII ---- - l 00
Hips below bars af ter cast t o upper arm support-- - - -- -- - -- - --- - --- -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - 0
- 0.3
VIII ---- 1.40
a)
IX. --- --O.60
a) b)
Stopping in hands t and position-- ------- ------ --O. l - 0.3 In turning the body does not maintain a ver ti ca l pas i ti on- - - -- -- ------- -- -- - - - - --- - - - -- 0.1 - 0 . 3
a) b)
St opp ing in handstand- - ----- ---- --- - -----------O.l - 0.3 If after comp l etion of the dismount, the body is not in line with the hand which left the bar la s t - -- ----- ------------ -------- --O.l - 0.5
b)
X. - ---- - 0.80
Body not extended dur i ng bac k up r ise half twis t-- - - - - - - - -- - -- -- - - - - - - -.- - - - - - - - - - -- - -- -- --0 . 1 - 0.3 Anns bent after back up ri se half twi s t - -- ------ O,l - 0.3
HORIZO NTAL BAR
From side s t and fron t ways : 1.
II.
III.
Typica l Fau lt s
If body afte r half turn is be l ow the horizont a l -- ------------ ------- --------- --0.1 - 0.2
II --- -- - O 70
Back swing to uprise to one side--------------- O.
III - - -- - L SO
Usua l f au lts
Back uprise t o s UFt-0 rt l egs s tradd l ed and raised forwa rd outside of h ands. (Back upr i se to Straddle il L" s upport).
- 0 .3
IV - - -- --L 60
Us ual fau lt s
V- - - ---- O.BO
Changing grip while u s ing hips for support (leaning on bar) --- ------------------- - O
VI - -- - --LOO
Irregular rhy thm in half turn (pirouette) ---- --O . l - 0 . 3
- 0 .3
Vll - ----1. 60
a) b)
Lack of r hythm between 6 amI 7--------------- --0.1 - 0.2 After f r ee h i p, body does not pass through pronounced handst and pos ition------ --- ----- - --- 0 .1 - 0 . 3
1. 00
a)
If body i s no t s tra i ght after half turn (blind cha nge) in handstand posi t ion----- ------0 . 1 - 0.3 If the body is not square upon arrival at handstand position---- 路- --------------- - --- - 0.1 - 0 . 3
VIII
Jump to hang with o r dinary g rip, (doub l e overgrip) , pull up and shoot, (u nderswing) with 1/ 2 turn right around right arm t o swing forwa r d with mi xed grip. (Righ t hand undergrip.) Sw ing backward passing straight l egs between arms, s trai ghten body, with 1/2 turn l eft a r ound r ight arm to swin g backwards wi th ord inary g rip and ,
Deductions
1 -- - --- - 0 20
b)
I X--- --- 0.40
Usua l fau lt s
X---- - -- 1. 20
a) b)
If in flight the body does not rise--- --------- O.l - 0 .2 Late o r incomp l ete ex tension of the body after l eav ing bar-- - - - - - - ---------------------- O. l - 0 .3
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I io" 'iew En!! la nd Y'\'l C A Ju n ior all· a roun d t it le. ~ I fe lt th at on the ave rage. th e com petili on was a t a hi g he r leve l for thi s age g rouJl Ih a n a t th e Ne w E ngland cha mpi ons hips. a n ex amp le of thi s be in g to n t he s id e 'lo rse . w!: e re the to p four or fi ve bo ys all e xe (' u te d du u bles, scisso rs both ways and di s·
Marblehead (Mass.) YMCA Gymnast Captures Mid -Atlantic Title By R obert Hanscom Wa yne C ha nd ler. r e presen t ing th e '\'l ar· bl ehead , J\ Ia ss. Y M C A, fl e w d own to Ph iladelphi a w ith hi s pa r ent s a nd co ach Bob H an sco m and cap tured th e Mi d dl e A tl anti c S tat es A ll -A ro und gy mn asti c titl e for boys 13 a nd 14. C handl er took firs t in long horse va ulting, ho r izont a l bar. s ide ho rse a nd pa r a ll el hars. placin g seco nd in s till r in gs. Runn er·u p in th e a ll ·a roun d w as P earce Walmer o f th p '\ cro na ut s G ym Club and third' p la ce went to Ca rl o Ri zzo of th e Ol ym p iad Gym Clu b, bo th boys be in g from New J ersey. C ha n d ler , w ho is only 12, was competi ng a ga in st o lde r boys. T h is yo ungs ter 51art ed hi s gY llln a" li c" at Ih e Ma rbl ehead Y M CA a boul Ihree yea rs ago. La st Ap ril he won
11lc u n ,ed wi lh lon " s n iT Lik ,·w is,' . li n I';,· pa ra ll e ls a nd r i n ~". han ds la nd". Jln'''sPs a nd well e xec u ted s w in ~ in ~ 1ll (j' "( ' t ll t ' ll t :::. W f> r f' co mm o n place . We tho ug h t th a t W ayne'; winnin !! rou · l in es dese r ved men t ion '5 0 here th e)' a re :
T H E 196 7 AME RI CAN S OKOL S LET by Palll L ebloch , Se cretary Am ercial1 Sokol Boa.rd oi Instructors Th e 196 7 A me r ican Sokol Slet : " Ka le id o· sco pi c 'G y mn asti c C lass ic" wa s held III Da ll as, T exas Jul y 13 Ih·16 th.
Durin g th ose da ys th e cit y of Da ll as belon ge d to th e S oko ls a nd the s po rt of gy mn as li cs . A hu ge 25 slory hi g h So kol em b lem mad e u p of lig ht ed w in dows in a downtow n s k ysc raper g ree ted Ihe gy mnasts. TV . r a d io a nd th e news pap ers we re full y ulili zed 10 pu b li c ize th e S le t a nd inform Ih e ge ne ra l pu b li c a bout gy mn a sti cs and th e Sok ol prog ram. Jvl ore th a n t wo th ou sa nd s pecta tor " a tl ended th e gymn as tic co m peti t ions. 496 a ll -a roun d gy mn a sts co mp eted in th e Da ll as .\'lem ori a l A ud ito rium d urin !! th e Ihree days precee d in g Ih e Slet ex hib it ion . J oe F ed orch a k of D is tri ct T a tra, M onesso n, P a . is th e ne w men's ch am pi on . " Io men 's cha m p ion is E ll en Bab ush ka fr om Soko l US A, Ea st Ora nge, N. J. The j uni or hoy and j u n ior g irl ch a mpions are Ji m Hrub a n of Sok ol, Oma ha, Ne b r . and Lo uri e H arri s of Sok ol Z izka, D all as, T exa s. A hu ge phys ical fitn ess pa rad e of Sok ol gy mn a sts, t umbl er s, fl oa ts, cow boys on hor se
1967 AMERICAN SOKOL SLET COMPETITION RESULTS
Championship Division Men: J oe Fedorch k, Tat ro , Monessen , Po. Championship Division
Women:
El len
Babushka,
Sok o l
USA; Ba rbara Mo o n is , Soko l USA; Lindo Burg har dt , So ko l Omaha, Neb r. Championship Division Junior Boys: Jim Hr uban , Oma ha , N eb r. ; Danny Warbutt on, Dist ri ct Ta t ro; M ike Ca ldwe ll , Soko l Zizka , Dallas. Championship Division Junior Girls: Laurie Har ris, Soko l Z iz ka , Da ll as ; Che ryl Perozz i. Ta tro, Mon e ssen, Po.; Betty C iep ly,
Tat ro , Monessen, Po. High Division Men : Ed win Ha lik , Jr. , So ko l Siavs k y, Ci c ero, III. ; Kenn e th Hei d:er. So ko l Tabor, Berwy n, III. ; Je rry Ta ylo r, So ko l De t ro it, Mic h . High Division Women : Marie Fo lty pn , Sok o l Ta bo r; Li ly J o Vese ly, So ko l Siavs ky; Ann Ce rmak , Soko l Tabo r. High Div ision Jr. Boys: Ch f1 ~ Z itny, So ko l Brookfield , III. High Division Jr. Girls : A lic e Kohl , Soko l Tyrs, Cle ve land , Ohio; Pam el a Ch illa , Distr ict Lud vic Stu r, Ch icago; Lea Nesnadny, Soko l Tyrs , C level and . Intermediate Division Men: M ichael Hoskovec , Soko l Omaha, Nebr. ; Don Kot -
I R ememb er, Wayn e is on ly 12 years old!) R. : St ra ig ht pull to ba ck leve r. d isengage to d isloca le, J apa nese di sloc a te (stra ig ht bud y. stra ig hl arm s ) , shoo t to su p porl , c a "t fo rwa rd to inl oca te, back ri se to " L", pr ess ha ndsta nd. d rop fo rwa rd to back ri se " L". press shoul der sta nd . lowe r slowly to inve r led ha ng, d is loca te. stra dd le off. L f-{ : " Yamas hi ta " I-I B : R eve rse g ri p kip , fr ont g ia nt s, rea ch un de r 10 crossed mi xed gr ip a nd full lu rn. bac k c irc le, ca st V~ turn , ki p, fo r wa rd r o ll. ha ck gian ts, cross over , V~ turn . back c irc le. kip , stradd le over and off. 1)8 : G lid e k ip, fo r ward roll , ba ck r ise, " L ", press s ho ul d s ia nd. brea k to p ih . hac k ri se, s lul z law awa y, back ri se, ha nd"ta n d . d ro p k ip. p ik ed fr on t off. S H: J\l oo re. s im ple Ira ve l up , front sc is· ~ o r ~ , fr ont ~c i ~~o rs, bac k ~(' i ~so r~ . s impl e .\ [oore, dou bl e leg circl es, " impl e tra ve l. loo p % turn off. FX : ( Not co n tested ) Ro und off , fli p-fl o p. lJ1 ck roll h andsta n d ste p o ut , swedi sh fa ll , 2 - i,w le Ie!! c ircl es to doubl e Ie!! circl es to d, ;ubie leg c irc le. rea r s u p po;·t. ki p % t urn snap to s lradd le sta nd . press to ha n ds la nd . ro ll to sta nd, st and in g ha nd s prin g forwa rd ( layed out ) . front h a nds prin g \I'a lk out. fr ont h and sp rin g, lurn to front ha n ds prin g. front sa m mi e, di ve roll , heads prin g. t u rn , ro un doff fli p- fl o p tu ck hack. back a nd Czec hoslova k co stum ed !!roUI}S wa s held Sa turd ay mornin g th ro ug h '-down· lown D allas. T he S un d ay a ft e rn oo n's ex hibiti on was a page ant of color w ith fl ags, gym na sti c u n iform s a nd nati onal co stum es. Th e m ass d rill s by ear! cla ss wer e a sy m phony of m usic a nd move ment. A spec tacular hi g h li g ht was the present at ion of several hun d red tee n age g irl s in a bea utiful cali sth eni c co mpositi on . T h eir vit ality, prec is ion a nd fi eld fo rmati ons electrifi ed th e a u d ience. T he n ew ch a mpi on s dem onstra t ed th e ir gymn asti c pr owess al on g wi th a fin e Irampo lin e dem onstrat ion by Da ve J aco bs, wo rld tra m po lin e cha m pion_ The Kal aeid osco pe c lose d w ith th e s in g in g of " God Bless A me ri ca " and th e retirin g of ou r nati onal co lors . T he parti cipa nt s return ed to the ir r es p ecti ve gy mn asi um s w ith wond erful memori es of a wonderful Slet.
Ion , So ko l Nov o Vlast, . Cleve la nd ; Tom Novak, Soko l Ceda r Rapids , Iowa. Intermediate Division Women: Jane Mastn y, So ko l Ty rs, C le ve land; Sharon Schu lte , So kol Omaha; Alicia Prusa , So ko l Be rwyn , III. Intermediate Division Jr. Boys: J o hn Kocou rek, So kol So. Om a ha ; J o h n Nesladek , So ko l Si a vsky; Mike Whal e n, S-' kol Oma h a. Intermed iate Division Jr. Girls: Janet Janakis , So ko l Li tt le Fer ry. N .J .; Ph y ll is Svob oda , S. Om a ha So ko l; Becky Sm ith , So ko l Ziz ka , 00 11 05. Low Division Men: Pau l Leb lo c h , So ko l Be rwyn (Tie ); Jerome Jana , Sokol Nova Vlast (Ti e ); Ed Sc ~ nab l , So ko l Be rwyn;
El me r Kulouse k, So ko l Berwyn. Low Division Women: Geo rg ia J e nc ik, So ko l Cech Ha v li cek, Clevel and; Sue Bast a , So ko l Broo kf ie ld, II I.; Cat h ie Ke rekes, Mon . Va ly., Soko l USA. Low Division Jr . Boys: John Bru ns, So ko l Crete, Nebr. (Ti e); Mike Swe eny, Soko l Stic k ne y, III. (Ti e ); Rob in Si m mo ns, So ko l Wilbe r, Neb r.; A ll en Kittre ll , So ko l Ceda r Rap ids. Low "A" Division Jr. Girls: De nise M inarik , Sokol S. Omah a; Marcy Hrace k, So ko l Sti c k ney, 111.·; Pq t Ber tin o, So ko l West Su bu rban. Low "B" Division Jr. Girls: Ka ren Pr azen , So ko l S. Oma ha; Ca ro l Kiro ff . Soko l De troi t ; Ga le Sva ke ra, So ko l S. Om a ha .
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I I"ea li z e t h at it i:-: t oo la t e n ow to Coye r it but I ju s t w;1llt e {l to t e ll y o u that you s lipp ed thi s year. I ' m !-;ure t h e 1\1 (1 ha s slipped be fOl" e a nd wi ll i n th e fu t u r e ,
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Rece ntl y I h av e n ot ice d t h at In o!';t gymn asts a r e s ho rt \vh e n cO lnparecl to o th e r athl etes. vV h y i s thi s? I s for u s 5 ft. 10' er s?
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S in ce r e ly. D o n R icco lll i n i San Ca rlos. Ca lif. ED: We looked up the heights of gymnasts appearing in the 1964 Olympics in Toky o In our January ' 65 edition. The following
were li s ted a t 5' 10" or tall er: Eugene Ekman ( Finl a nd) , L a rry B an ne r ( USA ), Fred Tr a iner (Australia) a nd H aro ld Wiqaard (Norway) . Can w e forget a ls o Jack Be ckner, many times a n Olympi a n and p er-
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MG SLIPPED Dear Mr. S undby : A s a d evout gymna s t for ~ix y e :I I '!' T ha Ye e njoye d ea c h i ss u e of your g T f'a t" Illagnz in e . Thi fi yea r' s r e port o f th e ~TC AA' s ga\'e e a c h eve nt c () ll (' i~ e ('o y e r ag"l-' as hal'e yo ur W' o rld Gam e ', USC F' s and th e AA U r eport s. nut l ast l\1ar ch n, 10 & ]1 , h\" e nt y -l\\" o sc h oo l s f1'o m as f ar nwa y :l~ \ Va!' h ing"t o ll , 'i\l i ~C'ons in, n nd P e nn s \ ' I \"n ni n ~e ll t C\"I11nas t s to N a tc hito si s, ·La . f o r til e S:<\ f A l11 ee t. Thi!-' 111eet wa s a l ll1o~t a m o n th pl' j o r t o t h e NCAA ' s .
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S in ce Illost o f your le tte r s see nl to inc lud e (,0 111m e nts 0 11 th e magaz in e, I th o u g ht I \\"Q uld t oo . I ef; p ec i:lll y fa\"ol" coa c hin g' tip s (such a~ Ton l '~"s "G Ylllna st k A id s" ) ; sequ e n ce phot os o ft ~ n h elp ana l yz e certnin 1110ve8; and Roy Dayis' y e ry well \\Titt e n a nd r el eva nt ")Jotes f r o n1 a ~ e lll' oti c Jud ge" (FIG ~hou l d taI, e n o t e o f so m e of hi s id eas). On t h e ot h er h and , 1 w o u l e] mu c h pre f e r t o see Ill ee t r es ul ts of o nl y 10('a l 0 1' l' eg io l1 a l int e r e ~t r ep l n ce c1 \\' j tll , for e xampl e, 1110re " g u est editor i a 1. " E\' e l'~' o Jl p a g r ees gYlll l1 :1stks n eed s o \' e rh a ul and i lllp l'o\' inp; in a wide ,'a ri ety o f wa ys, hut n o I'e a l fO l 'lIll1 f o r d evelo pin g' id e;l s e x;st~. K eep t r eading and , a bol' e all , :\[AKE WAVES !
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Assoc. Ed : Th e executive offices of the NCAA report that the decisions concerning the format of the NCAA fin a ls were m a de by the Rules and Meet Committee in what th ey hoped would be in the best interest of the sport. Always open to su~gestions , the Rules and Meet Committee has indio cated s ~ me changes have been ma de . (S ee letter below)
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A bove: Ernie Armstrong. Right: OHIO STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1967 by Edward Janes, Coach, Belmont H.S. Belmont High o f Da y t o n , Ohio, coached by Edward J on es won the Ohio Hi g h Schoo l G v m nos tic Championsh ip in 1967. The 011ar o und was won b y Be l mont' s Ernie Armst rong. Belmont , ra nked as a high school p ower in Ohio, has als o won four of th e past Dal t o n Public Schools Gymnast ic Championships, Da y t on is the only cit y in Oh io ha vi ng a city champi o nship f or high schoo l gi rl s. Belmont 's team captured the team title under the l eadership o f Bev Andrews and Carol Groom.
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Xnt i o n a l s l llefl nt s Ollleth i ng t o thn:--; e in dil'idua l s, a nd to t h e a udi e n ce. S ow th er e wi ll b e o nl y th e top fOllr t eams c Olllp e tin g in th e "fina l s," A t f Ollr m e n p e r t ea m p er e \" e nt . that Ill e an~ 16 l11 e n p e r e e \' e nt-not pro bab l y th e h e ~t 16 l11 e n p er e \'e nt. rrh e winn er of <I n in di\'idual e \' e nt w ill h a \- e li tt l e r ecog-nitin n, H o \\- many p eo pl e wou l d w:\tc h t h e p r e lirninal'i es w h el'e th e real b est indh'idua l s are c h ose n ? l-[O\\- g r ea t a n audi enc e wClu l d s h ow up to wntc h a 111 ee t \\'ith as 1ll:lIlY a~ 20 Ill en »81' e \' e n t -e ven t h e best 20? Or t h e "fina l s" with ]6 111en p er eve n t ? If th i s " sys t em "' i s u seeI , [ \I'ould th ....., f o r e not h e surpri se d if th e s ize of th e a udi e llc e dilnini ~ h es-n o r ,,,o uld T fe el too badly. f O l' I wou l d not want t( }O many p eap i£' g'e tting th e \\To ng id ea of "'hat gYlll n n:-; ti cs i s a ll abo ut. T W:lnt p eop l e t o lik e o ur sport. H t h e rul es that w er e u :- : e (l l a:-;t yea l' do n o t r e tur n to co ntro l t h e 1ll:l 11agame nt o f th e final s of the :'\ CAA :'-Iatio n fl l s, gym n a s t i cs "'ill ~uff e l' n gT eat h l o w, S il1 {'e 1'e l y, Mickey Chaplan, i\Iark Haug-an , Steve L e rn e r , J o n L ind e k e, Richard .l\fuff , K enn e th Sak o(]a , 'Wayn e M a r Cll', Larry F r en z e l , .lam e, L ee. C har li e 'H edges , S anford Bnssis t , D o n Art h ul', IVIike I--f aug-an UC L A gy mnas t s.
RULES CHANGES AND INTERPRETATIONS
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b ook s until thi s tim e . If a gym nast w is h es to t a ke a secon d vault h e mu st in dicate hi s in tentio n b efore h e is g iven a SCQ l ' e for the fir s t vault. 3. No c h a n ges in lin e up a r e permitted after th e start of an event. If a m an is r e ill ove d f rorn a n event a ft e r it h as b egu n , h e s h a ll b e coun ted a s o ne of t h e 12 m e n 111 a king up the teanl . 4. The College Divis ion NC AA gymn as t ics c hampio n s hips wer e established o n Ma r ch 8 a nd 9, 196 8. 5. Th e U ni ver s ity D iv is ion 111 ee t was awa rded t o t h e U ni ve r s ity of Arizo na fo r April 4, 5 a nd 6, 1968. Glenn , I hope yo u can find a pl ace for these i tems soon. S incer e ly, Gle nn W il son Secr etar y, GYl11nastic s Ru l e~ & Mee t Comm ittee SPASMATICS!
D ear Di c k: I've been m eaning to send this s n a p s ho t for t h e longest time. This is o n e of o ur 'sp asmastic ' s hots. Th e h ead e nd is D o u g Collin s and th e oth er c h aracte r (tail e nd) is T o ny W a tson. Both a r e acco mpli s h e d cJowns on the tra lllpo lin e .
In Ill y p o int of v iew, tll eSe lJ <lS( f e w MG cover s-th e so ca ll e d 's impl e bac l{ a nd "r'h ite' c ov e r s- a r e b eautiful ! Don't g o bac k to th ose c olo red p ictures (whi c h u s u a lly d o n ' t s ho,,, anythin g' anyway). Use Salwda's tale n ts' S in cer ely, D e n ni s Pao lett i Bould e r , Colo r ad o Assoc. Ed: Thanks for the photo . We enJoy "safe" accidents. Our Art Editor says thanks but he' d rather see some color. POSITION WANTED
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D eal' Mr . Sundby : I anl inte r est e d in obtaining infol'll1ati o n r ega rd ing d a t es of the gyrnn astic c0 111p e tit ion at th e Olympics i n M e xi co C ity . A ny info rnl ation yo u can s u pp ly r egarding tim e , pl a ce a nd li s t of ev e nts wou ld t r u ly b e a ppreciated. Cordiall y, B o b Hick s Tanlpa , F lo rida ED : The gymnastic competition will be held in the 13 ,000 seat Nati o n a l Audit o r ium from October 21 t o 26, 1968. F a ,' additional inform a tion refer' to pag e 19 of the November Modern Gymnast.
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DEC. 1967-EXHIBITION AND CLINICDoris Fuchs Brause for junior and senior high school boys and girls. Place: J.F . Kennedy High School, Kennedy Way and Levitt Pkwy., Willingboro, N. J. Director and Manager, Mrs. Lois Musgrave, 38 Merribrook Circle, Willingboro, N . J. 08046. MISSOURI GYMNASTIC WORKSHOP and CLINIC : December 9, 1967, University of Missouri. Emphasis on intermediate-advanced skills. Staff : Mr. Herb Vogel and SI U team members. For complete information write : Marjorie Meredith, Woman's Gym, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65201 . LONG ISLAND GYMNASTIC CLINIC : Dec. 15 & 16. First Annual Long Island Gymnastic Clinic. Smithtown High School, Smithtown, New York. For information write : Clinic Director, Peter Bacon, Director of Physical Education, Indian Head School, 5th A ve., Kings Park, New York. MIDWEST OPEN - December 16, Chicago, III. NATIONAL AAU TRAMPOLINE Championships for men and women. December 28, ' 67 Robarts Sports Arena, Sarasota, F lorida . For information: Jeff T. Hennessy, NAAU Trampoline Committee, P. O. Bo x 67 2, University of Southwestern Louisi ana. L afayette , La LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL Janu ary 13 Six divisions of Competition for Boys & Girls Junior, High School and Open. Time : 9:00 am Place : Crawford Gym, U of Louisville,Ky. For Info : Bob Watson,coach,U of L, Louisville Ky. 40208. MID-ATLANTIC AAU District Championship For Girl s. West Chester State College, West Chester, Pa . Director: Mrs. Phyllis Cooper, Health and Phys. Ed. Dept., West Chester S.C. West Chester, Pa . 19380 Jan. 13, 1968.
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