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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR:

CONTENTS Volume IX

August, 1967

No. 8

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR __ ___ .. _............ .... __ .. _Glenn Sundby 5 CHALK TALK ........ .. .. _.......... ___ .... _............ _ 6 THE STAMP AND GYMNASTICS __ .. _.... .... ___ .. __ Harry Johnson 6 CANADIAN REPORT _ .. _ __ .. _____ _____ .. __ .... John Nooney 7 FIG ACTIONS .. __ ...... ______ .......... _ __ .... _.. _.................... __ .. ____ __ 8 AAU ACTIONS .. _ _____ ...... _.. _ __ .............. ___ .... __ .. __ 8 TRAINING PLANNING FOR OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS ____ __ .. ____ .. __ Eduard Friedrich 9 SUMMER SEQUENCE SPECIAL LONG HORSE VAULTING, MEN .... ______ ___ __ ___ ............ __ ........ 10 SIDE HORSE VAULTING, WOMEN ...... _ .... _...... __ .... 12 SIDE HORSE, CERAR .. __ ................ _ __ .. ____ ___ .. _.. ____ .. ___ 14 BALANCE BEAM , KOUTSCHINSKAYA .... __ .... __ ________ ______ 16 PARALLEL BARS, MENICHELL! .. .... _.............. ____ ___ .. __ .. _ 18 UNEVEN PARALLELS, CASLAVSKA ___ __ . .. _____ _...... _____ _ 20 HORIZONTAL BAR, EN DO ____ ...... _.......... __ _ ...... _ 22 AN EVALUATION __ ........ _ ...................... _Jerry Wright 24 GYMNASTIC AIDS _.... __ _ .... __ .. ____ __ Don Tonry 25 ST!LL RINGS, DIAMIDOV ____ ___ .. __ _______ .... __ .. ____ .. _ .. __ .. ______ 26 LET'S GO ALL-AROUND .......... .. __ .. Art Shurlock 28 CONDITIONING FOR COMPETITION ____ ____ ............ Dick Wolfe 29

GLENN SUNDBY ______ _.. _________ _.. _______ __ ______ .... _____ Editor·Publisher ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. BRUCE FREDERICK ____________________________________________ Education DR. JAMES S. BOSCO ______ .. ____ ___ _______________________________ Research DICK CR ILEY _______ .. _____ ____ ___ ________________________________ . _____ _Statistics J 1M FARKAS ___________________________ .. ______ .. ___________________ Instruction JERRY WRIGHT ___ .. ___ ___ ___ .. _______ ___________ ________________ Competition FRANK L. BARE .... ______________________ _____ _____________________________ USGF JESS ROB INSON __ __ __________ .. _____ ...... __ .. __ ...... ____ .. __ .... Trampoline ROY DAVIS ___________ .. __ .. _____ .. __ .. ___ .. __________ .. ____ ____ .. _____ .. __ Judging JACKIE KLEIN UPHUES .. ____ .. ___ .. __ .. ______ __ __ .. ____ .... __ ___ __ __ Women KENNETH W . HOLLIS ________ .. __ .. ________________ ...... ____ ________ YMCA K~N SAKODA _______ . __ __ ____ . ______ . __ ___ . ____ _______________ •__ Art & Design INTERNATIONAL JOHN NOONEY __ ___ _____________ _.. ___ . __ ____ .. _______ .. _______ .. ______ _Canada

SUMMER SEQUENCE SPECIAl: is the theme of this August '67 edition of The MODERN GYMNAST. These photo sequence routines were taken during the final competition of the 1966 World Gymnastic Championships in Dortmund, Germany. We have included the final optional exercise of one of the top six performers in each event except Floor Exercise which did not lend itself to reproduction. We have many more complete World Championship routines and portions of others that we will be publishing in future editions of both The MODERN GYMNAST and MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST. We trust these photo studies will prove beneficial in your gymnastic program and that you may find time to break down these routines into single skills, combinations and A, Band C evaluations (see Jerry Wright's breakdown of Laiho's S.H. routine MG March '67 further on in this edition). We have alternated the men's and women's routines to enable you to cut out and use the set you wish on your bulletin board. However, if you wish to use both sets we suggest you write immediately to purchase extra copies, as we feel sure this edition will not be available from our back edition supply for very long.

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42N O NATTON AL TUR NER FESTIVAL Four hundred Turn ers, men and wom en, from 15 to 80 ye ars of age. competed in th e 1967 Nation al F es tival. A wide variety of physica l activiti es were encomp assed in th e co mpetition s, which in clud ed gymna stics an d mass exercises_ In addition to athletics, the Turner con cept of competition a lso took in cultural, programs such as sin ging, crafts, photography; and painting.

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PHOTO SET NO. II A m ajority of th e postage stamps issued dep ictin g gymnastics present gymnasts showing good forms and executi on. Some stamps, however, illustrate rather pri mitive form s of the sport, such as the stamps shown above from Mali and Brazil (and the Leba non stamp is not much improvemenL) It is interestin g to note the large number of stamps that show wom en gymnasts. Approximately half the stamps produ ce d havp. carri ed some form of women's gymnastics.

Descriptions: L Venezuela #(;810 a. woman exerclslll g with ball b. 1st National Games (Caracas, Venezuela) c. 1961 d. on e stamp in a se t of six e. souvenir sheet exi sts 2. Mongoli a # Yvert 176 a. wom en's floor ex ercise b. 17th Olympic Gam es (Rome, Italy) c. 1960 3. Russia #1963 a . wom en's .floor exercise b. 3rd Sports Festival (lVJoscow. R m$ia ) c. 1957 d. one stamp in a set of five

4. Mali #50 a_ tumbler b. Nati onal Youth Week c. 1963 d. one stamp in a set of four 5. Korea #451 a. side horse b. 18th Ol ympic Gam es (Tokyo, Japan) c. 1964 d. one stamp in a set of five e. souvenir sheet ex ists 6. Russia # 2925 a. side horse vault b. 18th Olympic Games (Tokyo, Japan) c_ 1964 d. one stamp in a se t of six e. souvenir sheets exist 7_ Lebanon #C426 a. still rings b. 18th Olympic Games (Tokyo, Japan ) c. 1964 d. one stamp in a se t of six e. souvenir sheets ex ist 8. Brazil #847 a. parallel bars b. 7th Y outb Athletic Games ( Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) c. 1957 d. sin gle stamp issue

AN OPEN LETTER TO JESS ROBINSONMG TRAMPOLINE EDITOR Dear Jess: After reading your editorial in the April -May iss ue of the MG, I can't help but feel that the MG readers are entitled to a mo re accurate interpretation-at least different interpretation-{)f what the NCAA has done regarding th e Trampoline.

You state that "all indications are that (the Trampoline) may replace the not-tao-popular Long Horse . . ." Don't you really mean to say that in your opinion Long Horse is not a very popular event and you would like to see it replaced by Trampoline ? After all, FIG, the international governing body and the only group that could enact such a change, is highly dominated and controlled by European coun tries which historically recognize and strongly believe that gymnasti cs consists of six all around events, Long Horse included. It is difficult to imagine them removing Long Horse, an event in which their gymnasts excel, in favor of Trampoli ne, an event which they don't really consider GymnastiCS, and in which their gymnasts are not particularly adept. I ask you what " indications" ?

You state "toward the end of a general meeting at the NCAA nationals after many of the coaches had left, those opposing Trampoline were able to swing a vote favorable to their cause. Actually the vote was meaning-

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less ... " For the record, the vote they "were able to swing" was 29 to 16, almost two to one in favor of dropping Trampoline! If you had attended the meeting Jess, you would know that your statement about people leaving the meeting before the Trampoline vote is completely inaccurate . If a few coaches had something more important to do and did choose to leave the meeting prematurely, your gripe is with them, not those who stayed to present their views. Although you may refer to the vote as "meaningless" , this annual meeting has long been established as the only opportunity for the NCAA coaches to assemble nationally, discuss their feelings and voice their opinions to the Rules Committee and the Executive Committee.

You imply that Penn State and USC voted out of selfish reasons. I have no idea what Penn State did, but I would like to point out something about USC. In 1962 USC won the NCAA Championships with a four man team and was second in 1964 with a two man team.

The next year USC representatives were amongst the strongest of those advocati ng the change to the present scoring system-a change that obviously would make it impossible for USC with limited financial aid and a high tuition to be a serious threat again. It's a shame that a school has to vote against itself in order for others to believe that they are voting for what they in good faith feel is in the best interest of gymnastics.

In less than a year I will be an attorney. I can't say that I am particularly happy about the way Trampoline was removed, but you must remember-as you said yourself-the Rules Committee merely recommends to the Executive Committee. It is this latter group which has the final say, and nothing requires them to wait for the Rules Committee. In this case the Executive Committee had a 29 to 16 vote from the coaches and the six man Rules Committee was virtually certain to deadlock at three to three on the Trampoline issue. Perhaps the Executive Committee felt it fairer to appraise the coaches and the gymnasts, when they did rather than to wait until their next meeting in August when the announcement would have been entirely unfair to the coaches who had recruited thinking Trampoline was still an event. You refer to a fo ur to two vote of the Rules Committee, subsequent to the Executive Committee decision, to reinstate Trampoline. That is quite misleading. Gordon Maddux, who was committed by his word and honor to vote out Trampoline-the majority position of the Western Region he rep resents-has gone on record stating that he switched his position in protest of the Executive Committee's decision to speak ahead of the Rules Committee, and not because we wanted the event rei nstated. He fu rther indicated that the Rules Committee was informed that the Executive Committee's decision was final and that the Rules Committee's vote accordingly had no meaning.

As far as Trampoline being a valuable training aid, do you think that all the schools are going to throwaway their trampolines because it is no longer an event? People use spotting belts-it is not an event either. To your comment that other countries are beginning to accept Trampoline I might add that they are doing so with programs separate from all around gymnastics . Japan, for example, which picks its collegiate and its open team champion based on the six all around events, runs a separate competition for TrampOline.

Jess, I don't expect to change your thoughts by this letter-you apparently have made up your mind, and have closed it-but on the chance that others have not I felt they might appreciate another version. Now, perhaps , there is room for thought. That is all I hope to accomplish .

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REPORT by fohn N ooney 18 Lavington Dr. Wes ton, Ontario

HERE AND THERE

Tour of Gymnasts from Finland A group of 16 gymnasts will tour Canada from October 20th. Cities included in the tour are Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Sudbury, P ort Arthur. Preparations are now being made but plans are not yet finalized.

Will confirm as soon as arrangements are definite.

Women Natif1nal Tech Chairman Mrs. Shirley Wenzel has resigned from this position for personal r easons. Thanks Shirley, for all your efforts.

Mrs. Maria Medevcky from B.C. was elected to take over this very important off ice. Good luck, Maria.

Souvenir Book from Dortmund This book contains 96 pa ges of very nice black and white glossy paper photos of the world's best gymnasts in Dortmund . Anyone interested for furth er information write Raymond Gagnier National Chairman, price $4.85.

LAKEHEAD HIGH SCHOOLS, ONTARIO

by Gregg Yurick , Lakehead University The 3rd Annual High School Gymnastic Championships were held in the later part of April. Around 300 competitors took part.

Over 100 girls competed. This meet has been growin g rapidly and the Meet coordinators are hoping to host next year's meet in the new fi eld house at Lakehead University.

For the first time this year, school s outside the Lakehead area competed. Great credit is due to the people of Dryden, who by the way, have an excellent competitive team.

NORTH YORK CENTENNIAL DISPLAY Over 1,500 people watched a dazzling di splay by the North York Gym Club at their Centennial Recreation Centre. The theme of th e display was "A SALUTE TO THE PROVINCES" which was appropriate in this, our Centennial year.

Mass Calisthenics, Tumbling, Vaultin g, Balance Beam, Un evens, Parallel Bars and Artisti c gymnastics were part of the program. A total of 120 members performed.

It was obvious that Head Coaches Mr. and Mrs. Nutzenberger and Mr. Cris Kline and th eir assistants had spent a great deal of lime in preparin g this very exciting and well performed display.

I wish we had many more displays such as this.

NOVA SCOTIA GYMNASTfC NEWS A Gymnastic Association has been form ed recently to assist with the promotion of gymnasti cs in Nova Scotia.

Officers have been elected to head the newly form ed Nova Scotia Gymnastic Association at a mee ting held at the Halifax YMCA. Chairman of the body is Trueman Hirsch-

feld of the Halifax Y, men's technical chairman James Hoyle, Dartmouth; women's technical chairman Mrs. Norma Adam s of Dartmouth and publicity and newsletter, Bill Adams of Dartmouth.

Newly appointed secretary-treasurer Hugh Sproule of the Dartmouth Y said the body was form ed as a guiding force for gymnastics in Nova Scotia and will co-ordinate clinics and competiti ons and up grade standards.

The promotion of gymnastics will also come und er the new association which will affiliate with the Nova Scotia branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada.

THE MARITIME MEN'S GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS The Maritime Men's gymnastic championships were held at the Halifax YMCA with 51 gymnasts competin g.

The competing teams and gymnast s received points that were close throughout with the exception of the Interm ediate team. The Hugh Sproule coached YM-YW team were awarded the L.R. Hayter Trophy after scoring 97-15 points compared to 87.26 points for the Bill Adams coached Caledonia Junior High School Team.

David Chafe representin g Bicentennial Junior High School performed extremely well in all but the horizontal bar event to capture the Tyro All Around by seventenths of a point over Gordon Fiander of Duncan MacMillan. Bryan Crooks was named the outstanding Intermediate gymnast while Rick Gilbert competing in the open class placed first in four events plus the All Around received the Takemoto Trophy as the best gymnast in the open class.

MARITIME WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS These gymnastic championships were sponsored by the Dartmouth YM-YWCA. Seven teams entered from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia bringing a total of 54 registered gymnasts. In the Tyro women's division, Miss Laurie Wheeler of Fredericton fini shed first all round and led her team to victory over two other entrants in the age group. In the Intermediate girls division, Beth Scott of Fredericton tied with Valerie McNeill of Bridgewater for all round points. The Fredericton team finished fir st over five other teams. In the Junior Women's division Adrienne Lucas of Dartmouth Y fini shed first all round with the Dartmouth Y team unopposed for team points and the Birks Trophy.

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a. To judge the placing of the hands, an electronical device like the one used at Dortmund shall be used. However, there will be two zone judges for visual checking of hand placement. b. The runway shall be covered only by a thin rubber mat with no Floor Exer· cise boards. c. The indication of the vault to be per· formed by the gymnast will be made by himself or the team leader and only specifying the end of the horse where he will place his grip. d. In the Finals the followin g new r egulations will apply in addition to the present Code of Points and the rules used at Dortmund: (1) Each gymnast will required to do two differen t vaults with only one run for each vault. (Only two runs at the horse) .

(2) These two vaults must not look alike, i. e., they must not belong to the same "category" of Vaults, for example: Handspring or Hecht or Yamashita or Stoop or Tuck Vault, etc., and this neither with the placing of the hands on the same or other extremity, (Croup, Neck.)

(3) The choice of the two vaults be· longing to the same category is authorized only if one of thp two vaults is executed with a rotation of the body around the lon gitud· inal axis, and this irrespective of the placing of the hand s on one end or the other.

(4) If the gymnast executes two vaults belonging to the same "category" with one of them NOT executed with a twist he shall be penalized by .5 of a point.

(5) The vaults executed in the .six event competition may be repeated in the Finals.

F.I.G. ACTION (The following information was distributed

by FIG President, Arthur Gander, prior to the European Championships,) REVISION OF THE MEN'S CODE OF POINTS, Edition 1964 This Code of Points has served in an effici ent manner as a basis of judging in the competitions of the FIG, Continental Games and at International Meets. It should however, be submitted to a revision, based on the experiences made and takin g into account the grea t evolution of Artistic Gymnastics. This revision shall begin in April 1967 and the new edition will be out early in 1968, and will be used for the first time at the Olympic Games in Mexico. With this new edition, a new period of instruction for Judges, beginning with an Intercon· tin ental course during the 47th Congress of the FIG of 1%8 and continuing to the end of the year preceding the Olympic Carnes in Munich (1972). Generally, the same con· cepts shall remain, however, those proven of no consequence will be abolished and new regulations proven to be of constructive importance will be added. There will be a total revision of the ABC tables as well as the Long Horse vaults. The contents of the Code of Points permitting, the A, B, and. C parts plus the usual terminology and Vaults shall be illustrated by drawings.

7th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) AT TAMPERE, FINLAND, March 25, 26, 1967 The following decisions of the MEN'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEE are to be strictly followed by the European F eder· ations and shall serve as information for all other Federations who will eventually be required to use them in their In terna· tional meets.

1. There will be applied, "CLOSED SCORING" so that at the end of the exercise only the final score will be flashed.

2. If the scores of the four (4) judges for the first 2 exercises of the competition are within the limits of the rules, no meeting or consultation will be conducted.

3. The warm·up period will be four min· utes in the six event competition and fi ve minutes in the Finals.

4. The grouping of competitors shall be done by lot without taking into consid· eration the' Federations they belong to, as thi s is an Individual meet and not a team Championship.

5. The experience at the World Champion· ships in DortI:nund when the Japanese gymnast Tsurumi, who was a finalist in the six events and had an accident on the Ririgs causing him to withdraw from the three remaining events has resulted in a change of . the regulations concern· ing qualification for the Finals.

AGREEMENT : The six best gymnasts in each event shall be qualified for the the finals and the next two gymnasts names shall be shown in the list of the fil1als as alternates. These two gymnasts shall be ready (in gymnastic clothes) during all of the finals and be ready to replace one or more gymnasts who are infliured and unable to continue the co mpetition. If these two gymnasts do not act according to the rules, they shall be penalized as per Art. 34 of the Tech· nical Regulations.

6. In the Side Horse event a second Super· ior Judge shall be appointed to check the number of "B" and "C" movements so as to be able to assist the official Superior Judge in case of a difference of opinion among the Jury.

7. For the Long Horse Vaulting the follow· ing regulations are valid:

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A.A.U. ACTIONS (Editor's note: The information provided in this article comes to us through the cour· tesy of Jerry Wright who was present at the Judges' Meeting at the AAU National Championships in Natchitoches, Louisiana,) A number of problems arisin g in the course :of a judge's activity were discussed and clarifications provided for some of them.

Apparently the FIG feels that the follow· ing deductions should apply for the 0.30.5 deduction on intermediate swings: 0.3 if swing precedes a "C" move, 0.4 if it precedes a "B" move, and 0.5 if it precedes an "A" move. In evaluating a routine lack· ing parts because of combination of parts, the following example is given: If the rou, \

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"B's", thus giving the routine 1 "C", 5 "B", and 5 "A" parts. An example was given to illustrate when credit may be given for a move when it involves a major break : Czech on the side horse: right hand on right pommel, left hand on left pommel, body in rear support ; pass both legs under left hand and over neck, place both hands on right pommel, pass both legs over croupCRASH! If both legs to not clear the neck aga in., it is not a "B" move, but if the gymnast makes it back to the rear support (starting point) and then sits he gets "B" credit with 0.7 off for sitting.

Looking now to individual events: In the floor exercise, there can be no specific move required to fulfill the f1 exi· bility requirement such as splits. Flexibility and the lack of it can be demon strated in many ways.

The requirement that all three sections of the side horse be covered is not met b y doing a crOwn mount with left hand on neck, right hand on left pommel, as far as the neck is concerned. A number of side horse moves were rated which are not pres· ently listed or are uncommon: Back czech (czech with hands behind back- also called inverted czech) ... _...... B Single double leg circle on one pommeL..B Two double leg circles on one pommel ................................................ B B Double russian .................... _........................... B Double leg circle in cross support (loop ) .. A Same move to loop one· half turn dismount .............................................. A A In evaluating difficulty on the horizontal bar, the following movements are affected by the preceding move: straddles, stoops, and crowns are "A" moves; when executed out of a giant they become "B" moves. Still another evaluation of the rules lead s to the interpretation that there should bc at least two in·bar movements.

The move, peach basket to handstand on the parallel bars, is a "C" move when exe· cuted such that the body is at 60 degrees (perhaps 70 to 75 should be required?) and the shoulders no lower than the elbows (see diagram) . Incorrect execution would<: be subject to a triple deduction: 0.1 - 0.3 for pressing a swing move, 0.1-0.3 for form breaks, and 0.1-0.3 for technical faults. Some ratin gs were assigned some un common moves: Diamidov .......................................................... C Cerar mount ...................................................... C Hip circle mount ( hip circle mount from side, shoot to handstand on far bar) ... _C

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The move, back uprise to cross on the rings, should not be carried out by coming to a high rise in the back and high support but rather to an immediate cross. The ob· servation as to when a cross is a cross was tenuously resolved as when the hands are higher than the hips (hip bone) it is a cross. In other words, the performer is given "B" credit but may be penalized 0.1 to 0.3 for technical error. The discussion relating to the peach basket to handstand or parallels also is pertinent for the dis· locate-shoot t(l... handstand on the rings.

It becomes a "B" move with a possible triple deduction as before with the minimum deduction being 0.2. It is difficult to evalu· ate these moves, but it would appear that in both cases the shoulders are just above the elbows (see diagram).

In other news, it was reported that future international contests will utilize an extra superior judge on th e side horse to verify difficulty. Thus, on this 'event there will be 6 judges.

At the meeting of the Men's AAU Gym. nastics Technical Committee a list of 18 judges ,vas presented and appr-Qved as an

Continued on page 24

Training Planning For Olympic Gymnasfics

by Eduard Friedrich Translated from "Olympische Tumkunst" (J anuary, 1967)

by Gunter Bohrmann Very few American gymnasts or coaches systematically plan training schedules on either long or short term bases. Planning like this is essential, however, for maximum progress. Those gymnasts interested in earn· ing a berth on the 1968 Olympic, 1970 World Games or 1972 Olympic teams should formulate a plan immediately that will enable them to progress toward their goal in a systematic manner.

The following transla tion of an article by Eduard Friedrich, coach of the National Gymnastics Team of the Federal Republic of Germany and one of the leading coaches in the world, which appeared in the magazine "01ympische Turnkunst" (Art of Olympic Gymnastics) is an example of trainin g schedules that will enable gymnasts to realize their potential.

Eduard Friedrich stresses the importance of training plannin g, both for long and short terms. What should be some aspects of training planning? Basis of every planning should be the settin g of an aim (1) in terms of efficiency (2) in terms of time.

Th e establishmen t of an efficiency aim makes it possible for the gymnast to control the success or fai lure of his training after a certain time has passed . The aim should be realistic, but it should be close to the upper limit of the gymnast's capacities. In close connection with the setting of the efficiency aim should be the planning of a timetable. A gymnast who is tryin g for an all-r ound score of %.00 should plan h is work-out so that he reaches his top form at the regional championships, a gymnast trying for 108.00 points should set his aim for the later national championships. If the efficiency aim determines the selection of work-ou t material, the training planning in terms of time is the decisive factor for the training load during the individual periods.

The personal setting of the aim will alway s depend upon the capacity of the individual gymnast. It is recommended to make a long term training plan covering several years which should be guided by the most important dates. For a young talented gymnast it migh t look like this : D a te

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Eff iciency A i m

Championships 1968 Olympic Games 1970 World Cha mpion ship s

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SIX-MONTH TRAINING PLAN

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after a favorable physical condition has been achieved and after the following technical improvemen ts have been made. This also answers the questions about the number of events which should be worked during one training session. Whereas one can ;pend more time on one event while learning new skills, the number of events per training session has to be increased and , therefore, the t ime per event has to be decreased as the competition season approaches. Special goals, like improvement of bodilv control, rhythmical schooling or tactical preparation are very important, but do not influence the overall concept of training very much.

Psychological preparation for competitIOn so far has been left to the individual coach, but it should be mentioned, at least, that in the future experienced psychologists may be consulted durin g the preparation for im-

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12-month or 6-month training plans should be sub ordinated to this long term plan, whi ch should assure maximum preparation of the gymnast for the main competition during this tim e. These plans contain the degree of training load and emphasis on various goals. Depending upon the setting of goals (preparation, learning, self-assurance, competition) one can speak of phases for which certain training characteristics are typical.

Example of a six-month training plan : It is often said that gymnasts are hiding in the gymn asium developing into one-sided specialists. This reproach is not quite unjustified. The organ ic efficiency of many gymnasts is not the best. Therefore, durin g the preparation phase the main emphasis should be on improvement of general physical condition. Gymnasts should be physically active in fresh air as mu ch as possible. The basic principle of training planning during the individual phases is to give training a more and more competition-like character

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portant internati onal events. A very difficult problem is the conservation of top form and peak condition for a longer period of time. To this effect average training load and thorough training seem to be the best solution .

The long term plan and the yearly plans with emphasis on certain special points are general guidelines. Interesting and important for the daily work is the gymnast's individual work-out plan. This daily plan contains detailed goals with exact information on training load, training material, n ecessary methodical aids etc. These plans must be made u p for shorter terms such as two to four week s since they have to reflect the changing tasks during the training phases. It is recommended to include in the setting of go als concrete and definite numbers since this week make possible a later evaluation of the training.

EXAMPLE OF A WORK-OUT PLAN FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF MAIN TRAINING PERIOD Warm .. up

Floor Exe rc ise

Side Horse

Rings

Long Horse

Parallel Ba rs

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Body Control Strength Strength, SelfAssuran ce Increas ed SelfAssurance

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With this issue .of the M.odern Gymnast, we bring y.ou these sixteen pages .of summer sequence specials as a challenge, as instructi.on, and as inspirati.on_ As a challenge--t.o f.oll.ow every m.ovement evaluating it as a judge w.ould_ As instruction- t.o view the r.outine as individual m.oves and c.ombinati.ons that w.ould be helpful t.o y.ou as a c.oach .or a gymnast As inspirati.on- t.o relive and be thrilled by the w.ork .of the world's top gymnasts as they performed at the WorId Championships in Dartmund, Germany in 1966_

SUMMER SEQUENCE SPECIAL

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/fl{((~ LONG HORSE VAULTING, MATSUDA (Japan ). 9 .6 7 5 ; NAKAY AMA (Japan), 9.500; V ORONINE (Ru ss ia ). 9. 100; KATO (Japan ), 9 .650; ENDO (Japan) 9. 125 . All c.o mpetit.ors perf.ormed th e arch - pike fr.o nt h andsp ri ng fr.om the far end .of th e h.o rse f .or th ei r first v a u lt. F.o r th eir seco nd v aults , all c.o m pet it .ors perf.orme d the arch - pike handspring fr.om t he nea r end .of the h .o rse.

All vaulting sequences, men 's side h .orse, men's h .or iz.ontal bar, and w.om en's u neven parallel b ars ha ve been u sed in their entiret y fr.o m m .ount t .o di sm.ou nt.

The parall e l b ars, ring s, a nd the bal ance bea m have been c.on d ensed by e l iminating ph.ot .o fr a m es fr.om h .o ld p.osit i.on s (handst a nd , c rosse s, L's, etc.) t.o enab le us t .o fit th e r.outine t .o the page .

Continued from page 9 (Olympic Training) EXAMPLE OF A WORK-OUT PLAN FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF MAIN TRAINING PERIOD Floor Exercise

Warm-up

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points during one year (in the U.S. for instan ce these could be NCAA Champion· ships, AAU Championships, Olympic trials).

This should be reflected by training pro· grams.

This demand to be in top form two or several times a year, mean s r epetition of the preparation for competition during the individual trainin g phases. Despite this fact there probably will be on e culminating point which will be more important than the rest of them. Therefore , even though training phases will be r epeated, the cuI · minating poin ts still differ in quality. A sim ilar differentiation in periods will be seen in a well·con structed lon g term plan .

The Olympic Gam es with their four-year intervals form the basis for the lon g term plan of each international top athlete who is oriented toward the Olympics. In arti stic gymnastics the World Championships are between th e Olympic Games and thus form a culminating point of second degree. This wave-like strain and form curve should be typical not only for long term plans but also for the weekly training programs. These rhythmical periods of trainin g assure th e change between tension and relaxation , both psychological and psysiological. Regardless of the advantages of exact and detailed training plannin g, however, one should never forget that this plan is only a guideline for sports and no rigid dogma. If the plan is handled elastically, it might be one of the best aids for rapid increase in effi ciency. The decisive factor for its success and effectiveness, however, is the intelligent application by gymnast and coach.

Example for a work-out plan: These actual work-out plans used by top gymnasts show how trainin g differs with the individual periods. After intensive work on single skills of the optional and com·

pulsory program, endurance and assurance in the execution of combinations and later of whole routines is emphasized during the approach of the competition period. Often there are t,yo or even three culminatin g

AA U continued from page 8

includes: W est- Ron Barak, Jack Beckn er, L arry Bann er, J erry Todd and .T erry Wright.

Mideast- Rudy Bachna, Paul Fina, Ted Muzyczko, Bill Roetzheim. South- Jon Culbertson, Armando Vega. East-Dick Aronson, Frank Cumiskey, J erry H ardy, T om Maloney, John Nicholas, Bob Stout, Don Wilderoter.

The 1968 National. AAU Championships are tentatively scheduled for Long Beach, ·California, April 11-13. Th e AAU Junior Nationals will be hosted by H earst High School in Dallas, T exas, but the date has

not yet been set.

Jack Beckner was named the 1968 Olympic Coach for Men's gymnasti cs while Bill Meade was nam ed Olympi c T eam Manager.

Much discussion centered around the possibility of havin g an Olympic Training camp similar to the one held at Penn State prior to the W orId Games. Dependin g on the mon ey available, several possibilities were offered. These included the trainin g camp and participation in the pre-olympi c games to be held in Mexico this .fall. Further information will be forth co ming. _ _

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exercise h. kip on high bar 3. The di smount in this routine appears less than effective, in fa ct it looks as though he got off just before he fell off.

4. In this routine there are 5-B's and 9A's: however the sequen ce in pictures 21-42 constitute a "B" + "e" so that gives th e routine 1-C, 6-B's and 6-A's adding up to 13 parts and a complete routine.

5. Note also that credit is given the czech because. the movement was completed before the sit.

initial list of National caliber judges. Only judges on this list will be considered by the AAU as el igible for judging intern ational competitions. As thi s li st is only a startin g point, additional judges will be added through a process whereby judges' associations submit names of qualifi ed judges to take the 4-hour National Judges' exam. Once on' the National list a judge will be required to retake the national test every two years. The original list of 18

AN EVALUATION OF AN OLYMPIC CALIBER SIDE HORSE ROUTINE (MG Vol. 9, No.3)

By Jerry Wright

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This is an evaluation of Laiho's routin e as published in the March 1967 issue of the Modern Gymnast Magazine on pages 16-17. In order to follow along with this evaluation it is suggested that the reader number each picture in the sequence shown on these two pages. It will come to 150 pictures.

Pictures 1-13 Pictures 14-20 Pictures 21-29 Pictures

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1. This routin e was scored at 9.25 which is not unrealistic even in spite of the major break ' in the middle after the Czech.

2. No evidence is given that double leg circles have "A" value although it would seem to be an oversight as similar type movements in other events are given "A" value: a. single leg circle in the floor exercis'e b. hand stand on the still rings c. handstand on the parallel bars d. cast on the parallel bars e. back uprise on the parallel bars f. hi p circles on the high bar g. "L" on parallel bars and in floor

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Don is a graduate of the High School of Industrial Art in New York and has worked for several years as a commercial arbist in New York and Chicago. Currently, Don is teaching physical education at Yale University. He is the author, photographer and illustrator of a new {Nissen published} book called "The Side Horse" and tells us that he has almost completed another book which will be entitled "The Rings".

Don's latest series of charts, apart irom the parallel bars< and ring skill charts, are {he feels} his most important contributions to date. The y are a series of three wall charts that have been designed to help the male physical education instructor, at the

junior and senior ' 'high school levels, to teach the gymnastic'. unit through the use of wall charts and a check list. " This system will enable the instructor to review the lesson very quickly with the use of a visual aid that does not require the turning of pages, etc. The brief descriptions that are presented will suggest important oral teaching hints to the instructor. The students can reier to the charts whenever they are in doubt about a skill and can also see their personal gymnastic progress, at a glance, on the check list. These charts will 'be inexpensive enough for the college physical education instructor to require bheir major students to use them as teaching aids, especially during their period of student teaching in local junior high and high schools."

Currently, Don hopes to be able to complete a similar series of charts for women's physical education gymnastic classes in the near future.

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6-7. Straighten arms quickly, straddle legs and place them on outside of forearms so they are parallel with the floor.

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SHOOT TO SUPPORT (12)

Note: Th e exact location of the rings in rel ation to the position of the body could not always be drawn with complete accurac y because of limited space.

1-5. Obtain large swing. Flex hips as liody passes vertical and pull forcefully with arms.

6-7. Shoot legs (60째) up-backward, continue pulling with arms until body rises above rings. Quickly straighten arms and squeeze seat muscles together in order to stabilize hips.

"LET'S GO ALL-AROUND" Free ExerCise- Pike Front Somersault This is performed in the sequence photos utilizing the russian type arm swin g. A pik e front sommi can be executed with the conventional type arm movement , from a handspring, or headkip. The method illustrated is good for free exercise since it can be performed from 2 or 3 running steps. The arm s should swing down powerfully (with all the might you have), the arm s should be kept straight until they pull you off the mat. The arms should rise as high in ba ck as possible while you are forcing yourself to stand upright until the takeoff. The common faults on this are bending the arm s, du cking the head too soon, leanin g forward too much, and not waitin g until th e arm s pull at the back of the shoulders for the takeoff. When the arms conn ect with the shoulders this forces the takeoff and tllf' rotation.

Side Horse-High Layout Loop Dismount The key points on the high liftin g loop dismount are lifting the hips and leanin g into the horse extra hard prior to the lay· out. The hand s do not change position throughout the loop and layout. The harder

A NEW SERIES EMPHASIZING

INSTRUCTION FOR THE ALL-AROUND GYMNAST

Bv Art Shurlock, Gymnastic Coach at UCLA

the arm push against th e horse the hi gher the layout will be.

High Bar- Reverse and Forward Pirouettes The reverse or blind turn pirouette is fairly easy to learn if the progressive method is used. Start from a small swin g with a turn at end of it to a double undergri p.

Each tim e the swing should be in creased until you can make it over the top without jumping off. Th e reverse pirouette as illustrated in the sequence phot os involves a very early starting point for the turn . Th e advantage this has over a late turnin g pirouette is that it looks more styli sh, and allows the pirouette to be completed by the tim e the vertical position is r each ed. On the late turning pirouette the body is usually past the vertical position wh en the regrasp is made.

On the forward pirouette th e tum also starts very early for the same reasons as in the reverse pirouette.

Parallel Bars-Back Upris e Straddle Cut Th e more powerful the back uprise swin g the high er the straddle cut . Th e k ey to a powerful back u prise is th e ba ckward leg thrust on ce the hips reach the vertical hang

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pOSitIOn. Note the arch posllion and how much the bars are depressed at that point.

The snap into the arch is crucial for the hi gh lift above the bars. It is comparable in looks and fe eling to the straddle hecht dismount on high bar.

Rings- Full Twisting Fly·a·way Practice high lifting fly-a·ways out of a hi gh dislocate. The pull into the pike posi· tion and holding until the feet rise above the level of the rin gs is th e main ingredient for a good full twist and high somersault.

When the body is extended at the tim e of release, simultaneously the full twist is started. Drop the shoulder and tum head in direction of full twist and throw opposite arm across chest to develop rotation.

Long Horse- Hecht vault on side horse.

This is the buildup for learning the hecht on either the near or far ends of the horse.

Th e body should be in a pike position when th ~ hands make conta ct with the horse. This is followed by a powerful push·off of the hand and arch extension of the body. Arm s should be held sid eward once the arch is reached. On ce this is successfully mastered , then it may be performed on the long horse.

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By Dick Wolfe

A SPECIFIC EXERCISE FOR GENERAL MUSCULAR ENDURANCE The bar snap is designed for over-all explosive power and endurance. Thus, it should be performed in a quick and explosive manner. This exercise, to be effective, must be performed at least ten times, preferably twice that, for three consecutive sets.

If the performer is not strong enough to get a minimum of ten repetition s for each set, he should receive manual assistance from a fellow gymnast- effective overload in the bar snap is directly proportionate to the speed and number of repetition s.

Next time, the importance of running for the competitive gymnast.

EXERCISE # 11. BAR SNAPS: From a slight swing o n the high ba r (Fig. 1). pu ll through the pull -up position (Fig . 2) t o a straight armed support above the b ars (Fig . 3) . Lower and repeat. Speci f ic t o : Rings and high bar-over-all exp los ive power fram a honging , kipping acti on .

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A complete set includ ing ring s. cable, pulle y s, supports, and weight hanger is just $32.50 t ota l price (this includes pos tage anywhere in the USA and Calif. sa les ta x. )

CROSSMASTER 2286 Glen Canyon Road Alfadena, California 91001 Coaches : Send f o r free broch ure of ou r De lu x Schoo l M od el.

GYMNASTIC POSTERS IIS u itobfe for framing" Beautifu l four co lor 20 " x 24 " Mademoisell e Gymnast V o l. 1 it2 Cover Ph oto Poster $1 .00 P.Pd. Mademo iselle Gymnast Co v er Photo 1 #4. 16 V2" x 23" SOc P.Pd .

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SET OF THREE ABOVE POSTERS $1.50 P.Pd .

M.G. POSTERS Box 777 Santa Monico, Calif. 90406

Save! Buy direct from the manufacturer SIL-O-ETTE kotards are styled and manufactured by Wolff-Fording, a name long recognized for quality. Soft 100% two-way stretch nylon, tailored for perfect fit and freedom of action. One-piece "no-ride-up" construction.

Launders beautifully by hand or machine washing.

In midnight black: cap, short or long sleeve ; children and adult sizes.

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Suppliers of SLIPPERS, UNIFORMS, SWIM SUITS; LEOTARDS, WARM-UP SUITS, HAND GUARDS -SEND FOR OUR CATALOGWe Boast of Our LOW PRICE LIST

MG Gym Calendar 5TH ANNUAL SANTA MONICA GYMFEST: Labor day weekend, Sept. 2·4. Open and Invitational competitions for boys, girls, men and women.

For info: Dick Criley, SM Gymfest director, Box 6M , Santa Monica, Calif. 90406.

Phy~ical Education Supervisors in schools L and other organizations, please write us on your letterhead for special price list.

Complete Dance Costume and Accessory catalog also available on request.

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It's no great engineering feat to make one product cheaper than another. You cut quality a little here , yo u eliminate a feature there ... and pretty soon you have a product th at can sell for a cheaper price.

The same could apply to a Nissen parallel bar. For exa mple, our exclu sive Adjusto-Lock height and width adjustment feature cou ld be replaced with the same low cost jam lock mechanism which other manufacturers use. Ordina ry paint could be substituted for our prese nt maintenance-free nickel chrome finish .

Small bl ack rubber base pads could be used in pl ace of Nissen's unique non-marking pads with the adjustable leg leveler. Unbreakable Perma-Wood fused lamination top bars could easily be replaced with old fashion hickory bars, and on and on and on .

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