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notes FROM THE editor: WORLD GAMES: Following up on our preview of the Games in the last MG, in this edition we have put together several reports from different sources to give you a more complete overview of the competition. For the statisticalminded we have included every score in every event, compulsory and optional as well as each individual's final placing in all events. Plus personal facts of interest on each of the competitors. Height, weight (in centimeters and kilograms). International measurements (centimeter = 0.3937 inch, kilogram = 2.2046 pounds) and birth dates.

Even though we devoted most of this MG to the World Games, there was only enough space to use a small portion of the photos taken by Don Wilkinson and your editor.

We will be publishing more single action photos of the World Games along with some sequence photos we were able to take of some of the finalists in upcoming issues of the MG.

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INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: During the World Games we mode several additional contacts for MG representatives around the world. These men will act as distribution points for the MG in their respective countries and will in turn keep us informed of gymnastic progress and happenings in their area. Our foreign readers can now subscribe to the MG through these authorized MG dealers using their national currency at the equivalent U.S.A. subscription price. A saving and convenience to them and an international reporter for us. Following is a listing of our international contacts (if your country is not listed and you know of a qualified individual you feel would like to represent your area, please let us know).

AUSTRALIA: Lance Otto Otto Industries, Ltd. 309-31 3 Sauth Road Mile End Sauth Austral ia 5031

NEW ZEALAND : Dr. L. R. Bed goad C/ o Univ. of Auckland Priva te Bag Auckland, New Zealand NORWAY: Tore Jahan sen Norges Gymagturn - Forbund Kirkeveien 8 Oslo 1, Norway

BELGIUM : Jan Borms Res Ter Beken A5 Esplanade 9 B 9300 Aa lst, Belgium

SWEDEN : Hellmut Ronnisch Bj orkliden 10 Orebro. Sweden

ENGLAND : Jim Prestidge "Glenwood" The Park Sidcup, Kent, En gland

SWITZERLAND : Kurt Baechler Guemlagen Berne, Switzerland

JAPAN : Katsu Yamanka NO. 8 Higashiyama-cho Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

If any of our MG readers plan to take a trip to any of the above countries, I am sure our representative would be pleased to inform you of gymnastic schools or activities that would be in session during your visit to their land.

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CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XLL

NUMBER 12

DECEMBER

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ..... .. .. ...... Glenn Sundby 4 CHALK TALK ...... ........................................ ..

6 VIEWPOINTS ..... ......... .. ....... .... ....... Dick Criley 6 USGF REPORT ............. .... .. .............. Frank Bare 8 REPORT ON THE WORLD GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS .... ............... Bill Roetzheim 10 A JUDGE'S EYE VIEW OF LJUBLJANA ...... ... ..... George Kunzle 13 VIEW FROM THE STANDS AT LJUBLJANA ...... .. .. ............ .... DaveJacobs 13 THE 1970 WORLD GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT (FROM THE CAPTAIN 'S POINT OF VIEW) .................... .... Makato Sakamoto 14 MEN'S INDIVIDUAL FINALS : FLOOR EXERCISE ................. . .. ...... .... ....... 15 SIDE HORSE " ...... ............ .. ... .. .. .. .. ....... ... . 15 RI NGS ............ ...... .... .. ... ...... ... .. ........... .. 16 LONG HORSE ........ . ...... .. .... ... .. ..... ....... ... .. 16 PARALLEL BARS ...... ....... ... ...... ..... .. ...... ... 17 HORIZONTAL BAR.. .. ....... ...... .. ... .. ............ 1 7 TEAM STAN DIN G ................ .. .. .. .. ............ .. ..... 1 7 INDIVI DUAL ALL-AROUND STANDI NGS .... .............. 19 OLYMPIC PARALLEL BARS COMPULSORY ROUTINE (UNOFFICIAL) ............ .. .... Don Tonry 26 MG CALEN DAR.... .. ........ .... ...... .. .. ...... .......... .. 30 COVER, Thi s month's cove r is of Japan 's Kenmotsu, the 1970 World Games 01 1around champion and high bar champion. Shown is Kenmotsu 's triple twist which he uses in his floor ex. routine. Photo by Don Wilkinson.

PUBLISHER -EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Basco, Research; Jerry Wrighl, Competition ; Frank Bare.

USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Rober! Hanscom, YMCA ; Andrzej Gonera , European; Gerald George, Dan Millman & Don Ton;;', AA Instructional; Bill Roelzheim, Instructional.

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NEXT EDITION: We will be starting out the year with a new MG format and logo designed by our art director and associate editor Ken Sakoda. We will also introduce a new department and program in the MG for the NHSGCA (National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association). Plus the college and regional reports edited by Jerry Wright 4

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1970 USGF Congress The 1970 U.S.G .F. Congress was conducted a t the Prom-Sheraton Hotel in Kansas City.

Missouri . . . on Nov. 14-15. Attended by nearly 150 coaches, judges and administrators. the event featured many discussions regarding the future course of act ion for gymnastics in the U.S.A. One of the newest plans is elaborated upon in this issue of the Modern Gymna st. The co ngre ss was packed with business sessions. a nd the shortness of time seems to indicate a need for more sessions and perhaps a Friday night meeting to allow a ll the organizat ions present to have private meetings and in turn make their reports.

Next year's meeting ... November . .. 197.1 .. . Chicago, Illinois - plan on being there.

1970 Columbus High School-Nissen Corp. Gymnastic Clinic Report

by John Hind s , C lin ic Director For the fifth year in a row Col umbu s High School and Nissen Corp. hosted Indi ana high schoo l gymnasts and their coaches for a gymnas tic clinic on Nov. 20 , 1970. The clinic staffed by Indi ana University , Indi a na State University a nd Western Michigan University gymnasts and their coaches , Jim Brown , Roger Coun sil and Fred Orlosky, respectively. was well received a nd acc lai med by a ll a success.

The clinic format was built around selected routines and the ski ll s invo lved. The staff provided informative demonstrations and instruction which was followed by an act ive workout period by the high school gymnasts. With well over 200 high school gym nas ts in attendance th e gym was filled with energetic you ng men working to improve themselves.

Teaching Assistant Needed with Ski II in Gymnasti cs Each year the Physical Education Department men at the Univers it y of Washington has severa l teaching assis ta ntships avai lable for individuals working on a master's or doctor's degree. One or two of these students should have special sk ill in gymnast ics. Anyone interested should contac t Dr. Eric Hu ghes , Physical Education Department, University of Washington , Seattle 98105, prior to February 15 , 1971, if they are interes ted.

MARSHALL ROBERT CLAUS 1936-1970 Marshall Claus was killed on November 22, 1970, when the blade came off his Gyro-copter while he was about 75 feet in the air .at EI Mirage Dry Lake in California.

He is survived by his wife, Dana.

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, a graduate from the University of lawa with a master's degree from Michigan State University, Marshall was head gymnastic coach at Marshall Junior High School in Long Beach, Calif.

Durin g the last 10 years of his competitive career, Marshall was among twa top all-around performers in national competition and a member of two U.S.A. international teams.

Marshall also authored two books, A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO GYMNASTICS and BETTER GYMNASTICS FOR BOYS. A special memorial Olympic gymnastic fund has been set up in Marshall's honor.

For all his friends interested in making a contribution, please send all donations to "Ma rshall Claus Olympic Gymnastic Memorial," Helms Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif. 90034. All donations will be acknowledged. • Gifts to this Olympic gymnostic fund ore tox¡deductible.

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Trampoline Tumbling Association Formed This fall in Cedar Rapids . Iowa . about 20 of the top trampo lin e peop le in the U .S . met to see w hat could be done to help promote the sport. One of the res ult s of the meeting was the decision to spo nsor a Trampoline C linic from Dec. 28-31 in Cedar Rapids and the other was the formation of a Trampoline and Tymbling Coaches Association. The temporary officers were Jeff Aust in . president ; Mil ton Davis. secretary , and Ron Munn , executive director. A formal election of officers will take place at the Christmas cl inic in Cedar Rapids. For further information and membership application . write to Ron Munn , 5056 Brewster Dr .. Columbus.

Ohio 43227. The associ ation hopes to publi sh a trampoline newsletter for all members whi ch will be ed ited by Ron Munn and Wayne Miller.

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VIEWpoints

By Dick Crile y A big struggle by the U nited States Gym nastics Federation to unseat the Amateur Athletic Union as spokesmen for the U.S . gymnas tic community to the International Gymnas tic Federation (FIG) was finally wo n in the Yugosl a v city of LjUbljana. The positive efforts of the U.S.G.F. in promoting international goodwill for gymnastics in this country was certainly an important factor.

The circumstances which stim ul ated th e formation of the U.S.G.F. have become part of th e history recorded in the pages of the Modern Gymnast (January 196 3) . The acco mpli sh-

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ments of the U .S.G.F. have also been a part of this record (Ap ril 1968). In the fall of 1968 , a Nat io nal Gymnast ics Comm ission was created which recogn ized these accompli shments by giving an equal say to the U,S.G.F. on international gy mnastic matters whil e retaini ng the AA U as- the international representative to the F IG. It was an unhappy partnersh ip, but the comm ission did provide a " cease-fire" during whic h the U.S.G .F. position was advanced by a number of vigorous spokesmen , not among the least of whom were Penn State's Gene Wetts tone and Erni e McCoy. The financial return s to the F IG from international meets and exhibitions hosted and sponsored by Penn State were among the greates t of any country and far more than any co ntribution made by the AAU. This monetary suppo rt must have weighed strongly in the F IG decision.

Nonetheless , the decision to recognize the U.S.G.F. as the United States representative was made, not by the FIG hierarchy alone but by the vote of the member nations. T he behind-the-scenes lo bbying on both sid es whi c h went into the internat ional meeting can only be conjectured by the coiumnist; however, a uthoritative sources reported that pessimism was the order of the day for U.S.G.F. delegates prior to the all -important vote.

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Now that th e U.S.G.F. has ac hi eved international recognition , it must not repeat the mistakes of th e AA U. Au th ori tarian ism and a n obsess ion with power and money must not be allowed to diffuse the respect the U.S.G .F . has now acq ui red.

Now is a good time to ask, " Who is the U.S.G.F.?" The U.S.G.F. is co mposed of representati ves from th e National Federation of State Hi gh School Ath letics Assoc iations, the NCAA , the Armed Services In terserv ice Sports Cou ncil , national gy mnastics organ izations s uc h as th e Ame rica n Turners , Swiss Turners and Sokols , and at-l arge and all ied organizat ions and associated groups. The executive _ _ _ _ di.r.ectoL-oL the_ U.S.G . E._a lm osLS lm;t:_Il~_Il."'-_I ______~_ _ __ ~---'" ception has been Frank Bare. The Modern Gymnast, whi le remaining editoriall y and financia ll y independent of the U.S .G .F. , has been both its unofficial and official publication because we have believed in its gen uine interest The Modern Gymnast Magazine and Mademoiselle Gymin gymnasti cs and gymnastics. * ~ >,: nast Magazine .a re offering as a special gift the above In my associa ti on with the Modern Gymnast 17x22-inch poster to any new subscription order for either magazine and its ed ito r, G lenn Sundb y, I have magazine. The poster and a subscription to the world ' s been ab le to fo ll ow fairl y close th e ups a nd greatest gymnastics magazines make an ideal gift for downs of the U .S.G.F. While the MG 's correspondence record is nothing to brag abo ut , any fanor competitor. the U.S.G.F. has had a sim ilar problem as Extra posters are available on request for $1 .00. executive director Frank Bare has been hardpressed as the hub of all the services the U.S .G .F. provides. The U.S. gy mn astics com•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• munity is probably unaware of the personal sacrifices Frank Bare has made, of the a lternate opport unities he has turned down and the Please send a poster and a subscription of: hours and hours he has devoted to gymnas ti cs. ___ The Modern Gymnast Magazine, $6.00 per year But one man can no longe r contin ue to do it ___ Mademoiselle Gymnast, $3.00 per year all. The U.S .G.F. Council must make a .strong effort to create an efficient and responsive to : Name ______~____~__________ staff to carry out a forward-looking and carefully conceived plan of gymnas tic s development for the United States. A mong the urgent Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ needs of the U.S.G.F. are people and finances to improve communications a nd publications , City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State _ _ _ _ Zip _ _ __ to expand the age-group program, to administer its international endea vo rs and to build a sou nd national framework .

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U.S.G.F. Report

Frank Bare USGF Executive Director

To American gymnasts, coaches and judges : I am writing you at this time to inform you that on October 30, 1970, in Ljubljana , Yugoslavia, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) voted to affiliate a new member organization to represent the United States of America. The vote was called for before the General Assembly of the entire membership of the FIG,and subsequently passed, to exclude the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) from membership and include as the new member, the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF).

I wish to make you aware of this most significant action for obvious reasons, but even more important, I believe, I wish to bring certain other aspects of this decision to your attention. I encourage each of you , regardless of your specific role or interest in our sport, to look upon this change of member as a much-needed boost to American gymnastics. Our sport has needed and deserved a full -time single-purpose administrative organization for a good many years. The change of member was made almost totally on the basis of the need for a more efficient administration in the U.S.A. Please be aware that there will now be a period of some reorganization , restructuring of some committees and the creation of some others. The task before us is not so much to replace any prior program but rather to create for this vast nation of ours a program that has never really existed at all. There will be no room for personal motivations or animosities.

The days of threats of suspension and the promises of rewards for friendships must be a thing of the past. Everyone connected with this sport is enthusiastically welcomed into our program or encouraged to remain most energetic in their already existing programs. It will take some time, I realize, however, we should all work to tie every organization involved in gymnastics into one unified program aimed at improving our national and international gymnastics image.

Again , I wish to stress the need now for a slow but steady and proper, program of organization which will develop for 路 the first time in our history a national gymnastics program to which all can contribute and to which each of us can belong. I trust that each of you will desire to be a part of this program , and I look forward to your ideas, your energies and your support in making gymnastics a bigger and better sport in our United States.

For the United States Gymnastics Federation: FRANK L. BARE, Executive Director 8

USGF editorial: "WHERE WE GO FROM HERE . ..

A GIANT STEP FOR GYMNASTICS." At the recently concluded USG F Governing Council meeting in Tucson , Ariz. , many significant items were discussed , evaluated and adopted which will do a good deal to aid in the development of the administration of our sport in future years.

First , the USG F has grown by two organizations ... to be an organization now representing nine national organizations or associations. At this year's meeting the Young Men's Christian Association joined the USGF as did the youthful National Gymnastics Judges Association .

We are hopeful that the NAIA and AAU will soon join our ranks and then together help create the most vigorous national program for gymnastics we have ever had in the U .S.A.

Coaches Congress

IF YOUR ASSOCIATION desires gymnastics people have desired at the to be active in the sport ... this is the way very least a chance to be represented and to be a part of a vital and vigorous pro- heard , this surely will afford that opporgram. The USGF office is now prepared tunity. Virtually every technical aspect to accept letters of application from exist- of gymnastics will be placed before those ing organizations in preparation for the present , and reports on every project and USGF CONGRESS 1971 IN CHICA- plan will be made available.

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Sunday morning: Continuation of special CONGRESS PLAN: meetings . 9-10:30 a.m. (approx.) (i.e. , NACGC . . . NAIA coaches ... womOrganizational THE U.S.G.F. CONGRESS... responsibilities: U.S.G.F. Director en judges ... men judges ... etc.) the first step.

Congress Meetings: 2nd General Session: 10:30 to adjournThe USGF Congress is held annually USGF Executive Committee ment. Reports from all committees, in early or mid-November. This pattern Agenda : organizations. Open discussion on Members (as submitted) projects , plans , selections and schedwill remain unchanged. The congress beBanquet: ules , new business from the floor. gan as a coaches meeting for men and U SG F Director This is , of course , an initial projected then expanded to include women and Program : format. As the numbers increase and the later included officials and for the past two years the U SOC Gymnastics Games U SG F Executive Committee complexity of our sport also increases, Committee has also met a t that site. Now (Standard schedule) we can revise the format to meet the it is time for a new direction and impor- Friday evening: needs. The important part is to be inUSG F Men's and Women's volved . .. and thereby be a part of the tant function to be added to that meeting: Local ... district and state associations Technical Committee meetings program as it develops .

USG F Women 's Committee meeting.

Associate memberships in the USG F . . . apply for membership in the USG F as Executive Committee Meeting. are $25 per year for the association as associate members. We invite such orN ACGC Meeting. provided for in the original 1962 USG F ganizations as the Florida Gymnastics Constitution. This also will provide the Association , the Colorado Gymnastics Friday evening: _ _ _ _Assoc . ,-the-IJJinois--High--SchQQ I-A~s Qcia~-_----'U"-'S~G =--F----"C'-'o'-"m ~ m"-'i'-' ttc"e.., e~m~e....e""t~in..,g"'s'-":~('-' to,___O-_ _basis--foL)LoULdelegate_to~e_c_ejycc_QpLes,---_ _ tion , the Northern California Assoc. and prepare presentation plans for the of minutes and other mailings to distribute next day 's meetings) to his or her association from the USG F others to join the U SG F. It is possible to office. have more than one member from a given Saturday morning: General Session: Judges , Coaches , Contact the USGF office now ... meet city or area. In fact , in a city such as Chicago , we might have as members the IlIiMen-Women. Delegates roll call. with your local , district or state associaGeneral business session and dis- tion and determine to be part of this new nois HS Coaches Assn. , the Midwest Judges Assn. , the Midwest Gymnastics cuss ion of general plans for year's national USGF program. Write for appliactivity. cation forms and begin to plan now to Association and the Central AAU. Each of these associations , if they elected to Saturday afternoon : send your delegate to Chicago , Illinois , for Special sessions ... women . .. judges November 1971 ... and help make this join, would then send an " official delegate" to the annual USGF Congress (his assns .. .. men ... all meet separately plan an actuality. or her name being submitted prior to comfor technical and business sessions. 1971 U.S.G .F. OFFICERS ing) , and that delegate would then be is- Saturday night banquet. (remaining term of office) sued a voting card (as is done in the FIG) , President: and during the discussions held at the conDuring the formative years , in particuMr. Gordon Chalmers (I year) I ndiana State University gress to obtain meaningful guidance from lar 1971-72 , the U SG F office will estabthe associations represented, the votes lish criteria for membership and accept Terre Haute , Indiana shall be tallied , and such decisions as are applications for membership from the Vice-President - Men: made carried to the USG F Council for various associations.

Mr. Harold Frey (2 years) At the 1972 路 meeting , the USG F will Gymnastics Coach final approval (which on technical matters would be virtually assured) which is held lead a discussion to determine criteria for Un iversity of California Vice-President - Women: annually early in December. The dele- accepting such members thereafter. gates have in the meantime returned to This plan will work ... it will afford Mrs. Sharon Pirkl (I year) Moline High School their home associations to inform their voice and actual vote on gymnastics isrespective memberships of the decisions sues to every area of the U.S.A. and to Moline , Illinois reached, the schedules finalized and ex- everyone willing to work within his or her Secretary-Treasurer: changes and meets planned , and the tech- own area. More than one group in a given Mrs. Shirley Bryan (2 years) Elk Grove Village, Illinois nical rules changes as announced. More area can be represented which will also than th~ " official delegate " can attend the afford judges, coaches and others to re- At-Large-: congress and participate in the actions tain their identification and also represent Mr. Bill Roetzheim (3 years) conducted. Only one from each member their specific interests , even though othU. of Illinois-Chicago Circle , Illinois Mr. Ron Barak (2 years) association can vote . . . by showing the ers from their area may also be members.

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Bill Roetz he im On Oct. 8, the U .S.A. World Games Gymnast ic tea m bega n to asse mbl e a t Pe nn State, Although thi s was billed as a four-da y tra inin g camp, it is ha rd to equa te suc h a short tim e period with remedial tra ining, It d id , however. refl ec t a parti a l vic to ry by Ge ne Wett stone because a t one point it was feared we wou ld hav e to gree t th e team minutes before depa rture for Europe, Th e s hort camp period , therefo re, was a fin a ncial com promi se with the other a lternati ve be ing no pre-game wo rko ut s a t a iL With tim e be ing at suc h a pre mium tra ining was begun a t o nce, We sc heduled compulsory co mpeti ti o n on th e 10 th , a nd o n th e I I th option a Is we re to be performed. I t was e xtreme ly impo rta nt for us to eva lu at e th ese gymnasts, for in less th a n a wee k we wo uld be forced to submit a co mp e titi ve lin eup for ou r first internati o na l mee t. As I look back , a lthou gh we tried to ma ke these sessio ns a coac hing e xpe rience whil e we we re eva lua ting the gy mn as ts, a lon ger ca mp pe riod wo uld not have placed us o n suc h a c ras h program. Ge ne a nd I not on ly judge d each of their rout in es but offered ura l criti c is m a nd made a list of eac h bo y's weaknesses. The ro utin es we re a lso video-ta ped. a nd a t th e c los e of competit ion ma ny hours were s pent by ou r gy mnasts rev iew ing these tapes.

Fo r o ur readers who a re not famili a r wit h the sco ring of the wo rld c ha mpion ships, it mig ht be worth whil e to rev iew thi s procedure.

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points have no bea ring on tea m sco re. I must also point out th a t differe nt gy mnas ts may contribute to team score in the sa me event - one counting on opti o nals a nd a nother in th e co mpulsories, A good exa mple of how trick y thi s ca n be was dra matized a t the en d of our compulsory sess io n in LjUblj a na. Th e U,S. gymnast who was in th e third posit io n in th e all -aro und on co mpul sories among hi s tea mma tes had hi s sco re scra tched on three a ppara tus, whil e our gy mn as t who was in last place in the a ll-aro und count ed for team sco re in fi ve ou t of six events .

A chart was begun at Penn Sta te li sting eac h of our eight gy mnas ts, Afte r each bo y's na me we recorded th e number of times he sco red in th e top fi ve in eac h even t durin g ou r two-day meet. Hi s tota l numerica l contribution towards tea m sco re was a lso pl aced oppos ite hi s na me .

Thi s process was furth e r expanded in England a nd LjUblj a na.

Mond ay a nd Tuesday, Oc t. 12 a nd 13, w(;re spent a ttempting to remed y mi sta kes made in the competi ti on. A rmed with a c li pboard loaded with man y sheets of exec uti o na l fau lts, the first day we indi vidu all y co rrect ed comp ulsorie s a nd the ne xt day pu shed into opti o na ls.

Our t wo weak eve nt s fro m a skill s ta ndpoint we re rings a nd lo ng ho rse. A lthough th e s ki ll leve l of our pe rfo rmers on th e s id e horse was of a hig h leve l o ur con sistenc y left mu c h to be des ired .

The afternoon of th e 13th we left Penn Sta te for New York , At thi s loca ti o n we me t the girl s' tea m, coac hes a nd th e re st of the officia l pa rt y. It was aft e r II :30 p.m, before we we re finall y a irborn e. Co mbining thi s la te -ho ur de-

parture with a five- hour time loss produced a physica ll y was hed-o ut-I ooking team the fo ll owing day in London , It was decided to le t the team sleep la te a nd work out th a t night. We were to find out th a t e vening th a t ph ysica l pla nt s eq uipped fo r gy mn as tic s in E ng la nd were not onl y few in numbers but quite inadequ a te.

Findi ng proper wo rkout faci lities was a problem that pl agued us for our en tire stay in London.

It was not a case of our hosts be ing inh osp ita ble. They bent over backwards in their a ttempt to mee t o ur every need, It was just th a t gy ms equipped as we hav e th e m here were unavail a ble .

Th a t Wedne sday we wo rked out in a ve ry small fa cilit y a lo ng wit h the girl s' team . It lacked a proper floor exe rcise ma t, a nd size was such a limitin g factor th a t littl e was accompli shed , Thursday all e ight of o ur men competed aga in st th e Briti sh in th e C rys tal Pa lace Sports Are na . Thi s was comp ul so rie s o nl y, It was decided tha t th e to p six me n in thi s meet wo uld comp ri se ou r tea m co mpeti ng on Sa turday. This meet was not a dve rtised a nd was held only to g ive th e Engli sh tea m a nd th e U.S . tea m expe rie nce for the World G a mes. The sa me weaknesses th a t ma nifested themsel ves during wo rkout s we re preva le nt throughout thi s co mpetition, It was surp ri sing, howeve r, to see th a t in addition to th ese fault s three of our men broke o n the pa ra llel ba rs . This stoc k routine in tra ining was a lways o ne of our strengt hs. We st ill managed to defe a t our oppone nt s a nd ave rage 9, 1 per ma n. T he resu lts of this meet were a lso projec ted onto th e c ha rt we bega n a t Pe nn

State. On the basis of this meet th e followin g team was se lec ted to co mpete in optionals Saturd ayeve ning: Makoto Sakamoto Kanati A llen Marshall Avener Brent Simmons George Greenfield Fred Turoff On Friday , the 16th , we we re ba ck to the difficu lt task of locating a gy m for tra ining. An auxiliary room was fin a ll y found in the Crystal Pa lace Arena , but floor exercise and long horse could not be wo rked because of limited floor space. We did manage , however, to tumble hard a nd put together a mea ningful workout.

On Saturday the optional competition was held in hi storic Prince Albert H all. The tea ms were limited to six gym nasts each - each man working three events. It was precision-timed throughout because it was being televised. The attendance was small a nd , I' m sure, a great di sa ppointment to the British Federation. I be lieve this was partiall y due to the home TV, but without television royalties this whole affair cou ld have been a financial disaster.

a sk ill sta ndpoint this team was considered fl ags, music a nd a rotating bell system. It not only gave us a chance to work under the bright young a nd not the best we had ever se nt overseas, their attitude more th an compensated for li ghts but proved inv a lua bl e in settling our a ny ph ysical deficie nc ies. We were continu a ll y younger gym nas ts. We moved from event to plagued by a seve re upper respiratory infectious event on cue, ta king time to survey the location con dition. Yet , each man continued working of stairways to the platform a nd to get the genhard without a complaint. They were enlisted eral feelin g of the arena. As I glanced around I in th e formation of policy a nd showed grea t was a mazed at how automa ted our sport had wisdom a nd ma turation in presenting suggesbecome. There was an electronic sensing detions . They we re tea m players in every se nse of vice th at recorded te nth s if yo u stepped out of the word. Part o( internationa l strategy is putthe free exerc ise a rea. On long horse , e lectromagnetic ta pe recorded your failure to reach ting a good man up first in each event. If he sco res we ll , judges are inc lin ed to place the rezo ne. Free-exe rci se times were kept on a large maining members of your tea m numerically squa re device that buzzed a utomatically a t 50 , higher due to a nat ura l tendency to pyra mid 60 and 70 seco nd s. It a lso lit up and recorded their sco res. This helps blow you r tea m sco re the seconds yo u were ov er or under while perway up , of co urse. Our boys not only did not formin g yo ur routine. The judges fed their resent being placed in this co mpromi si ng posisco res into a central computer th at was able to tion but vo lunteered when they felt their roudetermine average score, then activ ate an electine was so lid. Makoto Sakamoto, the tea m tric scoreboa rd which fl as hed these figures. At capta in , continually inspired hi s tea mma tes on the same time it reported these computations and off the floor of competition. Since we were to over 100 television sets throughout the area sc heduled to perform compu lsories at 8 a. m., w here an up-to-date running score of the meet our practices were a lso a rranged for that hour. cou ld be seen by the fa ns. This mechanical After mu c h di scuss io n the group decided if monster a lso printed out the results on pa per the y were to get anything out of the morning for immediate distribution. I really think if we practices , the y would have to be up by 4:30 a. m. had blown a fuse , they would have had to call The following program was then set up by the off the meet.

The English team defeated us in the fi rst team members : reveille at 4 :30 a .m. , breakfast That ni ght it was with great pride that I enevent , long horse , but it was a brief moment at 5, light movement until 7:15 bus a nd worktered this vas t arena with the U.S. tea m. The of glory. Our team won the next fi ve events for out from 8 until II :45 . This, of course, meant opening ceremonies were simple and extremely a n easy victory. The form at of this meet was lights out by 7 :30 p.m. When I hea rd these effective. Each nation represented paraded a little wild with three men per event - a ll young men ag ree to thi s rugged schedule , I behind hi s sign a nd co lors into the center of the sco res counting. We broke onl y on long horse knew we had a dedicated team. hall. After a short welcoming address we were and once again passed the 9. 0 average. I must Aft e r a light workout Monday, th e 19th , we permitted to return to rese rved seats for a fastmake mention of the fact that the British tea m trained ha rd on Tuesday, the 20 th. At this paced exhibition. We saw local da nce groups under their national coach , Nick Stewart, has time we still had not cut our squad of eight down a nd witnessed a n imaginative program of synmade tremendou s strides. The y a re by far the to the required six. It was at thi s session that chronized drill s us ing a wide array of props. best tea m that nation has produced to date. our judges we re brought in to evaluate the comThe next day the girls ' competition bega n, In evaluating this pre-game competition I pul sory routines . The sa me procedure was folleav ing us to wo rk out light a nd worry heavy. have mi xed fee lings. There is no doubt that lowed the next day; only thi s time they judged Actually we did little more than stretch , feel thi s yo ung team gained much experience in thi s optionals. After entering these scores on the the equipment and attempt to gai n confidence. international matc h. Many mi sta kes that were chart begun a t Penn State we now had a good Four-thirty came early the day of compulsomade here were not repeated in Yugos lav ia. It core of informat ion. We r'oln stati stica l studies ries. Maybe because very few of us could has a lso been shown th at teams touring our on these scores co mpa ring co mpetition at Penn s leep. In warm ing up for a meet we demoncountry always score better as they progress State, in England a nd now Ljubljana. Recomstrated the full range from " Mako," who refrom city to city . The objection voiced by ma ny quires over an hour, to Lindner who can s ta rt mendat ions were so ught from the coac hes as that pre-game competition should be rul ed out inllt", ed"--~ 0-=c U -,-t cc w~ith an exercise. It was just 6:45 a. m",.~ wc'-hc.::e-,;n,---_ _ well as our nat ional judges. It should be l2""o.!!

6ecause offie possioilifYOfi nJunesis not varid. out that in one insta nce they were judged by us , we a rriVeOaf1ll e gy m. We automat ically went If we were the favorites instead of a seve nth - the ne xt time by English , neutra l and American into the same routine established at our pracplace tea m, this ideology might have merit. I judges a nd finally by our World Games judges. tice sess ion. Ank les were ta ped , warm-up un ia lso noticed the Ja panese trained as ha rd in The una nimou s recommendations of each of form s climbed into and another day began. practice as we did in competition. They con- th ese men upheld the stati stica l computations, If you hav e never seen a n internationa l tourtinued this practice until two days before the and the final team named consis ted of Makoto na ment , it is a tremendou s show. The music meet. I njuries are incurred in practice as well Sakamoto, Ka nati A ll en, Marshall Avener, pla ys, a nd the tea ms enter and line up off the as competition. Where we did lose out was in Brent Simmons , George Greenfield a nd Thompl atform opposite their event. An electronic a lac k of continuing training periods. Wednes- as Lindner. signal signifies yo ur three-minute warmup has day , poor workout facility - Thursday, comThe ph ys ical setup for these training sess ions begun. Each tea m has practiced how to get petition - Friday , poor workout faci lit y was ideal. Six sets of apparatus were available each indi vidua l on the apparatu s in their time Saturday , 路onl y six gymnasts competing in in a large we ll-heated exposition center. Each segme nt. You a re kept aware of the time by a THREE EVENTS - Sunday, traveling all day. set was co lor-coded. Every nation was assigned chime which is struck once a t one minute, twice In essence, thi s mean's we did not train be- a specific co lor over a certain time segment so at two minutes and finally rings three times to tween Friday and Monday. Actually, we did yo u cou ld carry out yo ur training program w ith signify the end of the sess ion. The green light not wo rk under optimal conditions for a pe- little outside intelference. goes on at the three-minute mark , a nd it is up riod of six days.

Th e equ ipment, with the exception of the to you as coach to have the first pelformer waitSunday, the 18th , was spent on a wide a rray pa rallel bar rai ls , was excellent. This lac k of ing to begin. It is a lmost funny to see the mass of carriers. We began by ta xi, tra nsferred to spring in the rails was a lmost compensated by pa ni c when a para llel bar adjustment sticks, and bus a nd finally got off the ground after mid- their extremely simple adju sti ng method . Gymeveryone rea li zes precious time is being wasted. day . When the plane touched down that evening nas tic equipment compa nies in the U.S. seem At the end of 20 minute s, the band strikes up , at Zagreb , we still had over a two- hour ride by to compete to see who ca n produce a horse with and you move to the next event. Two hours bus to Ljubljana. The tremendou s job of or- the s lipperiest ends . It 's common practice here later as you leave the gym , the next six teams ga ni zation on the pa rt of the Yugoslavians was to emery, spray " tough s kin " or other abras ive enter , and the process is repeated. quite evident before we even reached the air- substa nces onto a new horse in order to inTime flew by in the a uxi li ary gy m. It seemed port termina l. There, waiting on the airstrip , crease your grip. The horses used in world comwe had just arrived when it was time to march was someone to welcome us a nd rush us petitio n and practice left the ends of the horse out on the mai n floor. Not only had we drawn 8 a. m. but we were a lso forced to begin on the throu gh customs. Our bus was not only prompt unfini shed and in a rough state . Although a but complete wi th tra nslator. Mickey , who Reuther system in free exe rcise gives great lift , side horse. The butterflies felt more like sea carried o ut this function , not only answered I believe our mat in overall practica lit y is sugulls as the tea m lined up opposite that monster perior. Other than hav ing to get used to the awaiting the signal to begin the short warmup. all ou r questions on thi s bus ride but made the necessa ry arrange ment for our workout the four ex te nding legs on the side horse, the equipWe led off with Lindner, who worked tight nex t day. She was ass igned to Garry out the ment felt quite simi lar to the apparatus used and scar.e,d bu.t gave us a n_8 ..iO. ~exLwe br:oke in this countrv.

Brent S im mons for a 7.75 , and the press ure task of communication for our entire stay.

Earlier I mentioned the great organization was on. We couldn 't afford to a bort another On the morning of Monday, the 19th , we had that went into these ga mes. On Thursday , the rou tine , for now there was no ma rgin for error. our ninth team meeting to pl a n our final st rate22 nd , we had the opportunity to go through a The next four men produced , a nd we were out gy . I' ve mentioned ve ry little as to how each boy reacted throughout thi s trip. This , I feel , complete dress rehearsa l for the competition. of the event and home free .

Every item to be used was present , including must be done before go ing on further. If from MORE 11

On rings we we re shaky , but this was a lso third or fourth spot. I think th ey were a lso a conference was called on the pelformer just reflected in our tra ining camp. Few o f our gym- swa yed by th e home crowd when Yugos lavia before him. This left him standi ng on the platnasts could pelform the back kip, st ra ight e ning was wo rking. form for five minutes. But in the tradition of a ll out the arms before lowering to the back lever.

When look in g over th e America n team, we grea t champ io ns he hit to take th e o nly gold "Mako" was a lmos t fl awle ss in this event and find onl y two of our boys had Olympic experi- medal not garn ered by the Japanese. deserved more th an the 9.3 awa rd ed. The low- ence. I t's interesting to look at the lineups of Nakayama broke on the side horse compU lscore cou nting on this event was a n 8. 10 brin g- the first six teams and notice the number of sory , scored on ly 8.3 , yet was still able to score ing o ur total down to 42.95 . gymnasts who represented their countries, not 113.80 for third place in the a ll-around.

The Swiss were so well coached and cond iJu st when we thought things looked bad and on ly in the 1969 games but some were on th e co uldn 't get any worse, we moved to long teams in 1964. We must prolong the competi- ti oned that even the loss of a team member after the first event fai led to lower their posi horse. Here our score was only 42.45 , a nd we tive life of our top gym nasts . were forced to use a 7.75. Once aga in let me Something else that hurt us was the noise tion. I n five eve nt s they co mpeted on ly fiv e point out that these were consiste ntl y our generated by the crowd which was following the men - a ll scores count ing. With this pressure poorest events.

J apanese and Russians . When you're compet- they sti ll went through every routine. I n the Gree nfie ld fell off th e parallel bars on a ing at the same time as th ose two heavy- next issue when I cover the Swiss-Japaneseweights , not too many people know you 're U.S. A. meet , I' ll go into great detail a bout the pirouette, but the others picked up the s lack a nd hit like champ ions. We were now begin- aroun d. It didn 't matter th at we had someone Swiss program. ning to hit our stride, and our strong eve nt s in the middle of a rou tine . When one of their New Skills were coming up . As we progressed the ma rk s gy mnasts fini shed , th e place we nt up for grabs.

There were not as many new ski ll s as there got higher and higher. When the las t man finIn a ll fairness it must a lso be pointed o ut that were outstanding comb in ation s. Next month ished hi s fl oor routine , our average was up to our co mpul sories compared more favo rably to I' ll hit combinations, but for the tricksters try: 8.83.

This was o ne of the finest U.S. showings in executing required routines. I t brought us up into seve nth position - 3l1z points behind the Swiss. "Mako" es tablished himse lf as one of the top interna tiona l gy mnas ts stay ing in the top 10 in three even ts. Hi s 55.70 must sta nd as a record for a ny American in World Game competition. In fairness to Brent and George , who were si ngled o ut as having a broken routine, I want to point out th at they counted in all of th e other five eve nt s. This high finish ga rnered us a po sition in the eve ning sess ion on Monday night spliced neat ly between Ru ss ia and J a pa n.

I am not go ing to dea l further with scores or individual placing, for thi s informa ti on is recorded elsewhere for you r scru tin y.

The thrill of making it into th e even ing session was short-lived. The traumat ic s hock of our young team warming up with the Ru ssians and Japanese was a ca lamit y. It 's hard for a college sopho more not to blow a Di am idov in practice when the guy waiting next in lin e is Sergei Diamidov . The yelling uf the crowd in the next gy m cou pl ed wit h the -awe of the othe r teams I. Stradd le out of Germans as you reach the in our gro up had to have a strong psychologi- the entire field th an did our optionals. The old top of the bar. cal effect. That aux ili a ry gy m resembled th e story about being ext remely poor o n required 2. Whippit on rings - Back upri se front C hristians ' waiting room prior to ente ring th e routines but lead ing the wo rld in original opsome rsau lt to a n "L" position rotating coliseum. We didn 't fear the li ons, but as lu ck ti ona ls is no longer true. We were ext remely rings rather than releasing th em. stock in comparison to the leaders. When you 're had it we drew the side horse first and that 3. S tem up start on rings. in seven th place , I don't believe you shou ld a nima l has been known to kick.

4. Five double backs on floor. imitate but must once again begin to origin ate.

As the team entered the arena their faces 5. Triple twister on floor.

The bright spots came wi th our defeat of a c lose ly matched the colo r of their competi ti ve 6. Double twister off rings. pants. We we re probably fortunate that th e Czec hos lovak ian team for the first time that I 7. I liz twisting front off rings. ca n remember. We a lso beat a good Romanian horse was ab le to throw only two of our gym8. On high bar deep pik ed front w ith a deand West German tea m. We had a n exce llent nas ts. Thi s beginning required us to buy a layed liz twist. showing in compulsories, and if we had moved score of 7.75 to give us an average of on ly 8.79 9. Ful l twisting stutz. up on option als , as we did in Mexico City , - by far ou r low event. Once again our rin gs I O. Long horse - roundoff to back, piked would have placed extreme ly hi gh. The number hurt us , and in stead of moving up on the Swiss pos ition. of young gymnasts on this team will give us a we quickly slid back to II th position. F ro m this Let 's make the following awa rd s : good se lectio n of experienced competitors for point we sett led down a nd began climbing back Most underscored - J apanese the 1972 Olympics. The last point a nd probably up the ladder. We hit fairly we ll o n long horse th e stronges t is th ese gy mn asts a re a ll dediMost overscored - Ru ssia and a nd para llel ba rs, but it was th e hori zontal bar cated hard workers, and there was n't o ne prima Yugoslavia that reall y brought us back. I n thi s event we donna in the gro up. G ive them two more years , Best coached - Swiss not on ly averaged 9.5 but threw o ut a 9.3 as and look out! We have also never had a reprelow score. Because of this event and a strong sentat ive as stro ng as Mako to Saka moto ( 12th I' ll end with two quotes put forth by memfinish on floor exerc ise we we re a ble to hold a ll -a round). bers of the official party. Ted Muzyczko , one o ur seve nth position. of our judges , said, ' The judging has rea ll y About no w in most intern ati ona l presenta- General ObseTVations tions it's time to bring out the cry ing towe l and improved - it' s almos t as good now as in the The Japane se are so far out in front of everyattack the judges. I thought the scori ng was th e one the intern at ional gymnas ti c comm unit y is U nit ed States ." Ge ne Wettstone, our national best I'v e ev e r seen in a ny majo r ga me s. Algo ing to the world cham pionship s to decide sec- coach , sa id he " learned the secret of winning though "Mako" might have been shorted a few ond place. The finals this year looked like a at these games. It 's a very simp le formula tenths on rings and in some other places , our Japanese inter-squad meet. you measure th e size of the muscles of th e gymmarks otherwise were fair. We finished in the I look for East Germa ny and Poland to nast and subtract the lengt h of the hair to deterposition that reflected our abilit y. We were st rongly cha ll enge Russia for the second slo t by mine potent ial. " (I wi s h he had told this to the weaker than the sixt h-p lace Swiss team but had 1972. The former invincible Russians on co m- Swiss before the meet.) a definite edge o n the Roma nia ns in eighth .

Next month I will cove r our co mpe titi on in pulsories had feet of clay - four me n with The only cri ti c ism I could make of th e offimajor breaks . They also had six sco res路 in the Zuric h. cia ls was they tended to rank the gymnasts in eights and one in the 路 sevens. As luck wou ld the o"rde r they competed. If you were first up have it they spread their breaks out among a ll in an even t, for the most part th e second man six events so the y counted on ly one 8.80. competing beat you. He in turn was defeated Mr. Cool awa rd must go to Miros lav Cerar by the following pelformer, etc. It took a defi of Yugoslavia. E ight thousa nd home-town fans nite break in form to reve rse thi s procedure. It j a mm ed the gym to watc h the ir boy defend hi s was good strategy to bury weak men in the sid e horse titl e . I f this wasn't eno ugh pressure,

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AJudge's Eye View of Ljubljana George Kun zle - FIG judge from England This was the first time I had ever judged at a competition of this class, and I was astonished at the difference judging made to my overall appraisal and appreciation of the work done.

I only judged the set exercises on the floor so had every opportunity to enjoy the vo luntaries and finals , yet somehow my whole attitude was changed and influenced even when I was not officiating. Perhaps my observations will say more to readers about the effect modern requirements for judging has on judges than a bout the competition itself.

Sitting back and viewing the competition as

floor exercise, ctissecting each in minute and critical detail a nd a pplying a set of complex rules and regulations to the corpse to arrive at a final mark mu st have made me hungry for a more emotional response to the beaut y and expression of gymnastics. I think that as judges we must occasionally ask ourselves whether we want a true work of art prese nted to us , a performance which moves us and makes us exclaim involuntarily for joy at watching it , or whether we want pelfection of technological execution and difficulty. Maybe, in our relentless pursuit of standardization, codification, detailed breakdown and exposition as .personified in our Code of Points , we will breed a race of judges so technicall y competent that they will be totally unable to recognize an exercise of true genius when executed before them. I felt that I and my colleagues were technicians without parallel who a pplied our Code of Points with cold calculating precision. I a m sure that

a whole my overriding impression was one of with the same relentless logic we placed the monotony, not in detail but in general. All the teams a nd individuals in their correct serried winning exercises on each piece of apparatus-----ranklngs;-Gepersonifieoi ntOStafiSfics on me had a sa meness of style and execution, even local Ljubljana city computer. In such an atof perfection , which beca me tediou s after a mosphere I must confess to occasional heretiwhile. This impression of the fin als was under- cal yearnings for a bit of good old-fashioned lined by the one nota ble exception of the Pom- political or national cheating - it would have mel Horse where we did see the contrasts of been so much more fun ; and whatever else Ce ra r's smooth , stately progression, Ka to 's Ljubljana may have been, it wasn't fun!

But then , should a world championship be domination of incredibly complex and intricate movements, Kubica 's verve and swing a nd fun anyway when it represents the contest beBrehme 's crisp efficiency. Having five differ- tween top performers from many nations vying ent nationalities in that final probably made all with one another for nation al honor and presthe difference. Elsewhere it was Ja pa n, Ja pan tige? This brings us up against the controvera nd more Japa n. I do not wish to detract from sial amateur/professional argument. Is it that the incredible work these diminutive men pro- amateurism = flair and fun , and professionalduced - it was superb in style, execution and is m = technical excellence and monotony?! breathtak ing in difficulty. But they all do much the same kind of work and with so many in most of the finals , the work had a sameness a bout it which depressed me. Watching the voluntary exercises I found the only real excitement in some exercises of the middle range of gymnasts such as the Swiss on the parallels and horizontal bar where they seemed to show OaveJacobs - Brooklyn , N.Y. an originality of composition quite foreign to the top performers. The best moments of the One's general impression of the World entire competition for me were watching the Games is that the Ja panese a re in a class by Cubans tumble and vault - what verve and themselves . They are the innovators, they are spring, throwing their somersaults two to the leaders, they a re the true virtuosos of gymthree feet higher than anyone else a nd doing a nastics. At one time we used to hear people Yamashita vault which at last showed me why say, " But we have so me of the best specialists the best Ja panese should still lose two to three in the world." I don 't think this is true anytenths for flight! What matter that they stummore. No one can come close to Kenmotsu on bled a little on landing - they were superb in high bar. His side horse is better than Cerar's, that they expressed their own personality in doing one pommel work behind the back work their work in contrast to the well-trained, su- and immediate work free and high that comperbly competent, technicians who proved un- pares favorably to our best side horse specialbeatable in their objectives of obtaining maxi- ists. He also does straight arm giants on rings , mum marks. and then there 's his tripple twister in free ex.

Watching over 130 versions of the identical All this is wrapped up in one neat little pack-

View from the Stands at Ljubljana

age called Eizo Kenmotsu , All-Around Champion of the World.

The Ja panese won all of the medals in allaround placing I, 2, 3 and 6. They also won every gold medal with the exception of side horse which could have gone either way between Ce rar and Kenmotsu (but it was Ce ra r's home town) . Cera r put forth a valiant effort winning sid e horse again. He also did a double twister in flee ex. Not bad for a man of his age.

But the J a panese eclipsed everyone else in the meet. There was even a rumor going around that the top three in each event at the World Games got a chance to compete in the Japanese nationals.

In compulsories they really show mastery of the sport by executing each routine as well , if not better than their optionals. When they do a compulsory, it looks like a different routine.

When you analyze it on film , you will see that what they have done is to simply execute each

trick to the maximum. When you think about It, that's what this sport is all about. Most teams , on the other nano-;--lmyl\ltke- a- bunch of-high - - school kids in compulsories just struggling through. Then in optionals they all do three or four C tricks in each event.

This brings us to an important question. " What 's wrong with American gymnastics?"

In a nutshell the problem is that we coach for competition instead of coaching for gymnastics. We must start coaching for gymnastic, and we must institute a well-organized national program, not one for three states on the East and one for some on the West but a national program.

Returning to LjUbljana, Russia's best hope in gymnastic, Victor Klimenko , showed steady improvement placing fifth right behind Voronin, who was grossly overscored. Anyone who saw the part of the meet shown on television got a glimpse of what the scoring was like. Voronin got a 9.60 and didn't hold a trick. At the end of compulsories the Japanese led by five points and finally won by around eight. The Japanese were constantly underscored, and the Russians were usually overscored. The Japanese shou ld have won by 15.

A word about the Americans. Without the services of Thor, Hug, Freudenstien or Oifurio and without the use of Turoff and Tickenoff, I guess seventh isn't too bad. Makoto Sakamoto showed improvement, having not competed in world competition for four years .

Working Japanese style, Makoto was consistently among the top 20 in each event. But with six Japanese, a few Russians , Cerar and one or two East Germans, plus the scoring and time that the U.S. went on in compulsories , it becomes extremely difficult to make top six.

The girls on the other hand , freer from adMORE 13

ministrative squ abbles , did well in Mexico and cracked meda ls for the U .S. in Ljubljana. Cathy Rigby , who caught the eye of the gy mnas tic world in Mexico a nd again in Base l, Switzerla nd , had the crowd in the palm of her hand in Ljublja na. This fe at was made more fantastic when you consider the very high ca liber of the bea m competition. Bud Marquette has much to be proud of, as does the gymnastic community in the U.S. In summarization the leve l of difficulty and more importa nt execution in top world class gymnastics is increas ing at a ra te that boggles the mind.

Double fronts , full twisting hand springs a nd round-off bac ks on long horse , twi sting stalders , hop stalders , twisting hechts , straight arm Ol ympic cast hands on high bar, triple twi stin g backs, double backs working throu gh double twi sting backs on free ex , straight a rm giants both ways on rings - who could ask for anything more - except to be a ble to keep up with it all. I can't wait till Munich.

The 1970 World Gymnastic Championship Report

by Makoto Sakamoto U.S.A. team captain From the cap tain 's point ofl'iew Most coaches and gymnasts have definite ideas about tra ining schedules. Some desire rigid schedules; others desire flexible schedules. Herein lies the crux of the matter. Coaches

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ma ke sc hedules, but what if a gym nas t objects ?

Unfortun atel y not enough gy mnasts know them se lves , and th erefore th ey accept blindly training schedules which mayo r may not be wholly benefici a l. But assuming tha t there is one knowledgeable gymnast who obj ects to a ce rt ain schedule , how is he to be treated?

Should he be forced to abide by th e sched ule aga inst hi s will, or should he be allowed to practice on his own ? Because of the scarcity of gy mnasts in vo lved in a given country for a world championship, the opinions of a single gym nas t is of the utmo st importance. One cannot simpl y disrega rd the wishes of a gy mna st without seriously da maging the effectiveness of the whole. The gui ding principle for this tea m was H APPI NESS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM. Thanks to thi s principle we were , on the whole, a very successful team.

In retrospect the ma in shortcoming of this tea m was the lac k of time. We should have had at least three training camps for two or more weeks spread out in the span of three or four months. The second shortcoming was the manner in which the competing tea m was picked.

The only fair way in selecting the competing tea m is through competition. Arbitrary selection creates unnecessary animosity. The third shortcoming was the meet against Great Britain. Facilities in foreign countries are comparatively poor, a nd Great Britain was no exception. We lost at least two valuable pract ice sessions in London. In the future we should plan our long-term schedules with as few unknown factors as possible. Interna tiona l dual meets in foreign countries prior to a major international championship (Olympics and the world championship) because it leaves too

many questio ns un answered is a bad policy a nd should be terminated.

I mp ress ions of th e World Cha mpionsh ips Facilities , practice hours, tra nspo rta tion , fo od a nd lodging were generally outstanding.

The Yugoslavs did a tre mendou s j ob in organ ization. My only qualms were the still parallel bars, occasional bus delays a nd one or two instances of mi sinformation.

Judging was biased in many cases, but being a co mpetitor and witnessing compara tive ly few routines , I cannot give you a competent appraisal of the judgin g aspect.

Performances in th e finals on the lon g horse were disappointingl y poor. Nakayama a nd Kenmotsu did two ide ntica l vaults. Kenmotsu shone brilliantly on the s ide horse a nd the horizonta l ba r. Voronin did not hold a B strength pa rt on the still rings , but the judges did not dock him. Tsuka ha ra's cartwheel bac k somersau lt ''':;" performed deliberate, and the uniqueness of the vault excited the spectators to the point of hysteria (especia lly during the prelimina ries ). And fin all y, Cerar pelformed up to his par on the side horse , scoring .05 less th an Kenmotsu but enough to win the world championship title. It was good to see Yugosl av's nationa l sports figure accept the gold meda l.

Ollr Futllre Prospects We were a young team. If everyone stays with gy mnastics a nd with Steve Hug, we have the ma kings of a strong Ol ympic tea m. After we receive the official compulsory routines, everyone should start working on them immedi atel y. This time most of us waited too long.

We have the fac ilities; we need more dedicated a ll-around gymnasts to work them.

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RINGS 1. Nakayama 2. Tsukuhara 3. Vo ronin 4. Kenmoi su 4. Hayata 6. Li sitski

9.700 9.600 U.S.S.R. 9.625 JPN 9.450 JPN 9.450 U.S.S. R. 9.425

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2/ HB 'Nakayama (Japan)

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9.700 9.700 9.750 9.650 9.675 9.625

9.700 9.550 9.500 9.550 9.500 9.300

19.400 19.250 19.250 19.200 19.175 18.925

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JPN JPN JPN RDA U.S.S.R. JPN

9.675 9.675 9.650 9.650 9.675 9.650

9.800 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 9.600

19.475 19.375 19.350 19.350 19.275 19.250

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2/AA Tsukuharo (Japan)

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World Games Team Standings:

1. JAPAN - 571.10 47.25 46.40 47.00 47.45 48.00 48.00 284.10 47.25 47.15 48.24 47.40 48.40 48.55 287.00 2. U.S.S.R. - 564.35 46.20 46.35 46.15 46.30 47.00 46.95 279.85 47.25 47.50 47.50 46.70 47.85 47.70 284.50 3. EAST GERMANY - 553.15 45.30 45.85 44.95 45.70 46.30 47.20 275.30 45.55 46.25 45.95 46.30 46.15 47.65 277.85 4. YUGOSLAVIA - 549.45 44.40 46.35 44.05 44.95 46.60 46.00 272.35 45.80 46.80 45.10 45.75 46.75 46.90 277.10 5. POLAND - 547.05 44.70 45.60 45.25 43.75 46.45 45.55 271.30 45.55 46.40 45.90 45.45 46.25 46.20 275.75 6. SWITZERLAND - 541.75 44.50 43.90 43.40 44.85 46.30 46.05 269.00 44.75 45.30 45.10 45.20 45.60 46.80 272.75 7. U.S.A. - 537.60 44.65 44.70 42.95 42.45 45.05 45.65 265.45 45.75 43.95 44.80 45.10 45.05 47.50 272.15 8. RUMANIA - 536.55 43.85 43.75 41.55 45.15 44.65 45.45 264.40 45.50 44.80 43.70 46.35 45.25 46.55 272.15 9. CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 536.15 43.45 44.05 41 .80 43.50 45.70 45.55 264.05 44.80 45.00 44.45 45.60 46.20 46.05 272.10 10. WEST GERMANY - 532.45 43.25 44.60 42.30 43.10 45.55 43.75 262.55 43.45 45.80 44.55 44.25 45.75 46.10 269.90

11. HUNGARY - 528.6Q .

42.65 41 .80 40.35 42.05 46.45 45.70 259.00 43.95 44.05 44.50 44.55 45.55 47.00 269.60 12. FRANCE - 524.60 42.60 43.85 40.85 42.95 45.35 43.65 259.25 44.30 43.85 43.90 44.20 44.00 45.10 265.35 13. BULGARIA - 523.95 44.50 40.25 41.45 42.95 44.70 43.40 257.25 45.25 44.25 44.00 43.85 43.30 46.05 266.70 14. FINLAND - 519.15 41 .95 41 .10 41 .35 42.60 44.05 41.95 253.00 43.00 44.7044.05 43.80 44.80 45.80 266.15 15. ITALY - 515.25 43.05 38.00 40.35 42.55 43.85 43.35 251.15 44.0042.3544.2043.7544.6545.15264.10 16. SPAIN - 511 .60 43.10 41.15 37.45 41.40 44.30 42.75 250.15 44.05 43.80 43.70 43.35 42.25 44.30 261.45 17. GREAT BRITAIN - 502.80 42.05 40.45 36.40 41.70 42.75 39.35 242.70 43.60 44.05 42.90 43.50 41.45 44.60 260.10 18. NORWAY - 500.15 39.65 39.25 39.05 41.10 41.95 41 .95 242.95 41.80 42.65 42.70 43.70 42.90 43.45 257.20 19. CANADA - 498.10 41.20 35.30 38.75 42.20 44.95 40.55 242.95 42.00 41.20 42.50 44.00 42.90 42.55 255.15 20. CUBA - 491 .40 41.45 31.75 34.80 40.45 41.65 38.00 228.10 45.75 41 .70 42.65 44.70 43.1 5 45.35 263.30 21. ISRAEL - 468.20 38.55 37.05 37.35 40.25 40.35 34.50 228.55 41 .30 37.80 40.20 42.50 39.50 38.35 239.65 22. AUSTRIA - 460.30 35.80 37.25 30.80 40.35 40.30 37.95 222.45 38.05 39.85 38.15 40.95 39.10 41.75 237.85

World Games AII.Around Standings Men's Individual Scores -

[i]~~~~~ 1. Kenmatsu, Eizo C. Japan 0.

160 em 60 kg 2/1 3/48 P. 2. Tsukahara, Mitsuo Japan 166 em 68 kg 12/22/47 3. Nakayama, Akinari Japan 163 em 58 kg 3/1 /43 4. Varon in, Mikhail USSR 170 em 65 kg 3/26/45 5. Klimenka, Viktor USSR 169 em 63 kg 2/25/43 6. Honma, Fumio Japan 163 em 57 kg 1/30/48

9.55 9.60 1 9.45 9.35 6 9.40 9.55 4 9.35 9.25 8 9.45 9.55 2 9.30 9.30 8

9.50 9.752 9.25 9.10 23 8:30 9.50 42 8.75 9.60 23 9.40 9.70 3 9.40 9.45 8

9.35 9.55 4 9.50 9.70 3 9.60 9.80 1 9.55 9.70 2 8.45 9.50 2ti 9.25 9.50 8

9.40 9.60 2 9.60 9.75 1 9.50 9.40 4 9.35 9.35 7 9.40 9.60 2 9.45 9.30 6

9.65 9.75 2 9.40 9.50 12 9.60 9.80 2 9.75 9.75 1 9.65 9.70 4 9.55 9.65 7

9.55 9.80 1 9.45 9.80 7 9.65 9.70 1 9.65 9.70 1 9.55 9.65 3 9.70 9.60 4

57.00 58.05 115.05 56.65 57.20 113.85 56.05 57.75 113.80 56.40 57.35 113.75 55.90 57.70 113.60 56.65 56.80 113.45

7. Hayata, Takuii 9.05 9.25 9.30 Japan 9.30 9.30 9.60 160em60kg 1/1 /40 17 15 4 8. Kata, Takeshi 9.55 9.00 9.20 Japan 9.45 9.15 9.60 164 em 56 kg 9/25/42 30 7 2 9. (erar, Miroslav 9.20 9.70 8.95 Yugoslavia 9.40 9.75 9.10 8 1 20 10. Diamidov, Sergei 9.20 9.35 9.10 USSR 9.50 9.55 9.30 172 em 72 kg 7/9/43 7 7 14 11. Brehme, Mathia 9.25 9.40 9.10 East Germany 9.15 9.55 9.40 163 em 63 kg 2/7/43 14 6 13 12. Sakamoto. Makoto 9.30 9.15 9.30 USA 9.20 9.25 9.40 12 21 11 1 2. Lisitski, Viktor 8.95 9.35 9.50 USSR 9.40 9.35 9.50 169 em 65 kg 1/18/39 17 17 6

9.35 9.35 7 9.50 9.30 5 8.95 9.10 27 9.20 9.30 11 9.20 9.25 13 9.05 9.20 19 9.25 9.25 13

9.60 9.50 9 9.60 9.70 5 9.60 9.55 8 9.60 9.65 6 9.35 9.35 22 9.50 9.30 16 9.45 9.45 12

9.65 9.65 4 9.25 9.55 11 9.50 9.70 8 9.30 9.40 21 9.50 9.60 11 9.40 9.60 12 9.50 9.50 25

56.20 56.70 112.90 56.10 56.75 112.85 55.90 56.60 112.50 55.75 56.70 112.45 55.80 56.30 112.10 55.70 55.95 111.65 55.20 56.45 111.65 19

~~[MJ~~~ 14. Koeste, Klaus East Germony 163 em 61 kg 2/27/43 15. Kubica, Mikolaj Poland 170 em 63 kg 1/ 27/45 16. Thuene, Wolfgang East German y 170 em 60 kg 1/8/49 16. Kubica, Wilhelm Poland 168 em 59 kg 12/24/43 18. 8ogdanov, Georgij USSR 18. Kers nic, Milenko Yugoslavio 20. 8rodnik, Janez Yugoslavia 2 1. Dietrich, Gerhard Ea st Germany 170 em 64 kg 5/12/42 22. Kubica, S. Poland 170 em 66 kg 12/28/49 22. Huerzeler, Roland Switzerland 174 em 68 kg 3/17/45 22. Vratic, Milko Yugos lavia 25. Netusil, Miloslav Czechoslavakia 172 em 68 kg 2/ 20/46 26. Rohner, Peter Switzerland 169 em 64 kg 4/12/49 27. Karassev, Valerij USSR 168 em 65 kg 1/ 29/46 28. Mihaiuc, Petre Rumania 172 em 68 kg 7/5/48 29. Ettlin, Hans Switzerland 163 em 56 kg 3/ 1/45 29. Kunze, Peter Ea st Germany 173 em 65 kg 1/4/47 .3 1. Nissinen, Mauno Finland 170 em 62 kg 31. Schiller, 8ernard Ea st Germany 33. Reizenthaler Czechoslavakia 178 em 73 kg 6/6/46 33. Allen , Kanati USA 35. Szajno, And rze Poland 164 em 57 kg 9/3/49 35. Gheorghiu, Mircea Roman ia 175 em 64 kg 8/8/48 37. Carmi nucci, Giovani Italy 169 em 68 kg 11/14/39 38. Guiffroy, Christian France 168 em 61 kg 1/22/41 39. Bruehwi ler, Max Swi tzerland 163 em 61 kg 3/8/48 39. Kuessel, Avgust Yugoslavia 4 1. Paunescu, Gheorghe Romania 176 em 67 kg 1/ 2/48 20

9.60 55.40 56.00 9.70 4 111.40 55.15 9.35 56.10 9.50 15 11l.25 9.55 55.15 9.65 55.80 8 110.95 9.40 54.85 9.60 56.10 12 110.95 54.75 9.35 9.45 55.55 16 11 0.30 54.70 9. 10 55.60 9.40 31 110.30 54.55 9.30 55.55 9.50 16 110.10 54.75 9.25 9.30 55.05 30 109.80 54.05 8.75 9.30 55.35 58 109.40 9.35 54.20 9.55 55.20 14 109.40 54.45 9.05 54.95 9.20 49 109.40 9.00 53.85 54.85 9.10 55 108.70 9.10 53.55 55. 10 9.40 31 108.65 52.75 7.80 55.75 9.35 94 108.50 53.30 9.30 55.15 9.40 21 108.45 9.20 53.65 9.40 54.30 25 107.95 53.70 9.30 54.25 9.40 21 107.95 53.00 8.65 54.70 9.50 52 107.70 9.15 53.65 54.05 9.50 34 107.70 9.20 53.10 9.40 54.55 25 107.65

9.25 9.25 12 8.85 9.15 30 9.05 9. 15 21 8.90 9.15 27 9.1 0 9.50 8 8.95 9.25 21 8.90 9.20 26 8.90 9. 10 30 9.10 9.30 14 8.95 8.90 38 8.80 9.05 38 8.95 9.10 27 8.90 9. 10 30 9.10 9.30 14 9.05 9.30 17 8.70 8.85 55 8.85 8.90 45 8.65 8.50 86 8.85 8.60 63 8.65 8.75 69

9.05 9.10 30 9.40 9.45 8 9.10 9.25 23 9.50 9.60 8 9.25 8.95 29 9.30 9.30 13 9.00 9.10 32 9.25 9.40 12 9.25 9.20 19 9.30 9.30 13 9.50 9.60 3 9. 10 9. 15 26 8.50 9.05 55 9.20 9.30 17 8.10 9.00 72 8.65 9.00 52 9.05 8.75 42 9.25 9.50 11 8.75 8.95 47 9.25 9.30 15

8.85 9.20 20 9.35 9.40 8 8.95 9. 10 20 8.90 9.20 19 8.80 9.40 16 8.85 9.00 28 9.00 9.1 5 17 9.05 9.20 15 9.25 9.35 12 8.60 8.95 35 8.70 8.80 38 8.55 9.05 32 8.70 9.20 27 9.35 9.40 8 8.60 9.00 32 8.85 9.15 24 8.60 8.90 38 8.85 9. 10 25 9.00 9.05 20 8.40 8.70 57

9.20 9.35 10 8.90 9.10 30 9.30 9.35 9 8.65 9.05 46 8.80 8.95 40 9.20 9.25 13 9.05 9.15 21 9.05 9. 10 23 8.65 9. 10 40 8.55 9.00 51 9.00 9.00 30 8.80 9. 15 34 9. 10 9. 10 21 9.15 9.20 17 8.95 9.30 19 8.90 8.95 37 8.95 9.20 23 8.65 8.75 62 8.85 9. 15 30 8.60 9.20 38

9.45 9.40 15 9.30 9.50 16 9.20 9.30 26 9.50 9.50 10 9.45 9.30 19 9.30 9.40 22 9.30 9.45 19 9.25 8.95 40 9.05 9.1 0 45 9.45 9.50 11 9.40 9.30 22 9.45 9.30 19 9.25 9.25 26 8. 15 9.20 85 9.30 9.15 30 9.35 8.95 36 8.95 9.10 49 8.95 9.35 36 9.05 9.00 49 9.00 9.20 40

8.90 9.25 24

9.00 8.70 47

8.85 8.80 29

8.65 9.10 40

9.15 8.80 56

8.95 9.50 34

53.50 54.15 106.65

9.10 8.95 27 8.55 9. 10 47 8.80 9.05 38 8.75 8.50 81 8.90 8.90 42 8.55 8.90 63 8.90 9.30 21

8.50 8.70 66 9.35 8.90 26 8.75 9.35 32 8.85 9.00 40 7.80 9.25 73 8.55 9.05 54 9.20 9.25 19

9. 10 9.05 17 8.15 8.75 69 7.70 8.85 82 8.55 8.65 51 8.65 9.00 29 8.55 9.05 32 7.60 8.10 120

9.05 8.75 38 9.05 9.25 18 8.65 8.90 51 8.60 9.05 48 8.75 8.95 46 8.75 9.20 34 9.20 9.30 13

9.50 9. 10 25 9. 15 8.90 49 9.40 9.50 12 9.20 9.25 30 9. 15 9.25 34 9.00 9.05 49 8.45 9.05 77

9.05 8.60 69 9.00 9.30 41 9. 15 9.25 38 9.20 9.40 25 9.00 9.20 50 9.05 9.10 52 8.95 9.35 41

54.30 53.15 107.45 53.25 54.20 107.45 52.45 54.90 107.35 53.15 53.85 107.00 52.25 54.55 106.80 52.45 54.35 106.80 52.30 54.35 106.65

[jJ~~~~D 42. Achim, Nicoloe Romania 172 cm 67 kg 6/1 /49 43. Greutmonn, Edwin Switzerland 165 cm 68 kg 1/14/46 44. Joschek, Willi West Germany 168 cm 69 kg 9/ 2/40 45. Molnar, Imre Hungary 169 cm 62 kg 12/19/48 45. Tepa sse, Helmut West Germany 176 cm 69 kg 11 / 25/46 45. Haeussler, Heinz West Germany 176cm69kgll / 7/40 48. Deuza, Christian France 163 cm 63 kg 9/ 7/45 49. Neha sil, Vladislav Czechoslovakia 166 cm 67 kg 3/ 23 /47 50. Hoepfner, Hermann West Germany 168 cm 58 kg 9/11 /45 51. Morava, Ladislav Czechoslavakia 167 cm 63 kg 2/ 7/46 52. Grecu, Dan Romania 169 cm 67 kg 9/ 26/50 53. Kisteleki, Antak Hunga ry 167 cm6 1 kg 1/16/45 54. Zoev, Stefan Bulgarua 180 cm 70 kg 1/19/45 55. Kovacs, Gyula Hungary 164 em 58 kg 4/1 /44 56. Mudrik, Bahumil Czechoslovakia 170 cm 65 kg 12/3/41 57. Strza lka, Mieczyslaw Poland 174 cm 71 kg 3/ 30/47 58. Avener, Marshall USA

59. Si mmons, Bre nt USA

60. Greenfie ld , George U.S.A. 61. Kruza, Jerzy Poland 176 cm 73 kg 11/29/43 61. Farjat, Bernard France 170 cm 62 kg 9/ 7/45 63. Skaumal, Vacla Czechoslavakia 160 cm 61 kg 2/20/46 64. Hristov, Raytoc Bulgaria 171 cm 63 kg 1/4/45 65. Kandev, Ivan Bulgaria 168 cm 60 kg 1/29/44 66. Tohaneanu, Gheorghe Romania 172 cm 68 kg 6/1 / 36 67. Gabrovski, Roumen Bulgaria 167 cm 59 kg 6/1 1/46 68. Karttunen, Markku Finland 176 cm 68 kg 1/ 24/47 69. B. Kiss, Istvan Hungary 171 cm 68 kg 7/4/45

9.05 9.25 36 9.00 8.65 71 9.05 9.00 45 9.45 9.35 16 8.15 9.15 91 8.90 9.00 58 9.30 8.10 80 9.00 9.25 39 9.20 9.25 30 9.00 9.20 40 8.65 8.75 80 9.35 9.05 34 8.55 8.35 110 9.30 9.20 26 9.25 9.25 26 9. 10 8.55 71

9.00 9.20 50 9.20 9.25 34 8.55 9.40 64 9.20 9.50 21 8.95 9.35 41 8.70 8.80 74 8.95 9.10 58 8.90 9.25 52 8.90 9.10 62 8.75 8.60 83 9.00 9.30 41 9.00 9.30 41 8.90 9.40 111 9.35 9.45 16 9.00 9.20 41 8.90 8.00 108

52.60 53.95 106.55 53.00 53.45 106.45 52.30 54.10 106.40 52.00 54.30 106.30 51.85 54.45 106.30 52.80 53.50 106.30 53 .00 53.25 106.25 51.85 54.20 106.05 52.20 53.75 105.95 52.40 53 .25 105.65 51.60 53 .95 105.55 51.30 54.20 105.50 51.95 53.50 105.45 51.90 53.45 105.35 50.90 54.40 105 .30 52.70 52.55 105 .25

8.85 9.05 36

9.25 8.35 9.00 9.00 26 43 7.75 8.10 8.30 8.90 100 64 8.80 8.35 8.70 8.70 57 61

7.75 8.90 8.75 8.85 131 66 8.60 9.10 9.00 9.10 40 49 8.40 7.60 8.95 9.00 120 70

8.75 9.30 58 9.00 9.30 111 9.10 9.50 25

51 .40 53.80 105.20 51.40 53.75 105.15 51.10 53.90 105.00

8.65 8.90 55 8.45 8.95 69 8.60 8.80 69 9.40 9.55 4 9.10 9.15 20 8.60 8.65 81 8.55 8.85 69 H.50 8.55 89 8.45 8.50 92

7.45 9.00 89 9.00 9.00 35 8.25 8.40 84 6.80 9.00 105 8.45 8.85 62 8.55 8.65 66 8.25 8.70 79 7.60 9.40 76 7.65 8.75 91

8.30 9.15 58 8.35 8.70 30 8.35 8.85 80 8.65 8.20 58 8.55 8.60 88 8.50 8.90 62 8.45 8.60 92 8.35 8.70

8.85 9.20 58 8.50 8.75 92 9.35 9.10 34 7.80 9.40 93 8.65 8.85 74 9.15 9.20 40 8.75 9.20 64 8.75 9.35 55 8.85 9.25 55

50.75 54.20 104.95 51.55 53.40 104.95 51.55 53.25 104.80 50.05 54.60 104.65 51.80 52.75 104.55 51.50 52.80 104.30 51.40 52.75 104.15 50.40 53.40 103.80 50.75 53.00 103.75

8.65 8.85 61 9.00 9.00 30 8.65 8.75 69 8.55 9.10 46 8.80 8.80 52 8.85 8.70 55 8.70 8.95 47 8.45 8.95 69 8.70 8.65 77 8.60 8.95 55 8.65 8.95 52 8.45 8.95 69 8.70 8.90 52 8.45 8.40 98 8.65 9.00 47 8.75 9.00 45

8.40 8.90 79 8.85 9.1 5

8.50 8.75 64 8.25 8.70 79 9.10 9.30 21 9.20 8.30 46 8.85 9.15 35 9.35 9.45 10 8.80 9.15 38 8.50 8.70 66 8.60 9.10 47 8.95 8.85 42 8.15 8.90 73 7.85 9.20 73 8.60 9.30 39 8.60 8.80 61 7.85 9.00 82 8.95 9.15 32

8.30 8.60 69 8.50 8.80 45 8.35 8.80 34 7.30 8.85 101 8.35 9.00 43 8.40 8.70 57 8.45 9.00 41 8.20 8.85 61 8.20 8.85 61 8.65 8.85 38 8.30 8.85 54 8.35 8.80 54 8.65 8.90 35 8.15 9.15 45 7.20 8.75 108 8.50 8.80 45

8.65 8.90 35 8.25 8.95 51 8.00 8.95 67 8.05 9.05 51 8.20 8.50 75 8.20 8.50 75 8.40 8.70 57 8.25 8.65 69 8.25 9.00 48

9. 10 9.30 16 9.05 9.05 26 8.60 8.75 60 8.30 9.20 59 8.75 9.00 40 8.60 8.85 58 8.80 8.95 40 8.80 9.20 30 8.60 8.80 62 8.45 8.50 75 8.85 9.20 27 8.30 8.90 80 8.55 8.65 80 8.05 8.45 131 8.85 9.20 27 8.50 9.05 51

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91 . Norgrove, William Grea t Britoin 160 em 59 kg 4/15 /47 91. Benediktson, Ole Denmark 93. Ruiz, Juan Jose Spain 163 em 64 kg 6/24/47 94. Coppa , Luigi Ital y 169 em 66 kg 9/ 25/ 50 94. Rodriguez, Jorge Cuba 173 em 68 kg 4/1 8/48 96. Smulders, Corrie Holland 168 em 68 kg 1/2/48 96. Leder, Doni Israel 168 em 62 kg 3/20/43

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1/17/47 104. 8aldueei, Sergio Italy 159 em 55 kg 1/ 21 /47 105. Tadorav, Gueorgi Bulgaria 16 1 em 56 kg 2/19/ 51 106. Gjerstad, Trygve Norwa y 176 em 70 kg 2/18/46 107. Carballo, Jesus Spain 169 em 68 kg 3/ 2/ 44 108. Jones, Leigh Great Britoin 170 em 65 kg 6/ 20/ 48 109. Gless, Pierre France 161 em 61 kg 3/ 31 /46 109. Hoyhurst, Brion Great Britain 173em71 kg 7/14/41 111 . Pillieh, Andre New Zealand 11 2. Ramirez, Luis Cuba 156 em :>5 kg 1/13/48 11 3. Lupi, Dov israel 166 em 6 1 kg 8/ 24/48 114. Pedersen, Truls Norwa y 172 em 68 kg 9/17/ 51 115. Clorke, ion Australia 172 em 68 kg 3/ 20/44 116. Garcia, Miguel Cuba 173 em 61 kg 12/ 23/ 48 116. Svenson, Tommy Sweden 170 em 65 kg 12/1 /44 1 18. Lloyd, Peter Australia 177 em 77 kg 9/ 22/49 119. Eekbo, Pael Norway 173 em 66 kg 11 / 3/48 120. Pedersen, Eddie Norway 174 em 62 kg 3/14/ 51 120. Mackie, Bill Canada 11 [ 27/48 122. Cuervo, Jorge Cu ba 177 em 64 kg 5/4/ 5 1 123. Karregat, Peter Holland 178 em 72 kg 2/ 8/49 124. Vistam, Gunnar Sweden 174 em 71 kg 6/1 /44 125. Reithmeier, D. Austria 165 em 68 kg 5/ 15/44

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6.90 8.35 118 6.95 840 115 8.35 8.80 70 6.15 845 127 6.95 840 115 5.80 6.60 143 7.65 7.90 113 5.55 8.20 133 4.25 7.65 145 6.00 845 128 6.35 6.25 141 8.00 8.65 84 6.75 7.05 132 8.70 8.80 57 6.95 7.10 13 1 6.35 5.35 146 6.25 6.10 144 6.80 7.90 129 7.35 7.70 122 4.70 6.10 147 4.75 3.05 149 3.00 540 148 6.25 7.50 133 1.25 3.90 150 5.50 6.95 142 9.20

152 Switzerland 6.15 152. Gueven, Memduh 6.00 Turkey 147 174 em 68 kg 5/17/46 6.45 153. Tunea, Aykut 7.10 Turkey 170 em 69 kg 12/ 24/45 144

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126. Rushforth, Graham Great Britain 175 em 75 kg 2/A/45 127. Gunnemann, Hans Holland 178 em 72 kg 6/ 6/45 127. Booth, Michael Great Britain 176 em 68 kg 1/ 22/44 129. Boisclair, Yvan Canada 1/ 5/ 44 130. Hunter, Ron Canada 1/ 7/ 50 131. Sagre, Emilio Cuba 172 em 67 kg 11/11 / 50 132. Theuer, Franz Austria 168 em 65 kg 2/ 21 /48 133. Jenson, Sidney Canada 8/1 1/ 47 134. Bernard, Johnv Luxem bourg 167 em 58 kg 3/ 28/ 49 135. Rodriguez, R. Cuba 167 em 56 kg 3/ 8/ 50 136. Wisehnia, Yaeob Israel 170 em 62 kg 8/ 3/ 47 137. Ulamee, Heinrich Austria 183 em 76 kg 8/16/42 138. Barlov, Arie Israel 164 em 60 kg 9/1 / 48 139. Moessinger, W. West Germany 165 em 59 kg 1/ 3/ 49 140. Geiblinger, H. Austria 171 em 7 1 kg 4/ 3/ 46 141. Jawad, Askar

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Parallel Bar Compulsory Exercise (Unofficial) Illustrations and descriptions by Don Tonry, Yale University

Peach Basket: This may be executed with an inside or outside grip; however, most performers ( including all of the Japanese on the World Games team) prefer the outside grip for pulling power.

The point of extension is generally initiated with the shoulders directly below the hands and with the calf muscle approximately between the wrists. It is a good policy to see this relationship prior to extension. Man y performers have a great deal of trouble achieving the calf-wrist relationship prior to the shoulders arriving below the hands.

The direction of the shoot should only be as high as a straight arm reg rasp affords. A bent arm-pushout regrasp would be analogous to a bent arm-pushout free hip circle to handstand on the horizontal bar. Attempt to catch with straight arms well above the horizontal- if possible. CAST: The drop for the cast may be early or late. I personally feel that the early drop is more exciting to watch. If the late drop is used, swing forward with the hips extended above the bar and drop (pike) with a strong lean so that there is no pause in the support position .

If the early drop is used, pike slightly earlier than for a peach basket drop and lean well backward as the drop is initiated.

(I must assume that the readers are familiar with these techniques.

The recovery phase (support on upper arms) may be executed with hips well above the bars and almost fully extended or in a deep piked position. The more extended position seems to be the trend these days ; however, both are acceptable. BACK RISE Y2 TURN: The extension for the back rise should be slightly above horizontal with the shoulders sliding forward toward the hands (approximately a 90 째 bend in the elbow joint). A slight pike is achieved after the extension phase - followed by an arch ( thrust for rise ). The final thrust occurs at approximately 8 or 9 o'clock (angle of hour hand). The thrust must be designed to pull the performer's body upward and backward (stretch away from hand support). The grip change should be a aile-two motioll with the right hand sliding backward (right turn) slightly along the bar. The turn must occur very quickly in order to catch the body well above the bar. Height is determined by how 26

high the hips a re (away from hands) in relation to the bar.

STRADDLE CUT CATCH: The sw ing prior to the straddle must be inhibited to some degree because the cut must be executed to an "L" position. Generall y, the st raddle cut should be exec uted as high as co ntrol in the "L" position will allo w. Work toward f reezing the "L" position without allowing the slightes t movement upon recovery.

STRAIGHT BODY PRESS: Avoid excessive archin g during the press to handstand an d never allo w the elbo ws to bend more than 90 째 - a straight body rather than arched bod y position is desirable. Note: many gymnasts lead with the hip too mu ch while executing this press, and actually lose credit for piking excessive ly. Press slowly and continllol/sly.

STUTZE KEHRE: Catch (recover) with straight arms and then bend the elbows slightl y for the upper arm support. Attempt to ass um e a straight body position prior to the upp er arm support.

FORWARD RISE: Keep the chest hollow a nd the back rounded during the lowering and rising phase (head forward) . This position of the upper body will allow for greater emphas is on the hip and leg lift. Most po . fro nt rises are: lifted late; not driven f ward enough; and excessively piked. Lea to execute a very forward stretched front ,.;" w;lh my hltl' p;k' b'fo" to add personal style to the final \ Eve ry American team has had some gymnasts who have had difficulty executing this still to the maximum .

SWING ING BACKWARD PIROUETTE: Swing directly toward a handstand with a fairly stretched position (the perform er who is arched tends to arch more during the turn) . The gymnast who is learning this skill for the first time should tend toward a late turn (almost in handstand) in order to pivot with good body alignm ent. The gymn ast who cannot finish this turn in a handstand usually pivots early and does not continue pushing out in the shoulders (decreasing the upper arm and upper body angle) during the turn. Complete the turn in a handstand with good body alignment.

PEACH BASKETS : Lower to position for late or early drop (early is preferred) with slight arch in back. Attempt to drop below the bar without hesitation from downwa rd swing. Catch the basket with straight arms and straight body.

GLIDE KIP: Lowe r to glide kip, without pausing, and show a fully extended body position at end of glide. Legs must be in position for shoot (pike) prior to the should ers passing below the hands.

The highest point of the shoot may be either piked or extended as long as the hips are placed high enough for an extended (well above the bar) recovery swi ng.

Forward Pirouette Dismount: The gymnast may start this turn early, bue must pass through a stretched handstand position with perfect alignment at the completion of the turn: The grip is changed early in the descendin g phase and the body remains straight or slightly arched prior to the landing.

Author's Note: I have drawn these skills with a conscious effort to demonstrate what I consider to be good style. Many of these positions were taken from films and modified to suggest certain improvements (hopefully).

My descriptions are intended for coaches and gymnasts who have a clear understanding of these sk ills-I did not intend them to be complete desc riptions-only an expression of my feelings concerning correct execution in view of current gymnastic trends.

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100% ny lo n double knit stretch top and soft leather sa le all ows you the "barefoot" freedom desired by the female gymnast. Cotton cross straps w ill not cut the instep ye t holds sli pper firm ly in place for smooth ,fit. COMPLETEL Y WASHABLE .

White on ly . Sizes: Small (3·51, Medium (6-81, Large (9·101.

Per pai r.

Soft leather sale protects the foot pivot area, yet does not lose the " f ee l of the f loor". 100% double knit st re tch top with elastic hee l st rap. T his slipper was first introduced in Eu ropea n Gymnastique Moderne and is now EX CLUSIVELY man ufactured

by Gymnastic Supply Co. Si zes: Small (1-41 Medium (5-81, Larg e (9 ·121 . COMPLETELY WASHABLE . White on ly . Per pair .

2.50

2.00

U·S2S

SURE·FORM

LOW

CUT.

T op an d sa le are const ru cted from a singl e piece of 100% nylon double knit stret ch mat eri al. Recommended for m eet work only. Color: White.

Sizes : Sma ll (1-41, Medium (5 ·81, Large (9·121.

U·S50 GYMDAL This new soft light weight and supple suede sandal with elastic instep is like wearing your own skin . Perfectly designee with the woman gymnast in mind. Natural color.

No "half sizes.

U·S52 HALF·SOLE GYMDAL

2.00

3 .25

Id ea l f o r training on both the Bal ance Bea m and Fl oo r Exer· cise. Gives the gymn as t the freedom and con tro l o f th e bare foot yet protects the b a ll of the foot during pra c tic e .

3.75

NOW! WE HAVE SHOES FOR THE SMALL GYMNAST Children's sizes 11,12 & 13 GI RLS:

Available in Model U·S3 only.

BOYS:

Available in Model U·S2 only.

HOW TO ORDER SHOES:

For exact size, place foot on blank piece of paper and draw outline of foot by hold· iog pencil straight up. Shoes will be exchanged if size is not correct . Soiled shoes are not returnable . State style and show size when ordering. No half sizes.

U-S4. This new shoe has a molded white rubber sole with a thin layer of foam padding beneath the inoer sole. Snow white cotton canvas top is securely stitched with heavy thread and edges are bound to prevent unraveling. Separ· ate inner sole is pressed and cemented to sole.

No nait sizes.

3 .00

U·SI O LEATHER TOP SHOE.

This quality gymnastic shoe has soft leather uppers with elastic goring and peb· ble sol es. Available in white c n!)' No "alf sizes .

5 .25

U-S6 "HIGH-SCORL" U·S7 " POINT · MAKER". gymnastic shoe with a 3 " wide elas- Same as abc vp. , excP'"'t with f. ILCS tic insert across instep that keeps leatt:e!'" sole. r.· : shoes extra snug. Preferred by tum · 2,50 biers and trampoline performers. long·wear white rubber sole. All edges are overlock stitched. Top is made from heavy duty canvas. Drill innersole. Turned construction style with seam on inside. Available in white only . No half sizes.

2,75

U-S9 "THE COMPETITOR " MODEL. Our most popular all-around gymnastic shoes used by gymnasts everywhere. Top is made from heavy duty canvas and sale of select leather. Canvas drill innersole is cemented to leather to prevent stretching . Edges folded and securely stitched. Elastic instep. Turned construction. Ava ilable in pure white only. No half sizes .

2_25 U-SS " THE PERFORMANCE" MODEL Same as above, except with rubber sale. No half sizes .

2.50

US2"THE SURE-FORM MODEL:' Newly d esigned stret ch gymnastic shoe made from a single piece of heavy duty nylon knit with leather sale. Provides a snug fit because"it stretches to size and will not fold or crease . All sea m s are overlocked and securely stitched . Sizes: Small (1-4), Medium (5-8 ), Large (9-12), in white only. No half sizes. 2_25

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Tram poline Meets: Jan. 23 , 1971 : Memphis Open. Milt Davis, 4055 Popla r Ave. , Memphis, Tenn. 38 111 .

Feb . 5-6, 1971: Valostic Meet. Joe Taylor, Valpariso Elementary School , Valparisa, Florida 32580.

Feb. 13, 1971: USL Invitational , Jeff Hennessy, Box 672, USL, Lafayette, La. 70501.

Feb. 27 , 1971 : Caju n Open. Lloyd Huva l, LSU NO, New Orlean s, La . 70003.

March 13, 1971 : Southern AAU Novice, Jr. & Sr. Jeff Hennessy, Box 672 , USL, Lafayette, La. 7050 1.

April 1-3, 1971 : NCAA Gymnastic and Trampoline Championships. Newt Loken, coach, Fieldhouse. Univ. Michigan, An n Arb or, Mich. 48 103.

April 17 , 1971: Southeastern AAU & Regional III Trampoline Championships. Milt Davis, 4055 Poplar Ave., Memphis, Tenn. 381 11.

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GYM SHIRTS Cotton with adjust able fla p ..............$2.95 Nylon step-i n, white .. . ......... _......... 5.50 GYM NASTIC TRAVEl BAGS 6Y2''Wx10Y2''Hx16''L Ava ilable in Blue or Red .. ........... ..... .$4.00

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