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This summer has been a busy one readin g letters from MG subscribers with suggestions, studyin g articles which have been sent in for publication , clearing file drawers of outdated and unusable material and trying to put together this issue of the Modern Gymnast. From everything I have read thus far I get th e impression you would generall y like a pictorial , instructional magazine. I have man y ideas along this line but have asked for help by forming an MG Advisory Board composed of Dr. Bill Vincent, former Head Gymnastics Coach, San Fernando Valley State College ; Mr. Les Sasvery, Head Gymnastics Coach, Monroe High School , Sepulveda, California; Mr. John Magginetti, Instructional Chairman of the Southern California Gymnastic Officials Association; Mr. Ken Sakoda, Art and Layout man for the MG; and Mr. Glen Sunby, Publisher of the Modern Gymnast. The idea here is to take your ideas and suggestions, along with the above mentioned peopl e each month and formulate them into an actual working plan for the magazine. This Board will meet each month to revi ew the issue just published and will suggest new ideas for the upcoming issue. I hope to start a column called ASK THE EDITOR which is designed to aid you in understanding a problem area related to movements in gymnastics . If you have a movement you want to learn or are having trouble with a movement, let us know. You will get action from Our Advisory Board, myself or any other source we may consult to get you an answer. To keep this service from being a financial burden on the MG, we suggest you send a stamped self addressed envelope and 2Sc to cover handling and possible photocopy material needed to fill your request. There may not be space in the MG to answer all questions in which case you will receive your answer by mail. We will continue to use sequence photos of routines but will start blowing up select portions of these routines for your analysis. A note regarding articles you send in for the MG; I have noticed in reading many of these that only physiologists could understand some of the descriptions and terminology used. I would like to see all of the instructional material in language that all of our readers can understand. We also need pictures or drawings of the movements you describe, making your information easier to understand. I hope that with this issue we will begin a new era of the Modern Gymnast, one in which you and I will have been proud to be a part. Jack Medina Editor 4
OCTOBER 1971
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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR , Jack Medina
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CHALK TALK
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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL NEWS , John Hinds, Jr.
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U.S .G.F. REPORT
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EUROPEAN TOUR , Dr. Joseph L. Massimo
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PAM AM, Richard Aronson, William Roetzheim
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A JUDGE'S PERSPECTIVE ON CALI, Jon Culbertson
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MG PHOTO ESSAY, Ron McNees
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SIDE OF GYMNASTICS, Daniel J. Millman
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MG INTERVIEW: Mitsuo Mori
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MG CENTER PHOTO , Akinori Nakayama
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INSTRUCTIONAL: The Double Back, Dick Criley
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The Angle of Incidence, Gerald S. George
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The "Schroeder Doughnut"
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The Feige Handstand, Arno Lascari
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Photo Sequence, Voronin PB Routine
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GYM SNAPS
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A simplified method to determine the average of two scores, K. E. Kopecky, E. R. Gangier
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BOOK REVIEW, Dick Criley
COVER STORY: Featured on this issue is a sample of photographer Ron McNees' gymnastics in motion series. See the MG photo essay for more. (page 26) PUBLISHER: Glenn Sundby EDITOR: Jack Medina ASSOCIATE EDITORS, STAFF: Kenneth Sakoda, Dick Criley ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FEATURE: A Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco , Research; Jerry Wright, Competition ; Frank Bare , USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Andrzej Gonera, European; Gerald George, Dan Millman, Don Tonry, AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional. THE MODER N GYMN AST maga z ine is pu bl ishe d by Su nd'by Pu bl ications, 41 0 Broa dwa y, Santa MO,)ica, Cali forni a 9040 1. Second Class Pos tage pa id at Santo Monica, Cali f , Pu bl ished mon thly except b i-mon t hly J une, J u ly, August a nd
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