Gymnast Magazine - November 1973

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XV / Number 11 / November 1973

PUBLISHER: WE HAVE ARRIVED! We ll alm o st. .. Bein g that this is no t yet th e end of O ctob e r as we put thi s edition to press, you shou ld receiv e thi s iss ue of Gymnast by mid-Nove mb er (mail se r vice permitting). Thi s is a milestone tor our ma ga zin e and p robdb ly the first tim e most of o u r sub scr ib ers eve r reca ll receivin g Gymnast (o r th e MG) in th e month print ed on th e cove r. Now that we have reac hed th is hi stori c po int we are work ing eve n hdrd er to catch up a li ttl e bit m ore so you wi ll be rece iving Gymnast b y (o r b efo re) th e first week of th e cove r date .

Th is Gymnast ca tch-up p ubli shing has not b ee n easy, bu t w ith the additional aid of o ur n ew Art LJ irec tor/ produ c ti o n manager, Rich Kenn ey along w ith Barbara and Pdt we hd ve bee n abl e to overcome our past pro du c ti o n probl em s. Th e str'din o f late and long h o urs le ft a few frayed edges at time s, b ut we fee l thi s first , alm os t o n sc hedu le edition of Gymnast wi ll give u s all the need ed li ft to move int o an excitin g new e rd of Gy ml1 ds ti c rep o rtin g . .. To ALL our reade rs, we thank YOU fo r yo ur pati en ce and to Rich , Barbara and Pat, than ks tor th e ex tr d effort to redch th is point.

ANOTHER PROBLEM? We would hope not .. .But wit h t he co ntinuing raise in th e cos t of paper, printin g, mai lin g and the ex tra help need ed to ge t Gymnast out o n tim e we n ee d yo u ac tiv e su pport. W e have tw o o pti o ns- 1.) We ca n rai se th e pr ice o f th e subscript ion fee. 2.) W e ca n strive to ge t more subscr ibers at o ur present sub scr ipti o n rate to in cr ease our mark e ting va lu e to adverti se rs.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Gl enn Sundby ON THE BEAM, Barb ara Th atcher

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VIEWPOINTS, Di ck Criley FURTHER PHOTO REFLECTIONS OF MOSCOW, Gl enn Sundby

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SUMMER GYMFEST 12 SANTA MONICA GYMFEST, Barb ara Thatcher 16 GYMFEST WEST - HAWAII, Di ck Criley 18 BIG SURF OPEN - ARIZONA, Brad Dowden 19 GYMFEST HIGHLIGHTS SUMMER MINNESOTA, Dan Cragg 20 CENTERFOLD ,Ri chard Pasq uale

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1973 JUNIOR OLYMPIC REPORT, Th o rnas Elrod , Re nee P. Hendershott , Dick Criley NEWS 'N NOTES, Ren ee P. H ende rshott 24 What Is An Honest To Goodness FIG Course Really Like? Margit Treiber 25 U.S.G.F. Women's Committee Report 26 F.I.G. Technical Bulletin SEQUENCES BY SCHULZ, Di ete r Schulz INSTRUCTION : Vaulting Drills, Jim Turpin INSTRUCTION : A Different Back Toss To A Handstand, Bill Roetzh eirn SENIOR OLYMPICS LATE HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS RESEARCH: The Righting Reflex, Gerald F. Calkin

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Cover: Debbie Jelsma, Tempe, Arizona . At Big Surf Open.

Photo by Bill Irwin and Ma l R. Bernstein .

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1 he Santa Monica GYMFEST, a tradition.

Santa Monica w ith out the Summer Beac h meet wou ld be a littl e lik e a pommel horse wit hout pommels or a balance beam that's off balance.

But Santa Monica was not the on ly place that held a GYMFEST th is year and a ll you need to have a successfu l o ne is a little sand, a little surf (o r just some water) sturdy equ ipm ent and a lot of ent hu siastic gym nasts.

Belva Pierce and Mark Davis, two persona lities, wi helped make the Santa Monica GYMFEST memorab Santa Monica had plenty of energetic gymnasts. New first time "Gym festers" and " regu lars " were on hand to compe te, coac h, judge or just watch . And no Santa Monica GYMFEST wou ld be co mpl e te wit hout Mark Davis, who is close to being a legend in hi s own time. Winner of the hori zon ta l bar event and fiying rings d ismo unt compet iti on, one of the highlights was hi s television interview (T h e Gymfest was on th e NBC Sund ay Show). When as ked w ha t a" former SIU (Southern Illinois University) Student was do in g at the University of Iowa, Mark ca lml y sa id " Trying to graduate ."

And w hen asked why sw in gin g ring compet ition has been e limin ated from modern day co mp et iti ons Ma rk said to the e ffect. " Too ma n y guys got smashed agai nst the gym wa ll s" .

And when asked w hat h e wou ld do after he g rad uated. He merely sa id " Bum a ro u nd". It surpr ised the reporte r no t just a littl e bit but the inte rviewer came back q ui ck ly w ith ... " Mark, you ' re a man afte r my own hea rt. " C lass ic int e rview. And that abo ut sums up the GYM FEST, cas ua l, and yet live ly, funny and yet a t times ser io us and a tremendous amou nt of fun for eve ryo ne in vo lved.

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Fou nd a nother fund to start sav in g your pennies for, the World Ga mes, next October in Bulgaria. Granted it might take quite a few pennies but if you ' re int e rested co ntact Bill Coracy a t th e B&A Travel Agency, 715 So. University, Carbondale, Illinois. Acco rdin g to the USGF Newsletter thi s is th e place that wi ll be ar ra ngin g the cha rt er flight to the Games.

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Carrie Englert ... In 1968 a beginning gymnast. Now in 1973 a champion.

Carrie Englert...1973 Junior Olympic AIIAround Champion in the senio r division has a lot of fans in Florida/lt seems w he n Car ri e started gymnastics at the age of eig ht w ith the Tallahassee Tumbling Tots she was one of 500 tumblers w ho came fo r lessons o ne hour twice a week as part of th e city recreat io n prog ram .

Appare ntl y she was not b lessed w ith natura l flexibility o r stre ngth a nd so the climb to th e top team was a lo ng, hard one. She plodded a long the prescribed cl asses from beginner to pre-intermediates to intermediates a nd th en finally to th e team but sti ll she wasn ' t considered c hamp io n material. But acco rdi ng to her coach Jun e (Gifford) Dussia it was her persistence and wi llin gness to wo rk extra ho urs a nd her constan t str ivin g for perfection t hat he lp ed her the most a long the way .

Co ngratu lat ions Ca rri e a nd much cont inu ed success.

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Karin Ja nz retired? Yes appa re ntl y so. She w ill now be devot in g her time to studying medicine. East Germany's top gym n ast hopes to become a doctor a nd spec ial ize in treating athletes.

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Time to start planning a head fo r Ch ri stmas C li nics . So far the on ly ones we 've heard abo ut are the Tucson Clinic held at the University of Arizona, the Caravan of Camps clinic in Detroit, Michigan, the Eastern Gymnastic Clinic in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a nd the a nnu a l clinic at the University of California, Berkeley. Gran ted that is quite a lew but not a ll of them. If yo u happen to know abo ut a cl ini c in your area please se nd us some informatio n or a t leas t a sma ll report w hen it ' s over. Thanks .

New coac hes, new gyms .... .. . Seems the SCATS have a new coac h or rather a former ass istant coach who ra n hi s own c lub for awh il e in Burlinga me, California a nd now is back w ith the SCATS as new head coach. Dan Speraw is his name and a lready he has big plans for the team th is yea r in c lu d in g the SCATS Gym-Capa des, nu merous exh ib iti ons and of co urse mu c h compet iti o n.

Anot her new gym was just b uilt thi s summer a t Schreiner College in Kerrville, Texas. The effo rt s of a sma ll group of aspiri ng gym nasts and severa l dedicated coac h es helped get not o nl y the new facility but new equ ipment has been o rd e red too and a " rea l" team is finally gett in g o rga ni zed. So if you ' re interested in knowing more about the p rogram contact: Geoff Stoner, P.O. Box 4422, Schreiner College, Kerrville, Texas 78028.

Patti Lanterman 1973 Junior Olympic Champion in the 13-14 age division.

I'atti Lante rman has a few fa ns 01 he r ow n in her home state too. Only she lives quite a fe"w miles from Florida and her ho ,ne state is Washington w here she is coached by George Lewis and compe tes for Gymnastics Incorporated. She is thirteen years o ld a nd a ninth g rade r who wo n the all- aro un d title in th e 13-14 d ivision in the Junior Olympics and a lso took first in floor exerc ise. Not icethe li st of compet it ors in for m er Junior Olympics and yo u w ill see the names of many national c hamp ions and a few Olympians.

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Palo Alto, California (Home of Stanford, Steve Hug's sc ho ol) is the sit e of Gymnastics West a new gym c lu b headed by Roy Davis a nd Steve Drish. Instructior, for boys, g irl s, " tiny to ts" a nd ad ult s is offered as we ll as open gym a nd work-out tim e. So for more in fo rm a ti on wr it e to Roy Davis c/ o Gymnastics West, 120 Hawthorne Ave., Palo Alto, Calif.

An d for those readers in Florida. David Dunsworth of t he Orange County YMCA has moved from Dallas-Ft. Worth where he coached for 20 years to Orlando, Florida and plans to start a gym nast ics program in that a rea so co ntact him at 433 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, Florida.

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A ltho u gh som e p eo pl e are a littl e tir ed o f hearin g about Olga thought it w o uld be ni ce to menti o n th at w e fin all y ha ve a w inn er in t he Olga Korbut Essay Contest. Th e pri ze was a o n e year subscription to GYMNAST mag az ine.

Won ' t print th e w h o le essa y but this about sums up th e feeelings o f thi s fan and m any oth ers.. ... " Wh eth er it' s Olga's charm or talent that has m ade h er so po pul ar I d on ' t know, but I do kn ow o ne spec ial thing th at has attract ed me to her and ha s mad e her ri se above many other lead in g gymn as ts is her pe rso n alit y.

By th at I m ea n her w armn ess, her affec ti o n, her p leasing smil e showin g with every m ove a different type of e motion and feeling . Her , confid ence and ind epend ence interests me grea tl y, I am always w ond erin g w hat is going throu gh her mind f ro m on e minute to th e nex t.

But mainl y th e reason wh y Olga Korbut is my fa vorit e gy mna st is b ecause she is th e p erfect ima ge o f the gymn ast I would som ed ay like to be .... ..Co ngratul ati o ns to th e winn er Kim Crowther of Clifton, Virginia.

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Stormy Eaton and astronaut Scott Carp e nte r bouncing on the tra mpoline during the World Pro-Am Championships.

O ne area we've sort o f n eg lec ted lately is trampo lin e. Dick Criley m enti o ned th e Wo rld Age Group Trampoline Championships in h is co l u mn and now I'd li ke to me ntio n ano th er tramp o lin e co mpe titi o n th e 1973 Pro-Am Tr.ampoline Championships spon so red by th e Nissen Company and th e Canadian National Exhibition an d held at th e end o f Aug u st in Toronto~ Canada. The w i n ners we re decided by sm gle eliminati o n (man to m an) w ith th e lose rs beco ming judges and in th e fin al ro und th ere we re 16 jud ges wa tc hin g Stormy Eaton agai n st Paul luxon. In th e end Paul Luxon claim ed three first pl aces in trampo line, add -o n, and trampo line track. In additi o n to th ese three eve nt s th e r e was co mp e titi o n in mi n i- t ra mpo li ne and space ball. Cash pri zes we re give n to th e p ros (p rofessio nals) w hil e th e amateurs receive d ni ce awards . It 's onl y fair to menti o n a few o f th e ot her tramp o lin e en t hu sias ts o n hand fo r th e co mp etiti o n, su ch as Dave Jacobs, George Hery, Ronnie Munn, Ro?bie Bollinger, Alexandria Nicholson, Jay Geist, Ho.mer Sardina, Fred Saunders, Bill Copp and Eddie Cole. G ues ts includ ed as tro naut Scott Carpenter and hi s wi fe and acco rd in g to t he repo rt received it was a fun m ee t fo r everyo n e es peciall y th e w inners.

Paul Luxon is f ro m Englan d. Wh at hap pe ned to A m er i ca n do min at io n of tr amp o lin e co m pe titi o n ?

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So m e rea d ers have ex pr essed an interes t in kn owin g th e add ress of th e NationalCollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) so here it is: U.S. Highway 50 and Nail Avenue-P.O. Box 1906 Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66222. A co uple of o th er addresses th at mi ght be impo rt ant to you are naturall y th e USGF office, P.O. Box 4699, Tucson, Arizona and th e AAU House, 3400 West 86th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46268.

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Rece ive d a ca lend ar of mee ts for thi s season in Texas. Th at m akes two co mpl ete sc h e dules th at we now have; Texas and California. It would sure m ake o ur ca lend ar a littl e fatter if we co uld ha ve sc h edules from oth er states.

Sur ely th ere's at leas t o ne perso n per stat e who could put a co mplete cal endar of gymna stic eve nt s to geth er an d submit th em to us . Th ank s.

Cr e dit wh e r e c r e dit IS due departm ent.. .. Werner Hoeflich is o ne of our new co ntribut i ng ca rt oo ni sts (J oe Gymn ast) .

On e o f hi s carto o ns appea red in th e April-May edition and anoth er appears in the O ctober edition . He's a junior at South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon and an all-aro und gymn ast. If an y o f yo u ha ve ca rtoon s yo u are anxiou s to contribut e, plea se se nd th em in to Richard Kenney, Art Director, GYMNAST magazine .... H e ju st loves ca rtoons . His only requ est is that th ey be done in black ink.

Final comm ent s o n the University Games .. . didn' t go but d efinitely didn 't mi ss the telev isio n coverage. A nd o ne gy mn as t that was parti cul arl y notabl e was Lubov Bogdanova.

Fearl ess, determin ed and a gymn as t with origin ality and good form . Sh e w as w ith the Russians o n th eir t o ur of th e United States and was impressive th en but eve n more so now. For her va ult (round ·off back) th ey should have give n her not o nl y first place but a gold-plated va ul t in g hors e. Should hear a lot more about her in future competition . These comments also should have bee n with the University edition but oh w ell.

Even off balance Elvira Saadi (URS) looks good.

(Notice pointe d toes.) And merits being November's girl " On The Beam". w

Is it a bircH Is it a plane? Nope it's Mark Davis.

If yo u didn ' t get to a GYMFEST this yea r be sure and att end on e ne xt summer. Ch an ces are ours w ill be held at th e sam e tim e and th e same pl ace ... And rem ember the more people, the more tun . Ah , th e b each , th e weather is starting to get bett er o ut h ere. Wond er what it's like in St. Louis ••. Ye s, th at's wh ere my penn y fund will take m e next , to th e USGF Coaches Congress. I would say meet m e in St. Loui s... howeve r the Congress will b e ove r b y th e time you receive thi s. But that w o n ' t be th e case for long. Th ank s to o ur new produ ction man ager R.K. (Rich Kenney) it looks lik e the ma gazine will finally be out ON TIME. H e deserves a lot of praise for that o r at least a few letters and con stru ctive id eas. So whil e you 're getting read y to write him b e sure and write m e too. Thank s...

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Every once in a while it seems necessary to col lect some of th e random idea s w hich come to mind. Thi s appears to be a good time to do it as next month I' ll have all sorts of things from the USGF Congress.

The International Olympi c Congress met in Varna , Bulgaria, in ea rly October. Thi s was the first meeting since 1930 and there was much to discuss. Includ ed in the Congress were the Inte rnational Olympic Committ ee (IOC), the vario us international sports fed erations , and representatives of nation al Olympic committees. A number of recomm endation s emerged for IOC co nsideration when they m eet in Switzerland thi s winter. The most co n路t roversia l one was surel y the idea of giving th e national Olympic committees and international spo rts federat ion s more equa l say with the IOC in organizing the Ol ympic Games.

The definition of an amateur athlete may take on a new form which could va ry with the sport in which he parti cipa tes . The Ol ympic Game, might be assigned to a nation for wider cove rage instead of to a sin gle city. There wa, also a proposal to includ e the People 's Republic of Ch in a in the Olympic movement, but the real crux o f the matter awaits China'" formal application .

There was a thought which came to my mind sometime back, which I thought I had used in a previous co lumn and cou ldn ' t locate. It seems to fit here w ith IOC deliberations. Part of the regulations enforced in Sapporo and Munich were designed to keep the Games " amateur " and untainted by co mmerciali sm. No special insignia were perm itted on skis or track shoes or warm-ups which might identify a m anufacturer. I just wonder if a reverse technique might apply whereby a manufacturer purchases a sanction from the IOC (giving them needed dollars) of equipment or sportswear. In essence, I say, instead of paying the athlete under the table .. pay the Olympi c Comm ittee on top. If it is a stiff enough fee, th e manufacturer won 't be so inclined to slip some more to each athlete for wearing his shoes or using his skis o r what-have-you. The u.S. Olympi c Comm ittee accepts all kinds of equipment and sportswea r donations from co mpanies anxious for the publicity va lu e of the gift (and ta x write-off), yet the USOC is always short of money. Maybe the USOC could co ll ect the fee for the IOC and keep some portion .

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The World Univers it y Games are now history and the gymnastics portion a matter of record in the GYMNAST. While everyone I had the opportunity of talk with mentioned how great the facilities for co mpetition were, few had much enthusiasm for Russian red tape, transportation, or hotels (or hospitals) . Since Moscow has virtua ll y no competition in its bid for hosting the 1980 Olympic Games, it seems a pity that the WUG served to highlight only the competitions and to neglect the other arnenit i es--things like hospitality, transportation , human helpfuln ess, and superb organization which the G e rmans demonstrated in the Olympi c Games in Munich. The injection , by the Russians, of politics into the WUG shows th at they still believe in sports as a means ot carrying on

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Anot her big event which received littl e attention in our national sports press was the first World Age Group Champi o nships in trampol inin g, mini-tramp and tumbling. The U.S. sent about 60 youngsters to London to take part and won 25 of 34 events. Young sters from England, France and Germany also mad e strong individual showin gs. It would be difficult to li st all the top youngsters, but mention should be made of Marilyn Steig and Alexandra Nicholson , who won the 17-19 and 15-16 age divisions; Lisa Podojil of Cleveland, Ohio, w ho scored 133 in tumbling, higher than any other girl or boy compet itor, and mini-trampers, Bob Bollinger, Doug LJaw kins and Eddie Coodman .

A number of American officials were also honored with awa rds for " Outstanding Perso nal Service To Sport And Youth. " These included jim Yongue , Wayne Miller, Bob Bollinger, j eff H ennessy, jerry Clark, Neil Godbey, jack Leonard and Bill Copp. The next World Age Group Championships in trampoline, mrnr-tramp, tumbling and synchronized trampoline wi ll be held in San Franci sco w ith Do ug Dawkins as meet di rector.

More informat ion wil l be published in the AAU Trampoline News and Yongue 's Newsletter.

While the international trampoline set was gathering, GYMNAST contr ibutor Dieter Schu lz .of W est Germany ente red a few viewpoints of hi s own. He was particularly emphatic about the need to reward difficult moves with a greater degree of difficu lt y. In particular, he recommended that a trampolinist not be docked 0.1 for piked and layout body positions when such somersau lts are combined with twists . Al so, that the performance of several somersaults in one movement in a pike or layout shou ld deserve 0.1 extra for each complete somersault. And finally, that the tucked body position should al so get an extra 0.1 when it comp li cates a movement - not to say that every such tucked move should deserve the extra 0.1. Dieter's goal is to get the F.I.T. to improve its regulations and revise certa in sections . He can be reached at 509 Leverkusen / Germany, 'Bergisc he La ndstr. 56.

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I sho uld note that in past columns, I have solicited the views of our readers on subjects as diverse as the season for high schoo l gymnasts and the role of m en in women 's gymnastics. I am pleased to note that Mrs. Shirley Bryan, chairperson for the USGFWC,sent me a set of the duties and responsibilities of her comm ittee wom en in response to my request for information on the USGFWC. After conferring with our Women 's Editor, Renee Hendershott, to make sure I' m not stepp in g on her ground, I'll put together a summary on what makes the USGF Women's Committee tick .

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A last note, whrch probably shou ld have been placed ea rli er in this column : GYMNASTICS ON TV . rhe GYMNAST has carr ied the addresses of the national television network offices w hi ch handle the Wide World

of Sports and Sport s Spectacular, both of which have ca rried gymn as tics to aud iences across the nation. We hope that you take tim e to write the executives in charge so that they know someone out there ca res for gymnastics.

On a more local basis, however, the ETV stat ion s of the Public Broadcasting System often ca n be ind uced to broadcast a state or regional gymnast ics co mpetition. We here in Hawa ii were fortunate in having our ETV station , KHET, tape both the appearance of the japanese high school boys and our Hawaii Gymnastics Association State meet.

Gymnastics gained va luable publicity both in the local TV guide and on the air as a resu lt. It is something to consider elsewhere.

I know that th ere are a few ETV stations whi ch do tape noteworthy gymnastics happenings. Since the stations of the PBS do exchange programs, it might be helpful to obtain a list of the ones who have gymnastics programs which could be borrowed by othe r stations. If local readers in Chicago, Denver, Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere wi ll se nd me their ETV station's call letters, address (and even station direc tor's name), we' ll try to co mpile such a li st to publish in the magazine.

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CHALK BOX The Modern Gymnast used to ha ve a newsy little co lumn ca ll ed Chalk Talk. Now that Barbara Thatcher has taken over the news department, th ere might still be a place for little odd gatherings about the gym, usually over the cha lk box. Send in your ideas for little tricks, useful devices, and pieces of hom emade equipment for us to publish .

Th e Cha lK box pictured here is Obv rous ly a very useful one b eca use of the lewer level which is useful for storing extra chalk, hand grips, adhesive tape, etc.

This was photographed at th e Air Force Academy.

Correspondence regarding Viewpoints should be addressed to: Dick Criley 1111 Hoolai St., Apt. 301 Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

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FURTHER PHOTO REFLECTIOl'\lS FROM MOSCOW If you think pin and badge swapping was a big deal in past international events now you can add 'T' shirt and warm-up exchanges. " Swap' n T" is really in ... from all over'the world, official, comic colors and designs to no end. The bargaining at th e student v.illage was hot and heavy and the USA Gymnastic 'T' had high priority va lue.

At left a tired USA Gymnastic gang (Jim Howard, Frank Bare,Rusty Mitchell, Terrv Spencer, Bill Meade, Jim Ivicek, Gary Morava and Fred Orlofsky) get" shot in the arm with Hot Dogs and Pizza (not pictured , they already ate it).At right John Crosby,just out of th e hospital joins the USA delegation for a look at the individual final s. At lower left the USA teams prepare to march into Lenin St adium on opening day amid a Moscow drizzle. Below right overlooking the Gymnastic Hall and th e City of Moscow.

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Further Moscow Photo Reflections Above: Lubov Bogdanova (USSR) performs a cartwheel pike back vault at the University Games finals.

At left: Russian Greats of past years were all present at the University Games Gymnastic Competition . . . shown here are-Mikolai Miligule, Pavel Stolbov, Valerii Kerdemelde, Yuri litov and Boris Shakhlin ... Also seen at the Games but not around for photo time were Chukarine, Muratov, Azaryan, Lisitsky and many more (Polina Astakhova and Larissa Latynina were judges).

At right: 路 Unique revolving platform (for spotting etc.) attached to the high bar lipright.

Below: One of the main team Gymnastic training centers in the Moscow area.

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Above: A closer look at the equipment set-up. A crash pit for the unevens, trampoline and high bar. Also a crash pit for tumbling, beam dismounts, and vaulting.

Below: Another view of the pit ... OK girls how about jumping up II the low bar of the unevens.

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All in all the gym contained -1 floor exercise mat, 1 tumbling pad, 1 pit trampoline, a piano, 2 vaulting 'horses, 3 beams, 2 unevens (plus an uneven low bar only at the edge of the pit), 2 high bars, 2 pommel horses, 2 parallels, 2 ring rigs along with assorted mats and crash pads.

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There is a certa in aura to a Santa Monica GYMFEST. A comb ination of merriment, mischief, and personalities that blend together to make it one of the highlights of summ er in Southern Ca lifornia and ca use it to be long remembered after the last award as been claimed and the last piece of eq uipment taken down.

Thi路s yea r followed in true form. The re was the merriment (local television coverage, beach atmosphere, enthusiastic spectators) the mischief (Mark Davis and Jim Amerine competing against each other to see who had the best comedy ring routine, and the flying rings dismount contest of course) and personal iti es (Mark Davis, Jim Amer in e, Steve Lerner, Wendy C luff and Steve Hug).

And there was the competition,.three days of it, over Labor Day weeke nd . At the conclus io n of which Dubi Lufi from the University of Washington claimed top honors in the men ' s all -aro und division , while Shari Smith of KIPS Gymnastic Club nar ro w ly edged Sue Archer also of KIPS for first place in the wome n' s division. There was an 11 and under division for girl s and boys too w ith first place all-around for th e girl s going to Bel va Pierce formerly of th e Beverly Hills YMCA and now competing for the Mid-Valley YMCA and the all-around title for the boys goin g to Jeff Rollins.

The first day oi compet iti on (men ' s) opened on a sun ny but hazy Saturday. Competition was planned for approx im ate ly one o 'clock but people began casua lly stopping by the co mp etiti on site as ea rly as 11 a.m . to secure a good place to watch, to talk to o ld GYMFEST Denise Khatnich

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"regu lars " or to help set up equipment. Signups started at noon with a few perspective competitors glancing at the sign-up sheet and then turning away muttering " Nah , I'm not in good enough shape." But there were quite a few co mpetitors who thought maybe they were .. . at least for one eve n!. ... howeve r allaro und app eared to be a little too mu ch for everyone excep t Joe Sweeney of San Jose and Dubi Lufi. For most of the compet it ors it was ju st a fun meet with no rea l pressure but adeq uate chall enges.

Floor exercise was the first event and the one wit h the most gymnasts entered. Nice, bouncy, high tumbling was the main reason Keith Miller took first in th at event and the other reason was his good form and stretch after every move; a ve ry poli shed routine. Keit h was followed by Roland Cervilla, Greg Casian, Mike Zapp (whose former coach ' Jerry Todd was announcer) , Mr. Soul (yes that 's rea'lly hi s nam e) and Ji m McFaul (a freshman this year at South Illin ois University).

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In true Olympic order, pommel horse wa, next and the number of competitors was definitely fewer. Cris Klingerman came through on his number .one speciality and neatly took first place. A number of people saw Steve Hug warm- up on a few events and wondered why he was absent from the c;ompetition but Steve had just gotten over an injury and was just beginning to get back in shape before he left to train in Japan for a few months. Behind Cris were Shawn Miyake, Peter Goulke, John Greene and Steve Matsuo.

Eugene (strongman) Bailey was the victor in the rin g event. However he had quite a few chall engers severa l from the Mid-West including Jack Laurie, from Southern Illin o is University and Chuck Froming a former gymnast from the University of Michigan.

Others who gave Gene a run for the ribbon were Howard Bessin, Dave Resnick and Mark Lund y from the University of Ca lifornia. Gene lacks a lot of swing but definite ly does not lack in the st rength department. Numerous oohs

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and ahs from the spectators wi ll support that statement.

Vaulting got ju st a little out of hand . There were the spectacu lar vaults, handspring fronts, round-off backs and the plain Yamashitas and handsprings, but there were also a few crashes and near crashes and good form was lacking greatl y.

Parallel bars proved to be the downfall for many gymnasts and the bars seemed to be a little slippery for most. But th e al l- aro und gymnasts Dubi and Joe managed to get through fairly decent routines and claimed first and second respectively.

The king of the di smo unts Mark Davis chalked up a first in the horizontal bar event with a routine th e flowed smoothly with good form and few breaks and gained a 9.3 the highest score in the preliminaries. High bar is one of Joe Sweeney's better events and althou gh a littl e fatigu ed after five events his routine didn 't show it and he placed second.

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Women's Competition Next day, Sunday, approximately same time, same beach but different atmosphere. The girls were not quite as anxious to sign up as the men had been the day before and many waited until the very last minute to put their nam es on the sign up sheet. Some had come just to watch but coaxed by a few friends decided to give it a try.

NBC camera men were there early to set up equipment since NBC was planning on filming the GYMFEST live for a local Sunday program ...

The Sunday Show. (Several other stations gave the GYMFEST coverage too.) It was hectic at times rearranging the time schedule and the gymnasts but finally everything worked out except some of the gymnasts wished the show hadn ' t been live so they could have gone home and seen themselves on television .....

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Sue Archer was the class of the competition at least in the preliminaries. She came to the meet virtually unprepared ... no music and no team leotard but still managed to take first in every event. Even without music her floor exercise was impressive especially h er nice . leaps, round-off flip-flop la y-o ut b ack and amplitude plus. She was followed clo se ly by teammate Shari Smith, a little charmer, who came back the second day with even more pi zzazz to take the final all-around crown.

Every arm mo ve m ent, every sk ill in Shari 's routine was put th ere for a specifi c reaso n and she empha sised each movement to th e fullest.

Vaulting looked flat. Very few girls got enough repulsion from the horse and hardly anyone could st ick their va ult s. The majorit y of vaults were handspring s with, unfortunately, bent arms. Sue Archer again claimed first followed by Shari Smith, Cathy Treadwell from Gim-i-niks, Lauri e Donaldson and Deni se Khatnich of Gim-i-niks.

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Unfortunately most of tlie balance beam competition took place during The Sunday Show and so the nervousness of televi sion cameras plus the added factor of much wind made the balance beam a tough piece of apparatus to stay on. But Sue Archer's routin e including a scissor leap ve ry high and controlled, favorably impressed the judges and they awarded her first again. Denise Khatnich had a stock but steady routine to finish second and Shari Smith looking confident most of th e way took third followed by a nervous but d etermin ed Belva Pierce. Th e eleve n and unders co mpeted with th e older girl s in the indi v idu al eve nt s but were kep t se perate ir the all-around.

Last was uneven parallel bars and although the girls looked slightly tired after the long da y most managed routines th at were watered down a littl e but ni ce and fairly so lid. Again it was Sue Archer first, th en Jann a Sheehan , D en ise Khatnich and Gail Kwiatkowski.

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Award winners in vaulting on the lirst day 01 competitIon.

Monday Competition - Invitational Labor Day, the last day of competition and eve ryone specta tors and gymnasts were there bright and early. The gi rl s in nice leotards with hair pulled back and with music; and the men dressed as cas ually as before. Only these scores would be f in al, the ot her scores wouldn 't matter except that they had decided the top six in each even t if)c1uding the all-around bringing them into the final day of compe tition , th e Invitational where the outstanding performers of the previous two days were invited back along with several other se lected gymnasts.

There were severa l cha nges in the order of finish for both the men and women. Keith Miller aga in gave a polished performance but it was Mike Zapp who fin ish ed second for his equa lly hi gh, bouncy tumbling. Sunday, Gaye Wilson came to the meet minu s team leotard and music but she wasn ' t minus excellent tumbling, sp lit- sp lit leaps and a lightn ess that was distinct and a sparkling sm il e. She came back with more of the same, plus music, Monday and easily took first. Sue Archer just didn't have the high leaps, good stretch and flawless tumb lin g she had the day before and so slipped down to fifth place. Le Anne Karasik took"second much to her surprize (she finished fifth th e day before), Shari Smith took third and tied with Denise Khatnich and Paula Kim: finished sixt h. A highlight of the competition was a floor exercise routin e performed by Wendy Cluff. The former SCAT, former Olympian, and now coac h of the Gim-i-nicks

can stil l tumbl e among the very best and her la y-out backs and aeria ls Jre beautiful.

Cris Klingerman repeated as the winne r on pommel h o rse "and Steve Hug was 'invited to participate and finished third.

Vaulting for the wome n wasn ' t even close.

Sue Archer took first with an exce llent Yamashita and a clean quarter-on quarter-off.

Shari Smith was second and Cathy Treadwell third. Vaulting for the men was a littl e better than the first day and Dana Cros ly took first, jim Turpin second followed in order by GregCasin, Keith Miller, joe Vargas, and j ames Taylor.

Same rings as Saturday but a different o rder of finish as Mark Lund y put together a ni ce routine to claim first, ja ck Lauri e with an intri cate routin e including an attractive " L" cross took second and preliminary winner Eugene Bailey tied w ith Howard Bessen for third.

It was during balance beam that Shari Smith narrowed the gap between she and Sue Archer in the all-around. Steady, even on her back handspring, poised in her dance with everything immediat e including an unbelievable toe-rise she scored 8.75 wh ich not only brought her in range of Sue but cleat ly past her. She was a littl e flat-footed and not steady only managed to score 8.0 Parallel bars not quite as shaky this time but the performers were and Dubi Lufi again took first , joe Sweeney second and Richard Pasquale third . Consistency and endurance seemed to payoff throu ghout th e entire meet fo~ th e first two performers.

Sue Archer tr ied to catch up on the final event, uneven parallel bars, but just couldn 't secure the over half a point she needed especially sin ce Shari ' s routine was almost as good. How ever Sue 's 9.25 was the highest scor e that day for the women ' s comp e tition.

Final event for the men (except for the fl yin g rings dismounts) horizontal bar. And Mark Davis repeated hi s earlier victory follow ed once again by joe Sweeney and Robert Casey.

Mark also went on to win the flying rings dismount contest even though he ignored the large crowd that chanted for him to do (or at least attempt) hi s " quad " .

To sum it up it was a grea t meet. And a specia l thanks shou ld go to the Park and Recreation Department o f Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Gymnastic Center, and of course GYMNAST magazine for making it possible.

Another thank you sho uld go to the jud ges Frank Endo, Art Shurlock, Rea Anders, AI Marino, jack Beckner, john Magginetti, Lori j ones, and Michelle Deluca. Plus AI Luber and his wife Linda for all their hours of work and help.

Next year' s GYMFEST promises to be better and of course the more gymnasts and spectators the merrier. It's nice to see that numerous gro up s of gym nasts and gymnastics enthusiasts are starting the ir own GYMFESTs and following Santa Monica 's fine example .

GYMFEST RESULTS Balance Beam: Shari Smith 8.75 ; Sue Archer 8.0; Paula Kim 7.65; Belva Pierce 7.05; Denise Khatnich 7.05.

Uneven Parallel Bars: Sue Archer 9.25; Shari Smith 8.9; Gail Kwiatkowski 8.6; Denise Khatnich 8.2; Belva Pierce 7.85. Free Exercise: Gaye Wilson 8.6; Le Anne Karasik 8.35; Denise Khatnich 8.3; Shari Sm ith 8.3; Wendy Cluff 8.15; Paula Kim 7.9. Vaulting: Sue Archer 8.95; Shari Smith 8.7; Cathy Treadwill 8.6; Laurie Donaldson 7.85; Denise Khatnich 7.75. All-Around: Shari Smith 34.65; Sue Archer 34.35; Denise Khatnich

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MEN'S Rings: Mark Lundy 9.15; Jack Laurie 9.1; Howard Bessen 9.0; Eugene Bailey 9.0. Vault: Dana Crosly 9.1; Jim Turpin 9.0; Greg Casian 8.85; Keith Miller 8.8; Jim McFaul 8.7; James Taylor 8.7. Floor Ex: Keith Miller 9.05; Michael Zapp 9.0; Jim McFau l 8.9; Greg Casian 8.7; Ron Reznick 8.6. Side Horse: Cris Klingerman 9.1; Shawn Miyake 8.55; Steve Hug 8.5; Dubi Luli 8.45; John Greene 8.05. P-Bars: Dubi Luli 8.85; Joe Sweeney 8.7; Richard Pasqua le 8.65. High Bar: Mark Davis 9.15; Joe Sweeney 9.0; Glen Hime 8.85; Robert Casey 8.85; Peter Paulson 8.55. All-Around: Dubi Luli 49.95; Joe Sweeney 47.40.

WOMEN'S Women 11 and under All-Around: Belva Pierce 29.85; Karen Reill y 27.25; Michelle Sokol 25.60.

Men 12 and under All-Around: Jeff Rollins 13.9; Matt Gunzilman 10.1.

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or Gymnastics on the Beach at Waikiki

by Dick Criley The Honolulu City Parks and Recreation Department (P & R) invit ed the' H awa ii Gymnastics Association (HGA) to take part in their annua l Summer Festival june 23 & 24 in Kapiolani Park in Waikiki.

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(cooperation) of the P & R emp loyees, the HGA proceeded to set up their version of the scene made famous in so many Modern Gymnast magazines, the Santa Monica Gymfest.

Naturally, the weather was ideal.

No co mpetitions were he ld , although they are planned for the future. Nea rl y all the private schoo ls, clubs and othe r gymnastic groups took part in a ser ies of exhibit ion performances. In between performances, gymnasts he ld informal clini cs for interested bystanders. The HGA planned a pot-luck lunch as a sort of in cent ive to attract hungry gymnasts, but many found their s'ustenance at one or more of the plate lun ch wagons serving the Summer Festival.

The trampoline attracted much attention, particularly when world c lass competitor, Billy Popiwenko, got up to bounce. Also taking part with an exhibi tion on the balance beam was Linda Scott Polizzano. Dr. Don Gustuson and hi s troup of hand-ba lancers added a final Santa Monica Beach-like touch to the activities.

The H awaii Gymnastics Association felt that the Summ e r Festival was a good opportunity to publicize gymnast ics to the lo ca l community.

In the future, with P & R cooperation, there may be permanent apparatus and occasiona l competitions . With the P & R Dept. likely to hold their Summer Festival the third weekend of each jun e, Mainland gymnasts shou ld keep H awai i in mind for a post-season " vacation."

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BIG SURF OPEN (Big Surf Gymnastics Meet A Wave Of Success)

by Brad Dowden Big Surf, Arizona 's ocean in the desert, is known far and wide for its sun , surf, sand and gymnast ics.

Gymnastics?

That 's right, G- Y-M-N-A-S- T -I-C-S. At least that was the case on August 25th and 26t h as some 400 gymnasts congregated at Tempe, Arizona ' s unique recreat iona l fac ilit y for the Third Annual Open and Invitational Gymnastics Meet.

Under the direction of Don Robinson , National Assoc iat ion of College Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) vice president and head gymnastics coach at nearby Arizona State University, and Ken Holt, director of gir ls' division entra nts, the two-day affa ir includ ed both open and invitational compet ition , the latter featuring top college and high schoo l gymnasts from the western portion of the United States.

"The meet was a tremendous success," offered Robinson. " Both the men and the women had a fantastic time just being there.

The su rfin g was fun, and the new, giant sli de seemed to be one of the highlights of the two days. " Girls' co mpetition got things going on Saturday morning, with the finals taking place on Sunday. Eleanor Smith of California won a total of eight trophies, including a first-place finish in vau lting, and recei ved all-around gymnast recognition for her efforts.

Karen Christensen of Tucson also garnered eight trophies, finishing second in the al l-around vot ing, while Tucson's Gloria Messina and Diane Lewi s of Mesa finished third and fourth, respect ively.

In the open portion of the men 's division , Dubi Lufi , assistant gymnastics coach at the University of Washington, captured the al l-around while Vico Miranda of Lin col n High School in California took similar honors in the hi gh schoo l division.

Floor exercise produced a pair of double winners in Kent Brown and Craig Kirby, both of Arizona State University. Brown won both the open and invitational events with respective 9.15 and 9.05 sco res while Kirby finished second on both occasion s with identical 8.85 marks.

Tex Womack registered an 8.75 to place third in the open , and Mike Zapp of UCLA took third in the invitational.

On the pommel horse, Arizona State's L.J. Pholos by 8ill Irwin and Mal R. Bernsetein Larson, the Western Athletic Conference champ ion in that event, captured first in both Gutknech and Dwayne Traurig (A urora the open and invitational with scores of9.1 and Central) finished 1-2-3 in the high school 9.35, respectively. Lufi took second in open portion.

Arizona State's Mark ' Dedrick won the compet ition and Stan Ferguson of ASU third, while Gordon Everett of San Jose State and vaulting on both occasions with a high-piked Ferguson tied for seco nd in the invitational cartwheel back while Mario Mora of Cal portion.

State-Los Angeles managed a second:and Paul In the high school segment of the Open Werst of the University of Arizona finished Meet, Chuck Wiggins of Colorado 's Aurora third. Meanwhile, Aurora Central ' s Wiggins Central High School took first, Miranda and Herb Irvin finished 1-2 in the open high finished second, and Mike Messina of Rincon school division, and Miranda took third.

The parallel bars produced another double High School in Tucson, Arizona , wo und up third. winner in LufL Lufi scored id entica l 8.85 's in The sti ll rings event in the open was won by both the open and invitational to take top Steve Wiseman of Cal State-Los Angeles with an honors while Ken Holt of ASU (8.85) and 8.6 score. Guss Aragon of the University of Aragon (8.5) wound up second and third in the Arizona and Everett of San Jose State finished open . Aragon also registered a second-place invitational finish wit h an 8.6 sco re, and Everett second and third, respectively.

In the in vitatio nal coJtege division, Rick finished third with an 8.05. I n the high school Curtis of ASU took first, Wiseman second, and division, Miranda (1st), Wiggins (2nd) and Irvin Everett wound up third while Miranda, Jeff (3rd) were all winners once aga in .

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Th e final event, horizontal bar, was won both days by Steve Reuter of the U of A with an 8.85 score. Tom Watson took second both days with an 8.80, and ASU's Dedrick finished third on the first day of the open. Jim Diaz took third on the second day in th e invitational. Irvin, Miranda and Bob Boggs (Aurora Central) finished up 1-2-3 respectively in the high school portion.

On the second day of the meet, some of the more enjoyable and lighter events were staged.

ASU's Kent Brown won the handstand contest by outlasting some 50 co ntestants on the floor exercise mat, and Dedrick took trampolet honors with a "piked f1iffus" (Translation: double front with a half). Meet . director Robinson took a bit of the glory himself, winning th e one~arm handstand contest. " I think it was done with wires," joked Robinson after successfully defending his title.

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Fashioned after th e Santa Monica Gymfest, th e two-da y event was composed of a day of compet iti on and a da y devoted to demonstration s and clinics. Competition was held for both mal e and female gymnasts by gro ups ranging in age from 9 and under up to the open or " o ldies" cla ss.

This yea r 's meet was highlighted b y an exce llent number of gymnasts participating from private clubs , AAU groups and even a park board group, as wel l as many o utstanding hi gh school and co ll ege gymnasts or former gymnasts working unattach ed.

In the boys ' div ision, the 9-and- und er group was led by Dave Menke, who won four first places wh il e the 10-12 age group was led by John Swell , Kayven Riggi and John Reardon.

Brian Quinn, Robbinsdale H.S. senior warming up.

Steve Schwandt from Anoka, Peter Shapiro from SI. Louis Park and a group from Aquatennial Gymfest.held at Lake Calhoun on Robbinsdale led by Greg Swain , Brian Quinn July 21 , 22. Larry Gleason and members of his and Dav e Faner scored we ll in the hi gh schoo l "GYMFEST" HIGHLIGHTS SUMMER school of gymnastics served as meet director division (ages 13-18). If their showing is any and organized what appea rs to have been one indicat ion of the quality of gymnastics on the

by Dan Cragg of the most excit ing and informati ve gymnast ic high schoo l leve l for the coming year, the state Editor for Minnesota Newsletter events in Minnesota during the summ er meet for 1974 shou ld be someth in g supe r!

Santa Monica in Minnesota! That was the Leading the girl s were such standouts as flavor taken on at the Second Annual months.

Lynn Bringgold , Sue Harrison and Juli e Utter in the 9-and-below group whi le Teresa Schneider was the outstanding performer in the 10-12 group, placing in all four events w ith a low score of 6.95 on the bars and a high sco re of 7.8 on tumbling. The 13-18 gro up had sparkl in g routines done by Teresa Thompson, CiCi Renner, Jill Sinn and Karen Oberg.

The highlight of the overall compet ition for most spectators seemed to be the " open " class comprised mainly of col lege and ex-co ll ege gymnasts. Some fin e gymnas ts and fine performance s were seen in this group, led by Ted Marti, graduate student at the University of Minnesota and formerly of the University of Michigan. Ted ' s score on the horizontal bar of 9.25 was the highest score of the day for any event. Also, John Tobler, . former National Trampoline Champion and All-American, was on hand from his busy schedul e as a professional diver to sh'ow he can still bounce a pretty mean tramp routine . Jeff Rock, captain of the fine Minnesota team this past seaso n, led a host of present and rece nt Minnesota Some of the open division competitors relaxing (L to Rj Ted Marti, Russ Fystrom, Bill Korchner and Jeff Rock. graduates who added solid performances to the open competition.

The emphasis during the co mp et ition was on the fun of doing gymnastics, not on winning or scoring. No team scores or awards were given.

Because of the location, outdoors by the lake, man y spectators were exposed to li ve gymnastics for the first time. Thousands passed by throughout the two days, reinforcing the basic belief by all those invo lved that the even t served its purpose - to provide a summer gathering place for gymnasts to enjoy their sport in a lei surely and socia l atmosphere while . presenting the spo rt to as many potential spectators as possible.

On Sunday, Aug. 22, the day was devoted to open workouts and mini-clinics in some of the more unusual events suc h as trampoline, mini-tramp, tumbling and hand ba lancing led

by Larry Gleason, Dave Marconett, John Tobler and Ted Marti.

Next yea r the meet shou ld draw even more interest because of th e national flavor crea ted by the participation of gymnasts from arou nd the country in. add iti on to the loca l people.

Gleason guara,,\tees "a good time w ill be had by all ," based or< th e reaction of thi s' year's participants and spectators . Santa Monica , look out!!

Some of the up and coming gymnasts gelling in line for the tumbling event.

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JUNIOR OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS EAST vs WEST

by Thomas Elrod The AAU Junior Olympic gymnastic competition is definitely coming up in the world - in terms of quality, quantity and spectator appreciation - and these facts we re never more evident than at this year 's Nationals in Ann Arbor .

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Over 1,500 voca l and enthusiast ic fans amazing displays of overall w itn essed gymnastic talent on the part of the some 56 competitors who vaulted , balanced, twisted and turned their way to national recognition.

In the end , it was West Coast and East Coast who achieved victories as two youngsters from Region 4 (Flor id a) captured gold medals in the Sen ior (15-18) boys and girls all-around division, whi le Seattle, Washington (Region 12) and Santa Clara, Ca liforn ia (Region 13) recorded victor ies in the Intermediate (13-14) girls and boys events.

Thirteen year old Patricia Lanterman, Seattle's entry in the event, narrowly edged o ut an impressive field of entries in the intermediate gi rl s division by totaling 70.40 points. Her performance was 6.6 points better than her regional qualify in g effort and she needed every tenth of a point she could earn, for Monessen, Pennsylvania ' s (Region 2) Cindy Malinchak finished second only .75 points away. Debbie Wilcox of Littleton , Co lorado (Region 10) was a c lose third , on ly .05 points away from second.

Miss Lanterman led after the compu lsory events in the first day of competition as she tota led 35.55 points by w innin g the uneven bars and placing second on the balance beam.

Overall consistency on the part of the young Washington girl, proved to be the margin of success that earned her gold in Ann Arbor and assured her of a bright future in national competition.

For 14 year o ld Kurt deVarona of Santa Clara, Ca li fornia , " If at first you don ' t succe ed try, try again", seems to be 'a motto that he has followed and capita li zed on.

The brother of Olympic swimming go ld medalist Donna deVarona, he had competed in last year's Nationals in Spokane and in 1971 in Co lo rado Springs without winning. But this year was to be different - and it was - as the good looking youngster amassed 97.65 points to capture the gold medal in the boys intermediate.

DeVarona was never really in se ri ous.trouble as he captured first places in the pommel horse, parallel bars, vau lting and high bar to lead after the first day's compulsory compet iti on.

However, Tallahassee, Florida ' s Ron Galimore, also a competitor last year and Baden, Pennsylvania's John Basalaga proved to be excell ent competitors as they captured third and second place, respectively.

A four inch wide piece of wood known as the balance beam was the deciding factor in the Senior girl s division which saw some extreme ly close compet iti on. in the end it was 15 year old Carrie Englert of Tallahassee, Florida w ho cheerfu ll y accepted the gold medal after compi ling 71.55 points in her two day performance.

Close behind was Denise Rivet of St. Paul, Minnesota and Elaine Hodges of Wichita, Kansas, both of whom had a chance at winning the title until Englert outpointed them on the beam.

The Northern Florida standou t had to stage a come from behind victory to overtake 16 yea r old Denise Rivet, who led after the first day of compulsor ies by .10 of a point.

A 17 year old standout from Hialeah, Florida proved to be the class of the Senior boys gymnastics compet ition . Region Four's Kurt Thoma s totaled 97.65 points to take first in what was a very competitive event. Harley Danner of the host{ng state, Michigan (Region 14) 'was second while San Jose, California ' s Marty Sharpe came in third.

Thomas' first place in the compu lsory high

bar and 52.15 points in the overa ll initial day of competit ion gave him a lead he never lost.

Overall , d es pite som e rul e interpretation problems that caused a few hours delay in announcing final results, the national championships, under the Qirection of Un iversity of Michigan 's gymnastic coach Newt Loken, once again showed the nation some fine upcoming prospects in the sport. â&#x20AC;˘ 1973 AAU NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS

by Renee P. Hendershott Memories of three days at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor this year, are pleasant and exciting. On August 13th, 1973, 700 of our nation 's top athlete s ga th ered on this beautifu l camp us for opening ceremon ies to their own vers ion of " The Olympics " . There we re competitions in sw imming, diving, track and field , gymnast ics, and trampoline .

The AAU National Junior Olympic Program , now sponsored by Chevrolet, has given the masses of young men and women participating in gymn astics at the district level a chance to compete in well organized high ca libre meets no matter what their ability or financial status. if they prove io be good enough, they are given financial assistance to go to a higher level meet in their region. (There are 13 regions in the AAU program. if you wi ll notice, there are 14 places m entioned in th e meet results.

This is because the spo nsoring state is all owed to have its state champ ions compete without having qualified through regional competitions. The highest scorers in the 13-14 and 15-18 age groups from each region are given a free trip to Na tion al Jr. Olympics.

The gymnastics part was held in beautiful Chrisler Arena. Opening ceremonies were kept short and started the entire event wi th an excitin g flair. All 700 athle tes marched through the gymnasium by regions. Many carried colorful flags wh ich were all finally set in a spec ial structure built to hold them. This flag co ll ection is worth thousands of dollars and was brought in specially for the event.

Every participant wore red, w hite, or blue Juni or Olympic shirts which gave the march a highly patriotic look. After a few short introductions and pep talks, the "O lympic" torch was li ghted by a runner and all were ready to d ispatch themselves for a bit of practice at their own site of competition o r a good night' s sleep in the huge Bursley Hall on North Campus.

Outside, shuttle buses were always handy to transport athletes, coaches, judges and other officials to and from the dormitories.

The next day, August 14th, gymnas ts had ample time for warmups all morning. Judges met to review the compulso ri es, and were all given poplin jackets to wear, comp liments of Chevrolet.

Two national judges were on hand to act as superior judges: Mrs. Carole Liedtke of Kentucky, and Linda Chencinski of New York.

The ot her judges, all regiona ll y rated, were Judy Crabtree of Kentucky, Judy Obransky of Michigan , Renee H endershott and Faye Keller of Ohio, An n Mabrey of Michigan and Barbara Spatz of Ohio.

Linda Morton and Mike Mildonis of Ann Arbor were responsible for organizing the meet, and a good j ob they did down to the last meal. They even had box lunches for everyone to take when they knew we all wouldn't have time to go back to the dorm at lunch time. it was also pleasant to have littl e girls coming up to yo u at frequent intervals with sharpened pencils, more paper, and fresh drinks.

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Jeanett e Ha w kin s, AAU Nationa l Chairman for women , se rved as a very ab le meet referee .

Jeanette with her easy southern drawl gave an exce ll ent impression. She was truly interested that thi s be a good meet experience for all concer ned . She urged all judges to be o n hand at the end of th e meet w ith th eir records to exp lain to coaches and gymnasts what they co uld do to improve their performances.

Prot ests we re hand led in a very positive way .

Although they were not all honored , a wr itten reco rd of th e performance of the gymnast in vo lved was given to the protesting coach with suggestions as to where each gymnast could improve . Prot es ts were actual ly kept to a m inimum , and not one single angry outburst was noted.

Un like performances seen at t he district level , these gals worked uniformly at a high leve l almost all in the high 7's and low 9' s. As has been noted before in regional competitions there were more high scori ng gymnasts in the 13-14 year group with some 64'70 scoring 68.00 or above. Only 31% of t he 1518 year o ld s were at this level.

Patricia Lanterman of Region 12, Carr ie Engl ert of Region 4, and Denise Rivet of Region 7 al l showed the abi lity of Elite gymnasts, scoring 70.00 or above. Patricia won the 13-14 yea r leve l and Carr ie won th e 15-18 level.

Hav in g judged on ly va ulting and floor exercise, I ca n personally report on ly on these two events. Yamas hitas and twisting va ults were the cho ice . No one achi eved the perfect Yami as newl y out lined last year by the USGF Women 's Techn ica l Comm ittee, but a few showed a good co ll ege try at it. Those doing twi sts often showed late take off from the board with resulting f lat preflight, and yet most we re fa irl y good va ults.

On floor, a tremendous amount of dance difficulty and origina lity was shown. Most performers had exce ll ent form . Most girls had max imu m tumbling difficulties includin g twisting moves. Tumbling comb in ations lacked origina li ty , and in a number of instances, f ull va lu e. There were some gymnasts who displayed excellent dance sk ill s but who had on ly the minimum in tumbling difficulty and 1968 ~n

combinat ions. A lth ough they had ne'lr p erfect form , they did not fare we ll sco rewi se. On th e other hand, one ga l had th e high es t, mo st bea utiful tumb li ng I ha ve se en for a lon g tim e, with very littl e in th e way of dance, and she also did not fare well. As always, floor exercise must be a wel l balanced combinat ion of dance, acrobatics and tumbling and t hose w ho di splayed th is scored we ll.

At the conclus ion of the optiona l events on A ugust 16th, meda ls we re given to the first six all-around in each age group. Resu lts are b elow along w ith a few snapshots I managed to shoot between judging sess ions. â&#x20AC;˘

JUNIOR OLYMPIC COMPETITIONS

By Dick Criley This year, 1973, marks the seventh year for the National Junior Olympic Championships in gym nastics and trampolin e. Initi ated in 1949, the Junio r Olympic program is the develop menta l arm of the AAU and has been sponsored by Qu ake r Oats and, more recently, by the Chevrolet Division of the General Motors Company. The competit ion is gea red to t he Olympic motto : "I n the Olympics, it is not the winning, but the taking part that counts. " Youngsters from 13 AAU Regions q ualif y into ;he National Junior Olympics by winning local, Association , and Regional level competit io ns.

I n the past, because of close affi liatio n with the USGF, Th e Modern Gymnast did not carry results of the Junior Olympics. We co uld no t send reporters to the meet and res ults were not always sent us as it was thought we might not use them . Last year, the GYMNAST carried the 1972 Junior Olympic gymnastic results. It seemed usefu l to provide a recapitul ation of all the competitions we co uld get our hands o n to provide a hi sto rica l co ntinuity of gymnastics.

Unfortunately, we st ill lack the 1967 resul ts of that first JO Gymnastic Championship.

The following lists ca rry names, hometown or region, and all-around total for the top six gymnasts in each age division as well as for the t rampolinists, where this informati o n was ava ilable to us. â&#x20AC;˘

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1973 NATIONAL AAU JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Sponsored by the Chevrlet Motor Division

All-Around Comp Opt. Final Total Total Total Girls Intermediate Divisio n (13-14 years) 1. Patricia Lanterman (12) 35.55 34.85 70.40 2. Cindy Malinchak (2) 34.60 35.05 69.65 3. Debbie Wilcox (10) 34.64 34.95 69.60 4. Jill Carter (8) 34.00 34.80 68.80 5. Mary Beth Eigel (6) 35.25 33.55 68.80 6. Amy Tubi s (4) 35.00 33.70 68.70

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Name

Region

Girls Senior Division (15-18 yrs.)

35.85 35.70 1. Carr ie Englert (4) 35.95 34.40 2. Denise Rive t (7) 34.45 34.50 3. Elaine Hodges (8) 35.55 33.00 4. Diane Preves (1) 35.20 33.30 5. Nancy He ller (6) 34.15 33.10 6. L o~ie Warbutton (2) Boys Intermediate Division (13-14 years) 54.35 43.30 1. Kurt deVarona (13) 52.30 38.20 2. John Ba sa laga (2) 53.10 36.95 3. Ron Ga limore (4) 51.55 33.05 4. Tad Bosticka (9) 50.50 31.85 5. Mark Lee (10) 48.05 31.55 6. Kurt Wei 55e nd (1) Boys Senior Division (15-18 yrs.)

52.15 45.50 1. Kurt Thomas (1) 51.45 44.05 2. Harley Danner (14) 50.35 41.65 3. Marty Sharpe (13) 50 .00 41 .25 4. Dick Hancock (9) 49.05 40.90 5. Mike Papentonio (2) 49.00 39.90 6. William Summerhays (1) Girls Trampoline (18 and under) 17.8 25.20 23.70 1. Sa rah Fruschte (7) 2. Michike Daw kins (13) 18.2 23 .90 24.40 17.2 22.60 22.20 3. An n Kilonyi (4) 16.9 22.90 22.00 4. Barcey Thurston (1) 16.5 20.40 21.90 5. Linda Spitzraegel (8) 17.2 17.00 22.BO 6. Barbara Marvin (9) Boys Trampoline (lU and under) 1. Mark Langeneckert (8) 18.0 26.90 26.50 2. pouglas Dawkins Jr. (13]8.1 25.60 25.30 3. Robbie Bo llin ger (6) 18.13 25.20 25 .50 4. Doug Buchheister (7) 17.7 24.50 26.00 17.9 25 .90 20.30 5. Billy Skewis (9) 15.7 22.60 22.70 6. St uart Go ldstein (1)

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1971

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Colorado Springs. Colorado

71.55 70.35 68.95 68.55 68.50 67.25 97.65 90.50 90.05 84.60 82.35 79.60 97.65 95.50 92.00 91.25 89.95 88.90 66.70 66.50 62.00 61.80 58.80 57.10 71.40 69.00 68.83 68.20 64.10 61.00

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Spokane, WashinlJlon

Girls Inte rm ediate (14 and under) 1. Dian e Grayson (6) 2. Joan Moo re (2) 3. Claudia Fizell (4) 4. Cathy McGartlin (9) 5. Kathleen Den nison (7) 6. Poll y Dell..! Gioi..! (1)

33.80 33.25 32.50 31. 15 30.55 29.95

Girls Intermediate (13-14) 1. Kim Chace (4) 2. Peggy Rowen (12) 3. li sa Cady (6) 4. Deborah Mu llen (13) 5. Margaret Pyle (2) 6. Kerri Reynolds (9)

66.89 66.19 65.91 65.72 64.64 62.11

Girls Juniors (13-14) 1. Kathy ~tewa r d (6) 2. Lucre zia Conners (12) 3. Regina Bowers (8) 4. Co le Dowaliby (1) S. Diane Sargent (7) 6. Tammy Sepaspou r (13)

1)4.86 63.48 63.46 61 .35 59.60 59.23

Girls Junior (13-14) 1. Debbie Fike (Cypress, CAl 2. An n Carr (Philadelphia PAl 3. Bobby A Hunt (Louisville. KY) 4. Jud y Putman (Gulfport. M I) 5. Cole Dowaliby (New Haven, CN) 6. Ma ri anne SiSlrunk (Palm Beach . Fl)

70.15 69.35 66'. 15 65.55 64. 15 64.05

Intermediate Girls (13-14) 1. Debbie Hung (Albany CAl 2. Penny Graves (Fo rt Myers, Fl) 3. Jeanie Beadhe (Baton Rouge. LA ) 4. Michell e Baker (Peabody. MA) 5. Donna Payton (Lou isville, KY) 6. lan ey Handt (Sa lt Lake . UTI

67.35 66.60 66.05 65.25 65.20 .64.90

Girls Senior (15-17) 1. Pat McGary (2) 2. Cindy Hall (6) 3. Ruthann Eckert (4) 3. Barbara Fleming (13) 5. Ci ndy lellon (9) 6. Carolyn Riddell (1 )

33.60 31.45 32.05 32.05 31.45 31.05

Girls Senior (15- 18) 1. Kath leen Dennison (7) 2. Dee Dee Breaux (9) 3. Barbara Mason (14) 4. Candi Breese (2) 5. Connie leach (8) 6. Ma rgaret Ray Coombs (lu)

63.89 63.61 63.08 62.72 61.48 61.08

Girls Senior (15-18) 1. Connie Leach (8) 2. ' Jan et Wright (2) 3. Diane Sepke (6) 4. Polly Della Gioia (1) 5. Kathy Moore (9) 6. l aurel Anderson (12l

64.96 64.55 63.90 63.76 62.01 61.23

Girls Senior (15-18) 1. Debbie Hall e (Seatt le. WA) 2. Colleen Stu riale (bel City, OK) 3. Sue Galligan (Niantic CN) 4. Vicky Greenwell (l ouisvi ll e. KY) 4. Tammy Sepaspou r (E I Cerrito, CAl 6. Jea nine Burger (Beaver Falls. PAl

69.00 66.30 65.35 64.95 64.95 63.80

Senior Girls (15-18) 1. l is..! Buttrill (Dublin . CAl 2. Bonnie Harris (Hialeah. FL ) 3. Krist in Holeman (Issaquah , WA) 4. lau rie Bremer (Spokane, WA) 5. Debby Guy (Birmingha m . Al) 6. Judy Putnam (Gu lfport. MS)

69.45 67.25 64.95 64.80 64.00 63.90

Boys Intermediate (14 and unde r) 1. Wayne Chand ler (1) 2. Jo h n O'Connell (6) 3. Burr Bachler (3) 4. Greg Ski nner (12) 5. Mason Kauffman (14) 5. Brad Blackwood (8)

44.10 35.00 33.10 31.70 30.00 30.00

Boys Interm ediate (13-14) 1. Tiger Taylor (4) 2. David Eby (6) 3. Scott Eva ns (7) 4. Jon Hallberg (2) 5. Tommy Collins (9) 6. Steve M9nroe (12)

77.35 75.70 73.40 73.15 71.00 68.55

Boys Junior (14 and un der) 1. Wayne Chandler (1) 2. Tiger Taylor (14) 3. SCOII Evans (7) 4. Jon Hallberg (2) 5. David Sa nders (9) 6. Jim Kelch.(12)

Boys Junior (13-14) 1. " Tige r" Taylor tV..!lparaiso. H J 2. Glen Barlelta (Orange . CN) 3. Jim Kelch (Yakima. WA) 4. John Basa lyga (Baden, PAl 5. Kurt DeVarona (Sa nta Clara . CAl 6. Steve Ortiz (Albuquerque. NM)

95.05 91.05 90.25 88.30 88.25 87 .45

Inter mediate Boys (13-14) 1. Bart Conner (Morton Grove. IL ) 2. Jim Kelch (Yakima. WA) 3. John Basalyga (Baden . PAl 4. Kurt DeVa rona (Santa. Clara, CAl 5. Paul Simon (Williamsvi ll e, NY) 6. Kenny Reeves (Garland, TX )

92.60 89.95 85.75 85.55 75.40 72.10

Boys Senior (15-17) 1. Randy Ma rtin (13) 2. Roger Holdeman (10) 3. Bill Hudgins (9) 4. Rust y Sperlin g (1) 5. P.11 L ..! ~ku (7) 6. William Goodwin (4)

51.60 46.10 44.20 40.60 39.60 38.60

Boys Senior (15-18) 1. Bi ll Hudgins (9) 2. Stanley Gladstone (2) 3. Jo hn James Pellikan (10) 4: Richard Gaylor (8) 5. Robert Quintales (6) 6. Blane Nasvesch ik (1)

92.70 91.45 90.50 90.00 88.70 87.95

Boys Senior (15-18) 1. Richard Russell (9) 2. Richard Seikumas (1) 3. Lenny Kravitz (l0) 4 . Dennis :Seidel (2) S. Ron Nissen (1 2) 6. Bill Hammond (6)

98.40 93.95 93.55 92.65 88.75 88.50

H12.65 98.45 98.35 93.30 92.55 92.30

Senior Boys (15-18) 1 . Tom Weeden (Belmont. CAl 2. John Hallberg (C laymon t, DE) 3. Mike Dubos (Yo ungstow n. OH ) 4. Kurt Thoma s (Miami, Fl) 5. Cary Adrig (Scousdale. AZI 6. SCOII Eva ns (Urbanda le. I A)

102.00 96.80 93.45 91.95 88. 10 83.70

Boys Senior (15-18) 1. Mike Ca rt er (Natchitoches, LA) 2. Jay Whelan (Bedford, N H ) 3. Tom Weeden (Belmont . CA l 4. Dave Eby (DdytOIl . O HI 5. Ron Nissen (Port land, OR) 6. Lee Douglass (Colo: Spgs., CO)

100.90 93.85 87.00 84.05 83.2~

81 .80

Girls Trampoline (17 and under) 1. Mary McDona ld (7) 2. Susan Hill (9) 3. Rebecca Thompso n (4) 4. Sally Crawford (6) 5. Denise Tenney (1) S. Marcia Smith (8)

8.00 7.70 6.20 5.00 4.20 4.20

Girls Trampoline 1. Greer Thompson (14 ) 2. Leigh Hennessy (9) 3. Diana Haney (6) 4. Margie Hudelson (7) 5. Ann Kilen yi (4) 6. Betty Stein (1)

25.75 25.60 25.35 24 .1l1 23.65 19.10

Trampoline Girls (18 and under) 1. Mari lyn Steig (Rockford . ILl 2. l eigh Hen nessy (lafa yette. LA) 3. Anne Thompson (W. Memphis, TN ) 4. Wendy Rothwell (Honolulu, HI) 5. Sara h Frueshte (Cedar Rapids, IA) 6. Michiko Dawkins (San Bruno, CAl

63.00 58.20 56.45 52.75 52.65 51.75

Boys Trampoline (17 and under) 1. Bobby Moss (14) 2. Joh n Cosgrove (13) 3. Hugh Curfman (9) 4. Jim Flem ing (4) 5. Harold Arkkelin (6) S. Jon Hulen (12)

8.60 8.50 8.30 6.20 5.20 5.20

Boys Trampoline 1. Jim Cartledge (9) 2. Mason Kauffman (14) j. Patrick l..!iko /II 4. ~teve Stei n (1) 5. Robert Marlette (6) 6. Jerr y Bell (6)

26.80 26.75 25.85 25.15 24.40 23.60

Trampoline Boys (18 and under) 1. Ronnie Merriott (Rockford . ILl 2. Doug Buc hheisler (Ceda r Rapids, I A) 3. John Kauffman (Memphis. TN) 4. Mike Mosing (l afayette. LA) 5. Douglas Dawkins (San Bruno. CAl 6. Mark F. Cuylet (Phi ladelph ia, PAl

61.55 59.00 58.95 57.10 53.20 50.70

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WHA T IS AN HONEST TO GOODNESS FIG COURSE REALLY LIKE?

by Margit Treiber

Mrs. Renee P. Hendershott 17605 Fries Avenue Lakewood, Ohio 44107

NEWS

Renee ~endershotl_ Women 5 _ _ _ _ _ __

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Coordinating_ eduor _ _ __

NEWS FROM AN OLD WRI TI NG FRIEND Thi s month we heard from Dr. Joseph Mass imo. As yo u know, he has w ritt en a number of arti cles for th e GYMNAST ma gaz in e. I went back to our May- June iss ue, 1971 , and re-read his arti cle on " Ob servat ion s on the Ru ssia n Women 's Tra inin g and Performance ." It was rea ll y ve ry interes ting and informat ive. Dr. Massimo explained that he is coac hing the Newton Gymnatic C lu b in Newton, Massachusetts and also is in vo lved in writing so me book mat er ial co ncern in g coac hin g and p sychology in gymn asti cs . His team is the subject of a picture-wo rd look at the wo rl d of gymnast ics from a psycho logist 's po int of v iew; in a book now in process. As yo u can see, he is a busy man, but he promises to send us more mater ial in the near future. Below is a brief biographical ske tch of Dr. Massim o, and so m e pictures of h is team. We would like to hear from more of you peopl e. Let us know what yo u are all about. Dr. Joseph L. Mass im o bega n hi s ca ree r in gymnastics in 1950 as a co ll ege compet itor. A lth o ugh his profession and p rim ary activ ity is as a cl ini ca l psychologist he has remained highly active in th e sp ort. H e has. been i nvolved in many capacities nationally rated official, autho r of many art icles relating to the psychology of gym nast ics, Master Teach er for men and wo men; New Eng land, Arizona clini cs etc., and se rved as a special assista nt on the past U.S. National Gy mn astic Coaching Staff. H e was the first clinical psychologist officially ass igned to work with a national teamin an Olympic sport. In 1971 he accompa ni ed a team of m en and women to Eu rope for co mpetiti on in Romania and France. H e has worked wi th many individuals and groups of national level gymnasts and coac hes and ha s do n e conside r ab l e research in the psychological characteri stics associated wit h world class athl etes. These experien ces are drawn upon in his current coac hing efforts with p rom ising gym nasts.

Note In the 1973 New En gland A .A.U. Gymnastic Championships, Dr. M assimo's Club so m etimes refe rred to as " Doc's Flock " capt ured 21 pl aces including all -aro und titles in all three age divisions. The m eet had a total of 504 g irl s en tered.

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Margit Treiber, a member of the USGF -WTC and Reg io nal Technical Directo r for Regio n V, report s her experi ence at the F.I.G. Co urse he ld in Toronto, Canada, in May of 1973. " Mrs. Jack ie Fie, Cha irm an of USGF Women's Te ch ni ca l Committee, and Fay Whee ler of Canada cond ucted the cou rse for the 16 judges from Canada and the Uni ted Sta tes (10 from U.S.A. and six from Canada).

Almost 90 'X, of the participants were panic-stricken from the first minute on . They co uld not talk about anyth in g else but th e exa m co min g up. They were stud yi ng in the was h rooms until three and four in the mo rning, giv in g verba l exam ination s to each o th er.

On e of t he ot her judges and I tried stay ing away from this type of exciteme nt. We went ou t in the eve ning s to exam ine the Canadian cui sin e. We were determined not to talk too much " shop " but to re lax. Ca nad a was expens ive, abo ut 20'X, higher than the United States . My roommate, 3 Ca nadi an mount ain girl , was cha rmin g. We talked abou t skiin g a lot and li fe in th e two different count ri es.

As for the course it se lf, here is h ow it went: we had lect ures from 9-11 :00 p.m . Frida y eve ning, 9-11 :30 a.m . Saturday and Sunday and 1-4:00 p .m. The four-hour exa m was ad mini stered on Monday morning.

There were five wr itten exams : one was on ge neral judging in formation , and the others were on va ul t in g, bars, beam and floor exe rcise. Each tes t had four main q uest ions.

Each quest ion had a point va lu e of 5. Perfect sco re on t he test was 20. The score for each question was ave raged in w ith all th e ot her sco res for a fina l score. (If perf ect, the f in al sco re would be 5.). The fi ve wr itten tests ' scores were also averaged . (Perfect 25 / 5 = 5).

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Participants judged fo u r pe rform ances in each eve nt. Jud ging star ted w ith a samp le (extra) rout in e, w hich one of th e lec turers eva lu ated, discussed and for which she gave her score.

(They alternated: a tota l of 16 rout ines.) Th e sco res of the exam in ees we re averaged out w ith five aga in, being a perfect score.

Each part icipan t co uld, then, earn a ma ximum of 10 points. (5 for theo retical an d 5 for practica l. ) F.I.G. RATING SCALE: 10 - Tres Bien (Very Good) 9 - Tres Bien (Very Good) 8 - Bien (Good) 6-5 - Non Sat isfaisant (Not Sat isfactory) Summin g: Th e course was ve ry enjoyable and gave a good opportunity to brush up in man y details of judging.

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Row Seating (Uo R) : Gail Blau e r, Cathy Magraw, and Lee Piston.

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8. Dispense any information 01 a technical nature as directed by the RTD to the judges and coaches in her state.

9. Assist w ith the Elit e Program in her state if called upon.

10. Make reco mm endations to the RTD concerning pet itions in to the USGF State and Regional competitions.

11. In form the RC and RTD of any actions contrary to the rules and policies of the USGF. 12. Actively so licit memb ers to the USGFWe. Extra membership forms may be obtained from the USGFWC Secretary or duplicated.

13. Seek USGFWC approva l for all events from the USGFWC Vice-Chairman and follow all reporting form procedures.

14. Send copies of all important correspondence to the RTD and Re. 15. Conduct all events in total accordance with USGF rules and policies.

Duties of the Regional Technical Director

UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Duties of the State Technical Director 1. Th e STD is respon sib le for holding the fol lowing even ts in her state in any number, but at least once per yea r: A. Age-Group Competition B. Teach er Education Workshop (s) (Compulsory Clinics) C. judges' Training and Certification Clinics 2. Determine si te and meet director for the USGF Age-Group ·Competition either by bids or so licitation.

A. Follow USGF rules an.d poli cies for compe tition B. Assume position of meet referee at th E state meet. Recommend a replaceme nt to th E RTD for approval if unabl e to attend .

3. jud ge at State and Reg iona l competitions when ca ll ed upon.

4. Determine site and clinicians for USGF State Tea che r Education Workshop (s).

A. Organization of. TE Workshop (s) in accordance with Guidelines for USGF TE Workshop (1) Guidelines wi ll be sent under sepa rate cover.

5. Det ermine site and clinicians for USGF judging Clini c (s) and judges Certification Examination.

A. A ll USGF,. STD, RTD, RC, TC, Standing Committee Chairmen and Officers are AUTHOR IZED TEST ADMINISTRATORS for the Certificat ion Examination.

B. USGF judges Training and Certification Comm itt ee Chairman (see directory) is available to provide clinic and clini cians for a fee if d es ired. c. Guidelin es for ju dges Training and Cert ifi cat ion Clini c wi ll be sent to yo u by sepa rate cover and includ e ful l details for setting up a JT Clinic and procedures for administerin g the USGF -D GWS Certification Examination.

6. Serve as the technical consu ltant for her stat e and answer any correspondence directed to her office. Copies of correspondence are to be sen t to the RTD and Re. 2. Prepare a quarterly report to be submitted in March, jun e, Sept ember and D ecember to th e Regio nal Technical Cha irm an. This report is to in c lud e number of events and classification . number of participants, number of rated judges, and number of new USGFWC members.

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1. Assume position of meet referee at the Regional meet. Recommended a rep lacemenl to the TC Chairman for approval if unable to attenrl.

2. j udge at USGF Nationa l meets when ca ll ed upon.

3. Serve as the Technica l Consultant for her region and answer any correspondence d ir ected to h er office. Copies of correspondence to the TC and Women 's Committee Cha irman.

4. Prepare a quarterly report to be submitted in March, jun e, September, and December to the Regional Cha irm an. This report will summarize State and Regional events to include number of events and classification, number of parti cipants, number ot rated judges, and number of new USGFWC members.

5. Dispense any information of a technical nature as directed by the TC to STD. 6. Act as the technical advisor to the Elite Program in her region. Direct any petitions into the Elite Program to the TC Chairman with recommendations .

7. Make final decisions on petitions for USGF State and Regional compet itions. Djrect petitions for USGF Senior and junior Nationals to TC Chairman and State recommendation.

8. In form the RC and TC Chairman of any actions contrary to the rules and policies of the USGF. 9. Actively so licit members to the USGFWC. Extra membership forms may be obtained from the USGFWC secretary or dupli cated.

10. Seek USGFWC approval for all events from the Vice-Chairman , (see Directory) and follow all reporting form procedures.

11. Send co pies of all important co rrespondence to RC, TC Chairman and Chairman of Women 's Committee.

12. Conduct all events in total accordance with USGF rules and policies.

Duties of the Regional Chairman 1. The USGFWC Regional Chairman has responsibility for the overall organization of all events and programs within her region. The RTD and STD have responsibilities for actual implementation of the USGE program 2. The RC is responsible for schedu lin g the following events, at least once per year at a Regional level: A. Age-Group Competition B. Teacher Education Workshop (s) C. judges Training and Certification Clinics

3. Det ermine site and meet director, with agreement of RTD , for the Regional USGF AgeGroup Competition either by bids or solicitation.

A. Foll ow USGF rules and policies fOI competition.

4. Dete rmine site and clinicians, with agreement of RTD , for USGF Regional Teacher Ed uca tion Workshop (s).

A. O rga nization of TE . Workshop> in accordance with Guidelines tor USGt- TE Workshop.

(1) Guidelines will be sent under separate cover.

5. Determ ine site and clinicians , with agreement of RTD, for USGF Regional judging Clinic (s) and Certification Examination.

A. All USGF STD, RTD, RC, TC, Standing Committee Chairmen and . Officers are AUTHORIZED TEST ADMINISTRATORS for the Certifica tion Examination.

B. USGF judges Training and Certificat ion C.ommittee Chairman is available to provide clinic and clinicians at a fee if desired. c. Guidelines for JT and Certification Clinic will be sent to you by separate cover and include fu ll details for setting up a JTClinicand procedures for adm ini stering the Certification Examination.

6. Request RTD to follow directives and responsibilities as indicated in their specific duties.

7. Attend as many events in her region a~ possible for ass istance and eval uat ion.

8. Require RTD to report a summary of Regional events (to i nclude States ) on a quarterly basis in March , june, September and December, 9. Submit a quarterly report of all Regional events to the TCand Chairman of the USGFWC. 10. Prepare a written annual report of Regional activiti es to be delivered by the RC at the annual meeting of the USGFWC at the USGF Congress.

11. Serve as the USGFWC consultant for her region and answer any correspondence directed to her office. Cop ies of ALL Correspondence to the USGFWC Chairma n and when appropriate, to the Te. 12. Actively so licit members to the USGFWC. Extra membership forms may be obtained from the USGFWC secreta ry or duplicated.

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WOMEN'S COMMITTEE DIRECTORY

CHAIRMAN - Shirley Bryan, 2619 N. Hampden Ct. , Chicago, Illin ois 60614 ART ISTIC GYMNAST ICS TECHNICAL CHAIRMAN - j ackie Fie, P.O. Box 312, jefferson, Iowa 50129 RC = REGIONAL CHAIRMAN RTD = REGIONAL TECHNICAL DIRECTOR STD = STATE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Region I

RC: Cheryl Wagner, 3054 E. Dayton , Apt. KK, Fres no, Ca lif., 93726 RTD: joa nne Pasquale, -204 South Annin, Full erton, Calif. 92631 STD - CA: Shirley Ruhlman , 5725 Blanco Ave., Woodl and Hill s, 91405.

STD - NV: Dale Flansaas, 4931 Energy Way , Reno, 89502; Home: 2260 jess ie, Sparks 89431 STD - UT: Wendy Ashton STD - AZ: Norma Hammer, 4540 S. Rura l Rd ., Tempe, 85281

STD - HI: jan Barosh, 502 A Kawailoa Rd , Kailus, 96734

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Region II RC: Varina fren ch, Rt. 1, Bo x 245 , Fores t Grove, Oregon , 97116 RTD : Karen Patoile, 2816 68th S.E. Merce r Isl and, Washington, 98040 STD - WA: Terry Rooney, 1441 Moorlands Dr. , Tacom a 98405 STD - MT: jud y Barkley, 225 Pattee Creek Dr. , Missoula , 59801 STD - ID : Sylvia Zuroff, 1661 Hill crest, Moscow, 83843 STD - AK: Babe Cassel, 1840 Crescent Dr., Anchorage, 99504 STD - OR: Arlene Crossman , Rt. 2 Box 116, Le bano n, 97355

Region III RC: Mary Ann Mahoney 4280 W. 72nd Ave., No.4, Westminster , Colo. , 80030 RTD: Sharon Weber, Star Rt. , Box 178D, Morrison , Colo ., 80465 STD - NM: jud y Hall , WPE - Un iv. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87106 STD - TX: Darlene Schmidt, SW State Tea che r's Univ., San Marcos STD - CO: Phyllis jones, 2010 E. LaSalle, Apt. 201 , Colo.

Springs, 80909 STD - OK: Mary A. Wagner, 2114 W. 3rd, Stillwater, 74074 STD - KS: Vicki Scott , 3606 W. 96th St., Overland Park, 66206

Region IV RC: Connie Robertson, 7211 Bryn Mawr Dr., Des Moines, Iowa, 50322 RTD: Ernestine Weave r, 939 Park Circle, Boone, Iowa 50036 STD - IA : Linda Cook, 2711-56th St. , Des Moines STD - MN: Barbara Hanson , 690 East Belmont Lane, St. Pa ul 55117 STD - WI : jan Sjoquist, 130 South 11th St., LaCrosse 54601 STD - SD: Mrs. Rena Martin, R.R . No.1, Bruce, 57220 STD - NB: Linda Beran, 1836 W. Adams St., Millard 68137

Region VIII RC: Diane Feldman, 2591 Ridge wood Rd. , N.W., Atlanta GA. 30418 RTD : De le ne Darst, 7678 Cathedral Hill Dr. , Cincinnati , Ohio 45244 STD - TN : Donna Donnelly, Rt. 2, Box 41 , Loui sv ille, 37771 STD - SC: Helen Timmermans, WPE, U. of S.c., Columbia 29208 STD - NC: Barb Yarborough , WPE, U. of Nort h Carolina , Chapel Hill 27514

Region V RC: Carol e Liedtke, 6805 Moorhaven Dr. , Louisville, KY. 40228 RTD: Grete Treiber, WPE, Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, Ind. 47809 .

STD - OH : Betty Sroufe, 2096 Rolling Hills Blvd.

Fairfield 45014 STD - IN: Betty Heppner, 5225 E. 79th St., Indianapolis 46250 STD - KY: Mitzi Collins, 146 Indiana Ave. , Lexington 40508 STD - MI : Linda Morton, 3705 Green Brier 179A, Ann Arbor 48105 STD - MO: Gloria johnson, WPE, Southwest State College, Springfield As submiited to Renee P. Hendershott Region VI RC: Sandy Thi e lz, 42 Cardinal Lane, Waterburg, Conn.

06708 RTD: Sharon Valley, 51 Ramsdell, New Haven 06515 STD - NH: Diane Datilio, P.E . Dept., Univ. of N.H. , Durham STD - VT: Marilyn Sheldon , Green Mt. College, Poultney STD - MA: Barbara Stoyell, 46 College Ave., Orono STD - CT: Gail Davis, 2229 York St., Guilford 06439 STD - NY: Linda Chencinski, 36-36172nd St. , Flushing 11358

Region VII RC: Ruth Ann McBride, 7901 Van Gogh Court, Potomac, Maryland 20954 RTD: Audrey Schweyer, 1850 S. W. 17th St., Allentown 18102 STD - PA: jacqueline Bier, 7703 Keiffer St., Philadelphia 19128 StD - Nj: Lois Musgrave, Hartford RD., Mt. Laurel 08054 STD - MD: Betty Lou Breese, 14229 Hi-Wood Dr., Rockville 20850 STD - DE : Pat Knepper, 235 Pinehurst Rd., Wilmington 19803 STD - VA: Pat Pyle, 5431 Heron Dr. , Centerville 22020

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FROM FIG BULLETIN No.3, SEPTEMBER, 1973 New rule changes are to be found in the extracts from the minutes of the meetings (of the FIG-WTC) held in Stuttgart in june, 1973 (pages 79 through 81 of the bulletin) .

Vaults: 1. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 14 have been eliminated. i. Scoring as of the first of january, 1974 : Vault No.9: With y., turn giant cartwheel. jump, body and arms stretched during the flight to an inverted support crossways, fly or descend free to a stand crossways . .. .9.7 points Vault No. 15: Handspring . jump, by inverting, body and arms stretched to an inverted support sideways (descend), free to a stand rearways . ...

9.7 points Vault No. 19: Yamashita. jump, body and arms stretched to an inverted support sideways, turn forward through a piked (flexed) position and straighten the body after leaving the horse, landing rearways ... . 9.7 points Vaults Nos. 6,7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18,20and22 retain their value of ... 10.0 points

STD - AL: Betty Nash, 113 Violet Dr., Birmingham 35214 STD - MS: josey Templ e ton , P.O. Box 5308, State College 39762 STD - FL: Wilma Fizzel , 130 E. Port Rd. , Riviera Beach 33404 STD - GA: Pat Floyd , 4558 Roswell Rd ., N. E. Apt. K-4, Atlanta 30342

New Vaults: 1. jump to inve rted support with 1V2 forward somersaults . . .. 10.0 points 2. jump to inverted support with Vz turn and backward somersault. . . . 10.0 points 3. jump to inverted support - cartwheel an d 1Yz backward somersaults .... 10.0 points 4. jump to inverted support with y., turn (cartwheel) crossways somersault. . . . 10.0 points 5. jump to inverted support -1 turn during the first flight with forward walkover or forward somersault (longitudinal or lengthwise turn) ...

10.0 points 6. Each vault with one longitudinal or lengthwise turn during the second flight with legs stretched or flex ed .. . . 10.0 points 7. Each vault with Vz or 1 longitudinal turn in the first phase .... 10.0 points 8. 1Yz forward somersaults during the first flight to inverted support, forward walkover or any other dismount. .. .10.0 points Prescriptions for the finals to enter into force on January 1, 1974 a. Two different vaults. b. One of the vaults must include a lengthwise or crosswise turn . c. The vaults may be of the same kind, one simple, the other with a turn . d . It is permiSSible to execute two vaults with turns, but in this case the turns must be different. e. If a gymnast executes two simple vaults and one turn is lacking, the better vault will be subject to a penalty of one point. f. Scoring is applied to the two vaults. The better executed one counts. g. The gymnast is expected to perform two vaults. If she presents only one, there will be a penalty of one point on the mark awarded.

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LET NEW POINT BREAKDOWN FOR OPTIONAL EXERCISES: UNEVEN BARS, BEAM, FOOR EXERCISE (Refer to article ' No.7 of the Code of Points) Difficulty Three elements of superior difficulty '1 point each) 3 points Four e lement s of medium difficulty (0.50 point each) i points Originality and composition Execution and amplitude of the movements General impression Total

2 points 2 points 1 point 10 points

The optional exercises must include three elements of superior difficulty and four elements of average difficulty. Elements of superior difficulty may be substituted for elements of ave rage difficulty.

UNEVEN BARS Mrs. Matlochova has drawn up the table of superior and average difficulties, and the members of the WTC will be receiving the definitive version.

Changes: 1. Hecht jump from the lower bar with turn is'a superior difficulty.

2. D ismount from the compulsory exercis.e, executed without thigh swinging and upward flight : Penalty ... 0.50 points 3. No stop is permitted during the exercise.

Penalty ... 0.20 points 4. Dismount with push-off from the feet is not permitted. Penalty ... 0.40 points 5. From a squat or standing position on the low bar spring to a handstand is an element of medium difficulty.

6. A bounce beat (extra bending and straightening of legs) in order to pass from a squat or standing position on the low bar to a following element is to be considered as an extra swing. Penalty . .. 0.50 points BEAM Change in time limits (effective January 1, 1974) Minimum duration: 1 minute, 15 seconds (75 seconds) Maximum duration: 1 minute, 35 seconds (95 seconds Composition of optional exercises on beam 1. The same element may be presented only once. a. It may be used in a series or as a single element. b. A series can only be recognized as such as long as there is no stop between the elements.

2. A stop between the elements of a series will always incur a penalty of 0.20 points.

3. Two to three static elements are allowed, but not before or after a difficult acrobatic element, otherwise the penalty will be 0.20 points.

4. An element which already features in a 'series and which is presented as an independent element in the same way is tantamount to a repetition . The penalty in this case is 0.30 points.

Howeve r, it is permissible if the same element to be presented is in a modified form (from a different starting position or if this element leads to another final position).

5. A series corresponds 'to only one difficulty.

Its composition has no influence on its value . A series is a superior difficulty.

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6. An optional exercise may contain three acrobatic elements, but th e overall composition of the exercise must comply with all the prescri ption s specified in the Code of Points: a. At leas t one 360-degree turn b. one jump with half turn c. movement of th e body d. walkover e. inverted stretched support

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7. With regard to the composition , the following are demanded : a. three superior difficulties b. four average difficulties c. acrobatic elements, i.e ., all kinds of free walkovers and flip-flops 8. A tuck so mersault as an element in the exercise is not allowed. Penalty . . . 0.40points 9. The tuck somersault is allowed as a dismount.

FLOOR EXERCISE The work of Mrs. Demidenko: After correction, she will be sending a copy of her expose to the members of the WTC. 1. Two to three series of difficulties demanded.

2. Towards the end of the exercise, it would be desirable for the gymnast to present a series or a really valid dif.ficulty.

3. Lack of musical accompaniment: Penalty one point.

FORMATION COMMISSION

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The FIG Medical Commission is to consist of six to seven doctors specializing in sports medicine dealing with all medical questions in which the FIG is concerned. In addition to these doctors a representative of the MTC and WTC will also belong to the commission. The chairman of the commission will take part in the FIG congresses with a consultative vote. He will also take part in the FIG meetings of the executive committee, also with a consultative vote. The members of the Medical Commission will participate in technical meetings also with a consultative vote. They \\\ill serve four year terms between Olympic Games.

The aims and duties of the commission will be to participate at FIG competitions in the capacity of official doctor, exercise a medico-sportive influence on the FIG regulations, recommend preventative measures concerning injuries and affections resulting from overwork on the part of men and women gymnasts, (these recommendations will be made available to all federations affiliated with the FIG) prepare instructions on hygiene of sites and buildings, sanitary installations, food, etc. to organizers of international competitions, prepare a directive concerning the rights and duties of the official doctor during international meetings, to elaborate, keep up-to-date,. and enforce doping control regulations, and work in collaboration with the medical commissions of other international federations.. • • •

NOTICE: None of the above FIG BULLETIN 11-3 will be Official until voted on at the FIG CONGRESS in November '73 ... and will not be used in the USA until considered by the USGF and WTS and is put into the "Official USGF NEWS". The above information will not be used in judging tests or valid in USA competition until officially noted, it is published in the "GYMNAST" just to help keep you informed of what international rules changes may be coming up.

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1. Margare t Probst exec utes a n aerial front walkove r mount on the b eam.

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2. Andrze Szaina of Poland does a double front dismount from the rings at th e 1972 Olympics.

3. Sowje tumion does a handspring with a full twist from the parallel bars during the Munich Olympics, 1972.

4. Mitsuo Tsuka hara dismounts with half in - half out double twist from th e horizo ntal bar at th e Munich Olympics.

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Instruction: VAUL liNG DRILLS

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Objectives: develo p th e co rrect bl ockin g 1. To techni que th at w ill carry th e va ult up and no t ju st ove r.

2. To lea rn h ow to stay str etched in th e postfli ght.

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Set-Up: Put a tr amp o lin e behind th e sid e ho rse w ith a cras h pad o n top . A lso, put a mat ove r th e sprin gs fo r safety.

Execution: Th e va ult er w ill execut e a han d sp rin g va ult conce ntratin g o n blo ckin g at t he correc t an gle.

(Th e body sho uld still be risin g w hen yo u make co ntact w ith th e ho rse.) Th e bo d y sho uld remain str etched ti gh tly until th e bod y makes con tact wi th th e cras h p ad w hi ch is on th e tram po lin e.

Note: Th e va ulter leaves th e ho rse as sh e passes thr o ugh th e ve rti ca l (p ictu re #3) . If yo u are b eyo nd th e ve rti ca l befo re yo u ge t off th e ho rse yo u w ill no t be abl e to kee p th e fee t u p so th at yo u ca n land flat.

Durin g th e p os tfli ght th e b ody sho ul d be stretched ti ghtly (pi cture #4) w ith th e feet bein g direc ted up. If yo u are ti ght th e u pper bo d y w ill co m e up as grav ity p ulls t he feet dow n. Try to remain stretched w ith th e arm s ove rh ead until co ntac t w it h th e m at is m ad e (p ictu re 5). ** * Thi s drill may also b e used by vau lters w ho are wo rkin g o n ge ttin g th e ho ri zo n ta l st retch in th e p refli ght th at is req ui red fro m a co rr ect Yamas hita. Si mp ly p racti ce th e Ya m as hita va ult by ki ck in g out and landin g fl at o n th e cras h pad w hi ch is ap prox im ately ho rse h eight.

Watch For These Mistakes: 1. Landin g too hi gh w hen making co ntact w ith th e ho rse.

2. To o mu ch arch i n th e postfli ght.

3. Dro ppin g t he arm s in th e pos tfli ght.

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t he fee t h i t t he horse. Repea t t he d rill usin g a stoo p va ult.

Wh en th e gymn ast ca n su ccessf ull y get th e hands we ll o f f th e ho rse b efore th e fee t hit th e ho rse he sho uld sta rt furth er back an d find t h at thi s ad d ed m o m en tum w ill ca rry him over th e horse befo re hi s f ee t ca n hit th e ho rse. If t he gymn ast co ntinu es to reach u p and stretch fo r th e h o rse (eve n th o u gh he has p assed it) he w ill fi nd him se lf ex ten d in g o n th e ot her sid e o f th e horse.

Watch For These Mistakes: 1. A rm s too slow to th e ho rse.

2. Bent arm s upo n co ntact o f th e ho rse.

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3. Sh o ulders ove r or in fr o nt o f th e hand s upo n co ntac t.

4. Lea nin g off t he b oa rd .

Hints: Fro m th e boa rd to th e ho rse th e hand s mu st move ve ry quickl y to th e horse in order to mak e co ntact with th e horse whil e th e bod y is still mov ing upward . If th ey m ove slow ly to th e ho rse th e weight w ill be co min g d ow n on th e horse thu s making it difficul t to ge t off th e ho rse b ef o re th e feet hit.

Th e upper bod y sho uld go up as th e hand s reach toward s th e horse. You should not lean into th e h o rse.

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POSTFLIGHT EXTENSION ON BENT HIP, HORIZONTAL AND LAYOUT VAULTS Objectives: 1. To teac h th e gy mn as t to get o ff th e ho rse qui ck ly.

2. To develop p os tf li ght ex tension . hecution: Durin g th ese d rill s th e perfo rm er is trying to land o n to p o f th e h o rse and no t go ove r it.

Ha ve th e boa rd two to three fee t fro m th e ho rse. Usin g a sli ght run execute a sq uat o n top o f th e ho rse. Now repea t th e drill hitting th e horse w ith straight arm s and tryin g to get th e hand s o ff t he ho rse as hi gh as poss ib le be fo re

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Instruction: A DIFFERENT BACK TOSS TO A HANDSTAND The cliche " there is more than one way to skin a cat " must have been conceived, composed and orchestrated by a gymnastic coach. Many times when making this statement at clinics, I have been challenged by pseudo authorities within our ranks. They not only disagree with this claim, but become irate when techniques other than those they proposed are advanced. They labor under the mistaken and illogical belief that there is only one correct technique and that this approach will simplify the learning process. This, of course, is untrue. From a physical standpoint an arched handstand is less difficult than the stretched position, low scissors less trying than performing the trick highly elevated, and no one can argue the fact a low back is more accessible to the beginner than a back head high. That is why even after a skill is learned we constantly work to improve our technique .

Technique· is the acceptable means of performing a given skill at that time. It is dynamic rather than static thus allowing it to constantly change. You can visually observe these changes by viewing Olympic films from the 40's and 50's.

Many times there is currently more than one acceptable procedure in performing the same skill. An example of this would be the " early drop" on parallel bars as opposed to the " late drop." You can also change what is accepted technique by executing a trick showing more artistic body lines than in the former method.

With all this knowledge as a background let' s explore a different back toss to a handstand.

In order to receive " B" credit for this skill you must catch the bars while the body angle is 45° or greater. Because of this it is advantageous to start you r student on a toss to a handstand rather than the plain back toss. You must also determine if you want your gymnast to use the traditional circular movements of the arms or a technique which consists of rotating the arms to the side. It has been my experience that after the circular method is once used it is almost impossible to re-route the gymnastic neuromuscular responses and begin a new approach .

I also prefer the hand assist rather than a belt in teaching a toss. It should be pointed out, however, that if the athlete uses a rotating arm movement instead of the traditional arc method, this does make hand spotting more difficult. Your lead hand must have the dexterity to turn the wrist so the hand "rotates back onto the bar rather than bringing the arm back in a true arc motion. If.this presents too much of a problem, abandon the hand spot in favor of the overhead belt. While you're holding the ropes from the belt, you can use your assistant alongside the bars blocking the gymnasts shoulders forward.

Although the pictures present this different back toss to a handstan"d most effectively, I will try to supplement them with some coaching hints.

The gymnast begins in a held stretched handstand. This movement of the shoulder out of the locked position is extremely important in generating free downward swing.

As he swings downward, the shoulders move slightly forward . You do not wish to kill off all your swing" and muscle this section of the skill, nor should you drive downward putting the

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As you reach the bottom of the swing the legs move forward placing you in a slight pike position. You may also find it advantageous to sink in at the shoulders which will give you greater power when you explode during the next phase of the trick. Concentrate on keeping your shoulders over your hands fighting the pressure to lean back.

In doing a toss to a handstand you must reduce somersault rotation whi'le at the same time increase the speed of the hands. rhis is a hard physical concept for the body to accept and perform.

The classical means of reducing s,omersaulting " rotation is .to throw for the trick prior to releasing the bars. From a piked position you explode into an arched position but the head remains neutral. You perform this aspect of the skill without releasing the bars. It is a battle to execute this power.ful movement holding onto the bars and still keeping the shoulders only slightly to the rear of the hands.

You must constantly fight to stop the shoulders from leaning way back . The remainder of the excessive rotation is absorbed in the gymnast's hyper-extended back.

In speeding up the hands we are going to break tradition. Normally the hands release the bars and move 360° before they regrasp the bars. The circle upward and around can cause the hands to travel as much as nine feet. We will cut this distance down by taking a short cut around the inside. In this method, as you release the bars allow your arms to move sidewards then rapidly turn the thumbs out allowing the up'p er arms to rotate in the shoulder socket. This feeling somewhat parallels the sensation experienced in executing a dislocate on the rings. Notice what a short distance the hands travel after releaSing the bars until they' ve reunited with that wood surface.

Whatever method you decide to experiment Nith , the thrill you ' ll feel in dropping into that handstand position will be the highlight of your parallel bar workout.

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Competition scenes from the first annual Senior Olympics

SENIOR OLYMPICS _ Gymnastics June 2, 973 EI Camino College, Hawthorn, California

The Senior Olympics a division of Senior Sports International In c. held th eir forth annual competition this past summer in the Los Angeles area. Although Track & Field , Swimming & Diving, Handball , Socce r, Tenni s, Golf, Wrestling, Vollyball and Waterpolo to name but a few, have bee n events from the start four years ago, this was the first year for Gymnastics.

Competitors Brud C leave land and Glenn Sundby were the co-chairman for Gymnastics w ith coach Don Jurk of EI Camino Co llege the meet m anager, Lila C leave land and Warren Blaney were the scorers and Frank Endo and Dave Douglas sat in as judges.

For this first year we had twenty-five gym na sts sign up for a total of seventy-five event entries. Arno Lascari motorcycled down from British Columbia Canada(he never looked better), Terry Higgins came ove r from Albuquerque, New Mexico. and Ara Hairabedian drove in from Fresno California to give us a nostalgic disp lay of vintage floor exercise. UCLA coach Art Shurlock scored 49.05 in AA to give him the highest total of any competitor in the competition. Not bad for an old man of 35, 35! Speaking of o ld men, Brud Cleaveland just did the begining compu lsor ies he teaches his P.E. majors at SMCC and won th e 55 and over AA and if the name of Glenn Sundby(50-54 age bracket) in first place on parallels and high bar bothers you why not come out next year and give us a little competition. We beat Olympian Bill Tom(he won the AA) on the p-bars because he blew-it 32

and we won high bar becau se no one e lse entered in that age bracket. The rope climbers were out in force and really had a ball. At 34 Paul Davis scampered up the rope in 3.5 and Bob Hammond at 40 made it in 3.7(how many of you coaches can sti ll make it to the top, I think I could with a ca lan der for a timer).

Everyo ne had a lot of fun this first Senior Olympics, so now that you know al l about it you have a valid excuse for getting in shape, brushing up on your old routines and joining us next year at Santa Monica Col lege (official date will be announced later) for the second annual Gymnastic competition of the fifth annua l Senior Olympics ... Hope to see YOU there.

SENIOR OLYMPICS Gymnastics Results Men Rope: 30-34 Paul Davis; 40-44 Bob Hammond, Green stadt ; 45-49 Ara Hair"bedian , John Grimson.

Floor Exercise: 25-29 Dean Schwartz,Fred Robles; 35-39 Art Shurlock ; 45-49 Ara Hairabedian; 50-54 Bi ll Tom. Pommel Horse: 25-29 Terry Higgins; 30-34 Arno Lascari; 35-39 Art Shur lock; 45-49 Ara Hairabedian; 50-54 Bill Tom. Rings: 25-29 Ed Gun ny; 30-34 Jen Harr ison, Arno la sca ri; 35-39 Art Shurlock. Vaulting: 25-29 Fred Robles,Dea n Schwartz, Jim Nowell ; 30-34 Arno lascari; 35-39 Art Shurlock; 40-44 Joe Blow; 45-49(could be You) ; 50-54 Bill Tom. Parallel Bars: 25-29 John Hyde , Fred Robles, Jim Nowell; 30-34 Arno Lascari; 35-39 Art Shurlock; 40-44LJave Douglas, Paul Wild; 50-54 Glenn Sundby, Bill Tom. Horizontal Bar: 25-29 Terry Higgin s, Ed Gunny, Fred Robl es; 30-34 Arno l asca ri ; 35-39 Art Shurlock; 40-44 Dave Douglas 50-55 G le nn Sundby.

PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONS MEN'S REPORT

by R. B. Powell Chief Logan High School Gymnastic Coach The Pennsylvania Intersc holasti c Athletic Association Gymnastic Championship s were held for men and women on Saturday, March 3, 1973, at Neshaminy High School, Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Mr. H arry Franks, Eastern Regional Manager of Gymnastics for the P.I.A.A., hosted the event in classical sty le as meet director.

The first even t of the men 's competition was very impressive, with very good work exh ibited by all competitors. Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson won the event with a very well-balanced routine showing very good tumbling, flexibilitv and poise, a fine winning routine. His score of 9.0 ~as followed very close by Bob Desiderio of Penncrest with an 8.9, and third was Bob Barnette of Pennsbury, score 8.85. Fourth was Darrel Kirchler, Ambridge, with a s(ore of 8.75, followed in fifth place by Bob Pasterick of Belle Vernon with a sco re of 8.5. By looking at the closeness of the scores one can gather that there was true competit ion taking place.

The competition contin ued n ext to the pommel horse, and Jim Hunsinger of Pennsbury, coached by Russ Neiger, easily outscored the field with a 8.7 as he worked quite high and very clean to win this event.

Second went to John Basalyga of Ambridge with a 7.9 score, and third went to Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson with a 7.4. Larry Besong of Ambridge followed with a 7.2, and following him was Mike Tarpin of Great Valley High School.

The boys ' next event again saw very good work in the still rings event. Larry Besong of Ambridge, coached by Dale Maddock, placed .05 above hi s brother, Tom, with a score of 9.05 to win this event. Mike Papantonio scored 8.45 from Ambridge, also to place third and cause an Ambridge sweep for the top places. Fourth went to Jim Petsinger of Butler and fifth to Kurt Pfleiger of Henderso n.

The boys' vau lting event did not have the calibe r of talent exh ibited in the other events as the scores indicate, but there was a boy who scored in the 9's to capture first, and he was Scott McBroom of Rochester, coached by James Gamory. Hi s Yamashita was ve ry impressive with fine lift and good extension to show real style . He was followed by Bob Opsiderio of Pennest with ~ fl .gS. third was Bob Larry Besong, High School All-American.

All-Around 25-29:Bruce Coulter, Ed Gunny and Jerry Donahue ; 30-34: Arno la sca ri, Jay Ju stus and Paul Miller; 35-39 Art Shurlock;40-44 Paul Wild ; 45-49 Ara Hairabedian; 50-54 Bill Tom; 55-59 Brud Cleaveland.

Women All-Around: 25-29 Marian Du iled n ; 45-49 Jean Jones.

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this kind can only help our booming gymnastic program in the U.~. However, there are sti ll several states using modifications of the National Federation Rules. While these modifications may be necessary during this transition period , the rule~ committee hopes that all states wi ll soon use the rules without modifications. Only then wi ll high school gymnastics truly benefit from uniform rules.

Kurt Plleiger, 1973 Pennsylva'nia State High School All- Around Champion.

Pasterick of Belle Vernon with an 8.7, fourth was Brian Stu rrock of Lampeter-Strasburg, and fifth was Larry Byerly wit h an 8.65 from Butler.

The winners ', of the parallel bar event, names are getting to be familiar as again Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson, coached by Barry Faust, won this event w ith an 8.6. Second went to Tom Besong of Ambridge also w ith an 8.6 average, and judges totals decided the placement. Tim Roush .of Rochester w ith a 8.35 . Fourth was earned by Bob Desiderio of Penncrest, also with a 8.35 average. Fifth was Larry Byerly of Butler with a sco re of 8.05.

The w inning routine In the high bar event earned a 9.2, and it was performed by Bob Desiderio of Penncrest coac hed by Ron Beason. Second went to Tom Besong of Ambridge with a 9.05, and third went to Kim Wall of Rochester, his score a 8.85. Fourth went to Larry Byerly of Butler and fifth to Ku rt Pfleiger of Henderson.

In the al l-aro und event for the men, Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson High School from Westchester, Penna., scored a 50.1 to win this

top award. He is presently coached by Barry Faust, and we also shou ld mention the man who coached him his first year was on hand to see him win. Gary Anderson sta rted Kurt when Gary was coaching at Henderson. Second went to Bob Desiderio of Penncrest with a ve ry respectable 49.1 , followed by Tom Besong of Ambridge, who scored 47.95 . Fourth went to John Baslyga of Ambridge, sco ring 47.20, and fifth goes to Kim Wall of Rochester. Larry Gleason of Garden Spot rounded out the field in sixth place with 43.05.

NATIONAL FEDERATION'S BOYS' GYMNASTIC RULES REPORT

by John W. Hinds Jr., Chairman While rules may not be an exciting subject to read about, it is exciting to obse rve that most states now use the National Federation's Boys ' High School Gymnastic Rules. U nanimit y of

This yea r at its ann ual meeting the rul es comm ittee carefu ll y reviewed th e results of the 1973 questionnaire and the present rules. The committee was especia ll y pleased to note that approximately 98 % 01 those responding to the questionnaire liked the rules and thought they were servin g the needs of high schoo l gymnastics.

An effort was made to fu rther clarify the rules, and a few minor changes were made.

One major .change made was to drop the penalty zo nes for vault ing .

The minor changes that may be of interest to the reader are: 1. A competito r no longer will be penalized for failure to acknowledge the head judge at the fini sh of an exercise. However, he still must ack~owledge the head judge prior to starting hi s routine. Failure to do so will result in a dpcjuction of up to 0.3.

2. While the FIG Code of Points is still refe rred to for difficulty rating, the rules now recognize as val id any official supp lements to the code.

3. A gymnast that falls from the apparat us must notify the head judge if he intends to continue his exe rcise within the 30 seconds allowed from the time of the fall.

4. A new art icl e was inc lud ed this yea r re lative to mats and their use. The art icle states: "Mats shou ld provide a level top surface without noticeable raised portions where they li e over and around the apparatus. The mats should comp lete ly su rround the apparatus. " 5. Some vau lt ratings now show asterisks, and for these the judges must awa rd a bonus.

To assist in interpreting the rul es a special section (Comment on the Rules) was included in this year's book. The comm ittee feels that this section is a worthwhile and meaningful add iti on.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GYMNASTICC KULES COMMITTEE: Top row,left to right-John Hinds Jr., Chairman (Indiana); Fred Beli'n'lar (California); Sid Drain (Illinois); James Eby (Ohio). Boltom row, I-r.-Tom Hesiak (Wisconsin); Jerry Johnson (Minnesotal; Bert Lark (Vermont); Ed Tribby (Oregon).

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RIGHTING REFLEX AND GYMNASTIC MOVEMENTS

By Gerald F. Calkin

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In beg inning gym nastics some boys lea rn very rapidl y and others learn very slowly. This stu d y is an attempt to sort o ut some o f the facto rs which make this tru e. It w ill be shown that ve ry slow lea rning rates for so me movem ents does not n ecessar il y mean th at the individual will not do we ll in gym nastics.

The subj ects in thi s study (a ll beginners in gymna stics) we re rated as to how rapid ly th ey learned th e backward hip circle on the horizontal bar and the fo rward hip circle on the rings . Th ey we re th en tested for their righting reflex. The 'righting r eflex causes a se ri es of automat ic respon ses to keep th e body upri ght.

Th e test was made by h aving t he subject sta nd o n o n e foot - first on th e rig ht and t h en the left - for 30 seconds with his eyes operi. Th e the subject was instru cted to do th e sa me thmg for 30 seco nd s with hi s eyes closed. Th en th e amount o f forward arid backward sway of the hea d was visuall y observed in centimeters (by means of a chart on the wa ll behind the subject). The smaller the deflection, the stronger the rightin g reflex. Th e resu lts are give n in Tab le 1.

RIGHTING REFLEX TEST

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0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 9.0 4.0 16.0 20.0

It is easil y seen f rom Tab le 1, that what the slow learne rs have in common is a relat ive ly strong righting reflex, and what the fas't learne rs have in common is a relatively wea k righting ref lex.

In view of this data everyth in g falls into place. W hen a person with st ron g ri ghtin g refl exes first attempts a backward hip circle on th e horizontar ba r, hi s body makes a se ri es of auto matic adjustments w hi ch stop him from succeeding.

He must therefore work except iona ll y hard to overcome (s uppress) the righting reflex. Conve rse ly, a boy w ith a relativ ely weak righting refl ex experiences much less diffi cu lty.

Thi s does not mea n t hat an individual w ith strong right ing reflexes cannot succeed in gymnast ics. It ju st means that he has to wo rk ext ra hard at those points w h ere this reflex action mu st be suppressed. (There are m any situ ations in gymnas ti cs - stick in g a di smount for example - whe re a st rong righting reflex is an adva ntage.) In fact, the subject with the strongest rightin g reflex at the end of two semeste rs has progressed further in gymnas ti cs than all of the others.

Lik ewise, because a boy has weak righti ng reflexes and learns these types of movements very repid ly does not mean he wil l be successful throughout gy mn astics.

This perhaps ex pl ain s w hy some boys look so good as beginners and then fad e later o n, while others loo k poor as beginners and blossom later.

Eyes Closed

2. 0 4.0 3.5 4.0 12.0 30.0 28.0 30.0

Right Foot Eyes Open

0.5 0.5 2.0 0.5 11.0 4.0 15.0 10.0

Eyes Closed

1.5 3.0 4.0 3.0 15. 0 25. 0 25 .0 20.0

Editor's Note by H .I. Biesterfeldt: There is room for much more work o n reflexes and gym nastics. The fact t hat a st ron g righting ref lex ca n inhibit learni n g is very interestin g to m e, but not particularly surprisin g. It would be he lpful to know how othe r factors com bin e with the ri ghtin g reflex to effect lea rning. For examp le, does it matter just how the se nse of position is obtai ned - eye vs. ea r - and does it matter if the performer h as become familiar with the position (b ut not the movement) in unrelated moves? Can we use pre- instruction on eye fixes to red u ce the inhibiting effect of th e righting reflex? Coaches and te achers try to do these things . Do they rea ll y help w ith learning? Or wou ld it be better to move t he man through the mov ement being lea rn ed many times? Most coaches also use this approach. .

It mi ght be we ll to reca ll that numero us U nited States Army stud ies lead to the con clu sio n that slo w mot io n movies are also anti productive in m otor learnin g. Are w e wasting time when we show films and study them in slow motion? How important is normal tempo in m ental practice? Are t here some men who are helped qy these things w hile o thers are not? Is it possible throu g h testing to determine in advance w hat will be the bett er methods for a given man?

Some of o ur readers can no doubt shed light on t hese matters. Lacking su bmitt ed articl es, I shall prepare su mm aries o f relevant resea rch in future co lumn s. .

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INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR 1973 Oct. 26-28 European Championships for two b est gymnasts from each federation . .. Lo ndon Nov. 8- 13 FIG Con gress in Ro tte rdam , Net herl and s N ov. 15-1 8 Modern Rh ythmic Gymn astics World Championships in Ro tt erdam.

1974 March World Champion sh ips, Tram po lin e, in Johannesbu rg, South Af rica .

Oct. FIG Congress, possib ly in Tuni sia.

O ct. 19-26 World Championsh ips in Varna.

1975 Oct. 15-21 Pan American Games (33 countr ies poss ib ly w ill co mpet e). Santiago, Chil e Gymnaestrada in Be rl in .

1976 Sept. FI G Congress in Mo ntrea l, Ca nad a, and the O lym pi c Game s.

U.S.A. NATIONAL PICTURE Nov. 2-3-4 USGF Cong ress, St. Louis, M issou ri.

D ec. 1 An n ua l W es tern New York Women 's Intern at ion al Invitatio nal Gymnasti c Meet, Pittsfo rd - Mendon H.S., Roch es ter, N. Y. Bert Veg h, coach , 2780 Penfie ld Road , Fairfield, N. Y. 14450.

Jan. 6 An y new entri es to Qualificati on Ro unds for Elites must register sco res.

Jan. 11-12 Big Ten In vitati on al, An n Arbo r, M ichigan , w ith Region al Technica l Directo r.

Jan.18-1 9 First Quali fy ing Round for USGF Elites Ten tat ive Sit e, Lo ng Beac h, Ca li f. f eb. Compulsory Training Meets in four geographica ll y loca ted ce nters (Elit e Prog ram) Late f eb. A ll USGF State M ee ts to be he ld by th is time .

M arch 29-30 Second Qualifying Round fo r USGF Eli tes - Tentat ive Site, De laware.

Mid-M arch USG F Reg io nals Meets to be held by thi s time (o ne month to wo rk for nation als) April 5-6 A IAW Collegiate Champ ions hi ps (Women), Ca liio rni a State Un ive rsit y-Sacrame nt o, Meet Director. Kat hy Shelly, Wom en 's Gym nast ics Coach, Californ ia State U niversity-Sa cram ento, Sacram ento, Ca lif. 95819.

April 4-6 NCAA Championships, Pen n State Un iversity, University Park , Penna .

April 19-20 YMCA Natio nals in Seattle, W as hington (Men 's Co mpu lso ri es sa me as last two yea rs, Women 's - USGF Adv. Leve l. . No minimum age or score requirements) April 18-20 USGF Jr. Nationa ls H aywa rd , Ca liforn ia.

April 25-27 AAU Seni or Na tional Champ io nsh ip , Billin gs, Mont ana (tent.).

April Compu lsory Train ing M eets in four geograp hica ll y locat ed ce nters (Elite Program ) M ay 2-4 or 9-11 USGF Sr. Natio nals - Site Undetermin ed.

M ay 23-25 or 30-31, Jun e 1 USGF Elite Championship of U.s:A . - Site Undetermin ed.

Aug. 22-24 (tent.) These d ates are proposed for Fina l Tri al for Q ualif ica tio n for World Games Tea m to rep resent U.S.A. at the Games Oct. 19-26, 1974. Site is undetermin ed.

1975 YMCA Na tiona ls on April 18-19.

1976 YMCA Nationa ls on April 9-10.

REGIONAL SCORE Nov. 10 M idwest Invitat iona l Tumb ling (USTA9 Meet at Lud ington H.S. i n Ludingt'on , ·Michigan.

Coaches and Judges Cl inic wi ll run from 9:30-1 2:00competition at 2:00 p .m. Wa r mups in morning. Jeff Aus tin , p resident of USTA, wi ll act as superior judge of co mp etition and conduct clin ic. Co ntact Pat ricia M .

Jense n (616) 843-8506.

Nov. 23-24 Midwest Ope n, Park Ridge, Ill in o is (Men and Wome n) Jan. 25-26 Mag no lia Ope n (St rawbe rr y O pen becomes M ag no lia open when it moves to SW Mississ ippi Jr. College in Summ it, Mi ssissippi ). feb. 8-9 Va lastics Inv itation al - Ni cev ill e, Fla... .

Q ualifying sco res may be used thi s year to li m it this meet.

Feb.9 Pacifi c Coast Invitat iona l - Inglemoor H.S. March 15-16 Easter n Co ll eg iate Reg io nals.

Ma'.ch 15-16 A IAW (fo rmerl y Reg . 8) Coll egia te Reg lona ls hosted by San D iego State University, San Diego, Ca lif. ; Meet Di rector Ed Franz .

March 23 ,U SGF Regiona ls, Forest Grove, Oregon.

Th is meet IS for Q ualifica tion i nto USGF Jr. and Sr. Nat ionals. There wi ll b e Elite Div ision co m petitio n .

Th is in fo rmation IS UNOFFIC IAL. The o ffi cial da tes

and sit es l o r USGF Reg ion al meets for '74 w ill be pub lished most lik ely as last yea r at th e USG FCo ngress in Nove mber.

April 5 Eastern States Team In v i tationa l Ch ampion ships - D elawa re (Tentati ve).

CHRISTMAS CLINICS D ec. 27-29 Washington C hri stm as Clin ic sa ncti oned

by W IAA. Contact Je rr y Penn ey , Sammamish H.S., 100 140th S.E. , Be ll evue, Washington 98007, D ec. 26-30 Sa ra so ta . . . 23rd Nat ional Gymnast ic Clini c and Seco nd Na tional Trampo l ine and Tumb ling Clin ic. . ' . In stru cti o n at all levels fo r bo th ma le and fema le gymnasts .... Clinic Meet and N ight of Stars . . .

NCAA, USGF, AAU sa nctio ned . Wr ite: Na ti ona l Gymn astic Cli ni c, In c. , Rick W ell s, Reg istra r, 406 Ro ll ingsga te, Apt. C1, Anda lu sia, PA 19020.

D ec. 26-30 Western Gymnastic Cli ni c, Unive rsity of Ari zo na , Tu cso n, A rizo na.

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