Gymnast Magazine - February 1974

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Volume XVI/Number 2 / February 1974 5 6 7 8 10 11 12

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NOTES FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn Sundby ON THE BEAM, Barbara Thatcher VIEWPOINTS, Di c k Criley SWISS VS. USA, Frank Cumiskey SOUTH AFRICAN CUP, jim Stephenson JAPANESE TOUR: Chunichi Cup, jim Gault HOLIDAY COMPETITIONS 12 San Jose Invitational, Clai r jennett 12 Oregon Open, james Lester 12 Mid-West Open, Ken Coleman HOLIDAY CLINICS 14 First Annual Colorado Clinic, Gerald F. Gasperini 15 Gymnastics USA, Dan Garcia 16 New England Clinic, jeff Cardinali 17 Tucson Clinic 18 Sarasota Clinic 19 Ft. Lauderdale Clinic CENTERFOLD: Holiday Clinics WINDY CITY INVITATIONAL, Ken Allen NEWS ' N NOTES, Renee Hendershott INSTRUCTION: Let's Take A-Spin, Renee Hendershott CLUB CORNER: Establishing A Committee For Competitive G ymnastics, Bill Glover GUEST EDITORIAL: Is The World Champion A World Champion? Rusty Hoffman jl' '"'G ING C ' LE NDAR

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PUBLISH.: SUMMER CAMP ANYONE? .. Along with the Summer Gymnastic Camps already noted in this edition and to keep up with the continuing increase in the number of new camps across the USA, and especially for the benefit of our readers we are compiling a directory of Summer Gymnastic Camps to be published in our March and April editions of Gymnast.... Therefore we would like all Camp Directors (or sponsors) to rush us all the basic information on your camp - name, address, phone number and dates so we can include YOUR CAMP in our directory. We get many calls at our office requesting camp information and we would rather not make all the decisions we would rather they contact YOU the director.

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However if you want to include more information your Advertisements are most welcome. See our classified listing on page 36 for rates and data, or we will be happy to send you our Gymnast display ad rate sheet upon request. Meanwhile we look forward to hearing from all camp directors/ sponsors at your earliest convenience to insure inclusion of YOUR summer camp or workshop in our Gymnast Camp Directory.

Cover: A Toni Duffi photo of an Eng li sh Gymnast.

Publisher: Glenn Sundby Production Manager and Art Director: Richard Kenney Circulation Manager: Minot S. Sim o ns II Associate Editors: Dick Criley a nd Renee Hendershott Research Editor: H.J. Biesterfeldt Staff Writer: Barbara Thatcher Contributors: Ken Alien , Jeff Ca rdinali , Ken Coleman, Frank Cumiskey, Dan Garcia, Ge ra ld F. Gaspir ini , Jim Gault, Bill Glover , Clair Jennett, James Lester, Jim Stephenson .

Photographers: Dave Kayfis, Jim Lester, Michael Lipkan , Johnn y Race, Jim Santucci.

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1 hi , month "" g irl "On The Beam" is Stephan ie Jones, a [re,h m a n at Springfield College. ) h c', from BMrington, Rhode Island a nd acc ording to Gail Chimielenski who was kind eno u g h to s ubmit th e pi c ture, Miss Jones shou ld be a rea l asse t to th e team thi s seas on si n ce she did s uch a fin e job during Spr ingfield 's ex hibition to ur.

1-01 all yo u Olga [am.. It see m, th e littl e )ov ie t , tdr wi ll be making .In dppedrdnCe in th e Uni te d ) ta tl" once aga in. A noti ce from Expo '74 in Spokane, Washington indi cd te d that both Olga an d Ludmilla and p e rh a p , o th e r Sov ie t gymnas t, w ill b e appearing from July 1-6, 1974 a t th e Coliseum. ~or in formation on ti c ke ts and lodg in g w rit e to Expo '74, World 's Fair, P.O. Box 1974, Spokane, Washington 99210.

Stephanie Jones

_Moved . Jim Ivicek fOlln e rl y a tt e ndin g th e University of New Mexico now at Southern Illinois University. Gary Morava, SIU , tdr is re port e dl y , ittin g out thi s yeM be ca u se of d sh o uld e l o p er ation dnd so should be tnteres tin g to see what SIU ca n do w ith b o th Morava and Ivicek next seaso n ....

Dan Speraw, w ith th e SCATS for th e la st few month s n ow in th e process of organizing h is own c lub ... ..

Jon Aitker" 197J NCAA Horizontal Sar Champion n ow codc hin g in Wichita, Kansas.

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II yo u happ e n to dr ive throu g h Columbus, Indiana thi , year you mi g ht p ay ' particular a ttenti on to the c it y lim it, , ign w hi c h SdyS "Welco m e I 0 Columbus ...• Sta te Gy mnastics Capital of Indiana C.N.H.S." The C.N.H.S. sta nd , lor Columbus Nor th High School d tea lll that is (on siste ntl y one of the , tate' s best. fh e slgm md Y b e see n on dll Illajor hi g h ways lead in g into the ci ty.

Columbus North High School Team

On e trait that see m s to be prominant a mong p eo pl e in vo lved w ith gy mn dst ics is a w illin g n e>s or d es ir e to tra ve l.. COdcll es, gy mna sts, jud ges eve n spe cta tors will often tra ve l hundre d s of mil es fo r a clini c, or co mp e titi o n. And the GYMNAST staff was no exce pti o n thi s ho lid ay seas on w h e n part of th e st'afl journeyed to Florida for clini cs in Sarasota alld Ft. lauderdale and a n other p a rt o f th e c rew att e nd ed the annLJal cl ini c in Tucson, Arizona.

Memorable mom e nt s in fu cso n we re ...

Duane West o f the University of Nebraska executing a ro und -off back h a nd spring triple tw ist or "three tw is t, in th e same air ·· .. . Hutch Dvorak a nd Paul Zeirt' s thorough lec ture dnd demon strati o n on va ultin g ... th e Swi ss leam va ulting.. Jim Howard's lec ture to th e g irl' s sec ti o n o n d e di ca tion e mpha sizin g' a lot d l in vol ve m e nt in gy mna sti cs from kn owing all th e routin e, of th e wo rld 's top gymna sts te utili z in g eve ry ava ilabl e minu te in th e gy ill ..

Good clinic:.

co mpl ex in Leicester, Massachusetts. Director of th e sc ho o l, Joanne Giguere h as a n extens ive ba c kgro und in both danc e and g ymnasti cs and fo r th e p as t e ig ht yea rs ha s co n ce ntrated primaril y o n gy mn ast ic s, coaching at man y New Eng la nd c lini cs and pri va te sess ion s. Among her fo rm e r stud e nt s is Pam Simone, c urr e nt ly coa c h e d b y Muriel Grossfeld.

Club Note ... . Graham Bartlett, pres id e nt of th e Association of Independent Clubs wo uld lik e a n y coaches c urre ntl y coac hin g a bo y's age g roup pro g ram to ge t in vo lved , w ith th e assoc iation, in se tting up J boy's age group pro g ram , imildr to the sys te m th e USGF ha s for g irl s. Acco rdin g to Mr. Bartlett the associatio n ha s the bl es, in gs of th e USGF w h o do es n't ha ve th e manpo we r no w lor s u ch a big und er tak in g.

Th e a ssociation hop es to uni fy compu lsories, se t up a bett e r sy, tem for d es ignat in g b eg inn e r" int e rm e diat es and adva nced and impro ve co milluni ca tion s g ymna , t, bet wee n bo ys coac h es. An yon e int e res te d sh ould co ntact Pat Yeager, Olympia School, 4905 College Park Ave., Deer Park, Texas 77536.

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New Clubs .... SASNAK Gymnastic Club of Scott City, Kansas. Lu c dt ed .It th e Community Athletic C lub Inc. Box 343, 104 Washington .

Oll e r, ins lru ( tion lo r g irl> dnd b oys o f all dges a nd abilities. rh e ndln e SASNAK i, dctudll y KANSAS , p e ll ed b.r ckwdrcb . Co.lc h es .Ire Bill Fry and Judy Campbell dnd top gy mnd st c urr e ntl y is Wendy Randall w ho wo n th e ColorJdo Cld S; A Upen Chdmpio n ship in D e n ve r. ) h e is onl y '11..

Th e Joanne Giguere School of Dance and Gymnastics opened on Nove mb e r 26, 1973 a nd is h oused in J brand n ew $tlO,OOO mod e rn

M a n y , chool> see m to b e Ill ovi n g towdrds mor e a ll J round p e rform e rs dnd co mequ e ntl y a re hostin g man y all dround in v itdti o lhrl S. Une such in vit.Jtional WdS .It Jackson High School ill Portland, Oregon. Doug Hills, m ee t dire c tor and (oa( h dt Jackson High School w rote to SdY it was d tcrrili( me e t w ith th e top six mal e dnd le mdl e hi g h S( hool gy mnd sh in th e , tdt e in Vit ed. I he dll Mound w inn e r in th e wO lll e n' s di vi, ion Wd, Cindy Wacker, .111(1 th e m e n ', dll aro und Chdillpion WdS Jim Kelch.

W e ll nuff sed (took th a t from Jack Miles) for thi s month. Hope to hea r from yo u. Re m e mber work on those p e nn y fund s.... o nl y two more Illonlh s until Na tional s ... ..

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GYMNAST Feb. '74

"The floor exercise must form a harmonious and rhythmical whole, alternating among movements of gymnastics. It must include parts of balance, hold, strength, jumps, . kips, handsprings, and saltos. All available floor space in all directions must be used, and many different movements and parts should have a personal touch of expression and execution."

The foregoin g quote from th e req uirem ents of the FIG Code of Point s spell s o ut so m e of th e var iety to be ex p ected in the fl oo r exe rcise event. Of late, it see ms, floor exe rci se has succ umbed to a monoton y of tumbling passes held tog eth er by stock transition part s designed to m ee t the minimum requirements. · At the 1973 USGF Congress, Dr. Hal Fr ey of the Un ive rsit y of Californ ia decr ied th e monoton y of the cri s-cross tumbling pas s and ca ll ed for smooth er tran siti o ns and greater exp re ss ion by the gymna st.

Recognition of th e need for b etter awareness by the gymnast of hi s m ove ments and how to contro l th em led to one of th e ea rly programs of the USGF in w hi ch a number of gymnasts were given so me train in g in ba ll et by Grace Ka ywe ll (a n es te emed co ntributor to th e Modern Gymnast during th e earl y 1960's) .

Recentl y, Europ ean recognit ion of th e importance o f ba ll et trainin g was ci ted in th e Olympi sc he Turnkun st. Jo hn Crank o o f th e USA, a cho reographer and ball e t-m as ter (Stuttgart/M uni ch ) offered in stru ctional demon stration s in th e art of ball et da ncing at the Deu ' <che Turnfest in Jun e, 1973.

This w i ll te r, television audi ences had an opportu'" ty to view some highl y mas culin e ballet dan cin g when th e Carol Burnett Show featured New York Ball et Co mpany's Ed wa rd Villel a. Villela 's lea ps and turn s were a superb express io n o f dynamic mo ve ment. Gymnasts ha ve a lot to lea rn b y stud ying th e ball et techniques in vo lved in leaps and turn s as we ll as in art isti c bod y move ment.

Many word s have bee n w ritt en in an effort to encourage arti stic and rh ythmi c co mbinati o ns in men 's gymnastics. A few , such as Dan Millman , may ac tuall y have reach ed so meo ne; perhaps thi s co lumn wi ll li e w ith th e res t.

Ho weve r, I re-di scove red so me elega nt pas sag es written by Irmgard Foe rster, a mem.ber of th e FIG W o men 's Technical Committ ee, in the D ecemb er 19 72 Olympische Turnkunst w hi ch I wo uld like to share . Whil e these co ncepts were writ ten about , and for , women 's mod ern gymna'sti cs, th ey represe nt so methin g o f what I, too , am tr yin g to say. I would note th at th e term, ca li sth eni cs , as use d here refers to rh ythmi c group exercises, akin perhaps to tea m warm-up drill s, rather ·th a,i te some circuit training drudgery. " The essential feature and aim of ca li sthe ni cs is teaching how to moye naturall y, training girl s in organi c- rh ythmic, i.e. total mo ve ment s and making th em overcome impediments in th e organism and establi sh harmon y of moving and breathin g. Ca li sth enics teac hes us that badl y applied str ength impul ses can create nervo usness and eve n an inferiority co mpl ex, wh ile mo vin g co rrectl y mak es th e perform er experience th e bod y with all it s we ll reg ul ated GYMNAST Feb. '74

fun ction s to be th e wo nd e, of Crea ti o n it is. Th e va ri ety of move ment s in tim e and spac.e, tensio n and relaxation , ma y b e int ensified in its harmony and eco no m y w hen su ppo rt ed b y music. Unde r thi s as pect ca li sth eni cs is of th e hi ghes t educat io nal va lu e beyo nd it s specifi c fun ction of d evelopi ng b ody and m ove ment se nse Referring to o th e, attr ibut es, she m enti o ns: " .. . a hi ghl y d eve loped kinestheti c se nse, in add iti on to great amplitud e o f trunk mo ve m ents and leg sw ing s which, assisted by loose ness of jo int s and mu scles, enab les th e gymnast to perform d ynami c mo ve m ents.

Inte nsi ve trainin g is indi sp ensa ble to attain thi s, as well as fir st-cl ass condition an d staying power w ith o ut wh ich th ere is no success in gymnastiqu e mod ern e. Further qualiti es required are a se nse of tim e and space and an aptitude for creati ve ac ti o n. A ll thi s, ho wever, produces p erf ec tion in th e art of mov in g on ly if the gymn ast can pervade her move ment s with her person ali ty."

In some way we mu st return to the arti sti c mo ve m ent conce pt s w hi c h h e lp to indi vidu ali ze a ro utine and m ake it th e gy mnast 's own.

We w ill co ntinu e to have the cri s-cro ss tumbling p asses, but why no t a few aeri als, mounters, or co nsecuti ve b utt erfl y turn s along the sid es or in th e middl e? Need ever y exercise include th e Swe di sh fall or th e Va ldez? Floor exercise is trend y -- popular m oves catch on and others are dropped . D es pit e FIG co mpartment ali za ti o n of every aspect of each eve nt, the fl oor exe rci se still all ows th e great es t freedom of expression , ye t we co ntinu e to over- use th e diagonals and th e co rner s, to execute fas t tumbling element s, and to co p y one another 's transition s.

Floor exe rcise seems to be ca ught up in th e sw ing-swing- swing of thin gs. To sto p a moment is a breach of " Th e Code. " Yet th e eve nt allows w hat th e other five can not in terms of change of pa ce. Whil e the time ha s no t yet come for mu sic in men 's floor exercis e, it ha s b ee n propo se d , and d ance element s asso ciated with mu sic w ill make an impa ct. Th e USA women are noted now for a more "nationa l " style in th eir FX, and thi s is in part due to th eir mu sic and dan ce . US A men ha ve b ee n not ed for their tumbling , but now th e res t of th e world has ca ught up and we mu st laun ch a n ew pha se -will it includ e more art isti c mo ve ment and rh ythm?

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~ULLETIN USGF JUNIOR OLYMPIC PROGRAM "IT IS MY VIEW THAT THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION HAS THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE WORD OLYMPIC IN CONNECTION WITH A JUNIOR OLYMPIC PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES IN GYMNASTICS, AND THE AAU HAS NO RIGHT TO CONDUCT SUCH A PROGRAM." Patrick H. Sullivan Counselor, U.S. O lympic Committee The Juni o r Ol ym pi c Program for Gym nastiCS is now und3r th e so le jurisd ic tion of the United Sta tes Gymnasti cs Federation cove rin g all 50 stat es of our uni o n , the tim e has co m e to bring a hea lth y m ea ning fu l Ju nior Ol ympi c Pr ogra m to the Youth of A merica. It is exceed ingl y important to adopt th e sa m e techni ca l rul es, th e same compulsory exe rcis"s, and the same agegro ups fo r o ur yo ung boys and g irl s.

The U nit ed States Gymnasti cs Fede rat ion is determined to provide a direct relation ship betwee n th e USG F Juni or Olympic Prog ram and th e Olympi c Program .

Both O lympic committees for gymn asti cs have tak en a fi rm stand to work towa rd thi s end. We int end to utili ze th e thinkin g of o ur [>pst coaches to re"Ch thim aim.

The program is designed to include co mpul so ry exercises an d o pti o nal exercises in each of th e three age -grou p s. Th e co mpul so ry exerc ises fo r girl s are th e adva nce d leve l exe rci ses as th ey app ea r in th e national compul so ry rou tin e book, 1974 Edition. The co mpul sory exe rcises for boys are th e exe rcises in each age - gro up as th ey appear in th e USGF Men 's Rul es fo r co mpet iti o ns.

Age - gro up 10, 11 , w ill prog ress from loca l co mpetition s to section als and th en to the state championships. Age - gro up 12, 13, 14, and 15 to 18, will proceedto th e reg ional champion ships and the fi rst pla ce w inn er o f each gro up wil l procede to the national champion ships. Th e nationa l champ ions will also tra vel to the World Games wi th th e officia l teams.

Th e Ch ev ro let Motor Di vis ion of Gene ral Motors, w ho spo nso rs oth er Junior Ol ympic sport s h"s been in vit ed to suppo rt th e USGF Junior Ol ym piCS tor gymnasti cs however , they not answe red o ur lett er. Therefo re · the money required to fi nance thi s vital program w ill now have to co m e fr om th e gymnas ts, coaches, equipment co mpani es, and other gy mnasti c so urces. Pl ease se nd all donations to the USGF Juni or Ol ympi c Fund in any amount.

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SWISS VS

U.S.A.

Ted Marli

Tom Weeden

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by Johnn y Race

SWISS Team

Philippe Gaille

SWITZERLAN D 27 1.10 - UNITED STATES 266. 70

By Frank Cum iskey Du rin g a torrent ial ra in in su n ny Ca l ifo rni a, th e Na ti o nal Sw iss Me n 's Gym nast ics tea m' defea ted o u r Nat io nal Me n 's Gy mn ast ics Tea m at Cal ifo rni a State in Lo s A nge les by a sco re of 271.10 to 266 .70. I:l efo re d isc uss in g th e compet iti on, let me take you' b ack . to th e beg inn in g and show yo u w hat a Fp reign Tea m does in th e U nited States besides co mpetin g.

After a great deal of co rre spo nden ce and cab les, the Swiss left Zu ri ch, Sw itze rla nd on December 19, 1973 and we re d u e to arri ve at the airpo rt in Pho eni x, A rizona at 8: 10 PM . Do n Ro b inso n, Coac h of Gy m nas ti cs at A ri zona State U ni ve rsit y, headed th e welco min g co m m ittee of 50 p eop le of V. I. P.'s, a Sw iss co ntin ge nt fro m Ph oe ni x and gy mn ast s full y eq uipped w ith speech es, gifts and W es tern H ats. Th e pl ane landed b u t alas ---- no Sw iss . We decided to wa it fo r the nex t p lane -- - - - no Swiss and th e next p lane -- -- - no Swiss an d o n to M id n igh t.

We fo und ou t i n th e m orni ng th at th ey were held in Ch icago for 5 It u ur ~ and th e n we re flown to Los A nge les and slep t th ere. Th e nex t mo rnin g we met th eir fli ght and 6 Sw iss land ed , the n ex t 4 landed in o ne hou r and th e las t 3 landed 2 hou rs later.

Th e.5w iss we re ve ry tir ed atthi s po int and still sched ul ed a wo rko ut for th at aftern oon, and the sa me evenin g th ey we re taken to " RAW HID E" w hi ch is an auth enti c W es tern ea t ing (steak nat urall y) pl ace re prese ntin g a Wes tern iow n w it h a Bl ac ksmith s sho p and' all th e se ttin gs of th e West in1880. There f o ll owe d a visit th e next day to th e Zoo and th ey we re take n to th e FI ESTA BO W L o n Frid ay ni ght w here ove r 53,000 p eop le saw A ri zona St ate defeat 路 Pi ttsb urgh . The Swiss we re quite co nfu sed by A meri ca n Foo tball since th ey pl ay Soccer in Sw itzer land b ut o th erwise enj oyed a fin e eve nin g.

The co mpetiti o n WdS h eld o n Sa tu rd ay even in g under NCAA Rul es. Five com pe tit o rs in each eve nt w ith th e hi gh three sco res to co unt. The Swiss we re ve ry n ice to tr y th ese ru les. There was n o ti min g o n the Floo r Exe rcise, no lin es o n th e Lo n g Ho rse, and th e co m pe tito r co ul d take a seco nd va ult if th ey raise d th ei r hand af ter th e first va ul t and t he va ult coul d be th e sa me (a dif fe ren ce in NCAA ru les whe re a d iffe rent va ult m u st be performed o r t he gy mn ast rece ives a 0.05 d ed ucti o n). Ja ck G unthar d, th e Na ti o nal Co ach of Swit zer lan d, liked th e ru les and was happ y to

Peter Rohner

Brent Simmons

Results:

TEAM RESULTS 1. Swit ze rl and 2. Uni ted States INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Bretscher, Robert (SU I) 2. Roh ner, Peter (S UI) 3. Ga ill e, Philippe (SU I) 4. Bachman, Ueli (SU I) 5. Joh nson , Clark (USA) 6. Simmons, Bre nt (USA) 7. Vock, Armin (SU I) 8. Weeden, Tom (USA) 9. Loc her, Bern ha rd (SU I) 10. Avener, Ma rshall (USA) 11 . Marti, Ted (USA) 12. Morava, Ga ry (USA)

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45.25 44.45

8.85 8.95 B. 65 8.65 8.75 9. 00 8.55 9.10 8.40 9.10 8.25 9.05

9.25 9.10 9.00 9.00 8.35 8.70 8. 95 8.70 9.05 8.65 8.60 8. 15

9.05 9.25 9. 00 9. 00 9.00 9.05 8.00 9.20 8.75 9.05 8.10 8.35

9.40 8.80 9.10 B.85 9.00 8.95 9.20 8.25 8.70 9.35 B.65 8.50

PB

HB

45.85 45.90 45. 00 44.60

9.20 9. 15 9.35 8.90 9.00 8.85 9.25 8.80 8.75 8.50 9.20 9. 15

9.30 9.20 9.10 9. 25 9. 15 8.60 9.05 8.80 9.00 7.90 9.35 8.70

TOTAL 271.10 266.70

55.05 54.45 54.20 53.65 53.20 53.15 53.00 52.85 52.65 52.55 52.15 51.90

Frank Bare

try th em . Th e m ee t res ulted in a victo ry for the Swiss - - - 165.40 to 163.45 . A ri zo na State was i n th e lead after the fir st two event s ma inl y due to K. I:lrow n 's score of 9.65 o n th e Fl oo r and L.J .

Larsen 's sco re of 9.70 o n th e Pommel Horse. It was a rea l cl ose match b ut Va ultin g p roved th e u nd o in g of A rizo na State.

O n Su nday, Do n Rob in so n had eve ryo ne to hi s house fo r brun ch, sm oked ham and all th e t rimmin gs. D on 's ann o un cer w ho li ves nex t doo r bro ugh t hi s ho rse over an d hu nd red s of p ictur es and mil es o f film is P.OW in Sw i tze rl and o f th e darin g Swiss Westerners o n ho rsebac k in full rega li a ri ght down to th e shoo tin '.iro n. In th e aft ern oo n th e b oys we nt to a stabl e fo r a lo n ge r ho rseback rid e and th e coach es vis ited Casa Gran de, th e Indian rui ns. Do n ran o ut of gas and ha d to sip ho n so m e f ro m hi s Jeep -- a sign of th e t im es - a sho rt age o f gas in A ri zo n a.

M o nday, D ece mb er 24, th ey fl ew to Tu cso n, the ho me of th e U nit ed States Gy mn as ti cs Fede rati on and also t he site o f t he Wes te rn Gy mn as ti cs Clini c h ea ded by Jeff Benn o n . coac ll of Gymn as ti cs at th e U ni ve rsit y of A ri zon a. Th e Swiss wo rked o ut i n th e aftern oon and retir ed ea rl y. Th ey had a poo l at th eir mo tel and swa m d ai ly as th e wea th er was grea t. On Chri stm as day, Frank Ba re had th em all o ve r to hi s ho use to ce lebrate an d th ey had a good time w ith a trampo li ne and a p oo l in th e back and ~ r ea t foo d and drink in th e fro nt. Th ere w as a !ittle sadness in th e eyes of so m e (a t iim es) th in kin g o f thei r loved ones in Swit ze rl and , m os t bein g away fro m ho m e at Chri stm as for th e fi rst tim e. Th e cli nic start ed o n W edn es d ay and th ey att en d ed many lec tures and wor k ed o ut d ail y. In be twee n th ey visit ed " OLD TUCSO N " w hi ch is a repli ca of an o ld wes t ern tow n and is t he ba ckg round fo r man y mov ies and television se ri es. Th ey stayed fo r t w~ <h o w s w hi ch depicts th e o ut laws ro bbin g a b ank and th e Sh eriff gi vin g, th em th eir " ju st d esse rts" .

Sa turd ay eve nin g th ere was a co mpetiti o n betwee n th e Swiss and th e b es t gy mn asts att endin g th e cl ini c. Aga in th e NCA A Fo rmat was used except th ere we re 6 all owe d in ea ch eve nt w ith th e hi gh 3 to co unt. I ac ted as Superi o r Jud ge w ith l ack Gunthard and Marce ll e A datt e (bo th Int ern ati o nal Ca rd ho lders) and Nic k Sp an n (w ho also judged in Tempe w ith Darryl Baer) and St eve Dot y b o th Nation al Ca rd - ho ld ers. Th e Sw iss we re aga in vi ctoriou s, mainl y b eca use o f our w eak va ultin g and wea k parall el bars. Th e sco re w as Swiss 164.70 to 161 .90. Th ere wa s a good crowd and it was an enjo ya bl e match. Th e pri zes for each event we re uni q ue as pi ctures o f th e different gy mn asts in ac ti o n we re engrave d o n th e pl aq ues.

On Sund ay th ey visited th e D esert Muse um w hi ch is a mu st attracti o n in Tu cson. Eve ry kn ow n species o f cactu s grows th ere and the anim als are seen i n natural ha bitat. A ft er th ey left to go to th eir wor ko ut th ey dec id ed to co me b ack aga in to see mo re. Th at evening I too k th em to Gates Pass to view a fam o us Ari zon a Sun se t and eve n I was surprised to see abo ut 200 ot her peopl e w it h th e sa me id ea . We dined later o n th at A ll-A m eri ca n deli ght - - -'Sp age tti " . Th e nex t day (31st) th e Swiss few to th e Grand Canyo n and re turn ed in th e eve nin g j ust in tim e tu go out to ce lebrat e N ew Yea r's Eve. Aft er a deli ghtful dinn er, th e no ise m aker s and son gs herald ed in th e New Yea r 1974. The Sw iss are a happy, singin g group and th ey bri ght ened up everyo ne th ey ca me in co ntact with and in each place th e peopl e hated to see th em go. They left for Los A n gel es on W edn esd ay, Janu ary 2 w here Jerry To dd , Presid ent of th e 'So uth ern Ca lifo rni a Gy mn as ti cs Jud ges A ssociation we lco m ed t hem.

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Th ey hdd d wo rk ou t on th e da y th ey arrived and o f cou r >e on fr idd y the y >pen t mo st of th e day at Di sney land . Th ey e njo ye d thi s ve ry mu ch d e,p it e th e rain th at had th eir shoes sq ui >hing. Th e da y of t he co mp etition da w ned overcdst dnd rain y. The Sw iss we nt to see Ma rin eland whic h is "I so d mu st in Lo s A nge les, and enj oyed it ve ry mu ch and th en retir ed to res t befo re th e eve nin gs m atc h .

We lef t for Ca li forni a State at 6:00 PM in a downpour and thi s rain real ly h eld d own th e cro wd for th e Na ti o nal Matc h. The m atch wo uld now use fi G rules all th e way. I was Supe ri o r Jud ge, Jac k Gunthard and Marcelle Ada tt e rep rese nted Switzer land , Les Sasva ry and Don A llin rep resented t he Un it ed States.

A ll jud ges we re Bre ve t Ju dges. f rank Endo an d Fred Belmar acted as Line Ju dges and grip ju dges.

Floor hercise - USA 45.00 - Swiss 43.65 Th e USA gut off to a good start in Flo o r Exerc ise. This is th e weakes t event for the Sw iss and in the two prev ious meet; th ey had los t th e floor by a bi g rnarg in . Th e hi ghes t score fo r the Sw iss was an B.95 fo r Peter Rohner . Weede n and A ve ner sco red 9.10 for hi g h sco res for USA. Ave ner and Mora va app edred to ue be low par and W eed e n received a hi gh o f 9.30 from Jac k Gun th ard. Th ere were no sup er-clea n exe rcises.

Pommel Horse - Swiss 45.40 - USA 43.00 We were bad ly defea ted on th e Pomm el Ho rse , Voc k th e li rst co mpetit or sco red an B.95 and none o f th e A m eri ca ns reached that sco re.

Ro hner and Ga ill e w ork w ith l itt le amplitud e and Br etcher is th eir best sw ing er w ith wo rk in front and behi nd. Bachrnann also w ork s a littl e piked bu t ha s good co mbin ati o ns. Mo rava br o ke hadl y and Ave ner had o ne bad b rea k (a sit -down ) in add it ion to for m b rea ks.

Rings - Swiss 45 .05 - USA 44.65 The Rin gs hdS becorn e an eve nt th at is ste reo type d. A lmost all exercises start w ith a di sloca te hands tan d, giant sw in g, crossn back ro ll to " L" p ress to hands tand, di sloca te to a d o u ble or fu ll t w ist. Ga ry Morava w ho rece ntl y had a rnajor operat io n on hi s should e r had mu ch troub le o n strength m oves and recei ved a B.35 w hi ch had to cou nt as Ted Ma rti recei ved a d eserved B. l 0 for a weak exe rcise.

Peter Rohn er did a good job wi th sh arp mov es.

V~ulting - Swiss 45.25 - US A 44.45 Th e Sw i,s are ve ry good va ult ers and if it we re not for a mi ss (s itt ing o n a doub le fro nt ) th ey wou ld ha ve sco red a n ed!" 46 point s. Brey cher w ith a 9.40 doe, a t rem e ndo u, doub le fr o nt that is hi gh w ide an d hand so m e. Avener sco red a 9.35 on hi s piked (a l most) f suk ahara. Gary Morava ju st about clea red th e ho rse on hi s d o ubl e f ront and sa t. Th e o p eration has taken a lot out of him and it w ill take ano th e r mo nth at leas t to recove r.

Paralle l Bars - Swiss 45.85 - USA 45. 0U Th e P Bars was cl ose and o nl y Ave n er's back so m ersa ult - wa lk forward and then wa lk backward kept it from being close r. Ave n er is no t yet in good shape as he ha s grad uated and lac k s th e in ce nti ve for steddy trainin g. Th e Swiss (Ca ill e) used a snap -dow n back from o n e bar for hi s d ism o unt. Peter Roh ner had used it also in th e ot he r me ets. Th e Swi ss have a good P. Bar tea m. liorizontal Bar - Swiss 45.90 - USA 44.60 Weeden , Moravd , Ave ne r and Simm o ns we re no t at th e ir best in thi s event , th ey all had bad flaw, an d Ave n er had no di smo unt. Ted Mart i was b y far th e be,t p erf o rm er and was und e rsco red w ith a 9.35. Les Sasvary and I had a 9.50 but th e m ark s were in ran ge w ith 2 - 9.30's and a 9.40. The Swiss perform ed very we ll w ith all gy mn as ts sco rin g at leas t a 9.00. They all do di sloca te giant s, O nos, Stald ers, Endo-shoots and fini sh w ith a d o ubl e o r a fu ll tw ister o r d o ubl e tw ister . Bretcher ha s a fin e style w ith a free sw ing .

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SOUTH AFRICAN CUP

By Jim Stephenson

Jim Stephenson

Roxanne Pierce

SOUTH AfRICAN CUP AND INTERNATIONAL

By Jim Stephenson Ro xan ne Pi erce of th e So uth ern Connect icut Gym C lub and Jim St eph e nso n of Iowa State U ni ve rsit y rep rese nt ed the U nit ed States in th e South Afr ica n Cup Nove mb er 30th and Decemb er 1st in Johan n es bur g and in th e South African Internationa l th e fo ll ow ing weekend December 7th and 8th in Kroo nstad .

Th e South African Amat e ur Gymnastics Assoc iat io n hea d ed b y Mr. O. Ave bo rn organiz ed the two co mpetiti o ns bot h o f wh ich we re run in two da y sess io ns.

A long w ith th e So uth Af ri ca ns and A m eri ca ns th ere we re fi ve o th e r co untri es rep resen ted , Canada w ith Jennife r D iachun and Conrad Vin ce nt , A nn Parkin so n fro m En gland , f inl and e nt e red Ma un o N isse nen , Ange la Maye r an d Eberhart Gi enge r rep rese nt ed West Ge rman y and Victor h enstein and H akeve t G ree nb erg co mpe ted fo r Israel.

In th e S.A. C up th e So uth Af ri ca ns e nt ered thr ee girl s, A nit a Van N ie kev k, Lind a Stand er Su sa n Serfo nt ein . for th e m en 's and compet iti o n th e South Af ri ca n s also ent e red three co mp etitors, Morris Lev in , Francoi s Stander, and A lwy n G erbe r, fo r a to tal of eig ht m en and eight wo m e n .

Th e open i ng ni g ht of th e S.A. Cup began w ith m en 's fl oo r exerc ise and wo m e n 's va ulting. Th e wo m en 's va ultin g showed no new va ult s as mo st o f th e girls did eith er Yamas hit as o r qua rt er-ons , three qu art e rs-o ff. W ith th e exce pti o n of A nge la Maye r and Roxa nn e Pi e rce th e va ults , ho wed littl e am plitud e.

Roxanne an d Angela both loo ked goo d and fini shed fir st and seco nd, Roxa nn e 9.5 and A nge la 9.3 w ith Jennife r Di achun third at 8.8.

Men 's floo r was started w ith Conr ad Vin cen t w ho sco red an 8.8 w ith high tumblin g but qu it e a few form p ro blem s. ' Th e South Af ri ca ns seemed sloppy and had a lot of techni ca l p rob lem s w ith th eir full s, w hi ch p rove d to b e o ne of th e prob lem s shared w ith th e South Af ri ca n girl s. Diffi cult y howe ve r was no t lack in g in the rou tin es of th e to p two So uth Af ri ca ns. Lev in m o unt ed w ith a good doub le back and Gerber start ed w ith a ni ce doub le fu ll .

Th e m os t difficult rout in e ca m e from Ebe rh art Gienger w ho mount ed w ith a d o ubl e back and di smount ed w ith a doub le f ull . N isse nen d id a fa ir job th o ugh floo r b y far lo o ked to be hi s weakest event. Th e fir st pla ce we nt to Jim St e ph enso n w ho wo n w ith hi gh tumblin g, mod e rate diffi cult y - d ism o untin g w ith a doubl e fu ll , cl ean executi o n an d goo d transitional parts simil ar to th ose o f Franco Me ni che lli , Brent Simmon s and Yuk io Endo , fo r a 9.5, seco nd was Ge rb er at 9.1 dnd th ird was Gi e nger w ith a 9.05.

The nex t two eve nt s we r e un even s and pommel hor se. Th e So uth Af ri can girl s perfo rm ed stock rou tin es w ith stock exec ut ion w hil e aga in Ro xa nn e and A n ge la too k fir st dnd seco nd and Linda Stand e r third . A nge l" ha d so m e ni ce part s and ,o m e o ri ginalit y to ge t a 9.3 , he r bi gges t pro bl em s see m ed to be a lack of should er fl ex ib ili ty li m itin g h er ex temio n ; Ii ghtl y and a med iocre to e point. Roxan ne was definit ely in a d if fe rent cl ass as her rou tin e sh owed a lot o f o ri gin ali ty, ri sk and exce ll e nt fo r and techni ca l executi on, w hi c h b roug ht h e r a we ll d ese rved 9. 55. continued on page 44

GYMNAST Fe b . '74

JAPANESE TOUR: Chunichi Cup, International Invitational

'73 CHUN ICHI CUP INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Nagoya - Nov. 24-25 Men' s Resu lts - Optiona l FX ' PH R lH PB HB TOTAL 9.40 9.35 9.20 9.50 9.35 9.55 1. Kazuo Ho ri de (lPN ) 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.25 9.45 9.40 2. Shun Fujim o to (lPN ) 9.40 9.35 9.30 9.15 9.35 9.45 3. Wolfgang Thun e (GDR ) 9.25 9. 10 9.35 9.20 9.40 9.55 4. Fumio Honm a (lPN) 9.10 9.40 9.20 9.55 9. 15 9.30 5. Vlad imir Saf ro nov (U RS) 9.25 9.55 9.25 9.40 9.40 8.80 6. Nik o lai Andrianov (U RS) 9.30 9.45 9.25 8.50 9.40 9.60 7. Gen shi Naga i (JP N) 8. Vladimir Shch ukin (U RS) 9.40 8.65 9.35 9.40 9.15 9.40 9.35 8.25 9.10 9.25 9.10 9.55 9. Kl aus Koste (GDR ) 9.10 9. 10 8.95 8.00 9.10 9.25 10. Stevf>n Hu g (USA)

56.35 56.30 56.00 55.85 55.70 55.65 55.50 55.35 54.60 53.50

1. Ne ly Kim (U RS ) 2. El vira Saad i (U RS) 2. Ange lik a He llmann (G DR ) 4 . Tatiana Schego lkova (U RS) 5. Irene Abe l (G DR ) 6. Inge Hanke (G DR ) 7. Kri sztina Med vecz ky (HUN) 7. So na Brazdova (TCH ) 9. Miyuk i Ma tsuhi sa (l PN) 10. Joan Ri ce (USA)

B 9.45 9.05 9.15 9.30 9.20 9.10 9.30 9.30 9.05 8.95

FX TOTAL 9.60 38.00 9.65 37.45 9.40 37.45 9.45 37.40 9.40 37.30 9.35 37.20 9.25 37.10 9.25 37.10 9.25 36.95 9.45 36.80

legend of Co untri es Czechoslovak ia (l L H) fea st German y (G DR ) Hun ga ry (HUN) Japa n (JP N) Ru ss ia (UR)) Unit ed States (USA)

'73 INTERNATIONAL INV ITATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Toky<, - Dec. 1-2

Women's Results - Optional 1.

2.

2.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

El vira Saa di (U RS) Ne)y Kim (U RS) Kri sz tina Medveczky (H UN) Ange lik a He llma nn (G DR ) In ge Ha nk e (CDR ) Tati ana Sch ego lk ova (U RS) Sona Brazdova (TC H) Joa n Ri ce (USA) Di ane Dunb,lr (USA) Zdena Do rn ako va (TC H)

GYMNAST Feb. '74

V 9.50 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.50 9.40 9.25 9.30 9.35 9.20

UPB 9.50 9.50 9.40 9.45 9.30 9.25 9.30 9.40 9.30 9.35

B FX TOTAL 9.55 9.65 38.20 9.10 9.50 37.50 9.40 9.30 37.50 9.15 9.40 37.40 9.10 9.25 37.15 9.25 9.20 37.10 9.25 9.25 37.05 8.85 9.45 37.00 9.10 9.15 36.90 8.75 9.20 36.50

NOTES from Japan ese tour, Nov. 19 - Dec. 3, 1973 CHUNICHI C UP INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET, Nagoya, Nov. 24-25 INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET, Tokyo, Dec. 1-2 .

USA Partic ipants: joa n Moore Ri ce - G ymn as t Di a n e D unb ar - Gymnast jim Gau lt - Coach Sharo n Pi rkl - ju dg e b y jim Ga ult Coac h , USA

Women's Results - Optional V UPB 9.40 9.55 9.40 9.35 9.35 9.55 9.25 9.40 9.35 9.35 9.45 9.30 9.20 9.35 9.20 9.35 9.30 9.35 9.20 9.20

Steve Hug

Diane Dunb ar

Joan Moore Ri ce

Judges: Superior - Nagy (HUN) Mit sukuri - (l PN) Pirkl - (USA) Tin te rova (CZ H) Iva nova (U RS)

MONDAY, Nov. 19 (USA) TUESDAY, Nov. 20 (Japan) Sh aron Pirkl , Di a n e D un bar, joa n Ri ce a nd I m e t in Seatt le on fir st leg of jo urn ey to j apa n .

Sh a ron h ad fl ow n in from Chicago, joa n from Phil a d e lphi a, D ia n e a nd I fr om San Fr a n c isco.

Sh a ro n h ad so m e ve ry ni ce trave l ba gs mad e up for u s w ith USA and C huni c hi Cup, Japa n printed o n th e m , (th ey ca m e in very u se fu I later w ith al l th e souve nir s we co ll ec t e d ). Flight t o Tok yo took a b o ut 10 h o ur s. We a rri ve d abo ut 5 :1 5 p.m. to a b ea utiful re d s un set behind th e s ilh o u ette of Ml. Fuj i. Wi th th e lights of th e c it y be low it was a very b eau ti fu l s it e and we rea ll y apprec ia te d o ur fir st look a t japa n.

Afte r clearing c u s to m s we were m e t b y Steve Hu g, top mal e USA 'g y mna st , w h o was in Tokyo o n a so rt of researc h p ro ject in photog ra ph y fr o m Stanfo rd U ni ve rs it y . We too k th e A irpo rt continued on page 30 11

HOLIDAY COMPETITIONS

.

Clark Jo hnson

MID WEST OPEN Main East High School, Morton Grove, Illinois

By Ke n Coleman

SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

by Dr. Clair Jennett Out of a field o f 180 compet itors and 28 organ iza ti ons came the most outsta nding co mp et it ion eve r d isp layed in the Spartan Gym. " I be li eve that all coac hes, co mpetitors, and spectators alik e, wi ll return next yea r to parti cipate in w hat w ill be an even g reate r meet. Becau se of the rep resen tation and tal ent demon strated over th e wee kend at th e 14th A nnu al Spartan I nvita ti ona l, I have decid ed to split the state and ha ve the first Ca li fornia North-So uth Champ ionsh ip s," co ntended Coach 'Rea Anders .

Th e invitational has grown in such magnitude t ha t it is perhaps now second only to th e Mid-West Open . Its noto ri ety is ;p read ing because the pr e-season meet is the las t of th ose co mp etiti o ns that is ope n to A LL co mp et it o rs. The m ee t was we ll rece ived and capped off by feature performer No rb ert D ill and hi s aweso m e German Wh ee l. Next yea r (he qualifying sess io n w ill be broken up int o six stations - havi ng each eve nt in a sepa rate gym na sium . In stead of th e top eig ht adva ncin g to th e fin als we w ill take the top f ive from each of th e two regions of the sta te, Hi ghlighting this yea r's in vitat ional was Clark Johnso n (UCB) who won the all -a ro und co mpetition (52.60) edging out last year 's AA winne r Tom Weeden (UCB) . Thr ee time NA IA floor exercise champion, A I Sanderse ca me out 'J f retire m e nt to edge o u t A ll Ame ri ca n Bi ll Ritt er of th e USAF. Mak in g hi s debut and cap turin g th e rin g eve nt w ith an o ut stand in g set was A rt Ca m er ill o of Golden W es t Junior Co ll ege with 9.25 . The o ld est entr y in th e mee t was Steve Nor iega who hasn ' t see n co mp etition for ten years. Steve's supe r effo rt fe ll short of winn in g th e pa rall e l bar eve nt by 10 to Clark Johnson 's 9.10 score. The top three finish ers we re: Floor Exercise: 1. AI Sanderse (U nal) 2. Bill Ritt er (USAF) 3. Tom Weeden (Ue B) 3. Mike Zapp (UCLA) 3. Gabe Herna ndez (LA)

9.00 8.90 8.85 8.85 8.85

Pommel Horse: 1. Shawn Miyake (UCLA) 2. Kurt Zimmerman (USC) 3. Chris Klingerman (LA)

9. 15 9.10 9.05

Still Rings: 1. Art Came rillo (GWJC) 2. Gene John so n (WSU) 2. M ike Moser (UCLA) Long Horse: 1. Andy Alexander (WSU) 2. Cha rl es Glass (U nal) 3. Robert Harden (CSUC)

9.35 9.30 9.10

Pa rallel Bars: 1. Clark Johnso n (UC B) 2. Steve Noriega (U nal) 2. Gene Johnson (WSU) 2. John Li vingston (USC)

9.10 9.00 9.00 9.00

Horizontal Bar: 1. Robert Harden (CSUC) 2. Gene Joh nson (WSU) 3. M ike Zapp (UCLA) 3. Jerr y Montooth (UCLA) 3. Clark John so n (UC B)

9.15 9.10 9.00 9.00 9.00

All-Aro und: 1. Clark John so n (UCB) 2. Tom Weeden (UCB) 3. Tim Niles (CSUC) 4. John Camero n (SJSU) 4. Mik e Dubas (UCB) 6. George Had res ($JS U) GYMNAST Feb. '74

9.25 9.10 9.10

52.60 49.25 48.70 47.65 47.65 46.90

OREGON OPEN by James Lester Th e 1973-74 gymnastics season opened in th e No rth- West with the Oregon Open Gymnast ics Champ ionsh ips on Novembe r 17, 1973 . Team s that we re e nt ered came from : Was hin gton State, Portland State, Brigham Yo un g University, th e U ni versi ty of British Co lu mb ia, th e U ni vers it y of O rego n, th e Un ivers it y o f Washington, Orego n Co ll ege of Education , Oregon State Universit y, and seve ral un att ac h ed compet it ors .

The overa ll impress ion of the m ee t was of hi gh qu alit y routin es that we re ve ry well executed.

FLOOR - Was won by Doug Hills (8.80) fo ll owed by Bob Rikli (8.75) and Don Lester (8.6) , both from th e Un ive rsity of Oregon.

POMMEL HORSE - Show ed a great deal of competition . Thi s event was won by Joe Perci va l (9. 05) , followed close ly by Curt Rodge rs (B.B5) and Jim Leste r (B .BO) all from th e U ni vers ity of Oregon.

RINGS - Was won w ith a ve ry strong ro utin e

by Ma uri ce Wi ll iam s (9.25) . Second and third places we re fill ed by Ge ne John so n (9. 05) and Dubi Lufi (8 .95).

VAULTING - Was exceptio nall y good, which cou ld by see n by a qual if ying sco re of 9.10 to ge t into f ina ls. First was Bob D ickmeye r (9.25) W.S.U ., second was Andy A lexa nd er (9 .10) W.S.U., and third was Bruce Nas hif (9.05) Universit y of Oregon.

PARALLEL BARS - Fir st was Dubi Lufi w ith a 9.30, seco nd was Werner H oege r of B.Y.U . w ho used a Di am id ov and a do u ble-back d ismount ea rnin g a sco re of 8.85, and third was Gene John so n of W.S.U. w ith a 8.70.

HORIZONTAL BAR - A strong show in g from th e Unive rsit y of Oregon gymnas ts as Mark Sto ne placed second w ith a 9.10 and Rand y Lar y third w it h a 9.05. First pla ce was won by Dubi l.ufi w ith a 9.20.

ALL-AROUND Was won in close compet ition by Wayne Young - 52.15, second was Dubi Lufi - 51.80, th ird was Werner Hoeger (B.Y.U .) - 49.20.

Alter the l irst three eve nt s an ex hi b iti on was give n by the Artistic Academy of Gymna sti cs .

Severa l floor routin es were done inc ludin g one

by Nancy Thi es w ho pe rfo rm ed her opt ion al t o th e mu sic of " 2001 A Space Odessy. "

Thi s year 's M id Wes t Open WdS un li ke · previous one s. One reason was that finals competit ion for women was h e ld on th e same eve nin g as men 's fina ls. Thi s was disappo i nting beca use their leve l of com [.l etence was qu it e unimpressive. In fact not one girl stayed on the beam during fina ls. Most fe ll off tw ice.

Th e men's co mp et it ion still had that high leve l co mp et it ion , but someth in g wa s missing.

What was missing were old tim ers li ke Neil Schmitt, Mark Davis, etc., who we ren ' t in finals. Other gymnasts such as Brent Simmons and Stew Buck graduates of Iowa Sta te U n iversity, and Da ve G il cr ist who graduat ed from In d iana State U ni ve rsit y had mad e fina ls, and are now becom in g th e o ld tim ers. Ma r k Davis did co mpete in the pr eli ms but mi sse d h is routin e so tha t h e co uldn 't compe te in final s and throw his triple back off high bar.

All around was won by Ma rk G raham from Iowa State. Bre nt Simmons took seco nd and Do ug Fitzjarrell took th i rd (Doug is also from Iowa State).

Floor exe rcise an d ri ngs were th e meet hi ghlig ht s. Doug Fit zja rr ell won FX with a spectacu lar rout in e. He mounted with a double ba ck, his second pass was full twi st di ve roll , jump ha lf turn into sta ndin g f li p - flop , 1 Vl twist di ve roll. Hi s third pass was an Arab ian front high eno ugh to do a l V, A rabi an , and dismount with a double full . Duan e Wes t (from Nebraska) use d an or igi na l illove. He did a fu ll twist dive roll so hi gh tha t in stead of rolling out of it, he wa lked o ut of it when he hit hi s hand s.

Leo nard He nd e rso n (from Odessa Juni or College) has a corne r part w ith the most d ifficu lt strength work I 've ever seen.

To mak e fina ls on rings a 9.4 was needed .

Benny Fernandez and hi s brother, both frolll Indiana University made fina ls but didn ' t hit as well as in t he [.lfelim inaries. Charlie Ropiequet and Jack Laur ie (fro m Southern Illin ois University) tied for fi rst. Tom Morgan took third .

Ted Marcy wo n [.lomm e l h o rse (a lth o ugh I' ve seen hi m thro w bette r se ts ) w ith a 9.5. Ed Slezak mi ssed in fin als but I don 't think h ewo u ld have beate n Ted had he h it his routin e.

BIG EIGHT INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS at Lincoln, Neb., Saturday Team Scoring Iowa State 322.05, Nebraska 314.40, Oklahoma 303.50, Co lorado 254.25, Kansas 236.85, Kansas Sta te 65.40.

Individual results All -around - 1. Mark Graham (ISU), 103.90; 2. Bob Roth (ISU), 103.00; 3. Gene Mackie (N), 102.60; 4.

Doug Fitzjarrell (ISU), 101 .45; 5. John Capozzo li (0), 81.90; 6. Jeff Watk in s (C), 74 .80.

Floor exercise - 1. Fitzjarrel l, 9.375; 2. Graham, 9.075 ; 3. Alex Pepe (ISU), 8.850.

Vaulting - 1. Rich Larsen (ISU) and Greg Goodhue (0) , 9.125 ; 3. Graham, 9.075.

Pommel horse -1 . Fulton Loebel (0), 9.225; 2. Steve Di ckey (N), 9.125; 3. Hal Traver (N), 8.850.

Parall el bars - 1. Fit zja rrell , 9.200 ; 2. Mike Henry (0), 9.075; 3. Barry Cross (N), 8.950.

Rings - 1. M ike Mi halgo (0), 9.300; 2. Ke ith Heaver (tSU), 9.275; 3. Pete Stud enski (N), 9.250.

High bar - 1. Graham and Mackie (N), 9.200 ; 3.

Larsen, 9.050.

(ISU ha s wo n seve n straight Bi g Eight Invitational championsh ips.)

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FIRST ANNUAL COLORADO GYMNASTIC S CLINIC

by G e rald F. Gasperini ~now , sun and stellar performances hi ghli ghted th e First A nnu al Colorado Winter Gymnast ics Clini c. Held at th e Un iversit y of Co lorado, th e cl inic loomed th e threa t of an energy shut -o ff but the on ly energy cri sis whic h occ ured was at 4:30 w hen th e afternoon sess io n was ove r and gy mn as ts dragge d off to th e showers and so me to th e whir lpool s. Th e clini c was organized and run by coach Dave Wa rde ll , coac h at Colorado, Ron Barett a and Ben Co leman and as with most first annu al event s was beset by it s fair share of mi shaps and probl em s. But as a w hol e the clinic and meets ran smoothl y with a minimum numb f' r ()f ul cers. Mike Jacki and th e Amer ica n Ath letic Equipm ent Company were co-sponsors of th e clin ic thi s yea r and hopefull y for many yea rs to co me.

Three meet s were held d urin g the cli ni c, w ith each meet being different and thorough ly en joyab le for both gymn ast and fa n. Th e first me et was a champion ship meet wh ich fea tured an array of Al l-America ns and so me o ld -timer All-Am eri ca ns. The meet the seco nd ni ght was a co mpul sory meet and an open meet for th e flock of high schoolers w ho attended th e cl ini c.

Th e great majorit y of the co ll ege gymnasts had th e co mpul sories do w n but wha t ca n one say about th e comp ul so ri es! My mother always told me that if I co u ldn ' t say something ni ce about so methin g, don 't say an yth ing at all. With thi s in mind " I'1i resist co mm entin g on those.

Thank good ness fo r the good-o le hi gh schoo l crowd , they sa lvaged the night. Big tri cks, uniqu e co mbin at ions but general breaks in form was th e Ilame uf the ir game Thursday night but it mu st be remember ed that their season doesn ' t b eg in for anoth er month. Th e mostl y Colorado crop of hi gh schoo l gymnasts looks indeed promising for yet another year . If one is a believer in trends it seems as though the all-arounder is the com ing thing. The nam es of Wiggin s, Webster and Dobbs (the top three fini shers in th e hi gh sc hool all-arou nd) are figures that have to b e reckoned w ith in com in g yea rs.

Th e night of December 28 showed some truly outst and in g performances. Th ea Digern ess (CSU) sto le th e show once again as he did at the Rocky Mounta il{ Open w ith an "oh wow "

CANADIAN

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REPORT CANADIAN REPORT

by Carol Ann Le theren Cha ir man, National Women 's Techni ca l Committee Canadian Gymnastics Federation A rti stic gymnastics for wome n is grow ing and develop in g at a rate un surpassed in the h istory of the sport in Canada. Our gym nas ts are , provin g themse lves as world ranking athletes w ith increasing appea rances in th e final s and on the med al podium: Nancy McDonnell topped some 50 compet itors at the Pre-World Championships in Varna, Bu lga ria (Jun e 1973) to win the go ld meda l in va ulting. Sh e contin ued t hi s success in va ulting in th e Nat iona l Champ ionsh ip s at York Universit y in Jul y 1973 by defeat i ng Lu bov Burda (4th in the 1972 Olympics) . Jennifer Diachun proudly represented Canada in th e un eve n bar fina ls at the 1973 World Un ive rsit y Games in Moscow.

To do this she forced two U.S.S.R. compet itors out. Jennifer has also just returned from the South Africa Cup where she placed first on beam, second on fl oor and third on va ult. Li se Arsenault won the all -around in a dua l Canada Great Britian competition in May 1973. These

are all rem arkab le ac hi evements fo r the spo rt and ones of whic h Canada can be proud. Th e Canad ian flag ha s be en rai se d on a gymnast ic podium.

evok ing performance. He knocked out a co ld 9.7 with one jud ge g ivin g him a 10.0. I wo ul d ju st like to say to Theo th at it mu st indeed be cUlllforting to go to slee p at night secure in the knowledge that so meon e else besid es your moth er th in ks that yo u 're p erfect. The other places in horizontal bar were taken by Rick Dan ley (Ind . Stat e) and W ay ne Young (BYU) who prove d th at good g¥mnasts don ' t let th emse lves be psyched o ut.

A lthough hor izonta l ba r may have been the prem ier event of the even in g it was n ' t th e only eve nt that was worked th e way it was intended to be by the N isse n, Gym Master and the Amer ica n peopl e. L.J. Larson (Does anyo ne know what L.J . stands for?) and Jim Allen worked th e pommel h orse as if th ey might even en jo y it with both of them co nv incing the

crowd that pomme l horse mu st be an easy event w ith a 9.5 and 9.3 respecti ve ly.

Vau lti ng was ridd led w ith double-fron ts, ca rtwh ee l ba cks and fu ll twisters . The va ulters were, to say th e leas t, impress ive. Th e rest of th e routines were tough, especially th e floor exercise with Gary Alexa nder and Kent Brown showing w hy th ey are A ll- A m er ica n.

The Colorado Clinic se emed to have combined th e righ t elements for an effect ive' clinic. The gymnasts were enthusias ti c and th e fac ili ties w ere adequate but most of all th e sixty-f ive in stru ctor s we r e know ledgeab le, rea chabl e and above dll else see med to di sp lay a w illin gness and a cuncer n fo r each indi v id ual that is 50 import ant in o ur sport. Coach Ward ell and hi s staff I fee l d eserve a great dea l of praise for th e job they did.

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Uneve n Bar winners: Debbie Wilcox, Debbie Halle,

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Jennifer Diac hun - Canadia n

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Floor - Ex: 1st tie Dana Shelley, Gary Alexander, 3rd Ke nt Brown.

GYMNAST Feb. '74

'73 HOLIDAY CLINICS cture: Jerry Fuiffre, Bruce McGartlin, Sei Ito , Seated : Adel e Gleaves and Kim Chace.

CHRISTMAS CLINIC NASHVillE, TENESSEE

by Dan Garcia Director and Coa c h Gymnastics USA This was the fi rst clin ic of it s k in d to be held in ou r area of the Un it ed States, in Tenn essee . Th e clinic was q ui te competitive ly staffed, with Kim Chace, (1972 Olympi c Team ), Sei Ito , Adele G leaves (1973 World Un ivers ity Games) and Bru ce McGartl in (1972 USG F Elit e Gymnast) .

Enro llm ent was limi ted to no more than 10 gym nasts per in stru ctor. Students ca me from M ich igan, Ohio, Fl orida (Panama C it y Gymna sti cs-Sei Ito, coac h), A labama, Geo r gia, Nort h Ca ro lin a and Tennessee.

Conce nt rati o n was centered upon proper execution of the girl 's USCF comp ul so ry ro utin es, wit h master clini cs on each p iece o f apparatu s. Th e boys wo rk ed juni o r O lymp ic co mpul sory routin es and op tiona l sk ills. Eighty per cent of the participants we re girls.

All of th e latest Nissen equipment was ava il ab le as we ll as a video tape record er, loop film proj ec tor with compu lso ry film s and movie s of th e 1972 Olympic and pa st national cha m pio nshi ps.

Delene Darst ra n a ierrific USGF judg in g Co urse during the la.i t 3 d~ ys o f th e clini c. We are now ge ttin g ce rtifi ed jud gin g in o ur area whic h is helpin g o ur gy mn as ti cs grow. I might add here th at we ha ve a Tennessee Gymnas ti cs Associat io n w hich has ju st elected Dan Garcia, pres'i d ent, j ack Stevens, vice-p residen t, Teresa D eHart, sec retary and j ackie Arche r, treas ury.

We expect to organ ize many new funct ions for the new yea r. ' For our first clinic, we were ve ry pleased at the tremendou s response of th e gymnasts and t he success of th e cli n ic.

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CLINICS••• 1973 NEW ENGLAND GYMNASTIC CLINIC

by Jeff Cardinali The eleventh annual New Eng land Gymnastic Clini c was held on November 23-24 at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London , Connec ti cut. j eff Ca rdin ali , Coast Guard coach, served as the clini c director. The clinic attracted so m e 1,400 registrants wi th teams co ming from all part s of th e country. The Coast Gu ard Academy' s large athl eti c comp lex accommodated th e gymnasts with co mfo rt.

Th e fi eld house was convert ed into a o n e acre workout area which includ ed five pieces of each m en' s and women ' s apparatu s. Two other gymn asi um s were di vid ed to provide seve n different lectur e- demonstrat ions each ho ur. A total of 70 lecture-demon strations were presented by a staff of 23 master te achers during the 13 sessions of th e cl inic. In addition, 35 oth er areas of in stru ction were provid ed eac~ hour for a tot al of 525 hours for th e two days. A genera l sta ff of 138 co aches and gymnasts provided co ntinu ous supervisio n and the fin es t possibl e in stru ction .

Th e clinic prog ram was d ivided in to three main ph ases -- th e lec ture-d emo nstrati o n, th e problem so lvin g, and th e workou t. Lecturedemon strat ion was a formal sess io n conducted by mast er teachers where sk ill s we re ana lyzed and new skills and training techniques was introdu ced. Th ese sess io n s we re cl assifi ed according to th e F.I.G . levels se t for m en and women . " A " sessions covered on ly sk ill s and co mbin at ions of ." A " difficult y as in men 's gymnastics. Similar sess ion s cove red " B" and "c" sk ill s. " M " sess ions covered o nl y skill s of medium difficulty in wome n's gymnast ics.

Also, simil ar sess ion s covered " 8" (bas ic) and " S·' superior skill levels.

Work shop sess io ns we re designed to m ee t the increasi ng need for b e tt er coac hin g and officiating. Th ere we re sess io ns i n m en 's and women 's jud gin g, coac hin g techniqu es, psychological a's pects of gy mn asti cs, and mech ani ca l analys is. Danc e sessions includ ed ball et, modern d ance in floo r exercise, and dance difficult ies in beam .

Th e problem so lving sess io ns we re d esigned to all ow each gym nast or coac h to bring a spec ifi c probl em to a co llege or hi gh sc hoo l coach and receive practical he lp in all the gymnastic events.

Th e clini c is o rgan ized so that each gymnast will receive a most co mpreh ensive experien ce w ith as li tt le tim e wasted as possible.

Mast er teach ers for women in cluded: Del ene Darst, Pat Kin g, Dave Nee l, jim Archer, Maria Bakos, joe M ass im o, Andrea Watk in s, Kitt y Kj eld sen, Noreen Conneli , and M arge Smith . M en's mas ter staff: Abie Grossfeld, Bob Eising er, Bo b Cargill , Tom Dunn , M ike j acki , Mike j acobson, Gary Erwin , Lo ui s Datilio , Dwight Church, Bob Pataky and George j ess up.

Th e Clini c Committee included: j eff Cardinali, Isidore Battino, Bob Pataky, George jessup, Marge Sm ith , No ree n Connell, Ri cha rd Aronson , Erik Kj eld se n, Kitt y Kj eld se n, A I Bickum.

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Jim Archer, lecture demonstration

Advanced tumblin g sessio n

GYMNAST Feb. '74

Philippe Ga ille

Hutch Dvorak

Pat Arnold and Stormy E;

TUCSON

Prudencio Corales

Jim Howard, spotting Uneven bars master clinic

GYMNAST Feb. '74

At the co nclu sion of th e 1973 Tu cson Clinic, th e gen era l fee lin g among vete ran gymnasts and staff members was th at thi s year's cli nic was o ne of th e b est ever held.

Mu ch of the credi t for the success of this year's clinic mu st go to cl ini c directors' Jeff Bennon and Pat Arnold and par ti cul arl y Stormy Eaton and Bob Shirk, who thorough ly o rgan ized and coo rdin ated the girl 's program .

For the gi rl 's program, Sto rmy and Bob pulled together a hi ghly skill ed staff inclu ding Marie Bil sk i (1964 O lymp ian), Jim Howa rd (1973 World University Games team manager). Tom H eineike (Wichita Gym Club), Jan H epp ner (Clarion College) and m an y others.

The boy's program was eq ually well staffed with Francis A ll en (U ni versity of N ebraska coach), Hutch Dvorak (Ho uston Bapt ist College coac h), and Paul Zie rt (coach at the University of Oklahoma).

One of t he hi ghli ghts of the clinic was the Swiss vs. Clini c A ll Stars m eet in w hich the Sw iss team defeated a group of A m erica n gymn asts , mostl y sp eciali sts, includin g Duane W es t of the University of Nebraska, Monty Falb of the University of M ich iga n and Shawn Miyake o f UCLA. An addit iona l fea ture was Stormy Eat on ' s l ect ur e on tumbling w ith demonstrations by severa l clinic gymn as ts including Pam Winslow, a talented tum b ler from Sco ttsda le, Arizo na.

Th e boy's program was h eld in Bear Down gymn asium wh il e the g irl ' s program was moved from the old faci lity, used in past years, to the modern very spacio us McKa le gym . Girl ' s classes were sched ul ed so th at free worko ut time was reserved for late afternoon and classes throu ghout th e d ay we re carefull y structured wi th st udents marching to each eve nt and displaying an impress ive amo un t of discipli ne.

Stormy kept things in the wo m en 's gym hi ghl y efficien t but provided a little humo r b y co ndu ct in g severa l hand stand an d o ther contests among staff m embe rs at th e en d of each day. H e also all owed time for a sho rt ex hi bit io n at the end of the clini c w hich featured those girl s w ho had lea rned full twists during the clinic.

H op efu ll y th e same car eful planning and orga ni zatio n which added to th e success o f this year's cli nic wi ll contin u e in the future, making th e Tucson Clinic a wo rthwhil e experi e nce fo r coaches and gym nasts.

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FLORIDA CLINICS SA RASOTA Wa rm wea t her, sunn y sk ies, and exce ll ent in stru ctio n were so m e of the reasons gy mn asts and coaches from th e East and Mid-West braved gaso lin e sho rtages, and harsh sto rm s to att en d th e 23 rd ann ual Nat io nal Gymn as ti c Clini c at Robarts A rena in Sarasota, Florid a.

A lt hough at tend ance was d ow n fro m p rev ious year,>, d ue mostly to fuel shortages, enro llmen t wa,> more than ade quate and eage r gymnasts recei ved in stru cti o n from su ch accomp li shed coac h es as Ab ie Grossfeld (1972 Men's O lympi c coac h ) and Sandy Phi li ps (1973 Wo rld U ni ve rsit y Games tea m) as we ll as in sp irat io n from O lympi ans Jim Culhane and Joa n Moore Ri ce.

Frank We ll s, clini c direc tor kep t th e cl ini c running at a hi gh ly o r ga ni zed level. He was assisted in hi s eifort s by A bi e, w ho was in ch arge of the men 's in st ru cti o nal program and Sa nd y, who directed the wo men's sess io ns.

A lso helpful w ith o rga ni za ti on and manageme nt of th e cl ini c was D ick Aronson , gy mna st ics coac h at Lowe ll Tech, in Lo we ll , Massac hu sett s and Jud y A lperin , coac h at Westhill Hi gh Schoo l in Str amfo rd.

The majority of girl s attend in g th e clinic we re loca l gy mn asts and ranged in abilit y from beginner to in te rm ed iate. The boys, howeve r, came from va ri ous pa r ts of the cou ntry. Ke n A ll en, brought a group of his gym nas ts fro m th e U r,i ve rsit y of W isco nsin , Oshkosh and Fr ed Orlofsky and hi s gy m nasts came from Western M ichi gan U ni versi t y.

One day of workou t was held o n th e beach addin g a summer like atm osphere to th e cl in ic.

A hi ghli ght of tHe clinic was the No rth-So uth meet in wh ich Joan Rice totaled th e mos t points for the Nort h team w hile her hu sba nd Bob ear ned th e mo st for the Sou th team lead in g it to a narrow victory over th e North . Thi s ma rk ed th e cl in ic' s 20 th ann ua l No rth- South meet.

O vera ll it was a fin e c lini c anu we ll wo rth an y ex tra effort s it took to get th ere .

Joan Rice spotting

Fred Orlofsky

Sarasota clinic workout a rea

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GYMNAST Feb. ' 74

Gary Morava

FT. LAUDERDALE

Charles Froeming and Bob Dickson - lectu re, d emonstratio n

Pl easant weather and a casual atmosph ere made the Ft. Laude rdale gymnastic clin ic, held at the Holiday Park Recreat ion Center, an enjo ya ble and ed ucat ion al expe ri ence for all involved.

Because of the stormy weather in the MidWest and Ea st, plus the fue l cr isis, attendance was down from previous hol iday clinics. Neverthe-less it was a busy, very good clin ic attended by many hi gh ca liber, enthusiastic gymnasts including Gary Morava (SIU ' gymnast), Carrie Englert (1973 Jr. Olympic ch ampion), Russ O lso n (DuPageCol lege gymnast), and Sue Luba (gymnast from Gymnastics Forum of Downers Grove, Illinois).

There were also major co ntingents of gym na sts from So uthern Illi nois University and the Univers ity of Iowa. Bill Meade, SIU coach, and Dick Holzaepfel , head coach at the Un ive rsity of Iowa, served as clini c d irectors and helped make the clinic a productive and enjoyable one for the nearly 200 hard working male and female gymnasts who atte nded.

Excel lent faci li ties were aga in arranged by Ja ck M il es, coac h of the Miles Gymnastic Clu b of H. Lauderd ale. There were no beach workouts as in pr evious yea rs primari ly because of th e sizab le traffic problem s, ca used by the large crowds drawn to th e beach to watch the workouts.

Other notable instructors who helped make th is an outstanding clinic were Nei l Schmitt, Ma rk Davis, Charles hoemin g, Kay Jauch , Bett y Axe lso n, Janet Howa rd, Jea net te Jay and Bob and Sue Dick so n. The last eve nin g of th e clinic fea tured th e " N ight of Stars ", a well run exh ibition which has become an an nual la st night activity.

Th e fin e facilities, great in stru ction, reraxed at mosphere and, part ic ularl y, the perfect weather were grea tly app reciated by th e attending gymnasts and coaches. Th e clinic ended with new friends and many fami li ar faces saying good-bye and " See yo u next year" .

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ForI l auderdale indoor & outd oor workout faci liti es

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New England

Tucson

Marie Bilski Abie Grossfeld

Chuck Wanner 1973 WINDY CITY INVITATIONAL

By Ken Allen Executive Director, Mid-America Gymnastics Judges Association Steve Mongelluzzo Sports Information Director, U. of Illinois Chicago Circle

Iowa State won the team title as expected but Chuck Wanner of Chicago Circle surprised many as he captured the all-around title at the Third Annual Windy City Gymnastics Invitational. The meet, held "n the weekend of November 30·- December 1 at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, attracted 17 of the nation 's top collegiate teams including Iowa State (NCAA University Division Champion), University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (NAIA Champion) and Odessa College (NJCAA Champion).

The meet is sponsored by the Mid-America Gymnastics Judges Association which holds a National Certification Course in conjunction with the meet. It is the biggest fund raising activity which the association has and the funds are used to help send judges to various competitions, to defray expenses for certification courses, and to print judging materials and a regional newsletter.

A special compulsory meet was held on Friday evening as a service to the Mid-East Region and was open to the teams which were competing on / Saturday as well as any individuals who wished to be judged on the exercises. There was no team competition but awards were given to the top five men in each event plus the all-around. Top honors went to Mark Graham in the all-around with 52.65, Doug Fitzjarrell in Free Exercise with 9.40, Ed Slezak in pommel horse with 9.55, Ben Fernandez in still rings with 9.30, Rich Larsen in vaulting with 9.30, Jean Gagnon in parallel bars with 9.20, and Wayne Lewis in horizontal bar with 9.05.

The team and all-around competition was held on Saturday afternoon with much pomp and ceremony. Each team was assigned to start at a certain event and then followed the Olympic order. All six events were run simultaneously. There were three teams in almost every group and they marched to each event on a signal (a Chinese gong) while music from various countries played. Without a doubt, Bill Roetzheim and his staff organized an excellent meet.

The lead in the team competition changed hands several times before Iowa State took over for good after the third event. Minnesota took the lead after the first event and then Indiana State took over after the second . From then on

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it was Iowa State all the way. The Cyclones finished with an impressive 163.25 total. Indiana State held its second place and finished with 160.05, Iowa was third with 157.95, Chicago Circle was fourth with 157.30, and Michigan wa s fifth with 153.95.

A personal and team high was reached by Chuck Wanner, a 1973 College Division AIIAmerican , as he won the all-around title with a score of 53.60. He was followed b y Bob Roth , a 1971 All-American , with 52.35, M ark Graham with 51.80, and Doug Fitzjarrell with 50.85.

Twelve gymnasts in each event, based on high scores from the team finals, advanced to the individual finals in the evening. Iowa State and Chicago Circle placed at least one individual in each event. The Cyclones advanced 16, the Chikas nine, Indiana State nine, and Iowa eight. Wanner and Fit~jarrell each advanced to the finals in four events, while Graham advanced to three finals.

Results: FREE, EXERCUSE 1. Doug Fitzjarrell (Iowa State) 9.50 2. Bob Mellin (Indiana State) 9.25 2. Dave May (Iowa) 9.25 2. Don Pollard (Odessa) 9.25 5. Mark Graham (Iowa State) 9.15 POMMEL HORSE 1. Ed Hembd (SIU) 1. Kevin Murphy (Indiana St.) 3. yreg Miller (Iowa State) 3. Wayne Olson (NIU) 3. Dale Robins (Iowa)

9.10 9.10 9.00 9.00 9.00

STill RINGS 1. Ben Fernandez (Indiana) 2. Pete Botthof (NIU) 3. Landy Fernandez (Indiana) 3. Keith Heaver (Iowa State) 5. Jack Malmedahl (Indiana)

9.60 9.40 9.35 9. 35 9.20

VAULTING 1. Doug Fitzjarrell (Iowa State) 2. Bob Miller (Odessa) 3. Chuck Wanner (UICC) 4. Jeff Lafleur (Minn) 4. Bill Nierdermeyer (Wis) 4. Tom Beusch (EIU)

9.30 9.20 9.15 9.10 9.10 9.10

PARALLEL BARS 1. Rudy Ginez (Iowa) 2. Glen Tidwell (51 U)

2. Doug Fitzjarrell (Iowa State) 4. Bob Roth (Iowa State) 4. Chuck Wanner (UICC)

9.30 9.15 9.15 9.10 9.10

HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Mark Graham (Iowa State)

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Wayne Lewis (Indiana State) Chuck Wanner (UICC) Chris Licht (Indiana State) Bill Karpen (Illinois)

ALL-AROUND 1. Chuck Wanner (UICC ) 2. Bob Roth (Iowa State) 3. Mark Graham (Iowa State) 4. Doug Fitzjarrell (Iowa State) 5. Glen Tidwell (SIU) 6. Gary Rafaloski (Indiana State)

9.60 9.35 9.30 9.25 9.20

53.60 52.35 51.80 50.85 49.85 49.80

Plans are already in progress for the 1974 Windy City Invitational scheduled for the weekend of December 6-7 at Chicago Circle. As in the past, all four defending national championship teams (NCAA University Division , NCAA College Division, NAtA , and NJCAA) automatically receive bids. In addition to the Big Ten teams and major independents who attend , several national powers outside of the mid-west area have indicated interest in competing.

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

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Coordinating. ednor_

LET'S INVESTIGATE THE USGF AGE GROUP PROGRAM Gymnasts participating in this program are able to compete with oth e rs their own age but ma y enter at their own ability level (Class I is ad va nced , Cla ss II is intermediate , andClass III is beginning) So if J state or local area is holding a Cla ss I meet, th ere ma y be participants at all age leve ls (10-11,12-14,15 and over) competing at th e sa me meet (but with gymnasts of their own age group). but they will all be competing at approximat ely the same level of , achievem ent.

I, for one, think this program looks great, and hope that more states AND ORGANIZA liONS will adopt this system. It is so difficult for young gymnasts who wish to compete YMCA , AAU, USGF or whate ver when they must sometimes learn as many as three different sets of compulsories. The age groups are different for different organizations, and this sometimes makes a difference to the gymnast because she may have to' do varied sets of compulsories depending on her age and which organi zation in which she plans to participate.

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OF USGF COMPETITIVE PROGRAM 1. Children 's Division (ages 10-11) a. Class III - Beginner Level - USGF / DGWS Beginner Level compulsories ... no optional work b. Class II - Intermediate Level - USGF / DGWS Intermediate Level compulsories ... no optional work c. Class I - Advanced Level - USGF/ DGWS Advanced Level compulsories and optional work .

2. Junior Division (ages 12, 13, and 14) a. Class III - Beginner Level - USGF / DGWS Beg. Level compulsories ... no optional work b. Class II - Intermediate Level - USGF / DGWS Int. Level compulsories ... AND optionals c. Class 1- Advanced Level- USGF / DGWS Adv .

Level compulsories ... and optionals.

3. Senior Division (ages 15 and over) a. Class III Beginner Level- USGF / DGWS Beg. Level compulsories ... no optional work b. Class II Intermediate Level - USGF / DGWS Int. Level compul sorie s and optionals c. Class I Ad vanced Level - USGF / OGWS Adv .

Level compulsories and optionals For Class III (all ages) each gymnast must enter at least two events - all-around performance is preferable.

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Class II and I gymnasts (a ll ages) must enter all-aro und .

How far can they go? Gym nas ts in the childre n's division ca n compete loca ll y and i n a sta te meet ... no farth er. Juniors in Class III (beg.) and Class II (In t.) do th e same, but tho se in Cla ss I ma y go on to reg ionals and nationals if th ey qualif y. Sen iors compete w ithin the sta te also except for Cl ass I co mp etit o rs w ho ma y go on to regional s and natio nals if th ey qualify.

What level do you compete in? As was outl in ed earl ier, thi s depends upon what scores yo u are pulling . Thi s is good, because you w ill not get in vo lved in a m eet that 's not above o r b elow yo ur ab ilit y leve l.

Where can you get more details on this program? After th e first of the yea r the new Rule s and Polici es Hoo klet on USGF Competiti o n w ill be avail ab le at th e USGF, Bo x 4699, Tucson , Ar izona !l5717. It gives you every detail you nee d to run a program such as thi s, in clud in g li sts of eve rything yo u wi ll need uo to run a meet (in clu ding pencil s, paus for judges even exampl es of d iffere nt sco ring forms yo u wi ll n eed to d upli cate). I do not have a p ri ce on it ye t. Th e current one se ll s for $2.00 ... bu t wa it and ge t the new one. G re ta Treiber of Indi an a ~tate Un ive rsit y, a m ember of th e USGF Women 's Technical Comm itt ee has rev ised it w ith all th e n ew ruli ngs in cludeu. It 's 107 pages lo ng.

REMEMBER ...

HAPPINESS IS... COMPETITION W ITH GIRLS OF MY OWN AGE AND AT MY OWN ABI LIT Y LEVEL HAPPINESS IS H AV ING ONLY ONE SET OF COMPULSORIES TO LEARN NOW LISTEN PEOPLE ... THIS IS NOTTHE USGF SPEAKING ... It 's ju st m e Renee P. H endershott, who has frie nds in many gymnastic o rga ni za tion s. I' m ju st ask ing you to take a look at this USGF Program. It looks good to me. See what yo u think . See if th ere isn't a way to unif y.

Some of yo u biggies ge t a copy of th at gu ide and study it. SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS OUT HERE WHO COU LD USE YOUR HELP. HAPPI N ESS IS UNIFICATION FOR BETTER GYMNASTICS MEANWHILE If you are int erested in th e program yo u should con tact yo ur State Techni ca l Director They are all li sted in you r Novembe r issue of Th e GYMNAST.

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Price of FIG Code of Points for Women Goes Up Now $7.00, the 1970 FIG Code of Po ints for W o m en and Co mpl emen t (pl u s new rul es for Elite Leve l) w ill st ill be in e ff ec t until aft er th e 1974 World Ga m es . Th e new Code wi ll be effecti ve in 1975.

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Notice From Mr. Tom Maloney, AAU Gymnastic Coordinator This noti ce appea red in th e D ecemb er, 1973 AAU Gym nas ti c News: " Th e AAU Juni or Olympi c Gymnastic Program wil l be co ntinued GYMNAST Feb. '74

in 1974. The USGF w ill also co nduct an age group program in 1974 so that there wi ll be two age-group programs. It is not defin ite ly decid ed as yet as to wh ich program w ill u se the Junior O lympi c ti tl e, but th e present AAU Junior O lym pi c Program w it h a Nat iona l Championship will be co ntinu eu anu expenses of gymnasts, coaches, and chape ron, who qualify for th e Nat io nal Champions hi ps, wi ll be paid by th e Amateur At hl et ic Un ion."

Regional w inn ers III the all -arou nd III the boys and girl s 13-14, and 15-18 will qualif y for t he Natio nal AAU Juni or O ly mpics or Nat iona l AAU Age Group Cham pions hips wi th all expenses paid. The present Juni o r Ol ympi c Compu lsory Exe rcises as i n the 1973-74 Gym nastic Handbook wi ll be in effect to Septembe r, 1975.

Write for entry blanks for Juni o r and Se ni o r AAU m ee ts to Mr. Tom Ma loney, 2626 Card in al Place, ~a r asota, Fl o riua 33579. In order to qualif y for Na tional Junior AAU Gym nast ic Championsh ip s, t he compe tit or must sco re at least 7. 0 ave rage in the D ist ri ct Assoc iat io n Championships, (com pul so ry anu op ti onal) in the all-around or if a sp eciali st 7.5 in th e ind ividual eve nt. If no Di stri ct Champ ions hip s are h eld , an appeal ma y be made to th lO Na ti onal Techni cal Comm ittee Cha irm an w ith a record of sco res attained in any comp ul so ry and optional co mpetition. This ruling w ill be in effect for th e 1974 Juni o r Natio nal Championships.

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Correction for USGF Women's Committee· Directory Reg ion VI: The Stat e Tech ni ca l Dir ecto r for MA (Massachusetts) is Kitty Kjeldson, H icks Bld g., U ni ve rsity of Mass., Am herst, MA 01002. The State Technical Director for ME (Ma in e) is Barbara Stoyell, 46 Co ll ege Ave., Orono, ME.

KITTY KORNER Kitt y Kjeldsen , wi ll soon wr it e a co lumn for the Gymnast Magazine ca ll ed "K itt y's Korne r. " She was un abl e to ge t an arti cle prepared for thi s m o nth . In th e m ea ntime, here is a littl e biographical sketc h o n her.

Kitty Kje ld sen, member of the School of Ph ysica l Education, was appo inted by the United Stat es Gymnastics Federation to be the Fi rst Direc tor of th e newl y crea ted Women 's Nat ional Gymnastics Judging Association. The appointm en t was made at th e USG F Congress of Coaches on November 3rd in St. Lo ui s, M isso uri , whe re M s. Kje ldsen was presenting a researc h paper as th e on ly femal e memb er o f the Biomechanics Task Force for the United States Gym nastics Federation .

Nationally known as a jud ge, coac h and author in th e USA gymnas ti cs sce ne, Ms. Kj eld se n initi ated wome n 's gymnast ics at the Universit y of Massachusetts by start in g a women 's team consistin g of rank beginners in 1962. Within 5 yea rs th e team rose into nationa l prominence by placin g 6th in the first Nat iona l In vit ati onal Int erco llegia te Championsh ips held in St. Lo ui s. Defea ted in dual meets only by Spr in gfield Co ll ege, the tea m rose to 4th place rankin g in th e nationals by 1969 and was a se ri o u s threa t to th e championsh ip throne from th ere on.

In 1972 Ms. Kj eldse n res igned from coach ing, devotin g her tim e to ju dg in g, w ritin g and trave lin g in the nam e of th e USG F Nat ional Jud ges Trai n ing Committee. She is alil

intern at ion all y rated judge and author of seve ral gymnastics books. At present M s.

Kjeldsen is lec turin g in the Exe rcise Science Dept. at the U ni ve rsity of Massachusetts .

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Open letter to all rated Women's Gymnastic Judges From Kitty Kjeldsen Acting Director, NWGJA Hicks Building, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01002 Dear Judge, Thank yo u fo r the trem end o us respo nse you have show n to m y first national mailing soliciti ng nominations o f Regional Judging Directors for the n ew National Women's Gymnastic Jud ges Association. Many of you also included short notes or long letters express in g you r feelings about the organizat ion and about wome n's judging in gene ral. I wi ll try to answer each letter as soo n as possible, but p lease b e patient. It wi ll take a littl e time.

Working with the o nl y judges li sts c urrently availab le I have fo und them quite in co mplete.

Severa l of yo u have corrected me, for w hich I am thankful . Howeve r, it is too late to do anythin g about it for th e first election. I am especiall y sorry if yo u were an eli gible cand id ate fo r the post of Reg ional Judging Dir ector and not included on the list of possible nomin ees. Th ese errors w ill be corrected on future li sts .

Since there are about 600 rated jud ges in the cou ntry, we had to place so me limits on the first elect io n procedures. Nomination and b all oting for Regional Jud ging Direc tors wi ll be limited to Na ti ona l, Regio nal, Loca l and State Judges on ly. Assoc iate and Apprentice judges will be in clud ed for the nominati o n and elect ion of Stat e Judging Directors . After the first e lection, procedures o utlin ed in th e NWGJA co n sti tution w ill be followed fu ll y.

If yo u were supposed to, but did not receive the fir st nation al mailin g from me, it was p robab ly du e to o ne of th e following reasons: 1. Rating report including yo ur nam e arri ved too late.

2. Your address was repo rted inco rrectly. (abo ut 50 letters were return ed to me) 3. You have moved and left no forwarding add ress.

4. It was lost in th e mai l.

Please drop m e a not e and I wi ll mak e sure th at yo u are includ ed in th e subseq uent mailings.

The nominati o ns fo r Regiona l Judging Directors closed January 1st, 1974. A ba ll ot will be prepared for each regio n, including the names of th e top 3 nomin ees. Election s should take place in February. After th e e lecti o ns I plan to m ee t w ith th e eight elected Reg ional Ju dg in g Directors for th e purpose of planning stat e level elec ti o n procedures, which should get under way in March or April.

Once we have th e necessa ry fram ework , th e rea l building of the o rgani za tion will start, including membership drives and co mmittee assignments. After June 1st, 1974, only dues paying m embers will be eli gible to participate in the building and decisio ns of NWGJA. We w ill try to keep thi s organization as democra tic as possible, but parti cipatory democ ra cy with large numbers will tak e time.

Pl ease help us in bei ng prompt with your responses and not ify me of all address or rating changes. Al so, don 't h esitat e to write if you have pr o bl em s where I ca n be of help.

Thank yo u fo r yo ur co-ope ration.

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Fig. #1 Foot placed in front of ankle for beginners.

Fig. #2 Passe Hips even ...

Shoulders over hips... Chin over ball of foot .

Fig. #7 Arabesque. Left shoulder forward ... even with right .â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ shoulders over hips. At first the gymnast may not have the strength, but the torso should form a right angle with the back leg.

Fig.#6 Side View.

Fig. #10 Gymnast has lifted right hip causing shoulde rs and torso to be thrdwn out of line.

Fig. #11 Gymn ast is not we ll "pulled up" sup port thigh loose ... not on full toe ... right hip has pulled forward , making it impossible to lock pelvis into a strong position.

Instruction: LET' S TAKE A SPIN

by Renee P. Hendershott Turns, or pirouett es, as dancers ca ll th em, are

THE most difficult d ance elements th e gymn as t must ma ster. In a se nse, she mu st ach ieve a grea ter deg ree of cont r o l th an th e d ancer since she often mu st execute th em o n a four-in ch wide bal ance beam!

The requirements for th e execution of co ntroll ed turn s are:

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Fig. #3 Front attitude Right hip pulled back and even with left hip.

(Back should be straighter)

Fig. #4 Back Attitude left hip is raised to achieve turn out, but torso is shifted so that shoulders are directly over hips.

Fig. #8 Back View. A beginner should learn this position with the hip down. She will be unable to lift the leg high or display as much turn out of the extended leg, but it will be simpler to keep the hips and shoulders in proper line.

Fig. #12 Gymnast has allowed torso to shift to right so that shoulders are no longer directly over hips.

1. An understanding of how to bal an ce on one leg with the ot her leg lifted in one of a number of position s. a. Being ab le to place th e segments of the body i n perfect ali gnment for the position to be used . b . Have the strength and co ntrol to hold the position throughout th e turn without deviation.

2. Understandin g how to get from her present position to t he part icular balance position she w ishes to use during th e turn without losi ng body ali gnment.

3. Abilit y to d etermi ne what position wou ld b e mo st suitable for her strengt h and bod y type.

4. Kn ow in g how to start t he turn .

5. An underst anding of ce rtain simple prin cip les from physics in o rd er to contro l the speed o f the turn and stop it upon d esire.

6. Kn owledge of focu sing techniques (spotting) whi ch enab le her to kn ow exactly w h ere she is in space and to sto p exactly wher e she w ish es to stop.

Fig. #5 a la seconde Hips should be even ... shoulders directly over hips lifted knee facing ceiling.

Fig. #9 Gymnast has "sunk" into her left hip making it impossible to " lock" pelvis into a stable position.

Fig. #13 Gymnast has allowed right hip to raise causing torso to shift to left. She will have no control in releve. (on toe)

This month, let us exa mine th e lirst two requirements. Since pi ctures speak b etter than words, here are photos of gymnasts balancing in some of th e co mmon body position s used by dan ce rs for turn s. On ce these bas ic position s are mastered, they can be modified to a ce rtain ex tent with different arm and head positions to achi eve a more suppl e "gymnasti c" style.

It is essential th at th e weight be ce ntered directly over th e ball of th e support foo t. Any sli ght devi ation wil l ca u se the body to lose bal ance in th e direction that th e we ight went.

So man y thin gs ca n happ en to thr o w this off. It is ex tremely important to understand proper body ali gnment in al l th e turning pos itions and to practice balancin g in th ese positi o ns. Thi s is one pla ce wh ere pr acti ce w ill NOT mak e perfect, unl ess yo u kn ow exactl y what yo u are doing.

H ere are photos of gym nas ts showing th e co mmon errors in alignment mad e in each position . Th e captions below are self exp lanat o ry.

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Fig .• 14 Side View. In order to lift the leg higher, the gymnast has turned her knee forward and lifted her hip, causing her 10 lean to left. One cannot lock the pelvis in place with the knee turned in this position.

Fig . • 19 Correct body position.

Fig. ; 24 Releve in 5th.

Fig. ;15 A beginning gymnast has attempted to do the more advanced arabesque in order to achieve more height and turn out. In the process she has allowed her torso to shift out of line. Shoulders should be even, and both forward.

Fig. ;20 Incorrect Gymnast is trying to pullback straight has merely arched the rib cage.

Fig .• 25 plie.

On ce th e gy mn ast understands what position her body segme nt s must take , she must take th ese positions often, practice holding them , and practice balancing on th e toes of the support foot. It is not only necessary for her to be ab le to assu me th e positions co rrectl y, but to have the stre ngth to hold each one with segme nts lo cked strongly in place und e r all co nditi o ns of stress. This is. w here doing a daily 20 to 30 minute ballet bar would benefit th e gymnast.

Usually one gets to th e turn position by rising to the toes (releve) of th e support foot from a semi-bent knee position (plie). It is during th e execution of the releve that body alignment is usually lost. With this in mind, let us look at a reg ular demi-plie in fifth position. It is important to keep the knees back directly above the toes during the plie (Fig. 16, 17). The back must be stretched straight, shoulders pulled down, abdo min al muscles pulled in, hips pulled toget her tightly, thigh s pulled up GYMNAST Feb. '74

Fig . • 16 Front View. Demi-plie Correct.

Fig. #17 Side View. Demi-plie Correct back straight ... knees back over toes

Fi.g. #21 Incorrect ... Pelvis is tipped forward producing the typical "SAG".

Fig . • 22 Incorrect Pelvis is now tipped too far backward in an attempt to correct sag.

Fig. ;26 Releve and balance.

Hip up slightly. Correct this for better balance.

Fig. #27 Step right in plieCount

Fig. #18 Side View. Incorrect knees forward of toes.

Fig. #23 plie in 5th.

Fig. #28 Releve Count 2.

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tight and hard. A pile is not a relaxed position.

When th e gymnast releves (Fi g. 19), sh e must maintain exactly t he sa me posture she had during the plie. Th e re is a tend en cy to throw the back into an arch (Fig. 21) when releveing.

This assists the weak gymnast in rising to her toes, however it destroys th e straight body position nee ded for the execution of an effici e nt turn. With the back arc hed , it also makes it imposs ibl e to pull the buttocks togeth er tightl y and keep the hips in alignm e nt.

Unless sh e ca n lo ck th e pelvis into place, she cannot hold the rest o f th e body seg m ent s in alignment.

Exercises you may do to d evelop yo ur se ns e of balan ce in pr eparat ion for learning how to do turn s: 1. First , practice doing plain demi-plies (Fig. 23) and releves (Fig. 24) in fifth position. Do thi s with a mirror at your side so yo u can check yo ur body position.

2. When you have really mastered exerc ise #1 w ith good body position , practice plieing (Fig. 25) and rele ve ing on one foot with the other foot he ld in th e position show n in Fig. 26. When you ca n do this with good posture practice finding yo ur balance in the rel eve position.

Remember to keep the hip down, buttocks tight , should ers over hip s, back straight, shoulders down . Do on both sid es a n eq ual number of times.

3. Now, practice ste ppin g alt erna tely on right, then left foot from plie to re leve. Move forward 3S you do this and hold th e releve (1-2) (Fig. 28 and 29) plie (3) (Fig . 27). Releve on n ex t foot (hold 1-2) , pli e (3).

4. Fin ally, pract ice steppin g to right in plie on right foot (Fig. 30), th en re leve on right foot (Fig. 31). Extend the lifted leg to th e sid e while sti ll balancing (Fig. 32). Then step in plie on to left foo!... and continue doing with alt e rnat e feet.

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Fi g. #32 Balanc e while ope ning to side.

Gymnast must correct hip & shoulder alignment for be tte r balanc e.

Fig. #33 Overshoot!

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Fig . • 37 A we ight transf e r at this p oint would b e ne cessa ry to ge t weight ove r front foot .

Fig. #38 Step forward .

Fig . • 41 Correc t Hips squa re d.

Fi g. F42 Incorre ct Hips out of line (not squ are d)

Fig. #29 Hold as you open forward Count 3. left hip up slightly. Gymnast must correct for better balance.

Fig. #30 plie.

Fig. #31 Re le ve.

Fig. #34 Weight not over support (R) foot in preparation.

Fig. #35 Und e rshoo t!

Fig. n6 Weig ht in comple te

fig. #39 Plie with weight on front fool.

Fig. ;;40 Test weight transfer by lifting back leg Repe al.

Do all of th es e exercises onl y w ith th e lifted leg in the turning position sho w n in Fi g. 31 until you can hold your bod y ali gnment and hold th e balance position w ith th e sa me control yo u expect of yourse lf in a held hand stand.

When you have complet e co ntro l in thi s first position , yo u are reall y read y to learn to turn ; however, since w e are cove rin g onl y th e fir st two requirements fo r a controll ed turn thi s month , you sho uld prac ti ce th e ba lancin g ex erci se s in p ositiun s shu w n in th e uth er illustration s. It takes a LONG tim e to prep are yourself for turnin g, so do n o t b e imp ati ent with yourse lf.

In doing step, pli e, releve int o any positi o n, it is extrem ely important to ge t th e we ight directl y o ve r th e support leg as it pli es, so th at all th e body has to do is to rise vertically w hen th e releve is execut ed. No lateral we ight adjustm ent should be n ecessa ry durin g th e rele ve.

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If a we ight tr ansfe r is mad e necessar y b y an improper preparat io n, (Fi g. 34) th e bo d y of ten eith er o ve rshoo ts (Fi g. 33) it s targe t, o r d oes n ' t make it to it s pos iti o n (F ig. 35 ) w here it s we ight is ove r th e ba ll of the su p port foo t. A loss of balan ce is th e resu lt ! Yo u can tes t yo urse lf to see if your we ight is ove r th e suppo rt leg in pli e by li ftin g th e leg yo u w ill be liftin g d urin g th e releve. If any fo rwa rd o r sidewa rd m ove men t was necessa ry to ge t balanced on th e be nt leg, (Fi g. 36, 37) th en yo u kn ow yo ur we ight tr ansfer was not co m p lete.

Exe rcise #5 is, th en, to step ri ght fo rwa rd in to fo urth pos iti on pli e (F igs. 38, 39) (we ight tr an sfer co mpl ete), li ft th e back leg sli ghtl y fro m th e floor w hil e still i n p li e (Fi g. 40) (to tes t we ight transfer), step left , etc.

Wh at yo u are act uall y do in g is step p in g into a ball et fo urth position each tim e yo u step fo rwa rd in exe rcise #5. It is imp o rt ant to kee p th e hip o f th e steppin g leg ba ck and even w ith

Fig . • 43 Side View of Incorrect posilion .

th e o th er Sid e (squ are th e hips) (Fi g. 41) . If you let th e steppin g hip move fo rwa rd (Fi gs . 42, 43), yo u ca nn o t loc k th e pe lvis into proper ali gnm ent in re leve.

Ri ght away, yo u mu st appl y all thi s to b eam.

Yo u ca n do th e exercises on th e b ea m, and practi ce ba lanc in g in th e p os iti o ns ri ght up on the bea m. H oweve r, since th e b ea m is onl y 4" wi de, it is imposs ibl e to use th e d eg ree of ball eti c " turn ou t " th at o ne ca n use on th e floo r. D o no t turn yo ur suppo rt foo t out so th at th e heel o r toe s han g ove r th e sid e.

Students demonstrating in these pictures are from the Bodnar Bell School of Gymnastics in lakewood, Ohio.

NEXT MONTH: Bes t positi o n fo r indi vidual , startin g th e turn , co ntro llin g th e sp eed, sto ppin g w ith co ntro l, and spo ttin g.

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Boy's Age Group Program The Associat ion of Independent Gymnastic Clubs would li ke to organi ze a nat ional age group program for boys simi lar to th e one establi shed for girl 's gymnastics.

The associat ion needs, and wou ld app reciat e the help of an y coach w hose club offers in struction for boys or has a boy 's competitive team.

The group wo uld like to unif y com pul sories and set up a better system in order to designat e beginning, int ermediat e, and advanced gymnasts.

I nterested coaches are encouraged to write to Pat Yeager , Olympia School, 4905 College Park Ave ., Dee r Park, Texas 77536.

Establishing a Committee For Competitive Gymnastics

by Bill Glover Chairman, NCWGC " It ha s been sa id that Northern California has on e of the best women's age group gymnastics programs in the co untry. The success of this program rests largely upon two factors : '1) The dedi ca tion of the area 's coac hes and judges and 2) the flexibilit y and co mpr ehen siveness of th e competitive program. Our program is the result of years of dedicated effort by many peopl e and the program is co ntinuall y changing and improving. " So begins the introduction to the handbook publi shed by th e Northern Ca lifornia Women 's Gymna stics Committee (NCWGC) . This highly organized committee of clubs and coac h es has gained a quite co mmendable reputation for the ability of its memb ers to communicate, coordinate and coo perat e in undertaking its many projects. With the cur rent boom in gymnastics across the country, a look into this committee 's history and structure, along with some philosophi ca l speculation on the underlying causes of its apparent harmon y and su ccess, could prove of interest to coaches and clubs everywhe re, particularly in those areas that have just rece ntl y or are soo n pr eparing to organize their own committees.

The beginning of the NCWGC is hard to pinpoint , but transpi red some 10 to 12 yea rs ago in res ponse to a need for area-specifi c rules to supp lement th e AAU program then emp loyed.

The organization of this handful of coac hes could hardl y be termed anything but loose.

They simpl y got tog et her to hash over probl ems that were being encountered, and tried to come up with means to avoid their problems in the future . Growth of the co mmittee at this time was similar to growt h of gymnastics at this iime : ve ry slow. The committee co ntinu ed operaton for seve ral yea rs with little change in org anization other than to elect a chairman to simply chair the mee tin gs. On e major project did however evolve during thi s time frame: the coaches felt th e need to suppl eme nt th e AAU program with th eir own optional program. A large protion of

This voting requirem en t serves a multitude of purposes. It involves all the clubs in work directl y related to the committee, and gives the new clubs the opportunity to " break-in " to running a meet by co-sponsorship with an th e committee 's attention was th ereby devoted established club. It great ly simp lifi es the to setting up and running thi s optional scheduling of th e some 30 odd meets the program. Levels had to be delineated , age committee sanctions with th e USGF each year. groups devi sed, equipment regulations se t, And ! most important of all , it places the and on and on. The in stitution of this program decision-making process in the hands of the and its many rules and guidelin es led to a need people who do th e work, not in the hands of for written co mmuni ca tion to document th e those berbose comp lainers that always seem to rules and changes. Th e co mmitt ee's chairman disappear when it comes time to vo lunteer. therefore sta rt ed sending out minutes of the Specific functions of th e committee are meetings, and it s first "news letter" was born. outlined as follows: (1) formulate rules and Membership in th e co mmittee became a policies for operating the area 's gymnastic matter of paying a nominal fee to cover the program (2) establish a meet sc hedule at' the costs of these mailings. beginning of each gymnastic year (3) From th ese meager beginnings, the periodically publish a newsletter containing committee drew its life, but meager though information of interest to th e area's coaches they were, th ey were extremely important for and (4) perform any other functions the they led directly to th e very aspects attributed committee feels will enhance the area 's to the committee 's success in the handbook 's women 's gymnastics program. This last introduction: comprehensiveness of program , function covers a broad spectrum of projects flexibility and growth in all areas and the committee is involved in , which will be dedication. As a n eed arose, t he co mmittee mentioned la ter. likewise rose to meet it. The organization of the The activities of the NCWGC are now committee began to grow as the need to coordinated by three elected officers, a reduce th e size of meets arose. In a decision of chairman, a vice-cha irm an and a secretarymajor significance, the committee chose to treasurer, who each service a two year term. proportion the area into zones and qua lify girls This executive board is assisted in its po li cy upward rather than limit the numbers that a .- formulation by what might be ca ll ed a steering club might bring. The many special rules now committee, which consists of one elected agreed upon forced the need for the ir representative from each zo ne in the area . documentation; therefore a handbook was These people serve in a dual capac it y in that devised to m eet this need , and further detailed they adm ini ster th eir own inter-zone activities th e organization of the comm itt ee. and then once or twice a year meet to As the USGF wom en's age group program formulate recommended policy changes suc h came into existence, the committee was quick as zone realignm ent, change in qualifying to adopt it into their schedule. And wel l that it procedures, etc. These recommendations are then brought before the genera l membership was, for no sooner than the wrinkles had been ironed out of the program , the 1972 Olympics body for consideration and approval. descended upon us. The growth and Employing this system enables them to d ev ise elaborate p la ns with in a small group of highly o rganization of the committee since that time ha s been nothing short of phenomenal ; knowledgeable people, but at the same time chronological details would be qu ite invo lved, does not place too much power in too few so perhaps a look at th e cur rent structure and hand s. direction would now be appropriate.

The comm itt ee also fun ctions with the The NCWGC designates itself as the assistance of an awards chairman, a handboo k coo rdinating body for non-school relat ed revision committee and a paid record s women's gymnastics in the Northern Ca lifornia cha irman. All expenses incurred by these people are paid by the committee; and the North Western Nevada area.

Membership at large is open to anyone add itiona ll y, the committee reimburses travel interested in women 's gymnastics; a $5 fee expenses for the chairman to the USGF ent itles the person to vo ice his opinions and National Convention, so that first hand receive the newsletters. Voti ng membership information might be available to the co nsists of one represe ntative from each team committee. or club th at ag rees to sponsor or co-s ponsor at The zone system app li ed in the area exists on least one of the many open meets the a foundation of growth and fl ex ibility. Initi ally co mmittee schedules each year; dues are $15. the zones were set up according to convenient geographical boundaries that provided for a roughly equa l number of competitors in each zone. Each year th e " steering " committee reviews the growth in each zone, and recomm ends realignments geographica ll y if necessary (such as thi s year when the old Zone III was div ided into a new Zone III and Zone V, th e di viso r being an interstate highway).

Reviews such as these have been great ly facilitated by th e fa ct that they now register their gymnasts prior to the seas on; problem areas are easily identified in this manner, and the $1 per gi rl fee se rves to pay the reco rds chairman who re cords each gir l's scores, and publishes qualifier lists as necessa ry. continued on page 28

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club corner cont 1 he zone system appli es ba s!c~ l ly to Cla ss II and III co mpetiti o ns. Du e to t he limited number of Class I gy mn as ts, open meets are held for all Nor-Ca l girls in thi s ca tegory. A lso, as might be expected, th e C lass III program is much, mu ch larger th an th e Class II , so zo nes are combined for th e Class II meets. As th e Class II program continues to grow, th e co m mittee will of co urse b egin to hold se parate zone compet iti ons .

In a densely populated area such as th e Sa n Francisco Ba y, th e problem of sat u rat io n is eventually encountered : ju st how sma ll can you make a zone? When th e point is reached that a zone is felt to be geographically sma ll enough, the co aches within th at zo ne then meet and decide on a limit to the number of competitors anyone tea m ca n brin g to an ope n compet iti on . It is th en up to the clubs them se lves to provid e co mpetition for their remaining gymnasts (s uch as inter-sq uad and dual meets).

With the zone stru cture thus esta bli shed for the year, a sc hedul e of me et s for the yea r is then compi led ba se d on pr ev iously agreed upon req uirements (s uch as two preliminaries and a zone championship forCla ss III , etc.). Th e clubs then bid for th e meet s o f their cho ice; sanctions are submitted for all th e meets, an d just this yea r, th e co mmittee let a bid for centrally acqul[ed awa rd s, w hi ch substant iall y reduced the cost of awards per m ee t. Limit s are set on the entry fees, and guidelines on th e qualifications of th e judges ve rsus th e typ e of meet involved are specified . A particularly interesting ruling co nce rns one of profits on these meets; a club th at mak es mone y o n a ----'"

meet is requ ired to contribute all profit ove r $15 to a ge nera l fund that is used at th e end of th e yea r to defray the expenses of the mee ts th at lost mon ey. Thi s encourages th e clu bs to bid for th e meets th at are traditional Iv big lo se rs. Of co urse th e me et fin ancia l statement s are carefull y scru tini zed and ve ry strict guidelines are enforced i n preparing th em.

As o ne mi ght begin to decipher, the workin gs of thi s co mmitt ee are becom in g quit e co mpl ex, approaching th at of a bu sin ess . A nd an operation of thi s sort needs finances , and this is w here the co mmittee 's coope rati ve ness really starts to show. As o f las t yea r the committee decid ed to start promotin g hi gh leve l gy mna st ics in th e area. Th eir fir st und ertaki n g was the second Elite Qualifying Tri als held in March. Th e tremendous success of this meet se t th e co mmittee up in hi gh style financi all y for th e upco min g yea r. This yea r they have already successfu ll y hosted a Canadian All Star team, and are cu rrentl y in vo lved in plan s to ho st the Czechos lovak ian tea m and the USGF Jr. Nationals. Th e success of these endeavors is attributable to no one perso n, for th e entire comm ittee becomes in vo lved in all aspec ts of these projects.

So what, mi ght yo u ask, are the und erl y ing reaso ns for thi s co mmitt ee's success? Why do th ey coo p erat e and communicate so we ll ? Th e answe r of course is pur e speculation , but warrants so m e thought. One aspect is th e compre hensiveness of t heir pro grams; it provides co mp etit io n for a large multitud e of variously skilled girls th ereby placing the emphasis on the girl and not on th e coach or his ambition s. Comp etition at the Class III leve l is

ju st as keen as at th e Class I level thereby giving even th e beginner Clas s II I coac h a se nse of accompli shment and belongin g.

Th e membership restrir:tions and the need to have eve ryon e wo rking o n the larg e money makin g projects all co mbin e to give eve ry memb er, rega rdl ess o f hi s ski ll s or int erests, a se nse of togetherness and belonging. This sense many tim es is not outwa rdl y obv io us; to attend o n e of th e m ee tin gs might give exac tl y th e oppos it e impress ion as tempers flare,arguments pursue, and toes get stepp ed o n. But in wardl y it is th ere, for w hen th e co mmittee decid es o n some thin g, even if by on ly a few vo tes, th e entire committee abides by th e decis ion , for th ey kno w on ly th eir girl s w ill benef it.

Th e fl ex ibilit y that evo lved al o ng w ith thi s co mmittee wo uld certainly bea n o th erob vio us as:pect of th eir success as they grow w ith th e tim es. Less obvious wou ld be a se nse of prid e th at has developed ; pride in th eir program, pride in th eir orga ni za ti o n and prid e in their acco mplishment s. With every new success th ey see m eve r more r ead y to undertake another.

And fin all y, as w ith any o rga niz ation , th ey have been bl essed w ith the aspect o f good leaders hip, leaders who may not h ave run th e greatest m eetings or who may not have put out th e best news letters in th e world, but who no o ne can deny have give n all th ey co uld for the betterment of th e girls in Northern Ca li fornia.

Th ese, co mbin ed ju st as mu ch with th e endl ess efforts of tho se in pos iti ons und er thi s lea dership, have join ed to mak e for a darn goo d committee. Th ey still ce rt ainl y have th eir problems, but maybe many o f u s can learn for ourse lves from th eir many successes.

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t hei r ca p abi li ty by win nin g 65'10 of th e NCAA ind iv idua l titl es in th e past 7 yea rs. Intern ation al sp eciali sts w ill also rai se th e qua lit y of internat iona l co mpet it ion , ju st as Ame rican gym nasts have raised the qua li ty of nat ional competiti on. Other cou nt ries, li Ke Japan, h ave better indi viduals on certain eve nt s than th ey ex hibit at the O lympics, b eca u se th e indiv id ual exce ls o n o ne o r more even ts, yet doesn' t m ake 'h e top six in all -aro und. I perso nally find Olympic pommel h orse and rin gs disappo i nting afte r watc hin g NCAA co mpetition .

Anot her impo rtant aspect of ex cluding speciali sts, is fairness. Can the compet ition be fa ir when some of the gy mn asts are barred from t he meet? Ind ividu al Ol ympi c champions are il leg itim ate und er th e present rul es. The on ly way to exclude speciali sts and keep th e co mp etiti o n fair , is to elimin ate in d iv idual fin als.

The prese nt situatio n ex ists beca use the governin g powers o f int ern ational gymnast ics are tr yi ng to acco mplish too mu ch, w ith too few athl et es . A six man all-arou nd team ca nnot f ulfi ll the goa ls of al l-aro und co mpetiti on, in d ividua l co mp etition , and tea m co mpetition.

Speciali sts are an in tegra l part of gym na st ics and shoul d be incl ud ed in all leve ls of co mpetiti o n especiall y world champio nships.

Isn 't it tim e to cor rec t the mi stakes of the past?

Ed. Note: The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions 01 the GYMNAST stall. Readers are encouraged to contribute constructive articles lor this new department.

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IS

THE WORLD CHAMPION A WORLD CHAMPION?

by Rusty Hoffman NCAA Pommel Horse Champion Are sp eciali sts gymnas ts, or is all-aro und th e o nl y tru e form of ou r spo rt ! Th e present and past ru les excl uding speci ali sts from international compet iti o'(.;\lot on ly ha ve kept many of th e wo rld 's bes t gfm nas ts from raising the sta nd ard of gym nastics, but have also made the comp et ition u n fa i r.

In th e pa st decade, Amer ican gymnas ti cs has evolved from a speciali sts' orie nted spo rt , to o ne wit h a ba lance of special ist and all-?ro und performances. The present NCAA system is we ll bal anced, b ut th e int er nation al sys tem still maint ain s an " all -a rou nd o nl y" po li cy. This policy is bot h ou tda t ed and co ntradic tory to FIG goa ls.

W hy do I say o utdated? "AII-Around-Only" seems to be a carry -over from th e co ncep t of GYMNAST Feb. '74

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Bus into Tokyo to th e New Japa n Ho tel. St ew informed us that we we re supposed to arrive th e next day wh ich is why we did 'lot receive th e officia l welcome from the j apan ese Gymnasti cs Association and th e Chuni chi Sh imbun , th e sponsorin g o rga niz ati o n of th e Chunichi Cu p. Th e Chu ni chi Shimb un is part of a large newspaper chain which in cl udes the Tokyo Shimbun also. Th ey had to make last minute reservati ons for us because they weren ' t expect ing us until the nex t d ay. W e were m et aft er check in at th e hote l by rep resent ati ves of t he Chuni chi Shimbun and th e j apa nese Gymnastics Assoc. who expressed th eir apol ogies for th e mi x-up. (Our letter from j apan had stated we were supposed to arrive o n the 20 th , w hi ch we did as j apan is a day ahead of us, so it was th eir mistake .)

total ph ysica l development. The Ro mans h ad thi s goa l whe n th ey used rud imentary gym nas ti c exercises as training fo r so ld iers.

Gymnastics was a m ea ns to an end , a too l to WEDNESDAY, Nov. 21 reach ano th er goa l. Tod ay gy mn as ti cs isn ' t an This mo rn ing we took th e train to Nagoya, exe rcise fo r co mb at or a too l in body b uildin g. abo ut a two ho ur trip. Nagoya is th e site of th e It's a compet itive intern at io nal sport (for each Chun ich i C up competiti o n. Steve was now event in divid ually). Ou r goa ls have changed , travelin g w ith us as he had been in vited to why haven' t our rules? compete. Th e train was very fast, about 125 Besid es mi ss in g th e over-a ll gymnas ti c goa l, mph . We had o ur first look at Tokyo by daylight " A ll -Arou nd Only " compe tition con t rad i c ~ d iscovered it to be mu ch like our lar ge the pr es ent FIG Code. For ind ivid ual fina ls, American citi es (on ly much larger) with big articl e 46 (FI G Men 's Code) ca ll s for th e building s, lo ts of ca rs and tax icabs, lots of " selecti o n of the abso lute best performance o n peo pl e, and smog! We tra ve led on the train each appara tu s" . H ow can the "absol ute bes t" w ith t he East German tea m (DD R) who had be se lec ted, if so me o f th e wo rld 's best ar ri ved that morn i ng. We had a rath er official gym nasts are excl ud ed? The FIG w ill neve r greet in g i n Nagoya at the train stati on and th en fu lfill th is art ic le unt il spec iali sts are incl uded in were taken to th e Nagoya Cast le H o tel. The all intern ati o nal compe titi on . It 's o ften argu ed hote l is located across th e street from th e th at all-around gy mn as ts can perfo rm as we ll as ancie nt (although rebuilt) N agoya Castle. Th e speciali sts . American specia li sts have shown continued on page 32

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continued from page 10 gymnasium where the Chun lchl Cup competition was to take place was located on the Castle ground~.

That afternoon we worked out at the gymnasium.

Floor exe rcise would be perform ed on a rais ed platform (Reuther system), rather hard surface, noisy but sp ring y.

Two be ams were set up, one padded. We assumed (correctly) that th e unpad ded beam would be used as we know of no officia l ruling requiring the padd ed beam. Joan was hav ing some difficu lt y with her arm and it was necessary to rub it down and stretch it carefu ll y before work in g out. Dian e worked well although shaky on beam but to ·be expected after two days of idl eness. Joan, with sor,-,e relu ctance, worked front aerials on the bea n.

She was having some difficu lt y hitting it and I was doubtful, at this point, whether she would actua lly do it in competition. She also worked some back tucked some rsaults with somewhat more success and seemed happi er w ith thi s possibi lit y. We worked out for about three hours with the Ea st Germans and then went back to the hotel.

THURSDAY, Nov. 22 Worked out that afternoon again. Joan was o nce again having some pain in th e should er of her right arm and it was necessa ry for her to stop working out. We arranged for her to be taken to a local hospital wher e she was given a shot of co rtizon e for, what the docto r diagnosed as, tendonitis. Di an e continued working out until 5:00 p.m . Was ha ving difficulty vau ltin g so we spent some tim e with that. Japan ese Reuth er board was diffi cu lt getting used to. Was like bouncing off o f cement. Saw Joan later back at the hotel and she was iQ much better spirits.

FRIDA Y, Nov. 23 Work out went we ll enough although a littl e more crowded with the oth er teams working out at th e same time. Most of th e girl s worked very independently without spo tting . Th e Japanese, Russian s, East Germans, and USA all had men coac hes. Madame Nagy was with the two Hun garian girls and Mrs. Tintero va coached th e Czech girls. The Eas t German girls always warmed up with compu lsories before doing any optional s. (We found out from Mrs. Tinterova that the European nations have co mpl ete ly changed their compulsories including music. Exactly what countries and other details I' m not sure abo ut but it seemed to be pretty w ide spread - at least this was th e indication received from Mrs. Tint erova.) Joan decided to keep the back tuck in the routine (beam) whi ch I agreed to as, at thi s point, it was the most so lid of th e two alternatives.

We were invited that evening by Mr. H aruo Kadowaki , Steve 's fri end and teacher, for an auth entic Japanese m ea l at the apartm ent of a young marri ed couple. 'it was an exceptionally fine experience - th e food was marvelously prepared and obvious ly done ju st for us as I'm sure it was not th eir normal . faire. Our ho sts were extremely cordial and friendly. For me this experien ce was one of the highlights of the trip as all m ea ls tak en at the hotels were typical American sty le food.

SATURDAY, Nov. 24 This morning all gymnasts and busse.d over to th e Chunichi Shimbun for . a reception and welcoming participants were presented with 30

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cassette record er/ radios, a much appreciated gift. Returned to the hotel to get re ady for the meet which was to start at 5:30. Arrived at the gym abo ut 4:15. Joan and Diane warmed up on beam fir s!, th en floor, (vault and bars competitiof1 tom o rrow) . We had to be off the floor by 5:15 for th e opening ce remoni es which lasted until 6:00 - customary entran ce march, introd uctions, speeches, etc. At 6:00 meet began with a 5 minute warm-up for group A (Diane in thi s group with Dornakova (Czech); Hellmann (GDR); Hanke (G DR ); Medveczky (HUN); Shchegolkova (USSR); and Matsuhisa (Japan) . Draw had been mad e the previous day.

Group A would co mpete first in this day's competition, Group B would be first the ne xt da y. Sharon and I decided that Dian e should be in Group A and perform floor exercise and beam before Joan. In the draw, I drew number 5 for Dial']e, Joan , and Steve which mea nt the girls did' not have to perform first in any eve nt.

Steve had to go up first th e next day o n pommel horse, his best eve nt.

Di ane was 5th up - had a ve ry serious break on her mount (English handsta nd on th e end! but rega ined her com pos ure and p erfo rmed rest · of the routine we ll although ti ght and obviously nervou s. H er score, 8.9 (mount probabl y cost her .3) . Joan was in Group B with Bra zdova (Czech); Abel (GDR); Csaszar (HUN); Saadi (USSR); Kim (USSR); a sh id a and Hayashida (Japan). Joan had a fallon her tuck back. In practi ce she had made a few th at were very nice but in th e m ee t sh e was a littl e too low on landing and had to jump off. Her score, 8.95.

Oth er sco res ranged from o ne low of 8.35 to a high of9.45 by Kim. (Fourteen girl s ranged from 8.9 to 9.45, a .55 spread .) I n genera l, beam routin es were not overly exciting and it was obvious that stops were no t p enalized as required in th e code of points. I began to have a few doubts as to how the jud ging might go in thi s mee t when I saw one of th e Japanese gi rls get a 9.10 for a ve ry uninspiring routine containing three handspring stepouts and several balance breaks.

In floor exercise Diane did a good job wit h strong tumblin g, so me min o r breaks - sco re 9.20. (B ra zdova of Czechoslovakia received 9.25 for routine with poor tumb ling - she finished w ith a round-off , flip-flop - we were rath er disturbed by her score in co mparison to Dian e's.) Joan got a 9.45 for her routin e which she changed in the middl e taking out an original elbo'w roll combination w hi ch she didn 't feel she co uld hit too well. She ti ed with Shch ego lkova for third in thi s event. First was Saadi with 9.65 followed by Kim with 9.60. Four girls stood up double tw ist s, Abe l, He ll man, Hanke lGDR) and Kim (USSR). Diane finished these two events with 18.10 in 14th place, Joan at 18.40 in a tie for 10th. Top was Kim with 19.00 followed by Shchegolkova at 18.75 and Saadi at 18.70.

SUNDAY, Nov. 25 Thi s da y's competition sta rt ed at 2:30 with usu al opening cere moni es. Better crowd than first day (wobably 3-4000). Groups switched today so that the B group went up first in vault and bars. Joan perfo rmed two Yamashita vau lts - first one was ve ry good, score 9.2. I thought it should have sco red 9.3 or 9.4. Saadi perfo rmed a Yamashita that d id not begi n to approach the technique emphasized a grea t deal in this cou~try (hiP rise, horizontal. ki ck out posit ion) and r.eceived a 9.4. We chuckled at th e score as it was obviously a joke. Di an e performed a Yami and a Y2-Y2 receiving a 9.3 and 9.1. I continued on page 32

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GYMNASTIC JUDGES ASSOCIA TION EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER +, 1973 ST. LOUIS - MARiOn HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Roll call was tak en by Jerry Todd, Secretary.

Present were Frank Cumiskey, Ted Muzyczko, Bob Stout, Bob Fish er, Ken A ll en, Jon Culbertson, Jerry Wright from the Board , an d Les Sasvary from th e Technica l Committee.

Jerry Todd introduced the newly elected Board Members for 1973-75.

Bob Stout - D i recto r, East Ken Allen - Director, Mid-East Bob Fish er - Dir ec tor, Mid-West Jerry Todd - Directo r, West Jon Culb ertso n· - Directo r at Large Ted Muzyczko - Dir ec tor at Larg e Election procedures were discussed.

According to N.G.J.A. Constitution only th e newly elected Board Members are eli gible to vo te for officers. Muzyczko rem in ded everyone that only a previous Boa rd Member or a Te chnical Committ ee Member sha ll be . eli gib le for co nsid erat ion. A list of eligib le ca ndidates was prepared.

ELECTION: Executive Director - Ted Mu zycz ko Techni ca l Dir ec tor - Jon Culbertson Secretary - Les Sasvary Treasur er - Bob Stout Discus se d the possi bilty of en larging the N.G .J.A. Technical Committee since most o f the work is done at th e technical level. Th e co mmittee voted unanimou sly to raise th e members of the Te chni ca l Committee to eight.

With thi s thought in mind Culbertson ca ll ed for nom ination for the New Technical Committee.

Ken Allen made th e motion to accept th e nominees, seconded by Stout. Pa sse d 7-0.

Tec hnical Committee 1973 -75 Jon Culbertson - Techni ca l Dir ec tor Les Sasvary - Techni ca l Director, West Bob Fish er - Techni ca l Director, Mid-West Bi ll Roet zheim - Techn ica l Director, Mid-East Bob Stout - Techni ca l Director, East Don N elson - Techni ca l Director at Larg e Fred Orlofsky - Techni ca l Dir ector at Larg e Martin Hu ckabee - Technical Director at Large Ted Muzycz ko thanked Frank Cumiskey for his contributions as Ex ec utive Dire ctor and a spiritual leader for the past three years .

(Frank was also a " fo unding fath er" of th e N.G.J .A. ) Frank stepped down with th e following thought: 1. Must progress further, 2. . Improve commun ication by answering letter in ten days, 3. Take leadership, let the world follow us.

Muzyczko asked for suggest ions for th e general meeting.

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Meeting ca ll ed to orde r by Executive Director Ted Muzyczko at 8:15 p.m. He welcomed members pr ese nt and introduced the new Board of Directors and Technica l Commi tt ee for 1973-75.

Muzyczko spoke on patches for N .G. J. A .

They w ill be o rd ered immediately following th e Co ngress and be made ava il ab le fo r each associa ti on . Please o rd er from Ted. Muzyczko reminded everyone that for champio nship meets a dark blue jacket, gray slacks, sh irt and tie will be required for 1973-74.

Bob Stou t will inquire about a reasonable price and ava il ab ilit y and w ill inform everyo n e concerned.

Culb ertson wi ll look into gett in g instructional cassettes.

Todd wi ll be in charge o f purchasing clipboards or folders for judges with N.G.J.A . in signia for the most reasonab le price.

Muzycz ko req ues ted th at all pr es id ent s sho uld provide Sasvary w ith a current list of National and Regional Judges. Deadline January 1, 1974.

Culbertson d esc ribed the responsibilities o f a Techni ca l chairrn :m w ithin each area.

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Winners: Fred Meyer and Jerry Todd.

Co ngratul at ions. Nominatio ns for th e awa rd should be sent to the Reg iona l Directors with a co mpr ehensive dossier on th e individual then they sho uld be subm itted to Sasvary one month prior to N.C.A.A. finals.

Jerry Wright , N.C.A .A. Rules Committee Western Region ca lled f9! small area change~. _ in N .G .J.A. constitution to follow N.C.A.A. regions in order to make the se lect ion of judges accord ing to areas for N .C.A.A . finals.

GYMNAST Feb. '74

Ed Gagn ier comp limented th e N .G.J.A. for the great jo b. He called everyone 's att enti on on 1973-74 N.C.A.A. rule changes fo r off ic ial s. (See N.C.A.A . Rul e Book 1973 -74) Asked for recommendations how the judges shO Uld be se lect ed for N.C.A.A. Finals. Muzyczko pointed out that N.G .J. A. sho uld and will work very closely w ith the Biomecha ni ca l Task Force.

Frank Cum iskey gave his repo rt o n th e First Intern atio nal Jud ges Symposium, Madrid, Spain September 11 , 1973. Frank spoke at the Symposium represe nting t he Un it ed Stat es o n chan ges we would like taking place at F. I.G. leve l.

1. F.I.G Techni ca l Committee shou ld express more about Sp iritu al Expression.

2. F.I.G. terminology, part icu la rl y on pomme l horse should be re-written.

3. Vaulting rul es shou ld be simpl ifi ed.

4. Eliminate timing in f:oor exe rcise.

5. Gymnast shou ld be al lowed to have a seco nd va ult in Competition 1 if h e raises a hand.

6. Article 65 in F.I.G. book shou ld be rewr itten .

7. F.I.G. Technica l Committee should know the F.I.G. book better.

8. No three second holds o n rings .

9. Zones for va ulting shOU ld be el iminated .

Reco mm end ed that th e N.G.J.A. Technical

Committee su rvey the Nation by December 31, 1973 concerning changes. H e will subm itt th em to the F.I.G. Frank cont inu ed his report describing the chang es ot her count ri es want.

Recomm end atio ns by the Ru ss ians: 1. Two sc isso rs o nl y o n pommel horse.

2. Di amidov sho uld satisfy the req uirement for over th e bars release.

3. Neutral zo ne for va ulting.

4. Should not penalize the team for monotony.

5. Ri sk should be appreCiated more.

6. H orizo ntal bar difficulty sho uld be revised, particularly wh ere al l sk ill s begin and terminate.

7. Music should accompa ny floor exercis e ro utin es.

C uba wants: 1. Pommel horse should be re-evalu ated from standpoint of diffic·ult y.

2. Must find a way to eliminate the acce lerat io n of scores by judges during compet ition.

Japa n reco mm ended : 1. More emph asis o n Ri sk, Originality, Virtuosity (R. O. V.).

2. Raise bonus points fo r R.O.V. perhaps as much as 1.0.

National Gymnastics Judges Association Executive Board Ted Muzyczko Ken Allen Executive Director, NGJA Directo r, Mid-East 530 W. 36t h Street 712 Ransom Street Downers Grove, III. 60515 Rip on, Wise. 54971 Jon Culbertson Bob Fisher Technical Director, NGJA Directo r, Mid West 4844 Brywill Circle 11574 East 16th Ave . Apt. 321 Sarasota, Fla. 33578 Aurora , Co l. 80010 Jerry Todd Robert Stout Directo r, West Treasurer, NGJA 1023 Don Diablo Ave. Di rector - East Arcadia, Ca. 910(16 1131 Cumbe rl and Road Abington , Pa . 19001 Les Sasvary Secretary, NGJA 15549 Sherman Way Van Nuys, Ca . 91406

•• Technical Committee Jon Culbertson Bob Fisher Les Sasvary Bob Stout Martin Hu ckabee 2580 Norcross -Tuck er Road Apt. 6 Norcross, Ga. 30071 Don Nelson 304 Midvale Ave. San Mateo, Ca. 94403 Fred Orlofsky 6261 North 8th St. Kalam azoo, Mi ch .

Bill Roetzhei m 3188 Fo rest Grove Lan e Down ers Grove, III. 60515

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Japan Tour continued from page 29

thought her Yamashita was the besi of the meet in terms of achieving th e tec hniqu es invo lved in this vault (n at urall y' this is my own humble opinion). Several handsprin g/fu ll s were performed. Hellman n 's was obviously the best (9.35) but she was outscored by Kim with a poorer vault (9.40). Hanke (GDR) won vaulting with a half on, ba ck off (9.45). On her first vau lt she failed to put up the co rrect number of thE: vault she was performing and was deducted .5.

She then put up the co rrect number and proceeded to do a better vau lt. She performs this vau lt very we ll with a rather low, direct half twist on (similar to on-flight direction of Yamashita) and th en popping a high piked back off and almost sticking it with only a slight movement of one foot upon landing.

Medveczky also pe rformed this vault but did not get the exp losive lift off th e horse that Hanke did.

There were some good routines on bars, althoug h not a great deal of originality. There was not much discrimination by th e judges in regard to the good routine and th e superior routine as 12 of the 15 scores were between 9.10 and 9.35. joan receiv ed a ' 9.20 for a routine without a full twist as she had a great deal of trouble trying to twist a hecht off of this particular set of bars so she just did a plain hecht. Diane scored a 9.25 which I thought was a good score for her routine. Kim won bars with a solid 9.55, oops, that is she tied with Hellmann both at 9.55. Shch egolkova 3rd at 9.49. _ _ _ joan ended up with an all-around of 36.80 for 10th place. Diane stayed in 14th with a 36.65 but a very good effort by herconsidering being the youngest in the co mpetition and her first big international meet out of the USA. Kim won the AA with a 38.00 followed by H ellmann and Saadi at 37.45, (only .8 between 2nd and 14th p lace which doesn 't really mean too much but I thought was an interesting statistic).

That evening a reception / dinner at the hotel with several gifts presented to us by the japanese offic ials.

MONDAY, Nov. 26 We took the train to Kyoto , about a one hour trip , and then bussed to the Holiday Inn (on ly one in japan). We would be performing an exhibition here il1lKyoto the following evening but would not have any opportunity for work out before then.

TUESDA Y, Nov. 27 For that evening ' s exhibition, joan performed beam and f loor, Diane bars and vault. Very sparse crowd. Both girls hit fa irl y "~e IL loand id not do her back or aerial on the beam. She warmed up with a few aerials but did not do them too well and decided to leave it out.

WEDNESDA Y, Nov. 28 We caught th e tr~in for Hamamatsu about 3:30. Took about 1\12 hours to get there. The reception at a loca l restaurant was very impressive with food from different countries incl uding japanese, American, and German.

Representatives from each country got up and said a few words after everyone introduced themselves. Then , much to my surprise, the Russian Gymnastics Association representa t:ve stood up and sang a typical Russian type wo rk song. Not to be outdone by this display, I fol lowed with " You are my Sunshine " which was well received. Thi s really broke th e ice and songs followed by th ~ Germans, japanese,

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Ru ss ians, and Czechs . After the reception we took the bus for a 40 minute ride to our hotel.

We sang and joked with the Russians and Germans most of th e way . This turn ed out to be one of the highlights of our trip as we discovered mu sic, the universal language and had a ball.

THURSDA Y, Nov. 29 After breakfast we took a ferry boat across the lake, then bu ssed to th e Kawai Piano Co. for a tour. Mr. Kawai is president o f the loca l Gymnastics Association. Past japanese great, Tsurumi and Tsukahara, outstand in g j apanese gymnast, work for Kawai Piano Co. Toured the piano plant and saw assembly pro cess. They turn out over 6,000 pianos a month and export to 73 different countr ies.

Performance that evenin g in another co ld gym.

(The j apa nese build beautiful gymnasiums but without hea t. Th ey do bring out a pile of blank ets to wrap up in but they are not a great substitute for a heat ed building.)

Crowd was good considering much less seating than the gym in Kyoto . Diane perform ed beam and floor. She fe ll on beam on her flip-flop (just missed a hand) and did not make alternates at the end of her flo o r routin e. I was disappointed in her effort but it was und ersta nd able considering the non-existant work-out conditions the past week and the ve ry cold environment in the gym. Many of the routines done by other gymnasts were changed from their compet itive routin es and several were poorly performed. joan went bars and vault.

On bars she miss ed her handstand and had to quickly improvise th e nex t few parts. Totally, it was not what you would ca ll a great ex hibition. fRIDA Y, Nov. 30 Today we took the train back to Tokyo and then a bus to the Pal ace Hotel across from the Imperial Palace grounds. W e were abl e to get about l Y2 hours of practice in that eve ning.

SATURDAY, Dec. 1 Left for the gym at 12:00. The gym was co ld as usual and the pile of b lankets were well put to use throughout the competition. Floor exercise and beam today as in the first meet. Dian e, up la st in the first group, did a better beam routine than in. Nagoya (mu ch to our surprise) and scored 9.10. joan did a nice routine but without any aeria l work, howeve r, her routine was timed .35 seconds short - score 8.85. joan was quite upset with her score (at the time she didn 't know about the time deductio n.) After the event Sharon told me about the dedu ction for j oan 's short routine and- when I relayed this information to joan she was somewhat incredu lous but did rega in her composure and sett led down considerab ly. Diane placed 7th on beam, jQflll JO(h . Dian e's floor routine was so li d but "seemed to lac k a little flair and expression - score 9.15. (I felt h er score was rather low conSidering some of the junk performed that evening by a few others Sharon agreed) joan hit very we ll - 9.45 which was good for third p lace and a medal.

That evening we were invited out to dinner

by Mrs. Ikeda and Greg Sano of the Nippon Gymnastics Club who had visited us in California last yea r: They talked to us about th eir Jesire to organize a world junior gymnastics championship. Could possibly get this off the ground within the next yea r or so .

They are now trying to work out the m eth od for selecting competitors, organizing the competition, finances, etc.

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SUNDAY, Dec. 2 In this day's compe tition un even bars were first. Joan hit a good routine with the hecht full twist and scored 9.40. Dian e also hit well, a tenth behind Joan at ·9.30. High sco res went to Saadi and Kim at 9.50 and H ellmann at 9.45 .

(Joan 4th in this event, Diane 7th) Vaulting provided a few laughs again as the judging became even more ludicrou s than th e first meet. (For example, one of the Czech girls did a handspring full twist, both va ults. Her technique was to initiate the twist slightly before reaching the horse and then continue the twist directly from the horse as a result of this initial action. Using this und es irable technique, which tends to inhibit fli ght, she managed to perform a fair vault on her first effort, stuck it, and scored a 9.20. On her second vau lt the technique was visibly worse, she landed and took two steps, and her score was 9.251 W e co uldn 't believ e it. Later when we were able to check the judges scores we found that Madame Nagy (superior judge) and Sharon Pirkl (USA) had scored the second vault .2 lower than the first, the Japanese judge and the Czech. judge had scored both vaults the same and the Russian judge had actually scored the second vault .1 higher! As I said, we cou ldn ' t believe it but there it was!) Diane did two Yamashitas as did Joan . Diane scored 9.35 for 7th place but only .05 out of third. Joan hit a 9.3 and I must say, in my totally unbiased opinion, that both of our girls should have placed in vaulting.

Diane finished the AA with 36.90 in 9th place, Joan was 8th with 37.00. First went to Saadi with 38.20, 2nd to Kim and M edveczky at 37.50. That evening a Chinese dinner with singing and gilts and a lot of good cheer.

MONDAY, Dec. 3 Although our original letter from Japan had ind icated we were to leave on the 4th we were supposed to leave on the 3rd so our bags were packed and ready to go this morning .

Arrived at the airport about two hours before our flight tim e. Ate lunch with some of the

Japan ese officials including Mr. Sasano of the Japanese Gymnastics Assoe. and Mr. Takahashi from th e sports Dept. of theChunichi Shimbun, who had been most h elpful to us as a guide and interpreter during the entire trip .

SUMMARY: Our trip, as d escribed above, proved to be a most interestin g experie nce .

The friendliness and hospitality of the Japan ese hosts was in evidence eve rywh ere we went.

The opportunity to travel and compe te with top gymnasts and coaches from other COuntries was a valuable lesson especia ll y fo r Diane and I since this was our first ve nture of this type out of th e USA. Our frustration with the judging situation did not stem from th e scores our gymnasts received - for the most part I think they were fairly accurate (except yau lting) - but from the scores other gymnasts received in comparison to ours. In many cases, I thou ght, the quality of performance di'd not seem to be of great significance to, what should be, the discriminating eye of the judge (and especial ly the international judge). This was of great co ncern to Joan who left Japan very discouraged with the international scene and its political overtones.

I have seriously neglected to mention Steve Hug in th is report and th e creditab le job he d id in performing for the USA. St eve, although probably not in the best shape of his ca re er, represented our country at all times as an athlete and gentl eman and I was very proud to have been in the same delegation with him and Sharon, Diane, and Joan . I might, perh aps, borrow a few of Steve 's thoughts in summing up my own feelings about this experience.

Maybe that all important score is not as all important as we have built it up to be. Maybe the inn er satisfaction of creating beautiful mo vement, striving for flawless execu tion , perfecting th at ce rtain elusive skill, or just swinging because it feels good, - these feelings ca n certain ly defy any ulterior eva luation but just may lead to that awe inspiring world of national anthems, flag rai sing, and k.;<;ses on both cheeks. (W ith apo logies to Steve'for any misrepresented statem en ts.)

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South African Cup and International continued from page 10

For everyone, except Jim Steph.enson at 6.6 and Morris Levin a 6.65, who was missing some difficulty, pommel horse was a good event. All the South Africans looked good and had some nice parts, Francois Stalder was particularly surprising using quite a bit of back work and nice form for a seco nd place 9.4. The two most difficult routines, however, came from Eberhart who did a fine job for 9.3 to put himself into the lead for the al l-around , and Mauno Nissenen w ho swung beautifully for a 9.5 to win the event.

Rings was the final event of the evening. The South Africans all had fairly decent swi ng but poor strength parts and dismounts. Mauno Nissenen fini shed third with a 9.35 and Gienger was second with a very difficult but somew hat shakey routine, dislocate, st raight arm shoot , straight arm giant, bail-out, giant inlocate, whippet to L, hollow back press, power down L cross , pull back to a back leve r, dislocate, double fly-away, for a 9.55. Stephenson won the eve nt with a 9.6, dislocate, straight arm shoot, straight arm gia nt, power down cross , pull back through a back lever, kip L, stiff stiff press, power down L cross , dislocate, double fly-away.

After the first ni ght Roxanne was ahead in the women ' s all-aro und with 1-9.05 and Eberh art was ahead in t~e\men ' s with a 28.35.

The second night began with balance beam and men 's vaulting. Most of the men used full twisting handsprings, only one roun d-off back and one very good double front , by Morris Levin who won th e eve nt with 9.3.

Jennifer Diachun won o n beam with a nice routine scoring 9.0. There we re three side aerials by Jenn ifer, Roxanne Pi erce and Angela Mayer, a lot of flip-flops and only Ro xa nne did a front aerial. Even with a fall du rin g a superior part she st ill managed to score 8.95 to claim seco nd. Angela Mayer finished third at 8.8.

Parallel bars and women 's floor exercise were the next two events. The South African men all had good parts but had trouble handl ing them. Stephenson finished third w ith 9.0 showing a lot of minor breaks w hil e the Europea n parallel bar c hamp ion , Mauno Nissenen , finished second, though , performing an exce ll ent exe rcise, 9.45. The w inn er was Gienger who did a fantastic routine for a 9.6, cast support, front toss, st radd le cut catc h L, stiff-stiff press, Diamidov stutz hand , cast half turn, front uprise, swin g pirouette, back hand , and a high clean double back off.

Th e women 's floor exercise like va ultin g lacked difficulty but the top three routines were all done we ll. A nn Parkinson of Great Brit ain was third with a 9. 1 and Canada 's Jennife r Diachun was second w ith high tumbling and an overa ll uniqu eness of style and dance for 9.3. Roxanne , here as o n beam and bars, showed the greatest difficulty of all the girls. Her tumbling technique seemed very good and her entire routine was energetic and exciting gaining her a 9.6 and the all-around title with 37.6.

The final eve nt of th e compet itio n was hori zonta l bar. The South Af ri cans all had some problems in their execut ion and cou ld not break the 9.0 mark. Stephenson did a ni ce routine but had a lo t of troubl e o n th e landin g of his full twisting hecht, giving him a 9.35.

Nissenen was second with good execution and a nice stoop o n piked front-off dismount.

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Eberhart Gienger, the European high bar champion, really came through with an exciting 9.8, finishing with a good full-in-backout. Gienger also won the all-around w ith a 56.55 leaving Nissenen second at 55.05.

After two days at the Kruger National Game Reserve, fifteen hours of bus rides and ar. undetermined number of hours in the sun and sw imming pools and one training session, the gymnasts traveled to Kroonstad for th e South African International. This meet was a team competition as we ll as an individual one. The South African s entered six m en and six women to compete agai nst the combined ove rseas teams. The South Africa n girls did a good job both nights and came wit hin three points of the International team w hic h had severa l problems on beam. As the week before Roxanne Pierce and Angela Mayer looked very good , Angela winning va ultin g and beam and taking seco nd again in the all-around and Roxanne won on un evens, floor and the all-around for the second time.

In the men's competit ion th e International team , captained by Mauno Nissenen, beat the South Africans by twenty two points. The South Africans had a lot of problems o n every eve nt.

The indi vidu al winners were Stephenson on floor, Nissenen on pommel horse, and Gienger on rings (w ho did a much nicer routine than th e week before and finished with a nice piked double which he stuck). Va ulting was won by Gienger but possibly should have gone to Conrad Vincent of. Ca nada w ho st uck a high round off back. Nissen en won parallel bars and Gienger won agai n on high bar: Stephenson won the all-around with a 55.55 and was helped out by a good pommel horse routine which brought him a 9.1.

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INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR 1974 February 27 F.I.T. World Trampo lin e Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa Oct. FIG Congress, possibly in Tunisia.

Oct. 19-26 World Championships in Varna.

1975 Oct. 15-21 Pan American Games (33 countries possibly will compete). Santiago, Chile Gymnaestrada in Berlin 1975 Sept. FIG Congress in Montreal, Canada, and th e Olympic Games USGF REGIONAL MEETS To date only four out of the eight regions have reported.

March 16-17 Region VIII: Kennedy H.S. Willingboro, N.J. Meet Director: Lois Musgrave Meet Referee: Audrey Schweyer.

March 30 Region I: Fountain Vallev H.S. Fountain Valley, CA Meet Director: The SCATS, Meet Referee: Cheryl Wagner.

March 29,30 Region III : 1 hornton Family YMCA 5002 S. Futton Ave. Tulsa, OK 74135 Meet Director: Bob Childers Meet Referee: Sharon Weber.

March 29-30 Region VIII: Gymnastics USA 3630 Redmon Nashville, Tenn . 37209 Meet Director: Dan Garcia Meet Referee: Delene Darst .

U.S.A. NATIONAL PICTURE Late Feb. All USGF State Meets to be held by this time.

March 7-9 National Junior College Championships, State University of New York, Farmington, New York March 8-9 Big 10 Championships, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

March 8-9 Pacific 8 Championships, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon March 8-10 Eastern Intercollegiate Championships, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York March 21-1J Western Ajhletic Conterence Championships, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona March March 22-23 NAIA Championships, Fort Hays State, Hays, Kansas March 22-23 Big 8 Championships, University of Oklahoma , Norman, Oklahoma March 22-23 USGF Elite Qualifying Meet, second. round , N ewa rk, Deleware, Meet Directo r Ed Knepper, Meet ref eree : Jackie Fie March 28-30 NCAA College Division Championships, Springfi eld College, Springfield, Massachuetts

April 6-14 International Youth Trampoline Champ ionships, Beirut , Lebanon April 5-6 AIAW Collegiate Champ ionsh ips (Women), California State University-Sacramento, Meet Director. Kathy Shelly, Women 's Gymnastics Coach, California State University - Sacramento, Sacramento, Calif. 95819 April 4-6 NCAA Championships, Penn State University, University Park. P"nna.

April 11-13 National AAU Jun ior Championships.

Host : Gymnastrum Sportschool of Reading, Pennsylva nia will be the host. Site of compet ition to be one of the following : Temple Univ., AlbrightCol., or West Chester St. Teacher' s College.

April 19-20 YMCA Natio nal s in Seattle, Washington(Men's'Compulsories same as last two years, Women 's _ USGF Adv. ·Ievel. .. No minimum age or score requirements April 18-20 USGF Jr. Nationals - Hayward, California April 26-28 NatIonal AAU Senior ChampIonships ' Host : Eastern Montana College, Biltings, Montana.

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April Compulsory Training Meets in tour geographically located ce nters (Elite Program) May 9-11 USGF Senior Nation als, Chicago, Meet Director : Betty Mey'er May 10-11 U~L~ Men's Elite Nationals UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca lif.

May 3O-June 1 USGF Elite Nation als, Southern illinOIS University, Carbondale, Illinois, Meet director: Herb Vogel; Meet Referee: Jackie Fie August 12-15 or 20-22 National AAU Junior Olympics or National AAU Age-Group Championships (Whatever the title) will be held at Lincoln Nebraska.

Sept. 1974 Anaheim Convent io n Center, Ana heim CA. Final trials for World Games team .

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