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The Russians are coming back ...

The United ~ t ates Gym ll as ti cs f ede rati o ll is pleased alld pro ud to prese llt th e USSR Nat io ll al Gymllast ics Tea m.

Never bel a re ha ve so ma Il Y Olympic alld World Champio ll s been to ured ill a i as t-paced ex hibi'ti on oi th is t yp e.

H.ead lin ed by Ludmil a To u risc heva, Olga Ko rb u t, Victor Klim e nk o and N ik o lai AlldriJllov. rh e team cO ll sists o f 16 athletes . ,Here are th e illt eillati o nall y titl ed champ io ll s yo u will see on thi ~ tour:

USSR-USA Tour Schedule Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov.

9-10th 12th 13th 15th 17-18th 20th 22-23rd

1 he Spec trum , f'hdJdelphiJ The Cow Palace, ).1 11 ~r J l lL i ;co The MemorlJI )POll'> Are na, Lo; All ge ie, Madisoll )quare Ga l d e ll , ew York 1 he New !:lo; ton Gard e ll , i:l mto ll 1 he Co li se u m. Clevelalld Ca pit a l Ce llt re , '0'a;h lll gto ll , U.L.

Women Gymnasts Ludmila Tourischeva: Ho n o re d MJ,ter 01 Sports, Abso lut e cha mpion - U))K , Europe, 20th Olymp id d , and th e World . 22 yeMs o ld.

Olga Korbut: HO ll ored Ma, te r of )ports, Trip le Go ld Medallist 20th O lymp iad. 'I'! yeJ r, o ld.

Elvira Saadi: Mil ; te r o t )po rt ;, Cold Med dlli , t 20 th Ol ympi ad. 2L yeM; old.

Nina Dronova : Mas te r 01 )ports, Youth C ha mpion USS K. 16 year; old.

Nelli Kim: Md , te r o t Sport" Cha mpion USS K. 17 yea rs old.

Rusiko Sikharulidze : MJ ; te r of Sport;, C ha mpion US)K. 20 year; o ld .

Men Gymnasts Nikolai Andrianov: HOll ored Ma;t e r 01 Sport;, C ham ipon - USSK, ~urope , LOth O lympiad , alld th e World. 22 yea rs o ld .

Victor Klimenko: HOll or e d Ma; te r of Sport; , C ham pion - USSK, ~ ur ope, LOth Ol ympiJd , Jild th e Wor ld . 25 yea rs o ld .

Vladimir Marchenko: C hampion U)SK , C hampi o n Illt e ril a tiol lal Compe ti tio ll Mo scow . 22 year, o ld .

Edward Mika e lya: Champio ll U)) K. 24 yeM'> o ld .

Alexand e r Maleyeve: Cha mpio ll U))K. 27 yea rs o ld.

Paata Shamugia : C ha mpi o n U)S K - Ho ri zo llt ,d Bar . 22 yedr; o ld.

Modern Gymnastics Galina Shugurova: Ab,olu te World ChJmpioll .

21 years old.

Galina Shafrova : Wi lln e r U)) K, Pa rti cipJ lll in Wor ld C ha mpiomh ip; . 1tJ ye M, old.

Acrobatics Galina Savel ieva : Ab,o lule World ChJmpio ll .

31 years o ld .

Yuri Saveliev : Absol ut e World C hJrn piol1. 4'1 years o ld .

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XVI / Number 11 / November 1974 FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glellil SUlldby VIEWPOINTS, Dick Cri ley 8. WHAT'S HAPPENING 10. SUMMER WRAP UP, Meets and Clini cs 12. USA JR . TEAM TOURS JAPAN, Marg it 1 reiber & I{od Hill 14. 1974 USA WORLD GAMES TEAM 14. Wom en's Final Trials, Anaheim, California, MillOt Simo ll; II 20. M en's Final Trials, Au stin, Texas, Uill Stern PORTFOLIO OF MEN 'S WORLD GAMES TEAM 21. Wayne Young 32. Steven Hug 24. John·Crosby 25. Gene Whelan 26. Jim Ivicek· 27. Jay Whelan 36. Brent Simmons 28. CENTER FOLD-OUT POSTER, USA Men's & Wom en's World Games Team Members 37. SO YOU WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN, Bill Ro etzheim 37. DEALING WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS OF YOUNG BOYS, Joe ~w ee ll ey 38. NEWS 'N NOTES, I{ ell ee Helld ersho tt 39. HELEN'S CORNER, Cast From The Low Bar, Helell ~ju r se ll 50. COMPULSORV -EXERCISES, Ur. H.J. Bies terfeldt , Jr. 51 . INSTRUCTION: Common Errors in Horse Circles, Dr. H.J. Biesterf elJt, Jr. 44. A PARENT'S GUIDE TO GYMNASTICS: Tumbling, Patri cia A. Cause 45. PLATFORM SPOTTING THE PARALLEL BARS, Nlel H. ~ c h o tt 46 . IS GYMNASTICS AN ' EQUAL OPPORTUNITY' SPORn, All ollymo·us 47. CLUB CORNER 48. ANAHEIM IN SEQUENCE: Barbara Myslak 49. ON THE MOVE WITH FRITZ: Th e Cheshire Snap-Flip and it's Consequences, Fri lL Reiter 50. LETTERS 51. MEET RESULTS 54. CALENDAR

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GYMNAST ' 75 __ . Wond erful thing s are h appening to Gymnast magaz in e sta rtin g with thi s editi o n and we are al l exc it ed abo ut it. Thi s ed iti o n is a pr eview of things to co me, n o t ju st a on e tim e shot , but , Co lo r cove rs, posters and more sequence photos w ill be regular fea tur es of our n ew look for '75. W e are pulling it all together with our h ard wo rkin g staff and co ntri butors so th at GYMNAST '75 w ill fea ture at leas t four large il pa ge co lo r fold -out p os ters (th e size il1 c lud ed in thi s iss ue) , four4 page co lo r fo ld -out poste rs and 4 d oub le ce l1t er co lor spredds duril1g th e ye ar .. .

H ey!. .. yo u say, th at add s up to twe lve iss u es ... Yo ur right! GYMNAST'75 wi ll beaut eve ry month far 12 big co lorfu l iss u es for th e ye ar.

What" s th a ca tc h ?, ... What" s th e co st! , al1d how ca l1 you do it ?, yo u might say consid erin g all o ur pa!'. t product io l1 pr ob le ms. No swea t, Gym ll ast ics is grow in g and w e are ju st ke epil1 g up wi th it. W e have aJded l1 ew off ice al1d produ ction staff this pa st ye ar, w e ha ve co ntillu ed to rece ive good suppo rt frolll our many off icial and unoffi cial cO lltribut ors. Hut , m os t of all YOU th e rea d e r w ith yo ur subscription and lett er support ha ve hel p ed us grow until we w ill soon have over 15,000 av id subsc ribe rs alld hope (w ith yo ur he lp) to h ave ove r 25 ,000 in '7 5. Th e decision on co lor and 12 iss ues p e r yea r was YO U K IDEA. Hy th e time we checked over the thou san ds of questiollilair es return ed w ith yo ur rel1 ewal s it wa s o b vious you wanted more iss ues, m o re ill stru cti o n, more gyml1a sti cs, and man y suggested it sur e wo ul d be ni ce to have so m e co lo r 11 0W and agai n if possib le. Th e big poster fold-out , w ell th at wa !'. o ur OW II id ea, it is so methil1g w e have wa llted to do ever since w e w ellt to th e prese nt larger m agaz in e formdt in 1963. But it took aw hil e until our print er (Robe rt Good) sat down and worked it ou t with m e. H·e sa id th e only proble m to make it practica l wa s that th e rea d ers wou ld have to open th e sta pl es to li ft out the poste r. Prob lem !, I sa id o ur rea d ers would find it a pl ea sure in the fact th ey would be gettillg va ri o u s size p os ters ill th eir magaz in e for '75.

Choosing to do seve ral size poste rs during th e yea r w as a pra ctical decision both in cost and wa ll space for o ur r ea d ers. If yo u have a gym fin e, but how man y giant posters wi ll a bedroom wall hold al1d besid es vari e ty m akes it interest in g.

Wh at shou ld b e th e added cos t for allthi s addition al se rv ice ? We consu lted long on that subj ect and ca me up w ith our n ew rate of ten doll ars p er yea r for the twelve iss ues. I n spit e of all th e co ntinuing raisin g cos ts of p ape r, printi n g and postage we wanted to hol d th e lin e at abo ut where w e we re. We h ope yo u will be as excited as we are abo ut GYMNAST '75 and not only res ubscrib e pro mptl y, but e n co urage all your fri en ds (who ha ve bee n sharing yo ur m agazin e) to subscribe so th ey ca n start th eir ow n GYMNAST '75 Poster co ll ec tion. You will n ote that our n ew $10.00 subscript io n rat e is still a $2.00 annual sav i n g over our cover price, and th e posters included in GYMNAST '75 if purchased se para tel y would re tail for approx imatel y $12 to $14. (How ab o ut th at for a barg ain ).

* AND THAT'S NOT ALL: Hes ides color cove rs, posters and add iti o nal editions we are also ad ding seve ral n ew regul ar fea tur es. Our fri end Dr. Jo sep h Gohler from Germany (editor of th e OLYMP ISCH TUKNKUNST) has ag ree d to b ecome our Int ern ationa l editor and se nd u s an Int ernation al H app enings co lumn for each edition, Gre tche n D ows in g (110W teachil1g Gymnastics at Corne ll ) has offe red to do a reg ular Col lege co lumn for girl s ke eping u s al l up to ddt e on th e " Co ll eg iate Scen e·· A nd if th at is no t e nough in addition to dll of our other regular contribut o rs, Dr. Jo hn D. W ebber of Portland, Or ego n ha s offe red his services in editin g a reg ular ··Sport, M edi c il1 e·· co luml1 for GYMNAST '75.EXCITED? If yo u are half as exci ted abo ut GYMNAST '75 as we are he re at tn e office, join us in making 1975 a gymnastic year to rem ember_ .. And JOI1 ·t forg e t, GYMNAST '75 will make a great gift for a friend , eve ry month of th e yea r th ey will be remind ed it ca me FROM YOU. WORLD GAMES: We have bee l1 so bu sy puttin b th e new GYMNAST '75 plans toge th er w e didn ·t have tim e to tak e off fo r th e World Ganl es ill 8ulgaria ... But Dr. Gohl er, Abie Grossfe ld , Minot Simo l1 s, Fran k Endo and hop e fu Il y 8arb ara Thatcher who hav e all fl ow n to Va rn a for th e ChampiollSh ips hd ve all promise·d to co ntribute pictures, stories and ph o tos of th e act ion for our n ex t co lo r dction pa cke d edition ...

Meanwhil e, if yo u get th e chan ce ge t yo urse lf a good sea t for th e USSR Nat ional team tour of th e USA. And H AVE A HAPPY H ANDSTAND_

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At th e Nove m ber 1973 USGF Co ng ress, o ne o f th e to pi cs o f co nce r n to th e USGF Me n 's Tec hni ca l Co mmitt ee was th e res tri ctio ns o n out- o f- seas on prac ti ce and co ac hin g o f gymn as ti cs b y State hi g h sc hoo l athl eti c assoc iatio ns. Thi s co nce rn was voiced aga in b y Ol ympi c gym nast, :, teve Hu g, in hi s articl e, " G ymn as ti cs - - Co mpe titi o n o r A rt Fo rm ?" in th e A u gust-Sep temb e r iss u e of th e GYMNAST. No t a few areas of th e co untry face th e pro hi b iti o n of p ract ices in all H S spo rt s p ri o r to a few w ee ks befo re th e ir co m pe titi ve seaso n .

As Steve not ed , th is put s pr ess ur e o n th e coac h to prog ress away fr o m m as tery of th e bas ics and to pu sh towards a " Big Tric k " to upg rade a ro ut in e.

Thi s pas t M arc h , Gary G ree nin g o f th e Minn eso ta Gy mn as ti c Coac hes Assoc iati o n w ro te to th e M inn eso ta State Hig h Schoo l Leag ue see kin g so m e cla ri fica ti o ns from th em.

A repl y was rece ived fro m Ma rv in C. H ellin g of M SH SL and print ed in th e news le tt e r o f th e M GCA. W e re print a part of it beca use it d oes revea l so m ethin g o f th e thin k in g o f ad mi n istrato rs w ho fo rmul ate th e res tri cti ve po li c ies : "Much mi sunderstand ing ex ists around th e co nce pt of the 'ope n gym' or th e 'stu dents practici ng on their ow n' philosophy. No sc hoo l may engage in any gymnast ics tourna me nt ,

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gymnasti cs acti viti es betwee n the close of one seaso n and th e ope ni ng of the nex t seaso n.

Group and in dividual physical development prog rams ope n to all student s be tween th e cl ose of one seaso n and th e open in g of th e nex t seaso n are enco uraged. Th e use of hi gh schoo l gymnasium s and other faciliti es duri ng th is sa me peri od is also enco uraged . Thi s means that coac hing of gymnastics techniques and skill s to stu dents who have part icipated on hi gh sc hoo l tea ms is a vio lati on of th e rul e and should not be in cl ud ed in th e progra m wh ich wo uld emp has ize physica l developmen t ra ther than sk ill s and tec hni ques of gymn astics. There shall be no co mpul sion fo r athl etes to pa rticipate in thi s kind of prog ram as a qu ali fica ti on for bein g on a schoo l gymnasti cs team. " U nf o rtun ate ly, Mr. H e llin g 's repl y di d no t c lari fy th e situ ati o n in Minnes ot a ve ry mu ch oth er th an to say it was all r ig ht fo r ph ys ica l f itn ess prog ram s to pr oceed. MGCA n ews lette r edito r, D an C ragg, edito ri ali ze d o n so m e p o int s of th e ration ale used b y th e M SHSL: "Some of the rati onale used by th e MSHSL for such rules are as fo ll ows:

1. To prov ide for un il ormity of rul es as th ey perta in to the stu dents in all of the member schoo ls.

2. To prov ide fo r eq uity of co mpetiti on among the member sc hoo ls... etc.

3. To pro tect the stu de nt from ove rzea lous coac hes who might be incl ined to requ ire pra ctice and train ing throug hout the yea r, 4. To protect th e stud ent 's opportun ity to take pa rt in oth er acti viti es and enjoy a dive rsified spo rt s progra m.

Edit or's no te: Yes, the sw immers can pl ay wa ter polo in the fal l, sw im in the win te r and belon g to AAU prog rams in th e summer. Th e baseba ll tea m ca n pl ay hi gh sch oo l ball in the sprin g and Leg ion ba ll all summer. Th e wrestl ers ca n wrest le in the winter and participa te in AAU prog rams all sum mer. Yes, ', he student is provi ded w ith a DI VE RSEspo rts oppo rtunit y! ! !

5. To enab le th e schools to prmote and prov ide a grea ter va ri ety of spo rts for stu dents.

Edit ors note: O f cou rse, th ey will all ove rl ap by seve ral weeks so th e pa rticipant onl y mi sses half a seaso n if hi s team mak es it to a state co ntest!

6. To enab le th e school to make th eir facilities ava il ab le to add itional stu dents in a va riety of acti vities. (A non-sc hoo l cl ub may be usin g th e sc hoo l facility for th e sa me stud ent s and repea tin g the sa me ac tivit y) .

Edit ors No te: Does this mean an " open gym" at any time?

Thi s lette r shoul d cla ri fy eve rythin g fo r us, but does it ? All rul es refe r to school yea r onl y.

It shoul d be noted the in fe rence is a gymn as t ca n pa rti cipa te in AAU, USTA , USG F and rec rea tion prog rams in the summe r. Th ese prog rams should be opened to all, by Leag ue standards, and mu st be in accordance with Leag ue rul es. Should yo u have any questi ons, ask yo u athlet ic d irecto r, he w ill be happy to int erpret the leag ue rules!!!"

App arentl y th e situ ati o n is still subj ect to mu ch var iati o n in loca l int e rpretati o ns in Leag ue rul es. It d oes no t r ea ll y reso lve th e prob lem s fac in g th e se ri o us H S gymnas t w ho see ks yea r ' ro und coac hin g and work o ut o pp o rtuniti es clo se to ho m e .

Va riou s reco mm enda ti o ns we re bandi ed abo ut at th e USGF Co ng ress las t yea r, and m ay b e so m e n ew o nes w ill su rface thi s yea r. It wo ul d app ea r th at w here res tri cti o ns d o no t ban o ut side prac ti ces th at a gy mn as t co uld p rac ti ce w hen and w he re h e lik es. In a prac ti ca l se nse, howeve r, th ere is still n eed for an equipped gy mn as iu m and a coach. Ma n y H S gymn as ti cs coac hes have to d o do ubl e dut y w ith o th er spo rt s and are n o t ava il abl e eve n if rul es p e rm it th em to coac h durin g th e "off -

seaso n ." Pr ivate cl u bs an d Y's m ay p rov ide so m e m eas ur e of p rac ti ce tim e, but o ft en th ey are m o re cos tl y and afford fewe r ho urs th an need ed . Plu s, o ne co m es up w ith th e loya lt y iss ue o f w ho m sho ul d th e gy mn as t repr ese nt in co mpeti tio ns w h en H S and c lub seaso ns over lap o r w he re H S reg u la ti o ns fo r b id co mpetin g o n n o n- sc hoo l c lu bs . (Us uall y appli ca bl e onl y durin g th e sc ho ol yea r as Mr. Cragg has not ed.)

Oft en a coac h ca nno t be b lam ed fo r wa nt i ng a br ea k fr o m th e o rd ea l of spo ttin g, ca j o lin g, threa te ning , and ope nin g up and c los in g th e gym day in and day o ut. A n "o pe n gym " so und s fin e, b u t th ere is always a respo nsi b il ity qu es ti o n .

It wo ul d see m to m e th at co ll ege and ex coll ege gymn as ts owe it t o th e sp o rt , beca u se o f th e lo ng h ours put i n by th eir coac h es, to p ut in a littl e o ut side tim e to he lp br in g u p 'so m e o f th e new gy m nas ts. Gra nt ed th at th e tow ns closes t to th e co ll eges wo uld be sa tu rated durin g th e sc hoo l yea r (ass umin g th e co ll ege coac hes wo uld even co nsid e r it ), but d u rin g th e summ er brea k s w hen th e co ll ege gymn as ts d ispe rse , th ere sho ul d b e so m e way to use thi s tal ent to d eve lo p m o re gy mn as ts and to do a bett e r job at th e g rass roo ts.

Perh aps t he Assoc iati o n of Ind ep en de n t Gymn as ti cs Clubs co u ld develop so m e way to publi c i ze coac hin g a nd ass ist a n ce o pportu n iti es, o r m ay be th e State Chairm en o f th e USG F Me n 's Tec hni ca l Co mmitt ee co uld se rve as a clea rin gho use for o p po rtu niti es in th e ir states .

Res tri cti o ns o n p rac ti ce seaso n do no t see m l ikely to di sa ppea r. Edu ca ti o n o f ad mini st ra to rs as to th e n ee d s of th e spo rt w ill acco mpli sh o nl y part of t he so luti on . In ex tri cab ly loc ked up w ith th e p ro bl em is a lack o f gy mn as ium space to acco m o date all th e tea m s n ee din g to u se it.

With th e g row th of at hl eti c prog ram s fo r g irl s, even m o re d emand fo r th at space w ill r es ult w ith th e like lih ood th at areas no t now fac in g res tri cti o ns ma y soo n ha ve to li ve w ith th em.

Aga in , pri va te c lubs, y's, an d o ut sid e pr ogra m s m ay be abl e to pi ck up th e slac k. On e o th e r o ut side area w hic h cou ld ass um e leade rshi p in thi s respec t is th e recrea ti o n prog ram , usuall y run by a cit y or local gove rnin g unit.

In m an y cases t he hi g h sc hoo ls are d o in g a f in e j ob, and I do no t m ea n to despa rge th e m by m y re marks . H ow ever, th e g ro w th o f gymn as ti cs o ut sid e th e hi g h sc hoo l p rog ram could p ro p el gy mn as ti cs fo rw ard a lo t fas te r th an it see m s to be go in g n ow.

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Chiang Shao-yi

Tsa i H uan-tsung

CHINA GAINS MOST MEDALS IN GYM MEET TEHRAN (Kyodo-Reuter) - Ch in a, m ak in g her debut in the Asian Games, dominated th e gymnastic co mp etition b y wi nning most of th e medals, inclu d in g more th an half of the go lds.

The Chin ese outclassed a second -class j apan ese men and wo m en 's tea m to w in eight go lds, eight si lve r and two bronzes. j apan , wh ich reserved it first teams for the wo rld gy mn as ti c cham pi o nship s at Varna, Bul garia, collected fo u r go lds, three si lve rs and two bro nzes.

South Kor ea co ll ected two go lds and two bronzes and North Ko rea one gold, th ree si lve r and seven bron zes .

China' s star was Chiang Sh ao-y i, w ho won the ove rall comb in ed total and three indiv idual eve nt s, and was o nl y sto pp ed by Reik o Yoshida of j apan who took the horse va ult event. j o Yoo n Hi of No rth Korea also wo n a go ld medal by sharin g fir st pl ace w ith Chi ang, a 27 yea r-old Pekin g ph ys ica l ins tru cto r, in the un eve n bars.

Th e m en's eve nts end ed in th e fi ve -d ay co mpetit ion wi th Kazuo Horide of j apa n winning th e ove rall comb in ed and two ind ivid ual events.

Ch in a's ace Tsai Huan g-tsung won two an d Lee Young Taik and Kim Kuk Han of Sou th Korea one each. j apanese officials sa id the Chinese wo uld prod uce wo rl d-class gy mn asts in th e nea r futu re .

Chi na also wo n the men and women 's tea m co mpetition.

pla ce o n Saturday, Se pt embe r 21, 1974.

Vi rginia Con no ll y, State Represe ntative, '16th Assembly District; Ru sse l Shaw, Fir st Se lectman, Simsbury; O li ve r W. Thompson, Fir st Se lec tm an, Avo n; and Step hen A . Fli s, Town Manager , Farmi ngton, participated in th e ce remon y.

Th e Farmington Va ll ey Gymnastics and Recr ea tion Ce nt er, In c. was organ ized to prov ide a wide rang e of in d ividua li ze d p hys ica l fitne ss program s for pre-schoo lers, ch ildren and ad ult s. Th e gymnasti cs and fitn ess prog rams in co rporat e motor skill d eve lop ment designed to improve coo rdination and move ment in va riou s rec rea ti o n al sport s. Th e girl's gYll1 lld >tics ill stru ct io nal progra m r,ln ge s from beg in ner to adva nced levels and is design ed to develop grace, femillinit y and stamina.

JAPAN VISIT On our rece nt t rip to j apan yo ur pub lish er visited th e Se no h fac to ry, larges t gym lhl sti c equipme nt manufactu rers il l j apa n , dill] was shown t hrough th e factory b y the super visor Mr. Oht subo all d o ne of the ell gin ee rs, pi ctu red above. Helow : We also took a photo of A ih ara , 1%0 Ol ympic ~ x Gold Meddl w inn e r

MILAN MED Milan Med and Vera Medova Trma lova we re marri ed on September 10, 1974, in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

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Farmington Valley Gymnastic & Recrea tion Center, Inc. ribbon cutting ceremonies.

GRAND OPENING CEREMONIES The grand opening and ribbo n cutting ce remon ies of th e Farm ington Va ll ey Gym na stics and Recr ea ti o n Cen ter, Inc. took

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H ere is some n ews from New Eng land - N.E. Gymnastic Clinic w ill be held at " Wilto n Hi gh School, Wilton. Conn. " for info co ntact Mr .

Isado re Batt in o, Darien H.S., Darien Co nn . . . . . . Watanabe gave a cl ini c on m echan ics on Sept. 21 at the' North Sho re School of Gymnastics, Sa lem, Mass. Director Robert Hanscom. Delene Darst w ill give a clinic o n th e Na ti ona l Compulsory Floo r and Beam rou tin es on Nov. 3 at Framin gham No rth H.S. sponsored by the Mass. USGF .

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and 7th AA III Kame, ill Irollt of h is ' I-JOrti l lg goods stor e II I Mo rib~ , hi , J ~p~ 11. A ihM,1 ~I s o teac he s gYIl1 Il~ s tll cl""e, ~t th e U lli ve rsi ty ~ I ld th e local sc ho o l .. Yictureu .It right 0 11 our WdY ba ck I rom Japd ll we h~u .I stop over ill Haw,lii whe re we d id .I littl e h,lIld b,l ldllCillg 011 the beach at W~ l kiki w ith ~Ssocidte ed it or Ui ck (ril ey dlld retir ed U. of Hd Wdii cOdcll UOII Cu std sO Il , ,do ll g w ith other Wdikiki b ,ddll ce rs.

DARING George N isse n on a recent visit to the USSR shows hi s agi lit y (a nd daring) . On th e stre ets of Moscow, with a Russ ian photographer as bottom man , he demonstrates a hand-to- hand hand balanc e. In stree tsho es yet!

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,..----___~ummer Wrap-up On par allel bars, Cherry Creek' s Dewitt aga in was th e top prep ster w ith an 8.55 sco re, fo ll owed by Oregon 's Bob Rikli (8.95) at th e co ll egiate lev el, and A ri zo na State's Herb Hanse n (9. 15) for th e in vi tationa l. " Rikli showed alo t of class," obse rved Robinson, " and w ill probabl y be on e of th e top performers in th e NCAA th is yea r. " Th e fina l even t, horizontal bar, wa s al l Ar izona State, after Dewitt once again led the h igh sc hoo l po rti on with a 6.6 score. Last yea r 's junior co llege nat io nal champion Tom Watson no w a jun io r at AS U, took both co llege (9. 0) and in vitat iona l (9.2) honors, w ith Sun Devi ls Hanse n (9.05) and Alexander (9.0) fini shing second and th ird respecti ve ly during in vitation al act ion.

Need less to say, Dewitt won th e hi gh sc hoo l all -aroun d w ith a 43.05 to ta l, w hil e A ri zo n a State freshman Scott Barcla y sco red 46.05 to lead th e co ll egians .

Th e favo rite eve nt s at this year's Big Surf Meet, enjoyed by cont estants and judges ali k e? " G irl -wat chin g and th e su per wate r slide, " answered Robin son wi th a sm il e.

RESULTS FX: High School: Greg Goodr um, 8.3 ; BearCreek H. S. (Co lo. ); College: Gary Alexa nder, 9.2 Arizona Sta te; Invit.: Ke nt Brown, 9.05 Ari zo na Sta te. PH: H.S. : Marv Honei7man 7.0 Tucso n Palo Ve rde H.S. (A ri z. ); C: L.J. Larson, 9.35 A rizo na State; Inv. : L.J . Larso n , 9.3. SR: HS: Du wa yn e Tra uri g, 6.6 A u ro ra Ce ntra l H.S. (Co lo.) ; C : M ike He nr Y, B.B5 U. of Oklahoma ; Inv. : Rick C Urli s, 9.2 A ri zo na State. V: Dan Dew ill , 8.75 C he rr y Creek H.S. (Co lo. ); C : Dou g Boge r, B.95 Ca li fornia; Inv.: Tex Womack , 9.2 Ca li forn ia PB : HS: Da n Dewitt , 8.55; C: Bob Rikli , 8.95 U. of Ore go n ; Inv.: He rb Hanse n, 9.15 Ari zona Sta te . HB : HS : Da n Dew itt , 6.6; C: Tom Watson, 9.0 Ari zo na Slate; Inv .: Tom Watso n, 9.2. AA: HS: Dan Dew itt , 43.05; C : Scott Barcl ey , 46.50 Ari zo na Sta te.

MINNESOTA "GYMFEST"

L.J . La rson, Big Surf Invitational Champion

BIG SURF GYMNASTICS MEET

by Brad Dowde n Despit e a low turnout , the Big Surf Gymnastics Meet, held Aug ust 23-25 at Tempe, Ar izo na' s " ocean i n the desert " , prov ided the usual amount of gymnastics,. sun, surf, and fun . " We fe lt the meet was better - perhap s not bigg er - than ever," ex p lained Don Robin so n, meet d irector and h ea d coac h at nearby Ar izona State Un ivers ity. " In ' fa ct, becau se of the cal iber of mens' compe titi on, we 're stil l p lanning on nex t yea r. " After an opening da y devoted so lel y to girl s' co mpet ition , th e meet mov ed on to thr ee catagories of men ' s co mpetition - high sc hool , co ll ege, and in vitationa l.

Greg Goodrum , from Bear Creek (Co lo .)

H.S., captured hi gh sc hool ho no rs in th e floo r exe rcise with an 8.3, w hile Ari zo na State se ni or, and three -tim e A ll-Ame ri can , Gary A lexa nd er, wa s tops in th e co llege catagory, sport i ng a 9.2 sco re.

H owever, at th e invita ti o nal, A lex and er took a back sea t to ASU tea mmat e Kent Brown, who ea rn ed a 9.05 fro m th e judges w ith an ex treme ly hi gh pik ed A rabian one -and-three.

Offered Rob in so n: " Brown 's flawless form and . exec uti o n once again proved he is on e of the

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most outstanding floor ex men in th e co untry."

Brown p laced eighth at las t year ' s NCAA meet, while Alexa nder fi ni shed fifth.

On the Pomm el horse, Marv Ho ney man , from Tu cson Palo Verde H.S., took the high sc hoo l seg m ent w ith a 7.0 mark , but after that it wa s all L.J . Larson, the junior Al l-Amer ica n from A ri zo na State. Larso n wa l ked off w iht honors fr om th e co ll ege (9.35) and in v itati ona l (9.3) port ions, prompting Rob in so n to say: " L.J. showe d everyone w hat a Pomm el horse ro utin e shou ld look li ke, w ith ex trem ely high scisso rs and difficulty th at co uld add tremendou s pressure to an y nation al champio n present or pa s!. " In the hi gh schoo l stil l rings compet iti o n, Duway ne Traurig from Auro ra (Colo. ) Central H .S. , scored a 6.6 for first pla ce . M ike H enry, from the Univers ity of Oklahoma, was tops amon g co ll eg iate performers with an 8.85 standard, and Ari zo na State se n io r AIIAmerican Ri c k Cu rti s took in vitati o nal hono rs with a 9.2 sco re.

Long horse va ulting saw Dan Dew itt of Cherry Cre ek (Co lo.) H.S. wa lk off w ith prep honors (8.75), w hil e D o ug Bo ge r (8 .95) of Cal iforn ia and Tex Womack (9.2), also from Ca liforn ia ca ptured first-pla ce ho no rs in the co ll ege and in vitational co mp etition s resp ecti ve ly .

" Bigg er and b ett er th an ever! ", b est describes the third an nu al M inn eapo li s Aquatennial " Gymfes t " held on the shores of Lake Calhoun o n the wee kend of Jul y 27 and 28.

Spo nsored by Larry G leaso n's Schoo l of

Ja n La rson, standout in 13-14 division

Meets & Clinicr--- - - - - - - . . .

Dick Richter directed th e highly popular " Nite of Sta rs" whi ch cl ima xed th e clinic.

Bigg es t group s came from Reading, Penn sy lvania (L arry Moyer, Coach) ; Cice ro, Il linois (Rose marie and Jim Starke, Coac hes); and from Taylor, Michi ga n (Pam Yockey, Coach).

The clinic board co nsists of Paul Fina, Bill Meade and George Sz Ypula, all H al l of Fame rs.

Glenn Miller, high scorer in mens open

Gymnastics, ove r 250 co ntes tant s co mpeted fo r ribbons , meda ls and troph ies.

O ve r th e past few years, the Aquatennial event ha s become the hi ghli ght of summ er gymnastics in Minnesota, brin gi ng toget her the va rious clu bs, recreation departments, junior high , sen ior hi gh, co ll ege and " over the hill " gymnasts tog eth er in o ne " fun " oriented mee t to promot e gy mn as tics in th e open air.

The top clubs in M inn esota we re all represent ed w ith members from the MiniHop 's, Jonathan 's Li ving Sea Gulls, KEGS, and G leason's taking most of th e top ho nors.

The emphasis on simply th e en jo ym ent of doing gymn as tics, the competition was brok en down into age groups 9 and under, 10-12, 13-14, 15-17, 18 and older.

Many qua li ty performances were executed in all the d ivisions, but, especially in the girl s 1314 age bra cket where the compet ition was ve ry keen led by such standouts as Jan Larsen of Jonat han 's, Teresa Schne ider of G leaso n 's, Jon i Landwehr from Robbinsdal e and all the gi rls from the Mini- Hops.

Although fewe r compet itors co mpeted for honors in th e va riou s men ' s divisions, th e quality was still good w ith th e Mini-Hop 's, KEGS , Glea so n 's and Andy 's Gang dom in ating the younger di visions. Standouts were Jim Sewal l of G leaso n 's , Joe Berens of Robbin sdale, and Brian Meeker representing KEGS. Compet ition in th e high sc hool division was a little disappointi ng w ith man y of th e top m ale gymnasts in the sta te watching rather th an participating.

The be st di v ision of the m ee t was the M en ' s Open divi sion with man y pr ese nt and fonner Un ivers it y of Minnesota gymnasts participatin g. Jef f Rock , Bi ll Kerchner, Chuck Marti and Glenn Mi ller, all recent graduates from the " U" led the competition. But, th e fun was seeing th e real " o ldsters" such as Bob H oec h erl , Di c k Hinrichs and Larry G leason do th ei r thing ! An added attraction was Ted Marti, formerll y of the U ni vers it y of Michigan and p resently a " grad " stud ent at Minnesota co mpet e agai n thi s year. Th e gym nas ts co mpeting in this division seem to entert ai n more of th e sp irit of the gym fest by ha ving a good tim e wh il e doing some thin g the y rea ll y enjoy.

Th e top performance in th e Men 's Ooen div ision was by Glenn Miller, a 1974 NCAA national qua lifi er, whose straight arm wo rk and power mov es highlighted by a piked doubl e back som i dismou nt (alt hough sli ght ly over rotated) wowed the spectators. G lenn 's B.95 was the high sco re for the day .

NIGHT OF STARS 17th ANNUAL NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CLINIC, MICHIGAN STATE A fine turn out of over 300 took part in the 17t h Annua l National Summer Gymnastics Clini c at Michigan State, August 4-9. Th is group was coached by about 50 in stru ctors. Program director was Dick Shilling. Registrants we re d iv ided into 3 groups : gymnasts, judges and coac he s and physical educators. This year the coac hes and teachers we re ab le to take a co urse for cred it through M ich i'gan State. Thi s was coo rdinat ed by Rene Hend ers ho tt an d Ken A ll en who were assisted by many of the in struc tors.

Those w ho wan ted to do routines were judged by expert judge s and then adv ised by the judges o n routine composition etc. An official judges cou rse for cert ificatio n was taught by Delene Darst and Ted Muzyczko.

Fred Orlofsky ass isted.

UlA Jr. Team Tours Japan Two USA Junior teams toured and co mpeted in Japan between August 17th and September 12t h, 1974. One a USA Ju nior team w ith Mrs. Margit Treiber, (C hi ef of the M iss ion), Rod Hill , (Coach) and Mrs. Erna Wacht el, (Judge ). The tea m members, were Carri e En glert of Oregon, Ke ll y Muncey of Ca lifornia, and Tr ish Reed , Lind a Antonio and Debb ie Wilcox all from Colorado. (see photo p age 9 October Gymna st).

The seco nd tea m was mad e up of the " H i ll s Angels" from the D enver Schoo l of Gymnastics, tea m coac hed by Rod Hill and inc luded Tri sh and Linda (me nti oned above who were on bo th team s), Renn ee Hack , Di an e Dovas, Bonni e Jo rd an, Li sa Full er and Debbie Hill. Also with th e Denve r t ea m was Les li e Bartlett from Great Briti an who had been training with th e tea m in D enve r.

The Japanes e Gymnastic Association in coo peration with th e Japanese Hi gh Schoo l Federation , in vited the United States Juni or tea m to co mpete in four different co mpetition s. Th e first compe titi on was held in Tok yo . Thi s m ee t wa s th e official Na tion al Indi vidua l Champion ship s of th e High Schoo l Gymnasts.

Tw ent y-seve n Japan ese HS Gymnasts had to qualify through va riou s mee ts to compete in this competition. Debbie Willco x placed first AA in thi s m ee t w ith 36.65 .

Usui and M ana of Japan pla ced 2nd an d 3rd with 36.60 and 36.00. Our gi rl s w ere up in spirit but not full y recoo perat ed from th e lo ng flight and time change so did not fare w ell and did ba:lly on the Unevens and co uld no t make up th, ! difference with th eir better sco res o n th e oth er events.

The second co mpet ition was held in Takefu where we competed aga in si th e Takefu HS Team (Japan National Champion s) and th e Sabai team . Th e Takefu team was strong in tumbling , bars and va ulting but th e USA team s co nsistency wa s better p erfo rming w ithout brea ks to ed ge out th e Tak efu tea m by .20 points 110.25 to 110.05. The Saba i team sco red 103.05 for the third place.

Otsu, wa s th e site of th e third co mp etition where seven Japan ese girl s w ere se lec ted to co mpete in indi vidual events aga in st the five USA girls: Th e USA girl s did w ell w ith Wi lcox winning top honors in Vault , bars and f loo r- x, Reed was first on beam, second o n floor , Antonio pla ce d seco nd on bars and ti ed w ith Reed on th e floor, H ack was seco nd on th e beam. The judging was a bit hec ti c, sco res far

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apar t as th e judges we re ve ry yo un g with limited experience and th e re were numerou s co nferences to adjust sco res (t hey we re overscoring th e USA girl s).

Th e fourth mee t for the USA Jr. tea m was held at N igata. 1;1 th e word s of Mrs. Treiber .. " Thi s harbor ci ty o n th e no rth sho re o f Ho nshu Island w ith a half-milli o n popul ati o n proved to be the hi g hli ght and th e perfect place to end o ur co mpeti ti on s and visit in Japa n.

Th e hospitalit y in every place was mo re than superb. It seem ed imp oss ible to improve it in any way. Th e " Ho stm anship " is an art in Jap an, " all the way out ," first cla ss. In thi s b ea utiful , mo d ern city, we had th e bes t meet fo r orga ni za tion , judgin g, and for ce remo n ies. The hosp itali ty inclu ded ex qui site, auth enti c Japanese dinn ers, a Ch in ese fou rt ee n-co urse banquet (w ith Pekin g Duck as o ne co urse).

Much wa rmth and aff ecti o n o n th e part of eve ryo ne co nnec ted w ith ou r visit was felt during the en tir e stay. We did sight see in g and shoppin g - shopping - shopping!

Thi s mee t was a Tea m and In di vidual All Around Compe titi o n. Five m emb ers o n each team. Same rul es as b efo re b ut co untin g th e to p four scores fo r tea m scor es.

Results: USA 151.45 1st Niigata 141.30 2nd Individual AA scores: Tri sh Ree d 38.15; D ebbi e Wil cox 38.10; Lind a A ntonio 37.50; Carry Inglert 36.80; Renee Ha ck 36.70; Fujigu chi 35.80.

From N igata th e USA Junior tea m return ed to To kyo and th e fo ll owing da y Mrs. Tr eiber, Mrs. Wa chte l, Kell y, Car ri e, and D eb bi e (Wilco x) return ed to th e USA (th e m embers of th e Denve r club team stayed on for th e World Jr. Club champi o nships) .

The material above on the USA Jr. team Japan competition tour was condensed from the Official report by Mrs. Margit Treiber as published in the October edition of the USGF NEWS. As Mrs. Treiber's report was much more detailed and interesting than we were able to condense in this edition we would suggest all interested to write to the USGF office for a copy of that edition (USGF, P.O. Box 4699, Tucson, Al 85717). The following report on the "Hill's Angels" tour and competition in Japan was submitted to GYMNAST Magazine by Rod Hill.

Th e da y af ter th e U.S. Jr. Tea m return ed to Tok yo th ey (o th er th an the Denve r School m embers) left for th e Un ited States. The Denve r Team was 110W on it s ow n. Fo r th e nex t two weeks , we staye d dt th e ho tel, did shopping and trained in pr eparati o n for th e Juni o r World Championships to b e h eld o n th e 8th of Septembe r. W e had b ee n in v it ed to thi s mee t in Ma rc h of 1973 by th e spo nsor and o rga ni ze r of th e m ee t, M rs. Ikeda. It was th e m ee t th at we had bee n sav in g and preparing fo r all th is time.

W e train ed at N ippo n U ni ve rsit y fo r th e two weeks, and here we re ab le to rub sho ulders w ith th e bes t M en gymna sts in th e W o rld and th e best Japa nese Wo m en gy mn asts. It was a ve ry good ex p eric ncc .

The Wo rl d Jun io r club Champio nship s turn ed ou t to b e th e fant as ti c ex p eri ence it was built up to b e. HJvin g been to o ne Ol ympi cs and o ne World Ga mes, thi s meet had to rank third to th at in prepa rati o n c rowd and fa ciliti es.

It was h eld at th e sit e of th e 1964 Ol ympic Games. Th e girl s perf ormed o n a pl atfo rm , ju st lik e in th e Ol ympi cs and every thin g was of th e high es t ca li be r. In th e mee t was a tea m fro m Canada , o ne fro m W es t Germ any, th e U nit ed Sta tes and Japan. The Japan ese ac tu all y had 12 girl s in the meet an d th e o th er nati ons had two eac h.

Right fro m th e b eg inning th e m eet was close and th e all aro und wa s up fo r grabs. Tr ish Reed sco red a 9.0 in th e Va ult as she d id an exce ll ent Yamashita and th en fo ll ow ed it wit h a Yam as hita H alf Turn . Sco rew ise she was hurt by bein g fir st up. Lind a A nto nio of th e U .S. did the sa me va ults and scored a 9.25 . Her va ult s we re th e best in th e m eet. Th e event was wo n by Kawa i o f Japan w ho d id a Ya ma shita an d sco red 9.55.

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Mrs. Ikeda announcing Cha mpi ons hips.

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Fr ee Exe rcise ca m e up and th e j apa nese girl Sa to ko was first. She d id a ni ce ro utin e aft er w hi c h a lo n g co nference was held. Sh e rece ived a 9.60. Tri sh was nex t and ex pl o d ed thr o ugh her ro u tin e w ith h eight and ex tensio n lik e I h ave se ldom see n. Sh e d id a fa nt as ti c jo b and rece ive d a 9.60 also. Lin da fini sh ed thir d w ith a 9.40 .

In th e fin al tall y, Sa toko WO ll ba rs and ti ed fo r fl oo r and wo n th e all aro un d. Tri sh was fir st o n bea m and fl oo r, seco nd in th e all aro un d and third on Bars. Lind a was secon d o n Bars, thi rd o n bea m , third o n floo r and third in th e all around .

Saloko Ok azaki

Th e U neven Bars event was w on by Sato ko . Oka za ki of japan w ith a 9.55, a ni ce ro u tin e.

Second was Lind a A nt o ni o w ith a 9.45. Tri sh Reed was thi rd w ith a 9.35. We th ell we llt to Balance Bea m, w he re Lin da start ed o ff and di d a b ea utiful jo b, but o nl y r ece ive d a 9.00. Trish w as n ex t and d id her usual fin e ro utin e, hittin g eve ryithin g. Th e scor e ca mpe u p 9.30. Sa toko th en ca m e up and was p e rfo rmin g w ith littl e erro r until th e las t pass w hen she b ro ke bad ly and had to grab th e bea m to ho ld o n and no t fall. Sh e th en bl ew her di sm o unt a nd rece ived a scor e of 9.05. Now Lind a was virtu all y o ut of th e all around , but Tri sh was .05 behin d.

Satoko Obzaki

Winners of World Jr. club Championships, Sdtoko Okazaki, Trish R e; d, and U~d~ -;;;"' ;;"nTo along with Mrs. Ikeda a nd youngste rs who prese nte d the awards'-

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Th at eve ning we had a hu ge reception at th e top o f th e tall es t ho tel in th e Wo rld. Mos t of the impo rtant peop le o f To kyo we re th ere.

Th e fo ll owi ng d ay, we we re taken on a to ur o f To kyo w hi ch incl uded th e Imperi al Palace, and two o f th e larges t Bu sin esses iii th e co untry. We we re tr ea ted like roya lt y, and had perso nal visit s w ith two of th e m os t pro min ant m en in j apa n. Th e girls go t to sit in th e Bo ard Room , and we re taken on co mpl ete to urs o f th e pl ant s b efore hav in g d inn er w ith th e Pres ide nt in hi s pri va te dinnin g roo m .

Th e nex t day we we nt by bu s to Me rib as hi w here we put o n an ex hibiti o n w ith th e N ippon Gymn as ti c C lub be fo re a pac ked ho use. Later, in th e ho tel, we we r e ro usted o ut o f bed w h en a fire b ro ke o ut o n th e to p fl oo r. Firem en qui ckl y had eve rythin g und er co ntro l and we retu rn ed to our roo ms. (I tri ed to ge t a pi cture o f Gl enn Sun d b y standin g o ut in th e stree t in hi s Kimon o, but m y flas h wo ul d n o t fun cti o n .) .

On o ur re turn trip we spent a wee k in Hawa ii w here we we re gues ts o f the H awa ii Schoo l of Gy mn as ti cs .

Our las t stop was A nc hora ge A la ska, w h ere we put o n an ex hibiti o n befo re a pac ked hou se and we re th e gues ts o f Babe Casse l. Th e n ex t da y we we re taken sight seeing and saw our first Gl ac ier.

On e o f th e mo st imp o rt ant thin gs to c om e o ut o f th ese m ee ts, is th e fac t th at Hill s A ngels o f th e DSG has put 21 girl s in Int ern ational Comp etiti o n in th e pas t 18 month s. If all goes we ll we w ill h ave 30 in thi s ca tegory be fore anoth er yea r passes . Thi s shows that the prog ram is no t designed fo r ju st th e o ne or tw o as so many are, but for th e tea m and depth in abilit y. As it stand s now we w ill b e go ing to Eu ro p e fo r a m o nth in june of 1975 and po ss ibl y A ustrali a o r A fri ca .

linda Antonio

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1974 USA World Games Team Women's Final Trials, Anaheim, California

by Minot Simons II

On Frida y and Sat urday, Septemb er 27t h and 28th at th e spec tacul ar Ana heim Conventi on Fenter, Amer ica 's top thirteen wo m en gym nas ts comp eted fo r a spot on th e U.S .

N ational Tea m th at w ill p arti cipate in th e Wor ld Cha mpion ships to b e held October 20t h through 27 th in Va rn a, Bulgari a. W hen it wasa ll over, the six t ea m m emb ers and th e one alterna te stepped forwa rd as their names we re ca lled. Th e six team members are: Janelle Anderson , Diane Dunbar, j oan Ri ce, Debbie Fik e, A nn Ca rr , and Ka th y Howard; Ba rbie M ys lak is t he alternate memb er.

All thirt ee n girls did co mpul so ri es and op ti o nals fo r eac h even t o n both da ys , a to tal of six teen events for each gi rl.

Th e first da y's co m p ul sories got und erway slowly, w ith n o high sco res o n vau lt and o ill y one hi gh score 011 ba rs, D iane Dunbar 's 9.40.

On beam, j anette A ll de rso n turn ed in a smart , brisk , co nfident p erfo rman ce w h ich earn ed her a 9.50. A ll the othe r beam sco res we re low.

Xan ett e and j oan Rice we re hi gh sco rers in free exercise, each ea rnin g 9.40. Th ere we re o th er high sco res in fr ee exe rc ise: D iane Dunbar's 9.375, Debbi e Fike 's and Jod i Yocum's 9.35 .

During Frid ay ni gh t's o pti o nals, sco res we re hi gher. jan ett e A nd erso n go t a 9.5 for a wam as hita wh ich was ju st abo ut flaw less. H er coac h M urie l G rossfe ld says she is emplo yin g a new tech ni que w hic h res ults in soft ness of exec ution, a smooth transition from arch to pik e to landin g. Di ane Dunb ar also scored 9.5 fo r her ya mas hita w ith a full tw ist. A nn Ca rr got a 9.4 for h er more spec tac ul ar va ult: ca rt w h ee l back somie, pik e position. Kath y Howard got a 9.35 for her ya ma shita , half twi st; j oa ni e Rice and D ebbi e Fik e each got 9.30 fo r ya ma shitas.

Di ane Dun bar was clea rl y th e star of th e un eve ns. O n first night op tiona ls, she got 9.45 and o n th e seco nd ni ght a 9.60. Th e longes t applau se and th e lou d es t cheeri ng of th e m ee t gree ted Di ane o n the completio n of he r seco nd op ti ona l ba rs routin e and shortlY th er eafte r on th e posting of her sco re. Beca use o f th e impact of her perfo rm ance, we'g ive yo u her routin e in fu ll , cou rt esy of coach Jim Gau lt : Mount - fa cin g low bar jump to stradd le over low bar - long k ip to hi gh bar - cas t - free hip

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circle handstand - hip circle o n low bar reverse eagle ca tch o n h igh bar - Y2 turn - d ro p to low bar glide kip ca tc h - stoop legs to top of th e low bar - kip to high bar - front hip ci rcle cas t to hand stand - pirouette - sto m ach w rap on low bar - on back sw in g, drop to hand stand on low bar - free hip circ le around low bar - gli de do uble leg overshoo t - g rasp hi gh bar -l o ng kip

Saturday night's optional exercises generated the largest gathering of gymnastics enthusiasts since EXPO. All arena level seats were sold out and many loge seats too. From the very first vault, this was clearly going to be an exciting evening. to high bar - fron t hip c ircle - cas t - hecht w ith full twi st dism ount.

Co ntinuin g Frid ay ni ght 's optiona ls, th e star o n th e beam was c lea rl y j oa n Ri ce. Her routin e inc lud ed th e O lga Korbut back so mi e, an eleme nt w hic h she performed fl aw less ly Frida y ni ght b ut w hi ch ca used her to fa ll off th e bea m Sa turday ni ght. She got 9.55 Fri day ni gh t an d a 9. 05 Sa turd ay night , in spite of her fa ll. Kyle Gay ner, Na ncy Thi es, D ebbi e Fike, and Jod i Yocum did we ll o n th e beam, each ea rnill g 9.35.

Fr iday ni ght 's op ti o nal floor exercise sco res we re much hi gher, most of th em beillg between 9.25 and 9.45. Hi ghest sco res we nt to D iane Dunbar, Barb ie Myslak, and Joa n Ri ce at 9.45; Debb ie Fik e and A lln Carr each got 9.35.

Janett e A nderso n was cl ea rl y th e sta r o f the seco nd da y's co mpul so ri es, w ith sco res of 9.25 o n va ult , 9.30 o n bars, 9.70 o n bea m (highes t sco re of th e meet) , and 9.60 o n floor. Di ane D u nbar was second w it h scores o f 9.15 o n vau lt , 9.45 on ba rs, 9.25 o n beam , and 9.50 o n floor .

Xoa n Rice was third w ith 9.15, 9.05, 9.00, and 9.55 and Debbi e Fik e was fourth w ith 9.40, 8.65, 9.25, and 9.40. Th ese fo ur girl s we re cl ea rl y in front

with a con sistency that was to dominate the mee t.

Saturd ay night's o pti ona l exercises ge nera ted th e largest ga th erin g of gym nas ti cs enthusiasts since EXPO. All ar en a level seats w ere sold out and man y loge sea ts too. From th e ve ry first va ult , thi s was cl ea rl y going to be an exciting evenin g.

Ann Carr began th e vaultin g w ith her cartw hee l ba ck so m ersa ult, pik e p osition, degree of diffic ulty 10.0, and ea rn ed a 9.5.

Dian e Dunbar go t a 9.35 fo r her ya mas hit a w ith a full twi st, also a 10.0 degree of difficu lt y.

Barb ie M ys lak go t a 9.35 for he r ya mashita , whil e Debbie Fik e and Kathy Howard wo n 9.30 for ya mashita and ya ma shita with half twist , the latt er va ults ha vin g a degree of difficult y of 9.7 .

Th e bars were exceptionall y goo d . As rep o rt ed earl ier, Di ane Dunbar won a 9.6 for h er ro utine. j anette Anderson recei ved a 9.55 and j oa nie Ri ce and D eb bie Fi ke each 9.40. Jodi Yoc um also j o in ed thi s se lect gro up w ith her 9.40. By and large, all th e other scor es we re between 9.15 and 9.30.

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Ky le Ga yn er was tops in b ea m with a 9.50.

D ebbie Fik e was close b ehind w ith a 9.4 5 and Janette An de rso n had a 9.35. Jod i Yoc um wo n a 9.3 and Ann Ca rr and Ly nn Gov in each ha d 9.25.

Th e fin al ni ght 's o pti o nal fl oo r ex ercises generated th e hi ghes t scores of the mee t.

Janette And erso n was fir st w ith 9.55 w hil e Diane Dunbar, Debb ie Fik e, and Joa nie Ri ce w ere tied at 9.50. Kath y Howa rd wo n a 9.45 and Ann Carr , a 9.40.

Th e intensity o f the co mp etiti o n o n th e second ni ght as each co mpe tit o r strove to make up for pas t mi stak es ca n b es t be ga uge d Qx..1his li stin g o f th e second ni ght' s score s: Janelle Anderson Debbie Fike Diane Dunbar Ann Carr Joan Rice Kathy Howard Jodi Yoc um Barbie Myslak Roxanne Pierce Kyle Gayner Lynn Govin Nancy Thies Debbie Hill

37.75 37.65 37.60 37.40 37.20 37.00 37.00 36.95 36.50 36.45 36.45 36.35 35.25

Str iv in g to make up fo r a disastro us 6.65 on th e first n ight 's bars, Jo di Yo cum ti ed Kathy Howard for sixth pl ace durin g th e seco nd night' s opti o nals. It was a fightin g co meba ck, bu t not quite eno ugh. Neverth eless, Jo di 's p erform ance is indi cati ve of grea t thing s to come.

Random Observations: Barbie M ys lak's o ptional bars ro utin e, w hi ch includ ed a fo rwa rd so m ie betwee n bars, regrasping hi gh bar, rem ind i ng o n e o f Liu dm il a O av in a' s brilli ant ro utine at EXPO. Barbie go t a ve ry respec tabl e 9.25 an d 9.30 fo r o pti o nal bars .

This used to b e her weak est event, along w ith floor ex ercise . No w , hav in g work ed hard on th em both, th ey are her str o ngest eve nt s.

Debbi e Hil l's opti o nal bars at 9. 10 an d 9.25 w ere th e o nl y hi gh sp o ts of her two days. On e' s heart w e nt o ut to thi s gam e co mpetito r w ho wa s unabl e to put it tog eth er in thi s her las t competiti o n.

Su rprisingl y, Kath y Howard did not do we ll on eithe r b ea m o r bars, events w hich she

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app ea rs to li ke best. H owever, her ya mas hita va ult w ith a Vl tw ist b o th ni ght s wo n h er 9.35 and 9.30. H er fl oo r exe rcise wo n h er 9.4 and 9.45 .

Pr o mi sin g sig n s in Ly nn Go v in 's p erfo rm ance . She lo ok ed fres h, bri ght, co mm andi ng in her fir st co mpul so r y floo r exe rcise, in spit e of a low sco re. H er half o n, full o ff va ult s looke d go od . H er seco nd option al beam routin e ea rne d her a 9. 25.

Nancy Thi es ' b eam and flo or ex ercise ro utin es . Sh e los t half a p o int in a mo st un fo rtun ate fall fro m th e bea m o n seco nd o pti o nals after hav in g w on a 9.35 on fir st opti o nals. H oweve r, he r b ea m routine is d efinit ely su pe ri o r and wa s se lected as on e o f th e regul ar eve nt s during her wee k at EXPO .

H er option al floo r exe rci ses ea rn ed he r w elld ese rved sco res o f 9.40 and 9.3 5 Roxa nne Pi erce 's bars and free exe rcise. In th ese even ts, w hic h she li k es bes t, sh e w on her bes t sco res. As ex p ec ted, she loo ked strong on o pti o nal bars. H owever, h er 9.05 ave rage sho ws sh e was ju st n o t up for thi s comp etition .

Jo di Yocum 's first o ption al uneve ns rout i ne, whi ch bega n w ith an O lga Ko rbut type mount and w hich had pro bl ems simil ar to t ho se o f O lga at M u n ich : aft er th e beg innin g of her mo unt , she overt urn ed her hand stand o n th e low bar. Thi s r:=sulted in h er hittin g th e mat very hard with her fee t, an action co nsid ered to be an apparatu s fau lt. Th en her ro utin e changed and she had to inn ova te qui ckl y. She att empted two 路 superi or moves but was un ab le to co mpl ete th em.

Joa n Ri ce 's O lga Korbut-t ype back so mi e on th e beam , perfect ly executed o n th e first night and w inning h er a 9.55. Thi s m ay be O lga Ko rbut ' s hallm ark but I for on e am very glad Joa ni e uses it. It is reco gni ze d pro o f o f special ab ili ty on th e bea m and sho uld go ove r bi g at Va rn a.

Ky le Gay ne r' s 9.35 and 9.50 fo r her option al bea m routin es, always excell ent and a p leasur e to wa tc h. These we re th e onl y high scores for Kyle in an o th erw ise hard-to-understand p erf o rm ance by thi s sta r o f th e SCATS . A s always, she was a favorite w ith th e cro w d , but neverth eless seemed to lack her custo mar y strength and p rec isio n.

Janette And erso n 's " Haw aiia n War Chant" with b it s of " A loha" in th e qui et p arts; Joa n Rice ' s " Lad y of Spain " ; Debbi e Fik e's " The Ent ert ainer" from " Th e Sting " b y Sco tt Joplin; Ann Carr 's " A lexa nde r 's Ragtim e Band " ; Kat h y H owa rd ' s " Ol ympi c Bu gle Call " ; N ancy Thies' s 1' 2001 Spa ce Od yssey "; Ky le Gayner' s " Flight o f th e Bumbl e Bee " an d " Bumbl e Boogie" ; Lynn Gov in ' s " Cali fo rni a, H ere I Com e !" ; Debbi e Hill 's " Dr. Zhi va go " ; Jodi Yoc um 's " Polonai se in A-f lat" b y Ch opin , th e onl y cla ss ica l piece of th e eve ning. Roxa nne Pierce p erfo rm ed a deli ght ful ro utin e to mu sic f rom " Jesus Chri st Sup erstar "; Barbi e M ys lak perfo rm ed th e ro ut i ne w e all saw her do on ABC- TV's EXPO telecast, to th e mu sic of " Hi-De-Hi , Hi -D eHo " .

Jo di Yocum' s swa n-like balan ce with legs res tin g o n th e hi gh bar to an imm edi ate front hip circle, ano th er Ol ga Korbut element.

Th e brilli ant ove rall p erform an ce o f Janette And erso n. Alth o u gh she pl aced second at D elaware, injuries kept her o ut of Ca rbo ndale, EXPO, and all th e i nternational mee ts this year.

Most o f us, I think , were simpl y no t pr epared for wh at w e saw : tec hnical excell ence on bea m, bars, and va ult and total and intense invo lve ment in her fl oo r ex ercise. Her number o ne showin g is a fitting reward fo r her man y yea rs of hard w o rk .

Jan ett e And erson and Joani e Ri ce were th e o nl y girl s with no sc ores b elow 9.0. Dian e Dunbar and D ebbi e Fike each had on e such score but eas il y eno ugh high scores to make up fo r th em . Ann Ca rr 's perfo rm ance wa s definit ely superi o r. Th o u gh A nn 's to tal w as a p o int and a half b elow Debbi e Fik e's, it was a fu ll point above Kath y Howard 's. Kn o wing th at Kath y herse lf ca n bring her bea m and bars sco res back up to wh ere the y usu all y are, w e ca n, I think , b e pl ease d at th e tea m w e are se nding to Va rn a.

Th e stability o f Debbi e Fike, evident from her 9.30, 9.40, 9.45, and 9.50 on second o ptionals. It is remarkabl e that she could do so we ll , sin ce she co mpl etely dislo ca ted her right elbow on Xul y 25th. She had to res t her arm and more or less give up gymn as tics fo r th e nex t fi ve or six wee ks. D eb b ie's o ption al perfo rmance on bea m won her 9.35 and 9.45 successi ve ly.

Co nsidering th e probab le interest of ou r rea de rs, h er i nn ova ti ve and smoothl y perfo rm ed bea m ro utine is w ritten o ut be low, co urtesy of Coac h Scott Crou se : Straddl e pr ess han ds tand in th e middl e of th e bea m - stoop thro ugh to sittin g pos ition - l/; turn - step up - tw o steps forward to a back hand sprin g - p ose - two step s forward - jump V. turn - pose - Vl turn - on e step aeria l - squat down - v, turn on th e way up - step sca le - tw o steps squat and co m e immed iately up to \12 turn - step back wa lkove r - rol l d ow n to o ne leg sw ing th e o th er leg aro und to side splits - leg back aroun d to toe ri se - step step \12 turn chassee - ki ck th e ri gh t leg up - \11 turn step split lea p - Vl turn - full turn - ae ri al ca rtwh ee l w ith J/4 tw ist di sm o unt.

Th e youth 01 th e tea m (average age about 17) co mbin ed w ith th e ev id ent strength o f th e tea m, whi c h bo d es we ll for M o ntrea l.

Fl o or exercise mu sic: Dian e Dunbar 's eve rpo pu lar " Su perca l- " from " M ary Po ppin s" ;

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C<lthy Rigby-- Maso,; and husband Tommy, meet announcers

Janelle Anderson a Y.SO

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1974 USA WOMEN ' S TR IALS FOR WORLD CHAMP IONSH IPS RESULTS

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9.050 9.500 9.250 9.300

9.20 9.00 9.30 9.55

9.50 9.00 9.70 9.35

9.400 9.400 9.600 9.550

9.050 9.500 C 9.1 50 O . 9.350 C 9.275 0 9.300 C 9.150 0 9.250 C 9.000 0 9.300 C 9.400 0 9.300 C 9.150 0 9.400 C 9. 150 0 9.500 C 8.800 0 9.350 C 9.000 0 9.300 C 8.850 0 9.000 C 8.900 0 9.350

9.40 9.00 9.375 9.45 8.95 9.450 9.45 9.25 9.500 9.60 9. 15 9.500 9.10 9. 10 9.400 9.45 9.55 9.450 9.05 9.00 9.550 9.40 9.05 9.500 9.15 8.95 9.350 9.20 9.35 9.350 9.25 8.65 9.400 9.40 9.45 9.500 8.70 8.80 9.000 9.20 9.25 9.350 9.10 9.00 9.100 9.25 9.25 9.400 9.20 9.00 9.000 8.35 8.85 9.400 9.10 9.05 9.450 9.15 9.10 9.450 9.00 8. 65 8.900 9.25 9.00 9.450 9.00 B.95 9.200 9.30 9.00 9.300

36.825 37.350 37.350 37.600 36.875 37.750 36.750 37.200 36.450 37.200 36.700 37.650 35.650 37.200 36.350 37.400 36.000 35.950 36.600 37.000 35.400 36.700 36. 050 36.950

8.950 9.100 C 9.100 0 9.200 C 8.950 0 9.100 C 9.050 0 9.150 C 8.800 0 9. 250 C 8.850 0 9.050 C 8.800 0 9.200 C 9.000 0 9.050 C 8.750 0 9.000 C 8.900 0 9.200 C 8.650 0 8.350 C 8.650 0 8.900

8.95 9.30 8.80 9.20 8.60 9.30 9.00 9.15 8.95 6.65 9.00 9.40 8.65 9.05 8.55 9.05 9.05 8.25 8.95 8.80 8.50 9.10 7.75 9.25

35.900 36.600 35.900 36.500 34.950 37.150 36.250 36.350 36.200 34.550 36.700 37.000 34.900 36.850 35.200 36.450 35.475 34.050 35.250 36.450 34.600 34.900 34.100 35.250

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Kyle Gay n e r

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Tota l Pre lim . FIN AL TOTAL To ta l 37. 150 36.900 74. 050 37.850 37.750 75.600 149.650

9.00 8.95 9.05 9.00 8.15 9.35 9.00 8.70 9.10 9.35 9.40 9.30 8. 65 9.40 8.75 9.50 8.65 8.15 8.40 9.25 8.65 8.80 8.95 8.90

9. 000 9.250 8.950 9.100 9.250 9.400 9.200 9.350 9.350 9.300 9.450 9.250 8.800 9.200 8.900 8.850 9.025 8.650 9.000 9.200 8.800 8.650 8.750 8.200

Joa n Rice

74.175 74.950

149.125

74.625 73.950

148.575

73. 650 74.350

148.000

72.850 73.750

146.600

71.950 73.600

145.550

72.100 73.000

72.500 72.400

144.900

72.100 72. 600

144.700

70.750 73.700 71.750 71.650 69.525 71.700 69.500 69.350

144.450

Jodi Yocum Kyle Gayn e r

Debbie Fike Ka lhy Howard

The m ee t was shap ing up to b e two fights.

On e fo r firs t pl ace b etwee n Steve Hu g and W ay ne Yo un g, and th e o th er was fo r seve nth p lace be twee n M ike Ca rt er and Hrent Si mm o ns. On e of th e men expected to m ake t he tea m, Mars hall Ave ner, was forced to scra tch fro m th e m ee t in wa rmu ps d ue to a w ri st inju ry sustain ed durin g h is co m p u lso ry P.B. ro ut ine.

Rin gs were a p leas ure to wa tch, w ith mu ch straight-arm wo rk , and hi gh, free, d ism o unts. It app ea red t hat m os t o f th e co mp etito rs we re d o ing th eir giant s l i ke 0 11 th e hi gh bar - w ith lo ts mo re sw ing and less jerk at t he bo tt o m.

Va ulting showed b as ica ll y litt le va riety, alth o ugh grea t d i ff ic ul ty, w ith 7 ful l tw ist ing han d sp ri ngs, 1 handsp rin g - fro nt, and 5 ro und o ff - pi ke backs. Cros by 's va u lt (ro und o ff-p ike back) was hi gh, lo n g, and stu ck li ke glu e fo r a 9. 2, th e hi ghes t va u lt i ng sco re in th e m ee t.

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The rapport between the ' crowd and the gymnast was sensational. When the team was ( named, they were given a 10 II minute standing ovation, and then spent another 15 minutes signi.ng autographs for young admire rs.

Team . Trials

Men's Final Trials Austin, Texas O n Se pt emb er 27 and 28, Th e U n ivers it y 路of Tex.as at A ustin hos ted Th e Fin al Trials fo r th e M en 's U.S. W orld Ga mes Tea m . Th egy mn as t 's; j ud ges and coac hes arr ive d on the 26th and w ere trea ted to a rea l Texas barb eq ue at m y ho m e. O n Frid ay, a luncheo n, sp on sored by th e fo urtee n The Un ive rsity, hon o red co mp et itors w ho we re to beg in co mp etiti on t hat n ight.

A s see ms to be an A meri ca n habit, th e co m p ul sory routi nes wNe ge nerall y wea k, w it h many b reak s. Th ere we re o nl y 13 ro utines o f 9.0 o r ove r o ut of a tot al of 84 ro utin es. Th e crow d Frida y was fair ly small , n u mberi n g so m ewhere betwee n 500-750.

Saturd ay n ight w as ano th er sto ry. The exciteme nt b ega n to b ui ld durin g wa rmups wh en th e c ro w d of ove r 3500 sp ectato rs began to ch ee r th e co mpet ito rs' bett er tri cks. Th e gym nas tspTck e-cf u p th e feeling and rea ll y p'l i't on a show.

The o pti o nal floo r exe rcise was interes tin g w ith mo st co mpet ito rs op en in g w ith d o ub le full s, usin g straddl e sid es d ow n a sid e o f th e mat, and fin ishing w ith a fu ll. Th e va riety ca me in th e co mb in ati o ns d o ne in th e co rners - a stradd le p lanche, stra ight arm - straight body press to hand stand by To m Weede n and a "V"

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sea t, stoo p thro ugh to hand stand b y Jay Wh elan see med to b e qu it e po p ul ar w ith th e crowd .

Po mm el Ho rse, as usual, pro du ce d th e lowes t sco res, m os t breaks, and least audi ence appr.ec iati o n. Th e o nl y ro ut in e o f n o te was Hug's w ith a superb Shurlock - trave l - Shurl oc k co mbin ati o n and clea n, clea n wor k fo r a fin e sco re o f 9.45.

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Jo hn Crosby

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Gene Whe la n

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8.75 9.05 8.70 9.00 9.15 9.55 tl.50 8.95 B.10 8.50 8.80 9.10 8.20 8.60

8.60 8.70 9.00 9.45 8.25 tl .55 8.60 8.55 8.45 8.25 8.65 7.95 B. 35 tl .45

9.20 9.45 8.75 9.35 !l.55 8.95 8.55 9.10 9.10 9.15 B.60 B.65 8.50 9. 15

9.10 9. 05 9.10 8.95 !l.70 9.20 B.60 B.65 B.70 B.70 B.90 9.10 B.75 8.B5

9.15 9.20 9.10 7.85 8.80 9.10 8.70 9. 10 9.30 9. 05 !l.40 B.BO 9. 15 9. 15

8.85 9.50 Q.30 9.15 8.60 9.05 9.00 9.15 8.85 9.30 B.85 9.20 B.05 9.50

53.65 54.95 53.95 53.75 52.05 54.40 51.95 53.50 52.50 52.95 52.20 52.80 51.00 53.70

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Parall el bars was excit i ng to see, w ith Jim Iv ice k hitt i ng bea utiful ly fo r a 9.05, Ge ne W helan stea dy fo r a 9.10, and Ca rt er, Simm o ns, Crosby , Yo u ng, and Steph en so n all ove r 9.0.

Bo th Yo un g and Cros by u sed do u b le backs fo r di sm o unt s, w ith m os t o f th e o th ers usin g fro nt so mi s w ith a y, tw ist. Th e fight fo r fi rst was dec ided o n P.B.路s w hi ch w~s th e last eve nt fo r Hug. Yo un g had hit so li d o n P.B.'s for a 9.2,a nd superbl y o n H .B. w ith a Vo ron in and a ~'l in, ~'l o ut di smo unt for a we ll -d eserved 9.50. H ug hit a good ro utin e o n p arall el bars unti l h is fro nt upri se in p repara ti o n for a fro nt o ff, ~'l tw ist, t hen fo r so m e reason , h e took 2 ex tra sw in gs befo re t he d ismo unt. H e go t a 7.95, all owin g Yo ung to claim first pl ace all -arou nd .

Th e rappo rt be twee n th e crowd and th e gymn as t was sensa ti o nal. W hen th e tea m was nam ed, th ey we re gi ve n a 10 mi nu te stand ing ova t io n, an d th en sp ent ano th er 15 minutes sign ing aut og raph s fo r yo ung ad mirers. A ll toge th er, th e m ee t was a grea t su ccess, w ith eve ryo ne fro m t he gy mn as ts to th e spec tato rs tho ro ugh lY enjoyi n g th e two d ays o f t he mee t.

Iro nica ll y, w hen th e scores of th e tea m q uali fi ers were to tale d , th ey ca m e to 537 .60 exactl y w hat t he U.S. tea m scored in th e 1970 W o rld Ch am p io nsh ip s.

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Steven Hug Northridge, Ca .

21 years old . . . a graduate o'f Stanford University where he majored in film arts and was coached by Dan Millman and Sadao Hamada . international competitive experience has in cluded 1968 and 1972 Olympi c Games ... 1969 USGF all-around champ ion , three-time NCAA all -around champ ion (University Division) , 1974 Nissen Award winner . . . strongest events are pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

Pholas oi Ihe U~A Ill t.'n's gymnastic tea m Me (o url esy of

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Color center-fold photos of USA Women's Gymnastics Team t.. "en at Anaheim by GYMNAST photographers Alan levi, Tom Wakeling, and Glenn Sundby. .

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Wayne Young Provo, Utah 22 years o ld , 5'5 " , 125 Ibs. . . . a senior physical education major at Brigham Young University where he is coached by Bruce Morgenegg ... pl ace d 3rd in NCAA al l-around compet iti on (University Divi sion) ... st ron gest events are vault in g, parallel bars, hori zonta l bar, and st ill rings.

Jim Ivicek Beaver Falls, Pa. 22 years Old, 5'7 " , 135 Ibs. . . . a se nior physical ed ucation major at Southern Illin o is Un iversity ... previously attended the University of New Mexico under coach Rusty Mitchell . . . internati onal compet itiv e experience has included the 1972 Olympic Games (a lt e rn ate), 1973 World Univers'ity Games, 1974 USSR World In vitationa l, and meets aga in st China, Hungary, Romania , and Poland . . . placed 3rd in 1973 USGF all-around comp et ition . . . strongest events are st ill rings and parallel bars.

Gene Whelan Bedfo rd , N .H .

21 yea rs o ld, 5'5", 1161bs. .. . a juni or civil e ng in ee rin g m aj o r at th e U ni ve rsit y o f M assac hu se tts w here he is coac hed by Eri c Kj e ldse n and To m Dunn . . . durin g th e summe r he has w ork ed und er Ed Isa be ll e .. . int ern ation al co mp etiti ve ex pe ri e nce has includ ed a mee t with Po land ... stron ges t eve nt is th e par all e l bars.

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Jay Whe lan Bedford, N .H .

21 yea rs old , 5 '4", 11 7 Ibs. ... a se nior bio c hemi str y major at Southern Connecticut State College where he is coac hed b y Abe Grossfe ld . . . int e rn at iona l co mp etit ive ex pe rie nce ha s included meets aga in st France, Po land , China, and Bu lgar ia .. . 1972 and 1973 runn er-up and 1974 cham p ion in NCAA all -aro und co mp etition (Co ll ege Di visio n) ... strongest eve nts are floor exe rc ise and ho ri zo ntal bar.

Brent Simmons Columbus, In .

25 years o ld , 5'6" , 1381bs . . . . a graduate of Iowa State University where he majored in physical education and was coac hed by Ed Gagnier .. . now a draftsman ... international competitive experie nce ha s included the 1970 World Games, 1971 Pan American Games, 1971 USSR World In vitationa l, and meets against Hungary, Romania, and Switzerland . .. runner-up in 1971 NCAA all-aro und competit ion (Un iversity Division), 1971 Nissen Award winner ... stro ngest events are the parallel bars and hori zonta l bar .

John Crosby Farmingdale, N.Y. 23 years old, S'SJJ, 130 Ibs . . . honors graduate of Southern Connecticut State College where he majored in English and was coached by Abe Grossfeld international . . . now a graduate student at competitive expe rience has included the 1971 Pan American Games, 1972 Olympic Games, 1973 World Games (an appendectomy prevented participation), 1971 and 1974 USSR World Invitational, 1972 and 1974 South African Cup, and meets against Japan and Hungary ... three-time NCAA all-around champion (Co lleg e Division) , 1973 Nissen Award winner .. . strongest event is floor exercise, which has won him two gold medals in th at event in world competition.

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o You Want to be an OLYMPIA

by Bill Ballester Gymnastics Coach, University of Oregon Rece ntl y I receive d a lett er fro m a yo un g man w ho has a stro ng des ire to become an Ol ympi c Gy mnast. H e was int eres ted in lea rnin g my fee lin gs on how I th o ught hi s goa l co ul d bes t b e accompli shed.

I wo uld li ke to relat e so m e of th e th o ught s t hat I pr ese nt ed to him in an open lette r to all asp iring gy mnasts: Dear Po tential O lympi an: It is ve ry di ff icult to p resc ri be a specifi c trainin g pr og ram fo r yo u w ith o ut seein g yo u wo rk o r kn owin g yo u r strength s and weak nesses o r pe rsona lit y tr ai ts; howeve r, I wo ul d like to exp ress so me ge nera l guid elin es fo r yo u to co nsider.

First: Th ere is no easy way to achi eve th e goa ls th at you are aft er, no secre t fo rmul as and ce rt ainl y no o ne way to train . M any yo un g peopl e fee l th at th e j apanese way is th e o nl y way - - th at perh aps t rainin g in j apan is t he answe r. Wi th o u t q ues ti o n, th e j apa nese are t he fi nes t gy mn as ts i n th e wo rl d; h owever, th ey are also japanese, mean in g a d iffere n t culture, different bo d y type and differ ent d ispo siti o n.

Ce rtainl y, ex pos in g yourse lf to so me of th e j apanese techniqu es wo uld be be nef icial; but be ca reful - - yo u are no t j apa nese, and all o f t h eir t rai ni ng p rog rams may no t be adap tab le to yo u.

Second: Never fo rge t h ow and w h y you are where yo u are. You have a ve ry fine coac h.w ho is very ca pab le of gui d in g and d irect in g yo u r p rog ram wi th o ut any co nce rn fo r pe rso nal ga in; and , of co u rse , yo ur p arent s have o bvio usly give n yo u th e typ e o f stabl e bac kgro und that h as a Il owe d yo u to excel bot h gym nas t ica l ly alid em o ti o nall y. Seek o ut t h eir adv ice and fo ll ow it.

Third: Make an effo rt to ana lyze yo ur wea kn esses and attac k th em . There are thr ee bas ic thin gs th at eve ry grea t gymn as t mu st possess - - str ength , fl ex ibili ty and co nfid en ce. a. Str ength ca n and sho ul d be developed slowly. Be ca reful no t to rus h int o " heavy " u ppe r body work w hi ch mi ght damage yo ur sho ul de rs (s uch as too mu ch cross wo rk). If yo u ch oose to su p pl ement your apPiHatu s wo rk w ith we ight lifting, be sure th at yo u seek o ut q ualifi ed ad vice so yo u w ill develop bo th th e prim e m ove rs as we ll as t he antago ni sti c muscles. b. Flex ibilit y wo rk is re lati ve ly new and few peop le have a scie nti fic basis for th ei r p rog rams.

H oweve r, o ne bas ic prin cipl e o f fl ex i bilit y deve lopm ent th at is impo rt ant is NOT to u se ba lli sti c move men t (jer k str etch in g). A not h er in teres tin g obse rva tio n is th at th e abili ty to u se th e to tal range of m o tio n is more d ifficult to

deve lop t han th e ac tu al str etchin g o u t. ln oth er words , it is no t eno ugh to have good fl exi bilit y, it is necessary to deve lop th e mo to r skill s th at w ill all ow you to utili ze th e fl ex ibilit y that yo u possess. c. Co nfidence is necess ar y to deve lo p in order t o in sure co nsistency. Here aga in th e re are no sho rt cu ts. The b es t way to develo p consiste ncy and co nfi de nce is thro u g h repea ted success. Con stru'ct ro utin es th at you ca n do eve ry ti me. Ma ke ever y effo rt possib le to avoid failures in co mp etiti o n. H oweve r, if yo u d o fail o r br ea k as ALL gy mn as ts occas io nall y do, fo rge t it ; d o n ' t dwell o n fa ilure. Reme m ber and re li ve su ccess .

A ll of thi s is ve ry genera l, b ut specifics mu st have general gui de lines to fo ll ow.

The m os t im po rt an t reco mm enda ti o n I co ul d make to yo u wo uld be to ge t start ed now o n th e Ol ym p ic com pul so ri es. Rea li ze th at comp ul sory rou ti nes are dev ised to force al l gymnas ts to overcome ce rt ain wea kn esses. I can m ake o ne posit ive stat em ent: If yo u ca n execut e th e Ol ym p ic co mpu lsories wit h fla ir, pr o per tec hniqu e and co nsistency, yo u w ill b e an Ol ympi an an d a gr ea t gy mn ast.

I hope th at yo u ca n u se so m e o f th ese id eas; but rem em be r, t hese are o nl y guid elin es . Th e ' o nl y way th at you w il l reac h yo ur goa l is t h ro ugh hard wo rk alllJ a lo t o f fa ith . ~

L-Dealing with the Behavior Problems of Young Boys-by Joe Sweeney The po pul arity o f bo ys gy mn asti cs in th e United States is fa r b ehind th at o f th e girl s. On e o f th e reasons fo r thi s has to d o w ith th e fa ct th at young b oys (a ges 6 to 13) h ave a reputati o n for bein g mi sc hi evo us, loud , un w illin g to pay attention, unabl e to pay att enti o n; in short , very nearl y imposs ible to d ea l with in a t eac hing situ ati o n. Con se qu entl y, gymn as ti cs teac hers have littl e o r no d es ire to w ork with boys. Th ese in stru cto rs fai l to i nitiate a b oys gy mnasti cs pro gra m. Th ey pr efer to take th e easier and mo re pl easa nt rout e: teac hin g girl s.

Teachin g yo ung boys does no t have to be an impossibl e tas k. Granted, th ere ar e no approac hes w hic h insure th at eve ry bo y w ill be ha ve and li sten intently t o th e in stru cto r at all tim es. But it is poss ible fo r a teacher to have control ov er th e g roup so a th at in stru ction is takin g pla ce .

The first few meetings with a boy's class are very critical. It is during thi s tim e th at th e bo ys discov er how mu ch th ey ca n ge t aw ay witA . Fo r thi s reas o n it is i mpo rt ant th at an in stru ctor be stri cter th an he may fee l is necessa ry. Later on , after he feels he has contro l of th e boys, th e instructo r ca n loose n up hi s control of th e cla ss a little. On th e oth er hand, if he is not stri ct from th e start and after a few w ee ks realizes he ha s been too ni ce, it becom es very difficult fo r him to gain co ntrol by sudd enl y becoming to ugh . Th e kids are alread y use d to gettin g awa y with a lo t around him . Even though he suddenl y b ecom es strict, he is kn o wn to th em only as a ni ce gu y. The t eacher has a big tas k: convincing th e cl ass that he means bu sin ess.

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On e w ay o f letting th e boys kn o w that you , th e teac her, mea n bu sine ss is to di sciplin e th e fir st o ffender, and in fro nt o f th e entire cla ss. If th e first p erson to test you gets away w itho ut eve n a wa rni ng, yo u are in tro uble. Th e o th ers w ill proceed to tes t yo u, ex pec tin g to get away w ith a grea t d ea l.

So me in stru cto rs b eli eve th at all boys mi sb eha ve and th at there is not mu ch you ca n do to preve nt it. This is no t t ru e at all. Th e amo unt of mi sbehav io r th at occ u rs is in verse ly pr o po rtion al to th e amount o f effort and th o ught w hic h you employ to co ntro l them.

Pati ence is abso lutely necessa ry o n yo ur par t wh e n d ealing with b oy s, regardin g bo th th eir behavior pro bl ems and lea rnin g skill s. Losin g yo ur pati ence is rarely, if ever, co nstru cti ve. If yo u are o n th e ve rge o f lo sin g yo ur patien ce, as k yourself if it wo uld help th e situati o n. M os t o f t he tim e yo u will admit to yo urse lf tha t it w o uld no t.

One wa y of ge tti ng a persist ant trou b lemaker to se ttle down is t o move him into anoth er gro up of bo ys away from his fri end s. If he is pl aced in a low er skill leve l group which is wo rking o n hea d stand s wh en he is read y to w o rk on hand spri ngs, h e will o ften qui ckl y improve hi s attitud e so you will remo ve him from that dull group.

Wh en you are confronted with a group o f yo ung boys wh o ar e kn own to b e rowdy, neve r t urn your back to t he cl ass whil e you are instru p in g o r spo tting . Th e fe w ex tra minutes th at it may take yo u to situ ate yo urse lf so you can se e th e wh o le cl ass at on ce are w ell worth it. This way yo u will be abl e to d etect an y troubl e befor e it rea lly gets started.

G ivin g a troubl em aker so m e res po nsibilit y (s uch as leadin g wa rm - ups) ca n o ft en be a pos iti ve move in co ntro lling him. However, thi s maneuve r ca n backfi re so m etim es. U se jud ge m eni in dec id in g w hether a kid would make a joke of th e si tu ati o n o r no t.

D o no t hesita te to spea k to a parent o f a.child w ho behaves in any unu sual mann er. Som e kid s are under a d oc t o r's ca re fo r bein g hyperac ti ve. So me c hil dre n are hard of hea rin g. Such i nfo rm ation 'wo uld ce rt ainl y assist yo u in d ea ling w ith th e child . Perh aps se nding a q uesti o nna ire ho me requ es tin g such info rm ation is th e answ er. A thou ghtful parent wo uld notify you in th e b eginning of the sess io n of an y special probl em th at th e child has; neve rth eless, many par ents fail to let you kn ow ahead of tim e.

Yo u ca n b e a st ri ct teacher, ye t still make gy mn as ti cs fun for th e cla ss. Boys enj oy gam es and the y love co mpe tition; not ju st m eets, but contests also. Be co nsistent in superv ising such event s. Do no t let th em get away w ith so m ething o ne tim e, but not ano th er.

If you are intent o n makin g yo ur boys behave, th en yo u ce rtainl y mu st se t a good exa mple. If yo u scold them wh en you hear th em swear, th en yo u should mak e sure you do not swear in th eir pr ese nce . Th ey will never. resp ec t you if yo u d o not pra cti ce w hat you pr each.

No group of boys is imposs ibl e to handle . If yo u sincerel y w ant to help deve lo p a boys gy mnastics program, th en you will find ways to stimulate th eir interest in gymn asti cs and stifl e th eir interest in mi sb ehaving. ~

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news 'n notes FOR GYMNASTS WHO WISH TO QUALlFY FOR THE PAN-AMERICAN GAMES IN 1975 This plan was submitted by Mrs. Shirley Bryan, Chairman of the USOC to members of USOC in May of 74 and was accepted : 1. Regional USGF Elite Pre-Qua li fying Meet in December of 1974 op en to any girl who wishes to enter. If the USGF Eli te has a qua lifying score into this meet, then th e USOC w ill hold a prequalifying meet.

2. First USGF Elite Qualifying Meet in midFebruary with dua l purpose of qua lifying a girl for USGF Elite competition and Pan Amer ican Games Team. From this meet, cut to top twenty competitors who will stay fo r a tra inin g camp immediately following th e meet. The training camp would include the top twenty gymnasts, coach, pianist, and manager, national individual coaches of the gymnasts for four days of training.

3. Final Trials for Pan American Games held in mid-March. From thi s mee t the top six and three reserve girls wou ld have two weeks off and come back for a seve n-to-ten day training camp immediately prior to departure.

PAN-AMERICAN COMPULSOR IES for men and women are both avai lab le now. USGF, Box 4699 lucso n, Arizona 85717 .

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ADDRESS CHANGE Linda Morton, USGF State Chairman for Michigan, and Regional Judging Director for Region V has moved to: 4187 Green Meadows #11 , Yspilanti , Michiga..u 48197

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AAU TOUR OF WEST GERMANY OCT. 10 - OCT. 21 Chosen at Sr. National s this year were Denise Walker, Milford, Conn ., Shelly Bier, Philadelphia, PA. , Donna Payton, Louisville, KY ., Laurel Anderson , Seattle, Wash ., Cole Dowaliby, New Haven, Conn ., and Sandy Gross, Carbondale, 11 1. .. James Culhane, New Haven, Conn., and Mike Kimball , Sa lt LakeCity, Yoshi Hayasaki , Champaign, III. , Robert Rice, San Francisco, Mel Hill , Philad elphia, an~ Rich Onysko, New Haven, Conn . Erna Wachtel and Bruce Davis wi ll accompany them on the six exh ibiti on tour.

THE OLYMPIC SYMBOL On August 22, 1972, at a Press Conference in Munich , Germany, the official symbo l of the 1976 Olympic Games was revealed. Th e artist who designed it is a Canad ian designer by the name of Georges Huel. His creation was chosen from an imposing quantity of different projects because it is a happy synthesis of the basic requir ements and essentia l qualities : simplicity, restraint , purity of form, conc ise sty lin g. The official symbol cons ists of five rings topp ed by the Olympic podium.

Th e podium, at th e top of th e des ign, is evocative ot the glory 01 the v lctorys and, to a greater extent, of the sp irit of ch ivalry underly in g th eir contests; the pod ium is also a graphic presentation of the letter "M" for Montreal.

At th e center of the design is the Olympic stadium ova l, heart of the Games.

The five entwined rings represent wor ld brotherhood and are designed to stress the fact that th e Olympic ideal is, and mu st remain, the very essence of this undertaking.

THE OLYMPIC FLAG The Olympi c flag is meaningful. It consists of five different colored rings on a white background.

The five interl aced rings represent the five continents joined in broth erhood in the Olympic Movement. Blue represents Europe, yellow... Asia, Black ...

Africa , Gree n .. . Oceania , and Red ... America .

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A BIT OF HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS Popular legend attributes the foundation of the Olympic Games to H ercule s, son of Zeus.

So important were they that time in ancie nt Greece was m eas ured by the four year interval between the Games, called an Olympiad. So, Olympiad m ea ns four yea rs ' time.

The first Olympic Games can be traced back as far as 776 B.C. ; for c lose to 1,200 years they were staged at interva ls of four years. They were abolish ed in the year 394 A.D . by decree of Emp eror Th eodos ius.

The first Olympi c Games of the modern era took place in Athens, Greece, in 1869. Would you be lieve ... ? They have been held twice in the USA! In 1904 they were held in St. Louis, and in 1942 they were held in Los Angeles! ~

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When a gym nast tries a cas t from th e high bar for the first time , on the " who le they eith e r e limin ate the cast altogether or cast slightl Y before goin g int o a long han g. Ma ny tilnes, this poor technique resu lt s in a loss of grip. Many times, too , a gym nast wi ll not, whe n beginning to learn this cast, shift he r sho ulders back in good t imin g w ith the cast of the legs. Thi s results in a downward pull whe n in th e long hang, aga in ca using the loss of grip.

the low bar to start her cas t. The spo tt er now grips the ri ght ankl e.

Fig. II - As the gymnast swings her legs back, th e spotte r pulls the leg back, w hi ch forces th e shoulders to move back in proper timing, and forces the gymnast to come to a comple te stretch of th e body before descending.

The gym nast sho ul d practice Fig. I and Fig. II in GOOD FORM AT AL L TIMES. Form ca n be broken o n descendin g only for this preparation , sin ce there is a la ck of height.

Fig. III - Once the spott er has gotten the gymnas t in a stretched body position (see Fig. II) th e grip on the leg is imm ediate ly re leased and the r ight arm is simultaneously p laced unde r the body of the gym na st, by the bend of the hip, using upward pressure to h elp ease the landing.

Let 's sta rt teaching the cas t from a front support on the low bar facing in. Place a landing pad as show n in Fig. I (over the area where the stretc hed body wi ll be after th e cast).

The spotte r wi ll have an act ive ro le in thi s preparation.

Fig. 1- The spotter stands on th e rig h t sid e of the gymnast w hil e she is in the front suppo rt faCing in . The gymnast w ill first sw in g her legs under

Th is preparation helps th e gymnast " feel " th e movement, lea rning to cast and shift the

shou lders back proper ly and in good timing to the st retched body position. Th e spotter sho uld he lp the gymnast seve ral times and then allow the gym nast to do it by herself, o n the low bar, com in g in on ly to assist on t he land ing . If the gym nast does this wel l on the low bar by he rse lf, that is casting ba ck to at least the horizon tal leve l, th e n she is ready to try it on the hi gh bar. Unti l the gymnast can prove that she wi ll always maintain her grip on the high bar afte r th e ca st , the spotter shou ld be prepared to circle the gymnast's body aro und the waist with both arm s as the gym nast is descending after cas tin g. As an extra safety measure, place a land ing pad und er the area of the cast. One o th er thing to keep in mind when casting from th e high bar is to keep the body stretched (when in the lo ng h ang) until th e h ips contact the low bar, before sw in g in g the legs unde r the low bar to co ntinu e on to the ne xt m ove.

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compulsory exere I5e 5 Each month we w ill tr y to inclu de so m e sequence p hotog raphy an d in stru ction o n a part or se qu ence f rom th e current co mpul so ry exerc ises . We in vit e any at hl ete who ha s had some success in lea rnin g a spec ial pa rt of th e comp ul so ries to drop us a n o te o n hi s lea rnin g sequence, and of co u rse coac hes are in vited to w rit e as we ll. it may so m etim es be poss ible fo r us to arrange for suit ab le ph o to seque nces to illu strat e arti cles, if th e au th ors ca nn o t easil y obtain th em. So, if yo u have any potentia ll y use ful id eas on th ese exe rc ises (in cludin g the age -gro up co mpul so ri es) se nd t h em to m e: H.I . Biesterfeldt, Ir. GYMNAST Instruction & Research SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Last month, somew hat by accid ent, we present ed an article on th e hec ht d ismo unt o n hor izontal bar, w hi ch subs tanti all y g ives th e technique for t he curre nt strad dl e hech t compu lso ry dismount. The arti cle was prepared befo re th e co mpul so ry exe rcise was publi sh ed POMMEL HO RSE - - COMPULSORY BREAK i NTO BAC K SC iSSORS .

We exa min e both the text specifi ca tion s and ge neral prin cipl es concern ing techniqu e.

Examine first th e photo seq uen ce of To n y Hanso n exec uting th is break. From a trave l up, the text says to exec ut e half a doubl e leg circ le,

brin gi ng legs to th e nea r side of th e hor se, then un dercu t right le g u nder leit , and sw in g to ri ght, and exec u te a ba ck sc isso rs.

Th e text is reasona bl y p lai n - o ne cont inu es w ith legs toge th er until th ey are behind th e hor se. To spread in fro nt seems quit e clea rl y to be in violat ion of th e tex t. As usual, th ere is no spec ific techniqu e spec ifi ed for th e m ove it se lf.

Still , based on ge nera l principl es we ca n claim som e thin gs are better th an others.

A n extremely hi gh lift of th e hip s before spreading the legs for th e break, ex pecia ll y if accompanied b y keep in g Jhe to es low, and near the horse, is such a vio latio n of princip le. it ma y help to ge t height , and it w ill ce rtainl y help to lea rn an adequat e break, but of it se lf th e pik ed hip li ft isa n effo rt at ti ghtn ess and mu sc le w ork o n a free flowing event. in add ition , th e breakin g of a natu rall y ex tended body lin e is to be d isco uraged w heneve r pra cti ca l. Second, an ex tremely hi gh li ft of ju st one leg vio lates th e principl e th at the bod y sho uld w henever po ss ible move as a unit.

The photo se qu ence shows a surpri sin gly so un d ve rsion o f thi s break , for neith er of the abo ve prin c iple s is badly vio lated , and the break is still do ne quite high. in esse nce, th e performer has merely li fted t he left leg hi gh in coo rdin ati o n w ith th e turnout of th e hip, and in so doing, has kicked it we ll behind th e horse.

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The v igo rou s use of lef t arm ju st befo re re lease both turn s the body in sp read leg positi o n, and se ts up th e stoppin g of th e c irc le.

Now to th e bad poi nt s. To n y has no t kep t hi s left leg behind him quite enough so th at by frame 4 he has allowed hi s hips to drift backward so mew hat. By th e las t frame, as a re sult, he ha s already started to turn hi s legs fo r the back sc isso rs. A t thi s point hes hould still be sw in gin g both legs as a u nit , to e nsure a scisso rs w ith both legs hi gh, not mere ly th e top leg . r or rem ember th at in sc isso rs th e object ive is to ha ve al l part s: hips and toes of both legs, at o r above shou ld er height , w ith body stretch ed, at the emphasis po int of th e sc isso rs.

About lea rnin g: 1) Lift hips, but try to coord in ate it w ith th e up an d backwa rd mo ve ment of left leg.

2) it does not help mu ch to turn the hip s o ut w ith leg s still toge th er - reaso n - the turnin g of hip s is a rotat ion in o pposite ·direct io n as th e circle, so it sho uld h elp stop th e circl e. Bu t w ith legs still toge th er, th e re is ext r emel y littl e cont rary momentum ge nerat ed . O n e tends to crash int o the horse w ith th e full speed of the circle.

3) Ke ep leg we ll back , o r equi va lentl y, keep hip s over th e horse, not back behin d it, in th e downsw ing fo ll ow in g the break. ~

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First let u s ge t an ove rview b y exa minin g th e se que nces. FR ON T VIEW: First, note th e rather str etch ed b o dy th ro ugho ut. Seco nd , in fram e 1, no te th at th e le ft hand is already r eaching b ack fo r th e pomm el, th o ugh th e toes ar e o nl y a f ew inches in front o f th e ho rse. Qui ck reg ra sp help s p reve nt should er sag, and redu ces w rist problems note tha t at b o th end s o f th e horse, th e hips are we ll away fr om th e support hand.

RE A R VIEW : Note th at th e b o dy m oves as a unit. W e do not see any " lea d" of eith er toes in adva nce o f hip s, or v ice ve rsa . 51DE VI EW : No te, first o f all , that th e bo dy is bent ever so sli ghtl y, and abo ut th e sa me amount, both in f ront and in bac k. Seco nd, th ere is no " pumpin g" ac ti o n in m ov in g fro m fram e 1 to frame 2.

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IN HORSE We all recogni ze th e nee d fo r b ett er circles, and eve ry coach has a few hints that he ha s found eff ec tive . Thi s arti Cle is in no way compr ehensive, but rather gives som e illu strati o ns of co mm o n err ors, and a few correc ti ve drill s th at seem help ful.

DIAGNOSIS co mes fir st. I we ll rem em be r so m e beg innin g coac hes w ho, seein g a move perform ed, gave a ca talog o f a II visible errors.

Th en th eir id ea of coac hin g was to tell th e perfo rm er to ch ange th e erro rs - all at o nce.

Wh o ca n chan ge ten thin gs at o nce? Our view is in stea d to find th e m os t impo rt ant fault - a matt er of opi n io n - and th en think abo ut th e wo rk until we find th e m os t proba bl e main cau se. Th en we try to PR ESCRIB E a curati ve pro gram (m edi cin e) for th e main ca use o f tro ubl e. W e d o not t ry to tr ea t eve rythin g at on ce . M o reove r, th e cure is no t to rep o rt th e di agno sis, any m o re th an it is in your ph ys ician 's offi ce. W e mu st no t merely tell th e man w hat is w ro ng, but mu st tell him d efinite thin gs to try to make him adju st. Th e RE ME D Y may be to ex agge rate so me thin gs th at we re neg lec ted .

So, th e RE M ED Y is no t a perm ane nt p art of th e man 's pro gram any more th an an y medi cin e is use d p erman entl y, even aft er th e illn ess end s.

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CIRCLES Th e se qu ence ph o tos show reaso nabl y good circl es, v iewe d fro m side, front and rear. Th ese ar e c loc kw ise circles (v iewed fr om above) and so left and ri ght refe r to o nly cloc kw ise circles t h ro u ghou t t hi s arti cle.

Ce rt ain ph o tog raph s fro m th e se qu ences ha ve bee n enl arge d fo r furth er st ud y. Th e left ph o to gra ph o f eac h fi gu re is mo re o r less sa ti sfac tory, th e right o ne (o nes) sho w faults, con side rabl y exagge rated fo r clarit y.

Finall y, o bserving all togeth er, one sees a ve ry sy mm etri c circ le. Th ere is no :' rea ch out" o n th e left front corn er, for exa mpl e.

FAULTS Now let us move on to compari son of the se circl es w ith va ri o us fault y circl es.

FIGURE 1. N o ti ce th e differences in cl o sen es s to suppo rt arm, as mark ed . Th e perfo rmer has pik ed and pull ed hi s hip s back, rath er than keeping hi s bod y firm , sw ingin g from thora x and sho uld ers. Two errors: ac ti ve ly pulling the hip s backward , and failure to pre ss awa y from support arm. Try correc ti ve drill #2 below; #3 and #4 may also h elp th e perfo rmer to get the id ea of pushing aw ay from le ft arm .

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FIGURE 2. Here t he perfo rm er is showin g a circle in w hic h th e hips remain b etwee n th e arm s in fro nt of th e ho rse, and ve ry close to th e arm s th ro ugho ut. Ty pi call y, th e circle is rath er sy mm etri c, but lo ok s 'small ', since th e circle is don e fro m low er b ac k. Try drill #1, reg ul arl y, be fo re makin g an y att empts at circles fo r th e day. Go o n to a few repetition s of drill #2 or #4.

FIGURE 3. H ere we again se e hips ve ry close to suppo rt arm, thi s tim e th e ri ght arm . No t unco mm o nl y, thi s stems from so me hid de n fea r o f mi ss in g th e regras p if p erform er we r e swin gin g pro perl y. Of course, aga in th e sw in g is fro m too low in th e body . Try hav in g th e man wo rk fro m a ve ry w ild fe int pi ckup - th e mo re speed , th e be tte r. Co nce ntrati o n in drill #2 o n a ver y quick reg ras p w ill h elp to build confid ence . Drill #1 ca n be u sed to ad va nt age, if you emph as ize th e str etched b o d y from th e start. Ho w ever, th e sty le of jump w here th e man jumps into a pl anched support, th en d oes hi s circle from no thing , is not likely to help. It ma y eve n be a ca use of the probl em.

FIGURE 4. H ere th e performer has reasonabl y goo d ex tensio n, but he has turn ed hi s bo d y to o mu ch to th e ri ght in comin g back o ver th e hor se. Drill #4, done so th e p erfo rm er lan ds facing th e le ft end o f th e horse, i. e., makes '!. turn to left , ca n help. Here on e tri es to turn to left so mewh at b efore passing back ove r th e horse .

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FIGURE 5. Th ese show tw o asp ects o f o n e error patt ern: hip s lifted much too high in bac k, with , excess pik e so th e toes are too n ea r (h e horse; and toes mu ch to o low in front. Th ese go hand in hand , since th e natural thing is fo r ove r-hi gh hips to dro p viscio usly. A commo n ca use is too long wo rking circles o nl y from fe int. Tr y to have th e man lea rn to jump into circl es, and espec iall y empha size drill 1 with th e legs quit e high in fro nt. Perhaps, forbid use of fe int s and oth er rea r pi c kups completely f o r a mo nth o r so. Use o f a front pi ckup ma y also help.

Let us no w d esc ribe th e four correc ti ve drill s m entio ned abov e. But rem ember, th ese are intended to o ve remphasize thing s th at have be en negl ec ted. The y are not intended as regul ar training drills.

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#1 This drill is apparently just a flank vault, but th e emphasis makes it different. Start more or less strait in front of the pommels, and jump into a flank vau lt (without hopping feet as a prejump). But emphasize firm support on the right arm, while using the left arm to guide the body into a circular motion . (pull with left) Then, still well balan ced and with body stretched, push so hard with right that performer rises, releases,a nd lands quite far from the horse. Here we do a more or less standard jump for circles, but exaggerate the push away from the right arm. This is a jump into a circle, so motion should not be directed too high in jump - just above the horse, moving forward .

#2 Don e e ither from a feint, a jump in , or rear pickup, the performer does J/4 circle and tinishes with body in front of horse, at right end of the horse. This is the special part : keep the body quite strai t in front, and push hips excessively far forward , and keep hips well in front of th e hands, while hips pass we ll in front of right arm . You finish with right arm behind your butt, leg s touching right end of hor se . Here the perform e r should feel two things - effort to get hips out in front of th e horse, and th e drawing of the right arm behind th e back (across be hind) just at the end of the drill. Have the man feel out position as in FIG . 6. He should feel th at both arms are used in getting the body away from the left arm toward th e end. Many performers feel that this is accomplished solely by pushing away with left arm, but to do so makes things mu ch more difficult.

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#4 Thi s is substantially drill3 done on pommels. Precisely, jump into one circl e, and off on the near side. But: push too hard with the left hand (and draw right behind as in drill #2) so that you land not behind the pommels but well down toward the right end of the horse. And turn to face sli ghtly down toward the horse as you come ba ck, finishing facing y., to the left, as shown.

Fi FINAL REMARKS We have selected this group of drills for emphasis becau se first, they do usu ally help to correct certain errors; and second, they serve as part of leadup seq uences for learning some rather advanced moves. Any tim e that the essence of the m echanics of an advanced move can be worked into a performer 's background without his knowing it, the coach has built up a reserve he can draw on later. Think how good the coach looks and happy the p erformer is, when the advanced ski ll is learned effort lessly a month later. Plan Ahead. ~

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Now that you ha ve th e CODE Or POINTS gymnast doing th ese sa m e skill s.

Tumbling is rea ll y the name of th e game .

Without it a gymnast has nothing. Therefore tumbling is ba sic for all work in gymnastics .

A beginning gymnast should not fee l bad if a new move does not happe n right away. Many tim es the hardest mo ve to lea rn is th e best move she w ill ha ve once lea rned.

The enco urag em e nt that a par ent gives at thi s point ca n at time s ove rco me th e fee lin g of frustration th at a girl ca n b e go in g thro ugh in the gym. Tr y to re m ember that all goo d things co me w ith tim e. Yo un gsters, lik e al l of us, progre ss w ith e nco uragement.

Th e tumbling th at th e gir ls w ill lea rn start s out with som e ba sic m oves alld from th ese new and diffe rent thin gs w ill evo lve. Th e follo w ing are so m e bas ic skill s and th eir nam es.

Forward roll Backward roll Walkover Bac kwalkover Splits (left, Right & Side) Cartwheel Aerial cartwheel Dive cartwheel Handspring One leg handspring Back handspring Roundoff, back handspring Valdez One hand walkover Backscissors walkover

One of th e most us ef ul too ls that a par ent ca n use to he lp unde rstand mo ves, rulings, and point va ul es of moves is th e riG 's CODE OF POINTS for Women wh ic h is avai labl e through th e USG F, P.O. Bo x 4699, Tucso n, Ar izona 85717. Thi s hand y book cove rs all areas of compet iti ve gymnast ics and describes p enalti es and moves . Th ese d escr iption s are both w ritt en statemen ts and visual co nce pts.

The following dra w in gs are six skill s as th ey wou ld appea r in th e CODE Or POI NTS. The va lu e of these moves ca n ch an ge as n ew ruling s from th e Wom e n 's Committee of th e USGr are gi ve n. By stud ying the moves a par ent w ill better understand how to use th e CODE OF POINTS.

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W hen you watc h a 路gym nas t do in g her sk ill s th e re are a fe w things to k ee p in mind as id e from w hat the move is. Does th e you ngester keep her bod y in co ntlol and stretched? A re hel toes pOint ed and her legs strai ght! Is the direct ion of th e move co rrec t ? Does she ha ve good hand style and balance? These are o nl y a few things that a judg e eva lu ates a gy mna st o n, but th ey are areas in w hi ch a parent ca n he lp her yo un gs te r.

If what yo u have ju st rea d rea ll y turn s yo u on and yo u wo ul d lik e to kno w m o re about 路th e sport that yo ur d aughter is in as k th e coac h if yo u could b eco m e a j ud ge. Qualifi ed jud ges are ne eded an d it ca n b e a ve ry rewa rding exper ie nce fo r yo u.

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A ft er all thi s a WO IU of cdution . Rem ember thi s is yo ur u aught e l s sport dlld you m ay beco me ve ry int e res teu dnd in vo lved in t he spo rt and yo ur dau ght er ma y fillU so m ething else. If thi s happ e ns yo u ma y d ecid e to sta y w ith th e spo rt , but if no t ju st be happ y w ith th e good tim es you sp ent w at c hing gi rl s mak e th eir bod ies and minu s ju st th,lI mu ch bett e r knowin g th at th ey , and yo u, have parti cip ated in a ve ry uniqu e and indi vidu ali zed sport. (If yo u have a qu es ti o n about gy mna sti cs dnd it s relation to yo ur daught er pl ease w rit" m e and I w ill tr y to find th e Jnswe r for you. Mrs. Patricia A. Gause , 3 Kingsgdte Lan e, Owego , N. Y. '13827)

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By Ne il H. Sc h o tt Eas tern Mic hi ga n Un ive rsity Sa fety is a k ey fd cto r ill d gy nlll Jst leJrning above bar sk ill s. If thi s nee d fo r sa fety is di srega rd ed ill th e begi llnillg Spo ttillg stages, and th e gy mnd ; t hurt , hilll;e li , th er e i; d possibilit y th at tlw gY llllld '> t w ill hdve a hard time lea rni Ilg t he ;t u lit , ,1 1ll1 eve ll d poss ibi Ii t y 01 not lea rni ng th e , tu nt dt " II , d ue to fear. 10 avo id th i'>, a p l,lll or ill call be succe;; full y used o The pl at for m co nsists of a 2 in ch by B in ch board I:l fee t long. It is supported by two m etal p ipes, appro ximate ly 1 Yi inches in diameter, th at are at tach ed to the boa rd by m etal flanges.

Th e p ipes are padded at the bottom to preve nt damage to th e mats su rro u nding th e bars. Two notches are also cut on th e in side of the board to loc k up aga in st the two upright posts of the paralle l bars. Th e purpose of thi s is to anchor th e p latform . Th e coac h ca n th en stand on th e p latfo rm and hand spot stunt s such as a SlUt z hand stand , bac k-toss to hand stand , diamodov, front and reve rse pi ro uett e and d heli -t w irl.

Oth er tr icks ca n al;o be , pott ed, b ut th ese are th e most co mm o n. Th e spOiler mu st sta y o ut of th e gy mn as ts way and sti ll have his hand s on h im thro u gh th e stunt , wh ich d oes no t crea te a p rob lem aft er a lill ie pra cti ce.

In addition to spOilin g th e ab ove bar releases, th e p latf o rm idea of spOil i ng also aff ord s anoth er adva ntage. Thi s adva nt age being t hat th e bars d o no t have to b e lowered and th e gymna st does not go throu gh a heig ht orie ntat io n prob lem w hen he tri es the stunt b y him se lf.

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Is Gymnastics an 'Equal Opportunity' Sport ?

Anonymous U ntil thi s sprin g, I n ever rea ll y was awa re of th e exte nt o f th e influ ence th at can be p u ll ed by a ' name' coac h o f a ' bi g name' tea m in o rd e r to ge t th e sco res of th eir gy mn as ts pu lled hi gh en o ugh to ge t th em th ro ugh a qu alifyin g m ee t o r enou gh to b ea t another gymn as t o ut o f pl ac ing in an event. Wh at it bo il s d own to is w h o ha s th e mos t influ ential coac h back in'g th em .. . no t th e bes t exec uti o n. O ur las t m ee t o n th e state and regional levels have bee n a farce . .

Th e U nited States Gy mn asti cs f ed era ti o n was fo rm ed beca use of gro w in g di ssa ti sfaction w ith how th e AAU ra n th eir m ee ts. Fo r yea rs, th e Eas t Coast domin ated gy mn ast ics, w ith th e W est Coas t fin all y b loo min g i n th e 60's. Still , it w as a long tim e befo re th e Wes t coas t gymn as ts co uld co mp ete in th e Eas t and v ice ve rsa w ithout hav in g imba lance d sco rin g. Now, I ca n name may be 10 top ' name' clubs, w hi ch in th e past ha ve deve lped o ur top nati o nal and int ern ati o nal tea m co mp etit ors ... , bu t th at was whe n t here were maybe 20 clu bs th at co m pe ted on th e nationa l leve ls for these spo ts.

In th e las t 10 yea rs, girl s gymn as tics has multipli ed aga i n and aga in th e number o f clubs, coac hes and pa rti cipant s. In m y own area, th ere are 20+ hi gh sc hoo l tea m s, 20+ rec rea tio nal and pr iva te cl u b tea ms an d 7 co ll ege tea ms... mos t of w hi ch we re no t in ex istance 10 years ago.

Beca use of th e swe llin g nu mb ers, th e USG F has had to in stitut e qu alifyin g mee ts loca ll y, by ~ t a t e & reg io n,.... all t o ge t to nati o nals on th e juni o r, Seni o r an d Elit e leve ls. A sco re base was use d t o q uali fy ... w h ich was fine w ith all invo lved ... as long as th at fi gure was equally

app li ed to all teams imparti all y. I fee l, alo ng It agg ri va tes m e that judges from all areas a t a w ith seve ral ot her coac hes in m y reg io n, th at reg io n are not rep resented in a reg io nal . t he qua lifying proceedu res were NOT equ all y co mpe tit ion. I have fo un d persona ll y th at m y app lied fo r all tea m s. Mos t of the " b ig nam e" gy mn as ts pl ace fa r better aga in st so m e of t he tea ms have train ed nati o nall y rated jud ges .. . gy mn as ts from " name" tea ms, (th at are hard to and th ese wo men are more o ft en used at th ese b ea t at ho me,) at Na ti o nal meets. I p erso n all y q ualifyin g m ee ts. .. mo th ers of gy mn as ts, fee l th at is beca use th e jud ges are d raw n fro m coac hes w ives... th ese ap pea red at o ur all ove r and th at th ere is less h om e townin g b y qua li fie r. Ou r reg iona l techni ca l directo r was a c li que ish j u dges and coac hes. mo th er of a gy mnas t b elo ngin g to a name O ne coach to ld me I had 3 alte rnat ives .. . I gy mn asti cs team in the past, w ith o ur state co ul d o pen m y m o uth and make waves .. ., th at I tec hnica l d irec to r 's d aughter p rese ntl y co ul d try to tra in jud ges to infiltrate th e system gy mmin g o n a nati o nal leve l fo r an o th er nam e and join th e cliqu e, o r I co uld keep m y mo uth gymn as ti cs tea m . I wou ldn 't min d ... if I co uld shut and leave thin gs th e way th at they are. ho nes tl y fee l th at t hey j udged th at m ee t w ith W ell, to t ra in ju dges and jo in th em wo uld no t open eyes to each gym nast 's perform ance, no be d o ing mu ch mo re th an co ndo nin g t h e matte r w hose team they we re reg istered und er. sys tem .. . to qu it t ryin g and kee p m y mo u th shut I have neve r sa t thr u a mee t whi ch had as man y wo uld sti ll be co n don in g th e sys tem an d wo uld p rotes ts as thi s o ne did ... beca u se o f un equal p enali ze m y ow n k ids ... but to open m y mo uth sco ri ng. "Na me" tea ms are co nce rn ed w ith and m ake w aves is th e o nl y wa y towa rd chan ge. ge ttin g all o f, or as many o f th eir kid s thru as So I sp ea k up!!! ! possib le ... to co unt towa rd tea m point 's w h ich In order that this author' s gymnasts not be wo ul d ran k th em nati o nall y o n a jr . tea m o r made to suffer because of statements made in Se nior tea m . Gra n ted, th ey have goo d the above article, we withhold identification. gymn as ts... top no tch co mp etit o rs.. b ut, w hen I see gy mn as ts o n th e sa me level as many o f t he o th er area gy mn as ts bein g give n sco res to ge t NOTE FROM EDITOR: I wo ul d p ut thi s th em thru ... ro utin es redo ne ... p ro tes ted sco res q ues ti o n t o one o r b oth of th e two by ' name ' coac hes raised .9 of a point... o rga ni za t ion s w hi ch co ul d so lve th ese types o f bargai nin g in a j udge's mee ting as to how mu ch p ro b lems. On e wou ld be to M>. Shirl ey Brya n, does she ac tu all y need to ge t thru ... W HA T DO Chairm an o f th e al rea dy existin g USG F- WC, YOU DO? and th e o th er wou ld be to Ms . Kitt y Kjeldso n, I fee l th at th e re shou ld b e so me so rt o f a Chairm an of th e still embryo ni c Na ti o nal Na ti on ai Boa rd o f App ea ls. .. to handl e A ssoc iation of W o men 's Gymn as ti cs jud ges . prob lem s suc h as th ese. My gymn as ts wo rk ed Lad ies : is th ere already a way thr o ugh o ne of as hard as th ei rs." m y gym nas ts sh o uld be you r o rga ni za ti o ns to ha ndl e prob lems such as eva lu ated th e sa m e as th eir s... n ot penal ized for th ese? If so, co ul d o ne, or b oth of yo u o ut lin e wea rin g th e w ro ng colored uni fo rm. th e prope r p roced ure?

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Barbara Gall eher (Ya le Uni ve rsiti' - Wo men's Gymn asti cs Coach and form er nine time Na ti onal Tumbling Champion) and Don Toney (Ya le Uni ve rsit y - Gymnas tics Coac h and fo rm er O lymp ion) provided the motiva ti on and guida nce for thi s prod uctio n.

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by Tom Wakeling Gymnast ics Ol ympica, an o ffshoo t fr o m th e nationa ll y prominent Mid-Va ll ey YMCA Gymn as ti cs Club, officiall y opened its doors on Sunday th e 29th of Sept em be r of this yea r.

Coach and di rector Frit z Reiter, a lead in g auth o rity o n gymn asti cs tec hni que, toge th er w ith Gordo n Maddu x, " televisio ns 'voice of gymn as ti cs"' , have establi sh ed perh aps th e mo st advanced gymnast ics training ce nt er se rvin g th e Sa n Fernand o Va ll ey and th e grea ter Los A n ge les area . Coaches M ik e Bi sk, Ca th y Cog hlan and th e t ea m 's d ance cho reogra ph er, Libb y Coghlan co mpl ete th e reg ular staff at Gymna st ics Ol ympi ca.

Th e fo remos t goa l of Gymn as ti cs O lympi ca is to present gy mna sti cs fro m th e beg inn er to th e adva nced leve l, wit h th e hi ghes t possib le degree o f exce llence , r ecogni zin g th e necessi ty for the utmost indi vidua l att enti on to each and every girl.

Wor ld wi de resources are ope n to Go rd on M addux and th ese co u p led wi th Mr. Rei ter 's experie nce and analyti ca l app roac h, make avail ab le to th e stud ent s of Gymn ast ics Ol ymp ica th e newes t and b es t id eas fro m all ove r th e wor ld .

Th e Mid -Va lley YMCA Gy mn as ti cs Club und er Frit z's direction wo n th e Los Ang eles Leag u e Cham pions hips and th eCa li forn ia State Cham pi ons hip s.

Presen tl y, hi s program of in stru ction and trainin g has impressed ove r 200 gi rl s to jo in him at Gymn as tics O lympica.

Frit z maintain s that th e clu b 's desig nated id ea ls are not all se riou s in nature empha siz in g that hi s pro gram promi ses th e gymnas t fun and good tim es.

Ol ympi ca is th e ho me of elite gy mn as t D enise Cheshire (w ho pla ce d am o ng th e to p 14 in th e USG F Elit e Fin als thi s yea r) and State Cham pi ons Wend y Mula and Lin da Mu la (c urrent Ca lifo rni a State AA Champi o n in th e 11 and under d ivis io n).

Thi s n ew cl ub has p rog ram s encompassing three leve ls of co mp etiti o n (class 1, 2, and 3).

Not only w ill it s memb ers promote gy mna sti cs in th e Van N uys area but w ith th eir personalities and abiliti es th ey ca nno t help but to prov ide an in spir ati o n nation w ide.

O ne point in Mr. Reiter 's philosoph y co nce rnin g gym nast ics is hi s justification of th e top gy mn as t. He b eli eves th at, that gymn ast ' s purpo se is to moti vate and stimulate t he yo unger and the up and co ming . He also stresses th e g rea t adva ntage for the gym na st to gai n her co mmu nity 's support.

Mr. Frit z Reit er has rea li zed hi s dream of directing hi s ow n cl ub and tea m . A w innin g coach and a w inning t ea m. Th ese would go hand-in-hand th e w ith rea liza tion of anyones drea m for a fine gymnast ic future.

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ON TItE MOVE WiTIt FRiTZ

by Fritz Reiter This is first in a se ri es of instructi o nal articl es by Fritz Reite r, a recognized authority, coac h and techni cian.

We are sure that yo u, our readers, will ben e fit from this new se ri es for GYMNAST magazin e.

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SNAP-FLIP â&#x20AC;˘ and zts Consequences The inc redible g ro w th of wo men 's gymn as ti cs ha s brought about a grea t number of nove lti es and orig in al id eas. Coaches and gymn as ts are trying to find n ew moves and combi nation s that " NOBODY" has done befor e.

The follow in g is an example of an orig in al idea th at is not only unique and ri sk y, but has ope ned up a new dimension to gymnast ics on th e un even bars - now known as MULTIPLE REBOUNDING. At th e same tim e, it has exposed important iss ues in regard s to the adequacy o f pres entl y used equ ipm ent, and th e safe ty of ou r gymn asts. The C H ESHIRE SNAP-FLIP, named afte r D eni se Ches hire, who fi rst performed this combination, looks lik e tumblin g don e o n uneve n bar s. The move m ent sta rts from an in ve rted support posit io n (HANDSTAND) on the hi gh bar. D escending to a stomach wh ip arou nd th e low bar (the fi rst rebo und ) and moving wit h th e hands from the high bar to th e low bar, Mi ss Cheshi re arrives momentarily in an arc hed hand stand position on th e low bar. Here she imm edia tely executes a LEG SNAP and pushes off the hands to arrive on the low bar. Instantl y, she is ca tapu lt ed bac k into th e air by th e rail (unless it br ea ks), allowing her to fini sh thi s exc itin g move w ith a GYMNAST Nov. 1974

back so mersa ult at th e height of the high bar.

The technical diffi culty o f th e CHESHIRE SNAP-FLI P li es in th e dY namic speed of the se quence, and t he prec isio n o f t he mo ve ments.

It has long been kn ow n th at ma stery of th e ba sics, and th eir proper tec hnica l execut io n will produc e co nsistency an d precision in a gymnast ' s p erforman ce. Prop er develop ment of all aspects of th e gymnast 's bod y is the sin gle mo st important qualit y r eq uired. W ea kness in th e low back is dangero us no t o nl y w hen pe(forming m oves like th e "CHESHIRE SNAPFLIP", but in man y othe r move ment s of difficulty as we ll. Lack of strength in the sho uld er girdle is probably the female gymnast 's greatest probl em ar ea and stems from a backward socia l attitud e that girl s o ught to be wea k all d Ii dgil ": l u be lel11i llill e. We lI ee-d 10 ove rco me thl> ,dl il udl' Iu gi ve A nlel ie,, ', gill. gymlld '> t'> J b ett el Ih,," evell d',,"ce ill illl erlldtloll ,iI gymlld ,> II( .,.

If we want to progress wome n 's gymnastics o n th e uneve n bars, MU LTIPLE REBOUND ING might we ll be one of th e most excitin g directions av ail ab le. However, we mu st lea rn to use the rail s to th eir full es t possibilities. Th e equipment companie's o f th e World mu st come to recog ni ze a very, ve ry impo rtant fact: The difference in th e frequ ency of vibrat ion s in th e hori zo ntal and ve rti ca l direct io n and differences in th e inclin ati o n of th e uprises of hi gh bar and low bar are so radi ca l that th e performance s on different se ts are greatl y affected, and in m any cases en da nger the safety of the ve ry advanced gym nas t.

I personally witnessed a case in vo lvin g Miss Di ane Dunbar, o ne of Amer ica ' s b es t gymn asts.

Durin g a meet in w hic h two " identica l" uneven bars were used, (one for warm up and one for co mpetition ), she was thru sted aga in st the hi gh bar, sma shing her face aga in st th e rail w ith such

power th at she was bl ee ding from her tee th. In that sa m e meet, M iss Ch eshire's timin g got thrown off, and over- rotat in g in her bounce to hand stand o n high bar, pirou ett e to straddl e " L", into a bac k flip on low bar, she nea rl y broke her n ec k.

Th e cause o f th ese two accidents ma y we ll have li ed in th e differe nt frequency of th e vib rations of th e rail s on the wa rm up bars and th e compe titi on set.

At th e seco nd ¡ Wo rld Games Trials in Delewa re, 3 rail s of anot her brand of uneve n bars we re brok en, all in vo lv in g mUltipl e reboundinr Whil e wa, ,ning up, M iss cheshire, a 90 pound gymnast aga in fe ll on h er n eck whe n th e rail broke on her third rebound. Two mor e rails we re brok en b y gymnasts p erformin g th e Ol ympi c compu lso ry di smount.

The routin es and th e timing of th e physical mo ve m ent of th e gy mna st' s bod y are adju sted to th ese prop erti es. A nd the co nsistency of h er perform ance greatly depends upon these qualities. Th en she comes to a gym nas ti cs mee t only to find th at all her timin g - acqu ire d through pra ctice - is off.

To improve th e performances of th e gymna st 's and to increase the fairn ess in competitio n, bu t more importantl y to guarantee th eir safety, which is jeopardi ze d by the dynamic differences of th e rail s, we mu st insi st o n a WORLD WIDE ba sis that eq uipmen t be prov ided with exact ly the sa me uniformity in rega rds to th e d y namic qualiti es such as frequen cy of vibrat io ns in the h o ri zo ntal and vert ica l di rec ti o n o r the shape of the rail.

In co nclu sion, th e CHESHIRE SNAP-FLIP ha s glamorized a NEW DIMENSION on th e un even bars, MULTIPLE REBOUNDING , but has also raised impOTtant questions in reg ard s to th e adequacy o f o ur present e quipment. ~ 49

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A FIHST Uear Mr , SUlldby I Ir~ I S recelltl y h Ollored~lSoneof lh l'fi rs t Ir ollll'll tu r eceil'e ;1 ;1 AthJetic SdlO l ~l rship ~It the Uni H'rs it y o l /\ I ~l b"ma, Alth ough the re Ir illl>l' IX more sch~I~lrships gil'en I I hought .nlu lI'ould I>e plea s ed to hear tl w t it lI'as for GYlllllast ics th at the lirs t th ree s cholars hips lI'ere g i l'l~ n to Lu c.I' Ha rri s , Hre nda Ui~on and Ill~'s e lf J o~' Kell,I', Endos ed is Il>e nell's c lippin g, I haH' one ques tion, Irhy h ~ II ' e you t ~ lkL' n Harbara Tkltche r 's On The Ill-a m out 01 the GYlllna s t I r e~"l y e njoyed il a nd I III is s re"d ing her articles, Als o has it Ix'en ~I nnounl'ed ,1 'l'l 1I'Ill're th e 1975 AlA IV N" t io na ls lor gY llln ~lSties lI'illbe hel d '.'

Si llce re ly, Joy Ke ll y Unil'ers it .I' 01 ,\I "b;1I1W E U: We han' not 11I'anl frolll Har" a ra II'heth!' r her nell' pos ition in Ihl' Easl will lean' her tillll' to continue with the " On The Beam " c olumn ... so th e labor of love repo rtin g for GYMNAST m ay have more openings (as it a lways has). As fOI' the 19i5 AlA W Nation a ls a ll we know now is th a t th ey are sched ul ed for April 4-5 .

LOOK FORWARD Gente lm en, " " I want to complim en t you on your m agazin e, am a coach of the girls gym nastic tea m a t the South Toledo Y,M,C,A, and I r ea lly look forw a rd to your technica l and research a rtic les , I have a n inter es t partic ul arly in the uneven ba rs a nd wou ld like to see som e research a rticles on dille r en t , mo vem e nts, specifica ll y, the glide kip, fly ing hip circ le - full turn - regrab the high ba r a nd the hecht off the low bar with a full twist.

Some time ago you had a li sting a nd descripti on of contents, of magazines & books, both fore ign & domes ti c (mostly dom esti c) about gymnastics or re lated mate ri a l. Maybe you could prin t t his again or m a ke it ava il able to your r ea de r s , especially th e coaches, Tha nk you very much ' Sinc erely: Don a ld F, Shomody Tol edo , Ohio E D, See new instructional series for girls by Fritz R eiter s ta rting this edition ... The March 1972 (Vol. XIV) Gymnast co nta ins "The Golden Libra r y of Gymnastics Hev isite d" by A. B. Fredericks and the June/ Jul y issue of ';2 contain ed a n "Agend a Upda te" by Mr. Fredericks. Zerox copi es of this lis tin g of Gymn as tic books is avail ab le from our office , Just mail SI. UU to : Gymn as t Go lde n Libl'ar y Lis t - P.O , Box 110. Santa Mon ica, CA

some lI'omen , E I'e nnoll' tak lng Ill~' kids to m eet s I see it. Not l'I'e ry meet but el'en ;It one meet is too 111 ,111\·.

Thl' letkrs I did rec iel'e fro lll m e n e~ pr e ssed d esire to iL'"rn d a nce & ro utin e COlllpos ition , Admittin g tlwt they lack the dance lI'o m en h ~II' e but Iri ll ing to Jearn a llth e.I' can in ord e r to produ ce bell e r gy mn "sts , is n ' t this our ai m '" , I need yo ur help & ide~ls, As I s"ld I lI'ould lik e to see s uch an or ga nization form ed , the n" llle cou ld el'en be ch a nged , Hut the b~ls i c id e~ 1 is one 01 bell e rment.

I a m fil l' from be ing ~lIIex p er t.bu t hO I\'(lu ~ "i f i ed do you h ~II ' e to bl' to care , I 101'1.' g,1'nlll" s ti cs a l)(1 thats the m os t important re ~ l s on we ~" I h ~ I I' e lor coaching, I feel Ire co uld poss ibl y be help ing e"c h oth e r el'en more, And in a ll "reas, Sincerell' Ca r ol P(etruszelrs ki Lombard , Il lino is NOT ALL IS LOST Mr. SUlldby: It is il lwilYs dep r es s ing to heilr tha t a gy mnas ti cs progra m has been dropped at an y ins titution, The Un iver s ity of Ue nve r dropped gy mnas ti cs last yea r but we a re s till receiv ing man y applica tions fr om gy mna s ts throughout t he co untry t hat ilre not aware ul th iS, I wou ld a ppre<:iate your m en ti uni ng this is your Gy mnast.

Not a ll is lost, however, We have a Yourth Sports Program whi ch in<:lu des gY ll1na st i<.: s for boys and girls a nd is g r owi ng rapidly, I e njoyed reading yo ur High School coverages, It was we ll done , Since re ly , Doug Uew itt Dir ecto r of lntrilmura ls Uni vers ity of Ue nve r Denve r , Coloradu

TWISTED AFF ILI ATION Ric hard Criley Gymnas t Assoc. Editor Dea r Dick: I enjoyed your r ecent report of the USG Fs , You li s ted that three gymnasts qualified from So ut hern Connecticut a nd that four qua lifi ed from Penn State. That fourth person must have been Jim Cu lha ne . It seem s that m a ny people affili ate Jim with P e nn State, however, Jim has trained at SCSC s ince 1967, except for a couple of years at West Point. Since you mentioned that Jim did his firs t doubl e twist in co mpe tition , it was here that Jim was held in the be lt for over a yea r in lea rning the double twist.

I am not claimi ng Jim as one of my gymnasts , but he is from our gym at SCSC, Dick , just wa nt to keep m alleI'S s traight.

Sincerely , Abie Gross feld Gymnastics Coach Southern Connecticut State Coll ege New Haven , Connecticut

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A som ew hat shak ey Kurt Thoma s settl e d int o third with ~ a l v ad o r Pedone, fourth and Doug Gra vatt , fifth. lhe level of diificull y was especi all y noteworth y in th e dismourll cat egory.

Wilson led th e way in thi s area showing a double ba c k and a ful l punc h froll( o n fl oo r, double ba c ks o ff rin gs and parall el bars, cart w heel b ack in vaulling, and stoop all pik e front w ith a Y1 twi ~ t off o f high bar. Paul Simon used a ve ry nice double tw ister o n floor and a stoop 0 11 front o ff o f hi gh ba r.

Kurt 1 homa; did do uble back ; off of high bar and rings, and a cart \,,, heel back in vaultin g.

(H e also showed a do uble ba ck o ff p arallel bars in warm ups, but pro bl em s w ith his exerci se forced him to abo rt that. ) Results: Micha el "Vi l ~o ll 105.50; Paul Simo n 102.95; Kurtlhoma s 100.90; Sa lvad or Pedon e 100.50, Dougla s Grava tt 99.45.

Boys 13 & 14 1 he young er bo)'s we re ve ry impressive show ing exce llent position and techniqu e 011 many of th e basic s ki ll ~ , Apparentl y mo re coa ch es are empha sizing co rrec tn ess rath er than diffic uh y.

Resulls: Mic ha el Hick!. 87.15; Ro dn ey Ho rn 86.10; SCOI W ilce 84.80; Jose A quero 84.35; Percy Pri ce 81.05.

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A total of 15 young g irls co mpeted fro m 7 USGF Re gion s represe nt ed b y 8 junio r and 7 senior gy mna sts w ho had previou sly qualified in th e Regional Junior O lympic tryout s. Not e: Re gion V did n ot show up for unknow n reason s. Re gion III due to a ti e, was repr esen\ed by 2 girl s in th e juni o r d ivisio n.

Each d ivision juniors (12-14 yea rs o f ag e) and se niors (15 yea rs and o ver) compet ed w ith ad van ced USG f-D GW S compul sori es fol lo wed by opti o nals. Th e w inners o f each d ivisio n had a lot at stake as th e pri ze fo r w i nnin g was a free USGf trip and tour to w it ness th e wo rld' s bes t gy mnas ts in th e Wo rld Gam es held in Muni ch, O cto ber 1974.

Th e " turn ed on " crow d resembled ba sketball a(Jdi ences, fill ing th e room w ith an atm os ph ere of total emoti o nal in vo lve ment. H ow could thi s happ en to th e usuall y so quiet crow ds of gymna sti c meet s, parti cularl y on a lesser than Elil e leve l ? Th e answer is simple - it was a tru e and co mplet e competition . The spectat o rs co uld easil y ge t familiar w ith the gy mna sts aft er th e first event and foll ow ea c h o f th e U qualifi ers pro gress in th e 1 Yl- 2 hours mee t during th e fo ur eve nt s.

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On th e pan ~f the gymna sts ,I perfect meet situation still could not be cI,lil1led . rh e co mpul sory 'Jlld optional co mpetition s held in one da y proved dearly to be Illo s ttirill gd~ the da y progre ssed. By the ev elling th e 1,1SI meet showed th e ex hausti o n sci in. resulting in numerou s fJll s and big rni stdk es ill the senior girl s' p erformJ llce s. On the bdr s. 4 uul of 7 co mpet it ors fell and "2 girls h,ld tu dde!.I1l ex tra swing pri or to th e di smo unt to f in i ~ h th e rout ine. On the beam. we SdW a IOt.d of 7 falls - onl y one wa s due to d mbsed ,lCrial again 60'7" o'f th e compet it ors f.liled 10 st,I Y on.

I te nd to b eli eve thatthe ~e mi stak es \-\'c re due m ain l)' to the inabil it y lU p sych uneself up tV"' ice in one dJ y to do o ne's best. Th e 5-6 hour res t {Oo uld on ly serve its purpose ph ys icall y. The 1975 Championship m O~1 likely will not ha ve this sho n com illg. Th e undesirable element of .111 "endur,lI lCe contest " will be eliminated by ~c hedulin g I he two mee ts for two da ys as it should be.

COMPULSORIES: The comp ulsory co mpe tition, p.Ht icul,lr1 y Beam and Fl oor, we re a disappointment. see ing thc IJck of di scipl ine ill following the prescribed text. The degree of th e tu rrl ~ were

otten inlorrelt. the l.lrge trunk Illovemenb we lt: oftcn abse nt ill th e exelut iu ll . Fl our cove r,lge WilS very limited .11 50 .' u ~ ill g u nly bO'i.. oi the ~ p,Ke. Mall Y gyrnll ,l s t ~ showed probl em~ harmoniling mu ve mellt seque n ce~ with the mu sical phr.l se ..I lso. (Al l (oac. hing fau lt ~!J The ove rall performcill ce ill th e Hilllc/spring Va ult \"'hl ~ .l ver,l ge, h,lVillg 9.0 as a ma ximum ~core ill e.lch division. The uneve n bars evellt sho\-\'ed.1 1.lCk of stre n gt h and erHJuralllc, but th e tec hniqu e of the moves \'\'a~ s ati ~fJctory.

OPTIONALS: hom the top g irl ~ of ea ch evellt we ~,I\V del ight fu l lompositiom Ull fluur exe r <.. i ~e and beam, with mu <..h sofi sti c.ltion <1m] reii ned qualities of exp re ~sio n in ddncc. On e double twisllng b.Kk so mer ~ .llIlt W ,I ~ execu tcd b)' Carter, Wil:h it.1 C ynlll.Js ti<. ~ Club. who .!lso ~ ho wed .Ill eleg.lllt qu.dit y uf lighlne s~ and d ean tumbling l echnique Ull th e iloo r. ~eve ral J lt ern.l\e~ ,I/H/ el o ll g,lIed tumbl in g ~e quell c e s we re lI sed in both di visions, showi ng the most str engt h in the area of tumbling 011 th e floor, On th e be,lI11 we did /lot w itness all abullddn ce of .l eritll s. o nly a few aerial wa lkove rs dlld c.Jr twheeb were allcmpted in eac h di visiun.

In both even ts on I)' a few girb executed enough turn s of real skill. Nu doub t skill s o f turn s ar c prell Y neg leueu in th eir trd ini ng.

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colo rful <Ind good l:olllpositioIlS. Th e dismounts were m mt ly handst.lnd v.u-iatiom well execu ted for balance and co ntrol. Som e of th e disrnoullb fro m th e beam we re outstandi ng in techn ique as well .I ~ ill ampl itud e, althou gh Illost were stenll~)ed without mUl:h difficu lt y of l:o nlleui o ll (f rolll rUlls ), On the uneve n ba rs th e rdllge uf sc ore ~ were ~ ho w ing the biggesl probl ems ou t uf the iour eve l1 b . Th e Sl:ores \Vere 4.90-U.BO for the ~e llior ~, and 7.10-9.05 fo r th e jUllior ~ (ph ysic. al we akn e~~ and ti red ness). Alt hough the sco res we re very var ied , th e audience could enjoy many great ro utines w ith elit e level diffic ulties, superiors link ed b,ll:k-t o ba ck, several hand sta nd s execu ted from kip~ (H B), and s talcJ cr~ execut ed f rom hJJ1d ~td lld s (HB). On e 1 r 2 t..vist ing so le drde W ,I ~ ..I highlig ht in t wi~ tillg , as it wa~ turn ed freely wit hou t hand ch ange, ve ry close to th e ve ni<..al in th e in ve rled position , w it h .1 fdi rl y good ex it. 'VVe saw man y full t\v ists over the low har, but nOlle had a gre.lI hei gh t.

In vaulting we sa vv sever,ll I ~ _ I .. -S, Ya I1lJ sh it a~, and a few Yamtl ~! or Han dsprin g 3bOC" turns. Th e tw isting va ults, like 011 the elite leve l, sho wc d problem s inth e2nd flight in ampl itud e as we ll as ill th e timin g of the turn . Carter from W ic hita v,lUlted ,I I ! o il 1 1 .' ba c k somcrsault va ult , sho win g good techniquc and greatl:olltro l in the warm up.

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turned it wi th a loose lU c k causi ng a slu w turn anu all unsure lalluing, tou c hing the fluor with her left hallcL No doubtthis cost her th e first pla ce in va ulting.

1 he m('el W J ~ a very fri en dl y affdir, run'nillg in J pl easa nt atmo~phere. It W,ISwe ll judged with few prot es t ~ of Sl:ores. The coach es who parti cipated f(' ltthe Junior Ol ympi c progrdlll is the 1ll0 ~ t valuabl e 0PP0rlun it y to pruvid e.l goal and recogniti on of thi s magnitud e to th e upcoming young g ymntl sts.

'M ee t Results Showing Range o f the Lowes t and High es t Scor es : Com pulsories V: Juniors: U.40-Y.00 (Ahten, CHler , GJckenbJlk - Y.OO); Sen iors: 0.40-9.00 (Kive t - 9.00 ). UPB: Juniors: B.20-B.Bs (Li vier - B.Bs ); Seniors: 13.40-13.75 (Hodges - 6.75). B: Juniors: 8.25-9.00 ( ~rn i t h - 9.00) ; Seniors: 7.Bs-9.00 (Bi er - Y.OO ). FX : Juniors: U.25-9.00 (Li vier 9.00 ); Seniors: B.2s-B.9s (H eggie - B.95 ).

Oplionals V: Juni ors: 13.45-Y.OU (li vie r - 9.00); Seniors: B.50-9.00 (Bi er - 9.00). UPB: Juniors: 7.10-9.05 ( ~ l11 ith, (<!rt er - Y.05) ; Seniors: 4.90-tUiO (Ho dge" Heggie - B.BO). B: Juniors: 7.10-B.95 (llvi er - U.YS); Seniors: 6.5S-tUm (Kenll e dy B.BO ). FX: Juniors: B.J5-Y.00 (Carter - 9.00 ): Seniors: 7.Y5 路13 .95 (Heggie, Kenn ed y - 13.95).

AA Juniors: 71.25 livier - VI Natiun,d AA Champio n: 70.1 25 Clner - III ; 7U.1U Smith - r.

AA Seniors: 70.10 He ggi{~ - VI N ,lIiunJI AA Cham pi on: bU.95 Uier - V II ; 613 .65 Ki ve t - Iy.

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