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AUGUST

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France International Exchange (W) U.S. Elite Challenge (TIl JO Nationals (M) JO level 9 East Championships (W) JO level 9 West Championships (W) JO Nationals (W)

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JO National Invitational Tournament JO Compulsory Championships (R)

France Fl. Smith, AR Cincinnati, OH Tupelo, MS Bartlesville, OK Puyallup, WA Puyallup, WA Virginia Beach, VA

JUNE 6 12-14 18-23 19-21 19-21 19-23 23-29 23-28 26-28

Region 3 Championships (AG) Region 8 Congress Chicago Cup and J.O. Championships (R) Chicago Cup (International R) National Elite Qualifier Women's JO National Team Camp JO Championships (TT) International Sport &Cultural Festival (GG,AG) Region 4 Congress

Frisco, TX Jocksonville, Fl Chicago, Il Chicago, Il Allentown, PA Colorado Springs, CO San Jose, CA Fort Worth, TX Coralville, IA

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National Elile Qualifier (W) AcrobaticGymnastics Freedom (up & World (up National Qualifier (M) Acrobatic Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships

Houslon, TX St. Paul, MN Colorado Springs, CO 51. Paul, MN

12-15 15-18 19-21 16-23 18-19 24-26 31 -Aug 2

USA Brevet Judges' Course (W) National Judges' Course #1 (W) Notional Judges' Course #2 (W) World Games (TIl (AG) National Qualifier (R) U.S. Classic/ Challenge (W) Region 6 Congress

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis, IN Indianopolis, IN Taipei Indianapolis, IN Des Moines, IA Newlon, MA

W= Women R= Rhythmic AG =Acrobatic Gymnastics B=Business

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Annual Business Conference Visa Championships (M,W,R,TT,AG) National Congress and Trade Show Region 1 Congress CORE Workshop

Dallas, TX Dallas, TX Dallas, TX Santa Ciara, CA Burlington, MA

SEPTEMBER 8-12 9-13 12 18-20 25-27 25-27 3D-Del. 4

1st World Championships Selection Camp (W) Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships National Gymnastics Day Region 5 Congress Final Selection Event (TT) National TOPs Testing (W) Final World Championships Selection Camp (W)

7-12 9-11 9-13 12-18 23-25

World Championships Training in Great Britain Region 2 Congress National Team Training Camp (AG) British Open Selection Event (AG) World Artistic Gymnastics Chompionships (M,W) Region 7 Congress

4-8 5-9 7-15 14-22 27-29

Future Stars (M) National Coaches Workshop (M) Trampoline &Tumbling World Championships World Age-Group Competition (TT) BritishOpenTournament -Stoke-on-Trent (AG)

Houston, Texos Mie, Japan Everywhere Schaumburg, Il las Vegas, NV Houston, TX Houston, TX

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Great Britain Seallle, WA Houston, Texas Houston, Texas london, ENG Virginia Beach, VA

NOVEMBER Colorado Springs, CO Colorado Springs, CO St.Petersburg, RUS 51. Petersburg, RUS Great Britain

DECEMBER 2-6 6-10

National TOPs Team Camp (W) National TOPs BComp (W)

TR = Trampoline M= Men IT =Trampoline/fumbling

GG = Group Gymnastics

Houston, TX Houston, TX

TU = Tumbling

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Steve Penny EDITOR

Luan Peszek GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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FEATURES 6

10 Ways To Survive The Resession

Grant Glas

12 USA Gymnastics Names 2009 Hall of Fame Class

USA GYMNASTICS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Choir: Peter Vidmar Vice-Choir: Paul Parillo Secretory: Gory Anderson Treasurer: Morris Jim Notional Membership -Women: Tom Koll Notional Membership -Women: Steve Rybacki Notional Membership -Men: Yoichi Tomita Notionol Membership -Men: Russ Fystrom Notional Membership - Rhylhmic: Brooke Bushnell-Toohey Notional Membership -Trampoline &Tumbling: George Drew Notional Membership -Acrobatic Gymnastics: Dr. Joy Binder Advisory Council: Mike Burns Advisory Council: Ron Ferris Advisory (ouncil: Mike Lorenzen Athlete Director -Women: Kim Zmeskal Athlete Director -Men: John Roethlisberger Athlete Director - Rhylhmic: Jessico Howard Athlete Director -Trampoline &Tumbling: Karl Heger Athlete Director -Acrobatic Gymonstics: Michael Rodrigues Public Sector: Fronk Morsholl Public Sector: Billy Kelley Public Sector: Jim Morris Public Sector: Mary lou ReHon

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DEPARTMENTS 2 Event Schedule 4 USA Gymnastics Message 22 Biz Tips 24 National Congress Information 28 Regional Congresses 30 Safety Schedule 34 Member Services 36 Tyson Fitness Challenge 42 Women's Update 46 Classifieds

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ummer 2009 will be a busy one for gymnastics. USA Gymnastics will host several gymnastics events in cities around the United States, featuring all of the disciplines in our sport.

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Rhythmic gymnastics will have a new international showcase at the Chicago Cup, June 18-23 in Chicago, Ill. This international invitational will feature top junior and senior elites. We are also hosting a Level 10 division with gymnasts from the United States, as well as the Junior Olympic Championships for Levels 7-9.

The 2009 International Sport and Cultural Festival takes place in Fort Worth, Texas, June 23-28. USA Gymnastics, the Pan American Gymnastics Union and the American Sokol Organization are hosting this event that showcases participants from around the world.

The event will include something for everyone with TeamGym, Gym Fest, City Performances, Festival Rhythmic, Aesthetic Group, and more.

USA Gymnastics returns to St. Paul, Minn., for the Acrobatic Gymnastics Freedom Cup and World Cup, July 10-12. The Freedom Cup is a World Cup international acrobatic gymnastics invitational featuring age group, junior and senior competition . The Junior Olympic Championships for Levels 5-10 will be held in conjunction with the Freedom Cup. The U.S. Classic and Challenge takes place July 24-26 in Des Moines, Iowa. This serves as a women's gymnastics qualifier to the Visa Championships. The event will include both junior and senior elite competition, as well as the Hopes division.

Finally, the Visa Championships for men, women, rhythmic, acrobatics and trampoline and tumbling will take place Aug. 12-15 in Dallas, Texas. This year's championships will serve as a precursor to the Worlds in all of those disciplines with the exception of acrobatics.

Held in conjunction with the 2009 Visa Championships, the 45th Annual USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will take place at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel Aug .

13-15. A full three days with 180 sessions will include current and valuable topics from all four colleges of USA Gymnastics University. Each Congress attendee will receive 15 USA Gymnastics University credits.

USA Gymnastics welcomes the Disney Institute to the 10th Annual Business Conference taking place along with the Congress. The theme is "Experience the Business Behind the Magic." Gymnastics leaders will learn the keys to success from a global corporate leader in business areas including leadership excellence, people management, quality service, brand loyalty and inspiring creativity. This session will include seminars on Disney's "Approach to Leadership Excellence" and "Approach to Quality Service."

Throughout the week in Dallas, we will also be announcing new advancements in the educational opportunities available through USA Gymnastics University, along with other developments in the organization.

We look forward to seeing you throughout this summer at these special events.

See you in the Gym,

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Steve Penny President/ CEO

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By Jason M. Silverman

Here are 10 easy to follow tips to help you guarantee that YOUR GYM survives this recession!

Make sure that you Properly Value the benefits Delivered to Students and their Families.

It's so important in this day and age that schools value themselves appropriately --- --- -------and charge enough tuition!

By doing this, your gym is able to provide your students the best possible experience that they can have. Schools that charge an appropriate tuition can: cover and pay all their bills (how many times have you heard the story about a school having to close because the owner just couldn't make the rent?), afford to keep their facility clean and updated with new and safe equipment, staff the school appropriately with talented and professional staff so that the level of service may remain high and nobody gets burned out by having to continually "spin all of the plates," allow the owner to live the quality of life you truly deserve to live! Please don't make the mistake of dropping your prices right now - all this does is take away from the bottom line .

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Focus on the Positive mental benefits as well as the physical aspect of the sport (and let the world know about it!) As coaches and teachers, we have the ability I:.:;;::.:!;:::;:;::::;:;::=:J to he Ips hap e and b u i Id the

futures of our students . It's vitally important to focus on the positive mental and emotional aspects that our students are also enjoying, (in addition to the amazing physical skill development). Doesn't your school also pride itself on building better people . .. in addition to better athletes? Wouldn't you agree that your students are developing courage, respect, integrity, perseverance, indomitable spirit, trust and a million other powerful life skills at your gym? If you 're progressive enough to go the extra mile and employ a top notch character development system to help you build and grow your school DON 'T KEEP IT A SECRET - Tell the world how you can help!!!

INCREASE Your Marketing. In a other countries as well), top level executives are time when many school owners bringing in coaches to help them achieve the have watched the news, gotten goals they've set for themselves. It's amazing scared and then subsequently to me just how few folks in our industry have STOPPED THEIR MARKETING followed suit. Big mistake. Taking advantage (because they feel that they of a Specialized Coach/Consultant can be the can't afford it!), now is the time best move you can make. Let's face it, we all to go the other way. Cutting down on your have some skill sets to improve upon - why not marketing creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. find somebody who can help us to build the You don't invest money in marketing because skills we need and improve our businesses by you don't think you can afford it then your lead bringing in their expertise to help us? flow of potential students dries up because you haven't been marketing then you really can't Take The Plunge and Get Some afford to market then you start losing current Help! This year, I've seen many students and wind up having very little, if any, small school owners try to do it income. Now is the time to be marketing ... as - all themselves . Ouch! At some long as you actually know what you're doing. I - point in time, you absolutely strongly urge you to take a good, honest look - NEED some help. You can't at your marketing budget and determine what - do it all yourself and get the is currently working for you and what is n~o=-t=.___,l2rofessional results )'ou're looking for. School Viciously cut what's not working and ramp up owners that have implemented a Leadership what is.

Team are building their "bench strength" early and allowing themselves the opportunity for Follow the 15 by the 5th Rule. growth, the opportunity for sanity ... heck - the Anytime I speak to a room full opportunity to go to the bathroom if need be! of school owners, I'll make the One of the other major benefits with getting statement,"1 can't tell you 1 some help is that you'll now be able to focus way to get 50 new students, on marketing function. It's important to allow however, I can tell you 50 ways the instructors to focus on teaching and the to get 1 new student...you sales staff to focus on transforming prospects simply have to implement them all! The 15 by into paying students. Consider hiring somebody the 5th rule is something that you can check or taking on an intern, or at the very least yourself against every single month. The way it developing a leadership team . .. if this is done works is that you ensure you have a minimum properly, your time and your sanity will increase of 15 marketing systems implemented each dramatically. month by the 5th of the month! Some systems include: prospecting website, yellow pages ad, Don't Re-Invent the Wheel. pay per click ads, ad cards, lead boxes, flyers, This is also a concept I like door hangers, in person VIPs, birthday parties, to speak about during my school talks, sports talks, etc. presentations because it's all about saving your TIME. Get Your Own Coach. You had Most successful businesses a coach to help get you to the are System Driven . They - level you're at now, didn't you? have systems for: Lead Generation (how to - Physical skills are almost always get prospects), Lead Conversion (how to - taught by a coach, instructor or turn prospects into paying students), Lead -- teacher. It's happening allover Re-Conversion (how to get clients to buy again corporate America (and in many and again), Marketing (where and how to find -

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prospects), Management (how to maintain the systems that run the business), Money (how to collect, save, invest and properly use the funds brought into the business), Deliverables (how to teach classes, how to speak with students and parents, etc) . The good news is that many of these systems are available in a variety of places for purchase. Should you want to do it yourself (and many people do) make sure that you take the time to do it right! Documenting each of these systems at your school allows you to have help running your business exactly as you 'd do it yourself.

Be Open to New Ideas! While there are many aspects of business that never change, there are a zillion more that get stale as old bread . I have personally spoken with dozens t::::::::-t~_:::::::::::.:::1 of school owners that are still running their schools like schools were run 30 years ago. While I can respect their passion for tradition , I feel like they are missing out on a great deal of success and causing themselves an enormous amount of undue stress. Some of the exercises that should probably be updated include : (a) payment systems - some of these aren 't using a tuition system like JackRabbit!, (b) staffing systems - some of these folks have no idea where their next employee will come from, (c) tuition systems - some of these folks are barely charging enough to keep the lights on , let alone provide for their own families, (d) marketing systems - some of these folks aren't doing anything but a poorly wr itten yellow pages ad where their logo takes up over 50% of the ad - I could go on and on here - but you get the picture, right? What are 3 ways that YOU intend to learn the most up to date information for your business? 1.) Go to National Congress 2.

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Use the Systems Available to You to Automate Your Marketing. Let's face it folks ... time's are changing. Technology now affords us amazing opportunities to automate many

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marketing systems . How many of the hundreds of automated marketing systems have YOU implemented in your school? It 's easy for school owners now to have sales driven websites with auto responders that help drive students into the school 24 x 7. With a tiny bit of work and some very inex pensive software, you can now have automated follow-up systems in place so that no prospect ever " Falls Through The Cracks" again. It's imperative that people know how to use today 's tools to build tomorrow 's business!

Some of the tools that should be in your school building arsenal include: a prospect i ng website, a full sequence of auto -responding e-mails, a blog, videos for marketing, articles for marketing, teleconfe rences and webinars for prospecting or upgrading students, and about a zillion others too numerous to mention .

Turn off the News! Alright, we 've all seen it and we know that the media thrives on bad news . Instead of watching another report on how "The sky is fall i ng," simply take that time and focus on the positive development of your business. The more you can avoid being bombarded with negativity, the better your chance to thrive in this environment.

Jason M. Silverman is a Marketing Expert and Coach who has worked with the after school activity market for more than 8 years by providing "out of the box" Marketing St rategy and Tactics .

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USA GYMNASTICS NAMES 2009 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES _ . _ he 2009 USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame class of inductees for 2009 include 2004 Olympic all-around champion Carly Patterson of Allen, Texas (women); 2004 Olympian Mary Sanders of Toronto, Onto (rhythmic gymnastics); 2000 Olympian Stephen McCain of Los Angeles (men); 1996 Olympian John Macready of Knoxville, Tenn. (men); twotime world acrobatic gymnastics champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis of San Diego, Calif.; Temple University head coach Fred Turoff of Philadelphia, coach; trampolinist James S. Yongue of Breaux Bridge, La.; and the 1999 Gold-Medal Men's Double Mini-trampoline World Championships Team; and trampoline and tumbling coach and judge Pat Wilson Henderson of Bloomington, Minn., who will receive the lifetime achievement award.

"We are proud to recognize the 2009 inductees for their accomplishments and contributions to gymnastics," said

Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. "The rich history of USA Gymnastics is reflected by those inducted into this prestigious group. Congratulations to each and every one of our honorees."

The members of the 1999 U.S. Men's Double Mini-trampoline World Championships Team were: Karl Heger of Rockford, Ill.; Mark Griffith of Orlando, Fla.; Byron Smith of Lubbock, Texas; and Ryan Weston of Orlando. Brief biographies of all of the inductees are included below.

The 2009 USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame luncheon and induction ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, as part of the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show in Dallas, which is held in conjunction with the 2009 Visa Championships. Ticket and other information on the luncheon and induction ceremony is available at www.usa-gymnastics.org or on page 15.

_ - - - - 2009 USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Inductees - - - - . • 1999 U.S. World Championships Team for men's double mini-trampoline. The U.S. World Championships Team for men's double mini-trampoline claimed the double-mini team world title at the 1999 World Championships in Sun City, South Africa. The members of the team were: Karl Heger of Rockford, Ill.; Mark Griffith of Orlando; Byron Smith of Lubbock, Texas; and Ryan Weston of Orlando. Heger, who now works for the FBI, was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2007 as an individual member. He was a member of the U.S. Trampoline Team for 22 years and won 18 national titles. He competed in 11 World Championships, winning team gold medals in double minitrampoline in 1988 and 1999, and he also won synchronized trampoline at the 1991 World Games. Griffith is the 2000 U.S. trampoline champion and earned U.S. titles in double mini-trampoline in 1996 and 1999. In addition to his team gold medal at the 1999 World Championships, Griffith finished seventh in double mini . Smith, now a coach at Air Extreme in Lubbock, is a two-time U.S. synchronized trampoline champion (1998 and 2000). Weston, the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, is an eight-time U.S. trampoline champion (1996-99, 2001-04) and a four-time U.S. synchronized trampoline champion (1999, 2003-05). Griffith and Weston are both currently performing in a Cirque du Soleil show in Orlando.

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6,:~·.i • Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis, acrobatic gymnastics.

Davis and Booth became the first U. S. acrobatic gymnastics world champions in the mixed pairs event at the 2002 World Championships, and then became the first u.s. acro athletes to repeat as world champions when they defended their title in 2004. To date, they are the only U.S. acrobatic team to win a world title. They also were threetime U.S. champions (2002 -04) and acrobatic gymnastics' Athletes of the Year in 2003-04. The duo was awarded the Glen Sundby Award for Outstanding Pair/ Group Performance in 2003-04 and earned awards for the Most Difficult Skill in 2002 and 2004.

Since retiring fro m com petition in 2004, Booth and Davis have been performing as "Realis." Together, they are co-owners of Realis Co. Ine., and during the last four years, they have performed in more than 20 countries around the world. In addition, they advanced to the final round of "America's Got Talent," and have made guest appearances on "Dancing With The Stars," "So You Think You Can Dance" Australia, "Today" and three ice skating/gy mnastics events.

They also produced, wrote, and starred in their own dinner show in Hollywood, Calif. , where they are based.

• John Macready, men's gymnastics. Macready, who began in gymnastics when he was just five years old, was a 1996 Olympian and a member of the 1995 and 1997 World Championship Teams. He was the youngest member of the 1996 U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics' Team, which placed fifth for the USA's best fini sh since 1984. Macready was third in the all-around at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials and 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, where he was also second on rings and third on both vault and high bar.

Since retiring from competitive gymnastics in 2000, Macready is a co-owner of Flipfest. a gymnastics camp in Knoxvi lle, Tenn., as well as a motivationa l speaker and works as the in-house emcee at USA Gymnastics premier events. He is married and has two children.

• Stephen McCain, men's gymnastics.

McCain was a member of the men's 2000 U.S. Olympic Team and was an alternate on the 2004 Olympic squad. He was a member of the U.S. men's team that won the team silver medal at the 2001 World Championships, as we ll as the squads for the 1994, 1996 and 1999 World Championships.

In addition to the team silver medal. he finished fourth in the floor exercise and was an

all-around finalist at the 2001 World Championships. The men's team finished fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 1999 World Championships. McCain was third on pommel horse at the 2004 U.s. Visa Championships; thi rd on high bar at the 2003 U.S. Cha mpionships; third in the all-around and parallel bars (tie) at the 2001 U.S. Championships; and fourth in the all-around at the 2000 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships and the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. A native of Houston, McCain currently lives in Los Angeles. A graduate of UCLA, McCain maintains a gymnastics website, "American Gymnast," with former national team member Jay Th ornto n.

• Carly Patterson, women's gymnastics.

In 2004, Patterso n became the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic all-arou nd gold medal sin ce Mary Lou Retton in 1984. She also claimed team and balance beam silver medals at the 2004 Olympic Games . At the 2003 World Championships, Patterso n earned go ld and si lver medals, respectively, in the team and all-around events. She won U.S. titles in the all-around (tie) and floor exercise in 2004, and she was the 2002 U.S. junior all-arou nd champion . Among the awards Patterson received in 2004 are : USA Gymnastics Co-Athlete of the Year, U.S. Olympic Committee SportsWoman of the Year and U.S. Sports Academy Female Athlete of the Year. In 2003 , Patterson and her World Champions hips teammates were named the USOC's Team of the Year. Patterson trained at WOGA in Plano, Texas, and was a member of the junior national team from 2000-0 3 and the senior national team from 2004-05 . Patterson currently lives in Allen , Texas, and is pursuing a singing career. In 2006, she appeared on FOX's television show Celebrity Duets. Her seco nd CD will debut in Summer 2009.

• Mary Sanders, rhythmic gymnastics.

Sanders, who grew up in Toronto, Ont. , represented th e USA in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where she fin is hed 15th in the all-arou nd. In 2004, she wo n the all-around and all four individual event titles at the Pacific Alliance Championships and finished ninth in t he allaround at the Athens Olympic Test Eve nt. Sanders also won the all-around at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Tri als. In 2003, she advanced to the finals in the all-around (10th), hoop (7th) and clubs (7th) at the World Championships. Earlier that year, Sanders was the all-aro und gold medalist at the Pan American Games. Sanders was the U.S . all- around champion from 2002-04. Her U.S. individual event titles were: ball and hoop, 2002-04; clubs, 2002-03; ribbon , 2003; and rope, 2002. She graduated from York Mills Co llegiate Institute in May 2002. She trained at Ritmika and was coac hed

by Mimi Masleva. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada , she competed for Canada from 2001-02. After retiring from competitive gymnastics, Sanders worked for Cirque du So leil.

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• Fred Turoff, men's gymnastics coach. Turoff graduated from Temple University in 1969 and went on to a coaching career that has spanned more than three decades. Turoff has coached 16 EIGL/ ECAC title teams. He served as a member of the coaching staff at many international events, including the 1979 World Championships, 1991 World University Games and Pan American Games, 1992 Olympic Games, 1994 World Championships, and the 1996 Pacific Alliance Championships. His numerous awards, honors and distinctions for his service include the Frank Cumiskey Award, Special Service Award (NACGC), the Honor Coach Award, and NCAA Eastern Region Coach of the Year (nine times). He is a former chair of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee and is a past president of the USECA for men's gymnastics. In addition to coaching, Turoff is an author and a nationally and internationally certified judge. He completed his Master of Education in biomechanics in August 1991.

He is married with one child.

• James IIJimmy" S. Yongue, trampoline.

Yongue, who lives in Breaux Bridge, La., won the bronze medal in synchronized trampoline at the 1968 World Championships and was the North American champion in 1964-65. He was the AAU national champion in 1965 and was the si lver medalist in 1964 and 1967-69. Despite two interruptions in his career due to injuries, he competed in at least 13 international competitions, including a sixth-place finish at the 1965 World

Championships. Yongue also competed in the 1967 and 1968 World Championships, where he placed eighth and 10th, respectively. At the AAU Nationals, he also finished third in trampoline in 1966 and in synchronized trampoline in 1969. Yongue attended the University of Southwest Louisiana from 1966-70. After retiring from competition, he went on to coach for many years, including the U.S. team at the 1972 World Championships and for three other international events. He also coached several national AAU champions, including Stuart Ransom , Chris Eilerson, Charlie Watkins, Jim Cartledge, Ann Thompson and Mason Kauffman. He currently coaches at Acadiana Gymnastics.

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient • Pat Wilson Henderson, Lifetime Achievement (trampoline and tumbling coach and Brevet judge) . A trampoline and tumbling judge from 1971 through the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Henderson has represented the USA in approximately 30 countries as a coach, judge and teacher. She is a three-time recipient of the Outstanding Coach of the Year award and Women in Sport award. Henderson opened her first gymnastics facility in 1976 in Tulsa, Okla., and opened Minnesota Twisters in 1984. From 1974 to present, she has had a national qualifier every year, and many of her trampolinists were members of the national team and earned individual titles. Henderson has also produced international competitors - a world age-group medalist, world team members, one world team bronze medalist, two world team gold medalists, and the 2004 Olympic Team alternate. She has been a member of the USA coaching staff, as well as a U.S. World Championships team coach . From 2001 -04 Henderso n was a member of the FIG Trampoline Technical Committee and received the FIG Silver Recognition in 2005 for her dedication and service.

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Ashley Eubanks & Juan Gonzalez, PhD., CSCS, HFI Periodization training is a method to organize volume, intensities, and cycles of training for a sport throughout the season. It is a process of training an athlete in an incremental manner from the post season to peak performance in competitions.The purpose of this article is to show how periodization training can be utilized in Acrobatic Gymnastics to develop a highly organized training program.The periodization table and accompanying graph presented here can be of benefit to those athletes competing at the National level.

The macrocycle, as seen in the top row of Figure 1.0, comprises the entire acrobatics season. Mesocycles divide the macrocycle into more specific training periods lasting anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. Figure 1.0 arranges this

particular Acrobatic training program into seven mesocycles, and outlines the appropriate training modules which should occur within those mesocycles.The smallest incremental training period is the microcycle, which breaks down mesocycles into periods ranging from a few days to one or two weeks. Microcycles are used to structure specific daily - weekly workouts which will increase in intensity over the length of the macrocycle. Of course though, microcycle training depends on individual athletes and the coach's preference of training.

Microcycles are not included in illustrations due to this level of detail and variability.

When using the periodization table in Figure 1.0, or one produced on your own, it should be noted that it will

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need to allow for some variations in the training schedule.This is because Acrobatic Gymnastics is a sport with two entirely different types of athletes, bases and flyers/ tops. For instance, while bases are aiming for muscular hypertrophy, it is more important that a flyer builds lean muscle mass and increases in flexibility.Therefore when designing a periodization program as a coach for your own team, it is important to acknowledge these differences in the athletes and allow for base specific and top specific training.The periodization outline in Figure 1.0 incorporates this concept with the 6th and 7th rows of the table. For most teams the last row of the table will be the primary focus of their training since it outlines the appropriate progression of acrobatic pair/ group skills.

The accompanying line graph, Figure 2.0, is a visual representation of training intensities during the season.

Figure 2.0 includes fluctuations in training intensity during

the in-season portion of the graph.This undulating training is beneficial due to the length of the competition season in Acrobatic Gymnastics.Training athletes by thi s model allows for a peaking of skills right before a competition, followed by a temporary reduction in training intensities after which training intensities will resume to insure a higher peak for successive competitions. It has been shown that incorporating undulating training for sports with longer competition seasons helps to prevent fatigue and overtraining during the season. In addition this method may aid in reducing the occurrence of overuse injuries. By combining the organizational concepts in Figure 1.0 and Figure 2.0 you will be able to build a successful and structured training program for your athletes that will minimize over training and insure them to peak in their technique level at the appropriate time during the competition season . 1\

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Open Book Management: Team Pricing, Part 2 In Part 1 I sought to make the case in favor of an Open Book approach to pricing Team . The grounding philosophy behind our approach can be summed up by thi s quote: "reasonable people, given the same information, will come to the same conclusion." Over the years, many gym club owners ha ve voiced to me this lament: "if the parents only knew how much it cost to run the team they wouldn't complain so much ." To that, I can only respond, well, duh ... give 'em the information!

Below, I have sketc hed out for you a formula for calculating a TRUE breakeven on your team . If you get confused, there is help at the end of the article. I tell you how to get a pdf of Kids First's calculations. Many gym club owners mi staken ly think that if team tuition covers coaching wages they are breaking even. Hardly! .. In many gym clubs (Kids Fir st included) 'overhead' equals or even exceeds the coaching wages!

Here is Kids First's formula for calculating Team fee s breaking-e ve n including a hypothetical example.

As sume this is a typical gymnastics school with an 8:1 rat io and having a Team, rec classes, preschool classes, tumbling cla sses, birthday partie s and maybe a cheer sq uad or two, all operating out of the same gymnastics facility:

1. Calculate your YEARLY OVERHEAD.

Using your year end P&L statement, sim ply tally ALL of your business expenses and MINUS your coaching and teaching wages. DO lea ve in any and all admin hour s: Hypothetical example: $400,000.

2. Calculate YEARLY STUDENT HOURS .

Using your enrollment data , program by program , add up all of the training hour s for all who use the gym. Typically, you wo uld see so mething like thi s: C ___ rec . students X 1 hour) + C--level 4s X the number of training hours/ wk) + C ___ le ve l 5s X the number of training hours/wk), etc . Do the sa me thing for preschool, cheer, tumbling, birthday parties-ALL students who use the gymnastics hall. Thi s sum will be a weekly figure ; convert it to YEARLY STUDENT HOURS by multiplying by 52 weeks in the year or howe ver many weeks you operate. To adjust class programs for the yearly up / do wn cycle, we then mUltiply that total by 85%, an adjustment figure we ha ve arrived at empirically over the years . Hypothetical example: 100,000 st. hrs. per year.

3. Calculate FI XED OVERHEAD/ STUDENT/ HOUR : Di vide #1 by #2. $400 ,000 .;. 100,000 st.h rs. = $4.00/ st. / hr.

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4. Calculate GROUP OVERHEAD/ HOUR. Multiply #3 X 8 students. $4.00/ st./hr. X 8st. = $32.00/hr. group overhead.

5. Identify your AVERAGE HOURLY COACHING WAGE from your payroll record s. Don 't forget to add in a multiplier for EE benefits not pre viously considered in the overhead Fed and state P/ R taxes, W/ C, FICA, health, dental, vaca tion , 401K, employee discounts, etc.

A good multiple for full benefits for an Ohio club offering full benefits is +24% . $16.00/hr. + 24% = $19.84/hr, rounded to $20/ hr.

6. Calculate TOTAL GROUP COST PER HOUR. Add #4 and #5 . $32 .00/ hr. + $20/ hr. = $52/ hr. total group cost.

7. Calculate BREAK-EVEN PER STUDENT PER HOUR . Di vide #6 by yo ur teaching ratio. $52/ hr . .;. 8 st. = $6.50/s t./hr.

Entry level athletes partially subsidi ze upper le ve l athletes. Charging a $6.50/hr tuition is not too difficult for entry le vel athletes but doing s o for a 20 hour per we ek athlete wo uld require a $560/ mo . tuition, a deal breaker for most clubs.

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Three days of education with more than 170 sessions. Lectures given by recognized top individuals in the field. Sessions are provided on coaching/ judging, business/ preschool, recreational, sports science, fitness, and cheerleading. The opportunity to learn from leading experts from all six disciplines/ Women/s, Men/s, Rhythmic, Acrobatics, Gymnastics for All and Trampoline and Tumbling. Along with the sessions, the Trade Show exhibit hall will feature 200 booths of products and information from more than 90 Industry Member vendors. Special events, such as the USGSA Mega Raffle take place in the exhibit hall daily. All Congress attendees are also allowed entry to the Acrobatic, Rhythmic, and Trampoline and Tumbling competitions with their Congress credential.

Congress Dates: August 13-15,

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Safety/Risk Management Certification Course: Sunday, August 16, 8:45 -2 :00 p.m.

Women's Judges Certification Tests Sunday, August 16, 8:00 AM - 11:30

o Pro member with current (non-expired) Safety Certification ................ ...$5 o Pro, Junior Pro, Instructor, Athlete or Intro Coach member.....................$70 o Non-member ...... ........... ................... .. ............. .. ...... ........................................ $120 Preschool Fundamentals: Hands on Training (HOT) Course: Sunday, August 16, 8:45 -1:00 p.m.

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Preschool Fundamentals: Hands on Training (HOT) June 13 July 30 Tulsa World of Gymnaslics Region 6Congress 7020 E. 38th SI. Boston Marriott Newton Tulsa, OK 74145 2345 Commonwealth Ave. Coursecode: BM061320090K Newton, MA 02466 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Coursecode: XX07302009MA June 14 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Region 8CongressOmni Jacksonville Hotel August 12 Sheraton Dallas Hotel* 245 Water SI. Jacksonville, FL 32202 400 N. Olive St. Course code: XX0614 2009FL Dallas, TX 75201 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Coursecode: XX08122009TX June 14 Time to be determined Somerset HillsYMCA August 16 Sheraton Dallas Hotel* 140 Mount Airy Rd. Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 400 N. Olive SI. Course code: LM06142009NJ Dallas, TX 75201 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Coursecode: XX08162009TX Time to be determined June 25 Region 4CongressMarriott Coralville Hotel &Conference September 17 Center Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel &Convention Center 300 E. 9th SI. 1551 Thoreau Dr. North Coralville, IA 52241 Schaumburg, IL 60173 C9ursecode: XX062520091A Coursecode: BM091720091L 5:09 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

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July 12 National Gymnastics Training Center 300 Big Pond Rd. Huguenot, NY 12746 Course code: TR07122009NY ' Course dates and times are subjed to change and/or cancellation.

'Held in conjundion with USA Gymnastics 2009 National Congress and Trade Show 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.

May 3 Mel Korum YMCA 302 43rd Ave SE Puyallup, WA 98370 Course code: TB05032009WA 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

June 14 TulsaWorld of Gymnastics 7020 E. 38th SI. Tulsa, OK 74145 Coursecode: BG061420090K 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

June 14 Region 8Congress Omni Jacksonville Hotel 245 Water SI. Jacksonville, FL 32202 Course code: XX06142009FL June 28

Region 4Congress Marriott Coralville Hotel &Conference Center 300 E. 9th Coralville, IA 52241 Course code: XX062820091A 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

To register for a course, visit the USA Gymnastics website at www.usa-gymnastics.org . Register online or download the registration forms .

USave $5 by registering online!** Pre-registration is IMPORTANT to ensure your spot in the course . The registration deadline for mailed/faxed forms is two weeks prior to the course . Online registration must be completed at least one week prior. Late and onsite registration may be available and will incur an additional $25 fee .

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The 2009 Member Club Marketing Kits are here! This yea r's kit features some old favorites including customizable television and radio ads, posters for your gym, along with some new components like a new safety DVD. Titled "Safety &Training in the Gym," this DVD is a great addition to the member club marketing kit. It can be used as an educational piece for you and your staff, or as a visual piece to present in your gym lobby. Olympians Shannon Miller, John Macready, 2007 National Champion David Durante, and American Gladiator Beth Horn take you through various sections of the video highlighting useful information for clubs, parents, and athletes.

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Special event orientation to use for guests using the gym for field trips, birthday parties, or open gym sessions USA Gymnastics is very excited to provide this video to its member clubs and promote gym safety across the country. If you are not a member club become one today and take advantage of the over $900 worth of benefits for only $160! To sign up go to www.usa-gymnastics.org/ membership

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INTERNATIONAL ELITE COMMITTEE March 20, 2009 I. Roll Call

Members Present: Chairman Coaches Rep

Athlete Rep National Team Coord Vice President Program Elite Program Manager

Steve Rybacki Valeri Liukin Mary Lee Tracy Donna Strauss Kim Zmeskal Martha Karloyi Kathy Kelly Gary Warren

Meeting was called to order by Steve Rybacki (Committee Chairman) at 12:45 p.m.

1. Committee revisited the 3 event qualification score for Classics. The following recommendation was made.

Recommendation that the Senior International score for 3 events to Classics be changed to a 42.00 (average of 14.00).

Also, the athlete does NOT have to declare her intent to do so by naming the events prior to the start of the competition.

Motion Donna Strauss Second Kim Zmeskal PASSED Clarification: A se nior athlete can compete on 4 events and use the 3 event qualification score. An athlete that qualifies under the 3 event score rule with 3 event scores may compete 4 events at the next level of competition.

2. Athlete funding: Recommendation that athletes that are currently being funded; that their funding to be continued.

Recommendation that Shayla Worley receive funding of $500 per month for the next quarter through June of 2009.

Motion Mary Lee Tracy Second Donna Strauss PASSED 3. World University Games The lEC was presented with the World University Games information . The committee discussed this competition and made the recommendation that USA Gymnastics Women's Prog ram not participate in this competition. The committee felt that the timing of this competition does not allow for adequate time to select and prepare all eligible athletes for FIG level competition.

4. Additional National Elite Qualifier for the 2009 season Recommendation that the addition of another National Elite Qualifier be awarded for the June of 2009. The competition will be held at Parkettes in Allentown, PA. Registrations will be made directly to Parkettes and a limit will be placed on the number of entries. The email address for Parkettes is: Parkets@aol.com Motion Valeri Liukin Second Donna Strauss PASSED Meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.

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OFFICIAL CHANGES FOR THE 2009-13 WOMEN'S JR. OLYMPIC CODE OF POINTS The 2009-2013 Women's JO Code of Points will be ready for purchase by June 1st, 2009 .

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Philosophy Considering the overall decline in numbers of optional athletes throughout the country and in an attempt to return to the original linear structure of the JO Program , the JO Committee reevaluated the philosophy of the overall competitive structure.

The philosophy is to provide a linear structure of the competitive levels in which each level prepares gymnasts for future endeavors.

A. Developmental Levels Levell-Beginner Developmental Level 2-Intermediate Developmental Level 3-Advanced Developmental Level B. Competitive Compulsory Levels Level 4 - Beginner Level 5 - Intermediate Level 6 - Advanced C. Competitive Optional Levels

Level Level Level Level

7 - Beginner 8 - Beginner/ Intermediate 9 - Intermediate/ Advanced 10 - Advanced

The following explains the specific philosophy for each of the optional levels: Level 7: This Beginner Optional level is the introduction to the construction of optional routines, using skills and sequences.

• Restricted difficulty (only f{s and B's) + selected C's on Bars only (1/ 2 pirouette, clear-hip circle, clear hip circle 1/2 are exceptions on UB) * • 10.0 Start Value • No compositional requirements • Emphasis on basic optional skills performed with excellent execution & artistry • Preparing for future endeavors Level 8: The Beginner/Intermediate Optional level is the continuation of Optional routine development.

• Restricted difficulty (only A's & B's and C dance on BB/ FX) plus selected C's on Bars (1/ 2 pirouette, clear hip circle, clear hip circle 1/2) * • Start value is 10.0 - No Opportunity to earn bonus • Use of compositional requirements • Emphasis on execution & artistry • Preparing for future endeavors Level 9: The Intermediate/Advanced Optional level is a continuation of routine development, using a higher proficiency

of technical mastery.

• Restricted difficulty to A, B & C elements only plus a maximum of 1 D per event (which is awarded "(" credit). * • Start value is 9.70 with opportunity to earn 0.30 bonus through connections only • Use of compositional requirements • Emphasis on execution & artistry • Preparing for future endeavors Level 10: The Advanced Optional level is the pinnacle of the Jr. Olympic Program , emphasizing the technical mastery of skill and art.

• Unrestricted difficulty • Start Value is 9.50 with opportunity to earn 0.50 bonus through connections and D/ E skills (same as present system) • Use of compositional requirements • Emphasis on execution & arti stry • Preparing for future endeavors * Unallowable elements that are performed (unallowable C's in

L 7/ 8 and additional D's/E's in L 9) will receive no value part credit and will be given a 0.50 deduction each .

BONUS FOR LEVEL 9 AND/ OR 10: Bonus for connections and D/ E skills will be awarded regardless if 0.30 or more in execution was deducted - unless a fall occurs (0 .50). This will change the focus from "whether to give it or not" to the actual execution of the skill/combination. This is similar to what is being done in FIG. II. VAULT

A. There will be a separate Vault Value chart for each Optional level.

B. There will be NO changes to Level 7.

C. Level 8 Vault values have changed for most of the twisting vaults.

C. All 10.0 vaults from the current Level 9/ 10 Vault chart will NOT be allowed at Level 9 beginning August 1, 2009.

D. Many vaults will have a higher value at Level 9 than at Level 10 Examples: Handspring -Front salto tucked will be 10.0; Tsukahara layout & Yurchenko Layout will be 10.0) E. Most of the Level 10 vault values will remain the same as the current chart, with the exception of the twisting without salto vaults, which have been lowered.

F. For Level 10 only, there will be a select group of 10.00 SV Vaults (if performed successfully-without a fall) that will receive a 0.10 Bonus.

III. BARS A. Special Requirements: 1. Level 7 a. One Cast (min. of 45° from VERTICAL) b & c. Two clear circling elements (no hips touching the bar) - one must be a "B" value clear circle - one must be a clear circle from Groups 3, 6 or 7 d. Salto dismount, minimum of A 2. Level 8 No Change from current rules 3. Level 9 No Change from current rules 4. Level 10 a. One Flight Element, minimum "(" value

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sit raised to "C" 8. One-foot take-off front salto piked = 'T' 9. Gainer Layouts with liz twist dismount off the side of beam raised to "B".

B. Element Value Changes 1. There will no longer be "A" casts (21 °_45°) for Level 7 or 8 on Bars. Casts will be awarded "B" from vertical to TWENTY (20) degrees from vertical. (This was changed back to the current standard at the March 2009 Conference caU) 2. Clear Hip circles below horizontal will be awarded "A" value 3. The following elements listed in the new FIG Code have been added to the JO Code with the following values: New 'T' Elements from FIG a. Giant circle fwd to handstand with initiation of 1/1 360°) turn on one arm before handstand phase b. Giant circle fwd to handstand with Ph turn (540°) c. Jaeger salto (straddled) with 112 turn d. On HB , Pike sole circle bkwd to counter-straddle-reverse hecht with liz turn e. Pike sole circle fwd in L-gri p to handstand with 1/ 1 (360°) turn New "D" elements from FIG: a. From HS, clear pike circle bkwd to rear inverted pike support b. Pike sole circle fwd in L-grip to handstand, also with 112 turn c. Dismount: Clear pike circle bkwd to salto forward stretched with 112 turn New "C" elements from FIG: a. Clear pike circle bkwd on LB with release and counter flight to hang on HB b. Clear pike circle bkwd with hecht flight to hang on HB

V. FLOOR EXERCISE A. Special Requirements All Floor Special Requirements will remain the same as the current cycle for Level 7-10, except the existing dance series SR that requires a minimum of two directly connected leaps/j umps.

The new Dance Passage SR has been revised in March of 2009 to: A dance passage with a minimum of two different Group 1 elements, directly or indirectly connected, one of which is a leap (one foot take-off) requiring a 180° cross or side split position.

• An indirect connection would allow for running steps, small leaps, hops, chasses, assembles, or chaine turns between the two dance elements. No acro elements, pauses, or stops are allowed .

• The object is to create a flowing, large traveling movement pattern regardless of the direction of each locomotor movement (fo rwa rd/ sidewa rd/ ba ckwa rd).

• No turns are permitted because they are stationary. Chaine turns (1/ 2 turns on two feet) are allowed because they are traveling steps.

• Leaps and hops may land on one or both feet as the first and/ or second element in the dance passage.

• Jumps (take-off two feet) must land on one foot as the first element and may land on one or two feet for the second (or last) element.

• The second (or last) element may also land in a prone or splitsit position.

C. New Bonus for Level 10: Two "(" elements from Groups 3, 6 or 7 that are connected do not require turn or flight to receive Connection Value.

• If two skills from Groups 3, 6, or 7 are done in connection, they must be different to receive bonus Example: Clear hip circle to HS + Clear hip circle to HS = 0 CV Clear hip circle to HS + Stalder circle to HS ':' +0.10 CV

B. Element Values: 1. Plain stretch/arch jump was deleted from the JO Code (under #1.112) 2. Any leap with 360° turn and 180° split will receive "C" value 3. Switch-leg leap with 1/ 1 (360°) turn raised to D 4. 1/ 1 (360°) turn with free leg held upward with hand at a 180° split position = "B" 5. Ph (540°) turn with free leg held upward with hand at a 180° split position = "("

IV. BALANCE BEAM A. Special Requirements: There will be NO changes to the BB Special Requirements for Levels 7-10 for the 2009-2013 cycle.

C. Connection Value Bonus

B. New Connection Value principles on Beam: 1. 2-acro flight element connection (excluding mount or dismount): B+ C-salto = +0 .10 CV 2.Turns: A-turn + C-turn (or the reverse) receives +0 .10 CV C.Element Value Changes-effective August 1, 2009.

1.Straddle Jump starting and finishing in a cross position (facing length of beam) will be valued at "B" 2. Straddle jump in side position and all straddle jumps with 1/4 turn will be valued at "(" 3. Back Layout Step-outs will be valued at "(" • Gainer back layout step-out will remain valued at "D" for difficulty and connection bonus 4. The Front Aerial and kickover (l-foot take-off) Front Salto, swing through to scale will be valued at 'T' 5. Handstand forward roll raised to "B" 6. Valdez raised to "B" 7. Back Walkover with stoop through of one leg to cross split

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1. Change in the Principle for Connections of Two Dance Elements: A turn on one foot followed by a jump with a twofoot take-off will not be eligible for Connection Value bonus (exam ple: 2/1 turn to Popa).

- If the jump/ leap precedes the turn , the Connection Value is possible.

2. New principle under Dance/ Mixed CV: A D-salto connected to an A-jump (in thi s order only) will receive +0.10 CV

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