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Volume XVI/Number 1 / January 1974

5 FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn Sundby 6 ON THE BEAM, Barbara Thatcher 8 F.I.G. CONGRESS REPORT

8 Men's Technical Committee, Frank Cumiskey

10 Women's Technical Committee, Jackie Fie 14 1973 HOLIDAY SEASON COMPETITIONS

14 Cal State Los Angeles Holiday Classic 15 Canadian All Star Meet, Jim Gault 16 Western States Junior Elite Invitational,

Barbara Thatcher 18 Mid West Open, Windy City Invitational,

Rocky Mountain Open, Big 8 Invitational 20 CENTERFOLD: Nikolai Andrianov, photo byTony

Duffy 22 CLUB CORNER: Gym-i-niks Gymnastic Club,

Barbara Thatcher 23 NEWS 'N NOTES, Renee Hendershott

23 Georgia College Gym Team 23 Coaches Call, Patty Heckart 23 From Tape To Bar 24 NGJA Certification, Kenneth Allen 24 The Questionable Vault

25 RESEARCH: Why Research in Gymnastics?, Kitty Kjeldsen INSTRUCTION: 26 The Strength Workout For Gymnasts, Fred

Roethlisberger 27 Everything You Wanted To Know About

Running A Meet, William H. Stern 28 The Front Uprise, Fred Roethlisberger

29 EXHIBITIONAL GYMNASTICS: University of Maryland Gymkana, Ken Friedman

32 GUEST EDITORIAL: The All Around Gymnast, David Webster; Our Mouths, Dan Speraw

34 INTERVIEW: Gordon Maddux, Barbara Thatcher 38 CALENDAR

Cover: Uta Schorn, of West Germany, third in vaulting at the 1973 Women fs European Championships.

Publisher: Glenn Sundby Production Manager and Art Director: Richard F. Kenney Circulation and Advertising Manager: Minot Simons II Associate Editors: Dick Criley and Renee Hendershott Research Editor: H.J. Biesterfeldt Staff Writer: Barbara Thaicher Contributors: Kenneth Allen, Frank Cumiskey, Jackie Fie, Ken Friedman, Jim Gault, Patty Heckart, Kitty Kjeldsen, Fred Roethlisberger, Dan Speraw, William Stern, David Webster. Photographers: Tony Duffy, Richard F. Kenney

GYMNAST magazine is published by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, Ca. 90401. Second Class Postage paid at Santa Monica, Ca. Published monthly except bi-monthly June, July, August and Septembe r. Price $1 .00 a si ngle copy. Subscription correspondence. GYMNAST - P.O. Box 110, Santa Monic.a, Ca. 90406. Copyright 197419 all rights rese rved by SUNDY PUBLICA nONS, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica, Ca. All photos and manuscripts submilled become the properly of GYMNAST unless retur n request and sufficient postage are included.

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NOTES FROM THE PUBLISH.: NEW FOR '74: We have only made a few obvious changes as we start another year with Gymnast magazine ... On the cover you will note a cha nge in ~he figure logos from reverse to positive, which in d icates our positive attitude for production fo Gymnast this year (but in another sense was brought about because much of our foreign mail came addressed as OGYMNASTO). You will also note a raise in the published cover price from 75¢ to $1.00. This was necessary because of printing, postal and handling costs of sing le copies. However, as n oted in the November issue we are holding the line on the subscription costs and a subscr ipti on to Gymnast will stil l be !7.50 per year as it was two years ago in January 1972. Although we have only made a coupl e of changes as we start the new year, Rich Kenney, o ur Art Director/ Production m anager has plans for a continued improvement program in design, material and depa rtments.

We have been able to get most of the bugs out of our production problems as we enter 74 .. . Although we are still having a few problems getting over 10,000 magazines addressed , tied, sacked and on to the Post Office on the schedule we had hoped for by now, we expect th is problem will resolve itself within the next coup le of ed itions. You the Reader could be a big help by resubscribing ri ght away to help e liminate the lag time between expire and renewal processing. Also send us any change in your address at least a month ahead of time (6 weeks prefered) .

We expect 74 to be a great year for Gymnast, readers and management.

NOW, a manager for circulation and advertising. With this issue of Gymnast, we introduce a new member of our staff, Mr. Minot Simons II. Mr. Simons comes to us from a background of business management. He will be handling all matters related to circulation, display advertising, classified advertising, and certain new programs we are planning. It is his desire, first of all , that all subscribers should, get their copies of Gymnast. So, if you have or have had any problems regard ing your subscription, please write to him. He wil l give your letter his personal and prompt attention.

Gymnast Classified: with this issue we also introduce a new classified ad section ... Is there something you would li ke to buy? ... or sell ? .. . Would you like to wish your coach "Happy Birthday" ? ... Or congratulate a member of your team?. . Would you like to publi cize something about your club, your hometown, a friend? .. . Are you looking for a job?.. Is there a job opportunity at your school, your club, your camp, or your clinic? ... Do you want to advertise a camp or a club?. . Are you introducing a new product?.. Do you render a personal service you would like to advertise? .. . Are you looking for books, films, or eq uipment ?.. Do you have books, films, or equipment for sa le? ... Something old, something new" something borrowed, something blue. Use "Gymnast Classified", let it help you. See page 30 fo'r details.

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rJi'{ Gfhe GBEAM

by Barbara Thatcher

It seems each NEW YEAR is a time for resolutions and GYMNAST magazine is no exception. But having learned that promises mean very little and it's what 's produ(:ed that counts, we won ' t just promise to provide a better magazine, we' ll strive, in this year, to produce a better one.

In light of our desire to make this year a better one for GYMNAST we have added a new member to our staff. His name is Minot Simons II, and he is in charge of Circulation and advertising. He's a very helpful , competent and concerned man who is more than willing to assist any subscriber with their mailing and / or advertising problems. So if you need any help is those areas just contact him .

* This month 's " On The Beam" picture is

guaranteed to cause a few stares, but it isn ' t an optical illusion or trick photography. It's Marcy Levine of Olympiad Gym Club in Wilmington, Delaware posing on the underside of the beam. Posi ng along with Marcy but on the most " commonly" used side are team mates Jan Anthony, competitor in the 1973 USGF Elite Nationals, Kim Bryant and Kim Bellew, who placed sixth in vaulting at the Junior and Senior Nationals. Very unique photo. Wonder if she uses that pose in her routine?

* NEW CLUBS"" Many new clubs this month.

Newly formed in Iowa is the Cedar Rapids Association of Gymnastics. (CR.A.G.), located at 1104 3rd St. S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The is coached by Russ Telecky, who, according to my source, has coached the Washington High School Warriors to four championships out of five attempts. He is assisted by Kathy Kelley. The club is looking forward to competition and exhibitions, starting this year.

The McBurney YMCA in New York City recently formed a girls gymnastics team and even though the club is only four months old, the girls have already managed '10 put on a gymnastic circus complete with juggling, hand balancing and trampoline. Coach of thp team is Israel H. 1B0renstein ., and the address is 215 West 23rd street, New York, Nf!W York.

Sponsored by the La Mesa Recreation Department, Mike Bell's newly formed "Mat Kats" gymnastic team put on numerous demonstrations during the summer to develop gymnastic interest in their community. Among the exhibitions was one before a packed house at the Rose Bowl (for a Mormon youth dance festival) and another at the San Diego Stadium for the Chargers season opener. The recreation department tra ins over 1 ,000 gymnasts per year, and the "Team" is the culmination of the six levels of classes taught there. Address is 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, California 92041.

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"On The Beam" picture of the month. Or is it "Under the Beam" picture of the month

The Elite Gym Club of Kansas.

Moment of suspense (upper left), at the recent Western Elite meet, as Wendy Cluff draws the ticket of the door prize winner and ABC commentator Gordon Maddux anxiously waits to call out the number. Notice the facial expressions and the biting of the lower lip. And then the winner is announced (upper right) producing instant smiles from everyone.

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Another new cl ub is the Elite Gymnastics Club of Merriam, Kansas. Coache d by Dan Bradfield and Gerald Carley, th e team is made up of beginning, int e rmed iate and advanced gymnasts. The address for the club is 5185 Merriam Drive, Merriam, Kansas.

Located just a co uple of miles off the new route #60 out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is Wrona's gym c lu b, appare l a nd equipment company . Although not a new club it 's worth mentioning for inte res ted reade rs in th e Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania area. The facility which ope ned in Nove mber, 1972 ho uses th e sc hoo l, appare l shop and equ ipment storage area. Wrona's conducts both a g irl s and boys program and includ es a compe titi ve te am known as the Shawnee Gym Team. Four women and two men assist in in st ru ction o f th e program wh ich las t semeste r e nroll ed 395 students. Th e b uilding area measures 4,340 squa re feet and th e gym is eq uippe d with almost two of eve ry pi ece of appa ratus. Th e offi c ia l address is R.D. #1 Elmbrook Road, Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010.

CORRKTIONS ... Tim e once aga in to correct pas t mistakes in th e GYMNAST. First is th e b lund er on page 20 of the June/ July edition when we in co rrectl y identified a va ulter as Kathy Howard. Thi s was not Kathy and o ur sincere apologies for this error. Kathy is a fairly new Elite gymnast and made it to the va ulting fin a ls in the Elite Nationals on ly to be mistake n for someone else. Howeve r, now we know what she looks like.

Mistake #2. In th e June/ July issue we a lso neglected to mention that one of the stops for the Nippon Gymnastic Club was in Portland, Oregon, a t the Tigard Gymnastic School. Apparently the exhib ition at th e club was a tremendou s success. Al so thoroughly e njoyab le for the Japanese group, es pecially since Hiromichi Sano, has li ved and gone to school in Portland . Aga in we a re sorry.

In the la st issue I m e nti oned the unusua l spelling of Stormy Eaton's name and managed to mi sspell th e name of a nother gymnast in the sa me paragraph . Th e Gymnast is Eric Malmberg. Finall y, in the Summer Gymfest ed ition , Jim McFaul was id e ntified as a fr eshman at Southern Illinois University and actual ly he is a junio r at StU and a transfe r student from Golden West College, California.

Camps and Clinics .... A summer ca mp that was not mention ed but brought to our atten tion is the Stroudsburg Sports Camp, he ld for the last three summe rs in th e Poconos of Pennsylvania. This summ er, camp director, Bob Pataky will move th e cam p to New Jersey for three wee ks, then Connecticut for three wee ks and final ly three wee ks on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. My source of information,

.Debbie Elljs, a lso ,ubmitted a picture o f her brother Richard at the camp this summer. Richard is a sop homore at Braintree High School in Massachusetts, and a member at th e boy's team, which won the state titl e this seaso n. Th e girls team finished seco nd in the sta te meet by a mere .4.

Richard Ellis

Masayuki Watanabe

A d ifferent sort of camp was he ld in Oregon this fall. The Oregon Gymnastics Association sponso red a cl ini c designed for coaches and not participants. Masayuki Watanabe was th e featured speaker a t th e two day clini c and according to all reports d id a fantastic job. At least 200 gymnasti c e nthu siasts attend e d th e clini c , to watch Mr. Watanabe's numerous demonst ratio ns and li ste n to hi s exp lanat ion of technique.

Thinkin g of a summ e r ca mp? Th is year Caravan of Camps wil l be trave lin g to Monterey, Mexico for a camp in June. It 's n ice to see gymnastic ca mps reaching to students beyond the borde rs of th e United States.

* A new gymnas ti c newsletter .... Jerry Wright is

th e ed ito r and publisher o f The Weekly Gymnast Newsletter. His id ea is th at th e re is a great need for a weekly gymnast ic pu b li cat io n, and his hope is th at th e newsle tter will come out once a week, providing up to date results and pic tures . Anyone inte res ted shou ld w rit e to him at 16 Tapia Dr., San Francisco, Ca. 94132.

Ha ve one request from Joanne Fleming, editor of th e California Newsletter, for the names of some gymnasti c offic ia ls in England. So if anyone can provid e he r wi th a few names please wr ite to he r at 3656N. Valeria SI., Fresno, Ca. 93726.

In c6nc lu sion I would lik e to th a nk Ed Gagnier and Barbara Knothe fo r se nding us the res ults of this year's M id West Open. Although hundre ds of peop le attended th e meet , on ly two peo ple see me d to have the time to submit thi s materia l and we grea tl y appreciate it. Las t yea r we go t zero results, so maybe we are improving sin ce this year two people thought o f us. Anyway thanks to everyone who has submitte d anythin g this past year , whether it be meet results, an art icle, a poem, a ca rt oon, o r a const ru ct ive comp la int , we apprecia te your co rrespondence and ho pe you' ll kee p it up in 1974.

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U.S.G.F. REPORT

ON THE

MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY FOR MEN

NOV. 12, 1973 ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND

by Frank ,. Cumiskey US Technical Representative

1. The meeting was call ed to o rd er by th e President Mr. Iva ncev ich. He we lco med all th e delegates and obse rved a mo ment of si lence for the departed FIG m embers.

2. The ro ll call was th en made and the vo tin g ca rd given to th e representati ve o f each country, th ere w ere 36 co untries answering th e roll ca ll.

3. President Iva ncev ich next gave his repo rt as publi shed in the FIG Bull eti n No. 3, 1973.

Report by the President of the Men's Technical Committee (MTC)

The mandate o f th e present MT(, th e committee con stitut ed at th e Congress held on Au gust 22, 1972 in Munich , of f ic iall y commenced o n j an uary 1, 1973, but th e necessa ry powers we re actu ally acco rd ed at Stuttgart o n january 27, 1973. On th e occasion of this meeting, Mr. Karl-Hein z Zschock e was elec ted secretary o f th e committee.

This report cove rs th e p eriod betwee n the 51 st Congress held in 1972 and th e end o f june 1973.

a) 1972 Olympics Games in Munich Th e yea r 1972 was under th e mo tto of th e

Olympic Games in Munich. After th e 1968 Gam es in M ex ico and th e 1970 Wo rld Champio nships, we tho ught that the evo lu t ion o f arti sti c gymnasti cs had mo re o r less attained i ts limi t. But th e Games in M unich co nvinced us otherw ise. Intern ati o nal arti sti c gymnasti cs has made yet another eno rmou s step fo rwa rd . New elements and o ri ginal connecti ons appea red at all th e apparatus. Moreove r, o ri ginal and very ri sky dismounts of trdnscendenta l v irtuosit y were enthu siasti ca ll y applauded by spectato rs,

The pho tog rap hs acco mpa nying th e F.I. G. Repo rt tex t, th e cove r, and centerfo ld , a re a se lecti o n fro m photos submitt ed to GYMNAST Magaz ine by the o utstand ing Engli sh spo rt s pho togra ph e r Tony Du ffy. GYMNAST Magaz ine is g rate ful fo r th e opportu n ity to share these exce ll en t pho tos wit h o ur readers. Informa tio n concerni ng re pri nts sho uld be sent to:

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judges and techn icians alike. However, in spite of these positive aspects, we sti ll deplore a ce rtain degree of monotony at some apparatus, above al l on the rings, especia lly w ith rega rd to the sta rt and the dismount, and very pronouncedly, in the floor exerc ise. In Munich, w e had a magnificent gymnasium with th e most perfect apparatus and installation s, as well as excellent .organization with a computing office and a secreta ri at that was a mode l of effi ciency.

The scoring during th ese Games was good throughout. There were absolutely no complaints.

In o ur opinion, the program for the compet iti ons was overloaded for the gymnasts. As an examp le, we recall that, in o rder to obtain a·medal in the multiple compet itio n, a gym nast was ob ligated to take part in compet iti on No. 1 (12 parts) as we ll as in competition No.2 (6 parts) that is a total of 18 parts! What is more, the fin als might also ha ve demanded up to 6 fresh participations (competition No.3), that is to say, an ove rall total of 18-24 parts.' Th ese compet itions made enormous ph ys ica l and psychological dema nds on th e indiv id ua l gymnast. This question wil l have to be examined by both our Medica l Commissio n and by our own MTC. Our thanks are d ue to all th e responsible techni cians, to the organizatory committee and to th e gymnas ti c~ Federation .of the German Federal Republic far th eir contribution ta the success of thi s remarkable gymnasti cs manifestat ia n.

b) 1973 European Championships in Grenoble Grena bl e, the large and attracti ve cap ital of

th e French Alps, o rgan ized th ese Eu ro pea n Champiansh ips - the 10th Individual Men 's Gymnastic Championships, held on Saturday and Sunday May 12 and 13, 1973. In th e vas t Sports A rena, we wit nessed a trul y magnifice nt techni ca l spectac le that praved what tremend aus pragress art istic gym nas ti cs has recently made in Europe. We also noted wit h pl easure that the di stributi on of th e medals was much less fareseea ble than has previously been th e case. In effec t, seven of th e 20 nation s parti cipatin g wo n meda ls.

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The scorin g wa s good thro ughout. Two complaints were ladged. The jury of Appeal met and refused bath complaints afte r having exa mined the paints which they faund to be abso lutely within th e framework of our regulation s.

Fifty-four gymnasts from 20 European cauntri es participated in these competitions. There was no ser ious acciden t during the competiti ans.

Apart from a lack o f tautness in the orga ni zation of an event of this magnitude and certain delays, the competitions went off quite _normally. Th e duty sec reglljat and_ . th~ computing off ice, in parti cular, functioned very sa ti sfac toril y. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking the Organizatory Committee and th e French Gymnasti cs Federati on for th eir va luab le contribution to the success o f thi s important European event.

c) judges' Courses The following caurses w ere held during the

period betwee n September 1972 and end of June 1973:

1. At Beyrauth , fro m Spetember 5-8, 1972, for the Federati ons in t he A rab wo rld .

2. In Alg iers, from June 25-28, 1973, for the Federati ons of the Grand M aghreb.

3. At Tel Aviv, fro m Jul y 6-9, 1973 fo r the gymnasti c Federatian of Israe l.

We are th e most gratefu l to th e organizers of th ese courses, to th e o rga ni zing Federation s and also to those Federati o ns who dispatched participants. All th ese peopl e helped to support our efforts.

d) Trainers' course Only o ne course was held , from June 19-25,

1973, also in A lgiers, fo r th e Federations of th e Grand Maghreb (A lge ri a, Morocco, Tun es ia ). W e should also like to than k eve ryo ne who contr ibuted to the success of this course. By he lping train trainers, th ey ha ve helped to p ro mote gymnasti cs in this part .of Afri ca.

e) Propaganda tour in Brazil This mag nifi ce nt to ur took pl ace between

May 14-26 , 1973. The gy mn as ts numbered 14

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girl s and 16 boys. LJemonstrations took place as fo llows:

Rio de Janei ro - two demonstrations Porto Alegre - two demonstrat ions Sao Pao lo - two demonstrations Belo H orizonte - one demonstration Brasilia - one demonstration Th e techni ca l success of this tour ca n o nly be

described as outstanding. The gymn asts dist ingui shed themselves th ro ugh exemplary behavior and discipline. In spite of the fatigu e involved in the very long journeys, th e performances were excell ent and they ~a rvest ed a spectac_ular success. This augu rs w ell for the developmen t o f gymnastics in t hi s part of Latin America as we ll as for the rea li zation o f a project to hold a trai ners' course in this country.

f) Meetings During th e three meetings it has he ld , th e

MTC has dea lt with va rious techn ica l problems, among whi ch we re wo rk method s, va ri ous co mpetiti ons, obligato ry exe rcises, CQde of Points, symposium for men judges, age o f competitors, cou rses, techni ca l regulation s, standa rdi za ti o n of competi t iton apparatus, etc.

At th e meeting held in May 1973 in Grenob le, Mr. Andre Huguenin , Sw itzer land, was avai lab le to us as an interpret.er in the p lace of Mr. Pi erre Hentgesju n who retired o n th e .occasio n of the Olympic Games in Munich.

Many problems are bei ng studi ed and m any proj ects are in the process of rea li za ti o n and th e M en's Techni ca l Committee devotes its tim e and it s energies to the development o f arti sti c gym nasti cs.

I n my capacity as pres ident of th e MTC, I should li ke to express my mast sincere grati tude to my coll aborators on the co mmitt ee, my sa ti sfaction to th e Wom en's Techni ca l Committee about th eir co ll aborat io n and also my recognitian to th e FI G Execut ive Committ ee for its unfailing understandi ng and suppor t.

A spec ial " thank you " is addressed to th e presid ent , Art hu r Ga nder, w hose supp o rt and adv ice are always mos t va luab le in all circumstances. Hav ing reached the end of thi s,

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my first report , it is my special privilege to pay homage to our forme r president of the MTC whose exceptional m erits and outstanding service to the FIG ca nnot be encompassed in a few brief wo rds. His purely techni ca l contribution was enormous, co nsidering that he was be hind all the important projects . rea li zed by the FIG during rece nt d ecades. President of the MTC for eight years and prime mover behind tec hnical matters for a long time before that, Mr. Gander's tremendous contribution on al l fronts cannot possib ly be itemized. But for all he has done he has our g rateful thanks and we hope that his shining examp le will conti nue to gUide us for a long time yet!

To President of the MTC/ FIG: Ivan ' lvancevich

The Report was accepted as published . Mr. Zschocke, secretary of the Technical Committee, declared that there were 36 delegates present, 19 was an absolute majority and 25 was a two thirds majority for voting purposes.

4. The Minutes of the last meeting in Munich as published in the FIG Bulletin No. 1 were approved.

S.a. Olympic Games 1972. Reports indicated that the Games were conducted perfectly and the gymnas ts performed well. The observation was made that it may be too strenuous for those gymnasts who after doing the team compulsory and optionals and then the optionals again for the a ll-around and ihen the finals. Some of the favored o nes in the fina ls failed and it was felt that th e e motional strain and the physical may have been too much .

b. European Championships at Grenob le for men. Belgium comp lained that in their case with three individuals, each gymnast was competing in a different event and the coach had to run a round the floor spotting and coaching. Mr. Iva ncevi ch stated that this was an odd ity caused by the draw.

c. Propagandga tour to Braz il. Mr. Lylo reported how well the tour was conducted w ith over 135,000 people seeing the gymnasts. Mr. Ivancevich stated some more facts in his report. Mr. Fisher of Brazil expressed his thanks forthe cooperation of all Federations for making the tour a success. 6. Mr. Ivancevich in his report listed the

judges courses unde r c, further information d isclosed that 15 passed at Beirut, 9 at Teheran , 60 at Algiers and 14 in Israel. Any questions concern in g judges courses by the members should be referred to Mr. Ivancevich and coaches courses to Mr. Lylo.

7. Judging symposium in Madrid. Mr. Ivancevich stated that Spain, Russia and the United States have g ive n their contribution (which may be added to by December 31). Mr. Thoresson stated that we shou ld have time for questions today but Mr. Ivancevich said there would be no questions today as there was ample opportunity in Madrid for questions.

8. Coaches courses. In add ition to the course mentioned in the Presidents report, d., There were courses in July in Spain, and there will be a course in Austria, Decembe r, and in Brasilia and in Spain in 1974.

9. World Games 1974. a. On page 76 under h. change the opening

ceremony date to Sunday, October 20th and

advance by one day each of the following dates. (F IG Bullet in No.3)

b. QualificaJion Th ere followed a le ngth y discussion of at

least two hours a nd more. Mr. Iva ncevich asking " What do we want to achieve, a sh'ow of th e world cha mpions of just anybody. " The Techni ca l Committee had taken the stand that there should be qua lifi ca tions as in Munich and that this could be the method. The 16 teams who scored $10 points in Munich would automatica ll y qua lify for the World Games and since Bulga ria says that they can only accept 24 teams th at would le'ave an additional e ight team s or groups to be added. Therefore the term could be, performance leve l, set at 8.5 for the remaining instead of qual if ication .

,Mr. Ivancevich then asked if the delegates agreed with the Technical Committee. Portugal , Israe l, W. Germany, Denmark; Great Britai n, Russia and the U.S. spoke for an open competit ion with no qualifications. East Germany supported the fact that Bulgaria had technical problems and asked if there cou ldn 't be a comprom ise. Israel said that the competition shou ld not have been awarded to Bulgaria if they cou ldn ' t accommodate the Muni ch vote of an open competition. Mr. Ivancevich said that the World Games should " show the cream of the ath letes as all other sports do. We have other competitions they can go to. In years past weak gymnasts performed with high class gymnasts and the public laughed, do we want that, even the judges laughed. If the coun tries want to learn they can send coaches and come as spectators, What is better - to show world class gymnasts

before th e te lev'ision or poor gym nas ts which wou ld hurt th e sport. We were good in Munich - should we all ow poor performances now to hurt us and erase th e Munich po pularity. I have great respect for your opinion but in all other spo rts th ey present th eir best athl etes, w hy should our spo rt be different? " Th e question was held over unt il th e General Assembly, to allow the delegate from Bulgari a to communicate with hi s Fed eration on the lim it of 24 team s. 10. Program of the Ol ympic Games Montrea l 1976. - Th ere w ill only be 12 complete teams plus four groups composed of individua ls from other countries. Competition 2 for the 36 all­around fin ali sts, there will be a limit of three gymnasts from anyon e country and in the finals, of th e six on each event, only two gymnasts fro m any one co untry wil l be allowed. Every country opposed such reasoning, Ru ssia was especia ll y aga in st it say ing " We never saw a man thrown off the field for sco ring too m any field goa ls, it is a silly rule, it cou ld be at leas t four ilJ Compo 2 and three in Competit ion 3. " This discussion was also referred to the General Assembly th e following day. 11. Probl ems concerning apparatus. - A new book is being wri tten for m en and women. It wi ll b e issued before the Olympic Games in good time. Unab le to give specific details, some dimensions wi ll be changed and others are still being di scussed. The West German delegate said that th e Technical Committee shou ld work closely with the internat ional standardization organization so that the specificat ions are listed so that all companies in the world cou ld manufacture and se ll th e equipment. Mr. Ivancevich said th is is being done. 12. Proposals made by Federations - Australi a proposed an abilit y level competition, hav ing a World L ames for the top countries or A Group and another World Games for weaker or B countries. He claimed that every country cou ld th en compete, it wou ld be eas ier on judges. There followed much discussion and since the who le question of qualifi ca ti on had been put over for the General Assemb ly, this question sho uld be taken in turn also. Finally Australia ag reed to bring it up at the next Congress.

All proposa ls concerning changes in the Code of Points were tabl ed and referred to th e Technical Committee to consider when writing the new Code.

Egypt proposed th e AFRICA CUP Unanimous Agreement. Spain proposed th e mats as used in Munich against the 20 cm mat adopted in Munich for th e horizontal bar and vaul ting. Aft er much discussion the 20cm mat is eliminated and the 26cm mats are adopted or the horizontal bar and vau lting.

Hungarian proposal b. Permission to use reserve gymnast when an in jury occu rs was discussed and rejected 18 to 9.

Yugoslavia a. Floor Exercise with music was rejected 19 to 10.

All other pro posals were either referred to the Study Commission for the Code of Points or put over to the General Assembly the next day. A new Technical Regulation book has been completed cove ring Artisti c Gymnastics Men & Women as wel l as Mod ern Gymnastics.

The ' meeting was adjourned after 9 hours w ith no lunch period .

Mr. Frank Cumiskey is Technical Director of the United States Gymnastics Federation.

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WOMEN'S TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY ROTTERDAM

FIG CONGRESS I. Nations present during T A for Women: 29

Australia - No West Germany Austria Brazil - No Belgium Bulgaria Canada Republi c of Korea Cuba - No Denmark Spain USA South Afri ca Finland France Great Britain Hungary -Israel

Italy Japan Lu xemburg Norway N ew Zea land - No Holland Poland - No Portugal East Germany Rumani a Sweden Switzerland Czechoslovakia Yugosl avia Tunisi a Russia Turk ey - No

By Jackie Fie U.S. Delegate as submitted by the USGF

11. European Championsh"ips - 1973

A. Organi za tion was excel lent in particular the we lcome for participants, transport of all officia ls and contes tants, immediate avai lability of scores for trainers, faciliti es, and hospitality.

B. Technica l level was lower than deSirable, si nce Fed erations sent young gymnasts for reasons of experience. The TC recommends once more that each Feder<! tion send at least one gymnast of excelle-nt va lue.

C. Ind ividua l Events 1. Vault

The re w ere too many Yamashitas and too few vau lts with twisting. Hopefully new va ulting regulations will aid development o f vaulting.

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2. Uneven Bars Th e difficulti es were very good, but th e

execution was not, as indicated by too many fall s. Generally speak ing the technica l level was not high.

3. Balance Bea m Th ere were far too many falls (more than

20 out of 42 gymnasts) due to too man y difficulti es. The orig inality and the connect ions were not of a high leve l. The elegance and genera l impression were adverse ly affected as a result of too many difficulties and fa ll s.

4. Floor Exercise Generally speaking there was not

enough high difficulty in twisting with on ly one double twisting movement exhibited . A lack of harmony between music and movement existed due to use of modern musical select ions. The height of the leaps and jumps was insuffi cient and overa ll the floor exercise was at a low level.

' III. World Championships in Varna 1974 A. At Madrid the FIG stated there would be

no qualifications. The FIG sent a letter to all Federations aski ng that this decision be cancelled. The majority of Federations

answered "No". Th e TC stated th at the competition must be one at a world class leve l and not one of di sgrace.

B. Bulgaria has stated it ca n no t accept more than 24 tea ms for women and th e TC wishes to accommodate the Bul ga rian Federation.

C. Th e TC recommen ds th e foll ow ing on ly for th e World Champion ships in Bulgaria:

1. Sixteen best teams from M unich be automat ica lly accepted .

2. For ot her e ight teams there must be competit ions among th emse lves w ith one or severa l Federations taking part.

3. If there are to be six on a team, at least three members must attain an 8.50 average.

5. The TC wou ld selec t teams and groups of individuals based on qualificat ion score to equal eight groups of six gymnasts.

6. At each qualification compet iti on, the judges must be divided as follows:

one judge from TC-head judge two neutral judges one judges from each country

7. If there are not eight groups of teams above 8.50 average , then th e TC may lower the sco re to 8.00.

D. Th e Technical Assembl y accepted proposa l by 15-11 vo·te.

*E. Th e General Assemb ly amended by vo te of 25-1 that decis ion by accepting th e following: (Based o n a philosophy that each FIG member Federat ion should be able to have one or a few competitors of qua lity)

*1. December 15 would be deadline for Bulgaria to answer wh eth er it can assure visas to Israe l and South Africa, th e answer which might necessitate a new sit e for the World Games.

*2. A qualificat ion sco re of 8.0 wou ld be used as th e criteria for qual i ficat ion, so that there would be more opportunity for parti cipatio n by Federations and yet maint enance of a qualit y competit ion.

IV. Olympic Games - the IOC is the final authority in all matters of Olympic Games Competition.

*A. Th e Committee of Directors has met on seve ral occasions with the IOC and was told that all sport s wou ld b e allowed o nl y 12 full teams. Additiona lly the IOC wi ll allow four groups of individual s (24) because of th e specia l nature of thi s sport.

B. Th e Women 's TA voted 11 for and 18 against thi s proposa l.

C. . The General Assembly supported th e Committee of Directors with a 21 to 15 vote.

*0. Th e Committee of Directors wit h th e IOC recommended that only th e three best gymnasts from each country wou ld be eli gib le to take part in th e mUltiple (a ll around) competition number two and that on ly the two best from each country would be all owed in the final s, compet iti o n number three.

E. Th e Wom en's TA vo ted in support of this proposal 19-10.

F. Th e G.A. vo ted in fa vo r of Committee of Directors proposal by 27-10.

IV. The New Beam A. In Londo n at European Championships

th e rese rve gymnasts were given the opportunity to work on a " new" beam with "soft smooth lea ther like" covering.

B. Th e TC recommends that the " new" beam w ith "sof t smooth leather like covering " be adopted for Vdr nd '1974 for th ese reason s.

1. Th e majorit y of reserve gymnasts of Fede rations dt London preferred this mode l ove r the prev ious experi mental model covered by "ca rpet like " material.

2. It hds been d ecided for a long time to use th e "e ldsti c " beam and the new decision is on ly to use a beam with a " new" cover of smooth mdteridl instead of the carpet materi al.

C. After much di scuss ion on behalf of those countri es w ithout th e advantage of the experimentdl iJedlll , th e lack of specifi ca tio ns, and the shortness o f tim e, a vo te was taken . The vote was 21 against and 5 in favo r of th e " new" bea m for 1974 World Chdmpio nships.

*0. Th erefore, the current wood beam with no cove r o r pad w ill be official for World Champion ships in Var na 1974. New Spec ifi ca ti o ns are being written and wi ll be availab le to th e Federations by December 24 , 1973.

*E. Th e wood beam wi thout pad or cover w ill be th e offic ial bea m specification fo ' all in ternati ona l competitions unt il th e European Champion ships for Women in Norway, fall of 1975.

V. Courses for Judges . A. Th e TC has pr epa red a Jud ging Guide for

FIG I ntercontinental , Continenta l, and National JudgesCourses whi'ch should se rve to educa te th e judges for th e exam inations.

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B. It would be fini shed and available by th e latest March 1974.

C. Permission for a Nationa l FIG course in the summer of 1974 was granted to the USA under the direction of Mrs. Jack ie Fie.

VI. New Technical Regulations for Varna 1974 Refer to Bulletin Fig. No.3, 1973 September, pages 79-82.

A. Vaults 1. A ll vault eva luations as appear on pages

79 and 80 w ill be followed. 2. Prescriptions for final competition in

vault wil l app ly as on page 80. 3. Change: Of the 12 vau lts execu ted by

each team, no more than six may be the same. B. Uneven Bars

1. Regulations on pages 80-81 will be followed with these exceptions:

a. Dismount with push off from feet in erect stand, squat or stradd le stand from LB or HBjs not accept ed and wi ll be penalized by 0.4 point.

b. Dismount from sole ci rcle with impetus from feet wi ll be a medium difficulty with no penalty, provided th at a vert ica l position is not achieved before push off.

c. A jump to handstand on HB from a squat or stand on the LB will be medium. If followed by a V1 or more pirouette into another element, the combination will be superi o r.

d . All o ther movements remain as in present code, including LB handstands, as superiors.

C. Balance Beam All regulations on page 81 will be followed

w ith the exception of the tuck saito which is as follows:

1. The responsibility for injury must be accepted by the Federation.

2. A stop before or after wi ll be penalized by 0.2 each time.

3. The FIG TC feels this exercise is not characteri stic of movements on the beam. Lack of amp litude and technical faults in execution will be penalized.

4. The TC proposes the question of this element be studied by the FIG Intern at ional Sports Medicine Commission .

D. Floor Exercise 1. Regulations will be followed as on page

81 of Bulletin NO.3 and page 45 of Bulletin No.2. E. New Scoring as in Article No.7 FIG Code

for Optional Exercise on Bars, Beam and Floor. 1. The point breakdown of 5 for difficulty,

2 for o rigin ality and composition, 2 for execution and amplitude, and 1 for gene ral impression will be followed.

2. A ll optiona ls must exhibit 3 superior and 4 medium difficulti es. Each exercise must , therefore, include at least 7 elements. A superior may be substituted for 1 medium element. There wi ll be difficulty penalties for lack of the minimum 7 elements - 3 super ior and 4 mediums. For substitut ion of medium elemen ts w ith superior elements (such as 6 superiors, and 1 medium o r 7 superiors and 0 mediums), th ere wi ll be no compositiona l penalties unless the connections suffer as a result.

F. All other existing regulations remain as is.

F.I. G. Report continued on page 32 ...

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'73 HOLIDAY SEASON COMPETITIONS

14 MIDWEST OPEN, Bob Roth L.A. CLASSIC, Cris Klingerman

L.A. Holiday Classic Team Champions

L.A. HOLIDAY CLASSIC, Steve Wiseman

L.A. HOLIDAY (LASSIC

The Cal ifornia State Un ive rsit y, Los Ange les gymnastic team won it 's HoliudY Classic he lu at the ,CSLA gym to start the 1973-74 seaso n with a victory.

Cal State Northriuge sco reu 129.35, goou tor a fif th place fini sh. However, th e Matauors were compet ing w ithout three of th eir top AII­Arounu men. Moboru Miya gd, Kurt Brauley, anu Dean Furukawa hau competeu in th e Chico Invitational helu th e Sdme weekenu.

Northriuge, th en, figures to be even tougher in th eir Invit ational, pl ay ing on their home court w ith all of th eir ted m together.

The Ca l State L.A. tea m, who won th e PCAA champ ionsh ip last yedr spo rting d 10-1 reco ru , scored 151.45 point s ill th e ; pirit eu ': J liuay Classic, the high est since th e event was first started 13 years ago.

' 'I'm very pleased dbout th e win, especiall y with our performances on th e pdrdllel bars, " said coach AI Marino. " That WdS th e key event to our winning as AriLond WdS red ll y push ing us."

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L.A. CLASSIC, Ron Reznick

WESTERN ELITE, Diane Ainley

" Scoring over a 150 medn s our performers are getting rea dy ea rli er," M arino sa id . " This w in is} good indica tion of better things to come.

Th e Diablo tea m won four of th e six events. Floor exercise w ith a sco re of 25.95, po mmel horse, 24.25 ; para ll el bdrs, 25.2; and th e hori zontal bJr, 25 .3.

UCLA won th e rin gs with a sco re of 25.75, and the va ulting with a sco reo f 25 .55 to tak e th ird in the mee t w ith a tot al sco re of 146.2.

The Un ive rsit y of A ri Lon d took second , sco rin g 147./l . USC followed in fourth pl ace w ith 131.2 and Northridge WdS nex t. In sixth pla ce was Cal State Full erton totdling 122.5. Wa y behind was Cal State Sd n [Ji ego w ith 56.6 good for seventh. Ca l Pol y Pomond took eighth with 46./l and th e University of Cal if. , Sd nta Barbara was las t w ith 25.1.

Cal State LA also led in indi vidudl honors w ith ' six, foll owed by Ar izond dnd UC LA w ith three.

Co-ca ptain Cri s Klingerman won two ribbons taking first on the pommel ho rse dnd second on th e parallel bars .

Ron Rezni ck, of No rthrid ge, dlso won two ribbons taking first p ldce in fl oor exe rcise and in vaulting.

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CANADIAN MEET, Diane Dunbar

L.A. CLASSIC, Shawn Miyake

Other Diablos w inning honors were Jerry Gut ierrez and George Reyes, w ho took second and third respecti ve ly in the floo r exe rcise.

Steve Wi seman took a third pl ace finish on ' the rin gs. Gary Rugley ti ed in third place wit h Da ve Go ldsm ith of A ri zo na on th e para ll el bars.

CAL STA TE LA HOLIDA Y ClASSIC

1. Cal State L. A., 151.45; 2. Ar izona, 147.8; 3. UCLA, 146.2; 4. USc, 131.2; 5. Northridge, 129.35; 6. Ful lerton, 122.5; 7. San Diego, 56.60; 8. Ca l Po ly 46.8, 9. UCSB 25.1.

Free.Exercise: 1. Ron Reznick , Northr idge 9.05. 2. Jerry Gutierrez C5LA 8.8. 3. George Reyes C5LA 8.6. Pommel Horse: 1. Cris Klingerma n CSLA 9.0. 2. Shawn Miyake UCLA 8.85. 3. Kurt Zimmerman USC 8.75. Rings: 1. j erry O'Dell Arizona 8.8. 2. Mike Moser UCLA 8.75. 3. Steve Wiseman CS LA 8.7. Vaulting: 1. Ron Rez nick Northridge 9.1, 2. Greg Cass ian UCLA 9.0, 3. Doug Wa lk er UCSB 8.95. .Parallel Bars: 1. John Li vingstone USC 8.55, 2. Cris Klingerman CSLA 8.5. 3(T) Gary Rugley CSLA and Dave Goldsmith Ari zona 8.4. Horizontal Bar: 1. Ken Ea stman UCLA 9.1, 2. Terry Montooth UCLA 8.95, 3. Steve Reuter Ari zona 8.8.

CANADIAN ALL STARS VS

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ALL STARS by Jim Gault

The Ca nadian m ee t was held November 9th and 10th. Th e Canadian tea m was comprised of six gymnasts from British Columbia, Deni se Holst, Li sa Broderi ck, Janis Gauthier, A lli son Andrews, Paul a N ishikawa ra and Tami Knight. Friday evening th e m eet was held at California State University at Haywa rd . Competin g for the Northern Ca lif. tea m were Diane Dunbar, Wendy Schon, D iane Ainley, Kim Sa nders, Sue Paul , and Karen Smith . Dunbar wo n th e al l­around w ith a 37.2 and received a great ovation at the conclusion of her floor exercise routin e which was the last routin e of th e evening. Meet was attended by over 2,500 peop le. Sponsored by th e Northern Ca lif. Wo men 's Gymnast ics Committee. Canadians arri ved on Tu esday evening the 6th and went to respecti ve priva te homes aft er visiting Farrel 's Ice Cream Parlour. Work out th e nex t day was at Haywa rd State then dinner th at eveni ng at famous Spenger's Restaurant in Berk eley. Next day they worked out at th e Diablo Gymnastics C lub in Walnut Creek and that night visited San Francisco, rode th e ca ble ca r and toured Chinatown. Next day relaxed before th e competition th at evening. Sa turday drove to Sacramento for similar competiti o n th ere. Do not have complete result s from Sacramento meet., however, all­around results were 1st-Dunbar, 2nd-Sanders, 3rd-Schon, 4th-Ain ley. The Canadians were drive n to San Francisco Sunday morning fo r the plane back to Vancouver. The Canadian coach, Mrs. Glad ys Hartl ey is a ve ry gracious lad y. We were also plea sed to have Mrs. Carol Ross, national rated judge from Canada. This was a ve ry successful ex peri ence for both teams in terms of sharing and enjoying each other 's wa y of life through one common endeavor. We hope to continue thi s experience in the years to co me.

Canadian All Stars vs. Northern California All Stars

Vaulting 1. D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 1. D. Ainley (Nor-Cal) 3. D. H olst (Ca n) 3. K. Sanders (Nor-Ca l) 3. K. Smith (Nor-Ca l)

Unevens 1. D. Dunbar (Nor -Ca l) 2. D. Ain ley (Nor-Ca l) 3. S. Paul (Nor-Cal)

Beam 1. W. Schon (Nor-Ca l) 2. D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 3. D. A inley (Nor-Ca l)

Floor Exercise 1. D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 2. D. Ain ley (Nor-Ca l) 2. Kim Sa nders (Nor-Cal )

All-Around 1 . D. Dunbar (Nor-Ca l) 2. D. Ain ley (Nor-Ca l) 3. K. Sanders (Nor-Ca l)

Total Team Score North ern Ca lifo rni a A ll Stars Ca nadian A ll Stars

9.30 9.30 8.80 8.80 8.80

9.35 8.90 8.65

9.25 9.20 8 .40

9 .35 8.65 B.65

37.20 35.20 33.90

173.95 147.75

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Debbie Fike

WESTERN STATES JUNIOR ELITE INYITA T10NAL

Canoga Park High School

Canoga Park, California December 8, 1973

By Barbara Thatcher

At the conclusion of the Western States Junior Elite Invitational, sponso reu by .the Miu Valley YMCA, the three young lauies who stoou on the awards sta nu to receive all around trophies were not necessarily the gymnasts who were expecteu to win , but by their consistency were the ones who ueserveu to win.

From the beginning, it was obvious that Debbie Fike, of th e SCATS, was in a class all her ' own . Crace, amp'litude, and confidence all 01

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Susan Archer

this and more, characteriled Debbie anu her routines. Watching her perform it WdS easy to see th e definite gap between d goou gymnast and a great one.

A lthough Debbi e's first place finish in th e all around was really not d surprise. the seconu place finish of the KIPS ' Susdn Archer was, as well as Denise Cheshire of M iu Vd ll ey p ldcing third .

Susan showeu a gredt u ea l of orig indlity in optional balance bedm, dnu sr.e uispldyeu an almost mechani ca l precisi'on as she went through the Olympic compu lso ries.

Denise hau the most spectdcular optiona l bar routine 6f the meet, anu altnough she looked a bit nervous at times, compulsory beam was her only weak area. It was apparent by her concentration that she was determined to break into the Elite uivision .

Th is meet serveu to qUdlify girls lor th e USGF Elite Quali fica tion M eet in Long Beach, January 18th and 19th anu a sco re of 70.00 (compulsory

Denise Cheshire

Susan Archer

plus optiona l) was requireu to move into the Elite leve l. It 's interes tin g to nvte th at Susan dnu Denise, newcomers to the Elite uivision, sco reu a higher all arounu totdl thdn d few dlreauy establi shed Elite gymndsts, in th e meet, who hau qua li fieJ for this year's QUdlifi cd tion Meet at th e 1973 Elite Nationd ls.

Noteao le in the afternoon compu lsory competition was Debbie 's beautiful vault (nice pre-fl~ht anu after- fli~ht, with a solid lanuing) , kyle Gayner's lovely beam routine (The on ly gymnast o n her toes throughout til e entire exercise.), Wenuy Muld'S impressive styl e on bars (shou luers so high on th e fdl se eag le that th ey were parall el to th e high bar) , dnu Lynne Govin 's smooth flowing floor exerci~e ro L ,ine. Not all of th ese girl s cdptu reu first in th ese respect ive uivi sions but edch hdu d styl e anu certa in fea tures that se t th eir routines dpdrt from th e rest. Ky le dnu .Lynne are from th e SeA TS anu Wenuy competes for Miu Vdl ley.

The all arounu dt first lookeu to be done,

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Kyle Gayner

two, three sweep fo r the SCATS. Kyle Gdyner known p rimar il y fo r her bed m anu fl oo r exe rcise wo rk p roveu to be ned rl y dS strong in vaulting anu bars. I:lut th e Idtter event was her

· one downfall. Steau y dnu poi seu dll the WdY through th e meet she hdu dlmost finish eu

· opti o nal bars, he r f ind l event of th e night , w hen · she fell o n a 1 Y1 twi st on th e hi gh bdr , dnu fell agai n on her hecht w ith d full tw ist ui smount. Hau she uone the w hole rou tin e it woulu hd ve been sensa ti ondl, but she re mounteu beio re she hau rega ineu so me composu re dnu that may have been th e redson for th e seconu fd ll. It was apparent thdt she was upse t w ith how she fareu, even though , he is dlreduy co nsiuereu dn

'E'lite gymnast. t he opt io nal, we re unbelievdb le. So much

var iety o f move, dnu techni4u e, thdt it WdS ve ry haru to ueciue w i1 O'>e routine WdS bett er. ~ o r in stance on th e bdrs th ere we re seve rd l girl s

.with archeu Cd,l> as compdreu to Frit L Reiter 's girls w hme bouies we re st rdight , tight dnu

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minus an arch. This shdllow cont rdcteu posi ti o n maue it possibl e fo r Denise Cheshire to execute a particularly stri k ing CdSt to hdnustanu o n the low bar, half turn , strddu le down to d sale circle ca tch. It woulu have been extremely hdrd to UO this with any looseness or any arch in the back. Th e gi rls from the Miu Valley YMCA seem to be in th e ava nt garde cd tego ry of gymn as ts; so incredible is th ei r Illastery of swin g that it seems like they' re wo rkin!! men 's high bdr. Deni se's dismount ca ll th e "Cheshire Snap" , is a fa ntas ti c bit of bdl' illllOvd ti on dnu is breathtaking to see.

Some int ri4u ing moves were shown on beam. Su e Archer uiu d bd ck hdnuspring from a squat positi on, a fro nt aerid l, d ni ce sc isso r leap and a to ur jete to cldim th e honors in thdt event. Ky le Gayner did her usu,, 1 outstdnuin g job anu her se ri es of fro nt ae rial s we re so stedu y it seemed like she WdS uoing th em o n th e f loor. In fac t her w hole routine looks very effortl ess anu graceful. She pl aceu seconu dnu might have

taKen first had h er compulsory score of 9.25 been a little higher. Sue Archer 's compu lso ry on bea m scoreu 9.5. A lthou gh she fell several times, Tami Manvill e, o f th e Arizona Twisters, u isp layeu a littl e origina lity in her routine with a siue ro ll w ithout hanus anu what appea reu to be a tinsica mounter.

Optiona l va u lting uid not o ffer much in th e way o f v irtuosit y, th e most common va ult being th e Yamashita. Debbie Fike won th at event with a yamashita, fo llowing an unsuccessful att empt at a hanusp ring fu ll twist lanuing on her seat. Sue Archer also diu a Ya mi anu hau ni ce, high after-flight. D enise Ch eshire finish ed third anu her vault was a Yamashita also.

Several of th e f loor exe rcise performers displayed eit her pretty dance anu meuiocre tumb ling o r vice versa, anu some trul y ug ly sounding mu sic accompdnieu the routines. Many girls executeu rounu-off backs, tucked or layed o ut. Debbie Fike, Lynne Gav in , Kim .Sanders, and D eni se Ch eshire, fini , hed amo ng the top six in this event and all did round-off flip flop full twists. Howeve r Kim 's was p erhaps the bes t with ni ce height anu a f ldshy twist. One thing was occasionall y noticeable, th at some girl s even at th is level have their heaus down , are fl at foot ed, have tw isteu hips on walkovers and leaps, and sound heavy in th eir tumbling and dance.

O f the 24 girl s who entereu the meet o nly five qualif ied to go on to the Elit e Qual i fi ca tion M ee t in Long I:l each. Two of th ese girl s, D ebbie Fike and Kyle Gayner, had already qua l if ied prev io usly as Elite gymnasts and th e other three are Susan Archer, Deni se Cheshire anu Lynne Gavin. Th e meet, although a litt le lo ng, was well run and organizeu. If th e Elite gym nasts througho ut the country look as goou as th ese performers thi s year's Elit e Nationals sho uld be exciting.

WOM EN'S ELITE QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Floor Exercise C 0 TO TAL 1. De bb ie Fike 9.15 9.30 18.45 2. Susan Archer 9.05 9.25 18.30 3. Kyle Gay ner 9.T5 9.10 18.25 4. Lynn e Gavin 9.00 9.15 18.15 5. Kim Sa nd e rs 8.90 9.15 18.05 6. De nise Cheshire 8.95 8.95 17.90

Balance Beam 1. Susan Archer 9.50 9.35 18.85 2. Kyle Gayner 9.25 9.50 18.75 3. Debbie Fi ke 8.95 9.50 18.45 4. Denise Cheshire 8.85 9. 15 18.00 5. Patty Mirtich 8.90 8.85 17.75 5. Wendy Schon 9.15 8.60 17.75

Uneven Parallel Bars 1. De bbie Fi ke 9.70 9.10 18.80 2. De ni se Ches hire 8.75 9.35 18.1 0 3. Lyn ne Gavin 9.10 8.90 18.00 4. Patty Minich 8.85 9.05 17.90 5. Cindy Eastwood 8.85 8.65 17.50 6. Gay le w yc khoff 8.60 8.80 17.40

Vault 1. De bbie Fike 9.75 9.60 19.35 2. Susa n Archer 9.05 9.45 18.50 3. De nise Cheshire 9.15 8.95 18.10 3. Diane Ainley 9.00 9.10 18.10 5. Patty Minich 9.05 9.00 18.05 5. Kim Sand ers 9.05 9.00 18.05

All-A round 1. Debbie Fike 75.05 2. Susa n Archer 72.30 3. De ni se Cheshire 72.10 4. Lynn Gavin 71.25 5. Kyle Gayner 70.60

All-Arou nd Gymnasts with scores of 70.00 or abo ve q ualify for Eli te Q ualificat io n meets

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MARK GRAHAM

IOWA STATE, OFF TO A GOOD START

by Barbara Thatcher

The dictionary definition of a syclone is loosely "any vio lent, rotating windstorm such as a toronado " .

The Iowa State University Cyclones might not fit perfectly into that definition, but with tremendous drive and power, they have been rapid ly sweeping across the country gathering team and individual honors in every major competition they have entered, and neatly breezing by any opposing team in their path.

Ed Gagn ier's Cyclones, steered into. victory by three fine all around men, Mark Graham, Doug Fitzjarrell and Bob Roth, have ente red four fairly prestigious meets in the last month and tallied either the highest team total and/ or individual total in each one. It seems apparent that with Gagnier 's team already posting a near 160 score in optional and ' the same in compu lso ry compet iti on, the team from Ames, Iowa will be hard to catch.

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The sweep started with the Big 8 Invitat ional. .. The University of Nebraska team was there and so was the University of Oklahoma, but neither school came close to Iowa State, thus making it the team's seventh straight victory in this meet. Graham tied with Gene Makie of Nebraska for all around honors and Fitzjarrell captured fi rst in floor exercise and parallel bars.

The Mid West Open was next and Graham, former ISU star Brent Simmons, and Doug Fitzjarrell took o ne, two, three in the all around. Fitzjarrell again took first in floor exercise and parallel bars and Graham placed in vaulting and parallel bars. There was a little competition in . rings and pommel horse however. Former NCAA champion Charles Ropiequet took first in rings and tied with Jack Laur ie of Southern Illinois. Ted Marcy the superb side horse man from Stanford University finished first in that event.

Against 17 teams in the Windy City Invitational Iowa State did a respectable job and secured first place ahead of Indiana State, the third place team in last yea r 's NCAA Championships. Particularly impressive to Gagnier in this meet was the success of severa l of his specialists, particularly Greg Miller in floor exercise and Keith Heaver on rings. Chuck Wanner of the University of Illinois­Ch icagu Circle somehow managed to stay ' ahead of the ISU all around men and so Roth , Graham, and Fitzjarrell finished second, third and fourth.

Finally, not content in winning Mid West titles, Iowa State travelled to Denver for the Rocky Mountain Open and easi ly won, finishing eight po ints ahead of Arizona State and 14 points in front on Southern Illinois. It was Graham, Fitzjarrell and Roth respectively in the top three all around positions and Graham set a meet record in capturing three individua l

DOUG FITZJARRELL

events, ali around, parallel bars and vau lting. He also set a career high of 106.05 points in one meet. As for Fitzjarrell, he remains undefeated so far this season in floor exercise. This also marks 'the six th Rocky Mountain titl e for ISU. Will this be another Number One year for ISU, or can they be beaten? And that question alone presents two other questions, who will beat Iowa State and when? • • •

Team Results 1. Iowa 5t. 2. Ari zona State 3. So. Illinois U. 4. Iowa U.

ROCKY MT. OPEN Denver Colorado

Aurora High School Dec. 7-8, 1973

5. U. New Mexico 6. U. Nebraska

All-Around 1. Mark Graham Iowa 5t. 2. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa 5t. 3. Bob Roth Iowa 5t. 4. Renaldo Giess Unatt. Ind. 5. Gary AlexanderA.5.U. 6. Randy Ba lhorn O.U. Ind .

floor Exercise 1. Doug Fitzjar rell Iowa 5t. 2. Kent Brown A5U 3. Alex Pepe Iowa 5t. 4. Mark Graham Iowa 5t. 5. Greg Buwick Unatt. 6. Gary Alexander A5U

Pommel Horse 1. Ed Hembd So. III . 2. Steve Dickey U. Neb 3. Don Young Iowa 5t. 4. John Eberle UNM 5. Bob Roth Iowa 5t. 6. Tony Hanson So. III.

319.650 311.100 305.050 303.600 299.650 293.750

106.050 104.850 103.700 102.600 100.900 99.950

18.800 18.515 18.325 18.300 18.225 18.075

18.225 17.725 17.550 17.375 17,175 17.150

GYMNAST Jan. '74

Still Rings 1. Charles P.opiequet Unatt . 18.500 2. Keith Heave r Iowa St. 18.025 3. Jack Lauri e So. III. 17.950 3. Rick Curtis ASU 17.950 5. Mike Henry Oklahoma 17.800 6. Ma rk Graham Iowa St. 17.425 Vaulting 1. M ar k Graha m Iowa St. 18.000 2. Gary Alexander ASU 17.950 3. Greg Buwic k Unatt. 17.875 4. Wa yne Young Unatt. 17.8j5 5. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa St. 17.700 6. Tomm y Yu e n Unatt. 17.600

Parallel Bars 1. Mark Graham Iowa St. 18.450 2. Re na ldo Giess Unatt. 18.275 3. Greg Bian ASU 18.225 4. Steve Zamora CSU 18.000 5. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa St. 17.850 6. Bob Roth Iowa St. 17.825

High Bar 1. Thea Dige rn es CSU 19.100 2. Gary Alexand e r ASU 18.550 2. Mark Graham Iowa St. 18.550 4. He rb Hanse n ASU 18.200 5. Way ne Young Unatt. 17.875 6. Bob Roth Iowa St. 17.850

MIDWEST GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Maine East High School

Nov. 23-24, 1973

MEN

All-Around 1. Mark Graham Iowa St. 2. Bre nt Simmons Iowa St. Unat. 3. Doug Fitzjarre ll Iowa St 4. Ran d y Balhorn Univ. Okla. Unat 5. Bob. Roth Iowa St. 6. Chuck Wanne r UICC

Floor Exercise 1. Doug Fitzia rre ll Iowa St. 2. Duane West Univ. Neb. 3. Leonard He nd e rso n Odessa 3. Greg Buwick U. Okla. Unat. 5. Da ve May Univ. Iowa 6. Ga ry Alexander Ari z. St.

Pommel Horse 1. Ted Marcy Stanford 2. Greg Anderson UICC 3. Steve Dickey Univ. Neb 4. Ed Slezak Ind . State 5. Russ Fustrom Unatt. 6. Greg Mill e r Iowa St.

Parallel Bars 1. Doug Fit zjarre ll Iowa St. 2. M ark Graham Iowa St. 3. Glen Tidwe ll SIU 3. Bill Carney Ind . St. 5. Rudy Ginez Univ . Iowa 6. Bre nt Simmons Iowa St. Unat.

105.80 104.35 103.15 101.60 100.45

97.85

9.45 9.40 9.35 9.35 9.15 9.10

9.50 9.30 9.10 8.80 8.55 8.35

9.45 9.25 9.00 9.00 8.90 8.85

High Bar 1. Dave Gilerist Unatt. 2. Darell Cribbs Ind. St Unat. 3. Duane West Univ. Neb. 4. Chris Li c ht Ind . St. 5. Wayne Lewis Ind. St. 6. Kerry Ruhl Univ. Iowa

Still Rings 1. Charles Ropieq uet 51 U Unat. 1. Jack Lauri e SIU 3. Tom Morga n Ind . St. 4. Benny Fe rna ndez Uni v. Ind . 5. Pete Botthof NIU 6. Land y Fe rn andez Univ. Ind .

Vaulting 1. Stew Buc k Iowa St. Unat. 2. Mark Graham Iowa St. 3. Doug Fit zja rrell Iowa St. 4. Wayne Le wi s Ind . St. 5. Pat Lajko Iowa St. 6. Rick Garcia Colo. St.

Trampoline 1. Ron M e rriott Roc kfo rd 2. Mark La ng e neckert Univ. of Mich 3. Bob Je hli III. St. 4. Jeff Ai ani Co l. of DuPage 5. Dave Dodge Col. of DuPage

9.55 9.25 8.65 8.60 8.55 7.85

9.50 9.50 9.40 9.35 9.30 9.10

9.175 9.150 9.125 9.100 9.050 8.850

26.70 26.00 25.40 23.60 23.60

MIDWEST GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Maine East High School

Nov. 23-24, 1973

Women

ELITE DIVISION (8.75 avg. fo r eli te division)

All-Arou nd 1. Donna Pa yton Louisvil le 2. Sendi Gross SIU 3. Dianne Grayson 51 U 4. Chery l Diamond Southwest Miss. Univ .

Floor Exercise 1. Cheryl Diamond O za rk Gym 2. Stephi e Stromer 51 U 3. Sa ndi Gross 51 U 4. Bonni e Tressler Bud G ia nnini

Balance Beam 1. Donna Payton 2. Dia nn e Grayso n 51 U 3. Cheryl Diamond O za rk Gym 4. Sandi Gross SIU

Uneven Bars 1. Dianne Grayson 51 U 2. Donna Payton Cap Caudi ll 3. Sandi Gross SIU 4. Bonnie Tressler Bud Giann ini

Vaulting 1. Sandi Gross SIU 2. Donna Pa yton Cap Caud ill 3. Bonnie Tress ler Bud Gia nnini 4. Mary Be th Ei ge l Cap Caudi ll

34.75 44.30 44.05 43.65

9.55 9.45 9.25 9.10

9.10 8.40 8.35 6.85

9.60 9.45 9.40 9.10

9.55' 9.35 9.30 9.20

Trampo line 1. Marilyn St ieg Rockford II 2. Juli e Johnson Rockford II 3. De ni se Buchheis ter Cedar Rapids IA 4. Dia n Ni sse n Ced a r Rapids IA 5. Sarah Fruechte Cedar Rapids IA

NATIONAL DIVISION (8.0 avg. for qualifying score)

All-Around 1. Connie Jo Isra e l Ames, Iowa 2. De ni se Tenny Buffa lo, NY 3. Co ll een Casey Mil wa lkee, Turn e rs 4. Kath y Aleveras Buffalo, NY

Balance Beam 1. CJ. Israel Ames 2. Co ll een Ca sey Mi l. T. 3. De ni se Tenn y Unatt. 4. Kathy Alveras Unatt.

Floor Exercise 1. K. Alve ras Unatt. 2. CJ. Isra e l Ames 3. K. Rafa loski McKeesport Turne rs 3. T. Custodi Gleason Sch. 3. K. Be lford Ohio In c. 3. B. Cornell BG's 3. D. Te nn ey Una tt. 4. R. Alve rs O za rk

Vault 1. Reg ina Wa lz Ohio 2. D. Didier Gym Forum 3. CJ. Israel Ames

Uneven Bars 1. C Casey Mil. T. 2. B. Forgar BG " 3. D. Rivit Mil. T . . 4. D. Tenney Unatt.

ADVANCED LEVEL 7.0 Avg. for qualifying

No All-Around results given out Beam 1. C Robe rts Flint 2. S. Pee k Flint 3. L. Kardos Armstrong

Free Exercise 1. K. Hoglund Gym Un lim. 2. R. Re isdorff Gym Un lim. 3. J. Morava Ameri ca n Acad.

Uneven Bars 1. J. Pa le r 2. R. Se lby 3. D. Si lber Am. Acad e m.

Vault 1. G. Robey Ame r. Acad. 1. S. Stevens 2. L. Brady G ym of Ohio 3. C Vasil Gym o f Ohio

1973 WINDY tlTY GYMNASTIC INVITATIONAL OPTIONALS OPTIONAL RESULTS

Revised All-Around Standings Univ. of III. Chicago Circle

Nov. 30-Dec.1 , 1973

FX PH SR V 1. Ch uck Wa nn e r (U ICC ) 8.90 8.95 8.30 9.30 2. Bob Roth (Iowa St.) 8.30 8.60 8.75 8.85 3. Mark Graham (ISU) 'us 7.10 8.55 8.35 4. Doug Fitzja rre ll (lSU) 9.55 5.35 8.65 9.25 5. Glen Tidwe ll (S IU) 8.20 7.25 8.20 8.75 6. Gary Rafa losk i (I nd. St.)8.45 7.85 8.10 8.35

Team Scoring 1. Iowa State 163.25; 2. Indi a na State 160.05;

PB HB TOTAL 9.05 9.10 53.60 8.85 9.00 52.35 9.30 9.25 51 .80 9.10 8.95 50.85 9.00 8.45 49.85 8.70 8.35 49.80

3. Iowa 157.95; 4. Illinois - Chicago Circle 157.30; 5. Mich iga n 153.95; 6. India na 153.10.

GYMNAST Jan. '74

All-around - 1. C huck Wa nn e r (C hicago Circle) 53.60; 2. Bob Roth (ISU) 52.05; 3. Mark Graham (IS U) 51.80; 4. Do u g Fitzjarre ll (ISU ) 50.85 Floor Exercise - 1. Fitzjarrell (ISU); 2. (tie) Dave Ma y (Iowa), Bob Me ll in (India na St.) a nd Don Po ll a rd (Odessa) 9.50 . Pommel horse - 1. (tie) Ed He mbd (50.1 11. ) a nd Kevin Murph y (Ind . St. ); 3. G reg Miller (ISU) . 9. 1. Rings - 1.Ben Fernandez (Ind .); 2. Pete Botthof (No r. 111. ); 3. Keith Heaver (ISU). 9.6. Vaulting - 1. Fit zja rre ll (ISU) ; 2. Bob Mi ll e r (Odessa); 3. Wanner (Chicago Circle). 9.3. Parallel Bars -1 . Rud y G inez (Iowa); 2. (ti e) Fit zja rre ll (ISU) and Glen Tid we ll (So uth e rn Illinoi s). 9.3. High bar - 1. Gra ham (ISU); 2. Wayne Lewis (Ind ia na St.) ; 3. Wanner (Chicago Circl e). 9.6.

Scores taken from the Chicago Tribune

26. 10 23.80 23.60 22.70 20.90

35.75 33.85 33.60 33.35

9.00 8.90 8.60 8.50

8.1 0 7.95 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.60

9.05 9.00 8.85

8.95

8.75 8.70

8.65 8.50 8.10

6.65 6.60 6.50

8.45 8.05 7.90

8.50 8.50 8.25 8.15

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GYM-I-NIKS by Barbara I hatcher

The formation of the South Bay Gym-i-niks was a spur of the moment thing. An idea that just came to Wendy Cluff and Mike Calabro one evening but a thought which theyfollowed through and saw realized in the fall of 1971 .

It wasn't an easy start (gathering a team and finding a permanent place to. practice) even though Wendy is a former Olympian and SCAT and is well known among gymnastic people in Southern California. But after team try-outs, weeks of working out at Gardenia High School and EI Camino College, and Mike spending many Saturdays riding around looking for possible gyms the club was established at 1450 W. 228th St. #15 in Torrance, California, with a core team of 25 competitors.

Mike and Wendy have been long time friends and along with Joyce Koyanagi have coached the team from the beginning on a strictly volunteer basis. Because of this ' and several other reasons Mike and Wendy consider their situation unique among gymnastics clubs. . 'i ll we coached the team and got paid, it

would seem more like a job than something we enjoy dOing," Wendy explains. So Wendy and Mike make their living instructing at the school, Gymnastics Internationale, which is the home for the club but a completely separate unit. Gym-i-niks is officia ll y a non-profit corporation with its own Board of Directors comprised of four parents, four associate members, and the three coaches. Even with a Board of Directors all team policy is left up to the coaches and another unique feature is that there is, in practice, no head coach. Each coach has equal decision making power and since there is apparent harmony among all three, team goals and attitudes present no problem. Mike added though that when anything official must be signed Wendy usually signs it.

Team members range In age from 8-16 and are required to pay $15 a month dues. From the dues come the entry fees for meets and some travel expenses. The corporation rents the use of the building from Wendy, Mike and Mike's brother who in turn have a lease on the gym.

' Any- other team expenses are met through various fund raising projects such as the club's recent gymnastic show ' Fantasy in Gymnastics:'

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Also interested people may receive an associate membership in the corporation by investing $100 a year.

1972 was ·the first co mpetitive yea r for the Gym-i-niks and this will be th e first year the team will have any gymnasts in the Class I category. Hopefully out of the 25 girls nine will be in Class I. According to Mike and Wendy this will depend on how well the girls do in a series oi dual compu lsory meets, one ot which wi ll be with Wendy 's former team the SCATS.

Workouts are structured so that all levels work together, Class III along with Class I. The reason behind this is that " everyone will know what 's go ing on and what will be expected of them in the future." Extra workouts are often scheduled for Class I gymnasts but the who le team practices together four nights a week from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

Usually the first 15 minutes of practice all the girls are expected to stretch on their own. Then Mike warms them up on controlled tumbling (walkovers, cartwheels) eventually working up to power tumbling. At approximate ly 7:15 the gymnasts break into groups and work two pieces of apparatus for a n hour each. I t 'susually

all compulsory or all o ptional work. Mike helps the girls with bars and vaultin g and W endy and Joyce usuall y ass ist th e girl s in making up th eir optional floor and beam routin es. At 9:15 th e girls work strength ex erci ses and for the last few minutes some stretching.

All equipment belo ngs to th e school. Th ere is a large floor exe rc ise mat, two sets of bars, one high beam and three lower beams and a ho rse . Just recently th e school acquired a piano and so Wendy and Mike hope to have a piani st co me in to play optional fl oor exercise musi c. In past competition the girl s used regular floo r exercise records.

Their year round schedule is set up so that after the season is fini shed th e girl s wo rk new skill s until Au gust. Th en in earl y fa ll th ey practi ce compul sory routin es and fin all y put togeth er entire o ptional s. Ri ght now Wendy and Mike are pu shinli full routines with vpry little work on hew skill s. The Gym-I-nlks' goa l for thi s year is state level competiti o n and hopefully regional. Meets fo r th e girls are no t exclusively on w eekends, o ften the coaches will schedule a mee t during th e wee k, nor exclusive ly in So uthern Ca li fo rnia . Th e club travels to Northern Cal i forni a occas ionall y and they hope to make th eir trip to Reno, Nevada an annual event.

Wendy, Mike and Jo yce have man y ho pes for their team and th e only p ro blem is that " It 's kind of hecti c with few coa ches. And it 's hard to find coaches who will coach fo r nothing." But all three are willing to make th e sacrifi ce and consid er th eir rewa rds as head coa ches fo r th e Gym-i-niks grea t.

••••••• ~Iu .. ~ .. rner._.

Mrs. Renee P. Hendershott 17605 Fries Avenue

lakewood, Ohio 44107

NEWS Renee ~endershott_ Women s ____ _

~N NOTES Coordinating. eduor_

GEORGIA COllEGE SPORTS NEW GYMNASTICS COACH by Renee Hendershott

Geza M artiny, fo under of th e Canadian Inte rco ll eg iate Gy mn as ti cs Coach es Assoc iat ion and 1965 coach of the United States tea m fo r th e W o rld Uni ve rsity Gam es is now loca ted at Georgia Co ll ege. He w rit es to tell us about the prog ram th ere:

" Georgia Coll ege has o ffered a very sto ng wo men's gymnastics p rog ram fo r th e past fi ve years. It was developed by Mr. And erson , ou r athl eti c direc to r and Delene Darst, a p romin ent f igure in women's gymnasti cs in th e United States .

W e have our own gymn as ti c studio and all Ol ympic equipment , including fl oor exe rcise mat. Thi s makes i t possibl e to have free workouts at anytim e. We have regular pract ice M o nday th rough Friday fro m 3:00-6:00 pm , and Saturd ay is open if it is desired.

We are hoping to b uild , in th e nea r future, one of th e fin es t women 's va rsity p rograms in th e So utheast. As o ur sea son does not beg in until w inter quarter, we would we lcome any young lady to our co ll ege as a freshman and / o r transfer stu dent. Tra nsfer stu dents are immediately eli gibl e. W e are we lco ming anyo ne w ho has agrea t desire to be a gymn as t, rega rdl ess o f her previo us experi ence.

Our coll ege is sma ll w ith 2,700 students en ro ll ed on a co-educa ti onal basis, and has a wa rm and fri endly atmosphere. The campu s is a unit of its own, no street through it, and inaccessa bl e to th e p ub lic. Since the city o f Milledgev ill e itse lf is also a small town, w ith a populati o n of 12,000 cri me is no t a p ro bl em .

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Georg ia Co llege is one of th e Uni ve rsity of Georgia ca mpuses and offers undergraduate and graduate prog rams in many fi elds. Th e o ut of state tuition (includ ing room and boa rd) is approx imately $1,800.00 p er three quarte rs. We do no t have athl eti c scholarships, but a stud ent is eli gible fo r finaneja l aid and/ o r work study sho uld she q ualify. '"

Anyo ne interes ted i n th e co ll ege ma y contact Mr. M art in y at Georgi a College, Milledgev ill e, Geo rgia 31061 . Direc t m ail to D epartment o f H ea lth , Phys ica l Educati o n and Recrea ti o n.

COACH ' S CAll FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Patricia Heckart as submitted to Mrs. Hendershott

Editor's Note: Patty H eckart of 4428 Ca nehill 'Avenue, Lakewood, Ca lifo rn ia 90713 has requested th at we print this noti ce abo ut Cali fo rni a's zoning plans fo r next yea r. A good respo nse is needed <0 that they may plan accurately. .

" Plans are being made to di vide So uth ern California into a system o f zones for gym nasti c compet iti o n. Thi s zone sys tem would be similar to th e o ne being u sed by th e Northern Cali fo rni a tea m s. Each tea m in Southern Ca li fo rni a would be ass igned to a specif ic zone and may onl y compete in meets w ith in it 's own zone. Each zone would be respo nsib le for schedulin g its own meets, including a champio nshi p m eet at th e end of th e season. The highes t p lacing gymn asts in each zone champio nship mee t would th en meet fo r a So uthern Califo rni a Ch ampio nship meet. In order to determi ne th e number of zon es needed, we must have an accurate li st of teams in Southern Cal i fo rnia. Pl ease se nd the nam es and addresses of all coaches and tea ms th at you kn ow o f in Southern California (That includes everyone ~ outh o f Tulare) to me at th e above address."

FROM TAPE TO BAR By Renee Hendershott

This summer w hen I saw th e trainer at the Michi ga n State Nati o nal Summer Gymnasti c Clinic get up o n th e P-bars and execute a pretty good routine, I th o ught to my incurable se lf, " Th ere must be a good story here !"

Yes, Davi d Price, MD is one of us! He parti cipated in gymnasti cs in high sch oo l w here he received th i' most va luahlp gymn ast award at Prospect Hi gh in Illino is.

He competed all fo ur yea rs during hi s stay at Mi chi ga n State Unive rsit y (coached by G eo rge Szypula) andin his junior yea r placed si xth all­aro und in th e Bi g Ten Conference M eet. He repea ted himse lf in his senio r yea r by winning th e most va luabl e senio r gymnast award and th e Bi g Ten m edal w hich is a co mbined athl eti cs-sc holastic award.

Du ring medica l schoo l at th e Unive rsity of, Wi sconsin he fo und less tim e to work-o ut, but beca me in vol ved in jud ging Bi g Ten dual m eets and even a coupl e final s.

IIlternsh-ip ~ nd two and a half yea rs in the Navy took him away tro m gymndstrcs. (A submarin e doesn ' t all ow much space for anythin g but jogging in place)

Now back in Appl eton ,Wisco nsin wh ere he is . in famil y prac ti ce (Wh at 's that, Dave ?) he still has it in hi s blood, because if you dro p in at W est High Schoo l during a gymnasti c practice you ' ll see Dr. Pri ce working out and helping the kid s on apparatus (and maybe applyin g a bit of tape here and the re) .

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NEWS 'N NOTES Continued ....

NGJA CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Kenneth Allen Mid-America Gymnastics Judges Association newsletter author keeps

us up to date on how to become , a rated gymnastic judge for men 's gymnastics in the United States.

"Something which I thought would be of interest to all our members is a review of certification procedures. We want 'to remind our currently certified people how to remain current. We also want to invite more people into the fold of nationally, regionally and locally certified judges. Perhaps in your region you are ready for a certification course.

It has been four years and many clinics since the first certification procedures were put together by Ted Muzyczko and Bill Roethzheim at the course held at University of Illinois, Chicago Circle campus, September 5-7, 1969. The procedures and course materials have been continually upgraded and the instructors are more experienced and knowledgeable.

A typical course requires 16 hours although in rare cases a minimum of 14 hours may be approved by the Regional Technical Director who is responsible for sanctioning any course given in his area. The course contains lectures on basic information, interpretations and applications of rules. review sessions, discussions, individual event practical lessons and concludes with a practical test (live judging) and a written test (usually 100 objective questions) . During the practical test, candidates are required to note the number of B's and C's and come up with a score. A summary of the N.G.J.A. Certification Requirements is shown in Table I.

One note of importance for national or regional card holders is that in order to keep your card current, you must take a four hour refresher course each year; otherwise your card becomes invalid and you must take the entire course over. Of equal note is the fact that eVNY card holder must take the entire course over every four years or whenever major rules changes occur.

requirements

Minimum Age 19 Experience

Competitor, Coach, Instructor 2 yea rs Judge 2 ,years

If you are interested in having a course at your institution, you may contact the person listed below in your region : East: Bob Stout . 1131 Cumberland Rd ., Abington, PA. 19001 Mid-East: Ted Muzyczko, 19 W 134 36th St., Downers Grove, II. 60515 Mid-West: Bob Fisher, 733 Marine Dr., Boulder, Co. 80302 West: Jerry Wright, 541 Freya Way, Pleasant Hill, CA. 94523 Southeast: John Culbertson, 4844 Brywill Circle, Sarasota, Fla. 33578 Northwest: jim Sullivan, 10708 NE 194th St., Buthell, WA. 98011 Southwest: Les Sasvary, 15005 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91405

The courses are usually run on a weekend (Friday night, Saturday, Sunday morning or all day Saturday and Sunday). Much depends on individual circumstances. You must be able to provide a lecture classroom, a gymnasium with event apparatus to F.I.G. specifications, and gymnasts to perform for the practical lessons and the practical exam.

Expenses for travel, meals and lodging should be covered for the clinicians. The national and regional organizations do not charge a fee for the course, however, you may wish to pay the lecturers an honorarium. You would be responsible for making all necessary arrangements, mailing literature and

. information, and handling publicity for the course. You would probably have to set a fee for the course to cover your expenses unless you can find an athletic association or other such organization to sponsor it.

The course director will run the course completely. This will include assigning teaching responsibilities, administering tests and grading them, and sending the results to the N.G.J.A. secretary who will then issue cards. It is the policy of the N.G.J.A. to encourage qualified local people to participate as lecturers and panel members to strengthen that area of 'our region thereby strengthening the N.G.J.A. at the local level.

Should you have other questions regarding a course in your area do not hesitate to contact one of the men listed above!

••• National Regional

(Mandatory) (Suggested) 18

1 year 1 year

History Form must fill out must fill out 16 hr. NGJA course must take _ must take

Min. Grade on 100 Question written test 3.5/5.0 (70%) 3.0/5.0 (60%)

Min. Grade on Practical Test 3.5/ 5.0 3.0/ 5.0 Min. B + C Score 3.0/ 5.0 2.5/ 5.0

Min. Live Judging Score 3.0/ 5.0 2.5 / 5.0

THE QUESTIONABLE VAULT by Renee P. Hendershott

Just after a recent national level meet, I was approached by a befuddled coach with the USGF/ DGWS Compulsory routines in hand . His question was : " I would like to know just what you judges are looking for in pre-flight for the layout squat vault."

He showed me the illustratiqns in the compulsory routine guide and pointed out that the figure in the pi cture of the compulsory vault does not reach a 45° angle ... but in fact, is just slightly above horizontal. He complained that he had taught hi s gymnasts to do the vault in this manner. He noted that they are able to block and repel sooner and get a good post­flight. He noted that the girls who were achieving the 45° layout position were not able to repel fast enough and displayed poor after­flight .... yet they were being reward ed with higher scores.

These ideas occurred to me after discussing this with the coach in question. There is a deduction of .5 for a la yout vault done slightly above , horizontal. Does this mean that a gymnast could come into the horse at an ang le of less than 45° (which wou ld allow her to get better blocking action and opening in the after-flight) without penalty? How low could she come in without getting the .5 penalty?

These questions were submitted to Karen Patoile and Greta Treiber, both members of the USGF - Women 's Technical Committee:

Karen Patoile: " Th e coach in question is absolutely right. Lay out vaults are to be done between slightly above horizontal and the 45° angle. Unless a girl is '/ery strong, it is' impossible (and physics will confirm this). to get the after-flight desired, with a complete opening of the body. If the body comes into the horse at or above the 45° angle; have you ever seen anyone do this? I have not, not even the gymnasts representing the USA, Canada, and Cuba, in the 1971 Pan American games, where the compulsory vault was a layout. "

Greta Treiber: "F irst, in defense of the illustrations which brought up the problem, I believe strongly, that they were meant to be only rough sketches to illustrate nothing

Local

Each state can use the national and regional requirements as a guideline and decide on their own requirements.

TABLE I

Summary of NGJA

Certification Requirements

Reciprocity U.S. & Territories Within each of four regions

Each Card is good for Lesser ot tour years or until FIG Lesser of four years or until FIG has major rules changes. has major rules changes

To keep card actively valid a four hr. refresher course must be taken each year each year Also a 100 question written test must be passed with a grade of_3.5/ 5.0 (70%) 3.0/5.0 (60%)

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DGWSjUSGF NATIONAL COMPULSORY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL V AUL T (As pictured in USGF Compulsory Routines for Girls) A to B represents the 90° rotation from the board during preflight. B to C represents the 20° the vaulter in the illustration has gone above horizontal ( A total of 110° clockwise rotation in preflight). C' to D

particular but the complete vault in its various phases. The illustration shows a 20° rotation above the horizontal or a total of 110° counting from the board. "

".The question is - which angle (20 0 or 45°.) out of the two would be considered the proper one: 20° versus 45° for pre-flight in the layout vaults? Th e best angle for layout vaults occurs between 30-35° angles above the horizontal. This gives sufficient height and distance for pre-flight and insures a conservation of energy as well. (No deduction!) "

" Beyond this point - over 40° - it becomes more difficult to control flight due to the additional speed and strength required to pu sh out of th e more inverted position. Therefore, the less inverted position is more advantageous not only for blocking angle, but to reverse the direction quickly at the time of the contact to rotate upward as it is th e case in layouts.

(First Flight: Clockwise) (Second Flight : Counter-clockwise)

Less rotation occurs in the total picture from a lesser angle of the pre-flight. "

From Horizontal 20° Angle 45° Angl e

Pre-flight 110° 135° After-flight 110° 135° Landing angle 10° 10°

230° 270°

Difference: 40°

" I do penalize the pre-flights executed around the 20° angle (0.5) as being only slightly above the horizontal, particularly if it does not aid the second flight the following way:

Push off : Additional lift for center of gravity (hips rising) without tJropping the hips down while still going up - rotate chest upward

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D

illustrates the 110° counterclockwise rotation in the . afterflight. (Angles drawn in to facilitate understanding of the article)

dynamically to open the pike (in the hips) and extend legs down at the same time. This should take place on the top of the flight for a GREAT VAULT resembling Hecht qualities!

With a less push-off, this should be completed at one third or at the latest at the one half mark on the curve of the downward flight.

"I would make no deduction at all for a pre­flight at 30-35° ... some deduction for push-off and after-flight phase. "

"In my opinion, this type of vaulting requires more arm and shoulder strength with speed (POWER), than to execute a handspring vault. I have seen the best layouts done by MEN, with total extension of the body whi le still flying upward in the second flight. All of these SUPERBL Y DYNAMIC vaults were prepared from a low and very speedy pre-flight (25-35° angles approximately). "

••• AESEflA~H

by Renee Hendershott

Recently Miss Kjeldsen sent this article to me. I wrote back and asked exact ly what she was leading up to: She explained that the average coach does not have sufficient knowledge about th e intri ca te workings of the human body, since much of it has only recently become available. " The research is there, but often inaccessible to lay people, buried under tons of paperwork or in a language only the theoretical person can understand. We need middlemen between the researcher and the teacher-coach."

" It would be unrea list ic to hope that coaches themselves will sta rt doing resea rch. It takes too much time to do, a commodity that most coaches do not have enough of as it is. I beli eve that people trained in resea rch and having proper facilities at their disposal should do the research ."

" Quite often the researchers cannot relate their findings in coaching terms because they have not been coaches themselves. Most coaches, on the other hand, have not been trained in resea rch methods and are often unable to eva luate the results of the study or see how it applies to them. "

Miss Kjeldsen feels that the answer lies in middlemen trained in both research and coaching.

As you know, Miss Kjeldsen con tributed as a co-author in the writing of " Judging and Coaching Women 's Gymnastics" put out by National Press Books.

Miss Kjeldsen states, " The mechanical analysis chapter in my part of the book was a start, but it did not go far enough. However, I have had tremendously favorable responses from coaches and other readers. They want more of it. "

GYMNAST magazine responds to the need in providing a space for this " middleman" of truly .weat quality. In coming months we shall be expecting to read klelpful articles by her on warm-ups, strength, endurance, flexibility , nutrition for athletes, princ iples of physics governing our movements and how to apply this to teaching ski ll s.

WHY RESEARCH IN GYMNASTICS? by Kitty Kjeldsen, Research Chairman,

OGWS Gymnastics Committee as submitted to Mrs. Hendershott

These following scenes, admittedly painted with strong co lors in order to bring out a point, are probably happening in many gymnas iums throughout the United States right now:

1. Susie cannot do a glide kip. She goes to several clinics and asks available coaches how to improve her sk ill. Coach Joe is conv inced that the problem lies with her abdominal muscles and has Susie working on 50 sit-ups a day. Coach Mike secret ly thinks that Joe does not know what he is talking about. He swears by prolonged hangs with legs held in the " L" position . Coach Toni is very sure that the best remedy for Susie would be working on arm strength exercises. Coach Jack is convinced that Susie's problem lies with incorrect timing. Susie is very confused. The harder she tries, the worse the results seem to get.

2. In order to build up endurance for th e upcoming gymnastic season, coach Sam has his boys jog 2-3 miles a day outside practice hours , Two of his best gymnasts start complaining about lower back pains which seem to intensify during workouts. Sam is comp letely confused . Why is this happening to his boys? After all , he is only trying to copy the training methods of some of Eastern Europe's most successful coaches?

3. Janet is having trouble with the preflight of her vault. She lands on the horse in an almost vertical position , stalls out, and has to use an elbow push in order to get any after flight at all . Her coach is convinced that she is too slow in getting off the board . He keeps telling her to run faster, punch quicker off the board and lift the heels harder into the flight. The harder Janet tries to follow the instructions, the worse the vault gets. Coach Dick is puzzled : "The same corrections worked perfectly for Joe. H e had similar problems in vaulting ." With tears in her eyes, Janet is determined to try once more, regardless of the fact that she is developing a pain in her side. In anticipating the pain , she tightens up her abdomen upon contact with

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the board, completely forgetting about her heels. To her surprise, she suddenly finds herself flying over the horse with a beautiful handsoring. Both the coach and the gymnast are jubilant. They finally got results - though neither one of them knows exactly why. They keep on working, trying to recaptl'Jre the " feeling" of the good vault. Janet develops a severe case of shin splints and has to stay off vaulting for two weeks.

How much do we really know about the human body's responses to the tremendous forces gymnastics today requires? When progress of the sport was slower, we had time to experiment using trial and error methods. In the fast paced rat-race for gymnastic supremacy today, time spent in trial and error solution could put one many light-years behind the competition. We should weed out dead-end approaches and search for more complete understanding of the workings of the human body. We should analyze each skill to its smallest component i n order to discover where energy is wasted in unnecessary movements for which the body later has to compensate, therefore losing in efficiency.

Yet we seem to be doing the exact opposite. We seem to be copying the methods of the successful coaches here and abroad, paying little heed to whether their methods are scientifically sound or successfully transferrable to another culture, body type or another way of life . Some of the best brains, laboratories and research facilities are here in the United States. How often have we made use of them? Do we even know what questions to ask?

Admittedly, research is not the favorite work with many coaches. Most of us have no time or inclination to start studying wordy and sometimes boring Masters Thesis, Doctoral Dissertations or other research material that is so amply produced by our institutions of high learning today. Often the research studies are not directly related to the problems of the coach . However, there is some very good material that never seems to be getting to the " practitioner" , the person who could really benefit from it, because the language is too scientific and the results often too remote for understanding without being translated by a " middleman".

The researcher, on the other hand, does not always know what problems need solving or how many others have made an attempt at it before. We see a great amount of duplication (for example, over 100 studies analyzing the back handspring) when the need is great to build on the efforts and/ or the results of others. With sports becoming increasingly specialized, we should also ask questions along the following lines:

a. What body type performs best in gymnastics?

b. Can this type be developed or is it entirely hereditary?

c. What are the physiological and emotional differences between men and women and how should this effect our coaching, if at all?

d. What are the structural differences between males and females, and does this necessitate a different approach in coaching similar skills?

e. Why is gymnastics seemingly rapidly becoming a " girls sport" ?

f. What personality types perform best under pressure and can this ability be developed?

g. Can more efficient use of human body (meaning better understanding of mechanical analysis) speed up the learning process? Lessen changes for injury? Give more aesthetic results?

We may think we know the answers to many of these questions, but are our solutions really based on scientific data? How much data is there? Where do we need it most? Where can we get it from? While there will probably never be an adequate substitu te for the years and years of " on the spot" experience gathered by a good coach, can research take us there faster?

One has only to look at what has been happening in swimming and track and field ' where the scientific approach seems to have helped considerably.

The prime years of an athlete are short, but the road to good gymnastics is long and often difficult. Our gymnasts deserve all the help modern research can give them in their pursuit of excellence.

In short, I am proposing that we make an all­out effort to start leading the world in gymnastics instead of following, and that solid research be accepted by all as an integral part of this effort. ... ----

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Instruction:

THE STRENGTH WORKOUT FOR GYMNASTS by

Fred Roethlisberger

The importance of strength in gymnastic performance, even among the best gymnasts, should not be underestimated. Although the use of strength is usually not appa(ent in the elite gymnasts routine it is precisely because he is so strong (and light) that this use of strength is hidden from our view. The strong gymnast is able first to perform strength moves with apparent ease; second, swing moves which all have an element of strength are better controlled and move faster at the eQds; and third, he can cover up slight errors in movements by quickly and easily realigning himself through the application of strength . This capability for realignment through strength is one of the reasons the advanced gymnast seldom misses routines. (The theory is that every gymnast frequently gets slightly off balance during his performances and that the strong gymnast can more easily and quickly realign himself thus appearing to be swinging all the time and avoiding major breaks or stops.)

As is the case with any other athlete, the gymnast has special strength needs and thus he will benefit most from a strength workout designed specifically for him. For example the male gymnast, unlike the football player, has little use for more than average strength in leg extension at the deep squat position or even the 90° squat position. He does, however, need extraordinary strength for extending quickly out of the slightly flexed knee position when tumbling and vaulting. Both leg extension from the deep squat and the only slightly flexed position use the same knee extension muscle group, however, different muscle fibers within the muscle group are believed to be of prime importance in each case of leg extensions. Thus, strengthening muscle fibers used at one position probably has little relevance to strength at the other position . Now, since we believe that different muscle fibers are used in extension from each of the two mentioned positions of knee flexion and since we know in which position we want our gymnasts to be strong, it is a simple next step to concludelthat the gymnasts strength workout should not simply. use ordinary weight training exercises. Rather the workout should be specifically designed to meet the gymnasts personal strength needs in view of the gymnastic event requirements.

The basic principle underlying this " special " strength workout is that exercises should reproduce as nearly as possible the actual gymnastic movements for which increased strength is desired. This statement not only means that handstand push ups should be done to improve handstand pressing power, rather than bar bell presses, but that the push ups should be done with proper form and technical execution to specifi<;ally work all the muscles desired and that they should be done away from the wall and on the appropriate apparatus if possible to place additional stress on those muscle fibers contributing to maintaining balance.

The following is' a list of strength exercises from among which the gymnast should select those most appropriate for him and to which the gymnast and coach can make additions

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keeping in. mind the basic principle stated above. Do t~e exercise for as many repetitions as ca n be physically tolerated; rest one minute and do another set of repetitions. Fo r maximum strength deve lopment fo ur or five sets should be done in this manner and each exe rc ise se lected should be done at least eve ry other day. It is recommended, however, that the gymnast get in the habit of perform ing a strength workout eve ryday doing half of his selected exercises one day and the other hal f on alternate days. If there is a need for a particul ar exercise, but the student is not yet capab le of even one repetition , move back to an easier exercise as much like it as possible or obta in assistance to do it from a second person. Remember: each exe rcise must be done w ith the proper mechanics (e.g. , hollow chest and straight back on handstan d pushups in order to actually develop the proper muscle fibers and to develop techni ca lly correct form; the lack of which wi ll result in deduct ions.

FLOOR EXERCISE st iff-stiff presses; wheel barrow-hops (hol low cnest and

locked out hips w ith partner ho lding feet) 'v' sits and st rad dle 'v' sits; hopping, bouncing, and running; handstand snap downs; handstand push ups and handsta nd walking.

P ARALlETTES plances - fo rward and backward with partner

holding feet; straight body bent arm presses. RINGS

front levers; back leve rs (ho ld and pu ll up through them

to inve rted hand); crosses; muscle ups; back kips to handstand; handstand (10 seconds); swing in straight arm support ; handstand dips .

SIDE HORSE ci rcl es; support swings in stride support shift ing

weight; support swin gs w ith undercuts; sc issors (f ro nt and rear) .

PARAllEL BARS shoulder shrugs;

a. straight arm support b. upper arm support

hopping and wa lking alo ng bars; dips; dip swings to handstand; stiff-stiffs (up an d down and with stradd le); push ups (lowering between bars); drop kips (f rom piked inverted hang to

support). HIGH BAR

leg lifts; drop kips.

VAULTING HORSE (high) squat ove r from stand (with horse sideways); one step-hurdle-bounce-squat over. (Exercises done on any event may be

appropria te for speciali sts on other events as well as (or those work ing th e dll -around . Shoulder shrugs on P.B. for P.H. specialists-)

A final hi gh ly recommended exercise rout ine w ill develop all th e endurance necessa ry in a gymnast. Th is routin e makes use of the principl e of spec ifi city, as do th e strength exercises lis ted, and interva l training w hich is used successful ly in running and swimm ing. Select a compulsory exe rcise (F.X. for all­arounders) or modify th e gymnasts opt io nal such that al l the sk ill s have been well mastered.

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Then fo r development of endurance have the gymnast perform the rout ine first three times within a specifi ed time limit and la te r on in the training schedu le fi ve times within another specif ied time limit. Using this procedure the gymnast instead of runnin g for endurance is developing th e necessary endurance within th e context of an actua l gymnastic performance whe re of course one wants that endurance to become manifest in the first place.

• • • EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW

ABOUT RUNNING A MEET by William H. Stern

University of Texas, Austin

Many coaches find that th e thought of runn ing a meet in their gymnasium is something that strikes terror into their hea rts. Why? Beca use of th ei r meet o rga ni za ti on, o r rathe r their lack of it.

I feel that having a meet at home is a big psychological adva ntage for my gymnasts. They are comfortab le o n our equ ipment, mats, and in o ur "atmosphere" (li ghting and placement of equipment). Also, we have a partisan audience in our ho me gym. Because of all the advan tages, I have tried to stay at home w henever possible.

A well o rgani zed meet makes things easier on everyo ne concerned - from the judges and gymnasts to the fans in the bleachers.

Notify the school custodian of the dates and times of all your home meets at the beginning of the season. Tel l him what must be done and w hen. Example : " On meet days sweep al l exposed wood flooring, open and dust off the bleachers, and mop down all mats out on the f loo r. Since the meet begins at 8: 00 p.m. , warmups w ill start at 7:00 p.m., so please have the work done so all the mats can be dry by warm-ups". Most custodians are very cooperative and w ill be happy to have wha tever yo u ask done.

One of the big jobs in getting ready for a meet along with sett ing up the eq uipment is sett ing up the chairs. I put eight chairs at each event - one for each of four judges an d one fo r each of four sco re flashe rs. If you do not have enough chairs, eight can suffice. If th ere are eight chairs at each event, the judges can move qu ick ly from event to event. With on ly eight cha irs, after each event the cha irs must be moved to th e nex t event , holding up the meet and causing co nfusion (usua ll y). If chairs must be moved, have managers or volu nteers move them; do not all ow the judges or flashers to move th em - that 's not part of their job.

The "Scorer 's Tab le" should have at least fou r cha irs. One for the announce r, one for the sta ti sti cian, and one fo r a sco rekeeper from each team. There should be a reco rd player -loud speaker for music during wa rmups, the pre-m ee t cere mon y, and score an nounce ments. Paper, pencil s, sco re-cards, and writing boards (if th e cha irs don' t have arms) should be avai lab le at th e table. The announcer sho uld have the team lineups as we ll as " f ill er" informati on on events, individuals in the meet, th e visiting team, etc. for use during lulls in th e actio n.

Free exercise, the first event , should have boundary lines clearly marked. The off icial co llegiate size is 39' 4W' square. A da mp towel should be at one co rn er of th e area for use by gymnasts.

The pommel horse, formerly known as the side horse, shou ld be checked for h eight. Co ll egiate regulations specify 45 y.," from the floo r to the top of the ho rse. Chalk and emory cloth should be ' in a nearby receptacle.

St ill rings, as pommel horse, paral lel bars; and hori zonta l bar develops a buildup o f cha lk , so emery cloth must be ava il ab le. Ring height is 1 ()2 7/16" from th e tloo r to the inside surface of the ring After the proper height is set, the straps should be taped so there is no slipping of st raps or r in gs.

After the first t hree events, w hi ch have just been discussed, ihere is a sho rt warm-up period tor the second half of the meet. Th is is a good time ' for the an no uncer to remind- the spectators of bUilding regulations regarding smoki ng and food o r drinks. It 's also a good idea to announce upcoming meets and /or ex hibiti ons. During th is warm-up the record player sho uld be used fo r music acceptab le to both coaches. We keep the warm-up limited to 10 minutes - any longer than that and the crowd begins to lose interest.

For lo ng horse vau lting, the l en~th of the all owable run must I;)e mark ed (20 meter or 66 feet), grip zones marked oif i f they ' re being used, and the ho rse set at regulation height (53 Ya"). It is a good idea to place a da mp towel near the sta rt of the runway so the gymnast m ay get better traction by dampening th e soles of his shoes. Spraying firm-grip or some oth er type of grip enhanCing substa nce along the top of the horse helps avoid hands slipp ing off. In coll eg iate m eets, and all meets for that matter a ru bber runway shou ld be used as we ll as a reuther board spacer and reuther board pad.

On the parallel bars, make sure that all competito rs know how to correct ly ad just and tighten the bars. I've seen gymnasts think that they've tightened the bars when they have actually loosened them. Thi s si tuat ion presents .unnecessary danger fo r thf' oerformer. and a technical problem tor th e judges. The regulation height for " P" bars is 66 15/ 16", however, the bars may be raised an add itio nal 2" to accommodate tall gymnasts. A reuther board is permitted for mounts, so o ne sho uld be avail ab le.

High bar, o r hor izontal bar as it is off iciall y deSignated, should be set at 100 3/a" . Be sure to check th e floor pl ates for loose screws, and th e cab les or guy wires for cor rect tension. Be sure that the uprights are pe rfectly vert ica l and aligned with each other. A lso, I've found it a good practi ce to tape the turnbuckles closed.

It 's been found that by havi ng the "official sco re" kept on a rexograph or some o ther duplicating stenci l, the meet resu lts may be printed up w ithin a few minutes of the conclus ion of the meet fo r distr ibution to coaches, judges, gymn asts, spectato rs and people from the news media. This enhan ces fan interest, makes for good relations between teams and coaches, and all ows judges to eval uate their sco res.

Naturally good, clean locke r facilities with soap and towels should be availab le, w ith sepa rate rooms for each team if possible. Every effort shou ld be made to have adequate secu rity for the lockers so complaints of pilferage ca n be red uced and hopefull y eliminated . We supply quartered o ranges to each bench during the meet as well as refreshments (coffee, juice, soft drin ks and cake and cook ies) for off ic ials, coaches and compet itors after the meet. Thi s also paysoff in good relations for th e team.

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THE FRONT UPRISE ON RINGS Fred Roethlisberger - Gymnastics Coach

University of Minnesota

The front uprise o n the rings may be considered a simple sk ill when it is executed in the manner of a muscle up to support. To perform it technically co rrect with utilization of swing, position #1 should be attained in a way that will maximize the momentum of the swing as th e gymnast approaches the ve rtical hang position . Th e preparatory downswing should thus be performed from a handstand or dislocate and executed with a st retched straight body. As the verti cal position is reached (#1) the shoulders are hyperf lexed with o nly a slight arch present in the upper back. Excessive arching of the back on the downswing may serve to inordinately dissipate the momentum to be translated into upward movement.

Continue to stretch through the vertical position (#2) and from this stretched vertical position, pike quickly (#3) but not deeply because it is necessary to d rive the hips forward producing an arched body (#5-#7) as soon as possible after a definite pike. Piking too deeply can cause excessive backwa rds rotation making it difficult for the ches t to ri se fast enough to overtake the rise of the legs. What will happen is that th e performer will go to a " V seat " or rotate backwards instead of rising to the " L" position .

As soon as the quick pike action is started the arms begin to pull the rings downward behind the shoulders. Note that this pulling of the rings downward behind the shoulders keeps the upper arm and the trunk in a nearly straight line relationship (#3-#6) and also tends to counteract the inherent backward rotation of a front uprise. The pulling of the rings continues in this direct ion through the phase of the rise where forward hip thrust is evident (#5-#7). It sh9Uld also be noted thai while the hips lead the chin is against the chest.

When the body rises almost to a horizontal position (#7) the rings are turned away from the performer and brought to the side in a circular pattern (#7-#9) as the pressure on the rings changes from pulling downward behind th e shoulders to pressing downwards on the rings with them out to th e side. If slack develops in the cables as thi s transition is begun th e performer must begin to bring the rings to the side earlier. Exert downward pressure on the rings at all times throughout the movement.

The body position after the transition is no longer a arch, i. e. th e hips no longer are directing the rise (#9). There is no forced pike action to go from th e arched position to the " L" position, but rather th e "L" posi tion is attained by pressin g on th e ri ngs to speed th e rise of th e chest ahead of th e legs as the momentum of th e swing is lost.

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THE FRONT UPRISE ON RINGS KASSAMATSU PERFORMING

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EXHIBITIONAL GYMNASTICS

UNIVERSITY OF MARYlAND GYMKANA by Ken Friedman

Is there still a place for exh ibit ional rather than competiti ve gymnast ics in today 's co ll eges? Ju st ask any member of th e University of Mary land Gymkana Troupe and yo u wi ll probably hea r in response a resounding " yes " .

The troupe, w hich, is compri sed of 50 men and women, provides its m embers w ith th e opportunity to enhance their total personalit y

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as well as physica l deve lopmen t throu gh the medium of gy mn asti cs.

The organi za tion , w hi ch is open to any interes ted U o f M stud ent, also provid es its members w ith a pla ce to meet students w ith similar interests oth er th an gymnastics.

Th e troupers often get togeth er fo r outside acti viti es, some of w hich includ e ice ska tin g outings, ski weeke nd s, a popco rn ea ting contest, and an dnnual p icni c. As o n o th er

co ll egiate teams, litelong fri endships are formed in the the troupe.

Few of th e troupers, past o r present, ca me to their f irst p ract ice w ith great proficiency in gymnast ics. Some have no previous experience at all ; but through hard work at the daily, two hour pra ctices, newcomers progress to more advanced sk ills and work into one or more of th e troupe's many acts.

Along with th e idea of individual growth and se lf-improvement, Gymkana's other objectives include the ex tension of good will through th eir performances to communities up and down the Eastern seaboard , and the spreading of an interest in and understanding of gymnast ics.

Each Gymkana show, which is usually two hours long, includes routines on all th e Olympic appa ratus plus such specialty acts suc h as co medy parallel bars, synchronized triples, balancing, pyramids, jugg ling and a ladders ac t.

This year 's road show season runs from November 30 through March 29. Once the season sta rts, performances, which are sponso red by hi gh schoo ls and colleges in and outside Maryland , are he ld eve ry Friday night. This year 's schedu le includes shows at Radford Co ll ege, Va ., the Col lege of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and the Unive rsity of Delaware.

The troupers tra vel to th eir destinations via a chartered bu s. Th ey also tran sport by truck their own complete se t of eq uipment to each show .

The culmination of the troupe season is a two night performance held each sp rin g on th e Un ive rsity's Co ll ege Park Campus. Th e show, wh ich is free to all Uni ve rsity of Maryland students and faculty, is thought of more as a cultural exchange of ideas between the Gymkana Troupe and th e audience rath er th an " just a gym nas ti cs show ." Approximate ly 5,000 people saw last yea r's annual Home Show, w hich is performed on stage with various li ght ing effects, costumes, musi c an d und er lying th eme.

The troupe, which was fou nded by Dr. David A. Field in 1946, is currentl y under th e direction of Dr. George F. Kramer and M r. Joseph F. Murray of th e Uni ve rsity's phys ica l educa ti o n

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After an un successful attempt in the 1950's to be recognized as a competitive co ll eg iate team, the troupe reverted to its o ri gi nal pract ice of presenting ex hibiti o na l programs. They e nt e rtain ed a rm ed forces pe'rsonn e l thro ughout th e United States and ab road . It was during this pe ri od o f ex te nsive travel that the troupe beca me known as Maryland 's " Ambassadors of Good Will."

The present troupers still keep this motto in mind as th ey look forward to presenting a season of highly st imulating ex hibitional gymnasti cs. • ••

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THE ALL-AROUND GYMNAST by David Webster

I have been informed that the NCAA Rules Committee on gymnastics is considering a proposal which would affect gymnastics competition at all levels. The proposal under consideration is that each gymnastic team would be made up of five all-around men, compet ing as in international level compet ition.

This then would favor university level NCAA schools, which have the facilities, coaches, resources, and scholarships to attract and train 10-20all-around men, in the hope of fielding an elite five-man team. The major thrust behind the proposal is an emphasis upon the United States development of a strong Olympic team in gymnastics -- which I strongly support .. . but I do not agree with the rational that more all­around men will insure a better Olympic team!

Between the decision of a specialist or no­specialist, is a whole spectrum of other alternatives for Olympic development -- such as more invitational all-around meets only, for the top all -around men which our universities, colleges, and high schools produce. Perhaps teams representing major cities or national level high school all-around meets, or other such proposals are needed.

The specialists have made a significant contribution to developing a standard of excellence in their events, assisting the all­around man with their sharing of skills, knowledge, and technique. To eliminate the specialist from gymnastics at all levels of competition would be a major step backward-­at a time when we need more, not less. participants in gymnast ics at all levels of competition. Th e development of an elite all­around gymnast is the goal of every team and coach; the specialist contributes towards that goal.

Ask yourself this question : On a 12 man team roster, three men are all-around and nine men are specialists. Would you like to have to explain to your team of nine specialists that their career in gymnastics is over -- unless they become all-around men? What affect would this ruling have upon you r school, college or university's gymnastic program in terms of participants, student interest, spectator appeal, athletic budgeting, and overall program? Lastly, would you like the specialist to be eliminated from your sport while you never took the time o r interest to voice your opinion?

If you want to let the NCAA Rules Committee know where you sta nd on this issue, write to :

NCAA Gymnastics Rules Committee NCAA Offices P.O. Box 1906 Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66222

Now is the time for all gymnasts, coaches, officials and all interested in the sport to take a starid on this issue!!! I suggest a brief letter .rom a coach, a gymnast, a team captain or a team letter signed by all members, if you feel strongly on one side or the other of this issue.

Editors Note: Dave Webster (B.S. M. Ed.) is a graduate of Boston University, and Gymnastics Coach at College of DUPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In 1973, he was select as "NJCAA Coach of the Year" when his team finished third in the NJCAA Championships at Farmingdale, New York. He is a former president of the NJCAA Gymnastic Coaches, and an internationally rated (FIG) gymnastics judge.

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OUR MOUTHS _ by Dan Speraw, Coach SCATS

As submitted to Mrs. Hendershott

It is unfortunate our American Society is so " chit-chat" orientated. Although small talk has a purpose of bringing people together, it often is the goal instead of a means ... we make noise just because there might be the possibility of silence.

Gymnasts, like all of us can process only so much talk before their attention span is reached, and their minds begin wandering. So it seems best to speak only of gymnastics in the short period of a training session . But is so much talk about gymnastics needed? Many coaches begin "correcting" as soon as warm­ups commence and continue their stream of comments throughout the entire work-out, even until their students are leaving the gym. Unfortunately these ath letes are only vaguely listening after the first few minutes.

What I am suggesting is a total change ... DON'T TALK! Even though you know your team, and every mista ke they are making .. . slow down the mouth and give your brain a chance. On any given trick, there is only one problem more important to correct than any other and the one problem does not change every time the skill is attempted.

So let your gymnast make three, five, or ten attempts before commenting at all , then stick to your eva l4ation until it has been cu red for sure. Can you imagine how much impact an opinion would carry if the coach 's vo ice had not been heard for a half an hour ... and the next half an hour was fo llowed by simple yes o r no, shake of the head?

Finally, along with the coach 's efforts ... more silence in the gym among the students (especially no radi o) can promote an even more concentrated drive .. increasing progress on every level.

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

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VII. New Code of Points and Classification of Difficulties for 1975

A. After Varna near the end of 1974 a new code will be published to be effect ive in 1975.

B. The 10 point distribution for optiona ls will be as follows : a. 4 points difficulty

3 Superiors - .8 each = 2.40 4 Mediums - .4 each = 1.60 total 4.00 2.0 Originality & Composition 3.0 Amplitude & Execution 1.0 General Impression

VIII. New Compulsory Exercises for 1976 Olympic Games

A . The TC voted in favor of accepting the old compulsory format of set exercises for the Olympic Games.

B'. The TC will compose these exercises and send them to the Federations in June 1974 for I use in the Olympic Games, The film will be sent as soon as possib le after the exercises.

IX. Miscellaneous Decisions on Proposals A. In Varna, the horse will be set at 110 CM

3nd ~20 CM for experimenta l use by the Federations in order to investigate the possibility of raising the official height.

B. The team leader for women's competitions must be a woman.

C. The reserve gym nast may not replace an injured gymnast once the competition has begun.

D. Only five scores in each event will count for team sco re as in the past.

E. Eleven new brevets were conferred none from USA.

F. Canditures : European Championships Men

Switzerland 1975 European Championships for Women

Norway 1975 Modern Rhythmic Gymnastic

Championships - Spain 1976 Estab lishment of African Cup with same

regulations as European Championships under supervision of WTC of FIG.

X. Committee for Universal Gymnastic Terminology was established for English speaking countries of:

South Africa New Zealand

Philippines Sweden

Australia Norway England Denmark Ca nada Finland USA Israel_

Chairman : Mrs. Jack ie Fie, USA

Note: All afo rementioned technical rules listed in

Part VI will be effective for all USGF elite competiti ons during 1974 beginning w ith the January qualification meet. The USGF Junior and Senior National Championsh ips will also apply these regu lations:

1. The tuck back somie on beams must be rigidly penali zed tor iack ot ampiituue, stops before and after, and landing posi~ion .

2. The two points for ampl itude and execution will necessitate a slightly more lenien't penalization of faults in these catego ries. ------------------

Jackie Fie is the Women's Technical Director of the United States Gymnastics Federation.

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interview .... GORDON MADDUX by Barbara Thatcher

During ABC's coverage of the Munich · Olympics, one man was continually called upon to give his insights and observations on the gymnastic competition .

This man ... Gordon Maddux has provoked a littl e curiosity among gymnast ics followers who wonder how he became commentator for ABC and what background he has in the sport that may justify his classi fication as a gymnastics expert.

In 1964 when gymnastics was far from being a household word or even one that was used very often by sports wr iters, Gordon was coach ing the men's gym team at California State College, Los Angeles, the site of the NCAA Nationals that year. CBS was in the sports business then and since gymnastics was fairly new and comp lex during their coverage of the meet

"Gordon assisted them in understanding and ; reporting on the competit ion.

The next year he was ultimately hired by CBS · and when CBS left the realm of sports, ABC picked up the NCAA contract, needed a gymnast ics commentator, the NCAA recommended Gordon, and he was contacted by them and given the job.

But Gordon 's experience in gymnastics goes back farther than that. A gymnast at Colorado State University he received his degree, moved to Northern California, where he coached for awhile at Pleasant Hill High School before moving down south to assume the head coaching position at CSLA.

Gordon is amazed at the surge of interest in gymnastics and sees himself as " com ing from a time where there was no interest and going to where we may be a world power. " Once gymnastics had to contend with other sports for an occasional 3-5 minutetimesloton television but according to Gordon that's all been changed " They (ABC) love it and they fight for it." Most of the change he says has occured since Munich when ABC just happened to focus its attention on a littl e known Russian girl,

" Olga Korbut. " We weren't even scheduled to show the

Russians on bars that night. The Hungarians and Americans were so close that we" decided to show another team on beam. But when we saw the two minute warm-up we comp letely redid everything. "

Gordon spends much of his time before a · competition with research, gett ing to know the competitors, trying to get the " human side" . But during the two weeks prior to the first night of optionals, in Munich, Gordon and the rest of the ABC crew had not discovered Olga . The bt-oadcasters and television aud iences throughout the world discovered her together.

Now the network" shows at least four or five times as much gymnastics as previously and

· Gordon feels that the reason is because people want more. But sti ll television often does not show the full gymnastics picture. For instance

" ABC cancelled a scheduled trip to Japan for the · Chunichi Cup when it was learned that "Ludmilla Tourischeva and Olga would not be there.

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As for United States gymnastics, Gordon doesn 't see just one top woman gymnast who could be another Korbut orCathy Rigby Mason he "sees a hundred who might" . The growth of women 's gymnastics has been tremendous making it possibly the number one sport for girls, however, Gordon feels men 's gymnastics will stay at the same participation level until the men have " a hero of their own" .

" Men 's gymnasticshasgreater status in other countries, it's more traditi ona l and because other sports programs are not so strong." He's hoping though that there wi ll be a greater interest in men 's private clubs, since clubs in developing a gymnast, reach to lower ages than the schools.

Besides his work with ABC Gordon is busy organizing a corporation which plans to open a series of gymnastic clubs first on the West coast then gradua ll y moving East. Since his start w ith ABC Gordon has covered every gymnastics competition with them and often attends local competitions as a guest commentator or just a spectator.

His commentary forABC has not been, and is not, styled for a knowledgeable gymnastics audience. " Before th e Olympics I had to decide which d irection my commentary wou ld go. " He decided to concentrate on making the novice gymnastics audience more sophisticated. " They can understand non­technical level commentary and I try to make it as educational as possible without getting technical. The names of tricks are immaterial to them. I don't broadcast to my peers, those peopie don ;t need help. "

Television has helped make people more aware of gymnastics, better informed and interested. The contributions this medium has made to the growth of gymnastics, throughout " the world, is sizeab le and some of the credit for this must surely go to Gordon Maddux.

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Ron Cheatham sta rted p lay ing the piano at age eleven, composing at age twelve, and performing Gymnast ics at age fourteen . Ron is currently studying music at Yale University and is an all around performer on the Yale Gymnastics Team.

Brabara Galleher (Yale University - Women 's Gymnast ics Coach and former nine time Nat iona l Tumb li ng Champion) and Don Tonry (Yale Un ive rsity - Gymnastics Coach and former O lympion) provided the moti va ti on and guidance for thi s production.

Mr. Chetham has recreated seven O lympic compositions on side one and seven new pieces for side two. We hope you wil l find these selections to be excit ing and va luab le.

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PERMALI PERFORMS Specify parallel bars, rings and pommels ' made of Permali densified wood laminate . . . the leading U.S. manufacturers do. And discover Permali Performance . Permali, Incorporated, Mount Pleasant, Pa. 15666.

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SCORE 3 WAYS! 1. A sure-footed performance. 2. A special 40% discount for club or school group orders. 3 . ... and for every package of GYM GIRL Peds sold, "Peds" will make a contribution to the USGF to help gymnasts compete in Inter­national Competition. Suggested retail price 79t pair

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INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR 1974

February 27 F.I.T. World Trampoline Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa Oct: FIG Congress, possib ly in Tunisia . Oel. 19-26 World Championships in Varna.

1975 Oct. 15-21 Pan America n Games (33 countries possibly will compete). Santiago, Chi le

Gymnaestrada in Berlin 1975

Sept. FIG Congress in Montreal , Canada, and the Olympic Game s

U.S.A. NATIONAL PICTURE Jan. 5 Swiss vs. USA Competition, Ca lifornia State College, Los Angel es, Ca lifornia Jan. 5 KIPS Invitationa l, Lakewood, Californ ia. Meet director: Jim Founta ine. Jan. 6 Any new en tri es to Qualifica ti o n Rounds for Elites must register sco res. Jan. 11-12 Big Ten In vitationa l, Ann Arbor, Michigan, wit h Reg ional Technical Director. Jan. 18-19 First Qualifying Round for USGF Elites -Tentative Site, Long Beach, Ca li f. Feb. Compul so ry Training Meets in four geographically located centers (Elite Program) Late Feb. All USGF State Meets to be he ld by this time . March 7-9 National Junior College Championships, State University of New York, Farmington, New York March 8-9 Big 10 Champ ionships, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. March 8-9 Pacific 8 Championships, University of Oregon, Eugene, O regon March 8-10 Eastern Interco llegiate Championships, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Mid-March USGF Regionals Meets to be held by this time (one month to work for nationals) March 21-23 Western Athletic Confe rence Championships, University of Arizona, Tucson , Arizona March March 22-23 NAIA Championships, Fort Hays State, Hays, Kansas March 22-23 Big 8 Championships, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

"TIPS FOR ' WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS"... by Helen Sjursen ... How often have you tried a trick uver and over aga in and learned it by " repetition", but, if you were given one little " tip" you could lea-rn it in one workout or even sometimes, within a few attempts? Why does it take longer for one girl to advance than it does for another girl? Why does it,take longer for you to get into tne winni ng plali:es in competition? What can you do to advance faster in your skills ability? What preparations can you do prior to actually trying the ski ll itself? Do you know the important phase of a skill that is ·done correctly will result in a successful attempt? You ca n find all these answers in "TIPS FOR WOMEN's GYMNASTICS", plus man y more tips. Many skills are illustrated and thoroughly exp lained to give you more success in your attem pts. Cost $3.18 (mimeographed). Order from: Mrs. Helen Sjursen, 46 Poplar Place, Fanwood, NJ 07023. (Check payable to Helen Sjursen must be enclosed with order) . Nor foreign orders.

:' '~Ai;o~:;L' G~M~ASjiC ORGANIZAiION:' ~.~ Is looking for qualified people to enter into a limited partnership that will organize and operate a GYMNASTIC CENTER composed of Instructional lessons, competitive gymnastic team and retail outlet for Gymnastic accessories in YOUR area. If interested send resume to: National Gymnastic Organization c/ o GYMNAST Ad. #1009

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March 22-23 USGF Elite Qualifying Meet, second round , Newark , Deleware, M eet Director Ed Kn e pper, Mee t re fe ree : Jackie Fie March 28-30 NCAA Co llege Division Championships, Springfield College, Springfie ld , Massachuetts April 6-14 International Youth Trampoline Championsh ips, Be irut, Lebanon April 5-6 AIAW Co ll egia te Championships (Women), Ca liforn ia Sta te Unive rsity-Sacramento, Meet Director. Kathy Shell y, Women 's Gymnastics Coach, Ca liforn ia State University - Sacramento , Sacramento, Ca lif. 95819 April 4-6 NCAA Championships, Pe nn State University, University Park , Penna. April 19-20 YMCA Nationals in Seatt le , Washington (Men's Compulsories same as last two yea rs, Women 's - USGF Ad v. level. .. No minimum age o r score requirements April 18-20 USGF Jr. Nationals - Hayward , California April 25-27 AAU Sen ior National Championsh ip, Billings, Montana (Tent) April Compulsory Training Meets in four geographically loca ted centers (E li te Program) May 9-11 USGF Senior Nationals, Chicago, Meet Director: Betty Meyer May 30-June 1 USGF Elite Nationals, Southern Illinois University, Carbondal e, Illinois, Mee t director: Herb Vogel; Meet Referee: Jackie Fie Aug. 22-24 (tent) These dates a re proposed for Final trial for Qualification for World Games Team to represent U.S.A. at the Games Oct 19-26, 1974. Site is undetermined. 1975 YMCA National s on April 18-1 9 1976 YMCA Nationals o n April 9-10

REGIONAL SCORE Jan. 25-26 Magnolia Open (Strawberry Open becomes Magnolia Open when it moves to SW Mississippi Jr. College in Summit, MissisSippi) Feb. 8-9 Valastics Invitational - Niceville, Fla ... Qualifying scores may be used this year to limit this meet. Feb. 9 Pacific Coasf Invitat ional - Inglemoor H.S. March 15-16 Eastern Co ll egiate Region a ls March 15-16 AIAW (fo rmerl y Reg. 8) Colleg iate Regionals hosted by San Diego State University, San Diego, Callf. Meet Director Ed Franz. March 23 USGF Reg ionals, Forest Grove, Oregon. This meet is for Qualification into USGF Jr. and Sr. nationals. There will be Elite Division competition. ••••...............••...•.•••••••.•

We would like to publish a calendar that is Gymnastically compete - if you have any additions please send them to:

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