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Page 1: Gymnast Magazine - November 1974

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The Russians are coming back ... The United ~ t ates Gym llasti cs f ede rati o ll is pleased alld

proud to prese llt th e USSR Nat io llal Gymllast ics Tea m. Never bel a re have so ma IlY Olympic alld World Champio lls been to ured ill a i ast-paced ex hibi'ti on oi th is type. H.ead lined by Ludmila To urischeva, Olga Ko rbu t, Victor Klimenko and N iko lai AlldriJllov. rh e team cO llsists o f 16 athletes. ,Here are th e illteillati o nall y titl ed champ io lls you will see on thi ~ tour:

Women Gymnasts

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

Ludmila Tourischeva: Ho no red MJ,ter 01 Sports, Abso lut e cha mpion - U))K, Europe, 20th Olympid d , and the World . 22 yeMs o ld. Olga Korbut: HO llored Ma, te r of )ports, Trip le Go ld Medallist 20th O lymp iad. 'I'! yeJ r, o ld. Elvira Saadi: Mil ; te r o t )po rt ;, Cold Meddlli , t 20 th Ol ympiad. 2L yeM; old. Nina Dronova : Mas te r 01 )ports, Youth Champion USS K. 16 year; old. Nelli Kim: Md , te r o t Sport" Cha mpion USS K. 17 yea rs old. Rusiko Sikharulidze : MJ ; te r of Sport;, Champion US)K. 20 year; o ld .

Men Gymnasts Nikolai Andrianov: HOll ored Ma;t e r 01 Sport;, Cham ipon - USSK, ~urope , LOth O lympiad , alld the World. 22 yea rs o ld . Victor Klimenko: HOll ore d Ma; te r of Sport; , Cham pion - USSK, ~ urope, LOth Ol ympiJd , Jild th e World . 25 yea rs o ld .

USSR-USA Tour Schedule

1 he Spectrum , f'hdJdelphiJ The Cow Palace, ).1 11 ~rJ l lL i ;co The MemorlJI )POll'> Are na, Lo; All ge ie, Madisoll )quare Ga l d e ll , ew York 1 he New !:lo; ton Gard e ll , i:l mto ll 1 he Coli se um. Clevelalld Ca pita l Ce llt re , '0'a;h lll gto ll , U.L.

Vladimir Marchenko: C hampion U)SK , C hampi o n Illt e ril a tiol lal Compe ti tio ll Moscow. 22 year, o ld . Edward Mikae lya: Champio ll U)) K. 24 yeM'> o ld . Alexande r Maleyeve: Cha mpio ll U))K. 27 yea rs o ld. Paata Shamugia: Cha mpi o n U)S K - Ho ri zo llt ,d Bar . 22 yedr; o ld.

Modern Gymnastics Galina Shugurova: Ab,olu te World ChJmpioll . 21 years old. Galina Shafrova : Wi lln e r U))K, Pa rti cipJ lll in Wor ld C ha mpiomh ip; . 1tJ yeM, old.

Acrobatics Galina Savel ieva : Ab,o lule World ChJmpio ll . 31 years o ld . Yuri Saveliev : Absol ut e World C hJrn piol1. 4'1 years o ld .

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~IIDlnIBIi~ TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume XVI / Number 11 / November 1974

5. FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glellil SUlldby 7. VIEWPOINTS, Dick Cri ley 8. WHAT'S HAPPENING

10. SUMMER WRAP UP, Meets and Clini cs 12. USA JR. TEAM TOURS JAPAN,

Margit 1 reiber & I{od Hill 14. 1974 USA WORLD GAMES TEAM

14. Women's Final Trials, Anaheim, California, MillOt Simoll; II 20. M en's Final Trials, Austin, Texas, Uill Stern

PORTFOLIO OF MEN'S WORLD GAMES TEAM 21. Wayne Young 32. Steven Hug 24. John·Crosby 25. Gene Whelan 26. Jim Ivicek· 27. Jay Whelan 36. Brent Simmons

28. CENTER FOLD-OUT POSTER, USA Men's & Women's World Games Team Members

37. SO YOU WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN, Bill Roetzheim

37. DEALING WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS OF YOUNG BOYS, Joe ~wee ll ey

38. NEWS 'N NOTES, I{ ell ee Helldersho tt 39. HELEN'S CORNER,

Cast From The Low Bar, Helell ~ju rse ll 50. COMPULSORV -EXERCISES,

Ur. H.J. Bies terfeldt , Jr. 51 . INSTRUCTION: Common Errors in Horse

Circles, Dr. H.J. BiesterfelJt , Jr. 44. A PARENT'S GUIDE TO GYMNASTICS:

Tumbling, Patricia A. Cause 45. PLATFORM SPOTTING THE PARALLEL

BARS, Nlel H. ~ch o tt

46 . IS GYMNASTICS AN ' EQUAL OPPORTUNITY' SPORn, All ollymo·us

47. CLUB CORNER 48. ANAHEIM IN SEQUENCE: Barbara Myslak 49. ON THE MOVE WITH FRITZ: The

Cheshire Snap-Flip and it's Consequences, Fri lL Reiter

50. LETTERS 51. MEET RESULTS 54. CALENDAR

Cover: Janette Anderson top woma ll scorer ill USA I-illal Trials ill Allaheim.

publisher: G le nn Sundby Associate Editors: Dick C ril ey

Re nee Hende rsho tl Research Editor: H.J. Biesterfeldt . Jr. Education Editor: A. B. Fre derick Junior Gymnast Editor: Joe Sweeney Modern Rhythmic Gvmnastics Editor :

Ann el is Strange Hoy ma n Instructional Editors: AA: Bill Ba ll es te r, FX: Paul l ie rt , PH: James Hesso n, R: Ed Isabe ll e, LH : Jim Turpin, PB : Bill Roetzh e imm HB : Bill Holmes. Layout: Teri Jo hnso n G YM NAS I m dXoILilll' h pubh) hl'C1 by ~undby publi( ,lli o m. 410 Kro dd"',l ),. Sol nt .. Muni(d. Cd. '10 401. St.· l u nd C ld ~~ ·Pm ldSt· p.li d .I I ~.,"I.I '''t o niCd. Cd. Publi .. h .. ,d m o nthl y ('\ll'pl hi-Illllll thl t, )um', lul y. Aut-;ml dnd ~(·p1(·mhl'r . "r iu' S I.OO ,. ~ingtl' lOpy. Sub)uipl io n (lIfa' !> p OIHl l' IHl' , (.YMNAS T - P.O. Ho). I IU, S.Ul! •• MUlli( .I , LI. 1.104Gb . Cop yrig ht 1 'I i '" . ,llr rig h t .. r('~l' r \'('d br SUNUY PUlJlICA II UNS , ~ 10 IJroddw.J r. ~d lll ,1 Muni(",l, L I. AJI-Pholo~ dnd nldnllHriph ~ubmith'd hl'(UllIt' 11ll' prUpt' rt r 0 1 C.YMNA~ l unl{' ~~ f(' turn r l'q ul'~ t ,lI\d ~ ulli(il'nt pu~ t .lgl' oUt' indlldl'(1.

From The PUBLISHER

GYMNAST '75 __ . Wonderful things are happening to Gymnast magaz ine sta rtin g with thi s editi o n and we are al l exc ited about it. Thi s ed iti o n is a preview of things to co me, no t just a one tim e shot, but , Co lo r cove rs, posters and more sequence photos w ill be regular fea tures of our new look for '75. W e are pulling it all together with our hard wo rking staff and co ntri butors so that GYMNAST '75 w ill fea ture at least four large il pa ge co lo r fold -out pos ters (th e size il1 c luded in thi s issue), four4 page co lo r fo ld -out posters and 4 doub le ce l1ter co lor spredds duril1g th e year .. . Hey!. .. you say, that adds up to twe lve issues ... Yo ur right! GYMNAST'75 wi ll beaut every month far 12 big co lorfu l iss ues for the year.

What"s tha ca tch?, ... What"s th e cost! , al1d how ca l1 you do it ?, yo u might say consid erin g all o ur pa!'. t product io l1 prob lems. No swea t, Gym llast ics is growing and w e are ju st keepil1g up wi th it. W e have aJded l1 ew off ice al1d production staff this past year, we ha ve co ntillued to rece ive good suppo rt frolll our many off icial and unofficial cO lltributors. Hut , mos t of all YOU the reader w ith your subscription and lett er support ha ve helped us grow until we w ill soon have over 15,000 av id subsc ribers alld hope (w ith your he lp) to have ove r 25,000 in '75. Th e decision on co lor and 12 iss ues per yea r was YO UK IDEA. Hy th e time we checked over the thousan ds of questiollilaires return ed w ith yo ur re l1 ewal s it was o bvious you wanted more issues, m o re ill stru cti o n, more gyml1a sti cs, and many suggested it sure wo ul d be ni ce to have so me co lo r 11 0W and agai n if possib le. The big poster fold-out , w ell that wa !'. o ur OWII idea, it is so methil1g we have wa llted to do ever since w e wellt to th e present larger magaz in e formdt in 1963. But it took awhil e until our printer (Robert Good) sat down and worked it ou t with m e. H·e sa id th e only problem to make it practica l wa s that th e read ers wou ld have to open th e sta pl es to li ft out the poste r. Prob lem !, I sa id o ur read ers would find it a pleasure in the fact they would be gettillg va ri o us size pos ters ill their magaz in e for '75. Choosing to do seve ral size posters during th e yea r was a practical decision both in cost and wa ll space for o ur rea ders. If you have a gym fin e, but how many giant posters wi ll a bedroom wall hold al1d besid es vari ety makes it interest in g.

What shou ld be the added cos t for allthis additional se rv ice ? We consu lted long on that subject and ca me up w ith our new rate of ten doll ars per yea r for the twelve issues. In spit e of all th e continuing raisin g costs of pape r, printi ng and postage we wanted to hol d the line at about where we we re. We hope you will be as excited as we are abo ut GYMNAST '75 and not only resubscribe pro mptl y, but encourage all your fri en ds (who ha ve bee n sharing your magazin e) to subscribe so th ey ca n start th eir own GYMNAST '75 Poster co ll ec tion. You will note that our new $10.00 subscript io n rate is still a $2.00 annual sav ing over our cover price, and th e posters included in GYMNAST '75 if purchased separa tel y would retail for approx imatel y $12 to $14. (How abo ut that for a bargain ).

* AND THAT'S NOT ALL: Hes ides color cove rs, posters and add itio nal editions we are also ad ding seve ral new regular fea tures. Our fri end Dr. Joseph Gohler from Germany (editor of th e OLYMPISCH TUKNKUNST) has agreed to become our Intern ationa l editor and se nd us an International Happenings co lumn for each edition, Gre tchen Dowsing (110W teachil1g Gymnastics at Cornell ) has offe red to do a reg ular Col lege co lumn for girl s keeping us al l up to ddte on th e " Colleg iate Scene·· A nd i f that is no t enough in addition to dll of our other regular contribut ors, Dr. Jo hn D. W ebber of Portland, Oregon has offe red his services in editing a reg ular ··Sport, M edi c il1 e·· co luml1 for GYMNAST '75.EXCITED? If you are half as exci ted abo ut GYMNAST '75 as we are here at tne office, join us in making 1975 a gymnastic year to remember_ .. And JOI1 ·t forget, GYMNAST '75 will make a great gift for a friend , every month of th e yea r th ey will be remind ed it ca me FROM YOU.

WORLD GAMES: We have bee l1 so bu sy puttinb the new GYMNAST '75 plans together we didn ·t have time to take off fo r th e World Ganles ill 8ulgaria ... But Dr. Gohl er, Abie Grossfe ld , Minot Simo l1 s, Frank Endo and hopefu Il y 8arbara Thatcher who have all fl ow n to Va rn a for the ChampiollSh ips hdve all promise·d to co ntribute pictures, stories and pho tos of th e act ion for our nex t co lo r dction packed edition ... Meanwhil e, if yo u get the chance get yo urse lf a good sea t for the USSR Nat ional team tour of th e USA. And HAVE A HAPPY H ANDSTAND_

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Page 7: Gymnast Magazine - November 1974

At th e Novem ber 1973 USGF Congress, o ne o f th e to pics o f co nce rn to th e USGF Men 's Tec hnica l Committee was th e res tri ctions o n out-o f- season prac tice and co aching o f gymn as ti cs by State hig h sc hoo l athl eti c associations. Thi s co nce rn was voiced aga in by Ol ympic gym nast, :, teve Hug, in hi s articl e, " Gymnas ti cs - - Competiti o n o r A rt Fo rm ?" in th e A ugust-September iss ue of th e GYMNAST.

Not a few areas of th e country face th e pro hib iti o n of p ract ices in all HS spo rt s p ri o r to a few w eeks befo re th e ir com petiti ve season. As Steve noted, th is puts pressure o n th e coach to prog ress away fro m mas tery of th e bas ics and to pu sh towards a " Big Trick " to upgrade a ro ut ine.

This pas t M arch, Gary Greening o f th e Minnesota Gymnasti c Coaches Assoc iati o n w ro te to th e M inn esota State High Schoo l League seekin g som e cla ri fica ti o ns from them. A repl y was rece ived fro m Ma rv in C. Helling of M SHSL and printed in the news le tter o f th e M GCA. W e reprint a part of it beca use it does revea l som ething o f th e thin k in g o f ad mi n istrato rs w ho fo rmulate the restri cti ve po lic ies :

"Much misunderstand ing ex ists around the concept of the 'open gym' or the 'students practici ng on their own' philosophy. No school may engage in any gymnast ics tournament , practi ce, trainin g or oth er gymnasti cs acti viti es betwee n the close of one season and the ope ni ng of the nex t season. Group and individual physical development prog rams open to all students be tween the close of one seaso n and th e opening of the nex t season are encouraged. The use of high school gymnasiums and other facilities duri ng th is sa me period is also encouraged . This means that coaching of gymnastics techniques and skill s to students who have part icipated on high school tea ms is a vio lation of the rule and should not be included in th e progra m wh ich would emphas ize physica l developmen t ra ther than sk ills and techniques of gymnastics. There shall be no compulsion fo r athl etes to pa rticipate in this kind of program as a quali fica tion for being on a school gymnasti cs team. "

Unfo rtunate ly, Mr. Helling 's repl y di d no t c lari fy th e situati o n in Minnesota ve ry much oth er than to say it was all r ight fo r ph ys ica l f itness prog rams to proceed. MGCA news lette r edito r, Dan Cragg, edito riali zed o n som e po ints of th e rationale used by th e M SHSL:

"Some of the rationale used by the MSHSL for such rules are as fo llows:

1. To prov ide for un il ormity of rules as they perta in to the students in all of the member schools.

2. To provide fo r equity of competiti on among the member schools ... etc.

3. To pro tect the student from ove rzea lous coaches who might be incl ined to requ ire practice and train ing throughout the yea r,

4. To protect the student 's opportun ity to take pa rt in other acti vities and enjoy a dive rsified sport s program.

Editor's note: Yes, the swimmers can play wa ter polo in the fal l, swim in the winter and belong to AAU prog rams in the summer. The baseba ll tea m ca n play high school ball in the spring and Legion ba ll all summer. The wrestlers ca n wrest le in the winter and participa te in AAU programs all summer. Yes, ', he student is provi ded with a DIVERSE sports opportunit y!! !

5. To enable the schools to prmote and provide a grea ter va ri ety of sports for students.

Editors note: Of cou rse, they will all overl ap by several weeks so the pa rticipant only misses half a season if his team makes it to a state contest!

6. To enable the school to make their facilities ava ilab le to addit ional students in a va riety of acti vities. (A non-school club may be using the sc hoo l facility for the sa me students and repea ting the sa me ac tivit y) .

Editors Note: Does this mean an " open gym" at any time?

This letter should cla ri fy everything fo r us, but does it ? All rul es refer to school yea r onl y. It should be noted the in fe rence is a gymnas t ca n pa rti cipa te in AAU, USTA, USGF and recrea tion prog rams in the summer. These prog rams should be opened to all , by Leag ue standards, and must be in accordance with League rul es. Should you have any questions, ask you athlet ic d irector, he will be happy to interpret the leag ue rules!!!"

Apparently th e situati o n is still subject to much var iati o n in loca l interpretati o ns in League rul es. It d oes no t rea ll y reso lve th e problems fac in g the se ri o us HS gymnast w ho seeks yea r ' round coac hing and worko ut o pp o rtuniti es c lose to ho m e.

Va rious recommenda ti o ns we re bandi ed about at the USGF Congress las t yea r, and m aybe some new o nes w ill surface thi s yea r. It wo uld appea r th at w here res tri cti o ns do no t ban o ut side prac ti ces that a gy mn as t co uld p rac ti ce w hen and w he re he likes. In a prac ti ca l se nse, howeve r, th ere is still need for an equipped gymnas ium and a coach. Ma ny HS gymn as ti cs coac hes have to d o doubl e duty w ith o th er spo rt s and are no t ava il abl e even if rules perm it them to coach during th e "off-

season." Pr ivate cl ubs and Y's may p rovide som e measure of p rac tice tim e, but o ft en th ey are mo re cos tl y and afford fewer ho urs than needed . Plus, o ne com es up w ith th e loya lt y iss ue o f w ho m sho uld th e gymnas t represent in competi tio ns w hen HS and club seasons over lap o r w he re HS reg u la ti o ns fo rb id competin g o n no n-sc hoo l c lu bs . (Us uall y appli ca bl e onl y during th e sc hool yea r as Mr. Cragg has noted.)

Often a coac h ca nno t be b lam ed fo r wa nt ing a brea k fr o m the o rdea l of spottin g, ca jo ling, threa tening , and opening up and closin g th e gym day in and day o ut. A n "open gym " so unds fin e, b u t th ere is always a respo nsib il i ty ques ti o n.

It wo uld seem to m e that co ll ege and ex ­coll ege gymn as ts owe it to th e spo rt , beca u se o f th e lo ng hours put in by th eir coaches, to p ut in a littl e o ut side time to he lp br ing up 'som e o f th e new gym nas ts. Gra nted that the towns closes t to th e co ll eges would be sa tu rated during th e sc hoo l yea r (assuming th e co ll ege coaches would even co nsider it ), but d u rin g th e summer brea ks w hen th e co ll ege gymn as ts d isperse, th ere sho uld be som e way to use this tal ent to d evelo p mo re gymnasts and to do a better job at the grassroo ts.

Perh aps the Assoc iati o n of Indepen den t Gymnasti cs Clubs co u ld develop some way to publi c i ze coac hin g and ass ist a n ce opportu n iti es, o r maybe the State Chairm en o f th e USG F Men 's Techni ca l Committee could se rve as a clea rin gho use for o p po rtu niti es in th eir states .

Res tri ctio ns o n p rac ti ce season do no t seem l ikely to disa ppea r. Educa ti o n o f ad mini st ra to rs as to th e needs of th e spo rt w ill accomplish o nl y part of the so luti on . Inex tricab ly locked up w ith th e p ro bl em is a lack o f gymnasium space to acco mo date all th e tea ms n eeding to u se it. With th e growth of at hl eti c programs fo r g irl s, even m o re d emand fo r that space w ill result w ith the l ike lihood that areas no t now fac in g res tri cti o ns may soon have to live w ith th em. Aga in , pri va te c lubs, y's, and o utside program s m ay be abl e to pi ck up th e slack. One o th er o utside area w hich cou ld assume leade rshi p in thi s respect is the recrea ti o n prog ram , usuall y run by a city or local gove rnin g unit.

In many cases the hi gh sc hoo ls are do ing a f ine job, and I do no t m ea n to despa rge them by my remarks. However, th e grow th o f gymn as ti cs o ut side th e hi gh sc hoo l prog ram could p ro pel gymn as ti cs fo rward a lo t fas ter th an it seem s to be go in g now.

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Chiang Shao-yi Tsa i Huan-tsung

CHINA GAINS MOST MEDALS IN GYM MEET

TEHRAN (Kyodo-Reuter) - Ch ina, mak ing her debut in the Asian Games, dominated th e gymnastic competition by wi nning most of th e medals, includ ing more than half of the go lds.

The Chin ese outclassed a second-class japanese men and women's tea m to w in eight go lds, eight si lve r and two bronzes.

j apan , wh ich reserved it first teams for the wo rld gymnas tic cham pio nships at Varna, Bulgaria, collected fo ur go lds, three si lve rs and two bronzes.

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

China's star was Chiang Sh ao-y i, w ho won the ove rall comb in ed total and three indiv idual events, and was onl y stopped by Reiko Yoshida of japan who took the horse va ult event.

jo Yoon Hi of North Korea also wo n a go ld medal by shar ing first pl ace w ith Chiang, a 27-yea r-old Pekin g phys ica l instru cto r, in the un even bars.

Th e men's events ended in th e fi ve-day competit ion wi th Kazuo Horide of japa n winning the ove rall combined and two ind ivid ual events.

Ch ina's ace Tsai Huang-tsung won two and Lee Young Taik and Kim Kuk Han of Sou th Korea one each.

japanese officials sa id the Chinese would produce wo rl d-class gymnasts in th e nea r futu re .

China also won the men and women 's team co mpetition.

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

GRAND OPENING CEREMONIES

The grand opening and ribbo n cutting ce remon ies of th e Farm ington Va ll ey Gym nastics and Recrea ti on Cen ter, Inc. took

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place o n Saturday, September 21, 1974. Vi rginia Con no ll y, State Representative, '16th

Assembly Distr ict ; Ru ssel Shaw, First Se lectman, Simsbury; O liver W. Thompson, First Se lec tman, Avo n; and Stephen A . Fli s, Town Manager , Farmi ngton, partic ipated in th e ce remon y.

Th e Farmington Va ll ey Gymnastics and Recrea tion Center, Inc. was organ ized to provide a wide rang e of ind ividua li zed phys ica l f itness program s for pre-schoo lers, ch ildren and ad ults. The gymnasti cs and fitness prog rams inco rporat e motor skill deve lopment designed to improve coordination and movement in va rious rec rea ti onal sport s. Th e girl's gYll1 lld>tics ill stru ct io nal program r,lnges from beg in ner to adva nced levels and is designed to develop grace, femillinit y and stamina.

MILAN MED

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

NEW ENGLAND NEWS

Here is some news from New Eng land - N.E. Gymnastic Clinic w ill be held at " Wilto n High School, Wilton. Conn. " for info contact Mr. Isado re Batt ino, Darien H.S., Darien Conn . . . . . . Watanabe gave a cl ini c on mechan ics on Sept. 21 at the' North Shore School of Gymnastics, Sa lem, Mass. Director Robert Hanscom. Delene Darst w ill give a clinic o n the Na ti ona l Compulsory Floo r and Beam rou tin es on Nov. 3 at Framingham North H.S. sponsored by the Mass. USGF .

JAPAN VISIT On our recent t rip to j apan your pub lish er

visited the Se no h fac to ry, largest gym lhlsti c equipment manufactu rers il l j apan , dill] was shown through th e factory by the supervisor Mr. Ohtsubo all d o ne of the ell ginee rs, pi ctu red above. Helow : We also took a photo of A ihara , 1%0 Ol ympic ~x Gold Meddl w inner

GYMNAST Nov. 1974

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and 7th AA III Kame, ill Irollt of h is ' I-JOrti l lg goods store II I Morib~ , hi , J ~p~ 11. A ihM,1 ~I so teaches gYIl1 Il~ s tll cl""e, ~t th e U lli versi ty ~ I ld th e local schoo l .. Yictureu .It right 011 our WdY ba ck I rom Japd ll we h~u .I stop over ill Haw,lii whe re we d id .I littl e h,lIld b,l ldllCillg 011 the beach at W~ l kiki w ith ~Ssocidte ed itor Uick (ril ey dlld retired U. of Hd Wdii cOdcll UOII Custd sO Il , ,do ll g w ith other Wdikiki b,ddll ce rs.

DARING George N isse n on a recent visit to the USSR

shows hi s agi lity (a nd daring) . On th e streets of Moscow, with a Russ ian photographer as bottom man , he demonstrates a hand-to-hand hand balanc e. In streetshoes yet!

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,..----___ ~ummer Wrap-up

BIG SURF GYMNASTICS MEET by Brad Dowde n

Despite a low turnout, the Big Surf Gymnastics Meet, held August 23-25 at Tempe, Ar izona's " ocean in the desert" , prov ided the usual amount of gymnastics,. sun, surf, and fun .

" We fe lt the meet was better - perhaps not bigger - than ever," exp lained Don Robin son, meet d irector and hea d coach at nearby Ar izona State Un ivers ity. " In ' fact, becau se of the cal iber of mens' competiti on, we 're stil l p lanning on nex t yea r. "

After an opening day devoted solel y to girls' co mpet ition, the meet moved on to three catagories of men 's competition - high school , co ll ege, and invitat iona l.

Greg Goodrum , from Bear Creek (Co lo .) H.S., captured high school hono rs in th e floo r exe rcise with an 8.3, w hile Ari zona State se nior, and three-time A ll-Ame rican , Gary A lexander, was tops in th e co llege catagory, sport ing a 9.2 sco re.

However, at th e invita ti onal, A lex and er took a back sea t to ASU tea mmate Kent Brown, who ea rned a 9.05 from th e judges w ith an extreme ly high piked A rabian one-and-three. Offered Rob inson: " Brown 's flawless form and

. executi o n once again proved he is one of the

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L.J . La rson, Big Surf Invitational Champion

most outstanding floor ex men in the country." Brown p laced eighth at las t year 's NCAA meet, while Alexa nder fi ni shed fifth.

On the Pomm el horse, Marv Ho neyman, from Tucson Palo Verde H.S., took the high schoo l segment w ith a 7.0 mark, but after that i t was all L.J . Larson, the junior Al l-Amer ica n from A ri zo na State. Larson wa lked off w iht honors from th e co ll ege (9.35) and in v itati ona l (9.3) port ions, prompting Robinson to say: " L.J. showed everyone w hat a Pommel horse ro utine shou ld look li ke, w ith extremely high scisso rs and difficulty th at could add tremendous pressure to any nation al champion present or pa s!. "

In the hi gh schoo l stil l rings compet iti on, Duwayne Traurig from Auro ra (Colo. ) Central H .S. , scored a 6.6 for first place . M ike Henry, from the Univers ity of Oklahoma, was tops among co ll eg iate performers with an 8.85 standard, and Ari zona State sen io r AII­American Rick Curti s took in vitati o nal honors with a 9.2 sco re.

Long horse va ulting saw Dan Dew itt of Cherry Creek (Co lo.) H.S. wa lk off w ith prep honors (8.75), w hil e Doug Boger (8 .95) of Cal iforn ia and Tex Womack (9.2), also from Ca liforn ia captured first-pla ce ho no rs in the coll ege and invitational competition s respecti ve ly .

On parallel bars, Cherry Creek's Dewitt aga in was th e top prepster w ith an 8.55 sco re, fo ll owed by Oregon 's Bob Rikli (8.95) at th e co ll egiate level, and A ri zona State 's Herb Hansen (9.15) for th e invi tationa l. " Rikli showed alo t of class," observed Robinson, " and w ill probably be one of th e top performers in th e NCAA th is year. "

Th e f ina l event, horizontal bar, wa s al l Ar izona State, after Dewitt once again led the high schoo l po rti on with a 6.6 score. Last yea r 's junior co llege nat ional champion Tom Watson now a jun io r at AS U, took both co llege (9.0) and invitat iona l (9.2) honors, w ith Sun Devi ls Hanse n (9.05) and Alexander (9.0) fini shing second and th ird respecti ve ly during in vitational act ion.

Need less to say, Dewitt won th e hi gh schoo l all -aroun d w ith a 43.05 to ta l, w hil e A ri zon a State freshman Scott Barclay sco red 46.05 to lead the coll egians .

Th e favo rite events at this year's Big Surf Meet, enjoyed by contestants and judges ali ke? " Girl -wat ching and th e su per wate r slide," answered Robinson wi th a sm il e.

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

MINNESOTA "GYMFEST"

" Bigger and better th an ever! ", best describes the third an nual M inneapo li s Aquatennial " Gymfes t " held on the shores of Lake Calhoun o n the wee kend of Jul y 27 and 28. Sponsored by Larry Gleason's Schoo l of

Ja n La rson, standout in 13-14 division

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

Glenn Miller, high scorer in mens open

Gymnastics, ove r 250 co ntes tants competed fo r ribbons, meda ls and troph ies.

O ve r the past few years, the Aquatennial event has become the hi ghli ght of summer gymnastics in Minnesota, br ingi ng together the va rious clu bs, recreation departments, junior high , sen ior high, co ll ege and " over the hill " gymnasts togeth er in o ne " fun " oriented meet to promote gymnastics in th e open air.

The top clubs in M innesota we re all represented w ith members from the Mini­Hop 's, Jonathan 's Living Sea Gulls, KEGS, and G leason's taking most of th e top honors.

The emphasis on simply th e enjoyment of doing gymnas tics, the competition was broken down into age groups 9 and under, 10-12, 13-14, 15-17, 18 and older.

Many qua li ty performances were executed in all the d ivisions, but, especially in the girl s 13-14 age bra cket where the compet ition was very keen led by such standouts as Jan Larsen of Jonathan 's, Teresa Schne ider of Gleason's, Jon i Landwehr from Robbinsdal e and all the gi rls from the Mini-Hops.

Although fewer compet itors co mpeted for honors in th e va riou s men 's divisions, th e quality was still good w ith th e Mini-Hop 's, KEGS, Gleason's and Andy 's Gang dom inating the younger divisions. Standouts were Jim Sewal l of Gleason 's , J oe Berens of Robbin sdale, and Brian Meeker representing KEGS.

Compet ition in th e high school division was a little disappointing w ith man y of the top male gymnasts in the sta te watching rather than participating.

The best div ision of the meet was the M en's Open divi sion with many present and fonner Un ivers it y of Minnesota gymnasts participating. Jef f Rock , Bi ll Kerchner, Chuck Marti and Glenn Mi ller, all recent graduates from the " U" led the competition. But, th e fun was seeing the real " o ldsters" such as Bob Hoecherl , Di ck Hinrichs and Larry Gleason do thei r thing ! An added attraction was Ted Marti, formerll y of the Univers ity of Michigan and p resently a " grad" stud ent at Minnesota co mpete agai n this year. Th e gym nas ts competing in this division seem to entert ai n more of th e sp irit of the gym fest by having a good tim e wh il e doing some thin g they rea ll y enjoy.

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

NIGHT OF STARS

17th ANNUAL NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTICS CLINIC, MICHIGAN STATE

A fine turn out of over 300 took part in the 17th Annua l National Summer Gymnastics Clini c at Michigan State, August 4-9. Th is group was coached by about 50 instru ctors. Program director was Dick Shilling. Registrants we re d iv ided into 3 groups : gymnasts, judges and coaches and physical educators. This year the coac hes and teachers we re ab le to take a course for cred it through M ich i'gan State. Thi s was coo rdinat ed by Rene Hendershott an d Ken A ll en who were assisted by many of the instructors.

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

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

Bigges t groups came from Reading, Penn sy lvania (Larry Moyer, Coach) ; Cice ro, Il linois (Rosemarie and Jim Starke, Coaches); and from Taylor, Michigan (Pam Yockey, Coach).

The clinic board co nsists of Paul Fina, Bill Meade and George SzYpula, all Hal l of Famers.

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UlA Jr. Team Tours Japan Two USA Junior teams toured and competed

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

The seco nd tea m was made up of the " Hi ll s Angels" from the D enver Schoo l of Gymnastics, tea m coached by Rod Hill and inc luded Trish and Linda (mentioned above who were on bo th teams), Rennee Hack , Diane Dovas, Bonnie Jo rdan, Li sa Full er and Debbie Hill. Also with the Denve r tea m was Les li e Bartlett from Great Britian who had been training with the tea m in D enve r.

The Japanese Gymnastic Association in cooperation with th e Japanese High Schoo l Federation , invited the United States Junior tea m to compete in four different competition s. The first compe titi on was held in Tokyo . Thi s mee t was th e official Na tional Indi vidua l Championships of th e High Schoo l Gymnasts. Twenty-seven Japanese HS Gymnasts had to qualify through va riou s meets to compete in this competition. Debbie Willcox placed first AA in thi s meet w ith 36.65 . Usui and M ana of Japan pla ced 2nd and 3rd with 36.60 and 36.00. Our gi rl s were up in spirit but not full y recooperated from th e long flight and time change so did not fare well and did ba:lly on the Unevens and could no t make up th, ! difference with th eir better sco res on th e other events.

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

Otsu, wa s th e site of the third competition where seven Japan ese girl s were selec ted to compete in indi vidual events aga inst the five USA girls: The USA girls did w ell w ith Wi lcox winning top honors in Vault , bars and f loo r- x, Reed was first on beam, second o n floor , Antonio pla ced seco nd on bars and ti ed w ith Reed on th e floor, Hack was second on th e beam. The judging was a bit hectic, sco res far

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apar t as th e judges we re ve ry yo ung with limited experience and the re were numerous conferences to adjust sco res (t hey we re overscoring th e USA girls).

Th e fourth meet for the USA Jr. tea m was held at N igata. 1;1 the words of Mrs. Treiber .. " Thi s harbor ci ty on th e no rth sho re o f Ho nshu Island w ith a half-milli o n populati on proved to be the highli ght and the perfect place to end our competi ti on s and visit in Japa n.

The hospitalit y in every place was more than superb. It seemed imposs ible to improve it in any way. The " Hostmanship " is an art in Japan, " all the way out ," first cla ss. In thi s bea utiful , modern city, we had the bes t meet fo r orga ni za tion , judging, and for ce remonies. The hospitali ty included exquisite, authenti c Japanese dinners, a Chinese fou rt een-co urse banquet (w ith Pekin g Duck as o ne course). Much wa rmth and affecti o n o n th e part of eve ryo ne co nnected with ou r visit was felt during the en tire stay. We did sight see ing and shopping - shopping - shopping!

This meet was a Tea m and Indi vidual All Around Competiti o n. Five members on each team. Same rul es as befo re b ut counting th e top four scores fo r tea m scores.

Results: USA 151.45 1st Niigata 141.30 2nd Individual AA scores: Tri sh Reed 38.15; Debbi e Wilcox 38.10; Linda Antonio 37.50; Carry Inglert 36.80; Renee Hack 36.70; Fujigu chi 35.80.

From N igata the USA Junior tea m returned to Tokyo and the fo ll owing day Mrs. Treiber, Mrs. Wa chte l, Kelly, Car ri e, and Debbi e (Wilcox) returned to th e USA (the members of th e Denver club team stayed on for th e World Jr. Club championships) .

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

The day af ter the U.S. Jr. Tea m returned to Tok yo th ey (o ther th an the Denve r School members) left for th e Un ited States. The Denve r Team was 110W on it s own. For th e nex t two weeks, we stayed dt th e ho tel, did shopping and trained in preparati on for th e Junio r World Championships to be held o n th e 8th of September. W e had been inv it ed to thi s meet in Ma rch of 1973 by th e sponsor and o rga ni zer of th e meet, M rs. Ikeda. It was th e mee t that we had been sav ing and preparing fo r all th is time.

We train ed at N ippon Uni versity fo r the two weeks, and here we re ab le to rub sho ulders w ith th e best M en gymna sts in th e Wo rld and th e best Japa nese Women gymnasts. It was a ve ry good experic ncc .

The Worl d Jun io r club Champio nships turned ou t to be the fantas tic ex perience it was built up to be. HJving been to o ne Ol ympi cs and o ne World Ga mes, thi s meet had to rank third to th at in prepa rati on crowd and fa ciliti es. It was held at the sit e of th e 1964 Ol ympic Games. Th e girls performed o n a pl atfo rm , just like in th e Ol ympi cs and every thin g was of th e highes t ca li be r. In th e meet was a tea m fro m Canada , o ne fro m W est Germ any, the United Sta tes and Japan. The Japan ese ac tuall y had 12 girl s in the meet and the o th er nati ons had two each.

Right f rom the beg inning th e m eet was close and the all aro und was up fo r grabs. Tr ish Reed sco red a 9.0 in the Va ult as she d id an exce ll ent Yamashita and th en fo ll owed it wit h a Yamas hita Half Turn . Scorew ise she was hurt by being first up. Linda Antonio of th e U.S. did the sa me va ults and scored a 9.25 . Her va ult s we re th e best in the meet. Th e event was wo n by Kawa i o f Japan w ho d id a Ya ma shita and sco red 9.55.

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Mrs. Ikeda announcing Championships.

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Saloko Okazaki

Th e Uneven Bars event was w on by Satoko . Oka za ki of japan w ith a 9.55, a ni ce routine.

Second was Linda A nto nio w ith a 9.45. Tri sh Reed was thi rd with a 9.35. We th ell we llt to Balance Bea m, where Linda start ed off and did a bea utiful jo b, but o nl y rece ive d a 9.00. Tr ish was nex t and d id her usual fin e routine, hitting eve ryithing. The score ca mpe u p 9.30. Sa toko th en ca me up and was perfo rming w ith littl e erro r until th e las t pass w hen she broke bad ly and had to grab th e bea m to ho ld o n and no t fall. She then blew her di smount a nd rece ived a score of 9.05. Now Linda was virtuall y out of th e all around, but Tri sh was .05 behind.

Free Exe rcise ca me up and th e japa nese girl Sa to ko was f irst. She d id a ni ce ro utine after w hi ch a long co nference was held. She rece ived a 9.60. Tri sh was nex t and ex pl oded thro ugh her routine with height and extensio n like I have se ldom seen. She d id a fa nt as ti c jo b and rece ived a 9.60 also. Lin da fini shed third w ith a 9.40 .

In th e final tally, Sa toko WO ll ba rs and ti ed fo r fl oo r and wo n the all aro und. Tri sh was f irst o n bea m and fl oo r, second in th e all aro und and third on Bars. Lind a was secon d on Bars, thi rd on bea m, third on floo r and third in th e all around .

Satoko Obzaki

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

GYMNAST Nov. 1974

Th at evening we had a huge reception at th e top o f th e tall es t ho tel in th e World. Most of the impo rtant peop le o f To kyo we re there.

Th e fo ll owing day, we we re taken on a to ur of To kyo w hich incl uded the Imperi al Palace, and two o f th e largest Bu sinesses iii th e country. We we re trea ted like roya lty, and had personal visit s w ith two of the most prominant men in j apa n. The gir ls got to sit in th e Board Room , and we re taken on compl ete tours o f th e plants before hav ing d inner w ith th e Pres ident in hi s priva te dinning room.

Th e nex t day we we nt by bu s to Me ribashi w here we put on an ex hibiti o n w ith th e Nippon Gymnas ti c C lub befo re a pac ked house. Later, in th e ho tel, we we re ro usted out o f bed wh en a fire b roke o ut o n th e top fl oo r. Firemen quickl y had eve rythin g under contro l and we retu rn ed to our rooms. (I tri ed to get a pi cture of Glenn Sundby standing o ut in the stree t in his Kimon o, but my f las h would no t fun cti on .) .

On o ur return trip we spent a wee k in Hawa ii w here we were gues ts o f the Hawa ii Schoo l of Gymnas ti cs.

Our las t stop was A nchora ge A la ska, w here we put o n an ex hibiti o n befo re a packed house and we re th e guests o f Babe Casse l. Th e nex t da y we we re taken sightseeing and saw our first Glac ier.

One o f th e most impo rtant thin gs to come out o f th ese meets, is the fac t that Hill s Angels o f th e DSG has put 21 girl s in International Competiti on in th e pas t 18 month s. If all goes well we w ill h ave 30 in this ca tegory be fore another yea r passes . This shows that the prog ram is no t designed fo r just th e o ne or two as so many are, but for th e tea m and depth in abilit y. As it stands now we w ill be go ing to Eu rope fo r a mo nth in june of 1975 and poss ibl y Australia o r A fri ca .

linda Antonio

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

On Frida y and Saturday, September 27t h and 28th at th e spectacular Ana heim Convention Fenter, Amer ica 's top thirteen women gym nasts competed fo r a spot on th e U.S. National Team that w ill parti cipate in th e Wor ld Championships to be held October 20th through 27th in Va rna, Bulgari a. W hen it wasa ll over, the six team m embers and th e one alterna te stepped forwa rd as their names we re ca lled. The six team members are: Janelle Anderson , Diane Dunbar, j oan Rice, Debbie Fike, A nn Ca rr , and Ka th y Howard; Ba rbie M ys lak is the alternate member.

All thirteen girls did compulso ri es and op ti onals fo r each even t o n both da ys, a to tal of six teen events for each gi rl.

Th e first day's compulsor ies got underway slowly, w ith no high sco res on vau lt and o ill y one high score 011 ba rs, D iane Dunbar 's 9.40. On beam, janette A ll derson turn ed in a smart , brisk , co nfident perfo rman ce w hich earned her a 9.50. A ll the othe r beam sco res we re low.

Xan ette and joan Rice we re high sco rers in f ree exercise, each ea rning 9.40. Th ere were oth er high sco res in free exe rc ise: Diane Dunbar's 9.375, Debbi e Fike 's and Jod i Yocum's 9.35 .

During Frid ay ni gh t's o pti o nals, sco res we re higher. janett e A nderso n got a 9.5 for a

wam as hita wh ich was just about flaw less. Her coach M urie l Grossfe ld says she is employing a new tech nique w hich results in softness of execution, a smooth transition from arch to pike to landing. Diane Dunbar also scored 9.5 fo r her ya mas hita w ith a full tw ist. Ann Ca rr got a 9.4 for her more spectac ular va ult: ca rtwhee l back somie, pike position. Kath y Howard got a 9.35 for her ya mashita , half twi st; joa nie Rice and Debbie Fike each got 9.30 fo r ya mashitas.

Diane Dun bar was clea rl y the star of th e unevens. O n first night optiona ls, she got 9.45 and o n the second night a 9.60. Th e longest applause and th e lou d es t cheeri ng of th e meet greeted Diane on the completion of he r second op ti ona l ba rs routin e and shortlY thereafte r on th e posting of her sco re. Beca use o f th e impact of her perfo rmance, we'g ive yo u her routine in fu ll , cou rt esy of coach Jim Gau lt :

Mount - fa cing low bar jump to stradd le over low bar - long k ip to high bar - cas t - free hip

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by Minot Simons II

circle handstand - hip circle o n low bar -reverse eagle ca tch o n h igh bar - Y2 turn - d rop to low bar glide kip ca tch - stoop legs to top of th e low bar - kip to high bar - front hip ci rcle ­cas t to handstand - pirouette - stomach w rap on low bar - on back sw ing, drop to handstand on low bar - free hip circ le around low bar - gli de do uble leg overshoot - g rasp high bar -l ong kip

Saturday night's optional exercises generated the largest gathering of gymnastics enthusiasts since EXPO. All arena level seats were sold out and many loge seats too. From the very first vault, this was clearly going to be an exciting evening.

to high bar - fron t hip c ircle - cas t - hecht w ith full twist dismount.

Continuing Friday night 's optiona ls, th e star o n th e beam was c lea rl y joa n Ri ce. Her routin e inc luded th e O lga Korbut back somie, an element w hich she performed fl aw lessly Frida y night but w hi ch ca used her to fa ll off th e bea m Sa turday night. She got 9.55 Friday ni gh t and a 9.05 Sa turday night , in spite of her fa ll. Kyle Gayner, Na ncy Thies, Debbie Fike, and Jod i Yocum did we ll o n th e beam, each ea rnill g 9.35.

Fr iday night 's op ti onal floor exercise sco res we re much higher, most of th em beillg between 9.25 and 9.45. Highest sco res we nt to D iane Dunbar, Barb ie Myslak, and Joa n Ri ce at 9.45; Debb ie Fike and A lln Carr each got 9.35.

Janette A nderson was clea rl y th e sta r o f the second da y's compulso ri es, w ith sco res of 9.25 o n va ult , 9.30 o n bars, 9.70 o n bea m (highest sco re of the meet) , and 9.60 on floor. Diane D unbar was second w ith scores of 9.15 o n vau lt , 9.45 on ba rs, 9.25 o n beam, and 9.50 on f loor . Xoa n Rice was third w ith 9.15, 9.05, 9.00, and 9.55 and Debbi e Fike was fourth w ith 9.40, 8.65, 9.25, and 9.40. Th ese four girls were cl ea rl y in front

with a consistency that was to dominate the meet.

Saturday night's o pti ona l exercises genera ted the largest ga therin g of gym nas ti cs enthusiasts since EXPO. All arena level seats were sold out and many loge sea ts too. From the ve ry f irst va ult , thi s was cl ea rl y going to be an exciting evening.

Ann Carr began th e vaultin g w ith her cartw hee l ba ck somersa ult, pike position, degree of difficulty 10.0, and ea rn ed a 9.5. Diane Dunbar got a 9.35 fo r her ya mas hita w ith a full twi st , also a 10.0 degree of difficu lty. Barb ie M ys lak got a 9.35 for he r ya mashita , while Debbie Fike and Kathy Howard won 9.30 for ya mashita and ya mashita with half twist , the latter va ults having a degree of difficulty of 9.7 .

The bars were exceptionall y good . As reported earl ier, Diane Dunbar won a 9.6 for her ro utine. j anette Anderson recei ved a 9.55 and joa nie Rice and D ebbie Fi ke each 9.40. Jodi Yocum also jo ined this se lect group w ith her 9.40. By and large, all the other scores we re between 9.15 and 9.30.

Janett e Anderson

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Kyle Ga yner was tops in bea m with a 9.50. Debbie Fike was close behind w ith a 9.45 and Janette An de rson had a 9.35. Jod i Yocum wo n a 9.3 and Ann Ca rr and Lynn Govin each had 9.25.

The final ni ght 's o pti o nal fl oo r exercises generated th e highes t scores of the meet. Janette And erson was fir st w ith 9.55 w hil e Diane Dunbar, Debb ie Fike, and Joanie Ri ce were tied at 9.50. Kathy Howard wo n a 9.45 and Ann Carr , a 9.40.

The intensity o f the competiti on on th e second night as each competito r strove to

make up for pas t mistakes ca n bes t be ga uged Qx..1his li stin g o f the second night 's scores:

Janelle Anderson 37.75 Debbie Fike 37.65 Diane Dunbar 37.60 Ann Carr 37.40 Joan Rice 37.20 Kathy Howard 37.00 Jodi Yoc um 37.00 Barbie Myslak 36.95 Roxanne Pierce 36.50 Kyle Gayner 36.45 Lynn Govin 36.45 Nancy Thies 36.35 Debbie Hill 35.25

Str iv ing to make up fo r a disastrous 6.65 on the first n ight 's bars, Jodi Yocum ti ed Kathy Howard for sixth place during the second night 's opti o nals. It was a fighting co meback, bu t not quite eno ugh. Neverth eless, Jodi 's perform ance is indi cative of great things to come. Random Observations:

Barbie M ys lak's o ptional bars routine, w hich included a fo rwa rd som ie between bars, regrasping high bar, rem ind ing one of Liu dm ila

O av ina's brilliant ro utine at EXPO. Barbie go t a very respectabl e 9.25 an d 9.30 fo r optio nal bars . This used to be her weakest event, along w ith floor ex ercise . Now, hav ing work ed hard on them both, th ey are her strongest events.

Debbie Hil l 's optio nal bars at 9.10 and 9.25 w ere th e o nl y high spo ts of her two days. One's heart went out to thi s game competitor w ho was unable to put it togeth er in this her las t competiti o n.

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appea rs to li ke best. However, her ya mas hita va ult w ith a Vl tw ist both ni ghts wo n her 9.35 and 9.30. Her fl oo r exe rcise wo n her 9.4 and 9.45 .

Pr o mi sin g sign s in Lynn Go v in 's perfo rm ance. She looked fresh, bri ght, commandi ng in her first compulsory floo r exe rcise, in spite of a low sco re. Her half o n, full o ff va ult s looked good . H er second optional beam routine ea rned her a 9. 25.

Nancy Thi es ' beam and f loor exercise ro utines . She los t half a po int in a most un fo rtunate fall f ro m th e beam o n second opti onals after hav ing w on a 9.35 on first opti onals. However, he r beam routine is definitely supe ri o r and was se lected as one o f the regular events during her wee k at EXPO . H er optional f loo r exe rci ses ea rn ed her well­dese rved sco res o f 9.40 and 9.35

Roxa nne Pi erce 's bars and free exe rcise. In these even ts, w hich she likes bes t, she won her best sco res. As expected, she looked strong on opti onal bars. However, her 9.05 ave rage shows she was just not up for thi s competition .

Jodi Yocum's first o ptional unevens rout ine, whi ch bega n w ith an O lga Korbut type mount and w hich had problems simil ar to those o f O lga at M unich : aft er the beg inning of her mo unt , she overturned her handstand on the low bar. Thi s r:=sulted in her hitting th e mat very hard with her feet, an action co nsidered to be an apparatu s fault. Th en her ro utine changed and she had to innova te quickl y. She attempted two · superi or moves but was unab le to complete them.

Joan Ri ce 's O lga Korbut-type back somie on the beam, perfect ly executed o n the first night and w inning her a 9.55. Thi s may be O lga Ko rbut 's hallmark but I for one am very glad Joa ni e uses it. It is recogni zed proof o f special abili ty on th e beam and should go ove r big at Va rn a.

Ky le Gayner's 9.35 and 9.50 fo r her optional beam routin es, always excell ent and a p leasure to wa tch. These we re the only high scores for Kyle in an o th erw ise hard-to-understand perfo rmance by thi s sta r o f th e SCATS. As always, she was a favorite w ith th e crowd, but neverth eless seemed to lack her customary strength and p rec isio n.

Th e stability o f Debbi e Fike, evident from her 9.30, 9.40, 9.45, and 9.50 on second o ptionals. It is remarkabl e that she could do so we ll , since she completely disloca ted her r ight elbow on

Xul y 25th. She had to res t her arm and more or less give up gymnastics fo r th e nex t fi ve or six wee ks. Debb ie 's o ptional perfo rmance on bea m won her 9.35 and 9.45 successive ly. Considering th e probab le interest of ou r rea ders, her innova ti ve and smoothl y perfo rm ed bea m ro utine is w ritten out be low, courtesy of Coach Scott Crou se :

Straddle press handstand in th e middle of the bea m - stoop thro ugh to sitting pos ition - l/;

turn - step up - two steps forward to a back handspring - pose - two steps forward - jump V. turn - pose - Vl turn - on e step aeria l - squat down - v, turn on the way up - step sca le - two steps squat and come immed iately up to \12 turn - step back wa lkove r - rol l down to o ne leg -sw ing the o ther leg around to side splits - leg back aroun d to toe ri se - step step \12 turn chassee - ki ck the ri gh t leg up - \11 turn step -split leap - Vl turn - full turn - ae ri al ca rtwh ee l w ith J/4 tw ist di smo unt.

Th e youth 01 the tea m (average age about 17) combined w ith th e ev ident strength o f th e tea m, which bodes we ll for M ontrea l.

Fl oor exercise music: Diane Dunbar 's eve r­popu lar " Superca l- " from " M ary Poppins" ;

Janette Anderson's " Haw aiia n War Chant" with b it s of " A loha" in the quiet parts; Joan Rice 's " Lady of Spain" ; Debbie Fike's " The Entertainer" from " Th e Sting " by Sco tt Joplin; Ann Carr 's " A lexa nder 's Ragtime Band" ; Kat hy Howard 's " Olympic Bu gle Call " ; Nancy Thies's 1'2001 Spa ce Odyssey "; Ky le Gayner's " Flight o f the Bumble Bee" and " Bumble Boogie" ; Lynn Gov in 's " Cali fo rnia, Here I Come!" ; Debbie Hill 's " Dr. Zhiva go " ; Jodi Yocum 's " Polonai se in A-f lat" by Ch opin , the onl y cla ss ica l piece of the evening. Roxa nne Pierce perfo rmed a deli ght ful routine to music from " Jesus Chri st Superstar"; Barbie M ys lak perfo rmed th e rout ine we all saw her do on ABC-TV's EXPO telecast, to th e music of " Hi-De-Hi , Hi -De-H " o .

Jodi Yocum's swa n-like balance with legs res ting o n the high bar to an immediate front hip circle, ano ther Olga Korbut element.

Th e brilli ant overall performance o f Janette Anderson. Altho ugh she placed second at D elaware, injuries kept her out of Ca rbo ndale, EXPO, and all th e i nternational meets this year. Most o f us, I think, were simpl y no t prepared for what w e saw : technical excell ence on bea m, bars, and va ult and total and intense invo lvement in her fl oo r ex ercise. Her number o ne showin g is a fitting reward fo r her man y yea rs of hard wo rk .

Janette And erson and Joani e Ri ce were th e only girl s with no scores below 9.0. Diane Dunbar and Debbie Fike each had one such score but eas il y eno ugh high scores to make up fo r th em . Ann Ca rr 's perfo rm ance was definitely superi o r. Th ough Ann 's to tal was a po int and a half below Debbi e Fike's, it was a fu ll point above Kath y Howard 's. Knowing th at Kathy herse lf ca n bring her bea m and bars sco res back up to wh ere they usuall y are, we ca n, I think , be pl eased at the tea m we are sending to Va rna.

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1974 USA team trials

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

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

RESULTS Pre lim. FINAL S

V UPB B FX Tota l Pre lim. FIN AL

Ja ne tte Ande rso n C 9.050 9.20 9.50 9.400 37.150 To ta l TOTAL

1. 0 9.500 9.00 9.00 9.400 36.900 74.050 C 9.250 9.30 9.70 9.600 37.850 0 9.300 9.55 9.35 9.550 37.750 75.600 149.650

2. Dia ne Dunba r C 9.050 9.40 9.00 9.375 36.825 0 9.500 9.45 8.95 9.450 37.350 74.175 C 9.1 50 9.45 9.25 9.500 37.350 O . 9.350 9.60 9. 15 9.500 37.600 74.950 149.125

3. Joa n Rice C 9.275 9.10 9. 10 9.400 36.875 0 9.300 9.45 9.55 9.450 37.750 74.625 C 9.150 9.05 9.00 9.550 36.750 0 9.250 9.40 9.05 9.500 37.200 73.950 148.575

4. De bbie Fike C 9.000 9.15 8.95 9.350 36.450 0 9.300 9.20 9.35 9.350 37.200 73.650 C 9.400 9.25 8.65 9.400 36.700 0 9.300 9.40 9.45 9.500 37.650 74.350 148.000

5. Ann Ca rr C 9.150 8.70 8.80 9.000 35.650 0 9.400 9.20 9.25 9.350 37.200 72.850 C 9. 150 9.10 9.00 9.100 36.350 0 9.500 9.25 9.25 9.400 37.400 73.750 146.600

6. Kathy Ho wa rd C 8.800 9.20 9.00 9.000 36.000 0 9.350 8.35 8.85 9.400 35.950 71.950 C 9.000 9.10 9.05 9.450 36.600 0 9.300 9.15 9.10 9.450 37.000 73.600 145.550

7. Barbara M ys lak C 8.850 9.00 8.65 8.900 35.400 0 9.000 9.25 9.00 9.450 36.700 72.100 C 8.900 9.00 B.95 9.200 36.050 0 9.350 9.30 9.00 9.300 36.950 73.000

8. Roxa nne Pi e rce C 8.950 8.95 9.00 9.000 35.900 0 9.100 9.30 8.95 9.250 36.600 72.500 C 9.100 8.80 9.05 8.950 35.900 0 9.200 9.20 9.00 9.100 36.500 72.400 144.900

9. Na ncy Thies C 8.950 8.60 8.15 9.250 34.950 0 9.100 9.30 9.35 9.400 37.150 72.100 C 9.050 9.00 9.00 9.200 36.250 0 9.150 9.15 8.70 9.350 36.350 72.600 144.700

10. Jodi Yocum C 8.800 8.95 9.10 9.350 36.200 0 9. 250 6.65 9.35 9.300 34.550 70.750 C 8.850 9.00 9.40 9.450 36.700 0 9.050 9.40 9.30 9.250 37.000 73.700 144.450

11. Kyle Gay ne r C 8.800 8.65 8.65 8.800 34.900 0 9.200 9.05 9.40 9.200 36.850 71.750 C 9.000 8.55 8.75 8.900 35.200 0 9.050 9.05 9.50 8.850 36.450 71.650

12. l ynn G o vin C 8.750 9.05 8.65 9.025 35.475 0 9.000 8.25 8.15 8.650 34.050 69.525 C 8.900 8.95 8.40 9.000 35.250 0 9.200 8.80 9.25 9.200 36.450 71.700

13. De bbie Hill C 8.650 8.50 8.65 8.800 34.600 0 8.350 9.10 8.80 8.650 34.900 69.500 C 8.650 7.75 8.95 8.750 34.100 0 8.900 9.25 8.90 8.200 35.250 69.350

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1974 USA Team . Trials Men's Final Trials Austin, Texas

O n Sept ember 27 and 28, The Univers ity ·of Tex.as at Austin hosted The Final Tr ials fo r the M en 's U.S. W orld Ga mes Team . Th egymn as t 's; judges and coaches arr ived on the 26th and w ere trea ted to a rea l Texas barbeq ue at my home. O n Fr iday, a luncheon, sponsored by The Un ive rsity, honored th e fourteen compet itors w ho were to beg in competiti on that n ight.

As seems to be an Ameri ca n habit, the compulsory routi nes wNe generall y wea k, w ith many b reak s. Th ere we re onl y 13 ro utines o f 9.0 o r ove r out of a total of 84 routines. Th e crowd Fr iday was fair ly small , numberi ng somewhere betwee n 500-750.

Saturday n ight was ano th er sto ry. The excitement bega n to bui ld during wa rmups when th e crow d of ove r 3500 spectato rs began to chee r th e compet ito rs' bett er tri cks. Th e gym nastspTcke-cf up th e feeling and rea ll y p'li't on a show.

The o pti o nal floo r exe rcise was interes ting w ith most compet ito rs open ing w ith do ub le full s, using straddle sides down a side o f th e mat, and fin ishing w ith a fu ll. Th e va riety ca me in the combinati ons d one in th e co rners - a stradd le planche, stra ight arm - straight body press to handstand by Tom Weeden and a "V"

W a yne Yo ung

sea t, stoop thro ugh to handstand by Jay Whelan seemed to be qu ite popular w ith th e crowd.

Pommel Ho rse, as usual, produced the lowest sco res, most breaks, and least audience appr.ec iati on. Th e o nl y ro ut ine o f no te was Hug's w ith a superb Shurlock - trave l - Shurlock combinati o n and clea n, clea n work fo r a f ine sco re o f 9.45.

FINAL TRIAL FOR MEN'S UNITED STATES WORLD GAMES

C/ O Fina l

FX PH R V PB HB To ta l Tota l

1. W ay ne Yo ung C 8.75 8.60 9.20 9.10 9.15 8.85 53.65 8. Tom Weede n e 0 9.05 8.70 9.45 9.05 9.20 9.50 54.95 108.60 0

2. Steven Hug e 8.70 9.00 8.75 9.10 9.10 Q.30 53.95 9. Mic ha e l Ca rte r e 0 9.00 9.45 9.35 8.95 7.85 9.15 53.75 107.70 0

3. Jo hn Crosby e 9.15 8.25 !l.55 !l.70 8.80 8.60 52.05 10. Do ug las Fitzja rre ll e 0 9.55 tl .55 8.95 9.20 9.10 9.05 54.40 106.45 0

4. Gene Whe la n e tl.50 8.60 8.55 B.60 8.70 9.00 51.95 11. St e phe n Posne r e 0 8.95 8.55 9.10 B.65 9. 10 9.15 53.50 105.45 0

4. Jim Ivicek e B.10 8.45 9.10 B.70 9.30 8.85 52.50 11. Ja m es Ste phe nson e 0 8.50 8.25 9.15 B.70 9. 05 9.30 52.95 105.45 0

6. Jay Whe lan e 8.80 8.65 B.60 B.90 !l.40 B.85 52.20 13. e raig " Dusty" Ritte r e 0 9.10 7.95 B.65 9.10 B.BO 9.20 52.80 105.00 0

7. Bre nt Simmo ns e 8.20 B. 35 8.50 B.75 9. 15 B.05 51.00 14. M a rsha ll Ave ne r e 0 8.60 tl .45 9. 15 8.B5 9. 15 9.50 53.70 104.70 ·

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The meet was shap ing up to be two fights. One fo r firs t place betwee n Steve Hug and Wayne Yo ung, and th e o th er was fo r seventh p lace between M ike Ca rter and Hrent Si mmo ns. One of th e men expected to make the tea m, Marshall Ave ner, was forced to scra tch f rom the meet in wa rmu ps due to a w ri st inju ry sustained during his com pulso ry P.B. ro ut ine.

Rin gs were a p leasure to wa tch, w ith much straight-arm wo rk, and high, free, d ismounts. It appea red that most o f th e competito rs we re do ing th eir giants l ike 0 11 th e high bar - w ith lo ts mo re sw ing and less jerk at the bo tt om.

Va ulting showed basica ll y litt le va r iety, altho ugh grea t d i ff icul ty, w ith 7 ful l tw ist ing handspri ngs, 1 handsprin g - fro nt, and 5 ro und o ff - pi ke backs. Crosby 's va ult (roundo ff-p ike back) was high, long, and stu ck li ke glue fo r a 9.2, th e highes t va u lt ing sco re in th e meet.

The rapport between the ' crowd and the gymnast was sensational. When the team was ( named, they were given a 10 II minute standing ovation, and then spent another 15 minutes signi.ng autographs for young admire rs. Parall el bars was excit ing to see, w ith Jim

Iv ice k hitt ing bea utiful ly fo r a 9.05, Gene W helan stea dy fo r a 9.10, and Ca rter, Simmo ns, Crosby , Yo ung, and Stephenso n all over 9.0. Bo th Yo ung and Crosby used double backs fo r di smounts, w ith most o f th e o thers using fro nt somis w ith a y, tw ist. Th e fight fo r fi rst was dec ided o n P.B.·s w hich w~s th e last event fo r Hug. Yo ung had hit so li d o n P.B.'s for a 9.2,a nd superbl y o n H .B. w ith a Vo ron in and a ~'l in, ~'l out di smount for a we ll -d eserved 9.50. Hug hit a good ro utine on parall el bars unti l h is fro nt uprise in p repara ti o n for a f ro nt o ff, ~'l tw ist, then fo r some reason , he took 2 ex tra swings befo re the d ismount. H e got a 7.95, all owing Yo ung to claim first pl ace all -arou nd .

The rappo rt be tween th e crowd and the gymnast was sensa tio nal. W hen the tea m was named, th ey we re given a 10 mi nu te stand ing ova t io n, and th en spent ano th er 15 minutes signing autog raphs fo r yo ung ad mirers. A ll together, th e meet was a grea t success, w ith eve ryo ne fro m the gymnasts to th e spectato rs tho ro ughlY enjoyi ng th e two days o f the meet.

Iro nica lly, w hen th e scores of the tea m q uali fi ers were totaled , th ey ca me to 537 .60 -exactl y w hat the U.S. tea m scored in th e 1970 W o rld Ch amp io nships.

TEAM RESULTS

C/ O Fina l

FX PH R V PB HB To la l l o la l

tl.45 U.90 tl. 50 9.15 7.95 tl .90 51.85 tl.25 IUO 9.00 8.50 8.85 8.90 51 .80 103.65 tl .YS 7.tiS !l.30 U.70 !l.9S U. 15 50.90 9. 10 !l.45 9.25 V O 9. 10 7.95 52 .55 103.45 8.90 IUO 7.05 !l.75 8.45 B.45 49.90 9.30 7.25 8.50 8.70 8.40 9.05 51.20 101.10 tl.70 7.50 8.15 !l.90 B.50 B.55 50.30 8.65 6.10 !l.70 B.B5 8.55 B.85 49.70 100.00 8.75 5.95 7.50 U.75 B.45 U.55 47.95 8.90 B.25 B.65 B.BO 9.05 8 .40 52.05 100.00 8.00 1l .50 7.95 8.40 7.BO 8.75 49.40 tl .70 tl.70 B.45 B.50 8.60 9.00 50.10 99.50 8.50 7.90 B.75 B.95 B.B5 B.60 51.55

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Steven Hug Northridge, Ca.

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

Pholas oi Ihe U~A Ill t.'n's gymnastic team Me (ourlesy of

Carl 'peed

Hibliographical in(ornltllion is from the Official Program of the M en's Fina l Tri.lls for the U~. World Games Tea m. For your sOllvenir program, mail 7S l! (includes postage) 10: Bill Siern, Depl. of Hea lth , Physic.l l Education & Recreation, University of Texas al Austin, Austin, Tex.ls 787 12.

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

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Wayne Young Provo, Utah

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

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Jim Ivicek Beaver Falls, Pa.

22 years Old, 5'7 " , 135 Ibs .... a senior physical ed ucation major at Southern Illino is Un iversity ... previously attended the University of New Mexico under coach Rusty Mitchell ... international compet itive experience has included the 1972 Olympic Games (a ltern ate), 1973 World Univers'ity Games, 1974 USSR World In vitationa l, and meets aga inst China, Hungary, Romania, and Poland . . . placed 3rd in 1973 USGF all-around compet ition . . . strongest events are st ill rings and parallel bars.

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Gene Whelan Bedfo rd , N .H .

21 yea rs o ld, 5'5", 1161bs . .. . a junior civil engin ee rin g majo r at th e U nive rsity o f M assachusetts w here he is coached by Eri c Kj eldse n and Tom Dunn . . . during th e summer he has w orked und er Ed Isa bell e .. . intern ational co mpetiti ve ex peri ence has included a mee t with Po land ... stron ges t event is th e parall e l bars.

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Jay Whelan Bedford, N .H.

21 yea rs old , 5 '4", 11 7 Ibs . ... a senior biochemistry major at Southern Connecticut State College where he is coached by Abe Grossfe ld . . . intern at iona l co mpetit ive ex perience has included meets aga inst France, Po land, China, and Bu lgar ia .. . 1972 and 1973 runn er-up and 1974 cham pion in NCAA all -aro und competition (Co llege Di visio n) ... strongest events are floor exerc ise and ho ri zontal bar.

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Brent Simmons Columbus, In .

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

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John Crosby Farmingdale, N.Y.

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

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o You Want to be an OLYMPIA by Bill Ballester

Gymnastics Coach, University of Oregon

Recentl y I received a lett er from a yo ung man w ho has a stro ng des ire to become an Ol ympic Gymnast. He was interes ted in lea rnin g my fee lin gs on how I th ought hi s goa l co uld bes t be accompli shed.

I would li ke to relate some of th e th oughts t hat I presented to him in an open lette r to all asp iring gymnasts: Dear Po tential O lympian:

It is ve ry di ff icult to p rescri be a specifi c training program fo r yo u w ithout seeing you wo rk o r knowing yo u r strength s and weak nesses o r pe rsona lit y trai ts; however, I would like to exp ress some ge nera l guidelines fo r yo u to co nsider. First: There is no easy way to achieve th e goa ls that you are after, no secret fo rmul as and certainl y no one way to train . M any yo ung peopl e fee l that th e j apanese way is th e o nl y way - - th at perhaps t raining in japan is the answer. Wi thout q ues ti o n, th e japanese are the fi nes t gymn as ts in th e wo rl d; however, th ey are also japanese, mean ing a d ifferent culture, different body type and different d ispositi o n. Ce rtainl y, ex posing yourself to some of th e japanese techniques would be benef icial; but be ca reful - - yo u are no t japa nese, and all o f their t rai ni ng prog rams may no t be adap tab le to yo u.

Second: Never fo rge t how and wh y you are where yo u are. You have a ve ry fine coach.w ho is very ca pab le of gui d ing and d irect in g yo u r prog ram wi th out any co nce rn fo r pe rsonal ga in; and, of co urse, your parents have obvio usly give n yo u the type o f stabl e background that has a Il owed yo u to excel bot h gym nast ica l ly alid emo ti o nall y. Seek o ut their adv ice and fo ll ow it. Third: Make an effo rt to ana lyze your wea knesses and attack th em. There are three bas ic things th at eve ry grea t gymn as t mu st possess - - strength , fl ex ibili ty and co nfidence.

a. Strength ca n and sho ul d be developed slowly. Be ca reful no t to rush into " heavy" upper body work w hich might damage your sho ulders (s uch as too much cross wo rk). If you choose to supplement your apPiHatu s wo rk w ith we ight lifting, be sure th at yo u seek o ut qualifi ed advice so yo u w ill develop both th e pr ime move rs as we ll as the antagoni sti c muscles.

b. Flex ibilit y wo rk is re lati ve ly new and few peop le have a scienti f ic basis for th ei r p rog rams.

However, o ne bas ic principle o f fl ex ibilit y deve lopment that is important is NOT to use ba lli sti c movement (jerk stretch ing). Anot her in teres ting obse rva tion is that th e abili ty to use the to tal range of m o tion is more d iff icult to

deve lop than th e actu al stretching o ut. ln oth er words, i t is not eno ugh to have good fl exi bility, i t is necessary to deve lop th e mo to r skill s th at w ill all ow you to utili ze th e fl ex ibility that you possess.

c. Confidence is necessary to deve lop in order to insure co nsistency. Here aga in the re are no sho rt cu ts. The bes t way to develo p consiste ncy and co nfi dence is through repea ted success. Constru'ct routines that you ca n do eve ry ti me. Ma ke every effo rt possib le to avoid failures in competiti on. However, if yo u do fail o r brea k as ALL gymn asts occasio nall y do, fo rget it ; don ' t dwell o n fa ilure. Remember and re li ve success .

A ll of this is ve ry genera l, but specifics must have general guide lines to fo llow.

The most im portant recommenda ti on I co uld make to yo u would be to get start ed now o n the Ol ympic com pul sories. Rea li ze th at compulsory rou ti nes are dev ised to force al l gymnasts to overcome ce rtain wea kn esses. I can make o ne posit ive statement: If you ca n execute the Ol ymp ic compu lsories wit h fla ir, proper technique and co nsistency, you w ill be an Ol ympian an d a grea t gymnast.

I hope that yo u ca n use some o f th ese ideas; but remember, these are o nl y guidelin es . The ' onl y way that you w il l reach yo ur goa l is th rough hard wo rk alllJ a lo t o f fa ith . ~

L-Dealing with the Behavior Problems of Young Boys--by Joe Sweeney

The po pularity of boys gymn asti cs in th e United States is fa r behind that of th e girls. One o f the reasons fo r this has to do w ith the fact th at young boys (a ges 6 to 13) have a reputati on for being mi sc hievous, loud, unw illing to pay attention, unabl e to pay attenti on; in short , very nearly imposs ible to dea l with in a teaching situati o n. Con sequentl y, gymn as ti cs teachers have littl e o r no d es ire to work with boys. These instructo rs fai l to initiate a boys gymnasti cs progra m. They prefer to take th e easier and mo re pl easa nt route: teaching girl s.

Teaching young boys does no t have to be an impossible tas k. Granted, th ere are no approaches w hich insure that eve ry boy w ill behave and listen intently to the instru cto r at all times. But it is possible fo r a teacher to have control over th e g roup so ath at instru ction is taking pla ce.

The first few meetings with a boy's class are very critical. It is during this time that th e boys discover how much they ca n get away witA . Fo r thi s reason it is impo rtant th at an instru ctor be stricter than he may fee l is necessa ry. Later on , after he feels he has contro l of th e boys, th e instructor ca n loosen up his control of th e class a little. On the other hand, if he is not stri ct from the start and after a few weeks realizes he has been too ni ce, it becomes very difficult fo r him to gain control by suddenly becoming to ugh. Th e kids are already used to gettin g away with a lo t around him . Even though he suddenl y becomes strict, he is known to them only as a ni ce guy. The teacher has a big tas k: convincing the class that he means bu siness.

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One way of letting the boys know that you , th e teacher, mea n bu siness is to di scipline th e first o ffender, and in f ro nt o f th e entire class. If the first person to test you gets away witho ut even a wa rni ng, yo u are in tro uble. Th e oth ers w ill proceed to tes t yo u, ex pectin g to get away w ith a grea t dea l.

So me instructo rs beli eve th at all boys misbehave and th at there is not much you ca n do to prevent it. This is not t ru e at all. The amo unt of misbehav io r that occurs is in versely propo rtion al to th e amount o f effort and th ought w hich you employ to contro l them.

Pati ence is abso lutely necessa ry o n your par t when dealing with boys, regardin g bo th th eir behavior probl ems and lea rnin g skill s. Losin g your pati ence is rarely, if ever, co nstru cti ve. If yo u are on the ve rge o f losing your patien ce, ask yourself if it would help th e situatio n. M ost o f the tim e yo u will admit to yourself tha t it w ould not.

One wa y of getti ng a persistant trou b lemaker to se ttle down is to move him into anoth er gro up of boys away from his fri end s. If he is placed in a lower skill level group which is wo rking o n headstands when he is ready to w ork on handsprings, he will o ften quickl y improve his attitude so you will remove him from that dull group.

Wh en you are confronted with a group o f young boys who are kn own to be rowdy, neve r turn your back to t he class whil e you are instrup ing o r spotting. Th e few extra minutes that it may take yo u to situate yourself so you can see the who le class at once are well worth it. This way you will be able to detect an y troubl e before it rea lly gets started.

Giving a troubl emaker some res ponsibility (s uch as leading wa rm-ups) ca n o ften be a pos itive move in contro lling him. However, thi s maneuve r ca n backfi re sometimes. Use judgemeni in dec id ing w hether a kid would make a joke of the si tuati on o r no t.

Do not hesita te to spea k to a parent o f a.child w ho behaves in any unusual manner. Some kid s are under a docto r's ca re fo r being hyper­acti ve. So me chil dren are hard of hea rin g. Such info rmation 'would ce rtainl y ass ist yo u in dea ling w ith th e child . Perhaps sending a q uesti o nna ire ho me requestin g such info rmation is th e answer. A thou ghtful parent would notify you in the beginning of the sess io n of any special problem that th e child has; neve rtheless, many parents fail to let you know ahead of time.

You ca n be a st ri ct teacher, ye t still make gymn as ti cs fun for the cla ss. Boys enjoy gam es and they love competition; not just meets, but contests also. Be co nsistent in superv ising such events. Do no t let th em get away w ith something one tim e, but not ano ther.

If you are intent on making your boys behave, th en you certainly must se t a good exa mple. If yo u scold them wh en you hear them swear, then yo u should make sure you do not swear in their prese nce. They will never. respect you if yo u do not practi ce what you preach.

No group of boys is imposs ible to handle . If yo u sincerel y want to help deve lop a boys gymnastics program, then you will find ways to stimulate th eir interest in gymnasti cs and stifl e th eir interest in misbehaving. ~

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On August 22, 1972, at a Press Conference in Munich, Germany, the official symbo l of the 1976 Olympic Games was revealed. Th e artist who designed it is a Canad ian designer by the name of Georges Huel. His creation was chosen from an imposing quantity of different projects because it is a happy synthesis of the basic requirements and essentia l qualities : simplicity, restraint , purity of form, concise sty ling. The official symbol consists of five rings topped by the Olympic podium. Th e podium, at th e top of the des ign, is evocative ot the glory 01 the v lctorys and, to a greater extent, of the sp irit of ch ivalry underly ing th eir contests; the pod ium is also a graphic presentation of the letter "M" for Montreal. At the center of the design is the Olympic stadium ova l, heart of the Games. The five entwined rings represent wor ld brotherhood and are designed to stress the fact that the Olympic ideal is, and must remain, the very essence of this undertaking.

THE OLYMPIC FLAG

The Olympic flag is meaningful. It consists of five different colored rings on a white background. The five interl aced rings represent the five continents joined in brotherhood in the Olympic Movement. Blue represents Europe, yellow... Asia, Black ... Africa, Green .. . Oceania , and Red ... America.

* A BIT OF HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS

Popular legend attr ibutes the foundation of the Olympic Games to Hercules, son of Zeus. So important were they that time in ancient Greece was measured by the four year interval between the Games, called an Olympiad. So, Olympiad mea ns four yea rs ' time.

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

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

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When a gym nast tries a cas t from th e high bar for the first time, on the" who le they either eliminate the cast altogether or cast slightl Y before going into a long hang. Ma ny tilnes, this poor technique resu lts in a loss of grip. Many times, too, a gym nast wi ll not, when beginning to learn this cast, shift her sho ulders back in good t iming w ith the cast of the legs. Thi s results in a downward pull when in th e long hang, aga in ca using the loss of grip.

Let 's sta rt teaching the cas t from a front support on the low bar facing in. Place a landing pad as shown in Fig. I (over the area where the stretched body wi ll be after th e cast). The spotte r wi ll have an act ive ro le in thi s preparation.

Fig. 1- The spotter stands on the righ t side of the gymnast w hile she is in the front support faCing in . The gymnast w ill first swing her legs under

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

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

The gym nast should practice Fig. I and Fig. II in GOOD FORM AT AL L TIMES. Form ca n be broken on descending only for this preparation , since there is a lack of height. Fig. III - Once the spotter has gotten the gymnast in a stretched body position (see Fig. II) the grip on the leg is immediate ly re leased and the r ight arm is simultaneously p laced under the body of the gymnast, by the bend of the hip, using upward pressure to help ease the landing.

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shou lders back proper ly and in good timing to the st retched body position. The spotter should he lp the gymnast several times and then allow the gym nast to do it by herself, o n the low bar, com ing in on ly to assist on the land ing . If the gymnast does this wel l on the low bar by herse lf, that is casting back to at least the horizontal leve l, then she is ready to try it on the hi gh bar. Unti l the gymnast can prove that she wi ll always maintain her grip on the high bar afte r th e ca st , the spotter shou ld be prepared to circle the gymnast 's body around the waist with both arm s as the gymnast is descending after cas ting. As an extra safety measure, place a land ing pad under the area of the cast. One o ther thing to keep in mind when casting from th e high bar is to keep the body stretched (when in the long hang) until the h ips contact the low bar, before swinging the legs under the low bar to continue on to the next move.

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• compulsory ex ere I 5e 5 DR. H.I. BIESTERFELDT, JR.

Each month we w ill tr y to inclu de some sequence photog raphy an d instru ction on a part or sequ ence from the current compul so ry exerc ises . We invit e any at hlete who has had some success in lea rnin g a spec ial pa rt of th e compulsories to drop us a no te o n hi s lea rnin g sequence, and of co urse coac hes are invited to w rite as we ll. it may sometim es be poss ible fo r us to arrange for suit ab le ph o to sequences to illustrat e arti cles, if th e au th ors ca nn ot easil y obtain th em. So, if yo u have any potentia ll y use ful ideas on th ese exe rc ises (in cluding the age -group compul so ri es) send them to me:

H.I . Biesterfeldt, Ir. GYMNAST Instruction & Research SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Last month, somewhat by accident, we

presented an article on th e hecht d ismount o n hor izontal bar, w hi ch substanti all y g ives th e technique for the current strad dl e hech t compu lso ry dismount. The arti cle was prepared befo re the compulso ry exe rcise was publi shed POMMEL HORSE - - COMPULSORY BREAK iNTO BAC K SC iSSORS.

We exa min e both the text specifi ca tion s and general principl es concern ing technique.

Examine first th e photo seq uence of Tony Hanson executing th is break. From a trave l up, the text says to execute half a double leg circ le,

br in ging legs to th e nea r side of th e horse, then undercu t r ight leg under leit , and swing to right, and execute a ba ck sc isso rs.

Th e text is reasona bl y p lai n - one cont inues w ith legs togeth er until th ey are behind th e horse. To spread in fro nt seems quite clea rl y to be in violat ion of th e tex t. As usual, th ere is no spec ific techniqu e spec ifi ed for th e move itse l f. Still , based on genera l principl es we ca n claim some thin gs are better than others.

A n extremely high lift of th e hips before spreading the legs for th e break, expecia ll y if accompanied by keep ing Jhe toes low, and near the horse, is such a vio latio n of princip le. it ma y help to ge t height , and it w ill certainl y help to lea rn an adequat e break, but of itse lf th e piked hip li ft isa n effo rt at ti ghtness and mu scle work o n a free f lowing event. in add ition, th e breakin g of a natu rall y ex tended body line is to be d isco uraged w heneve r pra cti ca l. Second, an ex tremely hi gh li ft of just one leg vio lates th e principl e that the bod y sho uld w henever poss ible move as a unit.

The photo se quence shows a surpri singly sound ve rsion o f this break , for neith er of the above princ iples is badly vio lated, and the break is still done quite high. in essence, th e performer has merely li fted the left leg high in coo rdinati on w ith th e turnout of th e hip, and in so doing, has kicked it well behind th e horse.

The v igo rous use of lef t arm just befo re re lease both turn s the body in sp read leg positi on, and se ts up th e stopping of th e c irc le.

Now to th e bad poi nts. Tony has not kep t hi s left leg behind him quite enough so th at by frame 4 he has allowed hi s hips to drift backward somew hat. By the las t frame, as a result, he has already started to turn his legs fo r the back sc isso rs. A t this point heshould still be sw in ging both legs as a unit , to ensure a scisso rs w ith both legs high, not mere ly the top leg . r or rem ember that in sc isso rs th e object ive is to ha ve al l part s: hips and toes of both legs, at o r above shou lder height , w ith body stretch ed, at the emphasis po int of the sc isso rs.

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

2) it does not help much to turn the hips o ut w ith legs still togeth er - reaso n - the turnin g of hips is a rotat ion in o pposite ·direct ion as th e circle, so it sho uld help stop th e circl e. Bu t w ith legs still together, the re is ext remel y littl e cont rary momentum ge nerated . O ne tends to crash into the horse w ith the full speed of the circle.

3) Keep leg we ll back , o r equiva lentl y, keep hips over th e horse, not back behin d it, in th e downsw ing fo ll ow ing the break. ~

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Instruction:

H.J. Biesterfeldt, Jr.; Edward J. Hembd

Rear View

HORSE

We all recogni ze th e need fo r better circles, and eve ry coach has a few hints that he has found effec tive. Thi s arti Cle is in no way comprehensive, but rather gives some illustrati ons of commo n errors, and a few correcti ve drill s that seem helpful.

DIAGNOSIS co mes fir st. I we ll remember some beg inning coac hes w ho, seeing a move performed, gave a ca talog o f a II visible errors. Th en th eir idea of coaching was to tell th e perfo rm er to change th e erro rs - all at once. Wh o ca n change ten things at o nce? Our view is instead to find the most important fault - a matt er of opi nio n - and th en think abo ut th e wo rk until we f ind th e most proba bl e main cause. Then we try to PR ESCRIBE a curati ve pro gram (medicine) for the main ca use o f tro uble. We do not t ry to trea t eve rythin g at once . M oreove r, th e cure is not to report th e diagnosis, any mo re th an it is in your ph ys ician 's offi ce. We mu st no t merely tell th e man w hat is w ro ng, but must tell him definite thin gs to try to make him adju st. The REMED Y may be to exaggerate some thin gs that we re neg lected . So, th e REM ED Y is no t a permanent part of th e man 's program any more than an y medicine is used p erman entl y, even after th e illness end s.

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IN

CIRCLES

The sequence ph o tos show reasonabl y good circl es, v iewed fro m side, front and rear. Th ese are c lockw ise circles (v iewed from above) and so left and ri ght refe r to o nly clockw ise circles th roughou t t hi s arti cle.

Ce rtain ph o tog raph s fro m th e sequences have been enlarged fo r further stud y. Th e left pho tograph o f each fi gu re is more o r less sa ti sfactory, th e right o ne (ones) show faults, con siderabl y exaggerated fo r clarit y.

Fig. 1

First let us get an ove rview by exa mining th e sequences. FR ONT VIEW: First, note th e rather stretch ed body th ro ugho ut. Second, in fram e 1, note that th e le ft hand is already reaching b ack fo r th e pommel, th o ugh th e toes are onl y a few inches in front o f th e ho rse. Qui ck reg rasp helps prevent shoulder sag, and redu ces w rist problems note tha t at both ends o f the horse, th e hips are we ll away from th e support hand. RE AR VIEW : Note th at th e body moves as a unit. We do not see any " lea d" of either toes in adva nce o f hips, or v ice versa . 51 DE VI EW : Note, first o f all , that the body is bent ever so sli ghtl y, and about the sa me amount, both in f ront and in back. Second, th ere is no " pumping" ac ti on in mov ing fro m fram e 1 to f rame 2.

Finally, o bserving all togeth er, one sees a ve ry symmetri c circ le. There is no : ' reach out" o n th e left front corn er, for exa mple.

FAULTS

Now let us move on to compari son of these circl es w ith va ri ous faulty circl es.

FIGURE 1. N o tice the differences in cl osen ess to suppo rt arm, as marked. Th e perfo rmer has piked and pull ed hi s hips back, rath er than keeping hi s body firm , sw inging from thora x and sho ulders. Two errors: ac ti ve ly pulling the hips backward , and failure to press awa y from support arm. Try correc ti ve drill #2 below; #3 and #4 may also help th e perfo rmer to get the idea of pushing away from le ft arm .

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FIGURE 2. Here the perfo rm er is showing a circle in w hich the hips remain between th e arms in f ront of the horse, and ve ry close to th e arms th roughout. Typically, th e circle is rath er symmetric, but looks 'small ', since th e circle is done from lower back. Try drill #1, regularl y, befo re makin g any att empts at circles fo r th e day. Go on to a few repetitions of drill #2 or #4.

FIGURE 3. Here we again see hips ve ry close to suppo rt arm, this tim e the ri ght arm . Not uncommonly, this stems from some hidden fea r o f mi ss ing the regras p if performer were swin ging pro perl y. Of course, aga in the sw in g is fro m too low in the body. Try hav ing the man wo rk f rom a ve ry w ild fe int pickup - th e more speed, th e bette r. Concentrati on in drill #2 o n a very quick reg rasp w ill help to build confid ence. Drill #1 ca n be used to ad va ntage, if you emphas ize th e stretched body from th e start. However, the sty le of jump w here th e man jumps into a planched support, then does hi s circle from no thing, is not likely to help. It ma y eve n be a ca use of the problem.

FIGURE 4. Here the performer has reasonabl y good ex tensio n, but he has turn ed hi s body too much to th e right in coming back over th e horse. Drill #4, done so the perfo rmer lands facing the le ft end o f the horse, i. e., makes '!. turn to left , ca n help. Here one tri es to turn to left somewhat before passing back over th e horse .

FIGURE 5. These show two aspects o f one error pattern: hips lifted much too high in back, with , excess pike so th e toes are too nea r (he horse; and toes much too low in front. These go hand in hand, since the natural thing is fo r ove r-hi gh hips to drop viscio usly. A common ca use is too long working circles o nl y from fe int. Try to have th e man lea rn to jump into circles, and espec iall y emphasize drill 1 with the legs quite high in front. Perhaps, forbid use of fe ints and other rea r pickups completely fo r a mo nth o r so. Use of a front pickup ma y also help.

Let us now describe the four correc ti ve drill s mentio ned above. But remember, these are intended to ove remphasize things that have been neglec ted. They are not intended as regular training drills.

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

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

#3 Done either from circles or from a jump into Yl loop, tou ch w ith left hand behind, and immediately push hips away (to right) by a hard pu sh with left arm. In doing so, turn y., turn to left, that is, face toward the horse when you land on the ground. Objective: to develop the ability to powerfully push away from the left hand and thus reduce the problem shown in figure 1.

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

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FINAL REMARKS

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

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-0 '" o 0 ~ c ! E ~ by Patricia A. Gause ::J)

guide tom

Tumbling is rea lly the name of th e game. Without it a gymnast has nothing. Therefore tumbling is ba sic for all work in gymnastics .

A beginning gymnast should not fee l bad if a new move does not happen right away. Many tim es the hardest move to lea rn is the best move she w ill have once lea rned.

The encouragem ent that a parent gives at thi s point ca n at time s overco me th e fee ling of frustration that a girl ca n be go ing thro ugh in the gym. Try to remember that all good things co me w ith tim e. Yo ungsters, like al l of us, progress w ith encouragement.

Th e tumbling that th e gir ls w ill lea rn start s out with some ba sic m oves alld from th ese new and different things w ill evo lve. Th e follow ing are som e basic skill s and th eir names.

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

One of the most useful too ls that a parent ca n use to help understand moves, rulings, and point va ul es of moves is th e riG 's CODE OF POINTS for Women wh ich is avai lable through th e USGF, P.O. Box 4699, Tucson, Ar izona 85717. Thi s handy book covers all areas of compet iti ve gymnast ics and describes penalti es and moves. Th ese d escr iptions are both w ritt en statemen ts and visual co ncepts.

The following dra w in gs are six skill s as th ey wou ld appea r in th e CODE Or POI NTS. The va lue of these moves ca n change as new rulings from the Women 's Committee of th e USGr are give n. By studying the moves a parent w ill better understand how to use th e CODE OF POINTS.

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I Aerial cartwheel (S) Roundoff, back handspring (M) with 2 BHS (S)

Now that you ha ve th e CODE Or POINTS drawings in mind let us tak e a look at some gymnast doing th ese sa me skill s.

One hand walkover

Aerial walkover

W hen you watc h a ·gymnas t do ing her sk ill s there are a fe w things to keep in mind aside from w hat the move is. Does th e you ngester keep her body in contlol and stretched? A re hel toes pOinted and her legs strai ght! Is the direct ion of th e move correc t? Does she ha ve good hand style and balance? These are onl y a few things that a judge eva luates a gymna st o n, but th ey are areas in w hi ch a parent ca n help her yo ungster.

If what yo u have just rea d rea lly turn s yo u on and yo u wo uld like to know m o re about ·the sport that your daughter is in ask th e coach if yo u could become a j udge. Qualifi ed judges are needed an d it ca n be a ve ry rewa rding experience fo r yo u.

Handspring

Back handspring

Roundoff, back handsp ring

A ft er all thi s a WO IU of cdution . Rem ember thi s is yo ur uaughtel s sport dlld you may become ve ry interes teu dnd in vo lved in t he spo rt and yo ur daughter ma y fillU something else. If thi s happens yo u ma y decide to sta y w ith th e spo rt , but i f no t just be happy w ith th e good tim es you spent wat ching gi rl s make th eir bod ies and minus just th,lI mu ch bett er knowing that they , and yo u, have parti cipated in a very unique and indi viduali zed sport. (If yo u have a ques ti on about gymna sti cs dnd it s relation to yo ur daughter pl ease w rit" m e and I w ill tr y to find th e Jnswer for you. Mrs. Patricia A. Gause, 3 Kingsgdte Lan e, Owego, N. Y. '13827)

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Sa fety is a key fd cto r ill d gynlllJst leJrning above bar sk ill s. If this need fo r sa fety is di srega rded ill th e begi llnillg Spottillg stages, and th e gymnd; t hurt , hilll;e li , th ere i; d

possibilit y that tlw gY llllld '> t w ill hdve a hard time lea rni Ilg the ;t u lit , ,1 1ll1 eve ll d poss ibi Ii t y 01 not lea rni ng th e , tu nt dt " II , d ue to fear. 010 avo id th i'>, a p l,lllor ill call be succe;; full y used o

The pl at form co nsists of a 2 inch by B inch board I:l fee t long. It is supported by two metal p ipes, approximate ly 1 Yi inches in diameter, th at are at tached to the boa rd by metal f langes. Th e p ipes are padded at the bottom to prevent damage to th e mats surro unding th e bars. Two notches are also cut on the inside of the board to lock up aga inst the two upright posts of the paralle l bars. The purpose of this is to anchor the p latform. The coach ca n th en stand on th e platfo rm and hand spot stunt s such as a SlUt z handstand, back-toss to handstand, diamodov, front and reve rse pi ro uett e and d heli -tw irl. Other tr icks ca n al;o be , potted, but th ese are th e most commo n. Th e spOiler must sta y out of th e gymn as ts way and sti ll have his hands on him through th e stunt, wh ich does not crea te a prob lem after a lill ie pra ctice.

In addition to spOilin g th e above bar releases, the platfo rm idea of spOil ing also affords another adva ntage. Thi s adva ntage being that th e bars do no t have to be lowered and the gymnast does not go throu gh a height orientat ion prob lem w hen he tri es the stunt by himse lf.

Build one, a spolling p latfo rm is sa fe , cheap, and it gets results. ~

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Is Gymnastics an 'Equal Opportunity' Sport ?

Anonymous

Until thi s spr ing, I never rea ll y was awa re of the extent o f the influence th at can be pu ll ed by a ' name' coac h o f a ' big name' team in o rd er to ge t the sco res of th eir gymn as ts pu lled high enough to get th em th rough a quali fying mee t o r enough to bea t another gymn as t out o f plac ing in an event. What it bo il s down to is w ho has the most influ ential coach back in'g them .. . not th e best executi o n. O ur las t mee t o n th e state and regional levels have been a farce . .

Th e United States Gymnasti cs f edera ti on was fo rmed because of grow ing di ssa ti sfaction w ith how the AAU ra n their meets. Fo r yea rs, th e Eas t Coast dominated gymnast ics, w ith th e W est Coast finall y b looming in the 60's. Still , i t was a long time befo re th e West coas t gymn as ts could compete in th e Eas t and v ice ve rsa w ithout hav ing imba lanced sco rin g. Now, I ca n name maybe 10 top ' name' clubs, w hi ch in th e past have deve lped o ur top nati onal and internati o nal tea m competitors ... , bu t that was whe n there were maybe 20 clu bs th at co mpeted on th e nationa l leve ls for these spo ts.

In th e las t 10 yea rs, girls gymn as tics has multipli ed aga in and aga in th e number o f clubs, coaches and pa rti cipants. In my own area, th ere are 20+ high sc hoo l tea m s, 20+ recrea tional and pr iva te cl ub tea ms an d 7 co ll ege tea ms ... most of w hi ch we re not in ex istance 10 years ago.

Beca use of th e swe lling nu mbers, th e USGF has had to institut e qualifying mee ts loca ll y, by ~ t a t e & reg ion, .... all to get to nati o nals on th e junio r, Senio r an d Elit e leve ls. A sco re base was used to q uali fy ... w hich was fine w ith all invo lved ... as long as that fi gure was equally

app li ed to all teams imparti ally. I fee l, along w ith seve ral ot her coaches in my reg io n, th at t he qua lifying proceedu res were NOT equall y app lied fo r all tea m s. Most of the " b ig name" tea ms have trained nati onall y rated judges .. . and th ese women are more often used at th ese qualifying mee ts. .. mo th ers of gymn asts, coaches w ives... th ese appea red at our qua li fie r. Our reg iona l techni ca l director was a mo th er of a gymnast belonging to a name gymnasti cs team in the past, w ith o ur state technica l d irec to r 's daughter p resentl y gymmin g o n a nati onal leve l fo r anoth er name gymnasti cs tea m . I wou ldn 't min d ... if I could honestl y fee l that they judged that meet w ith open eyes to each gymnast 's performance, no matte r w hose team they were reg istered under. I have neve r sa t thr u a meet whi ch had as man y p rotes ts as this o ne did ... because o f unequal sco ring. "Na me" tea ms are co ncern ed w ith gettin g all o f, or as many o f th eir kid s thru as possible ... to count towa rd team point 's w hich would rank them nati onall y on a jr . tea m o r Senior tea m. Gra nted, th ey have good gymnasts ... top notch competito rs .. but, w hen I see gymnas ts on th e sa me level as many o f the o ther area gymn as ts being given sco res to get th em thru ... routin es redone ... pro tes ted sco res by ' name ' coac hes raised .9 of a point... bargai ning in a judge's meeting as to how much does she actu all y need to get thru ... W HAT DO YOU DO?

I fee l that the re shou ld be some so rt o f a Na ti on ai Boa rd o f Appea ls. .. to handle prob lems such as these. My gymn as ts wo rked as hard as th ei rs." my gym nas ts should be eva luated the sa me as theirs ... not penal ized for wea ring th e w ro ng colored uni fo rm.

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It agg ri va tes me that judges from all areas a t a reg ion are not rep resented in a reg io nal . co mpetit ion. I have fo und persona ll y that my gymn as ts place fa r better aga in st some of the gymnasts from " name" tea ms, (that are hard to bea t at home,) at Na ti o nal meets. I personall y fee l that is beca use th e judges are d raw n fro m all ove r and that th ere is less hometowning by c li que ish judges and coac hes.

O ne coach to ld me I had 3 alte rnat ives .. . I co uld open my mouth and make waves .. . , that I co uld try to tra in judges to infiltrate th e system and join th e cliqu e, o r I could keep my mo uth shut and leave thin gs th e way th at they are. W ell, to t ra in judges and jo in th em would no t be do ing much more than co ndoning the sys tem .. . to qu it t rying and keep my mouth shut would sti ll be condon ing th e sys tem and would penali ze my own k ids ... but to open my mouth and make waves is the o nl y wa y toward change. So I spea k up!!! !

In order that this author' s gymnasts not be made to suffer because of statements made in the above article, we withhold identification.

NOTE FROM EDITOR: I wo uld put thi s ques ti on to one o r both of th e two o rga ni za t ion s w hich co ul d solve th ese types o f p roblems. One wou ld be to M>. Shirl ey Brya n, Chairman o f th e al rea dy existin g USGF-WC, and the other wou ld be to Ms. Kitt y Kjeldson, Chairman of th e still embryo ni c Na ti o nal A ssoc iation of W omen 's Gymn as ti cs judges. Lad ies : is th ere already a way through one of you r o rga ni za ti o ns to ha ndle prob lems such as these? If so, could o ne, or both of yo u o ut line the proper p roced ure?

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GYMNASTICS OL YMPICA

"A Realization of a Dream" by Tom Wakeling

Gymnast ics Olympica, an o ffshoo t from th e nationa ll y prominent Mid-Va ll ey YMCA Gymnasti cs Club, offic ially opened its doors on Sunday th e 29th of Septembe r of this yea r. Coach and di rector Fritz Reiter, a lead ing authority on gymn asti cs tec hnique, togeth er w ith Gordon Maddux, " televisio ns 'voice of gymnastics"' , have establi shed perh aps th e most advanced gymnast ics training center se rving the Sa n Fernando Va ll ey and th e grea ter Los A nge les area . Coaches M ike Bi sk, Ca th y Coghlan and th e tea m 's dance cho reogra pher, Libby Coghlan complete th e regular staff at Gymna st ics Olympica.

The fo remost goa l of Gymnasti cs O lympi ca is to present gymnasti cs from th e beg inner to th e adva nced leve l, wit h th e highes t possib le degree o f exce llence, recogni zing th e necessi ty for the utmost indi vidua l att ention to each and every gir l.

Wor ld wi de resources are open to Gordon M addux and these co upled wi th Mr. Rei ter 's experience and analyti ca l app roach, make availab le to th e stud ents of Gymnast ics Olymp ica the newest and bes t ideas fro m all ove r th e wor ld .

The Mid-Va lley YMCA Gymn asti cs Club under Frit z's direction won the Los Angeles League Championships and theCa li forn ia State Champi onships.

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

Fritz maintains that the clu b 's designated idea ls are not all se rious in nature emphasiz ing that his program promises the gymnast fun and good times.

Ol ympica is the home of elite gymn as t Denise Cheshire (who placed amo ng th e top 14 in the USGF Elit e Finals this yea r) and State Champions Wendy Mula and Lin da Mu la (current Ca lifo rni a State AA Champio n in th e 11 and under d ivis io n).

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This new cl ub has p rog rams encompassing three leve ls of competiti o n (class 1, 2, and 3). Not only w ill its members promote gymnasti cs in th e Van N uys area but with th eir personalities and abilities th ey ca nnot help but to provide an inspirati on nation w ide.

O ne point in Mr. Reiter 's philosoph y co nce rnin g gym nast ics is hi s justification of th e top gymnas t. He beli eves that, that gymnast 's purpose is to moti vate and stimulate the younger and the up and coming. He also stresses the g rea t adva ntage for the gym nast to gai n her community 's support.

Mr. Fritz Reiter has rea li zed his dream of directing his own cl ub and tea m. A w inning coach and a w inning tea m. Th ese would go hand-in-hand the w ith rea liza tion of anyones dream for a fine gymnast ic future.

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Anaheim in Sequence

Barbara M yslak Barbara M yslak pe rforms her'unique whip-casl-fronlluck flip bel ween Ihe bars, calch ing high bar.

Seen above and 10 Ihe righI, Ba rbara performs a forward sole circle from high bar 10 back layoul dismounl over low bar,

Barbara 's performance a l Anaheim ne lled her Ihe a ll e rnal e spol on Ihe USA leam 10 compele in Varna, Bulgaria for Ihe World Championships.

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ON TItE MOVE WiTIt FRiTZ

by Fritz Reiter

This is first in a se ri es of instructi o nal articl es by Fritz Reite r, a recognized authority, coach and techni cian. We are sure that you, our readers, will bene fit from this new se ri es for GYMNAST magazine.

The Cheshire SNAP-FLIP

and • zts Consequences

The incredible g rowth of wo men's gymnasti cs has brought about a grea t number of nove lti es and orig inal ideas. Coaches and gymn as ts are trying to find new moves and combi nations that " NOBODY" has done before.

The follow ing is an example of an orig inal idea that is not only unique and ri sky, but has opened up a new dimension to gymnast ics on th e uneven bars - now known as MULTIPLE REBOUNDING. At th e same time, it has exposed important issues in regard s to the adequacy o f presentl y used equ ipment, and the safe ty of ou r gymnasts. The CHESHIRE SNAP-FLIP, named afte r D eni se Cheshire, who fi rst performed this combination, looks like tumblin g done on uneven bars. The movement sta rts from an in ve rted support posit io n (HANDSTAND) on the high bar. Descending to a stomach wh ip arou nd th e low bar (the fi rst rebound) and moving wit h th e hands from the high bar to th e low bar, Mi ss Cheshi re arrives momentarily in an arched handstand position on the low bar. Here she immedia tely executes a LEG SNAP and pushes off the hands to arr ive on the low bar. Instantly, she is ca tapu lted back into th e air by th e rail (unless it brea ks), allowing her to fini sh this exc iting move w ith a

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back somersa ult at th e height of the high bar. The technical diffi culty o f th e CHESHIRE

SNAP-FLI P lies in the dYnamic speed of the sequence, and t he prec ision o f t he movements. It has long been known that mastery of th e ba sics, and th eir proper technica l execut ion will produce co nsistency and precision in a gymnast 's p erformance. Proper development of all aspects of the gymnast 's body is the single most important qualit y req uired. Wea kness in th e low back is dangerous no t o nl y w hen pe(forming moves like the "CHESHIRE SNAP­FLIP", but in many other move ments of difficulty as well. Lack of strength in the sho ulder girdle is probably the female gymnast 's greatest problem area and stems from a backward socia l attitude that girl s o ught to be wea k all d Ii dgil ": l u be lel11i llill e. We lI ee-d 10 ove rcome thl> ,dl il udl' Iu gi ve Anlel ie,, ', gill. gymlld '> t'> J bett el Ih,," evell d',,"ce ill illl erlldtloll ,iI gymlld ,> II( ., .

If we want to progress women 's gymnastics o n the uneven bars, MU LTIPLE REBOUND ING might we ll be one of th e most exciting directions availab le. However, we must lea rn to use the rail s to their full es t possibilities. Th e equipment companie's o f the World must come to recogni ze a very, ve ry impo rtant fact: The difference in the frequency of vibrat ions in th e hori zontal and ve rti ca l direct ion and differences in th e inclinati on of th e uprises of high bar and low bar are so radica l that th e performances on different se ts are greatl y affected, and in many cases enda nger the safety of the ve ry advanced gym nas t.

I personally witnessed a case invo lving Miss Diane Dunbar, o ne of Amer ica 's bes t gymnasts. During a meet in w hich two " identica l" uneven bars were used, (one for warm up and one for competition), she was thru sted aga inst the hi gh bar, smashing her face aga inst th e rail w ith such

power that she was bl eeding from her teeth. In that sa me meet, M iss Cheshire's timin g got thrown off, and over- rotat ing in her bounce to handstand o n high bar, pirouette to straddle " L", into a back flip on low bar, she nea rl y broke her neck.

The cause o f these two accidents ma y we ll have li ed in th e different frequency of th e vib rations of th e rails on the wa rm up bars and th e competiti on set.

At th e second · World Games Trials in Delewa re, 3 rail s of anot her brand of uneven bars we re broken, all involv ing mUltiple reboundinr

Whil e wa, ,ning up, M iss cheshire, a 90 pound gymnast aga in fe ll on her neck whe n th e rail broke on her third rebound. Two more rails we re broken by gymnasts performing th e Ol ympic compu lsory di smount.

The routin es and the timing of th e physical movement of th e gymnast's body are adjusted to th ese properti es. A nd the co nsistency of her performance greatly depends upon these qualities. Th en she comes to a gym nas ti cs meet only to find th at all her timing - acqu ired through pra ctice - is off.

To improve th e performances of th e gymnast 's and to increase the fairness in competition, bu t more importantl y to guarantee th eir safety, which is jeopardi zed by the dynamic differences of th e rails, we must insist o n a WORLD WIDE ba sis that equipmen t be provided with exact ly the sa me uniformity in rega rds to th e dynamic qualiti es such as frequen cy of vibrat ions in the hori zontal and vert ica l di rec ti on o r the shape of the rail.

In conclusion, th e CHESHIRE SNAP-FLIP has glamorized a NEW DIMENSION on th e uneven bars, MULTIPLE REBOUNDING , but has also raised impOTtant questions in regards to th e adequacy o f o ur present equipment. ~

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~LETTERS~

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Harbara Tkltche r 's On The Ill-a m out 01 the GYlllnas t I re~"l y e njoyed il a nd I III iss re"d ing her articles, Also has it Ix'en ~I nnounl'ed ,1 'l'l 1I'Ill're the 1975 AlA IV N" t iona ls lor gY llln ~lSties lI 'illbe hel d '.'

Si llce re ly, Joy Ke ll y Unil 'ers it .I' 01 ,\I "b;1I1W

E U: We han' not 11I'anl frolll Har"a ra II'heth!' r her nell' pos ition in Ihl' Easl will lean' her tillll ' to continue with the " On The Beam" column ... so the labor of love reporting for GYMNAST m ay have more openings (as it a lways has). As fOI' the 19i5 AlA W Nationa ls a ll we know now is tha t they are scheduled for April 4-5 .

LOOK FORWARD Gente lmen, " " I want to complimen t you on your m agazine, am a coach of the girls gymnastic team a t the South Toledo Y,M,C,A, and I rea lly look forwa rd to your technica l and research a rtic les , I have a n interes t particularly in the uneven ba rs a nd wou ld like to see som e research a rticles on dille ren t , movem ents, specifica ll y, the glide kip, fly ing hip circ le - full turn - regrab the high ba r and the hecht off the low bar with a full twist.

Some time ago you had a li sting a nd descripti on of contents, of magazines & books, both fore ign & domes ti c (mostly domesti c) about gymnastics or re lated mate ri a l. Maybe you could prin t this again or m a ke it ava ilable to your reade rs , especially the coaches,

Tha nk you very much' Sincerely: Dona ld F, Shomody Toledo , Ohio

E D, See new instructional series for girls by Fritz Reiter s ta rting this edition ... The March 1972 (Vol. XIV) Gymnast conta ins "The Golden Libra r y of Gymnastics Hevisited" by A. B. Fredericks and the June/ July issue of ';2 contained a n "Agenda Upda te" by Mr. Fredericks. Zerox copies of this lis ting of Gymnas tic books is availab le from our office , Just mail SI.UU to : Gymnas t Golde n Libl'ar y Lis t - P.O, Box 110. Santa Mon ica, CA 9040 I.

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This is in regards to Men United to Coach I'ema le Gymnasts, it is not a sex ist illove ille ntl t is just il s im:e re erfort to improve wo m en s gymn as tics as il whole, Simp ly because I C ~lre , When I was il competiti ve gymnast I re c~"1 gO ing to m ee ts a nd seeing m en getting a ha rd tim e from

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

Thl' letkrs I did rec iel'e fro lll m en e~ pressed desire to iL'"rn da nce & ro utin e COlllpos ition , Admitting tlwt they lack the dance lI'om en h ~II ' e but Iri ll ing to Jearn a llthe.I' can in orde r to produce bell e r gymn"sts , is n ' t this our ai m '" ,

I need your help & ide~ls, As I s"ld I lI'ould like to see such an organization formed , the n" llle cou ld el'en be cha nged , Hut the b~ls i c id e~ 1 is one 01 bell e rment.

I a m fil l' from be ing ~lIIex pert.bu t hO I\'(lu ~ "i f i ed do you h ~II ' e to bl' to care , I 101'1.' g,1'nlll" s ti cs a l)(1 thats the m os t important re ~ l son we ~" I h ~ I I ' e lor coaching,

I feel Ire could poss ibly be help ing e"ch othe r el'en more, And in a ll "reas,

Sincerell' Carol P(etruszelrs ki Lombard , Il lino is

NOT ALL IS LOST Mr. SUlldby:

It is il lwilYs dep ress ing to heilr tha t a gymnas ti cs progra m has been dropped at an y ins titution,

The Univers ity of Uenve r dropped gymnas ti cs last yea r but we a re s till receiv ing many applica tions from gymnas ts throughout the country that ilre not aware ul th iS, I would a ppre<:iate your m enti uni ng this is your Gy mnast.

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TWISTED AFF ILIATION Richard Criley Gymnas t Assoc. Editor Dear Dick:

I enjoyed your recent report of the USG Fs , You li s ted that three gymnasts qualified from Southern Connecticut a nd that four qua lified from Penn State. That fourth person must have been Jim Culha ne. It seem s that m a ny people affiliate Jim with P enn State, however, Jim has trained at SCSC s ince 1967, except for a couple of years at West Point. Since you mentioned that Jim did his firs t double twist in compe tition , it was here that Jim was held in the be lt for over a yea r in learning the double twist.

I am not claimi ng Jim as one of my gymnasts , but he is from our gym at SCSC,

Dick, just want to keep m alleI'S s traight. Sincerely , Abie Gross feld Gymnastics Coach Southern Connecticut State College New Haven, Connecticut

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,\\eet Itesilits NATIONAL AAU JUNIOR OLYMPICS

Lincoln, Nebraska Aug. 9 & 10, 1974

by Paul Zierl

Boys 15-18 Competing 011 a badly strained knee which

sidelined him fo r the len days before the competition, Mike W il soll from Garland , lexa s, managed to " fire up" sufficientl y to tumble by th €' pre-meet fa vorite and defending champion , Kurt Thomas, 10 easily win th e 15-18 boys' meet. A lth ough fl o t one of Mike's bes t pe rfo rmances, he showed unbelieveable determ inati on and desire throughout the competitio n. Th e rea l surpr ise of the meet, hmvever, was Paul Simon from W illiamsv ille, New York . Paul di spl ayed uncann y s tea din ess ano confidence throughout the two d ay affa ir to capture the second pla ce all around hOllo rs. A somewhat shak ey Kurt Thoma s settle d int o third with ~a l vado r Pedone, fourth and Doug Gravatt , fifth.

lhe level of diificully was especiall y noteworthy in the dismourll category. Wilson led the way in this area showing a double back and a ful l punch froll( on floor, double ba cks o ff rings and parall el bars, cartwheel back in vaulling, and stoop all pik e front w ith a Y1 twi ~ t off o f high bar. Paul Simon used a very nice double tw ister o n floor and a stoop 0 11 f ront o ff o f hi gh ba r. Kurt 1 homa; did double back; off of high bar and rings, and a cart \,,, heel back in vaultin g. (He also showed a double ba ck off parallel bars in warm ups, but problems w ith his exercise forced him to abo rt that. )

Results: Michael "Vi l ~o ll 105.50; Paul Simon 102.95; Kurtlhomas 100.90; Sa lvador Pedone 100.50, Dougla s Grava tt 99.45. Boys 13 & 14

1 he younger bo)'s were very impressive show ing exce llent position and technique 011

many of th e basic s ki ll ~ , Apparently more coaches are emphasizing co rrectness rather than difficuh y. Resulls: Micha el Hick!. 87.15; Ro dn ey Ho rn 86.10; SCOI W ilce 84.80; Jose A quero 84.35; Percy Price 81.05.

Cirls Resulls Ages 13-14: Jan A hten 72.10; l amm y Manvill e 72.00; Lori Schn eider 71 .35; Barbie W eida 70.60; Ma rcie Ravech 69.75. Ages 15-18: Am y lubis 72 .10 ; Grace Kru ger 71.40; Beth Sheppard 70.35; Kin a Kenn ed y 70.00; DOlllla Burian 69.40.

* * * USGF JUNIOK OLYMPICS NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSHIP OF WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS

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One of the most excitin g meets o f the season was directed b)' the Heinekes in W ichita, Kamas on July 27, 1974. It was a dhistori ca l" happening 100, since the mee t was th e first USGf National Jun io r Olympics Championship.

A total of 15 young g irls competed from 7 USGF Regions represe nt ed by 8 junio r and 7 senior gymnasts w ho had previously qualified in the Regional Junior O lympic try­outs. Note: Region V did not show up for unknow n reasons. Region III due to a tie, was represen\ed by 2 girls in the junio r d ivision. Each d ivision juniors (12-14 yea rs o f age) and se niors (15 yea rs and o ver) competed w ith advanced USGf-DGWS compulsories fol lo wed by opti onals. Th e w inners o f each d ivision had a lot at stake as the pri ze fo r w innin g was a free USGf trip and tour to w it ness the wo rld' s best gymnasts in th e World Games held in Munich, O cto ber 1974.

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On the pan ~f the gymna sts ,I perfect meet situation still could not be cI,lil1led . rhe compulsory 'Jlld optional competitions held in one day proved dearly to be Illos ttirillgd~ the day progressed. By the evelling the 1,1SI meet showed the ex haustion sci in. resulting in numerous fJll s and big rnistdkes ill the senior girls' performJ llces. On the bdrs. 4 uul of 7 co mpet it ors fell and "2 girls h,ld tu dde!.I1l ex tra swing pri or to the di smo unt to f in i ~ h the rout ine. On the beam. we SdW a IOt.d of 7 falls - only one was due to d mbsed ,lCrial -again 60'7" o'f the compet it ors f.liled 10 st,IY on.

I tend to beli eve thatthe~e mistak es \-\'c re due main l)' to the inabil ity lU psych uneself up tV"' ice in one dJy to do o ne's best. The 5-6 hour res t {Oo uld on ly serve its purpose phys ically. The 1975 Championship mO~1 likely will not have this shon com illg. The undesirable element of .111 "endur,lI lCe contest" will be eliminated by ~cheduling I he two meets for two days as i t should be.

COMPULSORIES: The comp ulsory co mpetition, p.Ht icul,lr1y

Beam and Floor, were a disappointment. see ing thc IJck of di sc ipl ine ill following the prescribed text. The degree of th e tu rrl ~ were

otten inlorrelt. the l.lrge trunk Illovemenb welt: oftcn abse nt ill the exelut iu ll . Flour cove r,lge WilS very limited .11 50 .' u ~ill g u nly bO'i .. oi the ~ p,Ke. MallY gyrnll ,l s t ~ showed probl em~ harmoniling mu vemellt seque nce~ with the mu sical phr.l se ..I lso. (Al l (oac.hing fau lt ~!J The overall performcillce i ll the Hilllc/spring Va ult \"'hl ~ .l ver,l ge, h,lVillg 9.0 as a ma ximum ~core ill e.lch division. The uneven bars evellt sho\-\'ed.1 1.lCk of strengt h and erHJuralllc, but th e technique of the moves \'\'a~ sati ~fJctory.

OPTIONALS: hom the top g irl ~ of ea ch evellt we ~,I\V

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the iloo r. ~eve ral J lt ern.l\e~ ,I/H/ elo ll g,lIed tumbl ing ~equellces we re lI sed in both divisions, showi ng the most strengt h in the area of tumbling 011 the floor, On the be,lI11 we did /lot w itness all abullddnce of .l eritll s. o nly a few aerial wa lkovers dlld c.Jr twheeb were allcmpted in each divisiun.

In both even ts on I)' a few girb executed enough turns of real skill. Nu doubt skills o f turns arc prell Y neg leueu in th eir trd ini ng. '1 hose \'\'ho " dared " WP. fC' the OIH~S who h,HI

colo rful <Ind good l:olllpositioIlS. Th e dismounts were mmt ly handst.lnd v.u-iatiom well executed for balance and control. Some of the disrnoullb from the beam were outstandi ng in techn ique as well .I ~ ill ampl itude, although Illost were stenll~)ed without mUl:h difficu lt y of l:onlleuio ll (f rolll rUlls ),

On the uneven ba rs the rdllge uf score~ were ~howing the biggesl probl ems ou t uf the iour eve l1 b . The Sl:ores \Vere 4.90-U.BO for the ~e llior ~, and 7.10-9.05 fo r the jUllior ~ (physic.al weakne~~ and ti red ness). Alt hough the scores were very var ied , the audience could enjoy many great ro utines w ith elit e level difficulties, superiors linked b,ll:k-to ­back, several handsta nd s execu ted from kip~ (HB), and s talcJ cr~ execut ed f rom hJJ1d ~td lld s (HB). One 1 r 2 t .. vist ing sole drde W,I ~ ..I highlight in t wi~ tillg , as it wa~ turned freely wit hou t hand change, very close to th e veni<..al in the inverled position , w it h .1 fdi rl y good ex it. 'VVe saw many full t\v ists over the low har, but nOlle had a gre.lI hei gh t.

In vaulting we savv sever,ll I ~ _ I .. -S, Ya I1lJ sh it a~, and a few Yamtl ~! or Handspring 3bOC" turns. The tw isting va ults, like 011 the elite leve l, showcd problems inthe2nd flight in ampl i tude as well as ill the timing of the turn . Carter from Wichi ta v,lUlted ,I I ! o il 1 1 .'

back somcrsault va ult , showin g good techniquc and greatl:olltro l in the warm up. Unfortullately during competition she

turned it wi th a loose lU ck causi ng a sluw turn anu all unsure lalluing, touc hing the fluor with her left hallcL No doubtthis cost her th e first place in va ulting.

1 he m('el WJ ~ a very fri en dly affdir, run'nillg in J pl easa nt atmo~phere. I t W,IS well judged with few prot es t ~ of Sl:ores. The coaches who participated f(' ltthe Junior Ol ympi c progrdlll is the 1ll0~ t valuabl e 0PP0rlun ity to pruvide.l goal and recogniti on of this magnitud e to the upcoming young gymntlsts.

'M eet Results Showing Range of the Lowest and Highes t Scores : Compulsories V: Juniors: U.40-Y.00 (Ahten, CHler , GJckenbJlk - Y.OO); Sen iors: 0.40-9.00 (Kive t - 9.00). UPB: Juniors: B.20-B.Bs (Liv ier - B.Bs); Seniors: 13.40-13.75 (Hodges - 6.75). B: Juniors: 8.25-9.00 ( ~rn i t h - 9.00) ; Seniors: 7.Bs-9.00 (Bier - Y.OO). FX : Juniors: U.25-9.00 (Livier -9.00); Seniors: B.2s-B.9s (Heggie - B.95). Oplionals V: Juni ors: 13.45-Y.OU (li vie r - 9.00); Seniors: B.50-9.00 (Bier - 9.00). UPB: Juniors: 7.10-9.05 ( ~ l11 ith, (<!rter - Y.05) ; Seniors: 4.90-tUiO (Ho dge" Heggie - B.BO). B: Juniors: 7.10-B.95 (llvier - U.YS); Seniors: 6.5S-tUm (Kenlledy -B.BO). FX: Juniors: B.J5-Y.00 (Carter - 9.00): Seniors: 7.Y5 ·13 .95 (Heggie, Kenned y - 13.95). AA Juniors: 71.25 livier - VI Natiun,d AA Champion: 70.1 25 Clner - III ; 7U.1U Smith - r. AA Seniors: 70.10 Heggi{~ - VI N,lIiunJI AA Cham pion: bU.95 Uier - V II ; 613 .65 Kive t - Iy.

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GRADUATE SCHOOL ANYONEl_ Men: Look in g for a gradua te school w ith gymnastic workou t opportuniti es? Consider the Unive rsity of Hawaii wit h a club program starting 1975-76. Graduate stuidi es in many f ields. For appl icati ons and informat ion on aCJdem ic programs \·vrit e to th e Departmen t of your choice, University of Honolulu, HI 96822. App lica tions accepted through March for fall 1975. For gymnasti cs information , wri te Gymnast ics Coach , University of Hawaii Ath letic Department, 1337 l ower Campus Rd. , Honolulu, H I 96822.

THIRD ANNUAL Southwestern Regiona l Gymnastics

Workshop and Clinic

In Techniques and M e thods For El e me ntary, Junior and Senior High Schools

Colleges and Private Club Programs Special Education Program

1 heme: \'Vo rkshop in Techniques and Approaches ( ~kill s/Spott ing Techniques/ Judging) in gymnJstics for Primary (farl y Childhuod) and Elementary Teachers, Spedal fducat ioll Teachers, Junior & Sen ior High School girls and Phys ica l Education Inst ruc to rs, Unive rsit y Teachers and student s and also Priva te Club Programs. ~epara t e se millJf~ just for coach es and teachers in judging, spOiling and skill development in beginning and intermediate and elite compulsory and optional routines pl us participa tion secti ons. Parti cipation sel: tions and d emonstration section s separate from the coach ing seminars for element ary, ju nior and senior hi gh sc hool studen ts in all end ance. Separate luncheons for coaches and students Special sect ions design to help the special edu ca ti on teacher in dance, free ex ercise, rhythmns, anu gymna sti cs for the teacher of Elv 1R, Hv1R, EH/ N H, and Juvenile nail childrell.

Dates: Friday May 2 - Sunday May 4, 1975

Place: Las Vegas Hilton Hotel Convention Cente r, Las Vegas, Nevada

Registration I:ee: $15.00 - coaches, teachers, co llege students (113 & over); $1U.00 - students - element ary, ir. high, senior high (113 & under).

For further information: Tom Edson Physica'l Education Testing Coordinator Riverside County Schools OHice 4015 Lemon St., P.O. Box 868 Riverside, California 92502 Telephone: (714) 787-6431

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