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WINTER CLINICS: CALIFORNIA GYMNASTIC CLINIC

California Christmas Clinic Director Hal Frey has forma lly announced that the 2nd Annual Winter Gymnastics Clinic wi ll be he ld at the Unive rsity of Ca li fornia at Be rke ley, Dec. 26-30.

A credit cou rse in teach ing gymnas­tics will be taught throu gh the Unive r­sity's extension se rvice.

Coach Frey fu rthe r sta ted that the '67 Cli nic wou ld st ress the All-a round events and that Ol ym pians Dal e Flan­saas and Art Sh urlock along with past Wo rld Trampo line Champion Dan Mill­man wi ll be among the many inst ruc­tors on han d to ass ist Men's Director Bob Peavy and Women's Directo r Don Ne lson. Also there wi ll be at least six pieces of apparatu s on hand fo r each event.

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Clinic Directors Glen n Wi lson and Rusty Mitchell announce that the O­lym pic compulsory routines will be taugh t as sk ill s as wel l as in total so that all will benefit.

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USGF EASTERN GYMNASTIC CLINIC

The Third Annual Eastern Gymnas­tic Clinic wi ll be held in Fort Lauder­dale, Fl ori da from December 26-30.

Thi s yea r's event wil l be hosted by the ex peri enced duo of Bi ll Meade of SI U and Dick Holzaepfel, formerly of Iowa who in iti ate the ir third yea r.

I nst ru ct ion will be offe red at all leve ls of ab ili ty with a spec ial session on the Ol ympic Compu lso ri es. The Annua l No rth-South All Sta r meet will prov ide gymnasts with top competi ­ti on ex per i ence.

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Official Publication of the United States Gynmstics Federation

Volume IX CONTENTS

December. 1967 No. 12

NOTES FROM AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR ...................... Dick Criley 5 USGF DIRECTOR'S REPORT ........................................ Frank Bare 6 OLYMPIC COMPULSORIES .......................................................... 7 GUEST EDITORIAL. ............................... ................. ..Irving Jaffee 9 CHALK TALK .................................. ........................ ...................... 10 MUSCLE BEACH HAPPENINGS ............ ......... .Thomas Humphrey 11 ALL·AROUND THE WORLD ................................... .Jack Beckner 12 THE JAPANESE-AN INTERVIEW ...... Dick Criley and Ken Sakoda 14 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUTINE ................................. Voronine 16 RESEARCH AND FITNESS ............................ Dr. James Bosco 18 GYMNASTIC AIDS .......................... ................... .......... Don Tonry 19 LET'S TEACH ROUTINES .... .. ... ............................ Dr. Bill Vincent 20 JUDGING ........................... ....................................... Arno Lascari 21 GYMNASTICS IN PHYS. ED .. ................... .. .. ..... Bruce Frederick 22 GYM FORUM .................. ......................................... .Jerry Wright 23 PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ...................... Mike Jacobson 24 Y·NEWS ................................................................ Kenneth Hollis 27 SOKOL SLET ..... ..................................................... ............ ... ......... 27 LETTERS .. .... ................................ ..................... ............................. 28 MG SCOREBOARD ....................... .. ......................... .. ....... ... ............ 28

COVER STORY: Hayata of the Japanese National Team at their Long Beach, California, exhibition. See story, page 14.

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MEDIOCRITY IS FOR THE LAZY

"The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood, but we do know what the Greeks knew: That intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; for physica I fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a hea Ithy body .... it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."

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* * * * IN THIS ISSUE:

The Compulsory exercises for Men for the 1968 Olympics appear in this issue, commencing with the U.S.G.F. Report. While additional copies are available from their office, the planning of pagination is such that by merely removing a pair of staples, the entire 4 pages of exercises are available in one piece for ready reference. The Women's Compulsories will be scheduled for MADEMOISELLE GYMNAST, volume 2, number 3.

We' thank Art Shurlock for providing us with the transcript of the side horse routine by Voronine appeJring on pages 16 and 17. An attempt to coordinate the move identified with the pictures has been made.

The dptails of the MG photo IArt Contest announced in the August MG are listed on our Chalk Talk page.

Our Guest Editorial , by Irving Jaffee, Olvmpic medalist, is especially pert inent as the United States Olympic Committee begins its fund·raising for the 1968 Olympics. With grassroots support perhaps his suggestions may some day become a reality.

* * * * REMINDERS: If you have not taken advantage of the special sub· scriber Christmas offer announced in the last issue, you have until December 31 to do so .. . and if you missed our previous notice, you'll be pleased to learn that the MG is holding its offer of a $4.00 subscription to the OLYMPISCHE TURN KUNST, the international magazine of the FIG, open to December 31. See ad in this issue ... Our MG Servicemen's Special ($l.00 for one year subscription to any serviceman stationed outside the continental US-APO & FPO addresses) is still in effect . .. We are still seeking back editions in good condition to fulfill requests for bound sets. See August '67 MG for details ... We recently received a packet of 50 dittoed score sheets from a clinic. Our staff simply does not have the time to si ft out the top winners in the many different categories. If your meet is important enough to send out the results, it is important enough to take the time to ensure that they will be printed. Plpase advise your p!J blicists and meet directors that the format given on page 33 of the November issue must be followed if there is to be any chance of the meet results appearing in the MG . . . The response to our request for sites and dates of 1968 State High School Gymn3Stic Championships has been disap· pointing.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - F.I.G . Left to Right: Mr. Frank Bare (U.S.G.F.), Mr. Arthur Gander (President, FIG-Switzerland), Mr. Klas Thoresson (Sweden), Mr . Max Bangerter (Sec·Treas, FIG - Switzerland), Mme. Berthe Villancher (Pres. Womens Technical Comm.-France

Mr. Nicolai Popov (Vice-Pres- USSR), Mr. George Gulack (Vice-Pres-USA), Prof. Mario Gotta (Italy). Copenhagen , Denmark , Nov. 21, 1967

The United States Gymnastics Federation P.O. Box 4699 Tucson, Arizona

USGF DIRECTORS REPORT FRANK L. BARE Executive Director

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK .. . November 15·22, 1967 The third World 's Championships in Modern Gymnastics (Gym·

natique Moderne), was conducted here this week. The Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation also conducted a series of meetings here before, during and after the competitions. {See photo}.

The world's championships in this event, which has yet to be seen in America, was conducted at the KB Hall, in Copenhagen. The first day's competition called for a compulsory routine with a rope and one optional routine with a hoop. That evening the six·girl team competition was conducted and each team drill was scored. In all some fifteen nations were represented in the over all competitions with 12 nations fielding teams. Four women observers from South Africa attended as part of that nation's development is aimed at entering future championships in this newest of gymnastics events. In the team competition the USSR was first and Czechoslovakia was second, but it was the third place team from Bulgaria that really won the crowd and only a technical deduction of one-half point due to their using over-sized hoops kept them from being world 's champions.

In team competition six girls work at once. Each nation can enter three individuals who do four routines, one compulsory and three optionals. Each girl did one required routine with rope, one optional with rope, one optional with hoop and one optional with no hand apparatus. Awards are presented to the high over-all scorer, the highest score for the rope, the highest for the hoop and the highest for free {no hand equipment} performance. All are performed to music {mostJy pianists . .. some taped} , and the performances may have any acrobatic movements nor hand balancing.

Next world's Championships in this event are scheduled at this time for 1969 in Bulgaria. In that year it has been determined that the compulsory will be performed with a ball. Five judges are used, routines may be on a hard wood floor or mat. All events are timed, from one to one and one-half minutes for the individual events with 5 seconds grace period either way on the finish . .. that is you may go over but not more than 5 seconds. As stated earlier , no walkovers, cartwheels, handstands, splits (except to perhaps pass very quickly through one in a movement other than a roll). The weight may not be held on the hands, no aerials . . . etc. This year the gymnasts from the Soviet Union utilized ballet to a great extent, and we have been told (even though the USSR girls scored exceptionally well) that this has been discussed by the FIG women's technical committee and ballet movements will be frowned upon in the future. I would say that modern dance, with a number of leaps and fl exibility movement s, coupled with some imaginati ve and tricky use of a rope and hoop are the key. Music plays a vital part of the 6

over·all picture. As difficult as it is to describe here .. . some of the routines were not only beautiful but difficult .. . without any sign of acrobatics. (USGF will have film s out soon to illustrate what I mean). Some of the leaps I witnessed here indescribably high and beautiful. The list of teams was impress ive ... USSR, CZECHOSLOVAKIA , POLAN D, WEST GERMA Y, EAST GER­MANY, YUGOSLAVIA , DENMARK, CUBA, HUNGARY, ITALY, BULGARIA AND FRANCE. Venzuela and Brazil al so had en tries in the individual events. The United States could do well in this event and it opens up an entirely new avenue for American women who perhaps do not yet have the exposure to gymnastics stunts but do have an exposure to modern dance ... which it taught to a large degree in our schools, even where apparatus gy mnastics is not. (By the way, the USGF collected a large number of out standing photos from this event along with the rules and information con­cerning the competition ... which will all go into a special publi­ca tion to be ready about the end of the year).

::: * * Perhaps the most stimulating news from the Copenhagen meetings

was that concerning the immediate future of American gymnastics. Need less to say I will not go into specifics here as to what pre· cise ly took place but rather the future will speak for itself in that regard. As most of us know gymnastics has been slowed (int er­nationally and nationally) somewhat this past three years by a lack of help in criti cal areas.

We have asked ourselves such questions as why most every nation in the world has had an international judges course evcept the USA? We have asked why the Czech team came to the USA in 1964, los t a large amount of money and never traveled West of New

, .-/ Maria Gogiva (Bulgaria) First, with Hoop .

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J e rsey ? W e have pondered wh y a Japanese team was in vited to the USA in 1965, they selec ted the team ... even had a farewell party fo r that team , and acce pt ed g ift s from thei r fri ends wishing them bon voyage , onlv to have last minut e no ti ce that the trip was off. Imagine th eir e m barrassment a t having to return their g ift s and im ag ine th e red· fa ce all o f us shared a s Americans . . . without even knowin g it. W e have ask ed why it is that the FTG r eleased the offi cial film s o f the Olympic Compulsori es in July . .. yet the fir, t l ime Ameri can coaches saw those film s (includ ing the 1968 Olympic manager) was at the Con gress of Coach es in October. M y message to yo u at thi s time is that even though the A.A.U. has ca rri ed this respons ibility for years it has fail ed mise rably to perform an ad equ a te j ob and the important thin g here is that gymnas ti cs cannot and must no t stand s till even though they con· tinue to do s uch a poor job for Ihe s port. Gymnasti cs will progress, and here is how.

* *' The U.S.G.F. ha s invited a SCANDINAVIAN ALL-STAR leam

to tour the U.S.A. in January and the trip is now firm . Gymnas tic, stars from FlNLA D, NORWAY, SWEDEN AND DEN II IARK will a ll be on the team and w(' ha ve planned stops in Penn sylva nia , lllinois, Colorado and Californ ia at thi s time.

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Mme. Berthe Villancher , Pres id ent of the F .I.G . \"'om en's T echni­cal Committ ee will come to the U n it ed S tates in Fe bruary to g ive two or more lec tures and trainin g sess ions on FIG techni ca l matt ers, the 1968 Olympic Routines and th e IWW evpnt . Modern Gymnastics. More on her variou s appeara nces will be coming to you from our Women 's Committ ee .

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W e ha\'e extended a tentati ve invitation to the women's team from Bulgaria. as it was perform ing in Cope nhagen ... including one W orld 's Ch ampion. to com e to the U.S.A. in March and make two or three stops ... and they ha ve accept ed our invitation.

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Bas ica ll y, these four event s are a beginning. The re is mu ch to be done , but thi s i, a s tart towal ds yearly exch anges and yeall y trainin g courses for our offi CIa ls in order that they might take th ell' place a mong other n a tion s in int ernati ona l event s. For one thin g . .. the future of American gy mnasti cs looks a great deal brighter after (lur s tay in Copenhagen . . . the next year will say quit e a lo l abou t wheth ..- r th e s port moves a head in Ihe U .S.A. and in the world . This is on ly the beg innin g ... but it is a beg innin g.

F. L. Bare .

U.S.G.F. Women's Committee Report By ./ lI d\, I-Iall - Vire Chairlllall USCF WOlll ell '" COII/millee

The ,pcond nll 'l' lin!' o f Ihe U.S .G .F . W OlllPn ' , Committe" wa~ ht' ld in Kan ~ a " Cil v. ,\'10 .. Or to lwr 20 and 21. Topi c, under di "cus· ~ i(J1l were. na tional c() lllpul ~ory ro ulin ('~, jlld~ f> :-' tr a inin ~. leacher Irainin ~ C'iini c)o' . edu cati ona l Ill a l e ri a l ~. clIll1peliti vt' opportuniti t"'~ . a nd I"chni cal kn owled!'l·.

It i, th l' purpo,< ' of th e wo men's commill t'c tl, add vilal infol'ln a­lion and mat t' rial til Ihc ~)' l11na s li c" scene . Alw to makl' Ihl ' mal e rial ava il a"'" 10 a ll person " int en,qed in gy mnas li c!' .

In conjun c lion wilh the Divis ion of Gir'" and Wllm cn, s porl s Ih t' WOllwn', CO!llmitl ee o f Ihe U.S.G.F. has developcd a , kill level pro~ram \\·hi l' h can 1)(:' u"cd throughout Ihe co untry a s an aid for coach .. :; and leache r". Th e combined commit lees ha\"e deve loped nalinn a i (,O lllpui!30ry routin es at th e l)l"~ innill ~ . low int erm ediatt' , and hi ~ h inl l' J'I\ll'dia lc \r vc k Th e'(' ro ulinl '" ma y 1)(' in corporalt'd inlo Ihe pn',l'nl "tru clun' of a nI' ~ymn as li c" prog ra m. Outline, for judgin g: clini cs and I" acher Ira inin g: c lini cs ha w IIP..- n de \"e loped in o rd e r til " Iandardi zl ' Ihe prog: ram. I Th e N at iona l Compul sory Rou­lin" " a rt' a va ilable from: The lJ n il t'd S ta tes Gvmnasli cs F ederati on. P.O. Box 4099. Tuc~on. :\ rizon a I s a c . .J ac ki e 'U phu es and Mildrt'd Prchal are to be elingralll la ted on the finl' " 'ork they did on the compul ::: (Iri ('~ .

Th e Al hlrl ic In, lilut c ha" a film of Ih e ro mlHII "ory exer ci,cs performed by lo p ~vmna" t ' whidl will I", ava ilahl e around Deccm­be r 1. 1967. Th t' film ma y Iw purc ha"'d in loo p". 16mm a nd s uper 8 but as of ri g:ht nllw 111<' pri'T i, lIndl'lel'lninl'd. ;\ lIIanual expl a in­in g t (' a c hin ~ tcrhniq ul" will a cco mpany Ih e film.

The lJ .S .C .F. WOl11 pn'" COlli III ill e ,' has di vid"d Ih e Unit f' d State' intn f' i ~ ht rq .! ioI1 s. . Each rq .!'ion ha~ a rf'prest' llt ativc who i ~ respon· 5 ihl{~ for g(' llin ~ peopl e 10 or~anize judg ing (' liJli c~ . teacher training clini cs and competition for Iht -ir area. Each J't'gioll ~ hflllid ha v(' at lea"t on t' mPl' l I)(' tw" l' n i\o"l' llIlwr and Ff' hra ury. The U.S .G.F. Na · liona l Chaillpion."hil" will II(' he ld in Melli phi s. T"nlH"""l ' April 26-28. Th l" nali onal r lllll llll l, ory !'Ouli ne, will he u,,·" fnr Ihi s mee t. T he li s lin g: II f rf' :,!ion" and tlwir n'"ploc lin' n 'pn',,,nlali vl's will 1)(' publis hed al a la tn dat e .

Fulure proj, 'c l , includ e a j ud g:es din·c tory fo r I'a ch reg ion , a li s tin g: o f IH'Opl i' who a rt' qualifi, ·d and willi n g: III handl e clinic, and al ~o a dircc tory of collt 'ges offt ' rin ~ gY IllJlaq !' prng ralll ~ . Ann th r r area whi ch will he "xplllrl'd is rh vlhllli ca l :,!v lnna"lic". " " Iruc liona l

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OLYMPIAD 1968 MEXICO CITY

COMPULSORY EXERCISES FOR THE MEN'S EVENTS

F LOOR EXERCI SE

The cha rt be l ow se rves as a gu ide fo r the gymnasts to f o llow . The gymnast may choose one o f t he f ou r corne rs in t he area as po i nt A.

I . Ra ise heels bringing arms backwards and j ump backwards to ha nds t and and l ower t o f ront leaning re s t pos it ion with supple movement . ( Back hand ­spring . catch i n hands t and and lower to front suppo rt .) Be nd trunk fo rward bringing legs c l os er t o hands and ri se slow l y , body bent, legs apart and arms s tra i gh t t o hands t and , joining l egs . ( HOIl)

II. Bend arms and l O\ ... er t runk fon ... ard to ha l f - i nverted posi tion, (kip pOS i­t ion) on the neck and kip to handstand, and l owe r to fro nt sca l e on one l eg, arms ra i sed s i det ... ard. (HOlD)

III. Lower l eg and raise upper body to s t and with feet toge ther . Two o r .:ilree runn ing steps fon ... a rd, hurd l e and l and with fee t together and j ump i n turning fon,.'a rd, body and l egs ben t (sal t o forwa rd) , t o l and on one l eg , ... ith the o t her leg he ld fon ... ard and,

IV. St ep fon ... ard into f ront handspring t o squa t position and head kip, (headspr ing) to sta nd , ... ith arms up, ... ard.

V. Lower arms in f ront t-!hile raising l eft leg forwa rd, 1/4 turn right and, raising arms sldewards, fall (lunge) to left l eg and bending knee, pu t ting the hands on the floo r , pass r ight l eg under righ t hand, lef t hand and lef t f00t, 1 /2 turn to left on left foot and pass r ight leg under r ight h.lOd and left, and r ise to handstand while joining l e gs . (HOlD)

vI. 1/8 turn to l eft in D- B d irection, fa ll , ... ith st raigh t arms t o ro ll on back and rise, l egs st raight, t o stand, raising arms upward, raise le ft leg fon,'ard with 1/4 turn righ t l o .... 'ering arms Sideward, and cartt ... heel left to land on right leg ,.;r i th 1/4 t ur n righ t Hhile joining l eft l eg to right and,

VII. Jump turning back .... ards to handstand (flic - flac) to stand on right l eg, put l ef t foot behind r ais ing the arms fon ... ard ",ieh 1/2 turn to the left while join i ng right leg to l eft leg and,

VIII Jump in place lOt ... e r ing arms · .... hile tur ning 1350 to the left t o fron t catch, bend arms and p l ace chest on ground to ro ll backwa rds on the stomach, body bent backwards, to momentary f ront l ean i ng res t position and, jump fon ... ard passing l egs straight and apart l aterally under hands t o rear leaning res t position. (St raddle cut to r ear support. )

IX. Lot ... e r to sit position and bend trunk forwa rd and t urn baekv.'ards on back executing a back ro ll through momentary handstand to stand, arms upward.

X. Step fon ... ard on right foo t l owering arms sidewards. hop forward on right foot, s, ... ing l ef t leg and arms fon ... ard, step forward on left foot and ,.,rith 1/4 turn to left, turn to the left side by a momentary handstand with a 1/4 turn to left to half bent stand and jump turning backward to handstand (f l ic - flae) to ha lf - bent stand and jump turning over baeln ... ards (sal t o ) with st r aight body and legs to stand. (Roundoff flic - flac layout somersau lt )

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The Floo r Exercis e may be re versed totnll y o r p.:lrtia ily.

Typica 1 Fau Its Deductions

1 - - - - --- 1. 40 a ) Lack of supp)e movement in fron t support-------O. - 0.2 b) Ben t arms while p r essing to hand s t and ----------O. - 0.7 c ) Lack of rhythm whi l e moving t o handstand-- -----0.2 - 0.3

II --- --- 1.20 Lack of harmony and rhythm during e ntire part ------------- -- -- ------ -------------------- O. l - 0.3

II1 -- ---1 00 If front somersau lt is be l ow t he level of the shou l ders - --- ---- --- --- --- - -- ----- O. - 0.3

1V--- ---1 00 Par t s 3 and 4 a nd connec tion be t ween the t wo without harmony and acce l e rated rhy t hm-----0.2 - 0.3

V--- - ---0.80 a) Lack of harmony and rhythm- - -- -- ---------------O. - 0.3 b) Arms bent while rising to handstand ------------ O. - 0 .3

V1----- - 0 .60 Lack of harmony- - ----------- - ------------------O. l -

VII --- -- O 80 If dur i ng flip flop, t h e c hest is l owe r t han shou lder height ------ --- --- -- -------------O.l O.

V1II - ---0 90 a) If a t t he moment of ca tching in suppor t wi th

1X---- --0.50 1X ----- - O 50

hands. t he body is be l ow a 45 degree angle ----- O. 0 b) Lac k of harmony and rhythm in 6, 7 and 8------ - 0. 1 - 0

I f th~ body does not pass through a pronounced momentary handstand - ------ ----- -- -- - 0 .

X- - ----- 1.80 a) Legs not jOined dur ing flip f l op or backward some rsault (each time) --- - - - - ------- - - O.l -

b) Chest be l ow shou lder leve l during back somersault--------------------------------O.l -

SIDE HORSE

Fr om s id e stand f r ontways wi th le ft hand on neck, right hand on left pomme l .

I. Pass l egs under left hand, 1/4 turn right a nd p l ace right hand on neck, pass l egs ove r left pomme l and 1/4 turn right to rear suppo rt , l eft hand on left pomme l, r igh t hand on neck. (Loop around end.)

II. Pass left leg under right hand, and over right pOlmlcl and a r ound left pomme l to support with l egs apart. pass ri ght leg over neck <"'ith 1/4 turr. right, p l aCing right hand on l eft pomme l \."ith reve r se grip and,

Ill. Pass right leg over right pommel with 1/4 turn ri ght and with support o n right arm, pass legs over neck plaC i ng l eft hand on neck to rea r support o n neck. (Single leg Czech.)

IV. Pass legs under right hand and with support on right arm, pass legs over neck and righ t pommel with 1/2 t urn right placing left hand on right pommel to rear support on both pommels . (Flank svdng r ight und er right hand, Ke hre in t o rear support.)

V. Pass right leg under ri gh t hand .1nd back scisso r to left and pass left l eg forua r d under righ t hand and,

VI . Pass bo th legs unde r l eft hand, right ha nd a nd left hand to f r ont support on both porrme l s J ( Reye r se c ircles .)

VII. Pass righ t l eg forwa rd under right hand and f r on t scissor t o l ef t and f ro n t sc is sor t o right.

VIII. Pass l e ft leg forward under l ef t hand and pass both legs under righ t hand, left hand, right hand, and,

IX . With support on righ t arm, pass legs over right porrme l and neck with 1/2 turn righ t placing left hand on neck, pass le gs under ri gh t hand, and with s upport on righ t arm pass l egs over neck and right pomme l wi t h 1/2 t u rn t o righ t moving l ef t hand t o righ t pomme l t o rea r support on both pomme l s. (Stocklie righ t.) ( Keh r e - ou t, Kehre - in, a r ound right arm), pass l egs under righ t hand and l eft hand and,

X. With support on lef~ arm, pass l egs over le f t pomme l and c r oup with 1/2 turn right placing right hand on croup, and with support on righ t a rm pass legs over right pommel with 1/4 turn righ t t o d i smount t o stand o n right side. (Back or Inverted s t ock lie , 1/4 t ur n t o side s tand right.)

NOTE :

The Sid e Horse exercise may be reve rsed only i n its entirety.

Typ ica 1 Fa ult s Deduc tions

1--- ----1. 00 Us ua l faults ·

11 -- - - -- 1. 20 Lack of rh y t hm be t ..... een Part I & Pa rt II --------O. l - 0.2

111-----1. 40 Touching end of horse t oo soon---------------- -O. 0 .5

1V- -----0.80 Touch back ..... ith hand ---------------------------O 0.5

V-- -----0.70 a) Hi ps t oo l uw during scissor s -------------------O.l - 0.3 b) Touching e nd of horse wh ile. cutting

l ef t l eg u nder ri ghL h3nd -- - ------ - ---- --- -----0.2 - 0 . 3

V1 -- ----0.50 Usual fau lts

V"ll - -- --0.60 Hips t oo l ow during scissors ---- - --------------O. 1 - 0.3 . V11I ----0.50 Usua l fau lts CUllrilllwd UII jJtl,tll' 25

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GUEST EDITORIAL:

A Plan To Rescue Our Olympic Beggars after 12 years we still scronnge to afford an OlY1T/' pic team, while we fail to develop onr potentiality in many sports. Here's a plan to end all the begging.

T he modern O lym pic games were fir st held in Athens, C recce, in 1896. T hey have been he ld eve ry four yea rs s ince, except in war years 1916, 1940 and 1944. The winter games were added in 1924. The

n ited ~S t a t es has pa rticipa ted from the s ta rt. \V hen we go into the 1968 ga mes, our Ol ympic ex peri ence will have spanned 72 yea rs. Ye t it is a fo regone concl usion that it will be a crash opera tion to fin ance our 1968 team.

Und oubtedly our Olympic Com mittee wo n 't go in the red . It will balance the books by a last-mi nut e p leading fo r ind i­vidual gift s, by s wa pping excl usive Olym­pic adve rti sin g endorsements for cash and cq ui pment from _ S. corpora tions, and by practi cing economies in Olympic expenses - economies tha t wi ll incl ude leav in g sOme e li gib le a thletes home.

T his begg in g to help the richest nation on ea rth send it s squads to th e Olym pics makes me absolut ely furi ous. But while I can contain myself , my wife can 't. She want s to take it out on the onl y ta rge t ava il ab le - the poor ushers who pass the t in cup. "W hy a ren ' t they plannin g some­thin g," she cri es, Uinstead of embarrassing and humilia t ing our sports, our n a tion and our whole program ?" She and I aren 't a lone. As a form er Olympi an, and as one who eve r s ince has identifi ed himself with the development of yo un g American ath ­letes, J a m oft en the ta rge t of a blunt q Uf's tion from others :

" What the hell is the matt er ? Why do they have to put Bo b H ope on a telethon to raise nickels and pennies, or enlis t Bing Cro:;by in appeals to the public, or ask peo ple to send in soap coupons with the p romise tha t thc manu fac ture r will give so much to the Ol ympic fund fo r eve ry so many coupons? "

They do have to do tha t, and our 1968 Olympic team will need your support in eve ry conceivable way in order to make out. There's no chance of ge tt ing out of the old rut in the little time remaining. -'Iay be we' ll neve r ge t out of it. .\I ay be the begging, penny.p in ching, commerc iali za tion and cash opera tions will go on and on in the nation that is re puted to have the greates t rese rvoir of management ability in the world_

There's a s im ple and logica l way to ass ure our Olym pic tea m the money it needs in a plan ned, non-bf'gg ing fashion with enough money left over to provide some needed su ppo rt for the bett er develo p­ment of amateur a thle ti cs in the United S tates.

What could we do in the United Sta tes to assure our O lympic and P an-A merican Cames teams of a ll ex penses, without beg­g ing and commercia li za tion of amateur sport s, and a t the same time find more money for the deve lopment of yo ung a th ­letes? 1 am sure we don 't want to pro­fessiona li ze our a mateur sport s, and I am equally sure tha t we don' t want Uncle Sa m

/3 ) IR VING JAFFEE Olymp i(; S ka tin g Cha mp ion in 1928 and

1932, as told to Hal Bock Condensed and reprint.ed by permission

from the September, 1967 edition of the A.II ER ICAN LEG ION magazin.e_

to run our spo rt s p rogram s the way the Co mmunis t gove rnment s do. 1 think we have a lready gone too fa r, for to me it is re­pu lsive tha t the Olympi c Committee is in the busin ess of so lic it ing cor pora tions fo r he lp and g ivin g them exclusive adve rti sing endorsements in ret urn.

The answer can surely be found r ight a t hand , by simpl y ada pting a finan cia l pri nciple la id down yea rs ago for the di s­posal of any prof it s from the Olympic Cames themselves. Such profits " must be applierl for the promotion of the Olympic movement , or for the development of ama­teur s ports_"

1 wo uld like to see a fund , easily paid for by sport s fans in a sy tema ti c way, to support our Ol ympic and Pan American games, and at the same time fur ther the deve loJlment of amateur athleti cs in the Uni ted Sta tes.

Call it an y thi ng yo u want , but "AS DOF" would do for now. (A merican Sports De­"e lopment and Olym pic F und ) .

.1 t wo uld be sus tai ned by a cut fro l11 the ga te and from TV rece ipts in a ll U.S. spor t­ing events, amateur and professiona l. F or a ll I ca re - if it were so ad ministered as to prevent ch ea tin g - it could be a sm all surt ax added to ti cke t p ri ces, so tha t no promoter could cry that he coul dn 't afford it. The whole Amer ican sporting publi c could qu ite painl essly foo t the b ill - and gladly, 1 think.

Tn WW2, a 10'10 tax was slapped on sportin p: goods and amusement s. Now, 22 yea rs a ft er the wa r's end , we're still pay in ~ some of th ose taxes. ASDOF could put milli on, of doll a rs into the support of ama­teu r a thle ti cs, from Olympics to sandlot, with fa r less.

I've thou!!h t of 1 or 2'10 for A SDOF. Pf' rh a ps it - wo uld be more ronvenient to thin k of a flat ni ckel for ASDOF for each pa id admiss ion of Sl or more to a s portin~ event - with a nominal cut on :;o me other ba,i, frol11 TV too.

W hat a wo nd erful feel in!! it wo uld be to know th a t eve ry t ime you ~go to a sport in ;! event yo u'd be help ing your country's ama­teur prop: ra m. W hen I pay 86 to see a track mee t a t i\ Iad ison Square C arrlen. I'd cheer­full y pay an extra SC AS DOF " tax" when I buy my ti cket. What a relief if th ey , 11Ould int erru pt the prop:ram !lOt to be~ . but to ann ounce : " Att end ance toni ght is I S.8Ti. Your ga tc receipts have p;ovided S793.7S fo r ama teur sports in America ."

Thev wo ul d n't need more than tha t small sum from a Garden aud ience at a track mee t .a hockey or basketba ll p:a me_ or a box in g mat ch. if the re we r e a .Sc ASDOF " ta,'" on all ·sport s ad miss ions prerYlU here.

Lal' t yea r th ere were 135 mill ion admis­,ions to coll e!!e and pro foo tball. pro base ­ba ll. horse rac in!! and trollin !!. S im ply fro m th ol'e three. a Sc AS DOF contri buti on per ad miss ion would yield 56,7:')0.000 a yea r. In th e four-vea l' Ol vmpic span th a t alone woul d p!"l'v ide S27 mi lli on pa inl essly.

Throw in aut o r ac in g. boxing, track , hockey. baske tball. swimmin g. skiin g_ ska t­ing. ~o l f. dog races, jai ala i, and so on. and th ere would be m illi ons more. We'd never have to pros t itut e our Olymp ics to adve rti , in g aga in or pass the tin cup a round.

The cost of onr las t 0l vl11Pi r and P an A mf' ri can teams was $1,39g,11'1 .30 - a hu ge a mount under our present horse-and­b ugp:y funrlin g. a drop in the bucke t und er the ASDOF idea.

O"er each fo ur-yea r pe riod an ASDOF surtax. if it were Sc a pa id ad mi s:; ion. coul d rrohably rai se more th an S30 milli on above what our Ol ympic and P an A meri can tea ms need. That wo uld put muscle in t he la te P res iden t K ennedy's dream of a na t ional phys ica l fi tness pr0it ram. where now there is onl y pa per ancl talk.

Th ere are assoc ia ti ons govern ing or pro-1Il 0t ing most sport s t hat could spell out fa r more that coul d he done to wide n op­portunit y and develop amat eur ac ti vities in the ir fi eld s, if a fun d such as AS DOF of­fered them a runni ng s ta rt.

A few thin gs abo ut such a fund as AS­OaF. It cert ; inly should be run hy a top boa rd of out standin g c it izens who a re no t pa rt of any sport s assoc ia tion, to keep it above such senseless qu arrels as the AA U and th e NCAA are now wagin g. It shoul d be as fa r above suspic ion as~ C~esar 's wife. A na t ion that can run a Red Cross or a } [arch of Dimes has th e manage ment savvy to make it wo rk. Sports fan s. T think , wo uld be delighted to support it.

S port s promote rs who pay profess iona l pe rformers and ent ertainers have been tak­ing in big ga tes for amateur sport s for yea rs, without do inp: ve ry much fo r ama teur s por ts in re turn and - of cou rse - with­ou t payin g the performers.

Mos t of our profess ional sport s feas t off a mateur sport s. W e are all familiar with pro foo tball and pro baske tball di vvy­in g up the top co ll ege stars among them every year. Pro baske tba ll scout s tour the coul)try lookin g for amateur ta len t. T o them the bes t amateurs a re found gold. Tt is tim e th ey coo pera ted to help develop tlw talent tha t is the source of the ir ri ches. And it wo uld be good busin ess, too.

T elev is ion's sport s shows are its bes t d raw ing card. T V too should bf' very hap py to make a contribution to the deve lopment of it s most a ttracti ve pe rformers.

The g rea test value of AS DOF wo ul d not li e in Olympic meda ls. T hey wo uld s imply be the frostin g on the cake. By fa r its chief illlport-ance wo uld li e in the opportunit y it could provide for all th e boys and girl s who want to achi eve somethin g_ but whosp e lde rs say they "can 't a fford" thi s and "can't a fford" tha t. It wo ul d also li c in the help it wo uld g ive to those yo lunt ecr adult s who a re bucking " the sys tem" in trying to do wha t they can fo r such boys and g irl s.

Yo u take it from tlw re. T il E L\' D

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MUSCLE BEACH HAPPE NIN GS by Thomas L. Humphrey

Four nt'w nlt'n liJt' rs to the tripl e club in line a ft ernoon. This is an example of a ~ymn asti c happening: at .'Iluscl e Beach in Santa .'Il on ica . Sin e!" 1932. Muscle Beach has been the .'I[pcca for ~ylllnas t s, and , pe r· hapi' . mor!" than any ot he r place has. bet'n \\' itn ~~~ to s pontan eo us gymnas ti c happen­ings.

Thi ,; past ,. umm er was no exception. In ad dition to th (' four new ~ymnas t s d o in ~ tripl es off the little rin gs, we were trea t('d to Ri ck Tu cker's "eye·ball poppin g" double front ·to· th p·back barani out - at the end of hi s hi·har routine ! Then how about Ed C unney 's full twi,;tin~ douhl e uff the bar. J f he ,"wr ge t,; it und er control it should , hah the judges up. Also Ed , inspired by all tilt" new tri p lers, did a stand up tripl p off th e rings, perhaps for thi' first tilll !" in hi s care!"r ?

A rno Lascari stopped by at the Beach ,>11 hi s way to the Un ive rsiade Games. 1 noti ct'u th at he had hrought hi s workout g:ear, but after watching the boys ~o through tlH'ir paces he just sat in the sand. That was the aft e rn oon that Steve Lern er h ad hi s own little gy mnasti c happenin g. Surely no ont' el se can approach Stew for va riet y of ~ win g ing rin g di s mounts. The latest addition to hi !:' r t'pn tory that I sa w in c luded a s pas· away full ·in doubl e and a double twistin g full·in double. P erhaps he has already dune it , and I'm H lI' e he is capabl p of a full·in tripl( ' . . . he even wa" talking about a () A])!!

S pea kin g of imposs ible tri cks, did any· on,' s .. e Louie We"!',, double jerk back '! I t\ simpl y nut sUPPo>t'd to' be puss ibl e off the littl (" rin ~s I whi ch a re about l.~' hi~h I , but no ont' told Louie that. Apparentl y he was inspirt' d by watchin g \lark ])avi" do hi" !"t'a l hi gh stall jerk back, s" Ill' g,)t up and did a pe rfect douhl e j erk hack I think even Lern er is chicken of that. I rt'nll'mlJ<' r an othe r di ~ nlOunt e r by tln~ IHII1H' of Lynn \Vald t' n who tri .. d d"ub!v :" rk bacb way back in the 1\)40,. Twi( '" 0 hl' " tall!'d IIU't and la ndt 'c/ 011 hi ~ h~ad. I h aVt' Tl t' v t' r :-t'e l1

anyu n(' tr y it s in ... ' . that i" unt il Luui (" " su('c( .. s~ .

Pow!' r mol'("" . . "Urt". Hllb T ea r " full mount on Ih( , rill~:o' i:-: :-' 111(111111 pO Wt' r Pt'!"­

"on ifi ed. [)ann v .\lillman i" wllrkin g: power whil .. rt'c U I H ' ratin ~ from hi" had Im'ak . and how a hou t Bv roll \: kiCK lip 10 a Ollt' arlll on till' parali, 'I" and th t' n dropping: down to a two ann pl ancllt' and pullin g: it back up til a h",,,I ,, tand. !-I( . IlIU"t ha l'" "t( ',, 1 " prin~, ill hi " d, 'ltlli(k Thinkill ~ Ill' p"w('r

. remember Leonard Harris (former nati(lnal ring champion) , and what du yo u think of a one a rm front lever. ])on P erry actually held thi s fantasti c tri ck , and viusa li ze thi s if yo u can - an inverted .\[alt""e cross . .'Iliit on Lipman pull ed to that pos itiun mumentarily while at the beach a fe w yea rs ago.

Lou Perschke hro u ~ ht down portable equipm !'nt Iwarl y eVi'ry weekend during the summ er , su the ~ymnas t s had a chance to wo rk s idf'horse and un a se t (If s pringy parall l' ls. Also the g irl s were not forg:utt en. i\ balan ce bea m was used both at fu ll height and a lso s(' t a t the sand level to give th e "iris a chance to It'a rn walkovers, kick· uve r~, split ". e tc. The big: t ramp that Lou brought down was the onl y true coed event thuugh. And th .. mini · tra mp in the sand gave sonl(' of the boys a chan ce to try front unc·and·a·ha lves. Aside from so mp anklo­injuries tllf're was onl y one othe r catas· trup h,' that I saw. So me unkn own ~ymnas t tried a front doubl e frllm the mini·tramp and landed whil e still in a tu ck. Hi s bathing trunks split cump le tely aruund the seam. But in true Mu , c1e Beach spirit he cun· tinued wit h a towel wrapped aruund his wa ist.

S tp,·" Hu~ mad e man y of th e old e r g:ym· nasts g:roan with envy a" he hit a diamidov on on" "f hi" fir"t tri es on the parall e ls. This was at a "" rt "f for c,"d hapl1Pning: " 'Ill'n many of tilt' g:ymnasts w('rt ' unahk til ent e r th .. m(,pts a t th e b .. ach hut wt'n ' a blo­to wo rk out b"fort, and a ft t' r.

Wlwn Bob Smith w"rk,- th " hi bar at th t' beach, a ha ppening: a lm""t a lway" happe n:'. ~OCJIl a rrowd fo rm :- and ~ylllnaq:-: art' :-: huotin.!! fIJr Ilt 'W I11I1 V(;':--, Boh'~ ( 'x lt-> n ~ i(Jn 10 {'a~ l e~ " "hop chan l-!l' and illllll f' diatt' ~I i p throu"h to a tak"Illlltll i" ce rta in lv app ian,,' >!(' t ti ,{". while .\I ark Dal'i,. Ed Gunnel' , Al Lull"r' and man y IIth .. r<; work tlll'ir routine". Thi" kind IIi happ .. n in~ i" in "piratillnal a nd educational til Ih ~ l'\ · (' r · prt'~e nt y" unger a ~ · pirin~ ~yll1na:-:t ~. On(' of thl' yuungt"r gym­na:-: l :-: . D(' nni :-: ~hl' l'lllan . dof' :-: a doub le' ~o t:lo , ~ til th .. ba r tha t if Ill' ('lIuld do a half twi !:' t l 'Ill , ure Ill' "ould g: ral> it. .. f ('lIur", ' hllldin!! on would be a n o llwr matt t' J'. I Woll­

dn ir' an ""nt' ha , (' \'''1' mad ,' a f,..,nt ·tll ·th, ,· 1Ja('k l'al(~h'! I 011('('. Ill any \ ' t'(H~ a.!.!:lI. hil th " bar with Iny hand " bu't ~' IIuld n'-tt 1",1.1 011. I'm told that :-:o m {' l)lll ' th i:-: pa:-:- I :-- UIllIlH ' r

did a tak t' moto til a hand "tand . . . I,,· mi , takl' ! But th .. n any thin g: ('an +"' I'I ,, 'n ,;t a ~Ylllna~ ti(' haPlwn ing al .\l u:-: clt , I;"ll('h.

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Japanese National Teams Perform in Exhibition

By Dick Criley Following a week of intense competitIOn

at the Little Olympics in Mexico City where they earned a large share of the medals, the Japanese Na ti onal Men's and Women's Gymnastic T eams demonstrated the talents which have led them to the top in world gymnastic competit ions. T he ex hibition was held at the Long Beach City College under the sponsorship of the SP AAA U and the Southern Cal ifornia Acro­batic Team (SCATs) . The arrangements for the visit were instituted by Mr. Frank Endo who also served as interpreter and by Mr. Bud Marquette, coach of the SCATs_

Films were taken by the lVIODERN GYM­NAST of many of the exercises and future issues will run sequences. Color movies of the exhibition are also ava ilable from Mr.

Frank Endo. A few of the high points of the exercises

may be mentioned. FX: S. Kato 's pike side somie, T . Kato's high full twist, Nakayama's handspring pike front somie performed in spite of a foot injury. SH: The outstanding 'C' move seemed to be a loop in stockli immediate travel down. T. Kato's exercise was unusual for the long end sequence after scissors: moore, travel down, loop in , travel up , travel down , loop hop on end, loop dis­mount. All worked rapidly. SR: Nakayama's shoo t, stiff arm giant and his back lever out kip 'L'. Ex cept for S. Kato who used a double, all the others used a full twist­ing somie for a di smount. LH: The notable thing in the men's vaulting was that every­one stuck his landing. Endo used the pike handsprin g from the neck which won him a 9.7 in lVIexico City. PB: Everyone was impressed by the way the Japanese worked - smooth , high, clean , free, fa st and sharp were just a few of the description s of their

style. In this event the work was so similar that all performers could have been cast from the same mold . Both Hayata and Nakayama used a solid back over bar to handstand. Impressive was Nakayama's mount which was a shoot to hand stand on one bar, hope to the other bar, glide over side and stalder up and his dismount which was a very high front off with one-half twist. HB: While some the difficulty di s­played in Mexico City was cut out (such as full twisting hechts by Kato, Nakayama ) diffi culty enough was displayed by T. Kato 's takemoto, pirouette catch and Endo's hecht with full.

The women's work was fascinating for its originality and difficulty_ Quick mention might be made of Shibuya's pirouette change (from stand on low bar facing high bar, reverse grip, jump to three-quarter giant ) to hip circle. A layout front and a back somie, both from the end, were among the dismounts used on the beam.

(~_~_~_~~~_~OO_W~_~I_: _lh_e JH_UHn_ese_J What makes the Japanese the most highly regarded and honored gymnasts in the world today? Before the recent Japanese Team exhibition in Long Beach, California, the MG was able to arrange a day with the visiting team and a chance to ask this question personally of the Japanese themselves. What transpired was an eye-opening insi~ht into the anatomy of greatness. by Dick Criley and Ken Sakoda

Our lust interview was with Mr. Ryoji Koguchi , the General Manager for the Japanese Teams. IvIG: Do you have any gymnasts working

trampoline? Mr. Koguchi: A few, they are specialists. MG: In view 0/ the fact that the Russians

are seriously working tramp, do you think trampoline will ever appear in the Olym­pics?

Mr. Koguchi: In due time, but not in the near future.

MG: Does everyone work all-around? lVIr. Koguchi : Yes, there are only a few

specialists. They may compete in tumbling or trampoline in the high schools or uni ­versities.

MG: What is the length oj competition /:n the high schools and universities? The period of the dual meet season?

Mr. Koguchi: A college dual meet, both optional and compulsory routines, will take two days. Whether both optional and compulsory routines are used depends on the league. There are three divisions in the university level compet ition. To deter­mine the championship team takes a full week. With respect to the high schools, on the national level, there are 48 pre­fectures (roughly equivalent to states).

Only one high school team represen ts a prefecture at the national competition. The gym nastic season run s from lVIay to December.

lVIG: How many university teams are there? lVIr. Koguchci: Close to 200 teams. MG: How do you handle practice sessions? lVIr . Koguchi: We first start off with a

warm-up sessions of cal isthenics. Each gymnast stretches and loosens every part of his body. Then this is followed by group tumbl ing-handsprings, cartwheels, neck kips, etc. Then the group circulates to each event and farm s up , as a group , on that apparatus.

MG: What is the extent of government sup­port for gymnastics in Japan?

Mr. Koguchi: When a gymnast r eaches the National level of competition, there is a government subsidy for such things as transportation, workout clo thes, equijJ ment, etc.

In December, 36 gymnasts will be sel­ected for next year's Olympic team trials. In May, another competi tion will be held and half of these will qualify. During thi s time of training, the government will pro­vide room and board. In J lily, the final trials will be held to select the six team members and one alternate who will com-

pete in Mexico City. MG: What are you doing to remain on top

in the Olympics? Mr. Kogll chi: We are doin~ a lot of re­

search. We have a nlagazin e (GYll1nasli('~ Research ) sponsored hy the J apan",;,· Federation devoted to re,,'a IT h. The ed it or is l\h. Nakajima. The magazi ne all' ·lll pt,. to compare such grea t athletes a" Ca,,­lavska, Voronine. For exa mple, Ca, lav"ka mal' be shown doing a va ult and a J apa­lIese. The analysis tells why Caslavska is doing it better. This way \ve learn . We also use movies.

MG: Have YOIl made use oj the video­corder?

Mr. Koguchci: Yes, for ten days before we left for Mexico City, we used it to study our exercises.

MG: Where do you coach gymnastics? Both Endo and Hayata coach at Niho ll Un i­

versity. Both were Phys ical Ed ucation majors. They noted that coaching takes up so much time that Sunday is the only day available for a good workout.

MG: What sort oj strength-bllildin& exer­cises do yOl~ use in developing young gym­nasts?

Endo: A distinction must be made between

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simply building muscl es and developin g the muscles needed to do a move. As ide from arduous workout s six times a week. there is no regul ar weight·l iftin ll program to build muscles. They go through a wa rm·up, then light routines, and then heavier routines. It is this practi ce whi ch builds up and develops muscles . W eight· lifting is n ot a way of buildin g a gym· nast's body in Japan.

MG: How do YOlL learn and practice haz· ardolLs moves?

H al'a ta: The gymn asts 'work as a tea m, , tud yin g the moves of one anothe r ~o th ey can learn how to do the moves be tter.

fvIG : Are spot/.l:ng belts used ? Hayata: No. A t the elementary (lower

echelon ) level, a spotting belt may be used, but at the high cali ber levels, no s potting belt s are used. Thick s ponge rubber mats a re used for landings to pre· ven t inj uri es.

MG: Are th ere many injuries? H aya ta : I h ad a shoulder injury serious

enough to keep me from work in g out for a month.

i\'1G: Do YO lL stay in shape all year ' round ? Endo: The Japanese in the hi gher echelons

work throughout the year. This is why they feel they are able to stay on top. During the o ff- season, they work ou t to stay in shape, but also for developing new moves. In the events of slight injuries to some portions of the body, by running and other exercises.

Me: Do you have slum.ps? Tflhat do you tlo about them?

End, >: Whcn a J apanese has a period which Ini ;!!l t be a slump, he keeps on working " ut. !-I " keeps trying the m ove time and t illll' allain. tryin g to bring perfection to it. Th at one more tim.e makes it!

.\I e : /l olU many hOllrs 0/ work out do you pllt ill a da.l'~

Endo : '1' '''1> a nd a half hours until th ,. na ·

ti onal level o f competItIOn is r eached , then four hours a day. This goes for three days, res t one day, and so on.

MG: Tflhat is your motivation ior competing ill gymnastics?

(A hard ques tion to answer. Endo and Hayata finally agreed tha t they have the same motiva tions as most gy mnasts, but it is their tra ining methods th a t make them seem different. ) Thus, it is the ri go rous training and technique which has captured the interest and foll owing of some of the top US gymnasts such as Sakamoto and Allen.

rvrG: H ow do you strengthen a gymnast's weak event?

Endo : The tra ining period for that event is lengthened in order to strengthen it.

MG: TfI hat goes into the planning or a routine?

Endo: One must know the different A, B, C, moves in order to plan it. At the be­ginnin g level, the coach's advice is sought. After a routine is developed, the coach ass is ts the gymnast and may make adjus tm ents by dropping or changing parts.

MG: TfI hat is your preparation for a meet? Endo: Whether for a meet or an exhibi­tion, I require a period of relaxa tion. In prepara tion for a big mee t, I work out very h ard up to a week before but taper down as th e meet approaches until the day before when I on ly work out lightly. On the day of the mee t it self I have plenty of energy and stamina and can really put out. In big mee ts in Japan when all six event s are go ing at once, the gymnast will generall y know ahead of time what event s he wi ll work firs t. H e plans hi s workou ts acco rdingl y.

Me: just be/ore yol/. mOllnt th e apparatus, we obsPrve an intense look oi ('on cell ' tratioll . /) 0 YOIL have sOllie "{lartif'li/ar th ollghts in mind?

Endo : My purpose is NOT to have any· thing in mind , bu t to clear my mind for the rou tine which I am abou t to go through.

MG: A number of young japanese gYIII' nasts have come to the US lor col/ege­Ito, Kanzaki, Hayasaki- are th ere likely to be more? Tflhat wOldd be their pur· pose since gymnastics is at slLch a high level at home?

H ayata: Members of the Na ti onal teams will not leave Japan because they cannot lea rn more gymnasti cs out s ide of Jap an. The low.e r echelon gymnasts may com e because they wish to rece ive a Maste r's degree or some other edu cactional in ­s tru ction.

MG: Tflhat about smoking and drinking?

Endo: The Japan ese, like others, ha ve the ir bad hab it s, and ad mit that smoking a nd d rinkin g are such. But they are still on top and top gymnasts fee l tha t the ir hard trainin g more than overcomes ill effects. (Endo admitted that when hi s throa t hurts, he quits smokin g.) Training as hard as they do, they reach a point of utt e r exhaustion after a workout. Then a littl e alcohol or glass of bee r relax es them and re lieves tension so they can sleep better. In summary, it is not the bad habits so much as the good ones which affec t the end result.

We wou ld espec ially like to acknowled ge the a id of i\ Ir .. Frank Endo who gave nearly a full a ft ern oon of hi s time to inte rpretin g fo r us. A co mm ent o f hi s d id much to he lp us und er, tand the a ttitud e o f the J apanese a bout a thl eti cs in p:e neral and gymnasti cs in parti cul a r : One o f the reasons for the inl en ~e trai nin g of the Japanese gymn asts i, the fe e lin g of int en,e competition that ;!"' ''' '; t lll'OUllhout th e whole country. There , ,, ' , . - I> ma ny peo pl e that one has to com­tlt't,· a nd til compe te well.

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USA TEAM 60ES TO MEXICO PRE· OLYMPICS by lack Beckner, 1968 Olympic Team Coach BACKGROUND

Last May the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Committee recognized the necessity of U.S. participation in the IIIrd Pre·Olympic Gymnastic Meet to be held in Mexico City, Oct. 15-19. Since this meet fell under the jurisdiction of the AAU action was finally initiated primarily through the efforts of Mr. Maloney, Mr. Meade, the NAAU Com· mittee, Mr. Barak of the Luxford Founda· tion and myself to see that this necessary experience take place.

Thanks and credit for our successful venture must also go to the three top gym· nastic equ ipment companies who helped underwrite the expenses : The Nissen Corp. who in add ition, provided fin e warm·up suit s, The Gym Master Gymnastic Equip· ment Corp., and the American Gymnastic Corp. Many thanks. TRIAL

A trial was held at Pasadena City Col· lege Oct. 12·13 to select 6 gymnasts who would depart the followin g day for Mexico under the direction of the 1968 Olympic coach and manager. An appropriate field of 13 gymnas ts entered this competition scheduled for Friday the 13th. Followin g are the result s : Steve Hug 105.15; Bob Lynn 104.85; Fred Roethli sberger 104.60; Ri chard Loyd 103.70; Fred Dennis 101.40 (due to un fortunate circ'umstances, Fred Dennis was unable to acquire the proper documen ts and Jim Amerdine replaced him just b,' fore fli ght time) ; Rick Tucker 14

100.50; Jim Amerine 100.40. Na tional List Judges participating were:

Paul Fina (IlL ), J erry Wright (San Fran­cisco), Ron Barak (So. Calif.), Larry Ban· ner (Corona Del Mar), J. Beckner (L.A.), Northern Calif. Officials were Rick Field and Don Nelson; Southern Calif. Officials were Messrs. Barber, Bartlett, Bellmar, Endo, Flood, and Rosenstock. MEXICO

After a pleasant flight on Mexicana Air· lines, we arrived and departed for our hotel only to find we had to temporarily move to another hotel. Even though fati gued, we proceeded to the Auditorio National, the sight of competition, in order to familiarize the team with the apparatus and enjoy a light workout. We found the aparatus excellent (Fritzen and J annson with exception of Japanese S. Horse and Rings) . The only shortcoming was the chalk which was more suitable to bowling than gymnastics.

Sunday afternoon we observed the Women's Compulsory Competition which developed into a close race between the Czechs and the Russians. The Czechs· ulti· mately won the team title. and without Caslavska.

The day of competition we arrived early for warm·up and found the warm·up gym to be ex tremely cold. Our order of compe­tition was se t so as to help us achieve the bes t team effort and score possible. The team accep ted coaching decisions without

question and even tho' minor problems arose these young men r esponded in a fine manner. Our team started on tbe Parallel Bars with the USSR preceeding us on eacb apparatus and the Japanese following us on each, finishing on Long Horse. On the optionals we started on Side Horse, finish­ing on Floor Exercise.

Needless to say, lack of group training prior to departure and lack of international experience resulted in some individual low scores which we expected, but morale was high and mistakes immediately forgotten. Consequently the team effort was strong. This held true throughout the whole meet and resulted in a 3rd place team victory for the U.S. This team did an outstanding job considering the level of competition and their own experience. Individually they will be the better for the experience and I would not be surprised if these boys show the necessary improvement next year to make our Olympic Team.

We suffered no ill effects from altitude or gastric·enteritis, this latter due to disi· plined eating habits. RESULTS

Our bes t effort s were on the optional routines, (see event score sheet ). Our best individual effort was earned by Rick Tuck· er (S.LU.) on Horizontal Bar optional routine; 9.6 Over· all, our best event was Floor Exercise; over·all average for com· pulsories and option als was 9.1. Our best 5 routines were on the Horizontal Bar with

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an average of 9.4. Our poorest effort came on the Long Horse with an average of 8.56 on compulsory vaults.

It is my feeling that gymnasts and coaches should not become complacent over good scores on H orizontal Bar, how­ever I feel that judging s tandards, particu­larly on the compulsory Long Horse vault , are much higher than in the U .S_ lUDGES

Forty judges were present and of those 11 were from Mexico_ Next year of 11 only about 3 will be Mexican, the rest will be from countries in direct competition with the U.S_ for top honors, such as D.D.R. (E. Germany), Italy, Poland, Czechoslo­vakia, Yugoslavia, Finland, Sweden, Hun­gary, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Korea, China , all of which, if entered, will have judges participating.

The U.S. delegation was r epresented by 2 judges : Tom Maloney and Armando Vega (on Side Horse and Rings respect­ively) . Both did an outstanding job. Both are F.I.G. ca rd holder s and command a strong degree of respect from their counter­parts_ Mr. Vega was invaluable to the U.S. delega tion in helping us with any language problems. He offered his services freely and helped us avoid and straighten out such difficulties as occurred. NOTES ON THE EXECUTION OF COMPULSORY EXERCISES

The fo llowing notes are based on my observations of the compulsory exercises. Mr. Meade will have film s available for your study soon.

The F.I .G. Table of Deductions must be followed but, more important, a higher standard of performance must be achieved in order to qualify for the top scores. The following points are primarily the " move­ments" that must be developed to the ultimate. Be advised that execution of the compulsory exercises literally sets a stand­ard of judging for yo ur team throughout the entire competition , in such large inter­national meets as Olympic Games. FLOOR EXERCISE

Mount-Back handspring high then land­ing in handstand position (no hold ).

% Turn- (after leg circle to handstand ) inside hand moves to r ear.

After Cartwheel to Stand- High back handspring step out.

Dismount- One step, roundoff, flip-flop, high layout, Maximum lift attained with body straight, (chain in) , then head back for rotation . SIDE HORSE

Amplitude on high double leg circles and scissors_ Disengaging hips on scissors. .

Uniform rhythm and form throug!lOut exercise.

Underwt to R everse High Doubles­Avoid hitting the horse.

Dismotwt- On inverted steckli move to the end of the h orse, avoid placing the hand nea r the pommel. Body must l ayout over the horse and land next to the end of the horse (not pommels) . RI N GS

Mount- Shoot handstand wi th straight arms (to secure hands tand but not held). On lowering from handstand do not touch straps.

Back Kip- Perform to stra ight arm sup­port thcn lower to cross.

Cross-Arms and shoulder locked, body "ralnrod" straight.

2nd Dislocate-Should b e performed with straight arms and little or hip fl ex ion (a low giant ) .

Back Uprise-Perform high enough to show " horizontal support lever" with arms stra ight. Best ones performed completely with s tra ight arms to lever position.

Dism ount- Hi gh approaching handstand and lillIe or no hip fl ex ion_

LONG HORSE E mphasis on lift after hand contact,

complete opening and distance greater then the length of horse. A s trong run is indi­cated and contact with horse is in the 30° position. PARALLEL BARS

Mowit- A strong jump to stretched l1Ori­zon tal body position above the bars with h and ahead of shoulders. Do not bend the arms or body.

Strwli-Move rapidly to handstand. Do not hold.

Peach Basket-Early drop and move rapidly to a posit ion just short of a h and­stand.

Front Uprise-Little body bend and high.

Straddle Cut to "["-P erform as high as possible landing in strong " L" position.

Back Stute- At least at horizontal posi­tion.

Dismount-Must flow and push ojf to free stand . HORIZONT AL BAR

Mount-A bove horizontal. I prefer Rus­sian techniquc of shooting near handstand and using slight hip fl ex ion to kill down­ward swing. (Note: Mr. A. Gander, Presi­dent of F.I.G. , a t a compulsory di scussion in Kan sas City stated that the Russ ian technique was all wrong and execution above the horizontal would meet the re­quirement. The killing of the swing defin­itely wrong-Bill Meade.)

Finnish Turn-Must be performer high and s tretched (above horizon tal ) .

Uprise to Straddle "L"-Hips must r ise to at least bar height.

Straddle Cut-Should be high , utilize leg fl exability and hand push off .

Kip-Should be performed with straight arms.

Dismount-Must be of the high fl yin g "stradJle hecht" type_ Avoid unnecessary preliminary tap . RA NDOM NOTES

The Finals of the competition (Women 4 P.M_ and Men's 7 P_M _) were viewed by an appreciative and knowledged audience of 20 000 and they waited willingly for 1% I;ours between women 's and men 's competition.

Mongolia was represented by a coach and male gymnast, Zarabazar Niamdaba of Ulan Bator, a fine gymnast.

Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslav ia worked with the U.S. T eam and performed at his usual best a ffording our team an oppor­tunity of a close-up view of him in action. On H. Bar hi s Stald er shoo t wi th a II:! turn to forward giants was one of the best executed Super C moves.

There were many mistakes in the tabu­lation of res ul ts and in some cases S uperior 1 udge Score Sheets copies were illegi ble. We had a mix-up on numbers due to our late entry. No doubt these problems will be eliminated by next yea r.

Hurzeler (Switz) coached by l ack Gun­thard looked to be an exceptional gymnast. I'm sure the '68 Swiss team will be a tough one.

Dolling and Doste of the DDR (E. Ger. ) showed some fine technique and diffi cult y, one doi ng a " free hip, hop to reversed gri p, immediate stoop through and shoot to Takamoto" on the H . Bar. Their team will be as tough as in T okyo. Their detenn in­a tion and organiza tion was evidenced par­ticularly by their girls; 15 yr. old Karin 1 anz (2 medals) and 16 y1'. old Mariann e Noack (l medal). In both the mens and wo mens team the Cham ps stayed home.

Lisitsky and Soshin (USSR) mounted the side horse with back loops on the end . Klimenko demonstra ted unusual ability and daring on all events for an 18 yr. old. P. Bars-"hack se mi to hand stand , Di a modov.

stutz to handstand" and dismounting with " hack semi full s twist". On vaultin g he performed a "Yamashita with a full twis t" .

By virtue of their score Roe thlisberger. Hug, Loyd , and Amerine should be quali ­fi ed for the First T ea m Trial s to be held in June. All scored above 104.00 points. SmvIMARY

Participati on in the Pre-Olympics was a worth while ex perience for U.S. Gymnastics. We accomplished the follow in g obj ec ti ves:

1. A contingent of Olympic candida tes and coaches had the opportunit y to oh"er v(" the interpretation and execution of the co mpul sory and op tional exerc ises hy the best gy mnasts in the wo rld .

2. ~le had the chance to check facili­li es, equipment, e ffects o f atti tud e, anJ othe r conditions and poss ibl e prohlems whi ch will fa ce us in the comin g Olympi­ade.

3. We had the opportunity of measurin g the readiness and capacity of U.S_ gymnasts and coaches to meet the chall enge of the compulsory exercises.

4. Und er ex istin g conditi ons of: a) phy" i­cal conditioning, b) read in ess to compete. and c) general lack of to p level interna­tional experi ence, we found our gy mnasts ready to mee t the chall enge even thou gh they were not co mpletely prepared as ' co m­pared with ORGA N IZED gy mn asti c nation ".

5. Our team performed far be tt er than expected , which refl ects the ir experi ence, desire, ability, coaching, and the ir under­standing of thi s di sc ipline (Gy mnasti cs) . RECOMME NDA TIONS

A more intensive effort must Iw marl (' to develop U.S. gymnasts for the Olympic Prorrram.

A"'dditi onal Olym pic Trainin g and Clini c opportuniti es must be se t up on na ti onal and rerr ional bases to a ) teach proper tech­niques ~ in the compulsory exercises ( hasic movem ent s); b) develo p a ll -a round com­petitors for thi s '68 T eam and future teams.

F und s mu st be found to underwrit e a U.s. a tional Program and an Olympic Program in order to provid e th e necessa ry consistency in coaching ( technica l develop­ment) and di sciplin e of gymn asts and tl lP program s in which they participat f" .

One to three opportuniti e>' for intnna­tional compet ition between now and 1\ u ~u s t must be developed , wh etllPr for individu a ls or for the team in order to measure nul' progress.

Training equipm ent must be ma(h- avail­able, such as vineo tape, motion pi cture equipment, with the appropriate lenses, film , tape, etc. (Our problem i" one o f makin g a grea t improve lll Pl1t in a short time. This can on ly be achieved if " th e power that be" wish to do it. It is actually within our capacity. We don' t need th e usual T ALK, we need action!) No te : Tht' Russ ians\ Cuba and Japa n had crews takin ~ pi ctures for thelll of a ll of the LO mpetition.

RESULTS OF lit LITTLE OLYMPtCS All-around: Diamidav (USSR) 115.35;

Nakavama (Japan) 114.95; Endo (Japan ) 114.70; Cerar (Yugo.) 114 .10; Lisitsky (USSR) 114.00; Kato , T. (Japan ) 1 t 3 190; Roesthtisberger 107 .60; Hug 105.95; Loyd 105.60; A m eri ne 105.50; Lynn 103.75; Tucker 103.45. Ftoor Exercise: Nakayama (Japan) 19.35; Kato, S. (Japan) 19.32; Endo 19. 15. Rings: Nakayama (Japan) 19.57; Li sitsky (USSR) 19.52; Hayota (Japan ) 19.52. Side Horse : Cerar (Yugo.) 19.40; Diamidov (USSR) 19.32; Ko to, T . (Japan) 19.00. Long Horse: Matsuda (Ja­pan) 19.60; Enda (Japan) 18.95; Kt imonko (USSR) 18 .90. Porollet Bars: Nakayama (Japan ) 19.60; Hayata (Japan) t 9.35; Klimenko (USSR) 19.32. Horizontat Bar: Nakayama (Japan) t 9.37; Endo (Japan) 19.35; Kato, S. (Japan ) 19 .32.

Team Scores : I. Japan 572.40; 2. USSR 568.10; 3. USA 535.25.

Event results for US T A O",: FX Ql.()(); SH 82.20; SR 89 .75; LH 86.75; PB 89.85; H B 89 .70; T ota l 535.25.

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BY JAMES S. Bosco, PHD

SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE

SAN JOSE , CALIFORNIA 95114

'This is the ninth in a series of random topics. A second series of cinematographical studies is presently being planned. Studies using this method of research are being solicited. Send all articles, comments, ques­tions and criticisms to the above address.

SWARD, SIDNEY B. "The Metabolic Cost of S e l ee ted Gymnastic Routines," PhD Thesis, University 0 f Illinois, Urbana, 1967.

PURPOSE 0) To determine the energy expenditure

for selected routines on horizontal bar, vaulting horse, floor exercise mat, rings, trampoline, parallel bars and side horse;

(2) To compare and evaluate the energy expenditure differences between seven sel­ected gymnastic routines performed on sev­en uniquely different pieces of gymnastic apparatus;

(3) To compare and evaluate the metab­olic cost differences between individuals of various skill levels performing the same gymnastic routine under the same experi­mental conditions;

(4) To determine the energy cost of wearing metabolic equipment during a gym­nastic routine;

(5) To compare the caloric cost of gymnastic routines to the caloric cost of other physical activities and sports.

PROCEDURES Seventeen members of the University of

Illinois gymnastic team between the ages of 18 and 21 years were used as subjec ts. An analysis of weight in terms of bone, muscle and fat proportions was conducted on all subjects to describe quantitatively their physical characteristics. Anthropomet­ric measurements and somato typing were employed.

The open-circuit method of indirect calori­metry was used in this study . The primary piece of equipment used for data collection was t.he Kofranyi-IVIichaelis respirometer. Other metabolic equipment consisted of a cloth aviators headpiece, flexible plastic respiratory tube , nose clamp, Hans Rudolph Junior respiratory valve, rubber mouthpiece 18

and coll ec tion bags made out of Scotchpak Film ( this new material is constructed from a sheet of aluminum sandwiched be­tween two layers of polyethylene fi lm , crea tin g a structure virtu ally inpermeable to 0' . CO, and water vapor ). Analysis of all collected air sam pIes was performed on a Fisher Gas Partitioner.

Each gymnast was required to perform his gymnasti c routine three times, twice with metabolic equipment and once without the eq uipment. A ten minute rest period before the gymnast ic rou tine and a fift een minute recovery period after the routine was standard procedure. Gas was collected during these periods. By comparing the differences between rest and recovery samples in the gymnastic routine without the metabolic eq uipment and these same differences with the metabolic equipment, it was possible to calculate indirectly the energy cost of wearing the metabolic equip­ment during a gymnast ic routine .

Pulmonary ventilation values were re­corded during exercise, rest and recovery. Oxygen consumption values were obta ined by metabolic calculations normally used in the indirect ca lorimetric open-system meth­od. A constant (5 .0 ) was multiplied by the 0' consumer O/min) in order to express metabolic data in Calories (Cal/min) . Data . were al so ex pressed wi th body weight taken into considera tion (ml/kg/m in and Cal/ kg/min ) . To check for errors in the Ko­franyi-Micchaelis respirometer ventilation rates, the device was periodically calibrated wi th a Tissot tank.

One gymnastic routine of each performer was video-taped in order to keep a visual record which could be helpful for future studies. The gymnasti c rou tines were timed and judged so as to assess the level of sk ill with which the routine was executed.

Variability in the reprod ucibility of gym­nastic routines was studied by requirin g: gYlllnasts to repeat their routines once daily for four days. This method was em­ployed for one individual on each of the seven pieces of apparatus. The mean , standard deviation , standard error of the mean and probable error were calculated. RESULTS

High residuals between actual and pre­dicted weight were observed. This was due to the greater density (lean body mass) of the gymnasts. The average somototype of subj ec ts was 2 1/2-5 1/2-5, an ecto-meso­'110rphic rating indicating above average in musculature and linearity.

By computing the mean Cal/kg/min of gymnasts on each piece of gymnasti c ap paratus, a calori c cost ranking of all pieces of apparatus may be presen ted.

CALORIC COST RANKING OF SEVEN GYMNASTIC ROUTINES

Rank Col/kg/min Gymnastic Apparatus 1 .189 Trampoline 2 .170 Side Horse 3 .166 Horizontal Bar 4 .158 Floor Exercise 5 .158 Long Horse 6 .120 Parallel Bars 7 .108 Rings In computing the caloric cost of wearing

the metabolic equipment, a small nega ti ve caloric cost was found in 16 out of 21 cases. This indicates that most subj ects expended more energy performing the gym­nastic routine without metabolic equipment. When the subject was freed of the fear and strangeness of the metabolic equipment, he perform ed his gymnastic routine more vigor­ously. However, in 5 out of 21 cases, the gymnasts performed more vigorously with the metabolic equipment. This indicates either a very good adaptation to the equip­ment which enabled them to execute their stunts more forcefully or it indicates a lack

Side view of metabolic apparatus. of efficiency possibly caused by the weight and fit of the metabolic equipment.

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GYMNASTIC ROUTI N ES

Caloric cost comparisons were made be­tween the gymnastic routines and other physical activities to present a more vivid picture of the calori c intensity of the gym­nastic routines.

1. Tram.poline 08.4 Cal/min) compared to Skiing uphill, maximum speed 08.6 Cal/min) and Side S traddle hops 09.2 Cal/min) .

2. Long Horse (l0.8 Cal/min) and 3. Floor Exercise 00.7 Cal/min} compared to Back stroke, 40 yd/min (11.0 Cal/min ), Cross-country running 00.6 Cal/min) and Cabre fencing 01.0 Cal/ min ) .

4. Side Horse 00.4 Cal/min ) compared to Breas t stroke, 40 yd/min (10.0 Cal/min). Squash rackets 00.2 Cal/min) and Foot­ball 00.2 Cal/min).

5. Horizontal Bar (9.6 Cal/min) com­pared to Backstroke, 35 yd/min (9. 10 Cal/ min ), Rapid march ing (9.7 Cal/min) and Skiing, 9 km/hr (9.0 Cal/min).

6. Parallel Bars (8.6 Cal/min) compared to Horse riding, galloping (8.1 Cal/min), Diggin g trenches (8 .8 Cal/min) and soccer (8.9 Cal/min).

7. Rings (6.7 Cal/min) com pared to Backstroke. 30 yd/min (7.0 Cal/min) , Canoeing, 4.0 mph (7.0 Cal/min) and Shovelling (6.8 Cal/min).

As the subj ects in thi s study formed a highly select group, the following conclu­sions cannot be transferred to the general population.

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1. T he mean meta bolic and ca lor ic cost of seven un iquely d ifferent gymnasti c ro u t ines were : Routl:ne & Subject 1Il1/kg/min Caf/kg/min Trampoline

Side

C.H. C. R . S.c.

Horse E.R. A.S. L.B.

40.93 4:;.44 45.65

40.49 30.56 32.92

.205 .224 .228

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.153

.165 J-f nrizonta1 Bar

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32.02 30.50 24.16

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'22.64 ~4.91 4.50

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.123

.171

.152

.152

.114

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25.01 19.34 20.10

.156

.137

.098

.125

.096 .104

2. The rankin g in energy expenditure of the seven gymnasti c routines are as fo llows :

1. T rampoline 5 . Long H orse 2. Side Horse 6. Parallel Bars 3. Hori zo nta l Bar 7. Rings 4. Floor Exercise 3. Gymnasti c routi nes on the parallel

bars, hori zon tal bar, floo r exercise, lonl,! horse and trampoline showed that the most sk illed performer expended the least amount of energy. R outines on the rin gs and side hors.. showed Ihal the least skill ed per­fO~' lll e r w'ed the most energy and lIn ' 111, ,, 1

skilled performer used a med iulll 3111 ,,""1 " i" energy.

4. In 16 oul of 21 cases. ';" " Il Ia , I, lI , t'd more energy perform in g the ir" ,~n tltin( ':-, with ­(l ut the me ta bolic equiplll t·1I1. In ;) (lui IIr 21 ?ases, gYllln asts used Ilion' ('> Il t-' q!y whi lt, lH' r in rm in g their ro uli n('~ with ll H' ta lioli{" ('q ui p ll Pnt.

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1-4. Obta in large swin g. F lex hips and kneps on for ward swing and pull down­ward with a rm s. The knees a re lifted with a grea t deal of force upward and then in­ward over the head.

S-9. R elease both rin2s with head held fo rwa rd and Ihrust kn ~es in wa rd toward Ihe chest. Grasp lower leg' with hands an d hold knees in flex ed pos it ion. Li ft head backwa rd. a fl er first somersau lt has been cO lll pleted, and look fo r la nd ing area. Ex­tend hips and knees to land.

P IKE D BACKWA RD SO'd ERSAULT DISMO UNT

1·3. Obl a in la rge swing. Fl ex hi ps as body passes verti ca l and pull force fully with arms.

GYM NASTIC AIDS

4-6 . Extend hips as hody passes between r ings and release r ings. Qui ckl y fl ex hips in order to thru st legs downward towar d chest. Reach toward toes with hand s. Quickly ra ise to rso up ward and thrust arms sideward in order to extend hips befor e landing.

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Lei's Teach ROUTINES

RINGS by Dr. William J. Vince nt

Gymnasticcs Coach San Fern ando Valley S tate College

NOTE: This is the fijth in a series 0/ articles designed to help teachers in second­ary schools organize their gymnastics ClLr­riculwll to include simple rO IL tines rath er than ILnrelated skills.

Rin gs probably represent the most s igni ­fi cant event to teach secondary pupils be­cause of the s trength required. Being un­stable and free-moving, they require the performer to not only support hi s own body weight , but also to control movement of the apparatus and hold it in position whil e performing. Many secondary school s tudents do not have the streng th to acco mpli sh thi s task at the beginning of their gymnas ti cs experience, so it is advised that rin gs be taught la te in the seme;-te r, or a t leas t after the s tudent s have developed suff icient s treng th to be a ble to hold thcmselve, in a s trai ght a rm wpport above the rin ~" without excess ive movement.

Like hori zont al bar, the rings are a hangin g and swin~in g: apparat u5. 'therefo re. a ll of the sa fety preca uti ons, such as cha lk­in g the ha nds. proper g rip , and spot tin ~. mentioned in the ho ri zont a l bar a rti cl(, an' appropriate here. The reade r i, rek rrl'd to tha t essay for a d iscuss ion of these points.

For the beginnin g s tud ent s. the rin~s should be placed abou t eye leve l. Thi" assists the performer in mountin g. sin ce the apparatus is low enough so t hat he can jump to a support position . Lat er in the CO UrSf\ as s treng th improves, the rin p:s Illay be rai sed so that the support pos ition mu st be attained by the use of some sk ill oth er than jumping, such as a kip, pull to support {m uscle up' , or rear swing ri se (snap ri se or up ri se) . Af ter introduction of the bas ic safety precautions, the class should Ilf' allowed to experiment on the appa ratlb b ~ ' practicing some of the more simple s trength skills such as chin ups, holding a hanging half lever, or " L", and bent body in ve rted hang. The . las t skill is performed by ra i s in~ the legs above the head and between the arms so tha t the budy is supported in an upside down tuck pos ition. S potters should

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stand almost underneath the performer and hold hi s upper and lower back with their hands. P erformers usuall y come down the sa me way they came up a t first , but la ter they may go down the other way (counter­clockwise) until their fee t touch the ma ts. After touching, they should release the rings and stand up. This com pletes what is com­monly referred to as a simple " skin the ca t."

Upon mastery of the tuck inverted hang and th e simple "skin the cat," the teacher may introduce the pike and s traight body inverted hang. These are performed similar to a tuck inverted hang, except tha t after the body is upside down , the knee joint is ex tended so that the body is in a pike posi tion, or the hi ps and knees both ex­tended for the stra ight position. The rin gs may have a tendency to wobble as the stu­dent first a ttempts to perform these maneu· vel'S, but thi s is usually corrected by press· ing the rings against the sides of the body to give them more stability. To pro/!ress furth er. the students may be encouraged to perform a complete "skin the ca t" by pullin g to a tuck inverted hang and con­tinuin g on until the feet touch the mat; then. -without releas ing his grip, the feet and legs a re pulled back over the head in the opposit e direc ti on until the student is again s tandi ng in his or igin al posit ion. Some student s may need help from spotters to gpt back. or they may have to jump off the mat to ge t started, but they should be encouraged to work until they can perform the en tire skill by bringing their toes one inch from the mat and then pulling back up and over without ass istance or a j,~mp.

Another method of pprforming a skm the cat" begin ' with a standin g inlocate. Thi" is acco mpli shed by takin g a standard grip on the rings and tllt' n moving them wi th s traight arms to th,' ' id es of the body. With the rin "" out to the sid e. the arms are rota ted fo rw~rd . or thumb, out. and brought t n~et h e r aga in behind the back . During thi s rotation. th e head is tucked forward so tha t the chin cont acts the chest. The stud ent will now find him se lf in the "skin the cat" pos ition ready to pull hi s l e~s back over hi s head. T he " in loca te to skin the ca t" should he tau!!ht to a ll student s who can do the "skin ihe ca t" with or without a jump to !!f' t back. as it is a ski ll to be used in the ;'() utin e th at will be desc ribed later.

The op pos it e of " in loca te to skin the cat" and another ve ry useful skill for later lea rn· Ing is call ed "skin the ca t" to di slocate.

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H ere the stud ent performs the first half of "skin the ca t" until his feet touch the mat. At thi s point, he stands up by rai sin g his head and mov in g the r ings from behind his back. out to the s id e and aro und to the front. The r ings will turn in a directi on oppos it e to the inl oca te, ( back wards, or thumbs in ), but in the dislocate, thi s OCC lll'S na turall y, and the performer auto­mati ca ll y turn s them in the ri ght direct ion. As skill increases in performance of thi s "skin the ca t to di sloca te," the tempo of t he maneuve r should be increased so th at it is performed in one continuous action without a stop as the feet touch the mat. This is accomplished by tellin g the student to begin lifting hi s head and moving the rings to the side before hi s fee t touch, and then as they touch, to complete the action smoothly without a stop.

F in ally, the skill is initiated from a pike inve rt ed hang position. The student is in­struct ed to ex tend his hi ps vigorously, shootin g his feet backward at about a 45 degree angle, wh ile at the same time ra is­ing his head rapidly and moving his arms out to the sid e with hi s elbows straight. As hi s feet come down and contact the mat, the skill is completed by bringing his hands around to the front and rai sing his head to a comple te standing pos ition. This action is the beginnin g of th e ac tual dis­loca te skill (of course, the shoul de rs do not di slocate, but only appear to do " 0 ). Timin g is im por tant here, and mu ch prac­ti ce wi ll be r equired before mastery; how­ever , this is an essent ial skill f"r la ter pe rformance on high rin gs . A ft e r perform ­ing with the fee t hittin g th e ~round on luw rin gs, the appara tu s may be graduall y rai sed until the skill can be comple ted with bent knees, then s trai ~ ht kn pes . For as" i"tance on high rin gs. spotters mw' t st and r1i rpc t Iy undern ea th th e performer with on e hand on his shoulde r and th e oth er on front of hi s thi /!h. just a bove the kn ee whil e he hangs in a ll in ve rt ed pike. As the movement is initiat pd by the performer, spott e rs lift up on the shoulde r to help tht' a rms come around and up 0 11 the leg to slnw down tlH' swin g. S potter" should moment a ril y hold the performer in a hori zontal pos iti on with hi s a rms extended to the side durin g ear ly learning. Then they slowly lower hi s l e~s until a han ging pos it ion is reached. As skill improves, less and less help may be re­quired. In attempting tu improve the di s­loca tes of intermediate rin g perfOrtll r rs, som e experi en ced in structors ha vf' found it

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he l pful to tell them to fl ange to a pl anch or maltese, the cast away to a forwa rd swing. This can only be accomplished by the exceptionall y s trong performer , but is usua ll y an impor ta nt aid in helpin g him to lea rn the d islocat e properly.

No ti ce that all of the skill s suggested up to thi s point have been rela ti vely sim ple Ill Ol'ements perfor med under the rings. It is important to begin w ith these or simil ar ~ kill s so that the beginning performer can ga in some measure o f success. F ailure on the fir st a ttemp t can r esult in a n ega tive a ttitud e tha t may never be corrected. F or furth er di scussion of thi s concept, the reader is r e ferred to another arti cle by the a uthor whi ch a ppeared in Physical Ecln­cator Mag(I.zin e, Vol. 21 , No.4, December 1964 entitl ed " R einforcement Theory, It's Im plica tions for Teaching Cymn asics."

A bove the rings work should begin with a jump to su pport with the rin gs a t eye l evel. Aga in , the probl em of wobbling rings may arise, and can be corrected by press­ing the rings against the s ide of the body. It is also suggested that the student learn to s it on the rin gs by turning the front part o f the rings inward and placin g them fl at a!!a in st the butt ocks w ith the knuckles of hi s hands pointi ng forwa rd. This will n ot on ly a llev iate th e wobblin g, but w ill al so prov id e a pos iti on in which Ihe performer can res t unlil ready to make hi s next move.

/\ ~ lilt' 1H' ~ innin !! lllo Ve' in th t' ~uppo rt p"" ili on. the 'nov ice' sllO uld a tl empt the one ha lf " L·' . (l r lH' nt knee '· L" . La ter. the slu· de nl !dlOuld Ira rn 1(1 ro ll fl'l )l1l Ih,' suppor l p (l~i li o n ahort.' th t, ri np::-- . I n an in ve rt ed han!! . Th is may I,.. pe rfurtl ",d "i tl"' r fo r· ,r a rd or hack wa rd. T(I roll bac k wa rd . Ihe s lud,'nl pull " hi , kn l'es up to tlw bent Iq.! '· L·'. Th en ",hilt- lo\\'er in!! hi s hody hI' " lowly Iwndin !! hi" " I bow". hr nl (lV,'S h i~ h,'ad -back wani and "lips inl o a tuc k il1\-" rl ­ed han !!_ ~po ll t'r" may ass ist by plac ing one ha nd on tilt' lower hac k. and one on Ih e u ppe r Ila("k and s l(l wly lowrr the per· former 10 an in \'t.' rt f' ci han.!!. The :-: alll f' move­""'nl " an' \'( 'qui n'd In IW;' fortll the roll for­wa rd. ('xCl' pl Ih al Ih e lw ad is tu r k r d for­wa rd a nd lIlt' ndl is c lockw i",·. Tn thi s case, II,, · "polle r" pl ace lI nt· hand (I n Ihe shoulde r a" Ih l' m il i, ;. Iat- Ied. but pl ac,· the oth er ha nd on th l' lower hack a fte r it has passed hetween th l' a nll ~ and 11f"!!un to Illt lve for -ward and down. '

Teachers may " ' i"h to ins lruct in ollw r skill s, but by u; in!! Ihe OIWS nlt' nl ioned here. a simple raul in .. can be (It- ve loped . !\ s tIll' pictures indica lc. it is be!!un wilh th l' rin !!" at eye level and is d""c-r ilw d as foll "w>,:

Jump to a s tra i!!hl arm . upport. r a ise legs to a half " L" and roll forwa rd 10 a tu ck invert ed hang. Conlinuc the for wa rd roll to a stand , and in lora te. ROlalt' th l' body clockwise to a s traig ht in ve rl ed hang, then pike and disloca te 10 . tand . Ra ise Ie!!" counterclockw ise over Ih, · head an d con­tinue to a side stand und er Ih r rin g • . re­leas ing the grip upon cont ac t with tI lt' ma t.

This routine contain s a ll of the above described skills, and combines thelll int o a se ri es of moves that may be j ud !!!'C1 for a grade . In struc tors a re encouraged to grade the entire exercise rather than separa te skill s, so tha t con tinuity, form , and smoolh combina tions may be observed a long w ith strength and specific abilities. The exerci",' may be made more difficult by subs titutin !! a kip for the jump to support , or by rai s· ing the rin gs slightl y and requiring fewe r touches on the ma t. If thi s option is chosen , students should not be penali zed for bend­ing the ir knees when attemptin g to perform a skill without touchin g the ma t. W a tch thi s column for further sugges tions on teachin g si m pie rou tines.

IS THE PURPOSE OF JUDGING ONLY TO DECIDE A WINNER?

Arno Lascari, Ph.D. Stnclent Th e University 0/ Wisconsin

The aim of the fo llowin ~ di scuss ion IS to stimul a te after - meet di scuss ions amon g judges, coaches, and gymnasts as a method of improving judg ing .

In the experience of the writer, judges too often come to a meet , say a few hellos, judge, collect their fee and depart w ith littl e or no in teraction with the gymnasts and/or coaches involved. Gymnasts and coaches habitually complain , and in many cases justifiably so, about ' bad judging'. In other cases the cO lllplaining is merely a method to find a scape goat.

After the meet is completed , why could it not be general policy for judges to di s· cuss their judg ing with the coaches and /or gy mn as ts involved. It is my strong convic­li on Iha t much can be ga ined for the gym­nast and coach , as well as the judge. frolll such a di scussion. This policy ha" lwen ca rried out by certain promin ent judges. with consid era ble success for a ll conc,· rn ed. The reasons for such an a rrange ment are :

1. The gy mn as t and coach lea rn how the judge 'sees' the routine, what are th (, point ge tt e rs and whal are th e point losp rs in the routine.

2. If the judge makes a mistake , di scus­sion will bett er pre pare the judge for hi" next judgin g ass ignment. AI"o. th e many inadequac i('s in the rul es llI ay be b ro ught into the open and be di scussed .

3. The gymn ast and coach may devplop more res pec l for the judge who will ad lllit mistakes on hi s pa rt and then take pos itive ac tion 10 sec Iha t it dop"n't happen again.

4. The coach can evalu a it' each judg(' hr tt e r if the ind ividua l judge expl a ins the reasons for hi s score. It is important for coaches to know exactl y how co mpetr nt each judge is. On e reason is Ihal in some cases the coaches vo te for the ir conference jud p:e~ .

S. P erhaps the coach and gy mnast will lea rn some thin g from the jud!!e. So me gym­nasts and coaches be lieve they can g.- I away with ce rl a in dev ia li ons frolll the rul es . Judges may inform them Ihat Ihe rout in c's are be in g pena li zed.

6. The j ud ~e thai just s il s back and gives an educal ed guess as a sco re will be (' X·

posed. I do nol a ttempt 10 pl ac .. a value judgment on thi s method . r.LC. has laid down a form al s lru cture for judg in g and we should ba' icall y foll ow the F.I.C. sys· tem as specified by Ihe N.C.A .A. rul es.;

7. Such di sc u s~ i on s would put much needed pressure on jud g('s 10 improve. How many hours docs the coach and gy mnas t put in to do the job ? H ow many hours does the jud p:e put in 10 do Ihe j ob'~ Who does hi s r es l" 'CI ive job bes t ; coach. gym· nast or judge -~

The reasons against such di scuss ions a ft e r a meet are :

A. Some judges may become embarras",·d by exposin g the ir mistakes.

B. S uch embarrass ment might di scourage judges and thus drive more judges away from the task.

e. Hard feeling may ensue among the judges, coaches and / or gymnasts .

D. The extra time such di scuss ions would require would pose extra work for the judgp without extra pay.

E. Such di scussions might prove in com · petency on the part of the judge and thus force a competent coach not to hire him and therefore be deprived o f the judge's services.

F. Such di scuss ions mi ght lower the respect given the judge hy the coach and gymnast.

S ince this article is intend ed to promote after·meet di scussions he twren judges and teams involved, T will make a rebuttal against the reasons for not havin g the di s­cuss ions.

' N.e.A .A. Rules : Rule 5, section 1 "The FJ .G. system will be followed witth modi­fi ca tions". Tt is unde rstood th at the modifi­ca t ions will be di ctated by the N.C.A .A. R e ferrin~ to argument A, only gross mis·

takes should be a cause for embarrassment. If gross mistakes are made, the judge should become embarrassed and thus take steps to correct the cause of hi s embarrass· ment. namely to lea rn the rules.

As for item B, we need judges who are willing to fa ce up to the task of jud!! ing and not people who want an easy job. Con­cernin g the probl em of not having a large enough supply of judges, the problem of qualit y is of grea ter s ignificance.

Referrin g to argument C, h ard feelings would not be the result if the goal of all concerned was to improve the sport. If thi s goal is ke pt in mind, and tact is e m­ployed , polite and constructive di scussions will be the result.

Argument D would tend to eliminate judging as a money makin g endeavor. Tt is my cont ention that we could never pay enough of a fee to cover the trainin g of a full y competent judge. Judging is a moral obligation of ex-gymnasts. Ex·gymnas ts should try to improve the sport, perhaps as a re pay ment for all the ways gymnastics had helped them in the ir competiti ve and post·competiti ve days . There a re easier ways to make money than by be in g a gymnast , coach o f judge of gymnasti cs . If one is lookin g solely for the monetary rewards, he will not contribute to the upgradin g of the s tandards of our sport.

Argulll ent E . The coach must decide for him self.

Ar!!ullwnt F is too weak to be strongly con s i·dered.

rn conclu s ion it must be r emembered that an y such di scuss ions mus t be handled with extr.-",,- tact. The judge merely offers hi s 'l' r vicrs 10 ha th coaches. If yo u as a j ud ge Iry a flt'r ' meet di scuss ions, I think yo u will find oll e more argument for con­linuin g th f' pracli ce. Tha t on e is the greater f,·,·lill!! of sa tid aC lion derived by an oc· cas ional s in cf' rr thank you from the coach and l!Y llln as t.

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NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLINIC The National Gymnastics Clinic, held

annually in Sarasota, Florida, promises to be larger, more instructive and a gener­ally more informative clinic than ever before. A new giant arena has just been completed and will hause all of the gym­nastics activities. This year, the arena will be open in the evenings for additional training, and films will be available, ot the same time, in va ri ous side rooms.

The basic instructiona l gymnastic cours~ for coaches and physical education in­structors will be taught with the use of a series of new illustrated charts recently completed by Don Tonry . Generall y, the course will attempt to analyze the prob­lems of the colleg iate gymnast and coach in terms of skills that may not be fully understood because af their complexity or uniqueness.

Besides the Qutline of instruction de­signed by Abie Grossfe ld and Don Tonry, there will be additiona l lectures and dis­cussions concerning the physiology of exercise by Dr. Jon Culbertson (member of the 1962 World Championship team) and a presentat ion of a recently com­pleted study on gymnastics nomenclature by Don Tonry.

The entertainment committee hos de­signed a massive evening beach party at Lido Beach, a fishing excursion, an after­noon training session at Lido Beach, and a dance.

1967 NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CLIN IC MEN'S INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM by Abie Grossfeld and Don Tonry

Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25 feature open practice sessions. Tues­day (26th) screening for instructi ona l pro­grOm in the morning, "Press Day" at Lido Beach in the afternoon. Evening Lecture / Demonstration by Fred Roethlisberger , Milan Trnka, Grossfe ld and Tonry on Vaulting (emphasis on teaching techniques leading to stoops, hechts, handsprings, yamashitas) and Horizontal Bar (tech­niques leading to changes involving giants; relationsh ip of free hip circle t o handstand, straddle sole circle to hand­stand, forward and backward stalder shoots). This w ill be followed by films of the ·1968 Oly mpic Compulsory Exercises. Wednesday (27th) morning: Basic men's gymnastic course (Tonry); afternoon : practice and instruction in all events­FX (Vega), R (Amerine), HB (Roethlis­berger), PB (Culhane), V (Trnka), SH (Lascar i) and 0 late afternoon children's instructional proctice (Trnka and Amerine) . Thursday (28th): schedule as for 27th with different instructors plus evening Lectures/ Demanstrations by Lascari, Tonry and Grossfe ld on Side Horse (techniques leading to regular and twisting scissors , circles, trave ls, moores, and hops, and dismounts) and Parallel Bars (forwards and backward uprise skills, casts and underbar somersaults, pirouetting skills, stutze- kehres and over bar somersau lts, and dismounts-pirouetting, forward and backward somersaults, and with twists ). Friday (29th) : schedule as for 27th wi th different instructors plus evening Lectures/ Demonstrations by Armanda Vega, Jim Amerine, Jim Culhane , Tonry, Lascari , Roethlisberger, and Grossfeld on Floor Exercise (emphosis on developing speed and power in the roundoff and back handspring necessary for lifting somer­saults, back somersaults and twists, for­ward somersaults, principles o f transistion, miscellaneous skills) and Rings (backward moving skills from dislocate to straight arm shoot handstand, forward moving skills from in lacate to straight arm back uprise handstand , training procedures for crosses, dismounts-high straddle, twisting fl yaways, double fl yaways, and support dismounts. On Saturday (30th) the Clinic Champianships will be held.

* * * * During the evening Lectures/ Demonstra­

tio ns the discu ss ion will also emphasize skills pertinent to the Olympic Compulsory routines.

The complete program of clinic activi­ties for 1967 is currently being completed. For further information write to Frank Wells, 21 Sandra Circle, Westfield, New Jersey.

Information Wanted The MODE RN GYMNAST magazine would

like to have the dates and site of all State High School Gymnastic Championship Competition for 1968 throughout the USA. If you are in charge of a State Meet please send the data to: MG SCOREBOARD-Box 611 , Santa Monica California 90406 . 22

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GYMNASTIC CONTROVERSY

NCAA vs. A-B-C By Jerry Wright

Eriilor's lVote : Mr. Wrif!,ht is a hif{hiy re­.!Zarderl judge and member oj the National ,Iudge's list.

When I rece ived my copy of the 196R :'KAA gymnasti cs rules the other day, I performed my usual microscopic examin­ation of tame and was grea tl y impressed to , ee the ABC illustrations, Olympic com­pulsori es, and Apparatus specifica tions in­cluded together for the firs t time.

To my di smay, however, I eventually c a l li e Lo the trampoline section of the ABC ra tings and found that many di sturbin g chan ges had been made.

Presumably, whoever presented thi s pro­posal to the NCAA rules co mmittee had one of two thin gs in mind.

1. The proposal was presented to an un­suspectin g committee who could have ca red less, thinkin g at that time that t Iw

tram poline even t would be dropped and the ratings would not matter anyway, or

2. H e decided to insure that the trampo· lin e event would be most certa inly dropped after one year of competition under these rat ings .

I wish to spell out my primary objections to these ratings:

1. Safety 2. Artistic gymn asti cs (see rule book,

page 12, article 6, "TIl<" co mbinations and diffi culty of the exerc ise must correspond with the ca'1abilit y of the competitor, etc.")

Can yo u beli eve th at the proponent of thi s guide has the audacity to li st a triple cody as a "C" move? BEAUTIFUL! How many triple cody 's have any of yo u seen under any ci rcumstances??? I have seen a ll of the top trampolinists in th e last 5 yea rs and I have only seen two and both were on the Australian bed! Let's worry about the Australian bed when it is ap· proved fo r competition. That is like listing a doubl e fly-a-way from the high bar as a "11" mo\'e just beceause Dan Millman has done a full -in fliffi s . . .

I believe a total di sregard of reason and common sense has prev~il ed here. F or ex­ample : H ow man y trampol inis ts do you know that do: full twis ting I :Yl baek ? a ra ndolph in the middl e of a routine? half in half out fliffi s'? full-in fliffi s? All of those moves are listed as " B" moves and I'll bet that out of some 350 co ll eg iate

trampolinists no one knows more than 15 who can do these moves.

There are no more than four or five teams in the country that have more than one trampolinist who can come up with a 10.0 routine with thi s guide. Probably the easiest " C" listed is half in half out £Iiffi s t.o "barani ou t f1iffi s which. is :,'C:: plus "A ! There are no combmatIOn C parts like 3 consecutive "B" moves, for example, Even the FIG allows A + B + B to equal B + C on the side horse !

I believe a follow-through adoption of thi s guide will lead to di saster. Teams fight ing for championships will be forced to have their trampolinists try for more difficulty in order to get a decent score. r feel it is ex tremely dangerous to force everyone to go for the big trick to get a 10.0 point routine. I would rather see him lose points for lack of form , control , or he ight.

Why should a trampolinist do a double back when a back has the same value? Both are listed as " A" moves.

And so forth. T his guid e will help to separate the top

10 trampolinists in the country, but the other 340 will all fall in a bi g group or fall off!

Let it not be sa id that I offer only criti­cism and no alternative. P erce ive the fol­lowing:

1968 NCAA TRAMPOLINE A, B, C PART.S: RepriYlted from 1968 NCAA Gymnastic Rulebook.

Origin or Name

Front Somersaults

Back Somersaults

Twisting Forward So,mersQults

Twisting Back Somersaults

Combination Example

Suggested Changes: Front Somersauits

Back Somersau lt

Twisting Forward

Somersaults

Twisting Backward

Somersault

Combinations

A Parts

o. front somersau lt b. front 13,4 somersault to

back drop c. double fro nt as a dismount d. front cody

a. back somersault b. doub le back somersault c. 13,4 back t o stomach drop d . back cody e. double pull ove '

O . Baroni b. Rudolph c. Baroni out fl iffes

a. full twist b. double twi st

o. bock to barani or v ice-versa (A+A)

a . front somersault b . front 13,4 to back c. front codv

a. back somersault b. 3,4 back c. back cody

o. baroni b. front with full twist

a. fu ll twi.ting back somersault

a . back somersault t o barani A + A

B-Parts

a. sw inging ou t of double front

b. front 23,4 somersault to back drop

c. double front cody

a. 13,4 back t o double cody (B + B)

b. 2'12 back to double pull­over (A + B)

a. full twisting 13,4 front somersault

b. Baroni in f l iffes c. Randolph d. 13,4 front, Rudolph ball

out (B + B)

a. full twisting 13,4 back b. '12 in '12 out fl iffes c. full in fl iffes d. full out f l iffes e. triple twist f . double twisting cody

a. any combination at the follow­ing: barani out fliffes , double back, Rudolph or double twist (A + B) ( 12 possib le combinations

b. barani out, double back, Rudolph (A + B + B)

c. full twisting 13,4 back to double cody (B + B)

a. double front b. front cody w ith

full twist

a. double back b. 1% back c. double codY

a. Rudolph b . full twisting 1 % c. barani in fliffis d. baran i out fliffis,

rudolph B + B

a. back with double twist b. full twisting cody

a. 1 3,4 to cody B + A b. any combination of tWI"l

consecutive liB" moves = B + B

C-Parts

a . triple front

a. triple back b. 23,4 back to stomach drop c. triple cody

a. Rudolph f l iffes b. Rando lph followed or pre­

ceded by something other than full twist barani or back somersault

c. triffes d. 2% front, Rudolph ball out

a . full in full out fliffes b. triple twisting cody c. tripe twist fa ll owed or

preceded by something other than back somersau lt, barani or full twist

a. Y2 in '12 out to barani ou t fliffes (C + A)

b. '12 in '12 out to triple twist (C + C)

a . tr iple front b. front 23,4 c. double front cody

a. triple back b. 231" back

a . Randolph b. Triffis c. 23,4 front,

rudolph ball out

a. back with triple twist b. '12 in '12 out fliffi s c. full in fliffis d. full out f l iffis e. double two cody f . full two 13,4

o. any combination of three consecutive "B" moves = B + C

b. 1% back to double copy=C

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The First National PRO Competitions Mike Jacobson

Assistant Gymnastic Coach United S tates Naval A cademy

Th e first profess ion al mee t was, without a do ubt , the most in teres tin g and by far the most gruel in g com pe tit io n in which I have ever been in vo lved . The com pe t iti on was held at the N issen P lant in Ced ar R a pids, I owa. The top th ree perform er s in eac h even t w er e awa rd ed sh ar es of N issen stock . Twen ty sh a res for firs t place, fi fteen fo r second a nd ten for third . A profess iona l t ~am was p ick ed to rep resent the Uni ted S tat es aga in s t for e ign tea ms, a nd a pos" ibl e mee t might take place in Sa ra so ta , Florida du rin g the C hris t mas holid ay.

Even thou gh som e of our top gy mnas ts competed , the meet in ge ne ra l la ck ed de pth. For in stan ce , Ru!'ly M it c hell an d .T a mil e As hmo re were bo th un able to compete be­ca u"c of injuries. A rt S hurl ock injured hi s b iceps a nd saw limited co mpe titi on. Ji m pe r fo r m at hi s best.

In th e co mpe titi on fi ve f' vent s wer e used. fl oo r exer cise, " id e hor se , rin gs , parall el ba rs and hi !!h ba r. The long horse was d roPlwd Iw c ~u se o f s pecta tor ap peal. A ll th e event s were hig h-li ghted by some out­~ t a ll d in £! routin es. . Sa m 'Ba ili e wo n s ide hor se with hi s con­

s is te nt wo rk. bu t S teve Doty gave him a s tro ng ba ttl e a nd se ttl ed for second place_ R u"" Mill s wo rked a s high as eve r but did no t s<'em to have th e end urance needed for the do ub le eli m in a ti on to urn a men t so ended up in third pl ace. Two o ther o ut s t a ndin~ , id,· horse Illen wh o com peted we re Bill B uck and i\ rt Slnll·lock.

P a rall el ba rs tU J'lwd into a runnin!! ba ttl e bPI wee n .I im Curzi and J erry Crnwde r. A ftP!' los in g my second ma t(' h and plac in g thi rd. Ji m a nd J erry hoth d id two out stand ­in!! ro utin es a piece which ke pt th p judg,'s m;d !'Towd on the edg,> of tlH' ir sea t". T he 24

judges we re com ple tely sold on J erry's fro n t s tu tz h an d stand and his diamidov to a h and stand so ended up w ith the firs t pl ace la urels.

Hi!!h bar was as exci t ing as us ua l w ith som e~ ve ry diffi cul t a nd sofid r outines per­fo r med by Ru sty R ock, Jim Curzi, Ar t S hu r­lock a nd myself. Rusty R ock perform ed con s istent ly w ith hi s dyn a mi c and ori g in al r out inc to place first. I was second , Ji m Curzi third an d Art S hurl ock was fourth .

Ji m J ackso n pro ved to be a g rea t ring cha mpion but it was a s hame he d id no t ha ve a nyo ne to r ea ll y chall enge hi m.

F loor exerc ise was wo n by G"o rge H ery. th e fo r me r World T ra mpoline Ch a mpi on . I was "'(, ' Jlld , a nd Chi ck Chicio was third.

It was obvious to sef' th at ma ny of the gy mn as ts we re n ot pre pared for tIl e g ruel­in !! doubl e el imin at ion tourn a me nt. On e re~so n fo r thi s was due to the s hort n ot i­fica ti on of the com pe titi on da te. Some of th e gymn asts onl y had ap proximat ely three week s to tra in Iw fore the co mpe titi on . Ne xt yea r 1 a m sure th a t everyone in volved will have more th a n enough time to pre pare for the com petiti on. Anoth er reason for the ~ymn a s t s lac k of e nd uran ce mu st be a ttri­bute d to the very n a ture of double el imin ­ation .

Pl ease le t me expl a in th at I a m not COI11-

pla inin g a bout the a bove facto r!' . T hi s mee t was, in every respec t, an experi ment al event. Every gy mna st rea li zed thi s fac t a nd co mpete d with com ple te enthus iasm. an x ious to contribute new ideas for our nex t pro­fess iona l competiti on .

Di ck Zuber was our M ee t Director. H e li ste ned to all of our suggesti ons a nd was more th an a nx ious to meet our n eed s. F m in ~ l a n ce, a gy mn ast was ne ve r forced to compete a t an y s pec ifi c tim e. Tt was m ad e clea r to us th at if we needed more ti me to res t we coul d have it. Even tl1(' ord e r of (, vent s we re formul a t" d to benef it the ma-

j ority uf compe tit ors. Now tha t I h ave h ad th e op portu n it y to

loo k back a t all the pha s!"s of tl1<' co mpe­titi on I reali ze what a success it was.

One r eason for success is based on t he na ture of d ouble eli m in a ti on. For insta nce. a gy mn as t is a ll owed to co mpete until IH' loses t wo ma tches. Thi s fa c tor contribut e" tn a much s tron ger ide n t ifi ca t ion I)(' t w(, " n the s pec ta to rs a nd the co rn pet it ors . Th " s pec ta tors wa tch a gymn as t lose a ma tc h. fo ll ow him dow n to the lose rs bracket. then ~ i ve him the mora l s u pport to wo rk hi s way back to a w innin g po~ iti o Jl.

Anoth er int eresting po int i" th a t in do u­ble elimi na t ion th e co m pe t it ion is ma n aga inst ma n. The w inn e r of each m atch is se lec ted by wha t Geo rge N issen ca ll s th e " hu ma n comput or theory" . T he j ud~es ( twe lvE' we re used ) wa tch a ma tch an d decide whi ch i!ymn as t pe rform ed tl1<' bes t overa ll routine. This m ethod wo rk ed out ex tre me ly well. Th ere was n o need for t il1l l' cons uming judges conferences a nd the j udges we re not in vo lved with the m a ny intri ca te as pects of a ma te ur ru les . which are needed to awa rd nu me r ica l "Cort·s.

T he s pec ta tors were a lso q uit e in te res ted in trying th e ir h and a t pickin~ each win­ner. They understood t he bas ic ~ymn as t ic req uire ment s and the refore chose the ir w inners on th e bas is o f g race. pasC'. surr· ne"s and wha t th ey felt to be th e diffi cult y of eac h r outine.

A ft er co m peting in our (,n un try's fir"t profess iona l gymnasti c nH'f' t an d di scuss in " pro fe~s i ona l ~Y llln as ti cs w ith the many pp~ ­pIe in volved , it is ha rd no t to ~e t exc it ed ove r th e in nu me ra bl e op po rtuniti es for tlw p ro fes~ i o n a l gymn as t. Eve n ITI Or e im po rt a nt are th e m a ny wa ys in whic h prn fess ion a l ~y nll1 as ti cs can promote o ur wo nd e rful spor t.

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1X - -- - -- 1.30 Touch back o n l'ehre (each timc) --- --- - - - -- -----O.3 - O.

X------- 2 . 00 a) Touch back on back s t oc kli - --- - ------ - --- --- ---O. 3 5 b) Passage over ho r se t oo 10\-.' -- --- - - - -- - - -- - --- -- - 0 . 1 - 3 c ) Passage o v e r ho r se too 5 10 .... ' - - ----- -- --- -- --- - -- 0 .1 - 0 . 2

1. From hang, rise slow l y with body ben t forwa rd to half inverted hang and turn backward and dis l ocate t o swing forwa r d and.

II. Turn backward to handstand. (St r euli)

III. Swing foX"-'a r d in support and l ower body t o swing backward in hang and turn forward with dis l ocation , body s traight. {Inlocate with s traight body.J

I V. Swing backwar d t o back uprise wi t h straight anns to suppor t and raise legs for-lard t o horizonta l ilL" position. HOW

V. Lower legs and slow l y p ress, straigh t body wit h bent arms to handstand. HOlD

VI . lowe r to suppor t and backwa r d r oll t o support and lower s t re t ching arms sideward t o ,

VII. Cr oss. HOLD

VIII. lower and t urn backward with s lightly bent anus and (straigh t ) bod y to strai ght i nverted hang, bend body and dis l oca te to,

IX. Tu r n backward and dis l oca te t o , (giant d i sloca te)

X. Tu r n backwar d wh ile straddling l egs to s tradd le dismount.

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Typica l Faul t s Deduction s

I- ------0.50 Dislocate too 10w--- -------- -------------------O. l 0.3

II- ---- - I .OO a) If shoot to h a ndstand not execu ted with flair (amplitud e) -------------------------O. - 0 . 3

b) Taking too l ong going t o handstand -------------O 0 . 3

III-----0 .70 a) Dropp i ng shoulders befor e end of front cas t---- O 1 - 0 b) No t comp l eting inloca te before second par t - ---- O 1 - 0 c) Bending bod y on inlocate-- -- ----- - ----- ----- ---0. 3 - 0

I V- -----0.50 a) Back upri s e t oo low arrd not fr ee go ing t o support ------------------ - --- ---- - -- - -O. - 0

b) Legs n ot horizontal in "L" s upport or uns t ab 1e -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - --0. 1

V-- - ----1.50 Lack of r hythm and harmony in press ing to hands tand -- - - -- - -- - --- - - - --- ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 0 . - 0.5

V1------0.80 Lack of rhy t hm in back kip to suppor t -- --------0. 1 0.3

VII ----- 2.00 Lowering t o the c r oss too fas t -- - -- - ----------- O. l - 0 .3

VII I ---- 0 . 80 a) Body o r arms ben t t oo much ---------------------O.l - 0 . 2 b) Dislocate t oo 101.' -- -- --- ----------- - -----------0 .1 - 0 .3

IX --- --- l 00 a) Di s loca te t oo low-- ---- ---------- - - - --- ----- --- O. b) Dislocate done with bent body ------------------O.

0 . 3 0 .3

X- - -- - --l . 20 a) Release too early (hips t oo 101.') --- --- ---- - - -- - 0 0 . 5 b) Lack of extens i on of body at t he end

(or be fo re land ing)

LONG HORSE

Vault No - 4 as lis ted i n the Code of Po i nts, Ed ition 1964 . STOOP VAULI from neck.

I. App r oach Hit h a good run t o t ake off both feet o n boa r d, vau lt, body stretched during momenta ry support on t he neck ,

II Be nd body in o r der to pass the st r a i gh t and j o ined l ~gs over the neck and t hen stretch the body before,

III. Landing t o st a nd rearways .

® ~o ),

~----~

Typical Faults Deduct i ons

1 - ------4 . 00 a) Bod y pos ition no t 300 above t he horizontal -----O.l .. 0 . 5 b) Not g et t ing fee t (legs) ho r izonta 1 t o horse --- - O 6 - 1.0 c) Body bent at moment of (light -- - - -- -- - ------- -- O. l 0 .5 d) F ligh t not strai ght over horse

(deviatio n f r om axis) ------- --- - ---- ----------- O 1 - 0 . 5

II

111 -- -- - 6 . 00 a) Fligh t of body not rising duri ng second pa rt of vaul t --- ---------- - --- -- - -- - - --- - - -- - --O 2 - O.

b) Body no t extended or body t oo bent or arched - - - O. 2 - O . c) Body extended t oo late --- - - -- - -- --- - - -- --------O. 2 - O. d ) Deviation from ax i s of horse during second

part of vault -- - -- ---- - - - --- - -- - ---- - ---------- O 2 - O. e) Landing too close t o horse----------------- -- -- O.l - O.

PARALLEL BARS

From a f ew running s teps forward, jump to uppe r anus and s\<"' ing fo rward and turn backwards rele as ing and regrasping ho l ds and pass i ng through a hands t and. (Streuli t hrough a ha nds tand.)

II. Swing forward and lowe r backward t o ha if inverted hang and tu r n back ­wa r ds re leasing and regrasping, (early sa Ito below the bars ) to,

Ill . Uppe r arm support and swing forward to f r oh t uprise to suppor t and,

I V . S\<,,' ing backward, swing forwa r d , and pass l egs st r add l ed under hands to support with legs together li fted horizontally fo rward . ti L" posi tio n. (Straddle cut - ca t ch t o L.) (HOLD)

v . P r ess s Lo\<,,' Ly, body ben t a nd anus and l egs s traigh t t o a handstand. (HOW )

VI . Swing forwa r d with L/2 turn re le as iog a nd r eg r asping hands t o suppo rt, (Stutze - Keh re) sw ing forward and,

VII . L-m ... er backward to half i nve rted hang and cas t t o uppe r anus and sw ing b ackwa r d t o ,

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VIII. Backward uprise with ·1/2 t urn wh ile releasing and regrasping holds to support and swing,

IX. To handstand with 1/4 turn right on righ t arm and with suppor t on left arm, 1/4 turn right,

X. On the le f t arm to a side stand left. (Hollander dismount . )

NOTE :

The Paral~el Bar exe r c ise may

be r ever sed tota lly or partially.

~,_1 2

5

10 11 1<.

1Lf- 15

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Typica l Faults Deductions

I ------- L 40 If streuli does no t go th a pronounr:ed handstand------ - ---- -- -------------------- - ----O 1 - 0

II - - - ---O, 90 a) Legs and hips advanced during sa Ito (early peachbasket) ---- ----------- - ------------O 1 - 0

b) If hips are below bars after sa Ito (peachbasket) --- - -- --- --- - --- -- - -- --- - -- - - - - - - -0. 1 - 0

III- -- --0.30 Body bent t oo much before a rriving at suppo rt (bent too much on front uprise) ------ - - O.l - 0.3

IV-- ----1 . 00 Usua l fau lts

V-- - - ---L 40 a) Pr essing too fast to handstand ------------- - ---0.2 - 0 b) Arms bent dur i ng press to hands t and

or after arriving in handst and posi tion---- ----0.2 - 0

VI- - ----L 20 Body below horizonta l- - - - ---- - -------------- ---0 - 0.3

VII ---- - l 00 Hips below bars af ter cast t o upper arm support-- - - -- -- - -- - --- - --- -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - 0 - 0.3

VIII ---- 1.40 a ) Body not extended dur i ng back up r ise half twis t-- - - - - - - - -- - -- -- - - - - - - -.- - - - - - - - - - -- - -- -- --0 . 1 - 0.3

b) Anns bent after back upri se half twis t - -- ------O,l - 0.3

IX. --- --O.60 a) Stopping in hands t and position--------------- --O. l - 0.3 b) In turning the body does not maintain a

vertica l pas i tion- - - -- -- ------- -- -- - - - - --- - - - --0.1 - 0 . 3

X. - ---- - 0.80 a) St opping in handstand- - --------- --- - -----------O.l - 0.3 b) If after comp l etion of the dismount, the

body is not in line with the hand which left the bar las t - -- ----------------- -------- --O.l - 0.5

HORIZO NTAL BAR

From side s t and fron t ways :

1. Jump to hang with o r dinary grip, (doub l e overgrip) , pull up and shoot, (underswing) with 1/2 turn right around right arm t o swing forwar d with mi xed grip. (Righ t hand undergrip.)

II. Swing backward passing straight l egs between arms, s traighten body, with 1/2 turn l eft a r ound r ight arm to swing backwards wi th ord inary grip and ,

III. Back uprise t o s UFt-0rt l egs s tradd l ed and raised forwa rd outside of hands. (Back upr i se to Straddle il L" support).

I V. Turn backward and pass l egs under the bar while joining them, swing back, bring legs together and pass l egs between arms t o straddle out whi le releas ing and regrasping ha nds, joining the legs t o swing forward wi t h ordinary grip, and in half inverted hang.

V. Kip and change grip to under grip, ( r eve r se grip) and cast t o hand­s t and and,

VI . Giant swing forwa rd to handstand and 1/2 turn righ t around right arm, (forward pirouette) , and lower to free suppor t and,

VU. Free backwa rd hip c ircle to handstand and,

VIII. Two giant swings backward and 1/2 t urn right ar ound right arm to hand ­s t and wi th under grip and,

IX. Two forwa r d g i ant swi ngs and,

NOTE :

The Horizon t a l Bar exercise may be reversec'

t otaliy or partia lly.

Typica l Fau lts Deductions

1 -- - --- - 0 20 If body afte r half turn is be l ow the horizont a l -- ------------------- --------- --0.1 - 0.2

II --- -- - O 70 Back swing to uprise to one side---------------O. - 0 . 3

III- - -- - L SO Usua l fau lts

IV- - -- --L 60 Us ual fau lts

V- - - ----O.BO Changing grip while us ing hips for support (leaning on bar) --- ------------------- - O - 0 .3

VI - -- - --LOO Irregular rhy thm in half turn (pirouette) ------O . l - 0 . 3

Vll - ----1. 60 a) Lack of r hythm between 6 amI 7--------------- --0.1 - 0.2 b) After f r ee h i p, body does not pass through

pronounced handstand pos ition------ --- ----- - --- 0 .1 - 0 . 3

VIII 1. 00 a) If body i s no t s tra i ght after half turn (blind cha nge) in handstand posi t ion----- ------0 . 1 - 0.3

b) If the body is not square upon arrival at handstand position---- ·- --------------- - --- - 0.1 - 0 . 3

I X--- ---0.40 Usua l fau lts

X---- - -- 1. 20 a) If in flight the body does not rise--- ---------O.l - 0 .2 b) Late o r incomp l ete extension of the body

after l eaving bar-- - - - - - - ----------------------O. l - 0 .3

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Ii you have " Y-NEWS" that should be in the M G .. . Send it dire ct to Kenneth W. Hollis, 3881 W. 25, Cleveland, Ohio, 44109.

"Y-NEWS"

Marblehead (Mass.) YMCA Gymnast Captures Mid-Atlantic Title

By R obert Hanscom

Wayne Cha nd ler. r e presen t ing the '\'l ar· bl ehead , J\ Ia ss. YM CA, fl e w down to Ph ila­delphia w ith hi s pa rent s a nd coach Bob Han sco m and cap tured the Mid dle Atl anti c S tat es All -A round gy mnasti c titl e for boys 13 a nd 14.

Chandler took firs t in long horse va ulting, hor izont a l bar. s ide horse a nd pa r a ll el hars. placing second in s till r ings. Runner·u p in the a ll ·a roun d was P earce Walmer o f th p '\ cro na ut s Gym Club and third ' p lace went to Ca rlo Ri zzo of the Ol ym piad Gym Clu b, both boys be in g from New J ersey.

Cha ndler , who is only 12, was competi ng aga inst olde r boys. T h is yo ungs ter 51 art ed hi s gY llln a"li c" at Ihe Ma rblehead YM CA a boul Ihree yea rs ago. Last April he won

T H E 196 7 AME RI CAN SOKOL SLET by Palll L ebloch , Se cretary Amercial1

Sokol Boa.rd oi Instructors The 196 7 A me r ican Sokol Slet : " Ka le ido·

scopic 'Gymn asti c Class ic" was held III

Da ll as, T exas July 13Ih·16 th.

I io" 'iew En!! la nd Y'\'l C A Jun ior all· a round t it le. ~

I fe lt th at on the ave rage. the com petili on was a t a hig he r leve l for thi s age grouJl Ih a n a t the Ne w E ngland cha mpionships. a n ex ample of thi s be in g to n t he s id e 'lo rse . w!: e re the top four or fi ve boys all e xe ­(' u ted du u bles, scisso rs both ways and di s·

11lcu n ,ed wi lh lon " s n iT Lik ,·w is,' . li n I';,· pa ra ll e ls a nd r i n ~". hands la nd". Jln '''sPs a nd well e xec uted sw in ~ in ~ 1ll (j' "( ' t ll t ' ll t :::. W f> r f'

common place . We thoug h t th a t W ayne'; winnin !! rou ·

l ines dese rved men t ion '5 0 here the)' a re :

Durin g th ose da ys the cit y of Da ll as be­lon ged to the Sokols a nd the s po rt of gy m­nas li cs . A huge 25 slory hig h Sokol emb lem made u p of l ight ed w indows in a down­town skysc raper gree ted Ihe gy mnasts. TV . r ad io a nd th e newspapers we re full y ulili zed 10 pu b lic ize the S le t a nd inform Ihe gene ra l pu b lic a bout gy mn asti cs and the Sokol pro­g ram. Jvl ore th a n two thousa nd s pecta tor" a tl ended th e gymnas tic competi t ions.

496 a ll -a round gy mnasts competed in the Da ll as .\'lemori a l A ud ito rium d urin !! the Ihree days preceed in g Ihe Slet exhib it ion . J oe F ed orcha k of D is tri ct T a tra, M onesson, P a . is the ne w men's cham pion . " Iomen 's cham pion is E ll en Babush ka from Sokol US A, East Orange, N. J. The j unior hoy and j u n ior g irl cha mpions are Ji m Hruba n of Sokol, Oma ha, Ne b r . and Louri e H arri s of Sokol Z izka, Dall as, T exas.

A huge phys ical fitn ess pa rad e of Sokol gymnasts, t umbler s, fl oa ts, cow boys on hor se

I R emember, Wayne is on ly 12 years old!) R. : St ra ight pull to back leve r. d isengage

to d isloca le, J apa nese di sloca te (stra ig ht budy. stra ighl arm s ) , shoo t to su p porl , c a"t fo rwa rd to inloca te, back ri se to " L", pr ess ha ndsta nd. drop forwa rd to back ri se " L". press shoul der sta nd . lowe r slowly to in­ve r led ha ng, d is loca te. straddle off.

L f-{ : " Yamashi ta " I-I B : R eve rse gri p kip , front g ia nt s, rea ch

un de r 10 crossed mi xed gr ip a nd full lu rn. bac k c irc le, cast V~ turn , ki p, forwa rd roll. hack gian ts, cross over , V~ turn . back c ir­c le. kip , stradd le over and off.

1)8 : Glid e k ip, forward roll , back r ise, " L", press shoul d s ia nd. brea k to p ih . hac k ri se, s lul z lawawa y, back ri se, ha nd"ta nd . d rop k ip. p iked fron t off.

S H: J\loo re. s im ple Ira ve l up , front sc is· ~ o r~ , front ~c i ~~o rs, back ~(' i ~so r~ . s impl e .\ [oore, dou bl e leg circles, " impl e tra ve l. loo p % turn off.

FX : ( Not con tested ) Roundoff , fli p-fl op. lJ1 ck roll handsta nd ste p out , swedi sh fa ll , 2 - i,w le Ie!! c ircles to double Ie!! circl es to d, ;ubie leg c irc le. rea r su p po;·t. ki p % t urn snap to s lradd le sta nd . press to ha nd­s la nd . ro ll to sta nd, st and ing ha nds prin g forwa rd ( layed out ) . front ha nds prin g \I'a lk ­out. front hand sp ring, lurn to front ha nd­s prin g. front sammi e, di ve roll , heads prin g. t u rn , roun doff fli p- fl op tuck hack.

back a nd Czechoslova k costumed !!roUI}S was held Sa turday mornin g th ro ugh '-down· lown Dallas.

T he S un d ay a ft e rnoon's exhibition was a pageant of color w ith fl ags, gymnasti c u n i­forms a nd national costumes. The m ass drill s by ear! class were a sym phony of music a nd move ment. A spec tacular high light was the presentat ion of several hun­d red teen age girl s in a bea utiful cali s­th enic composition . T heir vit ality, prec is ion a nd fi eld fo rmations electrifi ed the a ud i­ence. T he new cha mpions demonstra ted the ir gymn asti c prowess al on g wi th a fin e Irampolin e demonstrat ion by Da ve J aco bs, wo rld tra mpoline cha mpion_ The Kal aeido­sco pe c losed with th e s in g ing of " God Bless A me ri ca" and the retirin g of ou r national co lors .

T he parti cipant s returned to the ir r espec­ti ve gy mn asiums with wond erful memories of a wonderful Slet.

1967 AMERICAN SOKOL SLET COMPETITION RESULTS

Championship Division Men: J oe Fed­orch k, Tat ro , Monessen, Po. Championship Division Women: El len Babushka, Soko l USA; Barbara Moon is , Sokol USA; Lindo Burg hardt , Soko l Omaha, Neb r. Champi­onship Division Junior Boys: Jim Hruban , Omaha, Nebr. ; Danny Warbutton, Dist rict Ta t ro; M ike Ca ldwe ll , Soko l Zizka , Dallas. Championship Division Junior Girls: Laurie Har ris, Soko l Z iz ka , Da llas ; Cheryl Per­ozzi. Ta tro, Monessen, Po.; Betty Cieply,

Tat ro , Monessen, Po. High Division Men : Ed win Ha lik , Jr. ,

Soko l Siavsky, Cicero, III. ; Kenne th Heid­:er. So ko l Tabor, Berwy n, III. ; Je rry Tay­lo r, Soko l De t ro it, Mich . High Division Women : Marie Fo ltypn, Soko l Ta bor; Li ly Jo Vese ly, So ko l Siavs ky; Ann Cermak, Soko l Tabo r. High Division Jr. Boys: Chf1 ~ Zitny, Soko l Brookfield , III. High Division Jr. Girls : A lice Kohl , Soko l Tyrs, Cleve­land , Ohio; Pamela Ch illa , Distr ict Ludvic Stur, Ch icago; Lea Nesnadny, Soko l Tyrs , Clevel and.

Ion , Soko l Novo Vlast, . Cleve land ; Tom Novak, Soko l Cedar Rapids , Iowa. Inter­mediate Division Women: Jane Mastny, Soko l Ty rs, Cle ve land; Sharon Schu lte , Sokol Omaha; Alicia Prusa, So ko l Berwyn, III. Intermediate Division Jr. Boys: John Kocou rek, Sokol So. Oma ha; Joh n Nes­ladek, Sokol Si a vsky; Mike Whale n, S-' kol Omah a. Intermediate Division Jr. Girls:

El mer Kulousek, Soko l Berwyn. Low Divi­sion Women: Geo rg ia J enc ik, So ko l Cech ­Hav licek, Clevel and; Sue Basta , Soko l Broo kf ie ld, II I.; Cath ie Ke rekes, Mon . Va ly., Sokol USA. Low Division Jr . Boys: John Bru ns, So ko l Crete, Nebr. (Tie); Mike Swe eny, Soko l Stickney, III. (Tie ); Rob in Si m mons, So ko l Wilber, Nebr.; A llen Kittre ll , Soko l Ceda r Rap ids. Low "A" Division Jr. Girls: De nise M inarik, Sokol S. Omaha; Marcy Hrace k, Soko l Sti c k ney, 111.·; Pqt Ber tino, Soko l West Suburban. Low "B" Division Jr. Girls: Ka ren Prazen , Soko l S. Omaha; Ca ro l Kiro ff . Soko l De­troi t ; Ga le Sva ke ra, Soko l S. Oma ha .

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ETTERS

TALL HOPES D ear Sir:

Recently I h ave n ot iced t h at Ino!';t gym­n asts a r e s ho rt \vh e n cO lnparecl to o th e r athletes. vV h y i s thi s? I s t h er e any h ope for u s 5 ft. 10'er s?

S ince r e ly. Do n R icco lll in i San Carlos. Ca lif.

ED: We looked up the heights of gymnasts appearing in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo In our January ' 65 edition. The following were li s ted a t 5' 10" or tall er: Eugene Ek­man ( Finl a nd) , L a rry B an ne r ( USA ), Fred Tra iner (Australia) a nd H aro ld Wiqaard (Norway) . Can w e forget a lso Jack Beck­ner, many times a n Olympi a n and per­former in internati o nal meet s for the USA ? In the NCAA competitions, quick recollecti o n brings t o mind Bob Smith ( HB, SH, Templ e), D ave N e im and ( HB , S acra mento State), Ken Black (Tumblinq , FX , Springfield ) . Jim F airchi ld (S H , Cali­forni a) a nd Mike Jacobson (AA , Penn State ), to n a me just a few.

MG SLIPPED Dear Mr. Sundby :

A s a d evout gymna s t for ~ix y e :I I '!' T ha Ye e njoye d ea c h i ssu e of your gT f'a t" Illagnz in e. Thi fi year' s r eport o f th e ~TCAA' s ga\'e eac h event c () ll (' i~e ('o y e r ag"l-' as hal'e yo ur W'orld Gam e', USC F' s and th e AA U r eport s.

nut last l\1ar ch n, 10 & ]1 , h\" e nty -l\\" o sc h oo ls f1'o m as far nwa y :l~ \ Va!' h ing"t o ll , 'i\l i ~C'ons in, n nd P enn s \ ' I \"n nin ~e ll t C\"I11-nas t s to N a tchitosi s, ·La . f o r til e S:<\ f A l11 ee t. Thi!-' 111eet was a l ll1o~t a m o n th pl' jo r t o t h e NCAA' s . . I wait e d fo r m y Ap ril -::\T ny i ~S lH:> . T f' 1l­Joyed t h e cOI' er ag-e o f t h e :'\ C' A A m ee t bu t t il e r e was not o n e w o rd about t ile SAL,\·, . .June -Ju l y C'R 111 e and s ti ll n o CO \' E' l':lg'e • .It is now <l lmost sey e n 1l1onth s l:ltf'L :\ o t o n e word Illu e h les:5 :l Di ct lll' t' of th e :\' .. \ l A lll ee t.

I I"ea li z e t hat it i:-: t oo la t e n ow to Coye r it but I ju s t w;1llt e {l to t e ll y o u that you s lipped thi s year. I ' m !-;ure t h e 1\1 (1 ha s slipped be fOl"e a nd wi ll i n th e fu t u r e ,

O th e r than thn t I h a ve no ! ll OI' E' (,fllll­

pi a in t !i ex eept that nl ~- Februal'~- i ssue fail ed to a rril' e .

Gymnast i cn !!y, Eric J o h nson La Crosse, ,V i s. 54601

ED : We goofed . .. but hope someo ne will send us photos a nd results f or us to publish in the MG.

MAKE WAVES D ea r AI C,

S in ce Illost o f your le tte r s seenl to in­c lude (,0111m ents 0 11 th e magazine, I th o u g ht I \\"Quld too . I ef; p ec i:lll y fa\"ol" coa c hing' tips (such a~ Ton l'~"s "G Ylllnastk A ids" ) ; sequ ence photos o ft~ n h elp anal yze certnin 1110ve8; and Roy Dayis' y ery well \\Titt en a nd r el evant ")Jotes f r o n1 a ~ e lll'­oti c Judge" (FIG ~hou l d taI, e n o t e o f som e of hi s id eas). On t h e oth er h and , 1 w o u l e] muc h pre f e r t o see Ill ee t r esul ts of o nly 10('a l 0 1' l' eg io l1 a l int e re ~t r ep l n cec1 \\' j tll , for exampl e, 1110re " g u est editor i a 1. " E\' e l'~' o Jl p a g r ees gYlll l1 :1stks n eed s o \' erh a ul and i lllp l'o\' inp; in a wide ,'ari ety o f ways, hut n o I'e a l fO l ' lIll1 f o r d evelo ping' ide;l s e x;st~.

K eep t r eading and , a bol' e all , :\[AKE WAVES !

Ed: See below

B e nj. C. Ba n l h:ll't S in ce r e lv Vandnli;, : O hio 45~77

SPLASH! D ear G le nn:

I b el i eve t h at the SCAA has p~ J' p t' tr"t " <1 a tl'(l\' es ty a ga inst A m e l' ie,t Tl g' ~'IllIl;\:-:t i cs .

, V h at g~' lllnasti('s needs m ost i:-: int l' r­estec1 f ailS: th e ~' wi l l prCJ\' idt · J 110 1l t' ~ · t il s uppo rt th e SpOl't , [l!-) \\' p ll as ta l E' lI t t:> cl P t'O ­pi e \\" h o \\"il l bui l d tilt, gel H:' l'al h-> \' el of p e l'f ec- tknl ;l lllO Ilg" pt'rfo rmers,

l-Iowe \'e r, i ll c ho():-; ing to l:' lllpil;l:-;iz(;' th l' t e anl (;' ffllrl ill th e .'\ation:!\:-:-oll t:> of t h t·, lllO:-;t e x c i tillg" an d ill~piring' y ear ly (;'\·(, lIt :;;.

o f g Yllln;l :-- tit 'f-;-thp X('AA ha:-: cho:-:t' n in it s n e w }"ul i ng" t o i ,!,:: Il{J r e tht' illdh'idlla l jJt 'I'­form e r, A ll of th e o ptioll;ll:--: o f t o p all ­a r o llnd lll E'll and :--: p c t ' iali:--t:-- \\"ill he oI l IIlll' day: tht·· fina]:..; \\'il l h e fo}" t e;llll:-- olll.",

L a:-: t ."l'n }" , e ig'ht pe l'fo rJll l:' r:-o , hI" tl1(':-; <111-! II'UlIlld:-: o r :-op Pv i ;l li :-:t:-;, ;l( lnlllt' (' d ttl tht · fillnl ~ Ull \,(\( 'h e \'t:"Ill. '1'1 '1 1-' ( ' illl d i t. ' IlC '''' I, !lt'\\"

that tl1<:'.'" ""(·' n' :--:t·(·ing pn lh; lld." tllt--- t ' i .~" l lI h e:-: t ('o ll eg ia l t-' 1)(> }" 1"0 }"1I 1('1":-- o n t ';tell \'\" e lll

A bove: Ernie Armstrong. Right:

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OHIO STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

1967 by Edward Janes, Coach,

Belmont H.S. Belmont High o f Da yt on , Ohio,

coached by Edward J ones won the Ohio High Schoo l G v m nos tic Championsh ip in 1967. The 011-around was won by Be lmont' s Ernie Armst rong. Belmont , ranked as a high school power in Ohio, has also won four of the past Dal t on Public Schools Gymnast ic Champi­onships,

Day ton is the only cit y in Oh io having a city champio nship f or high schoo l gi rl s. Belmont 's team captured the team title under the leadership o f Bev Andrews and Carol Groom.

Xnt i on a l s l llefl nt sOllleth i ng t o thn:--; e in ­dil'idua l s, a nd to t h e a udi en ce.

S ow th er e wi ll b e o nl y th e top fOllr t eams c Olllpe ting in th e "final s," A t f Ollr m en p er t ea m p er e\" ent. that Ill ean~ 16 l11 en p er e e \'ent-not pro bably th e he ~t 16 l11 en p er e \'ent. rrh e winn er of <I n in ­di\'idual e \' ent w ill h a \- e li tt l e r ecog-nitin n,

H o \\- many p eople wou l d w:\tch t h e p r e ­lirninal'i es w h el'e the real b est indh'idual s are c h ose n ? l-[O\\- g r ea t a n audi ence wClu l d s h ow up to wntc h a 111 ee t \\'ith as 1ll:lIlY a~ 20 Ill en »81' e\' en t-even t h e best 20? Or t h e "fina ls" with ]6 111en p er even t ?

If th i s " sys t em "' i s u seeI , [ \I'ould th ..... , ­f o r e not h e surpri se d if the s ize of th e a udi e llce dilnini ~ hes-nor ,,,o uld T fe el too badly. f O l' I wou l d not want t( }O many peap i£' g'e tting th e \\To ng idea of "'hat gYlll n n:-; ti cs is a ll abo ut. T W:lnt p eop l e t o lik e our sport.

H t h e rul es that w er e u :--:: e (l l a:-;t yea l' do n o t r e turn to co ntro l t h e 1ll:l 11agament o f the final s of the :'\CAA :'-Iation fl l s, gym ­n a s t i cs "'ill ~uff e l' n gTeat h l ow,

S il1 {'e 1'e ly, Mickey Chaplan, i\Iark Haug-an , Steve L e rn e r , J o n L ind e k e, Richard .l\fuff , K en­n e th Sak o(]a , 'Wayn e M a r Cll', Larry F r en ­ze l , .lam e, L ee. C harli e 'H edges , Sanford Bnssis t , D o n Art h ul', IVIike I--f aug-an UCL A gymnast s.

Assoc. Ed : Th e executive offices of the NCAA report that the decisions concerning the format of the NCAA fin a ls were m ade by the Rules and Meet Committee in what th ey hoped would be in the best interest of the sport. Always open to su~gestions , the Rules and Meet Committee has indio cated s ~ me changes have been ma de . (See letter below)

NCAA RULES CHANGES AND INTERPRETATIONS

I':dito r : At a s p ec ial l'ui e :-; lll ee tin g- in I{all:-; a:--::

('ity . t h e ~(,AA gYllllla:--;ti cs rul e:--; t:fl llllllit­t pe e:-: t:Jllli sh e<1 t lH-' follo\\- ing':

1. I II I{(''!.dona l alld Qualif.'·ing· Ill et' t~ a tt' ,lll l "'i ll he a ll o w e d :\s many a ll- a r o und Illt'll a:-: th l" ." wou ld 1"iJ.:; e ill t h t' l'O ll l pu!:--::or y t-' xt'J't'i:--;e :-o, Til t" t·' xt!";1 rn e ll mllst h e "'ithin th t· 1:!- lll<l1J t e:.lll i 1i111 it. Til th p optiolla l ('xt,l"t' i :--t'~ ;1 t e.11ll Jlla~- (;' l1t (' 1" a fifth 111;111 Oil

1';1(, 11 t-' \"t .• II I proy i ding' th e fifth 1ll, I ll is wo J"!.;:i llg· f u l' All - At'ound olll~-,

~ , T h"J"t' h:l ~ h (:,t' ll :--;.: n1lt.> ('onfu:-; i o n 1' f' ­g'al'<1illg' ;\ ril l e ("hallg'l' 011 Long' Il o l' ~ e . Tilt , ("{JJlfu ~ illll :--;It'lll~ fro lll not h aY ing' tht' r u l e

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book s until thi s time . If a gym nast w ish es to t a ke a second vault h e must indicate hi s in tentio n before h e is g iven a SCQ l ' e for the fir s t vault.

3. No c h a nges in lineup a r e permitted after th e start of an event. If a m an is r e illoved f rorn a n event a ft er it h as b egu n , h e s h a ll b e coun ted a s o ne of t h e 12 m e n 111 a king up the teanl .

4. The College Divis ion NCAA gymnas ­t ics champio ns hips wer e established o n Ma r ch 8 a nd 9, 1968.

5. Th e U niver s ity D iv is ion 111ee t was awarded to t h e U nive r s ity of Arizona fo r April 4, 5 a nd 6, 1968.

Glenn , I hope yo u can find a place for these i tems soon.

D ear Dick:

S incer e ly, Glenn W ilson Secr etar y, GYl11nastic s Ru l e~ & Meet Committee

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S in cer ely, D e n ni s Paolett i Bould e r , Colorado

Assoc. Ed: Thanks for the photo . We en­Joy "safe" accidents. Our Art Editor says thanks but he' d rather see some color.

POSITION WANTED

Deal' Mr. Sundby; At the present t inl e I anl acVve ly e n­

gag'eel in securin g a full tinl e high sch 001 0 1' coll ege ins tr uct ional pos ition for the comi ng 1968- 1969 sch ool yea r.

I h ave had seve n cornpe tit ive year s o f va r s ity gY111nastics a nd four ye:=t r~ nf coaching j u nior hig h sch ool and h igh sch ool va r s ity tea111S. I h ave b een activel ," illyo )ved in Orego n GY111 1lflStics Ass0c iation for f our years a nd a nl presen t ly th e Vice Presid ent of t h e Ore . Gym n a stics Ass'lc i­ation . The var s ity t eam I coach ed f or fO ll r year s ca Ine up to seclfHld in th e No r th e1'n District Ch am pio n shi ps, and third in t h e Oregon S t a t e GY lllna s ti cs Ch a rnpio n sh ips during the 1966 -1967 school year.

I f a pos ition ope ns, I wo uld annreciate any in forrnation c oncerning qualificatio n .:; necessa r y to a pply .

S ince r e ly yours; Rodney P. Os tb.oe Box 149 B l Loran e Route Cottage Grove, Orego n 97424

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D eal' Mr. Sundby : I anl inte r est ed in obtaining infol'll1ation

r egard ing d a t es of the gyrnnastic c0111pe ti­t ion at the Olympics in M e xico City . A ny infornlation yo u can s u pp ly r egarding tim e , pla ce a nd li s t of events wou ld t r u ly be a ppreciated.

Cordially, B ob Hicks Tanlpa , F lorida

ED : The gymnastic competition will be held in the 13 ,000 seat Nati o n a l Audit or ­ium from October 21 t o 26, 1968. F a ,' addi­tional inform ation refer' to pag e 19 of the November Modern Gymnast.

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MID-ATLANTIC AAU District Championship For Girls. West Chester State College, West Chester, Pa . Director: Mrs. Phyllis Cooper, Health and Phys. Ed. Dept., West Chester S.C. West Chester, Pa . 19380 Jan. 13, 1968.

WISCONSIN OPEN Gymnastic Championship February 17 , 1968. Brookfield East Gymna­sium , Brookfield, Wisconsin .

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