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VOL. 7 No.'s 8 & 9

CONTENTS

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ................ 5 CHA LK TALK •. __ ..... ..... .. ... ..... . _.... ....... 7 3rd ANNUAL SANTA MONICA

GYMFEST .. _ ...................... .... __ ..... 8 USGF DIRECTORS REPORT .. ............. . 11 CANADIAN REPORT ............... ..... ...... 12 RESEARCH AND FITNESS .. __ .. _ ........... 18 EUROPEAN CHAM PIONSH IP . ____ ... _ ... _.20 HOW TO PUBLICIZE GYMNASTICS .. 22 U.S. TRIALS AND INTERNATIONAL

MEET REPORT ...................... ...... 24 M ENICHELL I . __ .... ... _ .... ............ _._ .... .... 26 SOKOL CENTENN IAL SLET .......... .... .. 28 NATIONAL SUMM ER CLINIC _._ .... ..... 30 CENTRAL ATLANTIC GYM CAMP .... 32 EASTERN CAMP CLINIC ...... ... _ .......... 33 FIRST IN THE WEST ... ....................... 34 CAMP MAN ISON ... ...... _ .. ..... _._. __ .... ... _.35 OKLAHOMA WORKSHOP ......... _ ......•. 35 CAMP MALMAHED .... .......... ... ........... 36 HELPFUL HINTS ....... ....... ... __ ............. 37 GYMNASTICS IN PHYSICAL

EDUCATION .............................. 38 NOTES FROM A NEUROTIC

JUDGE ... _ ......... __ .... .......... _ ......... .42 V IC SAYS ..... _ ................... _ .... ..... ... ..... .43 TRAMPOLINING _ ..... .. __ _ .. ...... ___ ... ___ . __ 44 WH AT'S THE SCORE? ............. .......... .46 LETTERS ....... ....... .... .. .. .. ......... __ .... _ ... .48

COVER: Greg Weiss top All A round USA scorer at the pre-Olympic Games in Mex­ico City. MG Ektachrome X photo taken at the USAF Academy, Colorodo Springs, Colo. with the beautiful new chapel in background.

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U.S.G.F. MEETING At the USGF Annual meeting held in

Denver in connection with the Coaches Congress, Dick Clausen past Sec.·Treas. of the USGF was elected as the new Presi· dent.

Retiring USGF Prexy Don Boydston was presented a placque by USGF. Director Frank Bare in recognition of his leadership as President during the important past formative years 'of the USGF.

Past USGF Dan Boydston receiving placque from Frank Bare

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New USGF President Dick Clausen

COACHES CONGRESS The first Coaches Congress was held in

Denver, Colorado on Nov. 26th and 27th, 1965 and hosted by the Colorado Coaches Association. The Congress proved to be a very enthusiastic gathering of Coaches discussing Gymnastics without the past usual meeting pressures of competitions going on at the same time. So successful was the meeting that the largest group pre· sent representing Gymnastics from all sec· tions of the USA voted unanimously to return to Denver for the second annual Gymnastic Coaches Congress in i966 in· stead of waiting the two years between Congress meetings as originally planned.

Pictured below are some of the delegates from the 1 st Gymnastic Coaches Congress who bravely left the warm meeting rooms to come out in the cold and snow to pose for this M.G. Photo.

USSR REPORT by Yuri Sabirov

USSR vs. JAPAN USSR and Japan met for a duel meet

in Kiev on October 20th to 22nd, 1%5, This competition was very exciting and the most tense I have ever seen. You may come across many new names in the USSR team, most of which are very young but who, in spite of their youth and. lack of Interna· tional experience made a very good showing. It goes without saying that our young gym· nasts have improved greatly since the Tokyo Olympic Games.

TEAM MEN: USSR ........................................................ 288.50 JAPAN ................... .... ............. .. ............... . 288.45

INDIVIDUAL ALL·AROUND 1. S. Diomidov, USSR ...... ...................... 58.26 2. M. Voronin, USSR ............................ 58.00 3. S. Tsurumi, JAPAN .............. ... ....... 57.90 4. T. Katoh, JAPAN ............................ 57.85 5. T. Mitsukuri, JAPAN .................... 57.80 6. V. Leontev, USSR ............................. 57.60 7. A. Nakayama, JAPAN .................... 57.55 8. V. Kerdemelida, USSR .................... 57.50 9. M. Watanabe, JAPAN ......... .. ......... 57.00

10. V. Medvedev, USSR ...... ............ ...... 56.90 n. 1. Auba, JAPAN ................................ 56.30 12. V. Saskin, USSR ................................ 55.50

TEAM WOMEN: USSR .... ... ... ......... .... ............. ..... ............ ..... 192.1 JAPAN ..................................................... ... 190.5

INDIVIDUAL ALL·AROUND 1. Drizinina, USSR ........ ...................... .. 38.85 2. Kuchinskaya, USSR .... .. .................... 38.50 3. Kontsora, USSR ................................ 38.35 4. Adachi, JAPAN ................................ 38.25 5. Podourckaya, USSR .......................... 38.20 6. Subuja, JAPAN ...... ........ ........ .......... 38.05 7. Nakamuka, JAPAN .......................... 38.00 8. Furujama, JAPAN ............................ 37.95 9. Buruchera, USSR ............. .. ........... .... 37.80 9. Rara, JAPAN .................................. .. 37.80

11. Fsurumi, JAPAN ............ .................. 37.70 12. Surmeneva, USSR .............................. 36.95

NATIONAL ASSOC. OF COLLEGE GYMNASTICS COACHES (N.A.C.G.C'>

TO: All College Coaches FROM: Clair Jennett, Sec.-Treas., Men's Physical Ed., San Jose State College, San Jose, Calif.

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MISS DF1AWARE IS GYMNAST TOO!

Miss Kathy Grandell (Miss Delaware) vf Wilmington, Delaware and a former State Gymnastic Champion now belongs to that rare group of gymnasts who have performed like champions and are bf'auties besides. Two others we know about are Miss Sally

Noble of Michigan and Miss Amanda Whit­man who was a former Miss Tennessee.

Kathy has made an appearance on "To Tell The Truth" and is currently studying languages at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida:.

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3rd Annual Santa Monica Gymfest

By Dick Criley Even those fami liar with the permanent

setup of Santa Monica State Beach were a little surprised to see a full·blown gym· nasium with bleachers set up on the beach September 5, 6, and 7. The Santa Mon ica Open and Invitational competitions were held Labor Day weekend with the largest number of entries to date.

Saturday's open competition featured all th~ Olympic events except long horse for specialists and all·around men. A large crowd was attracted Sunday, despite cloudy weather (yes fans, California does have one or two cloudy days a year, but never before on Labor Day). The women's open competition in floor exercise, beam and uneven parallel bars was supplemented by special events, the trampoline, mini,tramp, swinging rings dismounts, and qua,d bars.

- Both days of open competition brought together aspiring and accomplished gym· nasts from southern Cal ifornia and from as far away as Carbondale, Illinois. Plaques were awarded the top t hree competitors in each event and trophies to the all· around winners. In addition special award s were made to a male and female gymnast as showing great gymnastics potentiaL

A crowd of 400 saw invited gymnasts and winners of open competi tion events in the Invitational meets on Labor Day. The fine competition was surely a stimu· lation to the growing interest in gymnas· ti cs in southern California.

At left: Photo oct ion from 3rd Annual Gymfest with A ll Around winner Bob Dia­mond in the center surrounded by other meet participants.

Top: Gymfest awards and ring dismount action.

At right : Johnny Robinson demonstrating on the Quad Bars Lower Right : Informal shot photo of some of the judges and participants Belows : Invitationa l All Around winners· Fred Dennis, Bob Diamond and Brent Hal~

SANTA MONICA MENS INVITATIONAL Sept. 5th, 1965

ALL-AROUND: (5 event s, no Long Horse) Bob Diamor;d-42.8S; Fred Den­nis-42.80; Brent Hale--42.3S; Rick Tucker- 40.8S; Gary Diamond-40.70.

FLOOR EX'ERCISE: Bob Diamond-9.00; Gary Diamond-8.60; Paul Mayer-8.SS; AI Luber Fred Dennis, Jeff Bennon.

SIDE HORSE: Fred Siebum-9.3S; Brent Hale--8.60; Fred Dennis-8.40; Paul Mayer W ayne Marcus, Rick Tucker.

PARALLEL BARS : Bob Diamond-9.0S; Brent Ha le--8.60; Rick Tucker-8:40; Gary Diamond Fred Siebum, Paul Mayer.

HIGH BAR :' Fred Dennis-9.l0; Brent Hale--9.05; Rick Tucker-8.9S; Bob Dia-mond, Gary Diamond, Mark DaVIS. .

STILL RINGS : Chris Evans-9.40; Skip Johnson-9.3S; Fred Dennis-9.0S; Bob Diamond, Michael Chaplan, Pat Arno ld .

SANTA MONICA MENS OPEN Sept. 3,d, 1965

ALL-AROUND: Dennis Sullivan-39.6S; Rick Tucker-38 .S0; Brent Hale--38.00; Fred Dennis, Don Klob & Paul Mayer.

FLOOR EXERCISE: Jeff Bennon-B.6S Pau l Mayer-8 .6"O; Bob Lynn, Keith Ahone & Rick Tucker.

SIDE HORSE: Fred Siebum-8 .8S; Den­nis Ramsey-8.2S; Bob Lynn-8.00; Wayne Marcus, Brent Hale & Dennis Su l­livan.

PARALLEL BARS : Fred Siebum-9.00; Bob Diamond-8.20; Martin Carranza-7.75, Dennis Su llivan, Rick Tucker , Brent Hale.

HIGH BAR: Rick Tucker-9.0S; John Morrissey-8.7S; Mark Dav is-8.7S; Fred Dennis, Brent Hole, Dennis' Su ll ivan.

STILL RINGS : Skip Johnson-9.40; Chris Evans-9.30; Michael Chaplan-8.6S; Pat Arno ld-8.6S; Fred Dennis , Dennis Su lli ­van.

TRAMPOLINE: Chris Castner- 8.7S; Dennis Sullivan-8.40; Rich Stova ll- 7.30.

MINI TRAMP : Bob Diamond-8.8; Chris Castner-8.6; John Evans-8.3.

SHORT RING DISMOUNTS : Louis West -9.3; Juan Sanchez-8 .?; Gary Diamond - 8.3.

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SANTA MONICA GIRLS INVITATIONAL Sunday Sept. 4th, 1965

ALL-AR'OUND (Three events) Cathy Rigby 26.5 W endy Cluff 25.5 Beverly Ml'rquette 24 .5

FLOOR EXERCISE W indy Cluff 8.8 Cathy Rigby 8.3 Susie Singrin 8.2

BALANCE BEAM Cathy Rigby 9.0 Windy Cluff 8.6 Lisa Nelson 8.0

UNEVEN BARS Cathy Rigby 9.1 Beverly Marquette 8.7 Wendy Cluff 8.6 Also in the competition were: Diane

Zorick, Sheila Martin, Dorthy Perschke, Ellen Perschke and Roche lle Einstoss.

Above Left : Girls waiting t o compete in Gymfest

Above Right: All Around winners; Wendy Cluff, Beverly Marquette and Cathy Rigby

At Left: Li sa Nelson, special awards winner

At Right and Below: Competition action

FRAN K L. BARE Executive Director

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The 1966 season with a series of truly fine annual events in various parts of the U.S.A. This fall has already seen some of the areas of our country sponsoring clinics and developmental competitions.

All too often, I feel compel~d to notify readers of the rather poor treatment our sport receives from the organiza­tion that has been in charge internationally for a good many years. It is unfortunate, I believe, that this organization has continually placed Amerca's worst foot forward in-so­far as officials of that group are concerned. The latest word is that the FIG representative from lorth America has been ousted (by pressures) due to the fact that h e lost favor with his sponsors who placed him there initially. It must surely impress foreigners that this battle rages be­tween members of the recognized (internationally) body and has absolutely no bearing on the vast majority of American gymnastics.

It will soon be a new year and with the coming of 1966, the U.S.G.F. wishes to announce a new reporting policy, at least as far as this series of articles is concerned . It it 'my opinion that even though the A.A.U. remains recognized by the F.LG., that they have ceased to be even remotely concerned with developing gymnastics here at home in the U.S.A. In Germany, last September. they firmly proved that they would rather beat the USGF politically if possible than have American athletes take a proper first place inter­nationally (see last issue of MG). By the way, in my last report I mentioned this incident and made a mistake in reporting. I stated the two AAU entries in the Fahrbach­Schuster Cup placed fourth (4th) and (10th) ... and I have been informed from Europe that I was in error. They finished sixth (6th) and about 20th. Sorry!

Last yea r the USGF had one Regional Meet . .. in the West. In 1966 we have firm dates and sites for three such Regional Meets ... MIDWEST ... SOUTHERN ... and WESTERN .. . and we look forward to eventually having eight (8) such meets on an annual basis, in the very near future.

In the coming season we will have an official USGF Sanction on more gymnastics meets in the USA than we have had in the first two together. The sport grows and improves and a 11 of us working together will see the day when gymnastics is one of the best known and most appreci­ated spectator sports in the nation.

New 14 x 20 poster f or special events available from USGF office with your meet or exhibition ad imprinted. (contact USGF office for further information)

Did you know that in the first year of publication the AGE-GROUP GYMNASTICS WORKBOOK (by Turner Jim Farkas) this office has placed over 2,250 copies in schools, colleges and YMCA's in the USA, Canada and more than a dozen foreign lands? It is rapidly becoming the basis for a national age-group gymnastics program that will one day make us a country to be reckoned with in this sport. As 1965 draws to .a close we find more than 500 coaches registered as TJSGF members and the gymnast cards reach into the 3,675 range.

There seems to be a feeling amongst the membership that the time has come to for get the A.A.U. and move right ahead with a positive gymnastics developmental program the likes of which the United States has never had. This feeling is evidenced in man y letters, phone calls, and com­ments during my travels. Most feel that with the exception of a handful of AAU officials, who seem destined to make every trip ... select athletes from their own teams (if they coach) to make trips without formal trials . . . that very little influence is exerted by the AA U on the sport na­tionally.

With this feeling in mind we consider moving ahead, as we have in the past, with our national program and concentrating on bringing to the coaches and athletes every possible means of assistance and information they might need to advance their technical knowledge or skill. If the A.A.U. desires to con tinue to fi ght amongst themselves as they did in Vienna and in Tokyo such is surely what they will continue to do. It is our desire to prevent this useless in-fighting they continue to demonstrate from having an ill-effect upon a truly great activity that is enj oyed by many thousands.

Could be an entirely new era in gymnastics is just around the corner and we'll see our sport grow not to spite the AAU but rather in spite of them. A happy 1966 to the readers of the world's most beautiful and complete gym­nastic magazine.

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HERE N THERE ;rhis year's A.A.U. Canadian Annual

Convention will take place at the Hotel Georgia, Vancouver, B.C. from November 3rd to November 6th.

Jim Mc Pherson, Port Colbome High School, was elected Gymnastics Chairman of the Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools. Jim is a dedicated worker for Gymnastics and I know he will carry on the good work started by his predecessor Joe Krar.

Stuart Burbine of Athena High School, Prince Edward Island has been appointed Chairman of a committee, to promote Gymnastics in the Schools of this great Province. The Schools are really getting active here in the East. What about the West?

Doug Reed, Elementary School, Physical Education Supervisor, Toronto Township is going to Coach, "Gordon Graydon Col­legiate. Doug Reed came to Canada from England a few years ago and is really promoting this Sport at the Elementary school level. Now he is giving his time to the High Schools. Good for you Doug.

Attending the Gymnaestrada in Vienna Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gagnier, Mr. and Mrs_ Frank Vidlak, Mlle. Cecile Grenier, Mr. Albert J_ Mettler, and Mr. Doug Kerr. Canada can be proud of its representatives.

Talking about the Gymnaestrada Doug Kerr took many fine rolls of film and having previewed the film I can only say . . . magnificent job Doug. I know Doug will be showing these excellent films at OSGCA Clinics this season.

Wilhelm Weiler informs me his book should be published in a few months. He was as usual, performing on behalf of the United Appeal Fund, ably assisted by Rick Kinsmen of the R.C.A.F.

UNIVERSITY MEETS Inter University Meet (Quebec and On·

tario) at the University of Montreal, Feb. 5th, 1966.

Tri Meeb - R.M.C. Kingston, Queens University, University of Toronto, at Uni· versity of Toronto, Jan. 29th, 1966.

Dual Meet University of Toronto, Eastern Michigan, Ypsilanti, at the Uni­versity of Toronto, March 4th, 196.

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS

News from Raymond Gagnier A.A.U. Chairman indicates, a "full Team Men and Women for the Pan Am Games, but for the Olympics in Mexico 1968 only 4 Gym· nasts. Raymond suggests we fight now, 1st, by making a resolution at the Annual Convention, to increase the participation to a full Men's and Women's Team and 2nd to improve the calibre of our Gym­nasts so much, that it would be impos­sible to prevent them from participating.

The Danish Gym Team will be Tour­in/!: the Maritime Provinces in November.

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CANADIAN REPORT by Johnny Nooney

I hope in the next issues to cover their Tour in more detail.

CLINICS Al Warrick of the Physical Education.

Staff of the North York Board of Educa· tion was recently appointed Director of Clinics for O.S.G_C.A.

He has assembled a Clinic Team, of Physical Education specialists and intends holding Gymnastic Clinic in High Schools and Recreation Centres. Some dates are still open. For further information contact the Sec. of O.S.G.C.A. Mr. Hugh Rodgers, 22 Arkley Cres., Weston, Ont.

George Harlow of York Memorial Col­legiate, Toronto informs me he learned many new teaching techniques at the Michigan State Summer Clinic. George strongly recommends this Clinic to his fellow educators in physical education.

Last month over 67 Instructors, Men and Women attended a Gymnastic Clinic held at McCormick Recreation Centre. This clinic was sponsored by the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Centres.

The Clinic was under the direction of Mr. Ian Thompson, Programme Co-ordin­ator and his assistant Mr. Don Gordon. I was Programme Lecturer and was amazed at the Gymnastic ability of some of the Instructors attending.

The City of Toronto will hold their own Meets this year and this will give many boys and girls their first introduc­tion to Gymnastics.

Me Donald Collegiate, Scarborough will hold a Clinic in Girls Gymnastics under the direction of Mrs. Stephena Johnson for the High Schools of the District on Janu­ary the 15th.

PROMOTION DEPARTMENT

In August I attended the National Track and Field Clinic at Guelph University (Ontario) to be with some of myoid friends from Great Britain - Geoff Dy­son, Geojj Elliot, Lionel Pugh, Tom Din· sley and Stuart Robbins. Most of the fore­mentioned are on the staffs of the Uni­versities of British Columbia and Alberta. It was a genuine pleasure to recall past memories.

Over 300 coaches and teachers attended the clinic given by Geoff Dyson and his splendid staff. Geoff's book "The Mechan­ics of Athletics" has been translated into 6 languages. MG readers will have noted that this book has been placed on the "Golden List" of gymnastic books.

Geoff and I discussed at length the gymnastic picture in Canada and he of­fered me his personal assistance as alec· turer. As the Director of the Canadian Legion's National Sports Training Pro­gramme, Geoff endorsed the MG by of­fering to assist in its promotion. Thank you Geoff.

Alex Peepre, the host convener, ar­ranged to have the Ontario School Gym-

nastic Coaches' Association Newsletter dis­tributed to all coaches. Alex remains at Guelph University next year.

Squadron Leader Harry Kerrison, from Command H.Q., Ottawa, discussed with me the Armed Forces gymnastic picture and promised the full co-operation of the Pub­lic Relations Department.

At this year's Annual Convention a dis­cussion will take of the possibility of or­ganizing a Coaches Clinic with the Can­adian Legion_ As I was the initiator of this move at the National Track and Field Clinic this year at Guelph, I sincerely hope the delegates in Vancouver will see the value of such a move and that some amiable arrangements can be worked out.

Mr. Don Eagle, Harrison House, Uni­versity of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick writes, I am anxious to have some Meets for my Gymnastic Team. Any American or Canadian Universities wish­ing to contact Don please do so. It's good to see the upsurge in the last year or so of our Universities. Anyone, who would like the College schedule, if you write to me I would be glad to give you one. I am hoping to have a total of 18 Meets this year.

PROPOSED NATIONAL A.A.U. GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATION

CONSTITUTION

Received a Copy this morning. I was closely associated with the drawing up of this Proposed Constitution from its very inception, and would like to cite the work done on it by John Tutte and to pass this comment. ("Long overdue and necessary in this Constitution.")

CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COME North American Championships 1%6 Eastern and Western Championships

1966. Canadian Championships and Trials for

the World Championships 1966. Canada - U.S.A. Meet Canada - West Germany at the World

Championships (Possibility) Quebec Winter Games (February 1967)

Now Official. Canadian Championships and Pan Am

Trials 1967. Pan American Games 1967.

Geoff Dyson and John Nooney checking over Canadian report in last MG.

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A YEAR I N GERMANY by Barry Brookers

Having been a member of the Toronto German Harmonie Club, and being an in­curable gymnast, I finally completed plans to visit the ocuntry and people I had heard so much about, and take part in the world of European gymnastics.

After arriving in August, 1964 in Col­ogne, Germany and then spending a month brushing up my high school German, and visiting the famous gymnastic "Sporthoch­schule" where Abe and Mitsukuri teach, I moved to Oppau. Oppau has been a long­time stronghold of German competitive gymnastics, and is situated near the in­dustrial centre of Ludfigshafen and just a motor bike ride from fabulous Heidel­berg. There, I had the opportunity to work out with the well known and excellent gymnast Phillip Furst and the en tire team of that club.

We began working on the compulsory exercises for the World Championships which will be held next year in Dortmund. These Championships, incidentally, look and promise to be better than ever; After the retirement of several of the club team members shortly after the Tokyo Olympiad, I visited many of the beautiful small towns along the winding Rhine River valley, from Koblenz southward.

About the beginning of a crisp Febru­ary, I found myself in the town of Heusen­stamm near Frankfurt.

Gymnastics in Heusenstamm typifies the goal. of the German Gymnastic Assoc. (D.T.B). In this town of 8000, Gymnastics is more than a word, it is a living tradition, here the meaning of friendship and cooper­a tion are as much a part of a practice ses­sion as giant swings and handstands. Into this group, I was accepted and welcomed as a gymnastic brother, and no less help was given to me than to any other member of the club. This spirit of willingness to help and share gymnastic knowledge was found by me in coaches in the National Association including H einz Hof and Hardy Frenger and the new national Trainer and coach Eduard Friedrich.

With gymnastic knowledge in hand and sadness in heart I left Heusenstamm and my gymnastic brothers there and returned to Canada to pursue further studies. To my friends in Germany I wish happiness and success in life and in gymnastics and hope that we meet again soon.

CANADIAN Y.M.C.A.'S IN CANADIAN GYMNASTICS

The following report written by Frank Szucs, Director of Physical Education, Saskatoon Y.M.C.A. is thought provoking and many of his comments are timely and needed saying. Thank you Frank.

CANADIAN Y.M.C.A.'S IN CANADIAN GYMNASTICS

The past six years in Canada have seen great progress and upsurge in the sport of gymnastics. Canada has sent gymnasts to international events where our gymnasts performed well above expectations.

For the average Canadian, the sport of gymnastics is a spectacular event of which he knows very little. To most of these newly acquired fans of gymnastics, it is a new sport in Canada. However, top level

performance of Canadian gymnasts in in­ternational competitions such as the last Pan American Games might be new but gymnastics has long been a part of Cana­dian X.M.C.A. Physical Education pro­gram.

This is neither a pat on the back nor a demand for belated recognition. This is ,imply recalling the history of gymnastics in Canadian Y.M.C.A.'s and the present role played by the Y.M.C.A. in the devel­opment of this sport in Canada. It isn't known to many Canadians that less than 35 years ago gymnastic events were com­bined with track and field events in com­petItIOns. Approximately 25 years ago, Canadian Y.M.C.A.'s Senior Leader Corps held, at that time, high calibre gymnastic competitions. The sport of gymnastics has played a major part in every Y.M.C.A. program for boys.

However, due to the lack of a nation­wide, strong gymnastics organization to co-ordinate amateur gymnastics, the sport itself is heavily confined to the Y.M.C.A. The reason for it is very simple, the Y.M.C.A. have always had gymnasiums, equipment, and leaders. One might raise the question why the European immigrants have not organized the traditional gym clubs such as the German Turners, or the Czech Sokol Movement. The reason for it, I believe, is that they could find fulfill­ment, satisfaction and acceptance in the Y.M.C.A. gym clubs.

The post-war development of gymnastics and the new emphasis placed on physical fitness again emphasized the importance of gymnastics. There have been numerous plans from Junior development programs tl> five-year plans in gymnastics to train international cal i b r e gymnasts. The Y.M.C.A. National Council has introduced the four-star intermediate level gymnastic program for boys from 12-16 years of age. This program includes the six Olympic events and trampoline. Each star has four movement series to be performed. The purpose of this program is to give good all-round fundamentals including and lead­ing up to back uprise to free hip circle on high bar and glide kip upstart to hand stand on parallel bars. I used these two samples to indicate that the purpose of this intermediate level program is to teach movements of reasonably high calibre. Those who show exceptional ability and interest can be trained at a greater speed for modern, up-to-date competitive gym­nastics.

The saying, "The wider is the pyramid, the higher you can build it" holds true in this case. Mass participation in gymnastics under skilled, dedicated instructors will guarantee top gymnasts for Canada in fu­ture gymnastic meets . Unified teaching methods, exercises, gym meets at regular intervals, training of judges and com­munications can be handled through the Y.M.C.A. with the greatest speed. The Y.M.C.A. Physical Directors are full-time professions. They teach full-time and con­sequently, they can plan ahead and see their programs through.

American gymnasts are more fortunate because of the greater emphasis placed on gymnastics in American high schools. However, starting gymnastics in high school is too late. Canadian Y.M.C.A.'s are fortunate enough to have thousands of boys between the age of 10-14 years as Y.M.C.A. members, consequently, their's is the greatest and best opportunity to reach the largest group of this age for promotion in gymnastics. However, we re.alize our limitl,ltions and the greatest

problem presently lies in the lack of con­tinuity for high school age, intermediate calibre gymnasts. This age group should be handled either by high school gym clubs or community sponsored, laymen coached gym clubs. To accomplish this, I feel A.A.U. sponsored coaches clinics, summer gym camps held in Canada are needed.

The Physical Education curricula of Canadian Public Schools and High Schools should include gymnastics with very def­inite goals set for the Physical Education teacher. Canadian Y.M.C.A.'s National Council Leaders' Training Camp, which has been in operation for 9 years, trains leaders in gymnastics. However, the num­ber the camp can handle is limited and I am sure this is the only camp of its k ind.

This article is not meant to be self­appraisal or offering a cure or a quick remedy to the problems in Canadian gymnastics. However, the Y.M.C.A. has been working towards better Canadian gymnastics a nd with better A.A.U. , Y.M.C.A. and community co-operation, I believe we can all look forward to better ctrganized Canadian gymnastics in the fu­ture.

Welsh vdulting plus group at the Gym­naestrada

CANADIAN OBSERVER Mr. Doug K err, President of the On­

tario ~cltool C;ymnastic Loacltes Associ­ation sent me the following repurt of his trip to the Gymnaestrada. Doug has worked long and hard fo r the sport anll I know that this trip was' the highlight 0/ his association with Gymnastics. Thank you Doug jor a most informative report.

MEMORIES OF A CANADIAN OBSERVER AT THE VIENNA

GYMNAESTRADA 1965 What an unforgetable event! Vienna proved to be a most gracious host city and provided the gymnasts of the world a grand reception. These included special rates on public transportation, reduced fares on tours from the city, passes to some of Austria's great museums and many other advantages.

In all, there were 315 excellen t per­formances given in seven major centers of the city. These demonstrations were given

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by 10,000 superb gymnastic devotees who hailed from more than 30 countries. The presentations varied from solo' work by individual stars to mass demonstrations in the stadiums. It was impossible for a per­son to see all the performances and most "afficiados" had a problem deciding just what might prove to be the most inter­esting.

The " piece de resistance" of course was the evening performance in the Stadhalle of the Olympic Champions_ All the movie camera buffs were very grateful to the Gymnaestrada committee for providing a well lit cen tre floor. The cameras ground out their quiet purring by the hundreds as each cham pion performed his winning routine. The Stadhalle sea ts approx imate­ly 10,000 and it was completely sold out about 5 months in advance.

On the distaff side, the Czechoslovakian modern dancers under the direction of Mrs. D. Paclova were in a class by them­selves. They performed beautifully using hoops, balls, ropes and gaily coloured r ibbons.

The Scandinavians were very impres­sive. A cas t of thousands varying III age from 7-70 thrill ed large audiences both in the Stadhalle and outdoors. The Swedish girls from lVlalmo who performed at the New York World's Fair and in Canada were favourites.

An act which I thought exceptional was a marvellous display on 9 pommel horses set· up in a large "V" formation . This presentation was by 54 elite side-horse men from Czechoslovakia. They never made a mistake and my movies will prove it! All the performances which I saw were ac­companied by piano music and this seems to be an essential for crowd pleasing and perfect timing of gymnasts.

Another amazingly "good show" was that by a troop of 8 Portugese men. They worked flawlessly for twenty minutes on fl oor exercises, tumbling, vaulting and hand-balancing. Their durability and pre­cision was awe inspiring.

A German team gave a grand show on their 4 sets of wheels called " Banen". These pairs of wheels are abou t 7 feet in diameter and are welded together with about 2 feet of separation . The gymnast sets his feet in clamps and holds on with his "hands as the wheels turn. What a craze they would be if in troduced into North America. P eople would soon forget about the "hoola hoop", "Skate Boards" and "Yo-Yos".

The Yugoslavs gave very capable per­fonn ances in ed ucational gymnastICS. Youth groups worked ingenous skills with sectiol)s of vaulting horses, logs etc. A group of young boys and girls gave one of the finest displays of tumbling and free exercise at the Gymnaestrada.

The American team with very little reo hearsal time sparkled in tumbling and free exercise "American Style". They also showed the rest of "the world how to use the trampoline. There were many tram­poline shows in Vienna but none compared to the class of the "Yanks" some of whom did triple somersaults in almost a casual manner.

I've go t to hand it to the Russians who gave the most impressive over all showing. They marched in to stirring music arms cross-swin ging behind the fl ags of their 15 Soviet States. All of these flags were

Upper left: Charles Thaeni , FIG President ~iving opening address at the City Hall Plaza; Girls rh ythmic gymnastic group ' German girls in the gym wheels and Ger: man boys w ith medicine balls.

Endo of Japan

raised very ceremoniously on one ,!ligh standard. T hey performed in a most pro­fess ional" manner, worked on all the Olym­pic appara tus and thrilled thousands in the Danube Hal l. Despite a temperature of about 100° inside this "Greenhouse-' no one thought of giving up their place for some fresh air.

All the business at the FIG meetings was carr ied on in the French and German languages and several of the " uneducated" observers· li ke myself had to depend on interpretors.

T he Gymnaestrada travel comm ittee ar­ranged tou rs to neighbouring coun tries be­hind the I ro n Curtain . The bus I traveled on to Hungary was filled with a very cos-

Gullburg of Sweden

Ex hibit ion group f rom The Netherlands

Caslavska of Czecholovakia

mopolitan "gang" from about 10 different countries. This bus load included a charm­ing group of Israeli gymnasts and their advisors. What singing ! I t was great !

In Budapest and Lake Balaton we found the Hungarians were very kind and hospitable. My room mate on this junket was a retired German school master who spoke no English and I not one word of German. We go t on famously though and I learned that he liked to go "Schwimmin" in Lake Balaton before breakfast and do some heavy "schl aHin" in the hotel in the afternoon.

The Gymnaestrada was a grand lesson for the world in International Goodwill.

Shaklin of USSR

CANADIAN OLYMPIC REPORT

By RICHARD KIHN

You can read with pride the belated Olympic R eport below, written by Rich­ard Kihn. On behalf of all CanadianS', Thank Y ou, Rick, Willie and Gil, you were a credit to this great Nation. Thank you Rick for the report. (John )

On October 24, 1964, the colorful Closing Ceremony brought the greatest Olympic Games, the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo 1%4, Methany, 9.35; Gleason, 9.3; McDonnell & to an end_

I'm sure the days in Japan, the excitement of the Olympic competition, our shopping, sightseeing and other activities in Tokyo and Yokohama left us memories, which none of us will ever forget. In my humble opinion the organization of these Olympic games came as close to being perfect as anything can ever come. Except for a few rainy days it seemed, as if the Japanese even had an official in heaven to control the weather conditions. I still remember the last few days before the Opening Cere­mon ies when the weather was terrible un­til on October 10, all of a sudden even the last cloud had disappeared and the sun was shining through a blue sky, as the 8000 athletes from 94 countries marched in to the packed National Stad ium for the Opening of the Games.

On October 1st, ' 1964, I left from Tor­ontos' Interna tional Airpor t, where a few farewell speeches were made by Mr. Davis, Ontario Minister of Ed ucation , Mr. Givens, Mayor of Toronto, Mr. Alan Lamport, Con­troller. With the best wishes of all the peopl e at the airport we departed at 9:30 a.m. on a nice sunny day.

Gil Larose was already on board the chartercd flight for the Canadian Olympic T eam which started in Montreal. Our first and only stop was in Vancouver , where the rest of the Olympic team members were picked up. In Vancouver, I finally received my olympic un iform from Chuck Sebes tyen, our Manager. After a few more speeches from B.c. offi cials we took off fo r our fli ght across the Pacific Ocean.

F lying over Alaska we were able to see the snow covered mountains and then we

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saw nothing but clouds and ocean for the next 8 hours.

We arrived at Tokyos' Airport at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon on October 2, 1964. Instead of riding on the famou s Mon­orail as we had all hoped we were picked up by buses which took us through Tokyo and over the newly built ex pressways to the Olympic Village, which was to become our home for the next four weeks.

As soon as we passed through the gates of the village we saw the many athletes from other countries who arrived earlier in their colourful track suits. We could pic­ture every one on the Canadian Team wear­ing a different suit , that is, if he brought one. But a few days later our disappoint· ment was correc ted, when we received a very nice r ed with white stripes on the sides track suit. Then we were issued quart­ers and the gymnasts occupied one house toge ther wi th the Weightlifters and our .I udo men. Larose, Weiler and myself had one room for ourselves, which was very nicely furnished.

Although we received meals on board the plane we were hungry again and as soon as we received our meal ti ckets we rushed over to the huge dining hall. This hall was divided into 6 large dining rooms to accommodate groups of nations which care for the same food. For every meal one had a choice of about 5 different meats, soup , all kind of salads, po tatoes, beverages, bread or rolls, deserts and I must say I liked all the food. Ususally we took a bit of everything and before we knew it , there was no more room on the plate. Of course one could eat as ~1Uch and as often as one wanted.

We were entitled to a daily practice in one of the eight especially r eserved and equi pped gymnasiums to which we were taken and returned by buses a t specified times. We were always accompanied by some Japanese gymnasts who were to as· asist us in our practice. Fat every gym­nasium there were different Japanese gym· nasts to accompany us. We soon found out, that no matter what gymnast we had , they all coud do the compulsory exercise much better than we. We wanted to fill up the missing three members on our team with some Japanese gymnasts but our appli­ca tion was not accepted .

We did not practice every day because none of us really were used to a daily work out, and to overdo it shortly before the competition would have ~xhausted us. Sometimes we had a whole gymnasiwn for the three of us alone, other times we prac­ticed together with gymnasts from other countries, usually from Switzerland, Nor­way, Luxemburg, U.S.A. , France, Argen­tina etc. A few times we attended the work outs of the Japanese and Russian teams, which rea lly impressed us and gave us an idea of the tough competition these two teams wer e to give each other. It was amaz ing, how these gymnasts were able to do the very difficult compulsories over and over again wi thout getting tired. But I suppose that is what a year r ound, daily practi ce would give you.

On Octo ber 16, two days before the competition we had our last practi ce in the Tokyo Gymnasium , which was to be some­thing like a r ehearsal for the competition, especially for the warm-up and the chang­ing from one event to the other.

Then finally on October 18, 1964, was .the big day of our first Olympic Compe­tition. It was arranged to gym 3 events in the morning and 3 events in the afternoon.

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For us the morning events were high bar, fl oor exercise and pommel horse in that order.

The other five teams that gymned with us a t the same time were from the U.S.A., Taiwan, P oland, Finland and a mixed team with gymnasts from Iran, Great Britain and Philippines. To our surprise Canada was allowed to march in and compete as a full team 0/ its own, while other countries such as France and Sweden who also only had th ree members, were put together with some other individual gymnasts to make up a full team of six.

At 11 :30 sharp the six teams marched in behind their respective country name plate which was carried by a Japanese gymnast, foll owed usually by one gymnast of the tea m carrying the flag. In our case we let Weiler carry the Canadian Flag, and my­self, Larose and our coach Chuck Sebest­yen followed.

We had a five minute warm-up starting and ending at the sound of a chime. For us thi s was suffi cient time since we were only 3 gymnas ts. Everyone already had one hour work out behind him anyway on exactly the same apparlUs in the practice gymnasium.

Sin ce we were three gymnasts and there were six events we decided among our­selves who would gym first on each event. Everyone was also entitled to be last man twice. Weiler picked high bar to be fir st man and so he was the one to s tart our co mpetiti ton.

He went nicely through the compulsory on the high bar except that he still couldn ' t do the proper change after the German giant and . did a fl y-away with a straddle after the last giant swing instead of the fly·away with straight legs as required . 8.15 with a good score for that. I was next and went through the exercise with no mistake but must have shown poor form, because I only received an 8.55. Larose broke in the middle of the routine and re.peated but did a better job the second lime. He received- a score of 8.65. At the sound of the chime and accompanied by light piano music we marched to the floor exercise area while all other teams changed to their next events.

The Floor area was so nicely padded but you still had a firm stand that I often said , if I had such a floor area in all my future competitions I probably would keep on competing for awhile. But this is usu-

ally my worst event or at least in Can­ada I always received my lowest score here; I picked this event to gym last on and hoped . to be able to rai se my score that way a bit. To our biggest surprise it even worked. However I must have also done a good exercise because my score of 8.95 topped Weilers 8.90 and that of La­rose 8.85. Both are usually better on the fl oor than I. I think this really gave me a big lift for I didn't expect more than 8.

On our nex t event, pommel horse, I gymned last again , because it is my best event. I went through the routine as good as most times and was disappointed by the sco re of only 9.10. Weiler slightly missed and received 8.45 and Larose had an 8.80.

That ended our morning competition. S ince we knew how much better the other gy mnasts were and that we would have no chance for any of the top places, we made this more or less a competition of our own, trying to do our very best to beat each other.

Our standing after three compulsories was: Kihn 26.60. points, Larose 26.30 points, Weiler 25.50 points. My overall standing after these three even ts was 86th place.

The afternoon competition started the same way. We had about one hour work­out before the six teams marched into the gymnasiuln again.

J had to start on the rings and received 8.45 , followed by Weiler who received 8.40 and Larose at 8.75. Next was the Long Horse Vault where we all hoped Weiler would be able to make the Finals.

He received a 9.50 for the compulsory "Stoop Vault" which he executed very well, but it just wasn't good enough for the fina ls. We later learned that about a n­other 25 gymnasts had that score or more on the long horse. I received a 9.20 and Larose had a 9.25. With the scores on the parallel bars of Kihn 9.25, Weiler 9.10 and Larose 9.05 we concluded the first half of our olympic competitIOn and our total scores for the compulsory exercises were:

Kihn Larose Weiler

53.50 points 53.35 points 52.50 points

84th place 87th place 93rd place

On October 19, was the competition for the women which gave us a day of rest.

The competition of the optional exercises started for us on Oct. 20, at 8:30 in the

mornlllg on the high bar. Weil er s tarted wi th an 8.90, and r rece ived onl y 8.70 whil e Larose had 9.00, which nave him the a ll around lead , with 0.15 ah ead of me. I knew tha t he wo uld norma ll y in crease on the next eve nt: Floor ex e rc i ~e . But to our sur prise aga in as in the compulsory exer­cise on the fl oor r had the highest score wi th 9.25, wh ile Larose had 9.15 and Weil ­er 9.00. Larose was still ahead of me with 0.05 points.

Our last event for the morning was the pummel horse where l was able to re­cap ture the lead with a cl ean exercise an 9.15; Weiler had 8.65 and Larose, who missed his di smount only had 7.85 points.

Larose was too far back now to threaten my leadin g pos ition but Weil er s till had a good chan ce to over take me, especially wi th his s trongest event , long horse, still to co me. However he was still 1.55 behind, wi th only 3 events to go, and r wo ul d have to miss somewhere if he was to take over the lead.

We started at 2 :30 sharp on our final round. j went through my ring routine safe but not quite as good as usua l and only rece ived 8.65; Weil er with his impress ive d ismount , double somersault , had 9.00 and Larose started with his "Hecht" for which meant th at they had both narrowed the margin . Larose was 0.85 behind me now and Weiler 1.20. It all depended now on how much I wo uld lose on the long horse. La rose start ed with his " Hecht" for which he rece ived a 9.50 and as his second vault he did a "Yamashita" but d id not come to a s tand . Therefore the 9.50 remained his score. I remembered that I onl y had a 9.10 in our Olympic Tri als in Vancouver and also that I lost a fun point for reach· ing into the penalty zone on the compul· so ry vault two days before. All this crossed my mind when I s tarted my run fo r my first va ult. I d id a " Hecht" and it must have been the bes t one l ever did . I re­ce ived a 9.45 and that in th e Olympic Games. Then it was Weilers turn. For him there was s till a chance to make the finals. He knew th at too and put everything into that fir st vault. And what a vault it was. I have Ilever seen him jumping better. 9.70 was his score and I believe this was the highest score a Canadian ever reached in an Olympic Competition. We were all ve ry happy.

As we found out later, there were only three va ulters bett er than that in the op­tional s. Unfortunately his compusory score of 9.50 was not high enough to make him qualify for the final s. He was now .95 hehind me and I had it all fi i1:u red out.

I nt·,· ded at leas t an 8.6S on th e parall .. l I>ar;_ to kee p my firs t place of th e Can­adi an gYlllll a5 ls.

I had to s tart and na tura ll y was a bit nervo us. Chu ck Sebes tyen promi sed a bee r to anybody ge ttin ~ mort' th an 9 point s. I wen t through my exercise perha ps a bit too ti ght , but hl' ld my on e a rm ha nd stand long enou gh a nd came to a fa ir sta nd af ter my front somersault. No bod y was more an­xious to .,'t' th e scorc and the 10 sec­onds it took were almost unbea rab le. Then fin all y the scoreboa rd fl ashed a 9.25. Ha ll' happy I was, because now I knew neither Weil er nor La rose could ca tch up. Larose rece ived a 9.00 and Weil er did an excell ent exercise to rece ive a 9.40, thereby beatin~ Larose by 0.25 points in th e all around score.

Our Ol ympi c Compeition was over. The total scores· and fin al standin g was as fol­lows :

Kihn Weil er Larose

107.95 point s 107.15 point s 106.90 points

82nd place 86th place 92nd place

We were as happy as if we had won the competition when we finall y marched be­hind the " Canada" sign and our Nation al Flag out of the gymnasium for the last tim e.

Even though we sometim'es did not agree with the Judges, but in general the scores were fair. We also know that with a com­plete tea m the three of us would have made the nine a verage, which I missed by on ly 0.05 poin ts. However I doubt if we had come hi gher than pl ace 14 as a team; which was taken by Switzerland. We prob­a bly would have bea ten the remaining teams from Cuba, A ustralia, T a iwan , India.

The U.S.A. came 7th , fo llowed by Fin­land , Hun gary, Bulgaria , Y ugoslavia , Ru­mania. The fir st six places of course were taken by J apan, Russia , Germany, Italy, P oland, Czechoslovakia.

It has been a tremendous ex perience. I only wish that everybody who trains and practi ces hard for yea rs would have a chance and be rewarded with an Olympic competition. It is something nobody wi ll ever forget.

W ith our competition over and the ten­sion gone we started to enj oy our s tay in J apan. Unfortun ately no sight seein g trips at a ll were planned and organized. Also mos t other teams toured J apan after the Games were over and put on di splays and even had other competiti ons all across J apan. Canada r eturned home the morn­in g after the closing ceremony.

· Late 'R efuJ'tt • NORTH AMERICAN

GYM NASTIC CHAil'lPIONSHIPS The word out of Vancouver (National

A.A.U. Convention ) is that the North Amer­ican Championships are slated for Mon­treal in February; also two other Champion­ship Meets one for Winnipeg July 1966 and an Eastern Meet in Montreal, also in Feb­ruary. Any further information can be had by writing to Mr. Raymond Gagnier, 515 2e Ave., No.3 P ointe aux Trem bles P.Q.

CANADA'S FUTURE GYMNASTS Here are some excerpts from a letter re­

ceived from Don Eagle University of New Brunswick Gym Club.

Concerning our situation here at U.N.B. F or three years myself and a small group

of Gymnasts have been trying to establi sh Gy mnasti cs. We have won several Provincial and l'I'laritime titles but so far no Intercolle­giate Competition .

This year with a bit of luck we expect to have an Intercollegiate Meet with On­tario or Quebec Colleges. The Team memo bers are willing to spend their own money to achieve thi s end. Now that I have re­reived all the names of people from you, I hope we shall be able to arrange an Inter­colleg iate Meet.

As to the future, things look good here. Each year one or two more keen Gymnasts arrive here. So when I graduate thi s year there will be someone (A STUDENT STILL) to continue. J\'1r. Jim Hancock will be taking over next year. He, like myself, is a P hysical Education student and IS

keen on promoting Gymnastics. We had the Danish Gym Team here.

As you know they gave a Clinic for us and we learned some moves and made A LOT OF FRIENDS.

YORK UNIVERSITY Spent a very interesting time as the

guest of Dr. Bryce Taylor Direc tor of Phys­ical Educat ion. Dr. Taylor kindly showed me all the plans of his Dept. and outlined some of his Gymnastics Program .

Dr. Bryce Taylor is a graduate of Spring­fi eld University of Mass. and The Univer· sity of British Columbia.

He informed me he would be interested in hosting some of our National events and International events at his Campus.

The Gymnasium can seat about two thou­sand people. Six se ts of equipment, large dressing rooms, everything that is necessary to hold an International event. It is great to see the interest today for Gymnasti cs in our Unive rsities. Thank you Dr. Taylor, for the time you spent with me.

COMMENT Now that we are beginning a New Sea­

son. This may be a good time to refl ect on the usefulness of our membership in our Associations.

Someone has said that membership in any association is made up of jour kinds of bones:

There are the wish -bones who spend their time wishing som eone else would do the work.

Th ere are the jaw-bones who do all the tal king but very little else.

Th ere are the knuckle-bones who knock everything that anyone ever tries to do .

There are the back-bones who get under the load and do the work. Which one are you.?

GOOD FRIENDS DEPARTMENT Mr. Hugh Rodgers (Toronto) The Secre­

tary of O.S.C.C.A. A dedica ted High School Teacher and Gymnastic Coach at T. L. Kennedy Collegiate, Cooksville. Hugh is a Christian Youth Leader as well as a fine Gymnasti c Coach. This Summer he directed a Christian Leadership Camp for Ontario and he combined his Gymnastics interest and his Religious interest to have what I consider one of the finest Summer Camps any Boy or Girl might want to attend.

Hugh being a Scotsman brings to his interes ts the tenacity, dedica tion that is usually found in the Scottish people. His Gym Teams and his Religious Youth Groups, reflec t thi s dedication. The Sport of Gymnastics has a good friend in Hugh Rodgers.

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JAME S S. BOSCO, Ph .D. - SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE, San J ose , Califo rnia

RESEARCH AND FITNESS By JAMES S. BOSCO, Ph.D.

San Jose State College

This is 1he second oj a series oj articles dealing with research on kinesiological and cinematographical analysis oj gymnastics activities. Articles jor this series are still being accepted. Because oj the nature of this area, pictures should be included with written material. The type oj in­formation included in this article should serve as a guide for prospective contributors. Please send all questions, com­ments and materials to the above address. VANIS, George John "A Cinematographic Analysis of the

Yamashita Vault over the Long Horse", Urbana: M.S. Thesis, Uni­versity of Illinois, 1965.

PURPOSE To attempt to analyze scientifically the Yamashita vault

over the long horse, and to discover the factors necessary for the correct execution of this vault. METHOD

A Bell & Howell "Eyemo" camera was used to photo­graph six gymnasts while they performed the Yamashita vault at least three times in succession. The gymnasts were then categorized into the following groups: excellent, good, and fair. The criteria used to classify a subject into his particular skill level were: height over the long horse, placement of the hands in the correct zone, the length of post-flight holding of the piked position, landing, and general form while employing the correct technique. A synchronous clock was placed in view of the camera to record the elapsed time (in hundredths of a second) per frame. This clock also served as a scale object because it had been mounted in a three-foot square frame. Once these films were developed they were analyzed on a Recordak mic­rofilm reader. Tracings were made of the selected vaults onto Dietzgen graph paper (20 squares to the inch). The center of gravity was estimated at contact and release for each phase of the vault (hurdle, pre-flight, and post·flight). 'Oten, the center of gravity during flight was calculated. Body angles in the take-off and landing frames of each phase were determined by measuring the angle formed by a line drawn between the center of gravity and the base of support using a protractor with 0° on the horizontal axis. The horizontal velocity and vertical velocity were de· termined for each phase. The expected force at the board and horse were also figured. A comparative table was com· piled showing the different values for all six subjects. A composite picture of the most excellent performance of the Yamashita vault was prepared.

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RESULTS Upon preliminary examination of the films, only one of

vaulters coultl be classified as "excellent". Three of the subjects were categorized as "good", and the remainin o'

two termed "fair". The best Yamashita vault done by each performer was selected to be more thoroughly analyzed. The subjects' results were then compared and conclusions were drawn as to the factors necessary for the proper ex­ecution of the Yamashita vault. CONCLUSIONS

Analysis supported the following conclusions: 1. A strong horizontal velocity or fast preliminary run

as the vaulter approaches the hurdle phase of the Yamashita vault is desirable. .

2. In the hurdle phase the arms should be up and to the side, not back.

3. The Reuther Board should be hit to yield maximum spring (avoid hitting too low) .

4. Take-off from the hurdle should not employ too much forward lean (an angle of 98 ° proved most effective ) .

5. The vaulter should avoid a significant backward lean on the Reuther Board (an angle of about 73 ° seemed most effective) .

6. The take-off from the Reuther Board should be as fast as possible (.04 seconds on the board yielded maximum results) .

7. A severe bending of the arms upon contact with the long horse should be avoided.

8. If velocity is sufficient, it will not be necessary to exert much force on the horse.

9. The arms must be released from the horse neither too soon nor too late (an angle of 96 ° from the center of gravity to the point of contact with the horse proved to be best) .

10. Once the arms release contact with the long horse, they should be raised as quickly as possible, close to the sides and high above the shoulder level, diagonal to the legs in the piked position.

11. During flight over the horse a tight pike should be maintained and straightened gradually toward the end of the post flight.

12. The vaulter should avoid dropping hack his arms as he descends to the mat in the post-flight phase.

13. A landing of approximately 57 0 is desirable at the conclusion of the post flight phase.

FIGURE 1 - YAMASHITA VAULT - (El , MITCHELL)

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Results of 6th European Championships Antwerp, 1965

F.E. S.H . Rings Vaul t Par . H .B. Tota l 1 Menichelli Franco 9.75 9.45 9.60 9.35 9.65 9.75 57.55

Italy 2 Li sitsky, Victor 9.40 9.6.0 9.70 9.50 9 .60 9.70 57 .50

U.S.S.R. 3 Diamidov, Serguei 9.05 9.60 9.55 9.40 9.65 9 .70 56.95

U.S.S.R. 4 Cerer Miros lov 9.45 9.60 9.60 9.20 9 .75 9.30 56.90

Yugoslav ia 5 Storhaug, Age 9.40 9.30 9 .05 9.40 9 .35 9.50 56.00

Norway 6 Kubico, Wilhe lm 9.30 9.40 9.20 9.25 9.40 9.20 55.75

Poland 7 Corminucc i, Giovanni 9.40 9.05 9 .25 9.00 9.45 9.45 55.60

Italy. 8 Koppe, Erwin 8.90 8 .85 9.40 9.20 9 .65 9.50 55.50

A llemagne R.D. 8 Kubico, Nicolai 9.40 9.40 9.35 9.40 9.45 8.50 55.50

Poland 10 Stastny, Joros lav 9.05 9 .25 9.25 9.1 0 9.45 9 .25 55.35

Czechoslovakia 10 Guffroy, Christian 9.10 9.45 9. 10 9.00 9 .30 9.40 55.35

France 10 Laiho, a lii 8.95 9.50 9. 10 9.30 9.20 9.30 55.35

Fin land 13 . Lindgren, Evert 9 .1 5 9 .00 8.90 ' 9.40 9 .25 9.55 55.25

Sweden 13 Jaschek, Wi lli 8.90 9.25 9.25 9.30 9 .20 9 .35 55.25

A llemagne R.D. 15 Adamov, Gueorgui 8.95 9.15 9 .00 9.45 9. 15 9.25 54.95

Bulgaria 15 Heinonen, Raimo 8.70 9.00 9.30 9.50 9.05 9.40 54.95

Fin land 17 Foerster, Lothar 9.00 8.80 9.00 9.20 9.40 9.40 54.80

Allemagne R.D. 18 Brodnik, Janez 8 .85 8.70 9 .30 9. 15 9.25 9.50 54.75

Yugoslavia 18 Krbec, Premys l 9 . 15 9.25 9.35 8.40 9.30 9 .30 54.75

Czechos lova kia 18 Deuza, Christian 8 .95 8.90 9. 15 9.30 9.30 9 .15 54.75

France 21 Janssen, Christer 9.20 9.00 9.30 9.35 8:40 9 .30 54.55

Sweden 22 Muller, W alter 8.70 8.95 8 .90 9.30 9.20 9.20 54.25

Swi t zer land 23 Pus;z:toi , Lajos 8.70 8.50 9.10 8.95 9. 15 9.50 53.90

Hungary 24 Belonguer, Aime 8.65 9.20 9:25 9.05 9 .10 8 .55 53.80

Spain Photos by Alan Burrows of Great Britain

Storhaug, 4th Floor Exercise

DiaMidov, 3rd Parallels

Menichelli , 1 st Floor Exercise

HOW TO

PUBLICIZE GYMNASTICS

By Dick Criley Recently an executive sports editor for

a large metropolitan newspaper was asked how he would write up a minor sport, such as gymnastics, to attract public interest. His answer? "I would try to do a con­scientious job." I am sure this sportswriter does not view our sport as so many think of it: handstands, push-ups, jumping-jacks, or think that the horizontal bar is for chin-up. But you might be surprised at how many people have exactly this image when gymnastics is mentioned. We would like to have the public think of our sport in terms of its aesthetic value and appreciate it for the technical difficulties it poses the gymnast and applaud the sport for what it can offer above and beyond the spectator sports featuring blood and guts.

This article, then, is intended to sug­gest ways and means of publicizing gym­nastics whether for competition or exhibi­tion so that the public can become better educated and more appreciative. Let us assume right now that we do have a team or competition or exhibition that' is worth the time and effort it takes to publicize it. We have to have the quality to erase the old notions of push·up, chin-ups, etc.

Many of the publicity sources cost money; others are free. For a given area , one must decide where the money can be best spent. On college campuses there are many student services ava ilable to aid pub­licity attempts. However, for scholastic and gymnastic clubs (YMCA's T urner 's Sokol's, etc. ) the effort s to publicize beyond the immediate group involves a great deal of legwork and careful planning.

A lot of imagination can go into your publicity. If sports in themselves were not already pretty well incorporated into the public scene, Madison Avenue would have a field day.

Exhibitions as half·time shows for "ma­jor" sports afford excellent opportunity to educate an aud ience if not handled like a

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circus and if a careful script is prepared for oral presentation at the same time. Or, did you ever think of highway billboards (President Johnson notwithstanding)?

Here are some of the more conventional publicity techniques :

POSTERS : Whether professional printed posters or dittoed, mimeographed, or Xeroxed posters are used, the message must be simple, neatly presented and able to catch the passer's eye in the less than a tenth of a second he is likely to be ex­posed to it. Women's gymnastics have a certain advantage here as photographs can be used with great effectiveness. Make use of color in your poster designs. Aid in drawing up posters which catch the eye and are also effective in presenting your event can be given my many people with artisti c bent and a little knowledge of publicity technique.

The posters should not be put much more than one week ahead of the event as they lose their effectiveness when longer ex­posure is given. Obtain permission to use bulletin boards when longer exposure is needed. Many stores make available some window space for worthwhile events; all you need do is ask.

BANN ERS: Prominent loca tions on a campus or at a local meeting place such as the YMCA, firehouse, or community building sometimes provide display space for banners or large signs. Once 'aga in, don't try to put too much on your display medium. It is necessary, of course, to pro­vide the essential information as to what , where, and when, but to overdo it and list the names of everyone involved or dec­orate the banner with little designs is to dilute the message you are try ing to get across. Here's another hint : if you are using poster paint to decorate a store window, mix a little soap with the paint and it will come off more easily when you return to clean up.

RADIO: In addition to its use as a medium to present the sounds of our time, radio also offers news, fea tures and ad­vertisements. Find out who is in charge of a given aspect of radio opera tion and talk over with them your needs. If you want spot announcements (10-40 seconds) and are going to wri te them, the station will give whatever help you need if you request it. Be sure to include the sponsoring group, the date, time place, cost and whatever else is needed. Many stations have a public service period and your exhibition can re­ceive free publicity here.

Programmed radio coverage includes fea­tures and interviews with the coach, team captain , all· around men, or some-one di ­rectly connected with the purpose of the exhibition or compet ition. Many camp us and community radio stations do have reg­ular sports programs in which this sort of thing is done and would probably be glad to talk about somethin g else besides basket­ball and foo tball.

CAMPUS SERVICE: Most athletic de­partments have their own sports publicists who specialize in _ this sort of thing and have the necessary contacts outside the uni­versity to get a story in a newspaper or on the air. Your best bet is to cooperate with him in providing the angles of interest and information which he needs to do his job. He can also give you tips on other ways to get gymnastics in the public eye. {Other gymnastic groups can tap the resources of their membership or the experience or the parents of the competitiors in much the same way.

In addition, student activities offices, uni­versity public information departments, faculty and alumni newsletters, and cam­pus events calendars are effective. The key thing to remember is to see the people con­nected with these media early. Give them time to schedule the space you need to do a good job. A one-liner saying there will be a gym meet at such-and-such a place on such-and-such a date is not going to attract much attention. PLAN AHEAD.

Don't be afraid to borrow ideas! Observe other groups in action. Go through your old issues of the Modern Gymnast and see how others have successfully promoted gym­nastics in their areas. One such idea is to have the outside of your envelopes printed with an advertisement of the event and then to use these in all your correspondence.

NEWSP APERS: Probably the most over­forked and most useful publicity sources are the newspapers. The two chief ways in which you can use a newspapers for pub­licity are to buy space (advertise) or print a story. Newspapers operate on the prin­ciple that if it is news they will use it even if it is publicity but they would like to disguise the publicity part with an angle.

ADVERTISEMENTS: In some cases very effective use has been made of trick ads, cleverly worded to attract attention, in the classified section. Obviously this would not be effective in an ad section the size of the TIMES but in school and college news­papers these ads receive close attention. Use simple announcements with lots of space (if you can afford it) . Illustrations and photographs can be used in larger ads to catch the reader's eye. You can often find ways to do this cheaply, particularly if you use some clear photographs cut out of the MG which have already been screened. Your printers can give you a bet­ter idea of what they can use if you tell them what you have in mind.

ARTICLES AND NEWS STORIES: The journalist looks for an angle of interest, something he can latch onto as a theme, someone to feature, some unique aspect of your story. Gymnastics is full of angles of interest, but, as for our previously men­tioned sports editor, you have to point these out. After all, if the reporters knew what they could be doing they would be doing it now. There are several ways to get your story in the paper. Usually you contact the sports editor far enough ahead of time for him to assign someone to you or you try to write up the story and submit it to him. Most newspapers are jealous of their prerogative and would rather have you give them the outline and let them do the writ­ing. Fine, cooperate and don't be too pushy; thehy know better than you do how to pre­sent something. On the other hand, some­times a columnist may welcome specific sug­gestions and then go on to develop them in his own style. The problem is to get a columnist to think about something besides the major leagues and the top 10 college teams in the major sports.

Assume for a moment that you are going to write up your own story for publicity purposes. What approach do you take to be sure that it will be accepted for print ?

Whole journalism courses are devoted to this sort of thing and boil down to this : tell Who (spelling is important) , What , When, Where, and Why (if not obvious like a competition or exhibition ). Disguise the publicity aspect with an angle. Know the paper's deadline and get it to them well in advance. Your name and phone num­ber should be placed in the top corner of the "news release" as you will bill it so that any questions the editor may have can be quickly answered. Type your copy, double- or triple-spaced, one side of the page only. Number the pages if there are several. Proofread for spelling, grammar, punctuation and make the corrections before the typesetter gets the copy.

A reporter contacting you may have little or no idea about what gymnastics is and your suggestions can prove useful in lead­ing him to write the story you want told. Over a long season, the reporters learn their own angles but here are some you could suggest:

How to enjoy gymnastics. (Or as one headline .put it, " Wanna Enjoy Gym Meets? Read This).

What goes on in each event ? Outline some of the fine points, requirements on an event, and generally give him and the reader a better understanding of the sport.

Judging. How is a meet won or lost ? How do judges score ; what is their basis; and particularly this year, what are some of the changes.

Write up individual performers, the all­.around men, the seniors who are about to graduate, etc.

Play up rivalries with other schools. Men­tion the " big guns" of the other teams, their strengths. Give the reader a chance to know something about the men (or women ) he is watching.

Tie in with the Olympics and national competitions.

Feature the coach. How is a routine planned? Academic strengths. Colleges may wish to publicize the NCAA

system for this year. There have been so many changes in college gymnastics that even seasoned spectators become somewhat confused.

PHOTOGRAPHS : An experienced pho­tographer can take the best shots for pub­licity purposes. If you do take your own, be sure to provide for good contrast and an uncluttered background. Use photographs in which the gymnast is identifiable and good form is displayed. Prints should be sharp and contrasty for reproduction. If you know

what size a single, double, or triple column shot is, you can have the prints made to size-for a price. Provide accurate informa­tion in the caption but keep it short unless the photo is to se rve in place of the 1,000 words and you still have to mention your event, time and place.

A final suggestion for dealing with news­papers : If you know someone with influence take advantage of it.

In every publicity effort be sure to let the public know the bas ic who, when, where, and costs of admiss ion if any, and present these so they can not be overlooked. If we can get pepple to see gymnastics, they will return again, but to create that good fir st impression we must make use of every method at our disposal from publicity be­fore the meet , a smooth job of running the meet, and top performances from each gym­nast to prompt publicity of the results after the meet or exhibition via press and radio to heighten interest in the next time.

In summary:

POSTERS AND BANNERS: Be neat, express your message clearly and simply, use colar, be timely-o week's notice is usually enaugh ex­cept for the large special events.

RADIO: Make use of the services the station has to offer; know who to talk to obaut ads and features; make use of sport announcements, inter­views and features; plan carefully what you want said.

NEWSPAPERS: They want to know: Who What When Whe re -

Why Angles of interest If you write your own: Keep it simple Avoid adjectives,

cliches Avoid technical terms Proofread, prune out deod phrases

Type, double- or triple-space One side of page only

PHOTOGRAPHS: Clear, unclut-tered, natural, unposed if poss ible.

'Action shots are fine if understand­able. We have a beautiful sport in which photography can be used to excellent advantage . Use MG photos as idea stimulators. Contact photog­rapher well in odvance of the oc­casion; this includes newspapers and professionals.

Finally, PLAN AHEAD. A good job of publicity takes time.

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Above: Pre Olympic trial competiti 0ns: 1 st Lt . Greg Weiss, Don Tonry, Bob Lynn, Arnold Lascari, Terry Higgins, Jim Amerine, Jayce Tannack , Kathy Gleason, Kathy Carrigan, Kathy Carro ll and Debbie Bailey

Below: Cadet Terry Higgins, Joyce Tannack, Kathy Carroll and Arnold Lascari.

USA TRIALS AND INTERNATIONAL

MEET REPORT Bob Peck, Director Sports

Information, USAF Academy The American male gymnasts, se lec ted a t

the Air F orce Academy trial s to represent the United States in the I"l ex ico City Little Olympics, placed high' in the all -around . an the international meet held in Mexico City.

1st. Lt. Greg Weiss, physical educa tion instruc tor at the Academy, Arnold Lascari from Sacramento State, Calif., and First Class Cadet Terry Higgins of the Academy, fini shed third, sixth and eighth place, re­spectively.

TRYOUTS

The three women gymnasts, selec ted here at the Cadet Gymnasium during the pre­oylmpic tryouts, put on an excellent exhibi ­tion which showed the participating coun­tries that the United States will be strong contenders in the 1968 Olympics.

The top gymnasts in the United States competed here on Oct. 10, 1965 in the pre­olympic tria ls be fore a packed house of more than 2,700 spectators.

In the men's divis ion , in which six of the top male gymnasts competed, included two Air Force Academy personnel. They were 1st. Lt. Greg Weiss of Richfield, N.J. , who is a physical education instructor, and First Class Cadet Terry Higg ins of R e­seda, Calif. H iggins is a member of the Air Force varsity gymnasti cs team who could be selected for All-America honors this year.

Competing in the men's division were : 1st. Lt . W eiss, Cadet Higgins, Lascari, Don Tonry of Yale University, Bob Lynn , Uni­versity of Southern California, and Jim Amerine of West Point.

Contestants in the women 's division were : Kathy Corrigan of Weymouth , Mass., Kathy Gleason of Buffalo, N.Y., J oyce Tan­nack of Seattle, Wash. , Kathy Carroll and De bbie Bailey both from Oklahoma City.

In the mens' division , Lieutenant Weiss took first place in the side horse with a 9.5 , and· surged ahead for the lead in the all-around after the second event with 18.3 points.

The 23-year-old Air Force officer and phys ical education instructor then took sec­ond in the high bar, long horse and still rings to fini sh the meet with 55 .70 points and first place.

Arnold Lascari garnered a total of 52.20 points to fini sh second. Lascari took first in the high bar and fini shed second in the parallel bars and still rings.

Cadet Higgins moved into th ird place, after the third event, and fi n ished with a 52 .25 points in the all -around. His total was .05 points ahead of Bob Lynn for the third place fini sh .

In the women's division , Kathy Corrigan and Kathy Gleason ran neck and neck un­til the last event. Kathy won the uneven hars to give her a total of 3.3.72 for fir st place.

K a th y Gleason took fir st in the balance beam , s ide horse vault, and second in the fl oor exercise and uneven hars, for a second pl ace fini sh, with a total all-around points of 32.65.

J oyce Tannack fi nished third place ,in all events and garnered a total point spread of 30.05 to win third place in the women 's events.

Armando Vega coach of the Mexican team with gymnasts; A. Garcia, A. Va ll es. Sanchez, Menichelli , Gunthard (Italian Coach), Cimanghi , F. Valles, E. Garcia and Vargas

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO OCT. 14-15 &

R eport by Armando Vega Gymnasts from the USA, Italy, Russ ia,

Cuba and Mexico came toge ther in a Pre­Olympic competition in Mexico City , Octo­her 14-16.

Franco Menichelli of Italy took the top honors and was by far the best gymnast. H e performed well on almos t every event with hi s lowest score (9.55) on the Sid~ Horse. On the fin al day Franco did miss for the individual awards on the S ide Horse and Long Horse. Go in g into the final s he was first in both events. In the All-Around one could say that he didn 't have any com petit ion at all. Yuri Titov looked very good on some events and not so good on others. H e missed badly on the Parallel Bar and Side H orse. His P . Bar

. routine is new and very good except that he just couldn't seem to do it.

There was a young Russian gymnast here who is really u p and coming. His name is Victor Kimenkov and he is only 16 years old. He is a little weak phys ica lly, because of hi s yo uth , but is really good p otentially. His technique is tremendous and shows the promise that Makoto Saka­moto did at that age. One difference is that Victor looks tall and is lean.

Lu igi Cimnaghi took 2nd place in the All-around behind hi s count ry man Men­ichell i. Luigi is good on all event s but not terrific on any'. H e was the most consist­ent performer throughout - the meet, not havin g any breaks. H e has all of the r e­quirements on a ll events, but his moves are basically easy. When I say this, I am comparing him to Titov and Menichelli.

Mexico and Cuba were the only nations with a full team compet ing. Mexico for the first time beat Cuba as a team. Cuba 's tea m like Mexico is r eally progressing. The U.s. did pre tty well cons iderin g that it didn't send its bes t gymnasts. Greg Weiss took 3rd in the All-Around and made a good showing. r hope that in the future the U.S. will send a stronger team for it s own good. I don ' t be lieve that the U.S.A. will dominate the Pan Am Garn es the way

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they have

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6

I 2 3 4 5 6

I 2 3 4 5 6

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used to, now that Cuba and progressed so much.

ALL AROUND MENICHELLI ITALY CIMANGHI ITALY WEISS USA VALLES, A MEX TITOV USSR LASCAR I USA KLiMENKOV USSR HIGG INS USA SUAR EZ CUBA .GARC IA, A. MEX RAMIREZ CUBA VA LLES, F_ MEX SANCHEZ MEX GONZALEZ CUBA GARCIA, E. MEX RODRIQUEZ CUBA VARGAS MEX OLI VERA CUBA PUMP IDO CUBA

FREE EXERCISE MENIC HELLI RAMIREZ KLi MENKOV TITOV CIMNAGHI VALLES, A.

SIDE HORSE CIMNAGHI WE ISS MEN ICHELLI VALLES, A. LASCAR I HIGGINS

STILL RtNGS MENICHELLI TI TOV SANCHEZ LASCARI CIMNAGHI SUAREZ

LO NG HORSE TI TOV GONZALEZ MENICHELLI WEI SS KLiMENKOV CIMNAGHI

PARALLEL BARS MEN ICHELLI WEISS CIMNAGHI KLi MENKOV VA LL ES, A. TITOV

HOR IZONTAL BAR TITOV MEN ICHELLI WE ISS LASCAR I CIMNAGHI HIGG INS

Mex ico

58.40 57.40 56.65 56.35 56.00 55.70 55.55 55.3 5 54 .00 53 .80 53.65 51.85 51.45 51 .25 5 1.20 5035 50.10 48 .90 48 .90

19.60 19. 15 19.15 19. 10 19.05 18 .55

19.05 18 .25 17.95 17.50 17.20 16 .65

19.80 19.60 18.65 18.60 18 .60 18 .00

19.25 19.15 19. 10 19.0 5 19.05 18.80

19.50 19.30 19.25 18.8 0 18.75 18.6 5

19.65 19.45 19.05 19.05 18 .65 18 .60

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1 SOKOL CENTENNIAL

Pictured here are scenes from the SOKOL Centennial Slet and festival held in Chi ­cago June 24-26.

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Instructors and participants at the 8th Annual Notional Summer Gymnastics Clinic at Michigan State, East Lansing, Michigan.

8th Annual National Summer Gymnastic Clinic

Michigan State Universitv. August 22·27

Close to 250 participants a ttended from 27 states a nd Canada. J ack Carr developed and conducted an excellent program. P aul Fina was the director of the show and was ass isted by Dick Richter. The show was well done with many of the talented clinic parti cipants performing. It was the climax of an outstanding cl inic.

Along with Carr and Fina the oth er members of the board are J oe Schaback­er, Opera tions Dir. ; Bill Meade, Sec­Treas.; _and George Szypula, Clinic Dir­ector. Th e clinic will be held again nex t yea r a t M ichigan State on August 21-26.

Olympians Lind a Metheny and Rusty Mi tchell were on the sta ff along with Dick Mulvihill , Ernestine ( Russell) Carter and Grace Kaywell. Also on the staff were Ed Bengtson, J ohn Brodeur, Don Chestnut , Carl and Louise Engstrom, Jim Farkas, Don Leas, Judy Barr, Tom Darling, Dick Richter, June Szypula, Paul Uram and Dick Zuber. Fine collegians on the staff were Glem) Gailis, Iowa, Sally Noble, Jan Richter, Dave Arnold , T ed Wilson all of Michigan State and Frank Schmitz, Bob Dvorak and S teve Whitlock of Southern Tllin ois.

Winners of Achievement Award : Rae­anne Miller, Junior Girls, Hastings, Mich. ; Deana Lqrentzen, Senior Girls, Albuquer· que, New Mexico; Thomas Hindert, Junior Boys, Kalainazoo, Mich. ; Mickey Uram, Senior Boys, Butler, Penna.

The big winner of all the competition was Mickey Uram who won the All -Around and the Olympic events in junior boys competition. John Tobler of M inneapolis almos t duplicated this feat in the men's competition, but he lost out to Stan Wilkes of Wayne, Pa. on the Parallel Bars. Den­nis Harlan of Springfield , Ill. and Scott Ruede of J ackson, Mich. were the winners on Trampoline and Tumbling in juniors. The men's winners were George Hunt­zicker of Ann Arbor, Trampoline and Al Sanders of Detroit in Tumbling.

In junior girls Colene Mulvihill of Champaign, Ill. was the winner in All ­Around , Balance Beam and Uneven Bars in a large entry_ Barb Bauer of P alos Heights, Ill. won Vault and Tumbling while Vicki Bollinger of Springfi eld won Floor ex and Trampoline.

In senior girl s Barb McKenzie of Ro­meo, Mich. won All-Around, Floor Ex and the Unevens_ Jill Schulze was a double winner on Balance Beam and Tumblin g. Indi vid ual winners were Carol Kra tchoff of Detroit on Vault and Helen Content of L~n s ing on Trampoiin p

Photo ac tion scenes o f National Summer Clinic

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CENTRAL ATLANTIC AREA GYMNASTIC CAMP

August 22nd through 29th, 1965 by Dick Taj/e

The fifth Annual Central Atlantic Area Gymnastic CamP proved to be a successful proving grounds for the U.s.G.F. Age· group workbook program, which was used as the basis of program while at cam I): The Maryland camp, sponsored by the Y.M.C.A., served as training area for 140 boys and girls from Pennsylvania, New York, New J ersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

-COACH! TG-Coaching for the CAA camp ranged

from regular gymnastic teachers, to stu · dents of the sport. Vern Elder of Wash· ington, D.C.; J erry Krawitz, lVIarvin Spei· del, Cliff and Helen Sjursen, Bob Gras, and Ceorge Puglia of New J ersey; Bernie :'I'Iichels and R. J ames Wylde of Mary· land; Lloyd Warner, Robert Norris, Lloyd Capwell and Doris J. Gibb of Pennsyl· vania; and Ernie Furbler and J oan M. J oedicke of New York, formed the well rounded coaching staff of the Edgewater, :'Ilaryland camp. Cuest gymnast Ike Hel· ler from Iowa State University, and coun· se lors Sue Thomson, Betsy East, Barbara Krawitz, Marc Fischell , Al Gatti, Jim Lewis, Larry Posey, Bill Thompson and Dick Taffe, assisted with the U.S.C.F. workbook instruction. The staff wives manned the store. performed secretarial services and provided supervision of the girls at night.

-WORKOUTS-Early in the camp week, gymnasts wer6

given basic tumbling tests in order to be classified into ability groups. U.s.G.F. workbook training covered most of the gymnast's morning, with the afternoons opened for workouts or boating and swim· mingo Optional workouts were again held each evening after dinner, climaxed with p.ither a campfire, movie. vaudeville show

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or dance. Special sessions in basic tumbling were required each afternoon for those gymnasts placed into the lower tumbling classifications. Workout areas were always open to gymnasts during the day, with the exception of mealtimes.

-U.S.G.F. WORKBOOKS-Eaeh ca m per received a standard

U.S.G.F. age group gymnastics workbook prior to arriving at Camp Letts. They were to have selected an exercise in each all around event to be tested on at the end of the camp week. Campers were tested on their abiltiy to learn the routines, their general presentation, and their participa· tion and overall attitude while at camp. The scores were individually recorded and given to each gymnast. J e£f Rogers, 16, and Sue P ettinato , 15, both of Bethesda, Maryland, received highest overall . test scores for the 1965 CAA Gymnastic Camp.

-EQUIPMENT-Rain or shine, workout conditions were

made possible by the ample amount of equipment at camp. Two complete sets of all apparatus were se t up inside the camp mess hall , including a resolite floor exer· cise mat. Trampolines, uneven bars, and rings were se t up among the trees, with a football fi eld suitable for tumbling mats and vaulting horses nearby. Our thanks to the Nissen and Gym Master Companies for use of their equipment.

Each evening, after traditional "taps", camp staff met to review and exchange ideas on the day's progress. Teaching and spotting techniques were discussed over hot coffee, interspersed with tall tales by George Puglia and Bob Norris.

- ORGANIZATION Gymnastic camp organization was built

around the element of self·government. Few workout demands upon the campers made for a more productive and progreso sive camp week. During workbook work· shops each morning, gymnasts would choose the event that he or she wished to work during the session. He could move on to another event if so desired , understanding

that he would be required to know the compulsories in all events by the weekend testing. This apparatus Jreedom gave the gymnast the chance to concentrate on his weaker event. CAA gymnastic campers are preferably intermediate gymnasts between ten and eighteen, with an intense interest in gymnastics and having strong character. Eaeh application for camp enrollment must be signed by a coach or instructor, to prove that the camper would make a contribu· tion to camp life. Though sponsored by the }'.~!.C.A., the camp is not restricted to Y members. If interested in CAA Gymnastic Camp

or wish to be put on the mailing list of the camp, send name and address to Vern Elder, Commissioner or Gymnastics, Cen· tral Branch Y.M.C.A. 1736 "G" Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Presently, the camp has a 200 gymnast limit, but the construction of cabins to accommodate 120 more campers will be underway in the near future.

Below are· the winners of the recognition awards at camp. (All around only)

Boys AII·Around Ages 10·13 : Walter Sju rsen, Scotch Plains,

NJ; David Gozek, Scotch Plains, NJ; Robert Rlkle, Bethesda, Md.

Ages 14·15: Paul Harris, Scranton, Pa.; Tommy Worsley, Silver Spring, Md.; Billy Ruyle, Scotch Plains, N.J.

Age 16: Jeff Rogers, Bethesda, Md.; Jim Sunquist, Arlington, Va .; Danny Worsley, Sil­ver Spring, Md.

Ages 17·18: Kern Strickland, Falls Church, Md.; Larry Estep, Dalton, Pa .; Darrell Davies , Ridgewood, N.J.

Girls AII·Around Ages 11·12 : Debbie Nichols, Alexandria ,

Va .; Clara Petrini, Annapolis, Md.; Elizabeth Ard, Elizabeth, N.J.

Ages 13·14 : Betsey Roberts, Bethesda, Md. ; Mary Etta Port, Bethesda, Md.; Maria Mills, East Patersan, N.J .

Age 15 : Sue Pettinato, Bethesda, Md.; Judy Mehaffy, Silver Spring , Md.; Lynda Byer, Washington, D.C.

Ages 16·17 : Cindy Coulsan, Carlisle, Po.; Josephine McKee, Silver Spring, Md:; Re­becca Hunt, Carlisle, Pa.

Above and Below: Campers and action at Central Atlantic Gymnastic Camp

Ab.ove: Dick Toffe on the Rings

A t Right : Ike Heller en the H igh Bar

Below: Josephine M cKee on Balance Beam with Coach Helen Sjursen stand ing b\ ·.

OBSERVATIONS AND REACTIONS:

AFTER VISITING THE

Eastern Gymnastic Camp Clinic

by M . Donald Adolph, Director A merican Gymnastics Association

It was my privilege to visit the Eastern Gymnastics Camp Clinic a short time ago. (September, 1965) . Obviously, all teach· ers and coaches of our Sport in their ob· servations of a Clinic or for that matter even when called upon to judge a routine will naturally pick out slightly different deta ils as striking and signifIcant. But, apart from this wide divergence and vari· a tion in the choice of details, most will sans doubt generally visualize and get the total impression and react appropriately.

The Eastern Gymnastics Camp Clinic, at Camp Deerhead, French Woods, Han· cock, New York is playing a major role in developing top gymnastic competitors. Through the cooperation and idealism of Clin ic Director, William Coco and with the " heart" of his staff we were deeply moved by what we saw and learned. This was the Summer's second camp clinic. The first session was held during the last week of June. The staff of thirty included nine physical educators from university and secondary school levels. The others included coaches from club teams and in· ternational competitors. The more familiar on the staff were Muriel Grossfeld, Janet Bachna, Michael Coco, Ginny Coco, Don Tonry, Marie Walther, Ginny Sherriff, J oel Baba, Freddie Roland, Bob Stout , and Chuck J effry. (A bie was at the Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, representing the United States).

The clinic attracted 215 boys and girls who ranged in years from seven to eighteen. They came from the Philadelphia area mainly, though we met youngsters from Tennessee, and Illinois, and New York.

The assembled group was oriented; screened, tes ted, and assigned to develop· ment groups according to their basic abili· ties and skills, i.e., beginners, inter medi · ates, and advanced.

In his orientation, Willie Coco, pointed­ly said , "Gymnasts of good quality often take longer than a city to build . . . . only hard work, coupled with good atti ­tudes and lots of des ire, will cause your skill and understandings to grow. As it is true in all building, ' the broader the foundation, the better the structure.' Now is your opportunity to increase your gym­nastic fo unda tion. Here at the E.G. C.C. we have provided you with the tools. It is up to you to do the building."

My visit was exciting, exhilarating, r eo warding, and filled with satisfactions .As the hours went by the campers enthusi­asm, receptivity, and appreciation became increasingly recognized. Their achieve­ments of new skills, difficult at first , brought them inflated desires to try an· other and another skill. I did not need to be convinced of the value and import of well organized and well planned Clinics.

Each camper at E.G.C. was supplied with an 8% x 11" ruled composition paper booklet for instructional memos and valued learning highlights. The cover of the booklet had the camper's name and a stenciled fi gure of a female gymnast in a "split" front position. The booklet con­la ined all of the clinic rules and regula­tions, the daily " workout" schedules of class sessions (one hour each, two in the morning and three in the afternoon ), staff list, and a general plan of the Camp's facilities. It also contained one of the finest listings of four series of skills of women's gymnastic progressions for the uneven parallel bars, the balance beam, the side horse vaulting, and the tumblin g and floor exercise "stunts". The progres­sions were compiled and edited by the Program Director, Mrs. Muriel Davis Grossfeld.

It is to be regretted that Olympian Muriel and others, unfortunately, too, who know better, continue to use this "circus· orien ted concept" in their training and learning of educational skill s of artisti c gymnastics. (See M.G. for Feb. 65) .

Olympian Don T onry, who has been on the E.G.C.C. staff since its inception, three yea rs ago, zealously remarked, " this is the best clinic that I have ever partici· pated in, and you know, that I've been in many. The size of the classes are seldom more than fifteen ; thus enabling the par­ti cipants to get individual attention and guidance for the six full days of concen­tra ted all·around activity ." All instruction was supplemented by lecture·demonstra­tion, by movies, by charts, and other regalia. I was happy to note the absence of competition of any kind in this quality learn ing environment. I was happy to note the animation and rapport and mutual understand ing during the informal sessions at unassigned periods of the day. I was happy to observe the interchange of ideas and the read iness to help that existed among the staff for the benefit of a ll . The E. G.c.c. truly upgraded the Sport of Artisti c Gymnastics. My hat is humbJ' doffed to the director and his staff knowledgeable instructors.

Girl Gymnos of New Zealand: Theodore Hill , Claire Chadwick, Judith Hookham, J an Swinburne, Ann Bellwood and Coach Mrs. Emmy Bellwood.

"FIRST IN THE WEST" Gym Kamp 1965

Report by Bud Marquette

Quietly nestled at the foot of pictur­esque Mount Si, approximately forty odd miles east of Seattle, Washington, some 270 gymnasts, counselors and staff mem­bers took part in a well coordinated and individualized gymnastic program. A high· ly skilled instructional staff make it again possible to keep classes small and assure a maximum of personalized in· struction. The campers were divided ac­cording to skill levels, into groups of ten or less and were assigned a head instruc· tor with Junior counselors as assistants.

Mr. Jack Mackenroth, coordinator. of Physical Education for the Highline 'Pub­lic Schools served as camp director, with Mr. Ev Woodward of Highline Junior College as Chief Program Director.

The Senior counseling staff included University of Washington students who re­ceive college credit for their work and for the gymnastic course conducted by Dr. Eric Hughes of the University staff.

Dr. Hal Alterowitz, Athletic Director of Eastern Montana State College headed up the boys program while yours truly co· ordinated the girls activities. The daily schedule was instructional rather than recreational with six one·hour classes held each day for: three levels of ability.

The boys apparatus area is located un­der the beautiful tall Douglas fir trees with all spotting rigs high among the pines. The girls apparatus area is located along the banks of the Snoqualamie River shaded by gigantic pines, Alder and Maple trees.

Aside from the r egular class work, many special functions were conducted which provided variety for the campers. Day and overnight hikes were scheduled and climbing the well known "haystack" of 5,000 foot St. Si again delighted all campers.

Kamp Barbara Caok and

A special feature of the 1965 camp was the four day Olympic Meet. Each camper was assigned to represent a specific na­tion and no matter what the ability level of the gymnast, everyone had the oppor­tunity of taking part.

Climaxing a most successful and excit­ing two weeks in the beautiful north woods was a two day visit by the Gymnos Touring Team. These girls constituted the first team ever to represent New Zealand officially on a world wide jaunt. Their main mission was the Vienna "Gym­naestrada". They demonstrated many of their modern rhythmic compositions and also some of their competitive routines. They in turn were deeply impressed by the caliber of all the young gymnasts and the facilities of the camp. Mrs. Emmy Bellwood, coach of the group presented the official New Zealand badge of honor to both Mr. Mackenroth and Mr. Wood­ward. Also from New Zealand was Mr. Martin Gotz, who remained as a mem­ber of the staff and will never be forgot­ten by the 1965 Gym Kampers.

CAMP MANISON 5th Annual Gymnastics

Camp and Teacher-Training Workshop

by Edsel Buchanan Gym Camp Manison opened on Sunday,

June 20, 1965, with 69 campers Leing reg­istered for the Gymnastics Program. The great majority of the campers were resi­dent campers and the balance of the group was made up of commuters and teachers taking the gymnastics course for college credit.

Camp Manison is located at Friendswood, Texas, which is 20 miles south of Houston, Texas, and is only a short 5 miles from the new NASA Manned Space·Craft Cen­ter. Camp Manison has two large air con· ditioned dormitories which will house some 150 campers, two large air conditioned lodges for indoor instruction and dining purposes, and within the 250 acres available for outdoor teaching, there is a complete outdoor gymnasium located under the cool shade of wonderful South Texas timber.

Although this was the 5th Camp Manison Gym Camp, it was the first summer that a teacher·training workshop was offered in gymnastics. This was a fully accredited three hour course offered through the Ex­tension Division and Physical Education Department of Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. The primary instructor for this course was Mr. Edsel Buchanan who is an Assistant Professor of Physical Education at Texas Tech. Teaching with Mr. Buchanan was Mr. Sam Bailie, Gym· nastics Coach at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Assisting Mr. Bailie and Mr. Buchanan was Mr. Ernie Geibel of Chicago, Illinois, a nationally recognized tumbling and acrobatic instructor. Mrs. Grace Kaywell of the United States Gym­nastics Federation was scheduled for in­struction in women's gymnastics and ballet for gymnastics. Unfortunately an untimely illness and possibility of surgery prevented her from being present.

During the three weeks of the Gymnastics Camp, the students registered for Physical Education 4331 of Texas Technological Col-

Gymnastic action at Camp Manison

lege (Lubbock, Texas) had the opportunity to observe students performing in all of the recognized gymnastic activities. This included those activities which are develop­mental in nature' as well as all of the official events for both men and women, boys and girls. Their teaching experience was unusually awarding in that they had the opportunity to observe students ranging in ages from six to eighteen as they per­formed under the guidance of several dif· ferent instructors in all of the different gymnastic activities. The range of ability of the campers varied from novice to elite with the majority being rather inexperi­enced but extremely eager and willing to work. The teachers also had the opportunity to perform the skills themselves and to teach and spot for any event in which they were interested, felt qualified, or needed more specific experience. It was unfortunate that Mrs. Kaywell was unable to be there for this did leave somewhat of a void in the woman's area. However, Mr. Sam Bailie did an outstanding job of filling in through his rich background in wom­en's gymnastics. The area most lacking was the ballet area. Gymnastics Camp for the campers was a genuine success and was rated by Geibel and Buchanan (present at all previous camps) as the most successful in the hi3tory of the five camps. Undoubt­edly one of the highlights was the teacher­training workshop in gymnastics which en­able the teacher campers to develop teach· ing skills in gymnastic activities for boys and girls at both the elementary and sec­ondary levels.

Texas Technological College and Camp Manison will continue to offer this three hour credit course each summer. The course is entitled Physical Education 4331 and complete details regarding it may be se· cured through Mr. Edsel Buchanan of Texas Technological College. The dates for 1966 have been set and they are as follows : June 19 through July 7, 1966. Special rates are available for teachers enrolled for workshop credit. Complete details may be secured through Mr. Tom Manison, Director of Camp Manison at P.O. Box 148, Friends­wood, Texas 7754<1.

Summer Gymnastics for the Advanced Gymnast

by Sam Bailie Although there were only a few gymnasts

of advanced ability at Camp Manison this summer it was evident that the interest in this area was there and that the number will increase each year.

With this knowledge a great deal of time and effort was spent in equipping an entire gymnasium that would be worthy of tbe finest athlete. The gym is out doors and all apparatus meets olympic standards. I feel sure that this camp will become one of the growing number of training camps that will lie utilized in the development and train­ing of our future olympic gymnasts.

OKLAHOMA CAMP WORKSHOP

Report by Sam Hester The first Tulsa Oklahoma Camp Work­

shop was held from July 26th to 30th. The camp was conducted on a non-profit basis under the direction of vol un teer instructors, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hester, Wendell Mason and Miss Janie Speaks.

The Gym Camp Workshop was held in conjunction with the Tulsa Westside YMCA Daycampt thanks to Mr. Jay Logan "Y" director.

The Workshop featured all phases of gymnatics as well as other camp activ.it~es; swimming, waterskiing, horseback Tldmg, crafts, campnights and cookouts. '

The first Tulsa Gymcamp Workshop was a big success and will become an annual event.

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RETURN TO MALMAHED

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Campers and scenes from summer elite session at Camp Malmahed, Sweden­(USA gymnasts Jim Mills, Marshall Claus

and Bob Hall attended)

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Helpful hints

"Free Rear-Hipcircle Forward" with hip extension and dislocation to suspension_

This is an essential maneuver on the Horizontal Bar_ Despite its advanced na­ture it can be taught quite easily on low horizontal bar_ The assignment is to start the "stoop-or " squat through" from a po­sition-related to a forward giant swing from where it normally would start_ Prior to the illustrated exercise one should have e~peri ence i~, "Fo:war~ Rear-Hipcircle"-s (Illcorrectly: seat-circle , because one does never sit on the bar) from a rear-support, then with careful spotting the first tries can be attempted_

The jump to support is done with an "under-grip" ( fi g_ 1.) _ One may squat first. later stoop through between the arms (fig_ 2_) into a rear support with the hips bent

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to such an extent that the backs of the legs stay distant· away from the bar and the back of the knee-joint is approximately opposite to the bar (fig. 3) . Keeping the arms ex­tended and maintaining this position one dives with the shoulders under the bar and through a "bent-inverted-hang" (fig. 4) cir­cles forward, upward toward rear-support (fig. 5) .-At this point the hipextension forward begins while the arms are force­fully guiding the bar toward extreme rear position. It is quite frequent that this hip­extension will be started too early by a beginner and as a consequence the gymnast would plunge backward, down IIgain. Be­cause an under-grip is not adequate for a backward rotation the hands could not con­trol the backward fall, therefore spotting must be concentrated primarily here (jig.

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5 & 6).! Spotter "A" makes sure that the hipextension and the clearing of the bar will be successfuL

At the instant the vertical proj ection of the shoulders passes over the bar, and the momentum- initiated by the rear-hipcircle -still maintains the hip-extension ahead and above the bar, the '"dislocation" of the shoulders begins by the sliding of the hands to a wider rear-support, through which the sinking of the shoulders will not be difficult or unpleasant (fig_ 7) .-At this point Spot­ter "B" takes over to maintain the high position of the legs and hips while the shoulders sink into dislocation_ Finally Spotter " B" (who may be reinforced by a third spotter on the opposite side) brakes the downward swinging of the body (fig- 8) and facilitates a soft landing (fig. 9) .

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THE VAULTING CONTINUUM

by A. B. Frederick When Giulio Lay, the prominent Italian

women's coach, first let it be known that he intended to write a seri es of books on gymnast ics for girls and women, incruding one on vaulting (10), his colleague, ]\'lrs. Andreina Gatto Sacco, a member of the Women's Technical Committee of F.1. G. wrote, "Begin with vaulting which is lit· tIe known and practices less."

Her words have been echoed by other foreign authorities and occasionally by U. S. gymnast ic leaders who regard vault· ing as one of the primary, fundam ental areas of gymnast ics. Touring foreign teams characteristically fea ture vaulting. In Olym· pi c competition, vaulting is one of two events which is on both the men's and the women's program. In a recent U.s. tex t by Babbitt and Haas (2), vaulting elements are included in the very first chapter. No doubt thi s was due to the German influence of Haas. We conclude that vaulting is very important in our gymnasti c programs. It is, in fact, an ex­cellen t activity for children and should he included often in programs of physical education.

In English speaking countries "vaulting" refers to any number of physical skill s where a body passes over an obstacle with hand support. We call the very im­pressive balance beam mount of the Rus­sian Olympian, Latynina, a vault; men vault in the middle of their parallel bar or hori zonta l bar routines. Vaulting is done on the uneven parallel bars in a variety of mounts and intermediate move­ments.

But mainly we think of vaulting as a graded program of hand-assisted jumps over a s tandard piece of apparatus such as the Swed ish box, long horse or side' (broad ) horse. These kinds of movements are not simply vaults .. . Lhey are jump­ing vaults. Some of our top perform ers may be overheard to say, "Good jump!" They may have been influenced by inter­national competitors who use the expres· sion, "J ump-Vaulting."

Therefore we must be concerned with jumping. Leaders in track and field can help us with this aspect. If we would study their techniques of teaching jump-

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by A BRUCE FREDER ICK 2125 ARMOUR DRIVE

WILMINGTON 8, DELAWARE

ing, we will ultimately find that we are instructed to teach running. So there it is. To teach side-horse vaulting we teach jumping; \ to teach jumping, we teach run­ning. Pretty fundam ental isn't it ? Grossly neglected isn't it?

Have you ever seen running taught at a gymnastic clinic? If you have, chances are that it was in connection with side­horse vaulting. More frequently we may see weak-armed girls being helpfully forced through a bent-armed handstand resulting in an insecure landing (though thoroughly spotted ) on the mats. You've seen that. Would a lesson in running have been a better choice?

Somewhere between the age where one takes his fir st running step until he reaches gymnastic maturity (30 years of age more or less) we might place that person on a continuum . . . ladder if you like. Each rung of the ladder is com­posed of elements to be developed pro-

. gress ively by the creative teacher. The last page of thi s paper is the writer's at­tempt at developing such a program in vaulting. International or Olympic side-

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horse vaulting, is near the top of the con­tinuum . Let 's start at the bottom, develop a philosophy of approach and later apply it at the upper levels. You will find some notes below which have a "C" designa­tion. They refer back to specific levels of the continuum on the final page.

The continuum principle in movement education is well presen ted by Cratty (3) and the need for a philosophical as well as a sound theoretical approach to learn ­ing has been r ecently seen in print by Meirhenry (12) and Weber (18). Meirhen­ry asks us to join in the search for basic pa tterns of subj ect matter. He would then have us form a strategy or plan of attack in the application of such patterns in our teaching.

The first three rungs of the ladder are most important. Without at least some minimal experience in running and the performance of vault-related steps and jumps, the gymnast will have predictable kinds of diffi culty in competiti ve vaulting.

Girls have some 'special diffi culties with running accordin g to Broer. (Broer, Mari­on, Efficiency of Human Movement. Phila.: W. B. Saunders Co. 1960. p. 120.) She states . ..

" Girls frequently have difficulty in r un­ning because they attempt to run with a minimum of knee lift. In order to move the foot forward without ~fting the knee, the thigh must be rotatea inwardly and the foot and lower leg thrown out to the side and around. They (girls) also tend to rotate the shoulders outward . 'hugging' the upper arms and elbows to : the body and allowing the lower arm to ' fla p' out at the sides in response to the decided rotation of the hips. Girls may have some mechanical di sadvantage in running be· cause of the angle of the femur resulting from a broader pelvis."

Doherty (4) emphasizes the principl e of naturalness in running. If a girl seems to be a naturally good r unner, little should be done to change her s tyle of running. A hands off policy is preferred. Since the shortes t dis tance between two points is a straight line, all running and running for vaulting in particular should be direct to the target or apparatus. Any deviation will result in a loss of horizontal velocity.

Doherty also emphasizes Overall Action - RUIlll er is smooth and

relaxed with little up and down action. Body Angle - Concentrating on a spot

some distance away from the runner wi ll hel p stabilize a posture which is aestheti-

cally and mechanically correct. Farkas (7) recommends that a vaulter look at the spot on the board she will hit during the hurdle while ·running. He adds that as soon as the hurdle step is initiated she then look at the spot on the horse where the hands will push off.

Arm Swing - Arms work in opposition with the legs. This prevents acute rota­tion of the hips about the long axis of the body. As an arm swings forward , the forearm may swing in a bit towards the line of run but this is natural. Tense arm movements, however correct, seem to have a small bearing on speed. Naturalness is emphasized here as in all aspects.

FO(lf Placement - In the vaulting run as in sprinting, weight is first taken on the toes, followed by foot flexion and ex­tension. This is especially true of runs for some of the morF difficult ten-rated vaults. Flat·footedness is to be avoided as I S an habitual turn·out of the feet.

Rear Leg Lift - The rear leg bends sharply during the run to effect a quick recovery. The writer has seen some girls run with the legs held straight which reo suits in an awkward run.

Length. of Stride - It is important to establish stride length early in the train· ing of a runner (or vaulter). Dyson (5) joins Doherty in emphasizing a natural stride which has no grotesque foot exten· sion. Since elite side·horse vaulting will require from 12-16 strides, attempt to de· velop some interesting ways for students to test themselves on the consistency of the length of their runs for a given num· ber of strides. These activities can be suggested after corrections m running form are made since the correction will have ·a bearing o~ the amount of distance required.

The writer has described one method for practicing vault-running on a mass basis. (8)

Give each girl a piece of masking tape. A partner can then mark the spot where the last stride (the one before the hurdle) is completed. Once the vaulter can r epeat her run and come consistently near her mark she should record the distance for use later. The length of hurdle and board location can be worked out following this important aspect. C·2 DEVELOPING THE HURDLE sn;p

Young children often have trouble with a two foot take·off. They should be given many opportunities to run and jump with the landing on two feet.

1. The hurdle step from a stand. Sim· ply swing one leg forward and as the jump is made join the feet and land supply.

2. Hollow jumps. Jump arching the back. (Not a cheer-leader's jump )

3. Skip step and hurdle 4. Jumps from various kinds of spring

apparatus with a jump from the ap· paratus or with a single step.

5. Run and hurdle step. 6. Combining a competitive vaulting run

with a hurdle step.

C·3 LA NDING WITH CONTROL Landing with control is one of the maj­

or skill s of vaulting. Sim ple jumps from the floor should be the first experience in such c.ontrol. Later, the teacher can pro­gress with interesting variations empha­sizing landing control as students attempt to jump down from levels which get pro­gressively higher. Emphasize quietness. "Who can make the least amount of noise? "

We might now expect to see some good combinations of the run , hurdle, jump and landing. The creative teacher can always challenge a group at this level in the jump phase. By varying the kinds of jumps, handling the body at the landing phase becomes progressively more secure. C4 CREATIVE COMBINATIONS OF THE RUN, STEP, AND JUMP

Babbitt and Haas (2) and Edmundson and Garstang (6 ) have suggested crea tive ways to arrange existing apparatus of all kinds for elementary vaulting experiences. The development of agility through such arrangements is a hopeful outcome of such experiences and the sheer fun of this kind of this activity assures its des irabil ­ity at all levels. Though we do not have the German Luneberger·Stegle or the multi­ple adaptability of Swedish gymnast ic ap· paratus we should be able to crea te many fine and challenging courses.

A felt board or some other type of visu­al aid can assist the teacher in develop· ing with her classes creative arrangements of existing apparatus. Simply cut out small replicas showing the top view of the apparatus. Place these true to scale cutouts on the felt board which should be in scale with the teaching station. C·5 TUMBLING

Tumbling offers many early opportuni· ti es for hand and arm supported skill s. In particula:, will we emphasize here

some of the vault·related tumbling move· ments.

Successful performance of the dive and roll which in final progression becomes the layou t dive·roll, indica tes that a girl can manage her weight for a majority of the standard vault s done in competitive gym nastics.

The forward handsprin g progression is valuable as a lead-up movement in teach· ing fli ght. (Both on fli ght . and off flight ) To be able to assist an intermediate per· former in the execution of the handsprin g is a skill which should be developed by each girl. It will be ext remely valuable in advanced vaultin g. The elements of the handspring progression have been singled out below.

1. The ski p step 2. Momentary handstand 3. Bridge 4. Kip series 5. Handstand limber to bridge 6. Assisted combination of skip step

and the quick execution of the hand· stand limber. (Emphasis on early stretch and kick of trailing leg.)

7. Unassisted handsprin g 8. Layout handspring. (To do this pro·

perly, the gymast will demonstrate her ability to develop off flight even on the floor.)

9. Handspring from low heights to the floor. (With and without spring ap· paratus) .

10. Double bea t handsprin gs. C·lI DEVELOPING A LAYOUT

The development of a layout for ad­vanced vaulting has been discussed by Lay (10), Takemoto (16 ), Tieber (17), Yeager (19 ) and Zabka (20), All of these auth· ors are consistent about the prerequisite of a suitable run and hurdle step as dis· cussed above. Further, the run and hurdle step should be automatized at this point of the continuum so that concentration may be given to the layout.

Farkas (7) speaks of two power foun· tains. These are the horizontal and verti· ca l velocities. In order to get adequate horizontal velocity, the gymnast must start her run far enough away from the apparatus so that maximum speed will be attained from three to four strides from the board . Vertical velocity is at a maxi­mum only when the coordination of body and arms with the return spring of th e board is perfected.

The fli ght to hand support on the vault· in g apparatus should be dev~oped pro-

gressively. This can be accomplished in several ways.

1. Through tumbling (double b e a t springs)

2. By regulating the height of the vault· ing apparatus

3. By usin g spring apparatus with pro· gressively less recoil

In the writer's opinion , the more a gymnast can rely on her own ability to vault without spring apparatus, the better are her chances at vaulting excellence. Therefore the writer prefers the back· ground of tumbling and adjusted apparatu , heights in progressive training.

A travelling overhead spotting rig with a twisting belt attached is a valuable ap· paratus at this level. It is seldom avail· able, however. It is suggested that when a girl is proficient enough in the elements of fli ght, the teacher or trained spotters can stand between the board and the horse to assist the flight to hand support. Two spotters may be required at first to in· still confidence but one of these· may shortly be removed and hand spotting will become progressively easy as the skill de­velops to maturity.

Another technique mentioned by Lay (10) and which is frequently seen as an isolated activity is the performance of swan dive over an obstacle from a spring ap· paratus. Performers are caught just below the shoulders or high on the chest to pre· vent a " belly flop." An advanced spotter might attempt the catch somewhat closer to the center of gravity but this takes fine skill.

You may also use a trampoline to re­place active spotting. The trampoline is a very valuable vaulting aid. Its use will be demonstrated a little more thoroughly during the vaulting session at the Institute.

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A list of vaults may be found in almost every source on gymnastics for girls and women. In order of difficulty, they may be classified into the following patterns.

1. Vaults in which the hands are lifted individually once support is purchased.

2. Theif vault (This is the only stand­ard foot·first vault.)

3. Bent hip vaults 4. Vaults to the handstand, followed by

various drops. 5. Layout vaults where there is a change

in rotation about the horizontal axis of the body. (Hip to hip axis)

6. Layout vaults where the rotation in the horizontal axis does not change.

7. Hecht type vaults. It is the writer's opinion that once the

vaulter masters the combination of a con· sistent and natural run·hurdle-flight pat· tern, she may very well perform most or all of the ten-rated vaults. Her selection of a competitive vault will be the result of current style and her ability in off flight. The latter will be determined many times by strength and coordination. Rest assured that Vera Caslavska, the Olympic medalist in vaulting, can perform all of the vaults. Her Yamashite vault will un· doubtedly set the style for the next year or so and possibly until 1968.

In one sense, the international style of vaulting for women is now very close to that of men. Some foreign female com· petitors actually practice long ·horse vault· ing. For this reason, vaulting may eventu· ally fall into international disfavor due to the characteristically male effort in some of the long on flights and push·offs.

Board placement will depend upon the difficulty and type of vault to be per· formed. If the layout is to be performed the board must be at least a body length

from the horse. This is measured from the point of take-off to the near edge of the horse.

One of the best evaluations of vaulting faults is given by Lay (10). He empha· sizes that an incorrect approach will do Ihe greatest damage. In addition, he points out .. .

1. Stiff run; stride too short or uneven; trunk too upright.

2. Take·off spot constantly a mystery 3. Insufficient thrust from board; poor

coordination of body and arms with the return spring of the board.

4. Failure to inhale at the take·off 5. Insufficient layout or stretch of body;

body not elevated upon achieving sup· port making push·off difficult.

6. Incorrect push with the hands to af· fect off flight

7. Attempting too difficult a vault. 8. Compares good stretch in vaulting to

a good shaving cream in shaving. What of some of the practical techniques

of teaching? Farkas (7) tells us that the horse is not a landing platform ; Yeager (19) describes off flight as the second stage of a two stage rocket. These are colorful phrases to use when teaching boys and girls.

The French Gymnastic Federation of· fers to its instructors some of the most carefully worked out pedagogical materi· als the writer has seen to date. (13). One is reminded of the work of Skinner and all of those who are currently engaged in programed learning. Materials are worked out in carefully selected steps which are intended to result in student success. This in oIurn keeps motivation high. The linear program also emphasizes re·inforcement of concepts and continual self-testing. The writer has attempted above to incorporate

this philosophy in a vaulting continuum . Betty J ean Maycock, a top U.S. gym­

nast, has also experimented with some un­usual techniques. (11) She describes the position of the arms after the vault land­ing and stretch to stand as being in an "eagle catch" position. She has tape reo corded the sound pattern of her vault s in an attempt to get a total kines thetic " feel" of the vault. The writer will pre­sent a variation of the use of the tape recorder at the Institute. The well coor­dinated body sings a silent song of move­ment (ca lled audio·tonal rhythm by some). Any technique which will help a gymnast avoid discordant notes it worth the effort it takes to present.

Prominent track coaches such as Doher· ty and Dyson stress naturalness. Doherty (4) quotes the following poem of un­known origin . It is presented here with the hope that it might instill a philosophy of approach with respect to vaulting as well as running.

"A centipede was happy quite Until a frog in fun Said,"Pray tell, which leg goes after

which?" This worked her ioto such a pitch She lay distracted in the ditch, And knew not how to run."

THE VAULTIN G CONTINUUM C- 1 Running (The first thing a judge

sees.) A. Style of running B. Size of Stride C. Naturalness?

C- 2 Developing the Hurdle Step C- 3 Landin~s (The last thing a judge

sees.) C- 4 Creative Combinations 01 the Run,

IIurdle, and Jump

C- 5 Related Tltmbling A. Hand support skill s B. Kip skill s C. Dive and roll D. Handspring progress ion with as-

sociated spotting technique C- 6 Vaulting Over Human Apparatus C- 7 Vaulting Over Low Objects C- 8 Jumping Oli Apparatus to a Good

Landing C- 9 Jump on Apparatus With an Imm e­

diate Jump Off

ColO Elementary Vaults on Side or Slant Horse

C-ll Developing a Layout C-12 Double Beat Vaults (On mats, with

trampoline and on long buck ) C-13 Elementary and In te rm ediate, Vaults

on Side Horse with Reuthef Board C-14 Trampoline Vaulting (All 10 vaults) C-15 Ten-rated Vaults on the Side Horse C·16 Long Horse Vaulting

VAULTING BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Allison, June, Advanced Gymnastics

for Women. London: Stanley Paul, 1963. 2. Babbitt, Diane and Werner Haas,

Gymnastic Apparatus Exercises jor Girls. New York: The Ronald Press, 1964.

3. Cratty, Bryant, 1., Movement Be-havior and Motor Learning. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1964.

4. Doherty, Ken, Modem Track and Field. Englewood ,Cliffs, N.J.. Prentice­Hall, Inc., 1963.

5. Dyson, Geoffrey, . The Mechanics 0/ Athletics. London : U. of London Press, 1964 (3rd Ed.)

6. Edmundson, J oseph and Jack Gar­stang, Activities on P .E. Apparatus. Lon­don: O1dbourn Publishers, 1962.

7. Farkas, James, " Hints About Take­offs." The Modem Gymnast, J an. , 1962.

8. Frederick, A. B., "Basic Elements

and Progressions in Vaulting" The Mod­em Gymnast, Nov. -Dec., 1963.

9. Giardin, Yvan, "The Relationship Between the Ability to Perform Selected Tumbling Skills and the Ability to Diag­nose Learning Difficulties in these Same Skills." Unpublished Master's Thesis, Uni· ve rsity of Maryland , 1964 (Copies avail · ab le from U.s.G. F.-P.O. Box %99, Tuc· son, Arizona.)

10. Lay, Guilio, Th e Technique of Vault-ing (Bi.Lingual- French/Italian ) Prato, Italy: Stabil imento Grafico Com merciale.

11. Maycock, Betty J ean, "The Side Horse Vault." Mimeo. n.d.

12. Meierhenrey, W. C. " Implica tions of Learning Theory for Instructi onal Tech­nology." Phi Delta Kappan, May, 1965.

13. Pedagogical Materials (French Gy mn astic Federation) 15 Rue Lafayette, 15, Paris ge, France, n.d.

14. Prestidge, Pauline and James Pres­tidge, Your Book oj Gymnastics. London : Faber & Faber, 1%4.

15. Stewart, Nik, Competitive Gymnast­ics. London : Stan ley Paul, 1%4.

16. Takemoto, Masao, llIust..rated Wom­en's Gymnastics. (Frank Endo, Distribut­or, 12200 S. Berendo, Los Angeles, Cal.) 1958.

17. Tieber, Avis, " Developing the Lay­out in Vaulting." DGWS Gymnastic Guide (1%5-1967) Washington, D.C.; AAHPER, 1965.

18. Weber, C. A., "Do Teachers Under­stand Learning Theory ?" Phi Delta Kap­pan, May 1%5.

19. Yeager, Patrick, A Teacher's Guide jar Women's Gymnastics. Mimeo. The Auth­or - Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, Ga.

20. Zabka, Norma, "Introduction to S. H . Vaulting" DGWS Guide 1963-1965.

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IINOTES FROM A NEUROTIC JUDGEII

by Roy Davis

A uthor's not e : This is the second in a se ries of articles devoted to an evaluation of the AA U tran slation -of the FIG Code 0/ Points and Annex_ The present article examin es the di//iculty tables in an at­tempt to point out the ques tionabl e rat­ings and poorly worded or poorly trans­lat ed_ sections_

A_ Expl anation L The explanatory paragraph on page

29 (pa ragraph 2 ) is vague and un­clear. Bad writing_ Paragraph 3 also is vague.

2. There is no definition of "palmar" and " dorsa l"; no definition of neck and croup.

3. The list of terms is quite complete, but diagrams would eliminate much confusion thro.ughout the whole book expl anation s on the left , drawings on the right.

4. Tn some descriptions, there is no men· tion of the exact placement of the hand (i .e., "shift left hand to right bar and dismount forward. . . ." in front of right hand or in back of it ?l . The rea l problem here again is defi­nition of terms. From a handstand what is "forward" and what IS " backward"; what about counter· movements such as a straddle or stoop dismount from one bar as opposed to a simple fall in the other direction but with the same hip motion?

5. Paragraph 9 and paragraph 14 are very confusing. It seems as if para· graph 14 i s a pivot cartwheel though paragraph 14 is labeled a Hollander and paragraph 9 is labeled pivot cart· wheel! ??

6. "Arabian jump" omits a startin g posi­ti on; where does the " arm push" come from ?

7. Paragraph 14 "Dutch" suggests a "swing forward to momentary hand· stand" hah! Show me? Anyone proof· read ?

8. The explanation of side horse com· binations leaves much unanswered. How do we treat combinations in terms of counting the number of moves ? How about interpreting com·

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binations as part s of several over·lap· ping combinations. Judging side horse has not only become diffi cult , but genuinely distasteful. The only accur­ate evaluations are awarded the gym­nast who has an ob viouS' ten point exercise i.e. , where difficulty does not have to be evaluated.

9. Definiti ons : Throughout the explana­tory preface and the tables themselves, the rules never attempt to clarify or further define turning movemen ts from different posi tions, i. e., on the feet, in a handstand, swinging, or moving sideward. 'owhere is a " momentary handstand" or a " momentary free front support" defined. These are critical but overlooked.

10. The framers of the revised FIG dis­played woeful inconsistency in chang­ing the ratings. A " hecht" dismount on the hi gh bar becomes a B part, but a fl y-away with a 1f2 twist on rin gs remains a C. A Russian . 'Ioore on side horse becomes a B, thus plac· ing it in the same ca tegory as a simple Moore, which remains un· changed.

B. Rating Tables In addition to the confusion in terminol· ogy, the diffi culty annex also lists many questionable ratings which do not seem consistent with subj ective and/or experi­en tial standards of difficulty. It appears as if in an event and between events rat· ings have been adjusted out of proportion to their actual diffi culty. This sentiment has been echoed by outstanding American coaches and gymnasts alike. What can we do about this arrangement ? By event , the foll owin g clarifica tions are necessary:

1. Free exercise a. What is the difference between a

" handstand" and a " momentary hand­stand" ?

b. Is a forward jump a leap ,hop, or dive? Off of two fee t or one?

c. Does " followed by" mean " at the termination of" or " during"?

d. Why is a flip flop , back somie (B move) a C combi nation when pre· ceded by a forward roll ?

2. Parall el Bars a. What is a " doubl e back Czech"" b. What is a cross support ? What arc

the va rious handstand sup ports? c. Why is a peach basket to the up·

per arms the same rating as to sup· port ?

d. What is a " high front al"? A "sid e-wa rd turn "? ,

e. Why is a simple "straddle off" di s­mount on one ba r a B move?

f. A high frontal dismount (somewhat like a double rea r ?) is mentioned as both an A and B dismount. Is someone con fused?

3. Horizonta l Ba r a. Why is a "stem up, stoo p to sea t

circle" a C move? Because a stem up is a B ? Then both should be lowered.

4. S ide Horse a. Here the dilemma is one of num·

bers; because the ratin gs depend so heavily on combinations, the value of a routine is diffi cul t to assess due to overlappings of parts in which one movement can be consid· ered as a part of as many as 3 combinations. The total number of moves may be ten, but there may be only six combinations.

I.

2.

Consider the following as an ex· ample :

Stockli (kehre out, 1\ 113 }i3 kehre in)

Side tift Ct~ [}J3 j~

3., Kehre in J 4. Side tift I;) ~;.

5. '/4 turn to toops (2) ,I'i:\ ? )V

6 . '/4 turn to side lift A A c 7. Side lift A iI

8. ~~~:'~~nd~ostol ;3 l,.c 1,-1'

9. Inverted stockli 6 10. Czech 13 E> Ie 11. Czech 13 rf, ,.,

i1 .'),,-12. Side l ift ~

13. Double in A Is this example suffiCIent to demon­strate the current problem? Surely there are ri ch gymnastic minds to either so lve this problem directly or apply sensible and logical rules to this choatic disorder. Good Luck!

5. Rings a. Why is a di slocate shoot handstand

a C move? Should this be from a handstand (back giant )?

b. Why is a flyaway a C? Should this be a double fl y away?

c. Under dismowlIs, is a "Support turn rearward and dismount to stand" a back somersault from support or a hip circle dismount ?

C. Summary: In comparing the AAU and Nissen·Mont· petit versions of the FIG rules, I not· iced some significant differences, omis­sions, and additions. While this fact can be confusin g, it a lso can a id in clarifying some points. The principal difficulty in the FIG rating ann ex lies in in consistent ratings and confusin g combination values. If these judging areas were clear and logical, then the method of judging would be less relevant. At present however , the method is an area of concern . The next article, focusing on the method area, will include a discussion of the American vari· at ions in assignment of judges, duties of judges, and related changes in the distri· butipn of points.

VIC SAYS by Victor C. Josselyn, New York City

ROPE CLIMBING I certainly feel that Paul Davis's effort

to ge t the rope climb reinstated in gym­nastic even ts should rece ived everyone's full· support.

His point that it is related to man's an· cestral activities is well taken. Every boy almost instinctively envies the ability. Much of "Tarzan's" popularity was due to his ability to escape danger by going up a handy vine at high speed. Incidentally. none of the movie Tarzans I have seen have been too good at it, though one or two fair- I haven't kept up with the later Tarzari s. ' .

It seems, in general, to be a vanishing: accomplishment - in part, perhaps, due to ' the increasing size of the modern gen· eration. A man who climbs a rope on a boat or construction job with moderate ease is viewed with admiration. Yes, to repeat Davis, it is a basic athletic event easily understood and largely admired.

Elsewhere in the March issue are com· ments on the ·difficulties of fair judging of complicated and precise gymnastic events. The rope climb is happily free from this problem.

Highly important, think, from the viewpoint of spectator appreciation, is the fact that it is a . "race". Like it or not, neither professional nor amateur gymnast· ics are popular spectator sports in Ameri· ca - lacking an obvious . competitive ele­ment and the niceties being difficult for the untrained eye to appreciate. But every­one reacts with interest to a race even if It IS only pushing a peanut with the nose!. And who can fail to be impressed by ·the high speeds achieved by modern climbers? It seems to me that the ellcitement of the competitive climb might well be the high point of a gymnastic meet.

Davis seems to think that perhaps the excellence of the Los Angeles climbers has discouraged competition. Actually, I should consider this more' likely tp spur ad­vancement of climbing style and competi ­tion- with ·the proper encouragement. If the challenge could get started it might be the best thing that could happen to reinstate rope climbing.

Not to be overlooked is the fact that the rope climb requires no complicated or ex­pensive apparatus, nor expert instruction, and could become a popular back-yard sport and bring along a lot of young fel­lows to support it. The first "steady job" my brother ever held, age 14 (51 years ago ), financed a rope-twenty-odd feet of one-inch diaII)e t'~r hemp which an amused and ,indulgent .' merchant let him have for a d011ar (which wasn't inflated, however). We hung it in a ' tree in the back yard. It Il)oved with us from place to place and served for many years, and was· passed along to" an9th~.r boy after we were grown, still serviceable.

I've been observing professional acro­batics, with a critical eye, for over 40 years, and never ' see a circus performer hand-over-hand to his rigging without spe­cial attention. I have yet to see one satis­fy me ' completely. My brother wa~ the best I ever saw a.t smooth climbing- he scorned the kicking and scrambling. He could chin with either hand while holding a 25-pound boxcar spring in the other, and in rope climbing pushed down with the lower hand un til it reached the level of his abdoinen. This eliminated all jerk and took him up the rope at an unvarying speed as if pulled by an invisible wire.

In . the April issue Bill Marti,n thinks the rope climb lacks artis~i <; appeal. In ad­dition to a "free style", l, :':would like also to see a rope climb including smoothness and O'race among the criteria .

If ;ou are still with me, Ipaybe you will stay for a few rambling comments'?,

Anything concerning the " rope should include a few words, or traditions, about "J asper"- I . know him by no other name. Met him once in Bothner's gym but didn' t see him perform. Most of what I know, or have heard , of him comes from Lloyd Crowfoot, former . professional " gymnast and now' instructor in a New York gym. I cross my fingers when I speak of him , but even allowing for all the exaggerations thai creep into the stories, judging by the impression he made "Jasper" must have been Qne in a million.

The least I ever heard that he could chin with one hand was 15 times. Mike Gentry, an able profess ional , says 3~! He looked me right i'1 the eye and said, " I counted them!" Gentry is a 190-pound tumbler so I didn't argue. Lloyd claims "J asper's" favorite trick was to take a small boy in one hand and chin with the other - varying sizes ! He chinned, with two hands, 14 times with Lloyd (about 130 pounds) hanging . on him. My brother thought it pretty good to chin ten times with no pounds held in the crook of his knees. Once they hung a lot of \~eight on "Jasper" - they "thought" about 250 poul)ds - and he chinned with it. No, I don't think so either. He could , they say, "go to sleep" in a front plange. Weight on his feet ? Oh yes, but I won't say how much. I've seen Charlie Schaeffer do a front plange with a medium sized medi­cine ball bet\veen . his ankles, but on "J as­per" rhey claimed to hang dumbbells !

They consistently elaim "Jasper" could front the bar slowly with his arms straight, though personally I don't see how it is mechanically ' possible without a bit of cheating, which might have gone unnot· iced. He could climb the rope with one harid - as · 'Gould my brother (with the rope anchored) ·. A favorite trick, they say, was climbing the rope in a front plange­which Ringling want~d to feature, I have heard, but "Jasper' declined . His legs, though light, were strong and serviceable. Lloyd Crowfoot says he never saw anyone muscled like " Jasper" - "His muscles were hard all the time".

The rope climb is considered strictly masculine, 'but I expect Lillian Leitzel in her heyday ·c<;mld surprise us.

As for ti:le muscles used in rope climb­ing, the better anatomists remind us that it is somewhat more a . matter of pulling the elbow down than fl exing the arm. The latissimus begs for attention, but the bet­ter placed teres major is the key · muscle in pulling the elbow down. And while the biceps, visible and well known, usually ge t the publici ty for arm fl exion, the un­derlying brachial is is said to be much more important. A broken bicep leaves surprisingly little impairment. Muscles of course work in complex coordination, and besides several others involved directly, still others supply foundation to th" se pro­ducing th e movement. Speed·climbing techniques sound as if they might involve a great deal more.

Possibly ropes should be varied in dia· meter for hand size, or for weight if the "spring" of the rope is utilitzed.

Summing up, I think it is shortsighted and in fact near tragic to eliminate this basic event. and echo Davis in his "Let's ge t it back".

By Jess Robinson

ANYONE FOR RATING TRA NPOLINE STUNTS?

Like they say .. . everybody's trying to get into the act. The act in this case is rating trampoline stunts. We have in front of us six different ways to rate trampolin e stunts, three that list stunts as A, B, and C and three that give stunts point values.

A, B, C Ratings The 1966 N.C.A.A. Official Gymnastics

Rule Book lists approximately 30 moves on trampoline and terms them " Examples of A, Band C Parts." Also listed are half a dozen combination examples. They list some front and back somersaults, twisting back somersault s and front and back codys, but no mention is made of moves from the back, either forward or backward nor of forward twisting somersaults. Frarn the ex ­amples it is difficult to determin e whether a barany in, barany out or even a back-full­back fliffi s is a B or C move.

From Newt Loken, University of Michi­gan, we rece ived a list of more than 50 moves and combinations which in addition to being listed as A, B, and C, were also marked as plus and minus. Most moves used in com petition were on the list either se parat ely or in combinations, but there are so many combinations available Newt could probably have listed another 50 had he wanted.

Third approach to rating A, B, C moves is from Gordon Maddux of Cal State Los Angeles. He feels consideration should be given to a simplified formula for rating moves. Gordie suggests any somersault should be at least an A move. B moves then would be -any somersault with 1112 or more twists or moves containing 1112 or more somersaults. C moves wOllld be single somersaults with more than two twists, double somersault with one or more twists and moves with 21/2 or more somersaults.

Point Rated Stunts Steven Johnson, Colorado State Univer­

sity, submitted a list of 58 trampoline stunts with diving ratings. He allowed 1.0 fbr a front or back somersault, 3.1 for a triple twisting double back with all other stunts falling in between. Piked and layout somer­saults were also listed and given greater values than tuck somesaults. Steve did not indicate how he planned to use this rating system.

The rating system we have used here at Trampoline Inc. also begins with 1 point for front or back somersault but goes as high as 31 points for a triple twisting double back. We list over 100 different stunts, about 50 form tricks and the list is topped off with almost 150 of the "most common"

doubles and triples with twists. For the beginning trampolinists we have point rated fundamentals, about 140 of them, up to a front and back somersault. These funda­mentals are rated from a basis of 2 points for knee drop, 5 points for seat drop, 10 points for stomach or back drop on up to 100 points for the front or back somer­sault.

Latest addition to our accumulation is Bob Bollinger's rating system. Bob has used a very interesting formula for his ratings and went to a great deal of trouble research­ing it. He sent a questionnaire to many top trampolinists and other coaches askin g them to rate several stunts. He indicated that a stomach drop should be 1 point and a triple twisting double be 14 points and others should fall in between. He then compared these ratings with ratings ob­tained from his formula. Bob's formula al­lows 1 point for half twist and 1 point for a quarter somersault which makes a somer­sault 4 points, a back with a full 6 points, etc.

WHY RATE STUNTS? The way we see it, there are two reasons

to rate stunts-for teaching and for judg­ing.

We have had good results using point rated stunts as a teaching aid. When a stude-nt can swing into and out of a somer­sault we allow him the point value of the middle stunt. This not only teaches swing­ing stunts but allows the student to com­pete with other students for points. If we were to remake our point rating system we would probably go to the Bob Bollinger system because it allows additional points for every quarter of a somersault and every

In keeping with our summer camp theme of this edition of the MG, here are a couple of nice trampoline ph o tos from Ca mp Manison Texas. They hav e both pit and regulation trampolines f o r the campers with Edsel Buchanan former Nat'l champ as instructor.

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half twist. A student would then have many more opportunities to obtain point s. Using our present system we all ow 3 points for a back kaboo m (or .pullover). With the Bol· lin ger system a kaboOI11 would be 2 point s performed to stomach, 3 point s to fee t and 4 poin ts on to back or a total of 9 points. T he student would have to swing out of the stunt from stomach, fee t and back to obtain the points but this would be more of a challenge to him thereby maintain ing his int eres t.

Com petition There seems to be three completely dif­

ferent ways of competing on trampoline, two of which require stunts to be rated.

Here in the United Sta tes most trampo­line competitions are judged as a gymnastic event and stunts are rated as A, Band C moves. The difficulty portion of score given a competitor can be a maximum of 3.4. In order to obtain 3.4 for difficulty the routine must have at least six A moves, four B moves and one C move. Once this is accomplished the competitor must receive at least 3.4 with balance of score being divided 1.6 for combination of moves and 5.0 (o r 1/ 2 ) for manner in which it is per­formed.

The German method of judging meets has now been adopted for some international competitions. We are not cer tain as to how this works now but recall that routine must be written in advance and each stunt is given point values. If rout ine is not per­formed as written performer is penalized. It seems that the majority of the score is stilt based on execution, however.

Third method of judging competitions does not require difficulty rating to trampo­line stunts. We are speakin g of the man· ner in which the first two World Amatuer Trampoline Championships were judged. In this type of competition there are two trampolines end to end (or side by side) and two competitors perform one immedi­ately after the other. Judges compare rou­tines and indicate which of the two is bes t. Both winner and loser go on to more com­petitions, the loser must lose twice to be el iminated and the winner must continue to perform until other competitors are elimi­nated. This is a bit strenuous as it may reo quire the winner to perform his routine six or more times before the tournament is completed. We have never witnessed this type of competition but understand from those that have that it is by far the easiest type of trampoline competition for spec­tators to understand, easiest to judge, and most exciting for competitors.

So if you are confused as to which is the best way of giving values to stunts or judg­ing competitions, don't worry. In this grow­ing sport we're not certain anyone knows what the ultimate outcome will be.

FROM AUSTRALIA

J ohn LeHunt , registrar of trampolinists for the Victoria Amatuer Trampoline Assn ., wrote a long interesting letter about tram­polining in Australia. P erhaps the portion of the letter most interestin g to our readers is how tramIJolining started in Victoria Mr. Merv MacKay was head teacher at a high school and also president of a swim­ming pool club, which, incidentally, had no swimming pool. So Mr. Mac, as they call him, purchased a trampoline and use it to rai se fund s for a pool. There became a great interes t in the trampoline, so much so that Mr. ]\<[ac started competitions. Then a local youth club bought a trampoline and from then on the sport mushroomed.

A PROBLEM ? Oli ve r Allen, who teaches math and tram­

polin e in a privat e hi gh school in Crot on. Conn. , has a problem. He has a boy nampel Doug DiStasio who is lea rnin l! too ra pidl y. In just over one month Doug ha , l" arned a front , back. barany, back with full twi, \. cody and 13,4 fron t somersault. Ollie say , hi s p'roblem is holding DOll 1! back . Thi , kind of probl em we would like to hay .. .

TRAMPOLINE TERMS We would lih to thank V. C. J M;;e lyn

for submitting additional information ahout trampoline term,. He writes:

Th e " Boralli" was lIam ed aiter Joe Bora",' in th e late 1890's. I cO l1ldll'i swear to th e spellin~ though . Lou Wills (who is 86) knew him well alld says that was th e way. III my yO/l.th I I1s/l.al/y heard it referred to as a brann y or a be-ralillY though , as rOll

remarked, I have heard it called everythill g. Th ere used to be a few specialists ill rast

boranis done with a TIIn and coverin g .lam p 15 l ee t or so. Th ey jacknifed th e feet down at the last mom ent and landed with the head low to the floor. I haven't see II aile don e in person or on TV for a good mall ." years.

Sig Meely of Welsh, Meely and Mon trose is said to have fi rst done th e Rudolph ill Woods gym somewhere around 1901 or 02. "Scream" Welsh, the comic in the act, called it a Rudolph but Ii.o one knows wh y. I never saw many done even in the years when I was exposed to a lot of tumbling th ongh I knew a few men who did them easily.

Th e iliffis or fli/fu.s seems to have fir st been nsed by th e flying return acts (t1!on~h I couldn't swear to this). I rarely heard tnmblers nse the phrase and never saw on e done on the floo r. It was usually referred to as "hal/·twisting double" if someone men­tioned it. Done from trap to catcher it did not look like mnch and was rath er hard to analyse .

Th e " Jonah" was so named in-so·far as I know simply becanse tumblers said- Leave it alone, that trick is a "Jonah!" It was a hal! twisting gaining kick·over back. I saw very few do it. By far th e best was a man named Shelton-first name jorgotten . He was ronnd shonldered and consumptive look­ing bnt from an acrobatic family and l ance saw him do a round-off, jlip·flop fnll twist­ing back in a light overcoat as a show-ojf trick to (Jther tnmblers) . He tucked his Jonah like a steel trap, knees up aronnd his ears and dropped ant of it.

Of conrse it doesn't matter a great deal what a trick is called bnt of all the misused term s the worst is "back handspring." There ain' t no such animal! There are back dives, monkey jnmps, etc., and of conrse flip flops but N OT back handsprings.

RECORD OF THE MONTH 61 Back with Full Twist- 23 Front with

11/2 twist (Rudolphs) by Rick Saye rs of Burbank, Calif. These two records with previously listed 250 Baranys, 5 Rudolphs, 17 Back with Double Twist and 7 Back with Triple Twist should complete the twisting single somersaults. (Unless Dal e Hart wants to add 2 Back ~ith Quad Twist. He is capable of this feat if bas basn't done it already.)

At Right : George Hery coming in for a landing at the Tucson Clinic "See you there"

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"WHAT'S' THE

SCORE?" 13)' Jerry WrighL

SUII Frallci,co S LaLe College

RESULTS OF 2nd ANNUAL ISU " JUNIOR OLYMPIC GYMNASTIC MEET

November 6, 1965 Donna Chalmers of the Ames Gymnastics

Club and Jeff Walder of the Cedar Rapids Gymnastics Club captured top honors in the Junior Olympic Meet sponsored by Iowa State University.

Ames gymnasts won 33 of the 100 total awards, including 12 gold, medals,

Miss Chalmers, 15 year-old, captured six gold medals, by making a clean sweep of all girls events in the senior division. Stewart Buck, also from the Ames Gymnastics Club added three first pla,!:es in the junior boys competi­tion-stili rings, long horse, and trampoline.

Jeff Walder, currently ranked as the best high school performer in the state of Iowa, captured the .all-around title along with high bar and rings in senior boys.

Meet Director, Ed Gagnier, gymnastics coach at Iowa State University, was most encouraged about the increased number of entries in the senior boys division. Total entry in the meet included 193 com pet itors representing 16 teams from the state of Iowa ,

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TO M.G. READERS I am a little stalled right now on

getting informaiion to finish my Thesis for my Master's Degree and I am call­ing upon 'the M.G. readers for assistance in getting the following information. '

My thesis is "A History of Men's Com­petitive Gymnastics in the United States" and included in the paper is an appendix containing Olympic, National and regional champions sush as:

A ll time Big Ten Conference champions of each event.

All time Southern Intercollegiate con­ference champions for each event.

All time NCAA champions and ali-Ame­ricans.

All time NAAU champions and ail-Ame­ricans.

All time New York Metropolitan Asso­ciation Senior champions.

All time Southern Pacific Association Senior champions (I have 011 of these already),

I need more information for the fol­lowing meets:

Pasadena National Invitational , - all events 1949, 1953, 1954, 1960.

North-South champions Sarasota, Flor­ida - 1953 through 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964.

Southern Interco llegiate champions -all events, 1956, through 1962.

Pacific Coast Conference champions (USC, Wash, UCLA etc) prior to 1929 and 1931, 1934, .1936, 1935, 1940, 194$., and 1956,

Big Ten Champions prior to 1926. Eastern Interco llegiate Conference

champions prior to 1930, al so 1933, 1936. 1935, 1939, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, and 1963.

Interstate Intercollegiate Conference champions prior t o 1964, , '

New York Metropolitan AsSOCiation Senior meet-I have on ly scattered re­sults-would appreciate all results since first meet around 1904.

All time National , Turners and Sokols all events., I hqv e ve ry ·few.

All time Mid-West open champions I have only a scattered few,

I hav e all the National YMCA champ­ions and all Southern Pacific association senior champions but 1 would oppreciate any informatiqn from other associations throughout the country-the more com­plete the information the better,

I would be more than happy t o put these results on a ditto and make them available t o anyone else in the futu're,

I am looking forwa rd t o a lot of re­sponse because I believe a record of this type could add a lot to the background of our sport.

Sincerely, Jerry Wright

Above: Donna Chalmers, ISU Jr, Olympic Champ Below: Scenes from the Chico State, Calif. Gym Clinic

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Feb. 26-Pacific Northwest Championships (co llege), Eugene, Oregon.

March 4-5-Denver High School Inv itational, Univ. of Denver , Col.

March 4-5-Big Ten Conference Champion­ships, Indiana Univers ity,

March 4-5, Eastern Intercollegiate Confer­ence Ch'Ompionships, Univ, of Pitt,

March 11-12-Rocky Mountain Open, Univ. of Denver.

March 11-12-Big Eight Conference Champ­ionships, Univ. of Kansas.

March 12-Far Western Conference Champ­ionships, Chico, Calif,

March 12-0regon State High School Champ­ionsh ips, Eugene, Oregon.

March lS-19-NAIA National Champion­ships, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, III.

March lS-19-NCAA Eastern Regional Quali­fications, U,S. Navy Academy.

March 25-26 - NCAA Mid-West Regional Qualifications, Ft. Collins, Colo,

March 25-26-NCAA Western Regional Qual­ifications, Los Angeles State.

April 1-2-NCAA University Div ision Na­tional Championships, Penn State Univ.

April 15-16-U,S,G,F, National Champion­ships, Slippery Rock State Teachers Coil., Penn­sylvania.

April 16-lowa State Championships, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

April 2S-World Trampoline Championships, Univ. of So, West Louisiana, Lafayette, La.

May 5-6-7-National AAU Championships , Bartlesv ille , Oklahoma.

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Dear Editor: Referring to the article in the Sept.-Oct.

issue of the M.G.-"Southern Intercolle­giate Gymnastics League"-I am happy to see that son1eone relllenl bered \ve are still here in the south.

I am shocked at the referral to our judging system as being the same as that used by the Big Ten-the "Bauer" system. This system is the S.I.G.L.'s own-de.vel­oped here at Tech by Coach Lyle Welser and put into use in the S.I.G.L.'s a year before the "Bauer" system was used by the Big Ten! The last M.G. made this c lear -I thought-in the article by Coach Wel­ser-sonleone is either misinformed or not reading his M.G.

Mr. Bauer deserves the credit for the system used by the Big Ten but not for the S.I.G.L.'s. That credit is Coach Wel-se1r ' s.

It desturbs me to see a man who has given his life to the sport again losing credit for another of his contribuUons to the sport he loves and has helped so much. From Tech there may never come a na.tional champion, but speaking for the Team we feel we have something far man! Important in Coach Welser and want to at least set things straight as to whom deserves the credit for this great judg­Ing system--a.t least we as competitors feel it is great!

Sincerely; Jim Williams Capt. Ga. Tech Gym Team

VITALLY INTERESTED

Deal' Mr. Sundby: I know ':Mode!"T1 Gymnast" is v itally

interested In promoting the va lue of teaching tumbling and gymnas tics in a physical education program a.nd w e here in the YMCA of Tulsa, Okla. have con­tributed our small part by recently con ­du c ting a clinic for teachers in the school system.

Lester Griffin, Gymnastics C.oach at the Dalla.s Athletic Club and coach of the U. S. Women ' s Gymnastics Team in the 1963 Pan American Games, directed the clin ic wh ich was· attended by 62 teachers and pa.rticipants.. He was as ­sisted by Janie Speaks, a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team in the ' 64 Olympics. Other promising young gymnasts assisting include: Laurie Har­ris, Shelly Cale, and Bernie Van N etter all of Dallas Athletic Club, plus Bob Mackey of the Fort Wol'th YMCA.

The enclosed pic ture is one of Janie spotting young gymnast through a back walk over .

Dear Glenn:

Sincerely, Wendell l\ofason Assoc. PhySical Direc tor Central YMCA

My Beginner's Book of Gymnastics published by the Appleton-Century-Crofts c.ompany, 440 Park Avenue, South, N ew York City, N ew York, will be a.vailable afte r November 1st. The book is com ­pletely illustrated and is gea.red to the college student taking a beginner's course of gymnas tics in the physical education program.

Also, the Southern U.S.G.F. Regional Gymnastic Championships will be held at North east. Louisiana State College, Mon-110e, LOUISIana on February 18th and 19th, 1966. Further information may be ob­tained by writing to me.

Best wishes. Sincerely, Barry L. Johnson Gymnastic Coach North east Louisiana State College Monroe, Louisiana

MG-PE MAJOR De'll' Glen n :

H e r e is a c h eck fo r 35 new subsc ripthons to th e greatest m agaz in e in the world ... Th e Modern Gymnas t . .

Sincere ly, J oeseph G iallombardo, New Trier High School 'West Cf\ mpus, Nor t hfi eld, JIIinoi ,

Dear Glenn: I '1m having my gymnastic c lasses h e r e

a.t the U niversity of T exas s ubscribe to Th e Modern Gymnas t. Enc losed is th e list o f 25 4 n ew s ubscripUon s. No t ex t, th f\ t I know of , can give s tudentR as good a g e n e r a.l knowled ge of c UlTe·nt gy m nastics as t h ey can rece ive b y r ead ing your fin e 111 a.gaz 1 ne . . . .

Sirrcere ly, George J. V a n is, Head Gymna.st ic Coach Un ive rsity of T exas, Au s tin , Tex.

Dear Gle nn: Enc losed is an addition",1 list of 55 n ew

Rubsc rip t ions to be added t o our growing list h e r e at C hioo State. . . .

Sincerely, Chi c J ohnson , Gymnf\s ti c Coach Chico State College Chico, California

ED. These are just a few of the many coaches and instructors who have put the M.G. to use as a text or instructional aid for their P . E. majors or gymnastic classes. How about you? Why don't you join the M.G. Teacher Boosters who are helping themselves and classes to be up to date on the latest and best in GYMNASTICS. The More the P.E. majors know about Gymnastics the more they will be inspired to go out and teach it. The more Physical Ed ucators we have teaching and pushing thiS wonderful Sport the faster we will be­come a world power to be reckoned with in Gymnastics in all its many phases.

WRONG COACH The Modern Gymnas t Mr. Jerry Wright Dear Jerry:

Many thanks for your fine coverage of t h e N. Y.S . Sectio n 5 meet in the Ma:y ­June "Modern Gymnas t. " The r e is one c lari fica tion t h at should be Inad e, h o,vever: I a m not the coach of Harvey S ilver s t e in as it may appea r in the a r t ic le . H is coach is L ew Szeles of Fra nklin High S c h oo l. H e a lso tra ins unde r Dion 'Weissend o f the Rochester Turners. I am s ure t h ese m e n w o uld a pprec ia te rec e iv ing the ir du e c r e ­dit.

Sincerely. C la.yton Bush (Sec tion 5 Gymnas tics Webster, New York

C hairma.n)

D ear Mr. Sundby: PUZZLED

' V hil e r ev iewing some .recent editions of the Mod ern Gymnas t (July-Augus t '65 ), I was a bit puzzle d by chart N o . VI of Dr. Bosco' s Resear c h a nd Fitness a rtic le (pg. 25), what happe n ed t o chart s IV a.nd V ? Afte r c loser stud y I was r easurred Dr. Bos -0 ::> h ad not r esorted to r ep orting in Greek or s om e other la ngua g e that would st ill be Greek t o 1He, i t 'vas a nlirro r inlage of c h a rt IV . .. Perh a p s it was printed on the wrong s id e of the paper ?

B ill McLean, Sidn ey, A u s tralia

ED . F or those who care and did not t>ake time to place a mirror to the page to read the chart, here is a corrected reprint.

SOUTH DAKOTA D ear Mr. Sundby:

This is not California or Michigan but South Dakota. We are behind many other states in gymnastics and we will be the first to adm it it. Our coach, Pete Torino, is d,oing his best, trying to build a compe ­titive gymnastics team. The few of us who are interested in gymnastics w ork hard and we have a rea.1 great time. In the fu­ture I hope that gymnastics will be rec­ognized in South Dakota as in other s tate s .

V ery s incerely, Pat Sheppard South Dakota Sta te Univ. Brookings, South Dakota

PRESS TIME Dear Glenn: If you haven't g;on e to press with the

D ecember (ChrLstmas Issue) of the Modern Gymnast, here' s some info that you might like for the Tucson Clinic-

GIRLS CLINIC (a t Tucson-Dec. 26-30). Direc t or: Bob Peavy, Hillsdale High

School-San Mateo, cal if. Instructo rs: Rose Ann Saylor-Ballet, Dance: Chic Johnson­Apparatus and tumbling: Roy Davis-Ap­paratus and tumbling: Bob Peavy-Tumbl. ing and trampoline.

This will be the "pa id staff" -others who are expected t o be there and assist with the girls program are D ick Beckner (Coach at Unive~. of Calif. ;it Irvine), Ruth Ann Toth (Director of the National Summer Pal aestrum in Michigan), Deana Lorentzen (Gymnast from University of New Mexico) and many other top coaches. This w ill be -by far-the best instruction, best or­ganized, .most complete girls clinic ever offered at Tucson.

ROSE ANN SAYLOR has her own dance studio (for quite a few years) in Menlo P ark, Calif. One of her outstanding prot­eges is LARRY BUTTS-the fabulous ground tumbler for the northern Cal. area. Larry has trained in Rose Ann's studio since he was twelve years old-is one of the finest all-around prospects in northern Calif. Rose Ann has also done an outstand­ing job of instruction at the Northern California Gymnastics Camp and many, many clinics in the area.

CHIC JOHNSON is the instructor of gymnastics at Chico State College in northern Calif. Chic is one of the fine girls instructors in the western states, has been a leader in apparatus instruction at the Northern California Gymnastics Camp ... Ch ic recently ran a state wide gym nastics clinic during . the middle of November. It was an outstanding affa ir.

ROY DAV IS-natio nally respected Judge, authority on vau lting-fine gymnast per­sonally. Roy is teaching at Mission San Jose High School presently and is a leader' in gymnastics in the Northern Calif. area. Roy will be affilited with both mens and womens gymnastics while. at Tucson .

BOB PEAVY-instructor at Hillsdale for the past four years. I plan to have the womens championship meet December 28th in the eve n ing along with an age group meet during the afterno·on of the last day .

I nstruction will be the most important thing that we ' ll be doing . There will be plenty of assistants this year a nd we guarantee every student maximum time on the apparatus. Special movies, spotting sessions and w orko ut time will be the rule rather than the exception.

Tha nks for your c oop e ration. I h ope to see yo u a t Tucson if you ' ll be ther e .

Bob Pea.vy, Belmo nt, Cali f.

ED .: Will try to make it.

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