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Volume V No . S

CONTENTS

Notes From The Editor ....... ............................ . 5 Chalk Tal k ................. .. ... .. _ .. ___ .......... ..... ... 6 Pictures and Peop le ... _ .............. __ ..... _ .. _._ .... __ ..... 8 USGF Nati onal Championships ........... ............ . 10 USGF Directors Report .. ............... . .......... ........ 14 41 st Annua l Turnfest .. ...... ..... .... .... ......... .. ... . .. 18 Sokol I nvitationa I .. . ...... ..... .... .... . ......... ... . .... . 22 Beach Gymnastics ........ _ ... ............. .. ... . _ ..... .. ... .. 23 Gym Snaps ..... ........ . .. .... ..... ..................... ........ 24 Gym nastics in P. E ..... ....... _ ...... .......... .. .. .. , .. ....... ::26 Gymnast ic Gimmicks ....................... ... _ ... ... _ ...... 30 Helpfu l Hints ............. .. .... .. ........... .................. 32 Questions and Pointers .... _ ... ............................ 33 Meet Resu I ts ......... . .......... ... ... ...... ........ ..... ... .... 34 Lette rs ....... .. . ... ....... . .... .................. . ....... .... 3 6

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COVER: Upper Right : Birg itta Gu ll berg at USGF Palm Beach Training Camp. Center Right : Top USGF Al l-Around Gymnast-Art Shur­lock . Center left: W ilmington ' Turners- attend ing Turn­f~st in Cleve land; Jan Eachus, Trux Boyce, Tom McDade, Ri ck Robson and Kathy Grandell. Lower left: Hal Holmes, perennial t umb ling champ. Lower Right: Larry Spigel USGF Nationa l Side H orse Champ. '

••••• FEATURE CON'TRIBUTORS: A. Bruce Freder ick , Frank Bare, Bud Beyer, Jim Farkas, Art Shurlock , Kurt Baech­ler, Nils Madsen, Glenn W il son, and Tony Suster,

MAX J. RUDER IAN

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

THIS EDITION: Pictures, pictures and more pictures seems to be the theme of this edition . . . We have just returned from covering several big gymnastics events around the USA . , . GALVESTON GYM FESTIVAL ... where we were thrilled at the turnout of hundreds of youngsters and their coaches eager to learn more about gymnastics. R. D. and iVlarion Killg are to be congratu­lated for inspiring such a wonderful festiva l, 'we hope it will become an annual affair ... THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FED­ERATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in Chicago ... A Great First USGF National Championships .. . Just imagine with the USGF barely six months old a top ca liber National Champion­ships run smoothly and efficiently in a minimum of time with a maximum of Gymnastic joy and excitement ... our thanks to the ILLINOIS COACHES ASSOCIATION and the MIDWEST GYM­NASTIC ASSOCIATION for their part in making the first USGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS a success ... Next we attended the 41st ANUAL TURNFEST in Cleveland , Ohio. Wow! the Turners really turn out and go all out for this one . . . there were times T almost thought I was at an American Legion or Shriner's Convention · . . What a program these Turners have . .. Track and field compe­tition, Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming and Diving, Golf, Cultural programs of photography, music and art ... plus the Model and Mass Drills along with the Gymnastic competitions, Physical Fitness emphasis and a beauty contest ... which all carried over into evening dancing and entertainment at the local Turner Halls . . . a great time was had by all .. . yo u have to be physically fit to be a Turner. · .. Attended the AMERICAN SOKOL Gymnastic exhibition in Glenwillow, Ohio and took more pictures .. . YOU WILL FIND THESE EVE ITS and more in this photo filled edition of the M. G. · . . on pages 8 and 9 and you will see photos taken of some of the highlights of our 7,000 mile drive around Europe in a VW after covering the World Games in Prague last summer. , . We hope YOU enjoy this relaxing photo filled summer edition of the M. G. and plan to be on hand bringing NEW SUBSCRIBERS with YOU for our next action packed edition which will be out the first of Septem­bel' . . . DON'T YOU MISS IT! ... There will be several new items and with more photos and special reports ... GET ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO SUBSCRIBE ... NOW! .. . To this BIGGER and BETTER than ever M. G .. . . And by the way if you change yonI' address please let US know. . not just the post office, as they do not forwa rd the M. G., we do.

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SPECIAL NOTE TO SOTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTS (or any gymnast in the world ) . . . Plans are being made to

hold a Gymnastic competition at the Santa Monica Beach playground August 17th, and 18th , during Santa Monica's Sport Festival Week · .. There will be gymnastic competiti on and awards for All age groups plus fitness contests and special even ts with a final " Elite Class" Invitational meet for the top gymnasts of the area on Sunday afternoon the 18th of August ... contact the Modern Gymnast 410 Broadway, Santa Monica (phone 393-8284) or the Santa Monica recreation p epartment for further details.

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Weiler , Sakamoto, Shurlock , Vega and Lynn at Pasadena Inv itational.

TOP GYMNAST IN THE NATION?

Vega ') Sakamoto ') Shurlock. Weiler ? Vega won 4 fir st place medals in the

N.A .A.U .. Sa kamoto won the .A.A.U. All· Around titl e. Weiler won the 1963 Pan American games All· Around title. Shur· leek wo n the ht National Gymnasti c Fed· eration AII ·Around Championship and the Pasadena Na tional In vit ational.

Follow ing are the mee t result s and plac· in gs in L. A., Phi ladelphia and Chicago, 11963.

BEN PRICE INVITATIONAL-Feb. 7th Shll rl f)cl.;:, 2, Vega: :3. Sakal11 oto.

SANTA MONICA INV ITATION AL Mar. 1st

1. Shurl ol"l<, 10n.GO; 2. Sa kam oto, 106 .• 0; ". Roc k.

PASADENA NATL. INVtTATIONAL Aprit 5th

l. Shurl ol"l< , Jl3 .• 0: 2. Vega, 113. 45 ; ::. Sa kamoto. 113.25: 4. Lynn, 11 2.25; 5' ,Veile r ; 6. l3a nne l".

AM ERICAN LEGION INVITATIONAL Apri l 13th

1. Shurl ()ck , 57.05; 2. Ban ner , 56 .70: 3, Veg-a, 56.G5: 4. Sakamoto, 55.50: 5. Beek ­l1 e l', 55.0; 6. L yn n, 54. !.

LONG BEACH INVITATIONAL April 19th

1. Sakamoto, 55.75; 2. Shll rl ock, 55 ,70, Yega not com pe ting. L. A. STATE INVtTATIONAL-May 3·4

1. Shurlo{'k; 2,.Sakall1ot,o ; 3. Dllrhanl, N. A. A. U.-June 1st

1. Sakamoto: 2. IY ei,": ~. Yega; 4. T(Jnry: 5. (?) 6. Beckn er.

NATIONAL FED. MEET (Chicago) June 15th

1. Shurlock: 2. Sewa rd : :1. Mitehelt. Statistics ve~ but draw y our O\\'n

concl u sions. 'From h ere it would 'seenl -:\-Ir. Shurl oek haB :l. sl ight edp:e .

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REPORT FROM EUROPE By Kurt Bae chle r

SW ISS GYMNASTIC FESTIVAL I N LU­CER NE WITH OVER 33,000 COMPET· I NG GYMNASTS! 10,000 more than four years ago in

Basle. A success which ge ts it s right dis· position if we realize th at Sw itzerland has barely 5 million people. 33,000 competing gymnasts is more than anybody in Switzer · land ever dreamed of and this gives great hope to the Swiss Gymnasti c Federation for the future.

~fost of the gymnasts of course com· pe ted in the team championships which consists of running 100 metres, team free exercise and ei ther one or two pieces of apparat us, also as team competition . To be a team winner at the Swiss Gym Fes· ti val, which takes place only every fourth year, is about the gr eatest a T urn vere lll can dream of and the tra inin g involved for this team competition is as tough for the whole team and the coach, as is the Swiss military service. H owever, it still amazes me personally, me, who rea lly is opposed to any mass·drill , how even I with my most liberal point of view consid· ering training anl ge tting exc ited about it and along with me the top gymnasts of our Turnverein , which is Turnve rein Berna , which has about the best gy mnasts in Swi tze rland right now. And these top gym· nasts do not even revolt or com plain much about that team drill , and it is inspiring to see a Swiss Champ ion Fritz F euz do in :,; gymnasti cs beside young Beat Lucy or any other youn gster, and it is obv ious that thi s kind of re lationship with the Champions inspire the yo ungsters much more than any tough talk of the coach in the regular training sess ions ( that they should train harder, etc.)

Turnverein Bern a really hit the nail with its team exercises executed wi th watch·like precision on 6 p·bars and h·

bars. The last group showed exercises (even with one C·move ) with an inspirin g toget herness, that the thousands of spec· tators really got more than just a feeling about the beauty of the 'real gymnasti cs. Turnvereins like Lucerne, Zurich, Ausser· sihl , Basle, Olten, Grenchen, competed with over 100 gymnasts in their team· competition and it is amazing how much each one in these months of training start s aga in to care for a regular training.

F inally they all got together and as abo solutely high point of the whole fes tival produced a similar routine in free exer· cise-imagine 33,000 gymnasts doing with a nice melody the same (of course easy ) free exercise routine: it looks like a white sea of movin g sound bod ies ! And all gYlllnasts.

Each t ime, a ft er a gymnastics fes ti va l, the Sw iss, the gymnasts say, " this was it, t hi s was the grea tes t, there will never again be such a gy mnasti c f es ti val! The you ngs ters don' t like th is kind of hard training!" And here they came again from all over Swi tzerland and 1 would say 15,000 youngsters ( up from 17 years to 19) toge ther with thei r elder fri ends and proved that those prognost ica tions were wrong as they always used to be.

As for the top gymnastic individu al competition: the Elite had to do the whole Tokio program and again it was Fritz Feuz, from Turnve rein Berna , foll owed by Werner Michel, al so Turnve rein Berna , Gottli eb Fassler, Wadenwil and Fritz Heft , a lso Turnverein Berna as well as F. Fah, Bask Egger Adliswil and again another Turnverein Berna man , Heini Dubach . Feuz reached 113.7, and the compulsory Toutine are not quite sure and good.

One thing I wo uld like; that some of the US gymnasts and their leader could come over and see a Swiss Gym Festival. I sure think they would react the same as I always do: let's go gymnast~cs!!!

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GYM TOUR • • • OLLE RUP GYM TEA CH ERS

By Neils B. Madsen The C.S.C. F. super spectacular sholl' at Maine Town·

"hip High Schoo l set me thinking. In fact, it did shake me up a little . For a while I was a little unce rtain as to what mi ght be the response to my efforts of piloting th e OLLERUP CYM T EACHE RS through th e country on their tour next fall. Because if th eir exhibitions are to be interpreted as a challenge to the champs. th en 1 will have missed my point.

r was very proud accepting th e l -.S .C.r. insignia yo u pinned on m y lape l. Recause what yo u peop le arc doing come closer to m y ideas about th e values and neces· " ity of gy mnasti cs than a nythin g I have seen durin g th e :-35 years I have li ved in th e l"nited States. The re are diffe rences, but onl y in the approach. While you represent the competitive aspect of gymnastics. which through its process o f e limination tends to co ncen tra te the attention on a very few, I am moti va ted by a co ncern for the man) wh o neve r get to know a bout the sa ti s factions of ph ysica l fitn ess, the vast maj orit y who go through life mir\us the character building benefits of gymnastics. Cha racte r building - It 's a phrase often throw n a round thought. lessly. but let anyone study th e facia l exp ressio n of a gymnast immediately before he or she is going to execute hi s or he r most daring stunt. It is a pointed picture of determination. and ob li vious of co ncern for anything but the immediate objecti ve . Compare it with that of a person who never tri ed -- and never ca red beca use nobod), ever succeeded in making him co nscious of the vi rtues a nd va lues of ph ysica l edu ca ti on - th en yo u ha ve CHARACTEH versus th e LA CK of it. Our way of life depends upon individua l character, individual ~·esponsj . bilit)'. We need teache rs of the ca libe r of yo ur ll.S.G.F.'s capable coaches - to teach CHAHACTE H BlILDl\,C to the many - ancl gym nasti cs to be their tool - Menta l therap y for the milli ons - That 's what we mea n. R\ dem onstratin g I and exp laining) step b y s tep HOW to

attain the ph ysica l fitness necessarv fo r bein ~ ab le tu pe rform the stunts. we hope to a ttract th e a ttention of the MAl\'Y who oth e rwise limit themselves to lookin ... onl y. Because that is for sure. we have yet to eve n sc ra tch the' surface of the a thletic potentia l or" thi s ~ rea t na tion. Wi shin g yo u mu ch ~ u ccess.

For furth er informati on tour contact: :\eils B. Madsen. manager, The O llerup Cym

Teachers' I"ifth Ame rican Tour. ]559 JVlc J...:iniel Hoa d. Lak~ I:o rest. Illin ois. Phone Cedar 4·2:-\OR. •

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22-Arrivol ot New York. 26-Kiwanis Club, Penn Yon, N. Y.

OCTOBER 3-Sauthern Connecticut State Col lege. 7-Hartwick Co llege, Oneonta, N. Y. 8-Williamsvi ll e Central High School, Williamsville, N . Y.

lO- Cambra County War Memor ial, Inc. Johnstown, Po. 19-Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. 24-George Wil liams College, Chicago (might be changed ) 25-E lmwood Park High School , Elmwood Park, Illinois 28-Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illino is. 30- lndiana State Teachers College, Terra Haute. Indiana.

NOVEMBER 1-West Park High School, Racine , Wisconsin. 5-Waukegan Township High School, Waukegan, Illinois. 6-Lake Forest H igh School, Lake Forest, Ill inois. 6-Lake Forest College, Lake Forest , Ill inois. 8-Arlington High School, A r lington Heights, Il linois. 9-Barrington H igh School, Barring ton, Illino is.

12-Wisconsin State College, Plattevi l le, Wisconsin. 18-SI. Cloud College, SI. Cloud , Minnesota. 19-Bemidji State College, Bem idj i , Minnesota . 20-Fargo Central High School, Fargo , North Dakota. 22-Black Hills Teachers College, Spearf ish, South Dakota. 25-Dana College, Blai r Nebraska. 26- Nebraska State Teache rs College , Wayne, Nebraska.

DECEMBER 10-Furman University , Greenvi l le, South Carolina. 17-Mary Washington College , Fredericksburg , Virginia.

Under negotiations are: Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Hamburg Public Schools, Hamburg , N. Y. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. University of Maryland, College Park , Maryland. Milwaukee Turners , Milwaukee, Wis. Detroit Public Schools, Detro it , Mich. John N orup Jr. High School, Oak Park , M ich. East Paterson Bd. of Educa tion, New Jersey. T owson Recreatior. and Parks , Towson , Maryland. University of Rhode Island, Kingston , Rhode I. W inthrop College, Rock Hill , S. Carolina. James Monroe High SchOOl, Fredericksbu rg , Vi rginia . Length o f tour - Sepl. 22 ' til Christmas.

-Niels B. Madsen, Manager .:.;- ~-:- .::-

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Pictures and People PICTURES AND PEOP LE: Starting at upper left page-U.S.A. T eam in Prague: Zintlova Milada, Dr. Novotny and Eva Tamassy at the Sports Medicine Institute in Prague; Trampoline compet ition in Nurem­burg, Germany; with friends !n Moss, Nor~oy; Editor with Czech artist Mel Med; Young gymnasts In Prague' enjOying a copy o f the M.G.; Coach A l len Grandberg with you ng gymnasts from Sport Center Gym

in Oulu, Finland (Near t he Arctic Circle); Sakcl r i Kaipa inen, 14 yea r old Finnish champ; Malmo girls at Worl d P. E. Congress, Stockho lm; Anders Lindh, Mr. Eriksson, Gene W hetstone, Steffen Car lson, Helmut Ronush and Editor , Orbro, Sweden; Gymnastic School and Camp at L illsved, Sweden; D irector of the Nils Buk Schoo l, Ollerup, Denmark -w ith Bengt Noren; Balance beam class at Ollerup - and another photo o f Li l lsved Schoo l.

ABOVE: St arting at right hand corner-Yamashita doing a full twisting scissors vau lt during Japanese Team exhi bition in Munich, Germany, Aihora doing a straddle kip mount on P-bars; Circus Moscow in Helsinki, Finland (man holding bear in low Hand-to-Hand balance); Tumbl ing Pole Act; Edito r and V. W. off the road and into the woods ( 100 miles nor th o f A rctic Circle) Fin land; August on the beach in Finland, Finnish training caIT]p in the shadow of Helsinki Olymp ic Stad ium; and Mr .. and Mrs. Ted Blake, London, England.

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USGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS l -i\ IT F:D STATES CYMi\ASTTCS FEDEHA TlOi\

i\ATlOi\AL CHAMPTO NSHIPS 8 )' Glenn IVilson

On ] une 14 a nd ] 5. 1963. some of the Na tion 's best and most promisin p: yo un g gy'mnasts competed for incli­vidua l hono rs in th e first PSC .F. \"ationa l Champion­ships. Th e Meet was heJd in the ample fa cilities of Maine Fast Hig h Schoo l in Park Hid ge. Illinois. where Mr. T om Cardn er is th e head gymnasti cs coach. On Frida y, a ll classes of gymnasts. both Class A a nd Elite. completed both th eir compu lso n - and optiona l r outines. The top p:v mnasts qualifi ed fo r Sa turda y ni ght 's final s session.

Severa l firsts were accomplished in thi s meet. Roth th e Trampoline a nd Tumbling events had compul sorv rout ines which is a first for a \ati ona l meet. but eve n more impo rtant. it is a step towards c losing th e gap be­tll-ee n th e America n a nd Inte rnati ona l eve nts. LOsing re­quired routin es fo r th ese events should make th e ~om -

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petitors m ore a ware of form and style. Another first was th e c lasses of competiti on. Roth the men and th e women had two c lasses- Class A and Elite. The Class A compe· titors were req uired to use the P an American compul­so ry routines, while th e Elite used the 1964 Olympic compu lso ry routines. As you can imagine, the fou l' g roups of competitors made Frida y's two preliminary sessions co nfusing to a ll. but good advanced planning saved th e da y.

The ad mini strati on of a nati onal meet is a lways a prob lem, and in the past, some National finals have ended ve ry nea r to mid -night. Howeve r, thanks to th e Mid-West Cvmnastics Associati on and th e fllin ois High Schoo l CYI~nas ti cs Coaches' Association, the U.S.e.'F. _\ a ti onal s we re completed with a minimum of problems in a ve ry short pe ri od of time. These associations assumed the task o f runnin g the Meet on a very short notice and then proceded to plan and o rganize one of th e fin est

AT LEFT: Men ' s All-Around winners, L. to R. - Glen Gaili s, Tom Seward , Art Shurlock , and Rusty Mitchell.

BELOW: Women 's All-Around winners, L. to R. Leissa Kro l , Janis Dunham, Donna Sch"enzer, -Mary Ellen To th , and Bi rg itta Gu l lberg_

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na ti ona l champi onships ever held. [n two hours and for ty· fi ve minutes, they ma naged to present awa rds, com· plete the Class A men' s fin a ls, the Elite women's fin als and th e Eli te men's fin als. Only organiza ti on could have clo ne this and I hea rtil y app la ud the j ob that they did .

As in eve ry meet, the a ll ·a round champion's did a fin e j ob. Howeve r. the rea l stor y of the fir st LT.S.C T. Champi onships, as far as the men were concerned, was the trampolini sts and tumblers. All six finali sts in tumb· ling executed double back somersaults and the trampoline men exh ibited good form. Ha l Holmes of P rbana. Illin ois. won the tum bli llg event and is still the on ly competitor wo rking through a full twistin g back to a double back. He was hard pressed, however, by high schoo l sen ior. Haro ld Shaw. a lso of L·bana. On the trampoline, Dann y Millma n of Los Ange les. Ca li fo rnia. exhibited fi ne form along with excepti~n a l ' diffi culty to take top honors. One observa ti on was tha t our trampolinists we re begin­ing to be more aware of pike and lay -out positions.

Fo'r the women_. lVli ss Donna Schaenzer of Flin t, Michi­ga n, was the outstanding gym nast in the meet. Besides winning the a ll-around titl e, Miss Schaenzer also won first place in the tumbling event, so between the compul­so ry and op ti ona l routines she had q uite a long day of it on Frida y. The m ost impressive performances turned in by girls were on the uneven para ll el bars - they we re

ABOVE: Watching the U.S .G.F. Competition - Fronk Hole, Don Boyd­ston , (U SGF Prexy), Groce Ka ywe ll and Mel odie Ga llick.

BELOW: Hard work ing o fficial s around USGF coke at reception f o llowing final competition.

tremendo us. . In sum ma r y. the fo ll owing factors contribu ted to a

fi ne :\a ti onal Com petiti on : 1. T op qua lity competi to rs. 2. Ha rd work a nd coopera ti on by the Mid-West

Cymnasti cs Associa ti on a nd the Illin ois High Schoo l Coaches' Associa ti on.

4_ Two gymnasiums in order to run more event;; durin g the first day of com petiti on.

5. P lenty of good judges. 116 for Men a nd 10 for the Women on Fr iday) .

6. Compul so ry routines for the Trampoline and Tumbling events.

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{Ti\ TTED ST AT ES GYiVINASTICS FEDERATI Oi\ i\ATIO\TAL CH AMPIONSHI PS

ELITE MEN All - AI' ound- I. Art S hu r lock, 10 •. 6: 2. T o m S e w a rd , 106.3.. 3. R u s t y Mitc h e ll , 104.3: 4. G le n Ga ili s , 83 .75. Sid e Ho rse-I. La rry Spige l, I S.60: 2. Ste" e Doty, 18.30 : 3 . Fenn e l' , 18.00. Lo n g H o r se V a ulting-I. Ar t Shurlock , 1 S.80: 2. T e d i\Iuzyc zko , 18.45: 3. Rusty Mi tc h e ll , 1 ~ . 40. P a r al le l B a rs-1. T om S e ward , l ~ . j O : 2. Rus t y Mi t c h e ll , 18.55: Art S hur loc k , n .S5. H o riz o nt a l Bar-1. A rt S hurl,acl{ , ] 8.30: 2. (~ I e n Gaili s , 17.75; 3. tie- C[t r} '\\" o rthing' ­t n n a n (1 T a b S e w a rd , 16. 65. Still Rin gs-1. Art S hurlock, I S.·IO: 2. 1'0111 S e ward. l7. no ; :) . G lenn Ga ili s, n. 60 . Fl oo r E x erc ise-I. Tom Se \\'ard, 1'.S0: 2. r{u s t y Mit c h e ll , 17.30: 3. Don Fr ie nd, 16. 85: Tumbling- I. Hal Holme" I Sn.5: 2. 1-lal S h aw , lIn.5; 3. Pau l M aye r , 169 .5. Tra mp o line-I. Dan n~' Mi ll man, I So.:;: 2. Fre el Sa n d e r s, ] 84.5; 3. G eorge "Fi e ry , 181. 5.

CLASS " A " MEN A ll - A r o und-1. Lail loyne D urham: 2. . Jo e S a ppi: :~. I A1 1TY I ... indnu e r. P ara ll e l B a rs-I. Joe ~appi; 2. La:l[o)'ne Durham: :1. D ennis Sm i t h . Fl oor E xe r cise-I. J o e :\'"ap pi ; 2. H o n AlH:' I' : :~ . Lan'\' L indau e r. . H o riz o nt a l B a r-1. L a :l l oy n e Du rham: 2. F r e (l D e nnis: :L J o e Xappi. S id e H orse-I. D e nnis :'Ii ll s ; 2. J am e s Arno ld: :1. La:lloyn e Durham. St ill Rin gs-I. Joe ~appi; 2. Lai\Io)'I1t' DU J'halll; ~. Fre el D e nni s. L o n g H OI'se Va ulting- I. D e nni s il l ills: 2. RO il Aure ; ~. D e nnis Sm ith. Tumbling- 1. J e ff Ste in; 2. Joe :'\appi; .,. Ric-k B loc'h . Tr'a mpoline-l. 1)o n Saunder !':i : 2. J e lT Y ~ rOOl'e ; :1. R ieh (' r i m.

ELITE WOMEN A ll - Around-I. D Dn n a Sch a e ze r (F lint) .1.77: 2. J an is Dunham (Fli n t) 66 .20; :;. ~ l a ,'Y Ell e n T o th (Flin t) 65.04: 4. L e issa KI'OI ( l"lint) 65. 15; 5. D i"g it ta Gullberg' (Ca l ifo rnia ) 65 .04 . Fl oor E xe rcise-I. Don n a Se h a e n z er; 2. ~ [nl'Y E ll e n T oth ; :1. L e issa l{ I'ol H o r se Vaultin g- I. Donna Sc h ae nzel' , 1"1. 76: 2. T\l n r y Ellen T o t h , 17.52: 3. Le i :-:~a Kro l, 16. 86. Ba la nce T ea m-I . L e issa I<rol : 2. Donn a S(' ha e nz e l' ; 3. Paula Crist. Un eve n P a r a ll e l Ba r s-l. Donn a ' Sc hae n ­z e r , ]7.66 : 2. Judy D unh nl11 , 17.63: :-L Jan i ~ Dunham , 17. -i !1. T,'a mp o line-l. )Jal1e~' 1,ay Slnith ; 2. S u e B I'own. Tumbling-I. Donna S c h :1 e nz e r; 2. J u ely Dunham.

CLA S S " A " W OMEN All - Around-l. Coll een :'Ii ul"ih ill : 2. Sa il ,· )Job l e; 3. Ca r o l yn "I--l ac l .:: er; -I. Donna Cox': 5. Annette Abra ln~ . Fre e E xe rci se-I. Sa ll y -',a b le ; 2, Co ll ee n ~ r uh'ihill: :3. DOllna Cox. B a la nc e B ea m - I. Sa ll y :\T o bi e ; 2. Co ll e e ll :\ ruh'ihill: :{. CH I-oJn1 Hacke r. Un eve n P ara ll e l Ba r s- I. (,o ll een ~ruh' i­hill: 2_ Caro l y n I l a c ].:: e l-; 3_ D o n na Cox. S i d e H orse Va ult i n g- l. Ca l 'olyn Hac].::er: 2. Sall y :'\ohle, ~. C o ll een .\lul"ihil\' Tumbling-I. Vicki Bollin g e r: 2. Coll een ~'I uh'ih i ll: :1. Donna C ox. T,'a mp oJin e- 1. J a nice l\l c (;aug-ey: 2_ ~ I agg- i e l --1 o u se : ~_ .Jud y Aitken.

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Scenes fr om the Ga !ves ton Gymnastics Festival

GALVESTON GY MNASTICS FESTIVAL

The Calveston Gy mnastics Festival .. . May 31, June 1-2, 196:1 was conducted in sunny , warm and beautiful surroundings on Ga lveston Island , Texas. Approximatel), 270 yo un gsters ( most/ y under the age of 15) registered and took part in the three da y cli n ic. An East vs_ West meet was held and highlighted the ac tivi ties_ The young­sers in a ttendance ga ined a grea t deal fr om the teaching of the many fin e instructors who made the t rip. This

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represents the firs t time the Ga lveston a rea ever witnessed a "ymnastics meet and the fi rst time man y of these yo~ngsters eve r saw some o f the g reat gymnastic feats perfo rmed fo r them duri ng this festi val. T o a ll th e local Ca lveston peo ple wh o rece ived us so well ... to all the coaches wh o traveled great distan ces to he lp teach the children ... to ever)' one connected with the clinic in any wa y a nd especiall y the eq uipment companies for their generous supply of equipment . .. a since re thank you fr om th e U.S.C .F.

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The FIRST (A nnua l I C.S.C. F. l\ATJO NAL CHAMP­IONSHIP meet ... was held in Pa rk Ridge, Illinois, at 1AIl\E EAST HICH SC HOOL on June 14-15, 1963 .

Nearl y one hundred gymnasts took pa rt in the two-divis­ional meet for men a nd women and the two day competi­ti ons were excellent. Compulsor y routines were performed on Frida y aftern oo n with optionals on Friday evenin g. The top s ix pe rformers in th e Elite Division qualified for the final s and the top four pe rformers in the Class A Division a lso qualified . The sco res o f the compulso ry routines were added to the first optiona l performance and then the fin a l optional performa nce on SatUl:day ni ght was add ed in makin g it the hi gh score of three routines to determine the individua l event winners. The next iss ue of the Modern Cymnast will ca rry a complete set of sco res and places with a picture report.

This was the first l\ati ona l meet ever held in this country which had required (compulsory I r outines in each division for tram poline and tumbling. The routines were bea utiful a nd the performances were of the highest quality. This was without doubt th e fin est exhibition of Tumblin o' and Trampoline this country has ever seen.

Let's t~ lk about one of the thin gs the l -.S.C.F. stands fo r in competitions ... selection of judges. In the wom­en's competiti ons the judges arrived one da y early and under the guidance of Herb Vogel and the Olympic Compulso r y films, which he also prepared, they spent roughl y f rom 10 :00 a .m. until 10 :00 p.m. studying the routines so th a t th ey would be q ualified to judge the routines . Wh o were these judges? READ THIS LIST I

Women Judges a t the ( :.s.C. F. l\ationa l Meet : Park, Rid ge, Illinois.

Jud y H owe- Former U.S.A . Olympic Team Member. J ackie Klein ( iphues- Former l'.s .A. Olympic Team

Member . My ra Perkins Doug las- Former L·.S.A. Na tional Gym­

nastics Champi on . Meta Elste i\ewman- Former l ·.S.A. Ol ympic Team

Member. Fra nces Den nis- ()utstandin g l".S. Cymnast. Jud y Klause r Lucas- t -. S . T eam Member. Inez Caon- Second Place Juni or l\a ti ona ls. Hoots Culbertson- l\ati onal Trampoline Champion. Alyce Seubert Voge l- Outstand ing l .S . Cymnast. H~th Ann fn skip- Outstanding U.s. Gv mnast.

Wo men Judges Briefing Sessio n

The men's events were jud ged hy some 2() men j uri t!es whu ga th ered th e eve nin g be fore tl1(': compet iti ons h( ~i!a n a nd studied compul so ry ruutin es at len;! th. Some of tht ~ names of these jud t!cs will rill g a bcll with th ose of ) ()u who have been around th e sport fo r a few yea r«.

Pa ul I: ina . IWI Hoetzheim . Ir v Iledard . J ohn Cress. Cay Hughes ,' Don Vu n Ebers, 'DOli Dressle r: Di ck Fuer c; h: Sand y Horn , Sid Drain , Vic Lesch, T om Walth ouse, J on Culbertson, Bill lia lli ste r, Rob Ba llingc r, Dr. Hubert Dunn , Bill Buck, Dick Zuber, F' recl Orl ofsky, C1 enn Wil­so n, and to J oe Cia ll om ba rd o fo r leadin ;! it alL

This was an excellent turn out fo r offi c ia ls ... sume of th e best qualifi ed judges we have in th e cu untry we re utilized in this F I HST l 'SC I: \AT IO\ AL \ 'IF.ET. The L". S.G .F, was proud to have had th em present and we look forwa rd to hav in t! them a ll j oin us in Ilrepa rin i! a ll Offic ia l Hatin g system .-, , which wi ll qua lify i!)' m­nas ti c off ic ials for judges a t va ri ous levels, and affo rd th em an opportunity to be tested and remain qualifi ed a nd up-to-date. In the best inte rest of the sport a nd the a thl etes th emselves, ' , thi s has been needed fo r yea rs,

l 'SC F vote of tha nks to eve ryone connected wiih th e meet . . . we received so man )' commen ts rela ti ve to the spirit of fri endliness and go'od will which surrounded the two da y affair. It was a pleasure to participa te. watch o r support a meet of thi s type.

T o Ma ine [ast H .S, and its Coach T om Lardne r. a la n!! with Vic Lesch and Bob Bohl a since re cong ra tu'l at i o n~ fo r th eir e fforts, Many hours wen t into the preparati ons which preceded this meet.

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A HI STORY MAK II\C I::VEl\T IS TAKll\L PLACE InCHT l\0\"\/ !

The PALM BEACH TRA IN Il\C session. un der the a uspices of th e L S.C,F. and through th~ wonderful courtesy of M R, FR Ai\K J. HALE I see May-June M,C , I of PALM BEACH, FLOIUDA . , . a t the moment YO ll

are reading thi s letter we ha ve assembled in Palm Beach fo r a training session fr om three to six weeks in length. th e fo ll owing gymnasts, ' , wo rkin g to improve th eir pe rforman ces and chances for internati onal competiti on , , , and receiving BALLET TRA [NINC from MI SS 10-A\A of th e ACADEMY ROY ALE (Ba llet Theatre I

ELRC ITTA CULLBERG- age 21 , of Stockholm, Swe­den, Fgrmerly a Swedish national champion , now re­siding iil Santa Monica, California. DALE McCLEM­ENTS, age 18, of Seattle, Washington. One of the U.S.A.'s lead ing gymnasts, member of the 1963 Pan-American team and the 1962 World's Championship Team. DONNA

U.S.G.F. Men Judges Briefing Session

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SCHAENZER, age 18, of F lint, Michigan. All-Around champion in the Elite Division in the U. S. Gymnastics Federation National Championships, 1963. DORIS FUCHS, age 24, of Seattle, Washington. Member of the U. S. Olympic Gymnastics team 1956, 1960. JA lICE DUNHAM, age 17, of Flint Michigan. PAULA CRISTE, age 16, of Sacramento, California. JUDY DU_ IHAM, age 15, of Flint, Michigan. MARY TOTH, age 17, of Flint Michi <Yan. RUSTY MITCHELL, of Southern Illi­nois '( Unive~sity), age 21. One of the nation's leading tumblers as well as 2nd ranking all-around gymnast in the 1963 U.S.G.F. National Meet. GLEN GAILIS, Sopho­more at the Univ.ersity of Iowa, age 19, One of the Big Ten's leading gymnasts and one of the most promising yp ung all-around performers in the U.S.A. ED ISA­BELLE, age 19, of Penn State University. The 1963 Na­tional Y.M.C.A. All-Around champion and a leading contender for the Olympic team of 1964. LAMOYNF D RHAM, of Pasadena City College, California, age 18. Placed all-around performer in the "Class A" competi­tions of the U.S.G.F. National Meet, 1963. JOE NAPPI, age 21, formerly of Pasadena City College, now Southern Illinois. Place all-around performer in the 1963 USGF National Championship and also 1963 National Junior all-around champion of the U.S.A.

All of this through the courtesy of MR. HALE ," .. and from this office's viewpoint it is ' wonderful to see and meet someone so interested in AMERICA I ATH­LETES . that he gives the time, effort and monies to help these youngsters improve their performances. Hats off to MR. HALE fOJ helping us to aid the athletes . another FIRST TIME EVER EVENT ... let's hope we can keep this type of program going every ye.ar.

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The Southern California Gymnastics Association spear­headed our long-range plans for District Competitions leading up to National Competitions and conducted the REGIO r XI (temporary regional break-down ) USGF CHAMPIO ISHIP, on June 1, 1963 at Montebello High School. Compulsory routines were required and this meet helped select 11 girls and four boys for travel to the USGF NATIONAL MEET in Illinois. GORDIE MAD­DOX, BRUD CLEAVELAND and the others who make up the S.C.G.A. deserve a real round of applause for leading the way in this new program.

THE U.S.G .F. IS GROWING ... I think the ex­pression is by leaps and bounds. Our formal, actual membership as of this writing is as follows:

National Federation lational Assoc. of State H.S. Ath. of High School Associations. Gymnastics Coaches. ( IFSHSAA) (NAHSGC)

National Junior College Athletic Association ( IJCAA )

National Assoc. of College Gymnastic Coaches. ( JACGC )

Associate Members :

National Collegiate Athletic Association. (NCAA )

Women's National Gymnastics Association. (W. I.G.A.)

Gym-Master Company, Porter Ath. Equip. Company, Nissen-Medart Corp. , American Ath. Equip. Company.

All of the above are dues-paying, formal members of the USGF and have representation on the Governing Council thereof.

Our thanks to the following universities for their sup­port of the U.S.G.F. and its program . . . add to the list of those mentioned in earlier lewsletters : LONG IS­LAND U IIVERSITY, STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, CORTLA D, I.Y.; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA U 11-VERSITY, BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE.

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This Fall the U.S.G.F. will print the first copy of U.S.G.F. RULES and REGULATIONS. The newsletter will report to you when this booklet is off the presses and available. Committees are beginning to work at this moment on the various interpretations of rules and eligibility regulations for the federation. Rules governing eligibility will be somewhat more realistic and encourag­ing than we have been exposed to in the past. And we guarantee that rules once made ... will be adhered to. Before these rules are printed they will be subject to approval from national organizations who are formal member".

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to refin e th e tempurary rules governin g th ese events used in Park Rid ge ... and th ey will be included in our bas ic rules book. If your organ ization desires copies o f th e temporary rules. including " R" and "c" trick class ifi ca tion and rules ., eli 0)) the l 'SC F Offi ce a line and request a copy.

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THE l\ATIOl\AL W N IOR COLLEGE ATHLET IC ASSOC I ATI 0)\ ... fvlr. Gerald Allard. President ... write~ t.hat the NJCAA has voted ullanim~usly to j oin the l .S.L .1,. We welcome the Junior Colle <Yes to our or<Yani·

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zatlOn and are pleased beyond words to h1lVe them join In making the l 'SCF what 'we all want it to be.

THE :\ATI01\AL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS COA CHES ASSOCIA TI01\ .. . still being formed but with replies received from some 12 sta tes at this time ... ha s- fo rma ll y appli ed for membership in the U.S.G. F. a nd is welcomed to the organization. For informa tion relative to this group's plans and membership, write to lVIr. Andy Kosti ck. ]:)31:) Houston Ave .. Chicago 3:-\ . Illin o is. . ' . L •

Along this line o f thou ght we have received word that th e OHEGO:\ HI GH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIA­T [O:\ h as been fo rmed and has schedul ed several meets to be he ld thi s summer in OREGOl\ . More informati on on thi s g roup and th eir program as it is rece ived.

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The sta te of ;\EVADA has co mpleted th e oToundwork fo r it s s ta te l -SC F orga nization . Those inte r~ted in thi s prog ram should co ntact MH. HOD HILL, 1515 Prospect. S parks. :\evada.

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The l -.S.C.I-': is working towa rd s a regional break-d own o f th e L S.A .. by areas. La nd th e chai~ of competitions would be rough ly as foll ows : STATE champi onships for athl etes residin g lIithin state boundaries I in some areas two distinct a reas would be a ll owed in th e sa me state I . I ~ r om thi s co mpetiti on th e top several al l-around per­forme rs lIould go on to DI STin CT COlVlPETITTO l\S. and fr om th e re to th e :\ATlOi\AL CHAlVIPI01\SHIP. eac h J) I STH I CT would ha ve a color code ... th a t is C()LD. RUT, HI·: D. Tl -HQlOISE, etc. lVarm up jackets and shirt s and / o r leotard s, but a ll wea rin g th e l -SC r CH I·S r . The CHEST worn on the jackets would have the ST ATL fr om whence th ey came embroidered above it. so th e spectato rs and pa;·ti cipants alike co uld tell that th e COLD jackets (fo r insta nce 1 were from s uch-and­s uch a 0 ISTH I CT and lookin g on th e jacket itself one wou ld see th e l -SCF CHEST with the ST ATE above it. Athletes would th en line up for pre·competition activiti es accord ing to th eir DI STRI CT S and we would ha ve colo r­ful but eq uall y mea nin gful presentati on to th e publi c. More on thi s in the nea r future.

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The various I -SC F Committees are s till being form ed . write if yo u are intel ested in workin g on oJl,e .

I{ ElVIEMBEH . .. th e actua l formation of technica l rules and regulations will be don e by committees, 1\OT 11\01-VIO L ALS. so get in there and work if yo u are inte rested!

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The Ari zo na Open Gymnastics Meet was held ill Tuc­so n, Arizona on lVIay 18, 196:-1. One hundred and two entries entered the two-division meet for boys and girls. This was the firs t o f what will become an annua l " Ar izona Open" series and marked a first . .. the first open meet I gymnasti cs) eve r held in the cit y of Tucso n. To Glen Harcus and Palo Verde High School. ' .. co ngratulations for giving gymnasti cs a real boost in .the Southwest.

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FRANK BARE AND DR. ECKLUND, American Turner National Sec.

THE: 4 1ST Al\ j' WAL NATIONA L TUHNFEST ... of the American Turners . . . lVas held in Cleveland. Ohio from the 18-23 rd of June. Hosted by th e WEST S IDE n -H1\EHS o f Cleveland it was well organized . . . we ll represented and a truly wonderful affair. At the openin g banquet, which r was fortunate enough to at­tend , there were 697 people present. It was determined that th ere are approximately 16,000 turners in the United Sta tes . . . ann th e work and spirit of cooperation I witnessed in Cleveland indica tes there will be many more Nation a l Turnfests to come. My thanks to Joe Skoda . .. Charles Ca lh oun ... Dr. Ecklund . all of the American Turners for th eir hospita lity. To ]\1r. Bob \ieal of Badio Station WEHE in Cleveland, m y thanks for his interest and support of the sport of gymnastics.

At the 41 st Nationa l Turnfest Banquet-L. to R.-Joe Skoda Frank Bare, Cleveland Mayor Mr . Lochre, Guest Speaker ; Spor ts An~ouncer Bob Neal, Chas. Calhoun and Carl Anderson.

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Lo tte Horschke (72) o f Chicago; Ida Barr ow, Toledo and Mildred T onkowia k of Milwaukee, competitors in the over 60 age group.

Jack Hu ltz from Beaver Foils

Danny Ostrander f rom Springfield

M.G. W ri ter Jim Fa rkas wi th Turner Fest ival Queen

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ABOVE: Top Row-Winners in the boys and g ir ls competition.

ABOVE: Top Sokol Gymnasts in Sunday afternoon exhibition­Ed Gombos and Rudy Bachna show scale model of proposed Oh io Sokol Gym Camp.

AMERICAN SOKOL ORGANIZATION

1963 INVITATIONAL INTER- DISTRICT TEAM GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS AND SLET

June 22 and 23, 1963 Cleveland, Ohio

REPORT BY THE PRES IDENT Tony Suster

600 participants attended the Slet representing fou r major districts: Slovak G. U. Sokol Districts, Canadian Soko l, ASO Dist ri cts, and N. E. Dist r ict. Edwin J. Jirousek and Agnes Hantl ran the competi­tions while Mike Martanovic was Slet Cha irman.

Senior men and women. Jr. Boys and Girls

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Beach Gymnastics "Santa Monica, W here Else! "

ABOVE: Four " L " crosses on the rings by the younger set (under 20), Bob Steinberg , Bob Diamond, Rich Field and Bill Wolf.

AT RIGHT: Three front levers on one pa ir of rings by the older set (over 40). Tap, Janos Prohasna; Middle, "Babe" Westerlund ; hang­ing on the bottam yours trul y. BELOW: Robert Diamond, up and coming young gymnast from Southern California holding an M.G. approved planche (straight , no arch) on the low parallels.

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Coach Caro l T ibbles and h er Druid H ill s Girl s Gymnastic T eam from Atlanta , Georgia- L. t o R.: STAND ING- Carol T ibb les, Peg Se lla rs, Ter ry de Jarnette, Eileen H itchcock , Mary Thi gpen, Gladys Denn y, Peggy Wagner , Corry M cPherson , Caro le Karr , Lyn Angier , Susan Long. BOTTOM ROW : L. to R.-Marsha L inkwald, Barbara Black , Mary H ar t.

A T LEFT: Ru t h Ann Inskip performing on the unev en ba rs duri ng a Chicago Turner Exhib it ion between games ot the Ch icago Cubs Stad ium.

ABOVE AND UPPER RIGHT: Glenn Wison coaching and posing with Jr. Gymnasts at Marion Kings Summer Gym Camp, Texas City, Texas.

AT RIGHT AND BELOW: Coaches Tom Sm ith and Clayton Collier with youngsters from thei r 4 wee k summer camp clinic at Sooner School, Oklahoma City. The advanced girls are an the Beam.

tppn~tu Ue P4U«d E~ by A. BRUCE FREDERICK· 2125 ARMOUR DRIVE· WILMINGTON 8, DELAWARE

USING FILMS EFFECTIVELY TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS

The u<;e (If fi lm s to s timulat e int eres t and motivat e is well kn own. Lookin g over t l](> r~<;e a rc h lit erature for the las t ;;'veral yea rs. one will find many fi lm proj ec ts. These include the pr oduction o f fi lms f,'r phys ica l education activit y area s such a, gy mnas ti cs : eval ua tin g th e ahil it y o f. co n· tro l groups to learn through film s. and projec ts dea lin g w ith s pec ial uses o f film s .

Le t us conce rn oursel ves he re with a " pt'c ial use which is th e devel opm ent IIf teachini! mat erial s which a re initiall y taken

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from film s. These mater ial s cons ist of drawin gs which are copied when th e film is s to pped a t a des ired fram e . M os t projec· tors can be s topped for "still s" projec tio n.

The diagrams accompanying thi s artie It, we re draw/Il fi'o m film s of the World Cam es in' Pragu e las t year. Presented is the compl e te rout in e of P ervuschina ( US· S R I who is p erfo rming h er Free " Ex" routin e. Eve ry maj o r e leme nt o f thi s rou· tine has been pr~<;e rved with co m hinill~ or ~lIrnin g. Illove rn ents t"xp lained in thr

"paces be tween fi gures. The numbe rs in c ircles a tt ached to li nes s panning po rtion " of the routine serve two p llr pose~ .

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diffic'ult to dete rmine from thi s particular film due to prob lems of de pt h per ce ption. !

2. T o deve lo p a ve ry elementary routin e for girl s based on thi s Olympi c type rOll· tin e o f P e rvuschina as a mea ns of develop· in g a bas ic s tart for the beginn pr who j~ read y for co mb ining movements and to show her how thi s routine can ultimat e ly develop into one of F.I.C. calibre.

P er vuschin a 's routine contains a ll "I' the el ement s to make it worth y of a score of ten if done pe rfec t ly. In the World Ga mes she scored in th e high nines. H er routine contains the fo ll ow in g elemen ts which ca n be deve loped progress ive ly :

1. Balle t mo ve ment s - Turns, attitudes. runnin g, poses . e tc. t Grace Ka ywe ll' s ex­ce ll ent a rti cles will pro ve va lu a ble in d,,· ve lop in g thi s as pec t o f the routine.!

2. Th e s plit. Constan t em phas is shoul d be placed Iln thi s posit ion . The beginner shoul d learn s plit s of a ll kinds a nd at­te mpt not to favo r a stretch onl y to on,' s ide. P er vuschin a makes th e most of her abil it y to d" the s plit 't> Ill ay be seen in the drawings . W hen muscle groups have bee n stre tc hed properl y t(l a ll "w gOlld " plit s. the d oo r is open for such stunt s as : a. Wa lkovers b. ' \ (' rial n trtwhee ls a nd somersault s . c. Illusions d. impressive leaps and other int e r t-'~t in g c() lllbinin ~ 1l1Ove ment s . I f s tre n gth is deve lo ped with flexib ilit y, the gy mn as t will he able til att a in Ih t' exp los ive p UWf' r nece~sary 10

tak ,' fu ll adva nt al!l' of her a bilit y to do

the s plit. The writ e r has obse rved too often the boy or girl who has t re lll t'ndou,; f!,"xihilit v but lilli e , trength. When thi s is true, the nov ice is no t r~a d y to a ll em pt ad va nced wo rk s ince there will be dang"r of a se ri ous fa ll due t il co ll aps ing or a fa ilure of the musc les to support we ight.

:l. Tumblin g M ovements - The follow· ing bas ic tumblin g move ment s a rt' fo und in P e rvuschin a's rout in e : a. Ski p steps b. Round-offs c. !:lack ha nds prings with variations d . Cartwheels e . Fo rwa rd roll va ri a t ions f. C hes t roll g. Ilack some),s .

The foll ow ing routine is for the nov icl' . When it is n;as tered . the gymnast ' ma y Jlr()t.T re'S lu a mo re advanced variat ioll . P a r7s ; f the rou tine may bt' changed pe r· iocl icall y b ut spec ial car e should be taken to see that the ori gin al routine is do ne with good form be fore a new movement is in ser ted. We recogni ze that we do no t in clude any suggested music. This is a n important as pec t of the exe rcise . F or the mome nt , howeve r, . tt e mpl to se lect SUIll f' Illus ic which has a vary ing te mpo and ca n be adapted to the rout ine with varia­t ions he re a nd there to co rres pund with it as nearl y a s possible. In the nex t M.C. thi s column will be devo ted in pa rt to a tt'c hn iq ue which has been used ex pe ri · me nt a ll y wi th good result s a nd d ea L- with the pr~ bl em o~f the beginnin g ins tructor with ve ry lillie mus ica l background whll may ha ve diffi c ult y adap tin g muveme n: " to music.

While working wi th thi s routine, r e fer to numbers on the diagram wh ich co r­res pond to those fo und below.

L F ull piroue tte to hollow back jump; stretch high to -

2. Run , skip step, round-off , back roll to mod ified split to

3. S tand. I From the split s position io sta nd ing becomes a move ment probl em or movement t ask of the student. Hundreds of var iat ions a re poss ible. In obser ving th e many ways the yo un g gy mnast stand s, the teacher may make sugges tions a bou t form a nd execution. In thi s way there is a ve ry ea rl y introduction of the crea ti ve as pect of gymnas tics. The stude nt may mak e use of s peciil l ab ilities and feel as though she has made a de finite con tribu · ti on. Late r as the moveme nt vocab ula ry of t he gymnast increases. there will he an expansion of the numbe r bf creat ive o pportunities. )

Run back wa rd to sland - moment a ry stand (Poss ibly thi s sta nd can be u p on the toes with arms stretchecl ove rh ead . ! to -

4. Run , skip ste p, front hands prin g; lo r forwa rd roll variati on if hands prin g i, not mastered) . a .. few more running s te p~ to a momen tary handstan d rollill!! forwa rd tn a stand to'- -

5 . Backwa rd roll. one- half turn for ward ro ll ( Each ti me used , the fon~ard roll or othe r basic st unt should have a va ri a·

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liun if poss iblel. s i and. r un and lou,", jpte 10 --

6. Run in a new direc t iu n and s ta !!: I .. ap. s lep. one-half tu rn. skI'. one-half lurn 10 -

7. Ca rl whl>e l. one- half o r onl'-quarl e r lurn 10 -

8. S trai g hl leg hack rull In stand I" -ca lc I Le t Il l.v iee , .. lee l "ca ll'I tu -

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9. Cbl'st I "II lu I' \'ar iat ion of a c1wsl 1',,11 J 10 s tand .

10. No\\ (,Ollll'~ th e: J a~1 ag ilit y cOllli,ill;:­I ion of I II(' g\' IlInaq. I I should 1)(' he l' Illo"t difficult Olll: 'but one in whic h s he ",hi bit " !!I,pd cont rol "t' tha t her fin ish or di,,­;llollllt i:-: not a pOUl" a ttempt a t work \\'hi ch i" ,olnl'\dla t Iw \on<l he r ah ilil v. Th ~ fluor pall('rn [or' P e rvu;;c h iIl 3' , ;'"u­

li ll(, call bl' u"cd ill Ihe Illuriified Olll' 1'1'I' ''''Il IP'' abovl'. No lice Ihat Ilwl'e is CU Il-

"icie rabl e variation in direc tio n and th 'll ('ircular running is frequentl y fou nd. T he I'l' i:-: no rea~OI1 why the novice canno t per­form lIsing a .s imilar pattern.

Cood film s "ften are ,pen once' a nd th en are forgolten. W e have presented her .. onl y one o f Illany ways these ex­""l len t teaching de vices Illay be used. Please le t us know a bout other ways yo u an' us ing: film s in yo ur gymnasti c program .

MO'>\E"\TARY ";()~ D IN

C,O>lNEK, /'

GYMNASTIC CLASSIC S ta rting wi th this issue. we will a t·

te mpl. frolll tim e to tilll e. so me book rt··

vie ws of the gYlllnast ic class ics . These shoul d be of s pecia l interest t" Coll c~(' phys ica l educat ion majo rs who a re study· in g the foundati ons of phys ical educa tion in thi s count ry. The fir st in thi s se ri es ;s the 100 yea r old work of Dio Le wis. \I.D. r\mon ~ othe r things . he is cr ed it ed with havin g had a major role in t1", de·e mph a, is I) f hea vy appa rat us in the schou l pi'll' g ram of phys ica l education. On ly in recent yea rs has the re been an indica tion that phys ica l edu ca tors ha ve a r enewed int e res t in hea vy apparatus based un inc reased :;ales by the major manufacturers of gy m· nasti c fa cti ons. the Germans, the Swedes lesson fur us. In Lew is's day three gVIll ' nas ti c fa cti ons .the Germans. the S wedes and the Danes a ll were argu ing tha t their par ti c ul a r ,ys te m was the superior one . Actua ll y none of these was eve r ad opted and the schoo ls wer e le [t wi th th e p ro · gra m of Lewis and the a thl eti c team pro· gra m of England . We hope to see no mod· ern parall e l to thi s hi sto r ical [act but let us be weary o[ bickerin g and confus ion a nd a lwa ys adopt the best th at each I! roup has to offe r.

THE NEW GYMNASTICS by Dio Le wis, M.D.

Boston: Ticknor and Fie lds I Publishe rs J •

1863 Dedica ted to " T he g irl s and boys of Amer i·

ca, w hose welfare has been the s tu dy of hi s life. the A uthor 111 0st a ff ec ti on · a te ly d e di~a t es thi s wo rk ."

Rega rd less ' o[ how we mi ght refl ec t upon the work of Dio Lewis or conde mn him fur ha vin g contributed to the rapid di suse of appa ratus in the shcool physical education program , non e wi ll deny th at he was trul y a crea ti ve and s in ce re worker. Some of hi >' ideas still prevai l. Let's take a look a t ,ome of hi s views.

First of all he advocated mu sic with ex · e rcises of all types a nd fail ed to see the va lu e of fix ed appara tus s ince it appea r~d tha t long lines of participant s wo ul d stand idl y by wa itin g fo r a turn . He was not '" mu ch a nti·ap paratus as he was ap pa ll ed' at the was te of ti me, ac ti ve time, it seemed ttl promote. Then too. one could hard ly ca rrv the c umbersome parall el bars home to the li vi ng room for addi ti onal practi ce so 've will ob erve that exercise devices he d id recommend were all mobile and could be used by " parlor gymnasts."

As a physician he was int erested in a healt hy environment in wh ich to condu ct hi s gymnasti c exercises. Of pa rti cul ar note are the fo llowing health r ecommendation s :

1. The gym nasium should be well venti· la ted with the tempera ture ra nging from 65 . 68 de" rees

2. The "'use ~f wax to sea l cracks in the gy mnas ium fl oor so tha t dust wo uld not accumul a te in cracks and late r "soil " t he pa rti c ipan ts and the ir clothing.

3 . It was ,omewhat amusin g to th e I't'·

viewe r to nole the ins tru ctions ~fo r cleanin g bean bags. The bags we re to be ri pped open a nd the beans or pebbl es removed . Then the ti cking was to be washed , tht' bean s r e placed an d fina ll y the bag re·se wn .

4. R eco mmended by Dr. Lewis were blow g un acti viti es to inc rease the powe r of the lun gs. H e a lso recommended an at· tracti ve wall spiromete r whi ch wou ld re· ~embl e a fin e look ing clock. Thi , d evi cl' wo uld then be r eadil y ava il ab le for fa mili", to tes t and improve the ir lun g power.

5 . Dr. Lewis was one of th e earl iest kn own ad voca tes of a new type of school seating. He des igned a desk which would force the child into a better pos ture while reading. H e even designed a book hold,, !, wh ich -co u ld be used O l~ regul a r desks. Thp holder was of such desig;, tha t the hook wo ul d sta nd u p on end. -

Those student s of heal th ed uca tion, who ha ve engaged in a comprehens ive hi stori cal survey of their f ie ld. w'ill rpa U'l.p that Lew i-. was an ea rl y advocate and leader in the movement which la te r led to a more hea lthy school en vironm ent.

So ihat hi s classes co uld line up in the gy m to be read y immediately to engage in exe rc ise, he pa inted footpr in ts on the floor. To do thi s with ease. he made a templa te of a pa ir of footprint s . T hu s prints were rap idly mad e on the floo r.

GYMNASTIC CONTRIBUTIONS Alt hough we doubt that our r eader s will

look upon the work of Dr. Lewis as a gy m· nast ic contribution , hi s writin gs had a de· cided affec t on ce rt a in as pects of gymnas· ti cs as we kn ow it today . H e did ' not wholly di sc redit heavy apparatu s but mere· Iy sugges ted that there ex isted more con · ve nient me thods to practi ce hi s concep t of physical education. In hi s day we ha\ e the fe eli ng that he ma y have been com· pl e tely justifi ed. H is success should teach us tha t if gy mnasti cs is to ex is t at a popu· lar leve l as we know it. the n it becomes the burden o f ph ys ica l educa tors or advoca te, nf gy mn as ti cs to prove its wor th to a ll children and yo uth and not s impl y tn a few g ifted individu a ls. Thi s thought '" driven home by Le wis as he sa ys.

"On e ma n strik es a bl ow equal to five hundred pounds; a nother li ft s eleven hundred pounds ; another bends hi s back so th a t hi s head rt's ts against hi s heels: another wa lks a rope across a great cata· ract ; another runs eleven mi les in Un tO hour; another turns s ixt y somerse ts w itho'lt resting . W e are grea tl y delighted wi th aJl these - pay our money to see th em per· fo rm ; but as ne ither one of these could du what either of the other does, so . we a ll know that such feat s. even if they we re at a ll des irabl e, a re nut poss ible with one in a thousa nd. The questi on is not what shall be do ne for thest' fe w r xtraordinary per· sons. Each has ins tincti vely sought and found hi s natural s pec ialty. But the q Up.s· ti on is, wha t sha ll be done for the milli ons of wome n. ch il dren and men. who are dy ing for I~h ysica l tra ining? r-Iy at tempt to answer thi s momentous ques tion will be found in thi s work."

The on ly apparatus wh ich was reconl · mend ed by Dr. Lewis was the PANGY~I· NASTIKON of Schreber of German y. The latter was direc tor of the \Iedi cal Gymnas. ti c Institution at Le ips ic. In t ran sla tin ~ Schreber 's wo rk he showed how thi s ap· pa rat us might be used in num erous ways to re place cOlllmon ly used gy mnasli c ap· paratu s. Sjnce the appa ra tus consisted u[ bas icaJly a se t o f rin gs with various at· tach ment s, it did not viol a te his crit erion of Jightness - and portabilit y a nd conven· ience of use. W e even fin d a recommenda· tion for i ts ri gging in the parlo r. J ts va rious uses are shown in the accompanying: dia· gram. - Bean bags have already been mentioned. It should be noted, however that Le wi" used the m for var ious exer c ises which we re ver y s imilar to those done wi th dumb bell s. E lementary games ar e suggested a long wi th thirt y or more exe rcises . The primary use a t the elementa ry leve l was

for throwin g and catching. W ere the bag: to drop. it wo uld not roll far and thu .­save tim e.

A mong so me of the creative innova t ion, (If the author we find:

1. Woodel1 r ings used fo r pullin g II r tug·o·war type act ivities with a partn er.

2. Wands to a void " s tiffness in the shoulders." \Iodifica tions were : a . H oi· lowed wa nds load ed with lead to add we ight for ce rl ai n exp rc ise". b. H ollowed wands loaded with buck shot so that a rh ythmic sound would eminate from the wand as the shot rolled hack a nd forth .

3. Specia l hoop targets a nd spec ial ae ri a l platforms as beanbag targe ts.

4. S ubstitu ted light d um b hcll , for hea\ y iron ones .

5. Cl ub ( Indian cl ub ) e xe rc ises an ' desc ri bed .

6. A n arm Jlull whi ch was s imil ar til some of the isome tri c dev ices in use todav'· I See diagram [o r desc ri pt ion J • .

7. The Gymnas ti c Crown. This was a weighted crown which was to be wo rn about the house. " T he crown is so padd ,' d w ithin , it r ests pleasa ntl y on the head. and ye t so arran ged th at it requires sk ill to balance it."

8. T he sho ulder pusher. This dev ice was usuall y placed on the shoul de rs of two men who would then push agains t ;t in a n att e mpt to force one anothe r back .

As a supplement to his book. Le wi, translat ed from the German. Tir e DUlllh Bell Instructor for Parlor GYlllnasts . Thi :; was the origina l . work of Prof. \ 1aur ice K loss. Direc tor of the R oyal Saxon Nor· mal Gy mn asti c Institut e in Dresd en.

Some of these long for go tt en d evice, may be of practi cal use in gymnasti c pru· grams of today. It is s impl y a matte r of us in g ou r c rea ti ve tal ent to make spec ifi c app lications. This. in the wr it er 's opinion is t he rea l message of Lewis. For all . h is wild ideas. we must still envv hi !' ac ti ve mind. .

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SOME MORE GIMMICKS FOR TEACHING MORE GYMNASTICS PER MINUTE

By E. F. " B LLd" Beyer

CORRECTION III/ portant Correction all. page 31, Gym­

lIastic Gimmick, May - J LLne I SSLLe of the 1-I0DERN GYMNAST . ..

Somehow, the No.5 pictLLre on page 31, Gymnastic Gimmicks, became reversed ill the printing process. I jacetioLLsly rejer to th e jact that the right hand shoLLld be in th e small oj th e back. What I m eant to do was call attention to th e fac t that OLLr young men have their hands improperly placed on th e yOLLng ladies they are spot· ting. With the pictLLres as they are sllOwn on page 31, th e admonition should refer to the left hand 0/ the spotters.

As we pointed out in the !vIal" Jun e issue of the "Modern Gymnast," yo u have the probl em of teaching fundam ental skill s and of g iving basic streng th to large num· bers of yo ungsters before you get to the intermediate and advanced wo rk in gym­nas ti cs . Thi s usua lly involves the probl em of teachin g large numbers o f yo ungs te rs at one tim e. This is the time when you just beg in a group and you may not haw (' nough student leadership to break up into var ious small squads on the different pieces of equipment.

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VAULTING TECHNIQUES FOR LARGE NUMBERS ON THE

BALANCE BEAM

In illustra tion number 1, we show three yo ung boys spottin g two girl s and a boy in a s impl e flank vau lt. Pl ease note that we are kee ping six people busy in a fin e lea rning s itu a tion . In a large class, we wo uld have the three peopl e who are now do in g the flank va ult land, turn a round . and spot the next three perform ers comin g over the balan ce beam for their fl ank va ult. These a re beginn ers so the re arl' some errors. T he lef t hand shou ld be up high in the a ir, the head and ches t should be high, and the body should be in a fuJi t'xtended a rch as the legs a re just c learing the balance bea m. I f we were to use an urdin ary s ide horse for this va ult , we co uld IInl y wo rk one spotter and one performer a t a time. By using the ba lan ce beam, we can keep s ix yo ungs ters busy in any moment.

Please nute too that we are usin g dou· hied mats as a take·off board and landing on s ingle mats for a controlled bended kn ees landin g. The spott ers will be taught to grasp the pe rformers' arm in the bicep a rea ve ry firmly an d hold the performer a ll the way to a sa fe stand for proper spo tting follow· through.

E . F . "Bud" Beyer

In illustra tion number 2, we have two g irl s and a boy spo tting three boys. T here is no reason on earth why girl s cannot learn to spot j ust as well as boys. It does nut ha rm them to develop the strength necessary and actuall y, it is more· a matte r of coordina tion and skill. 1£ the . spott er is ta ught to stand close to the performer, he or she will find tha t the leverage ob· tained with such close spotting makes fa r ea ier. Aga in , we can pick out fl aws in these s toop va ult s. The elbows should be :; t ra ight , the head high, and the knees s tra ight , feet toge th er, and toes pointed. Again , the prope r spotting is to hold the arm well above the elbow, very firmly, and follow the perform er all the way through to a safe s tand .

In illustra tion number 3, we see three pe rform ers doing a straddle vault a t the same time with three spotters. You wi ll note that there is no interference with one anothe r despite the fact that there are three people doing the vault and three people doing the spotting - six young· ste rs being kept busy in a s ituation where we ordinarily in volve only two. In the s traddle va ult, we should stand very Glose to the appara tus - a lmost touching it .­and g rasp both arms above the elbo,;' stand· ing directly in front of ' the performer. Right a t this point as shown in the photo· . graph , the spotters would back up fast

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holding on to the performers arms just above the elbow tightly and bringing the performer safely to a landing on the mat before releasing the arms. The young man to the far left of the picture is doing the best job of spotting. H e is in close and you can see he actually has a firm grasp of the g irl 's arm.

In illustration number 4, we see four spotters and two p erformers doing a modi· fi ed skill on the balance beam. This is not mean t to show excellence of performance with these beginning s tudents. But it can be seen that yo u can work two and three people at the same time on the balance beam, providing you organize the tricks very carefull y. NIo\'ements that can be done three at a time, include such things as hand stands, hand stand quarter turn off to the side of the beam, a jump step, pi rouettes, sca les and other balance move­ments. It is no t unusual to be able to work I hree gi rls on the beam and supply two spotters for each girl thus keeping nine yo ungsters occupied with excellen t lea rn­ing techniques. Actually, we cannot do

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enough teaching of spo tting techniques. I t is the only way we are go ing to get new leachers in the fi eld that can teach safelv.

If the teacher stands back far enough, he or she can observe criti call y and acquire Ihe abilit y to make excellent criticism of each youngster. This need not be a sloppy teaching situation.

It should be mentioned that it is neces­sary to have a full length Olympic beam of solid construction , such as the issen beam shown in these pictures, if yo u are to work eIficiently with several yo ungste rs at one time.

In like fashion , the alert teacher will im­mediately see that we must have the full W Olympic hori zontal bar if we are to work several youngsters at one ti ln e with two or three spotters. Thus, we see by investin g in heavy duty f.i. g . specifica tion equipmenl we can do a better job with both large numbers of beginners and concen trated small classes of advanced performers.

(The performers in these pictures are again the pioneer gymnasti c group in Cedar R apids, taught by NIl'. Dale Ander-son. l •

BUD BEYER SUMMER & FALL CLiNC SCHEDULE

.JuLY 23- 0:00 'l. Ill. to 4:00 p.m.- Gu,· tanl s Adolphus Coll ege, St. Peter , lVIinn eso ta.

J ULY 20 -AUGUST 2-0 :00 a.m. to 4:0(1 p.111.-Stnte Cniy. C oll ege , O neonta ~ e \\- York. '

AUGUST 5, 6, 7-AII Day, Slo",t!, Sokol Canl p, Boonton, ~e,v Jersey .

SEPTEMBER 2S-Bowling Green Unh·e r · sity- Bowlin g" Gr een, Oh io.

OCT OBER 10-Ea u Claire Sta te College, E a u C la ire, vVi scon sin.

OCTOBER 14-3: 30 - 6:00 p.m.; 7: 30 _ 10:00 p,m.-Roswel l Fam ily YMCA, Ros well , :\lew :lfexico.

OCT OBER 17-9:30 a .m. to 12 noon-St. IVla ry's High School , B isllulrc){ , X Ol'th D a ]{ot<l.

OCT OBER 21-12:37·1 :17 p.m. ; 1:21 p.m. to 2:01 p.m.-Cha rl es P. Stein metz H il?h School, 3030 North Mobi le Ave., ChIcago 34, IIIin o i ~ .

OCT OBER 23 (Tentat ive )-Ho ffman Pub . li c Sc hools , Hoffman, Minnesota ,

OCT OBI;:R 24- Centra l Minn eso ta As'oc· ., St. ClOUd , Minnesota .

OCTOBER 31-Kansas State A"o. Can ., Dodge City , 1';:a nsas.

:\lOVEilfBER 2-9 :00 a. m. to 12 noo n : 2:30 to 5 :30 p.m.-Univ. of Maine, Orono, Main e.

XOVEil1BER 14 & 15- 9:00 a .Ill, to 1~ non n ; 1:00 p.m. to 3:0 p.l11.-Se\'erlla P?-rk High Schoo l , Severn a P;tl'k , l\1a r y ln ncl.

~OVEMBER 15 & 16-State Uni \" . Col· lege, B rockport , X e \\" Y ork.

NOVElIIBEH I S & 19-Winthrop College, Rock :rIll I, SOllth Carolin a .

:\lOVEMBER 23-Unh'ersit>· of ;\li sso llri, C oitlll1b ia , l\Iissouri.

DECEMBER 6 & 7- il1a rsha ll Un h·t' r, it\· T-lunti ng ton, \ V es t V irg inia . . ,

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Helpful hints

ESTHETIC SENSE

When a boy grows out of hi s gymnasti c baby shoes he soon has to realize th at thin gs have different va lues as he ge ts bett e r . While it was perfectly acce ptable to co mbine exercise element s in a care less nov ice way as a beginner , in an advanced ca tegory the requirements for exe rcise co mbinations will demand more reason. estheti c sense, mechanical perfection, e ffi· cient continuity, e tc. .

The reason, for my mentionin g thi s, is the frequent observation that even top gy mnasts start a BACKWARD G IANT swing Ion H.Bar) immediat ely aft er a KI P. This is a conven ient way to s liFt a back",. g iant in practice, but in a co mpetition exerci se it is a FAULT.

The kip is fini shed with the energeti c backw. and upward swinging of the lel! ' .

by "Jim" Farkas, InstTlLctor 0/ Physical Education, 0/ The Milwaukee Turners ,

Wisconsin

toward the hand ·stand. Reason ca lls" to use thi s swing continuously toward FORWARD G IANT swin gs I not backw.). T o start a backw. g iant aft er a kip is actua lly rp ga rded as an l NTER lV[EDIATE SWI NG. for the backw. swin g ing of the legs, after the kip , was not utilized.

'\,[any vault s, pirouett es, etc. end in a modest pendular swing, from which a kip is the reasonabl e way toward continuit y. S ince aft er va ult s and pirouettes . etc., a regrasp on the bar is done with " upper g rip", somewhere before the end of the kip motion the hands must be chan ged to " under grip" as a preparation to a forw. giant swing.

This can be done in seve ral different ways. at different part s of th e kip motion. The change of hand s, illus trated he re. i"

one of the poss ibilities. One which is rarely seen today, but whi ch is one of the mos t va luable man euvers in thi s respec t.

PROCED URES Dri ve the legs high at the forw. swinl!

I preceding the kip 1 Fig. }·2-3-4, to take the gravitational pull off the hands. Then with a j erk of both arms short en the shoulder-bar dis tance and releas in g the Hupper-gri p" regrasp with "under-grip" Fig. 5-6. By the time the regrasp is made, the kip motion has to be started- which is then followed through into a forw. g iant swing. (Fig. 7-8-9-101.

Cantio//. . Have a spotter followin g yo u through 3-4-5-6 posit ions until yo u can do it surely.

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Art Shurl oc k

"QUESTIONS AND POINTERS"

:'\ rt Shurlock. M. G. " Ques tions and Pointers"

Dear !VIr. Sh urlock . . . I would like to know how or what kind

of . exercise is beneficial for learning to perform on the "Side Horse."

Yours trul y, Rafae l Gonzalez, Jr. New York

Uear Rafael, I pre sume you m ean strength exercise

by YO llr qllestion. Th e best single exercise lor side-horse work is probably dips on the parallel bars. For side horse work YOli need good support strength ( the triceps and pectoralis muscles give th is to you) , and th ey are developed by dips on the parallels or by bench presses w ith weights. It would be advisable to build your ab­dominal mll.sc/es also.

Wh en YO Il do learn YO lir dOlible leg circle s try to bnild them III' so that YO Il can do th em swinging fre ely . This is ac­cumplish ed by keeping your body well stretched alit as YOIL pass under the left ann ( if you do them clockwise) and in th e front of the horse, as your body passes IInder each hand pli sh off of that hand quickly and power/lilly and regrasp the pumm el quickly. A. S.

Sincerely, Art S hllrlock

.\h. Art Shurl ock Modern Gymnast San ta Monica, California

WI" ha ve trul y enjoyed you r article in the Modem Gymnast. Many uf the floor exercise moves that we have seen in the .vlodern Gymnast and in various meet s have proved to be too diffi cult for us to perform. We wou ld be pleased if you could g ive us some poin ters on the fo llowing move :

One- armed hand stand - How do YU Il

change the di stribution of you r weight from both arms to one arm, and how can yo u keep your balance once you are on one arm?

Sincerely yours, T om Potter and !\'1ike Zeman Barrington , Illinois

Uear Tom and Mike First of all I would like to say that a

good solid handstand is necessary . From here I wOllld suggest that you spend tim e doing many handstand push ups building up to about ]0 - ]5 without to uching the waIL. I f you have some strong hand squeeze grips spend time developing your wrist power.

In order to do a solid one-arm han d­stand it is necessary to have strong arm s and wrists, and that is why I have sng-

gested these 2 strength exercises. However, YOIl can practice th e correct one-arm hand· stand position along with th ese strength e.'t ercises ..

In order to chan ge the distribution irom 2 arm s to one arm. shift over to the ~ight arm ( or leit) but do not let your right shoulder shift to the right also. K eep it m ore or less in the same position . The ac· tion in volves tilting your body sideward un your right sholllder joint bllt IlOt moving the pivot arm . Tran sier the weight but keep your iin gers oi the left hand on th e .Iloor to help cOlltrol the balance. Do this action several tim es not ai/owing your left hand (fingers) to leave the grolind. Try to get II sed to having m ost of YO lir Iveight on th e right hand.

Now when you do lift the Ie it hand ofi the grolLnd do it very slowly taking it only an. inch or two abo ve the floor . Try to hold this position fo r 3 or more seconds. Theil eventually lift your halld a ioot or a ioot alld a half off th e ground . . When )'ou· do lift it this high liit it slowly or you will o/.fset your balan ce to the right . I f you do .Ieel yo u.rse lf shifting oil balan ce to the right immcdiately belld your right elbow very slightly, and if soon enolLgh this will compen sate ior th e oii·balance and set you solid ag~in. Ii YO I;' ieel yollrself .lalling off balance to the left shift YO llr right shollider joillt slightly to the leit. Th ese rules are applicable to both the ail e aTlII halldstalld with legs togeth~ r or straddled. In th e straddle halldstalld , ke ep your lell leg in a direct line with YO llr rif.Jht arm.

Sincerely, Art Shurlo ck

Dear M r. F arA-li s, Regarding th e iorw,ud somersault with.

straddle to regrasp (iVI. C . JUar - April). I se t out aile day la3t SIUlim er to learn th is very movem ellt on the horizontal bar. I had a good spotter (Marshall Claus I and a good horizolltal bar I L. A . High S chool I . First , I put on th~ overhead saie ty belt. Secondly, I attempted a few high piked Jront high -a-ways. Thirdly, I stated to M ar­shall what I was going to attempt, a fo r­ward somersault with straddle to regrasp." (A little snicker from standers by). FOlirth· Iy, I mounted th e bar alld attempted th e move. I ielt a good lift above the bar, and the close prox imity to it lI ecessary to reo grasp it . Th eil the the fatal moment, I straddled my legs , and ill doing so rc­liol ved around the ropes four or iive times be/ore I was stopped by Harshtiil and th e floor. The results were that I rece i ved th e IIIOSt symm etrical rope burns )'ou wOllld e~' ­pect to see on a pair oi thighs. I was 1I0t tv be discourage d. I mOl/llted th e bar again and proceeded to do exactl), the sam e thi ll g . I /illally was convill ced 'that I could 1I0t avoid th e ropes ii I straddled n/\" legs. lack Beckll er sugg~sted I trr it with tucked legs . I , then , tried it ;ui th tu rked legs and this proved m ore success­fill. On the fir st trr I hit th e bar with n/\ iingertips, and on th e 2nd try I hit th'e bar with m y forearm s .

Both 0/ these mo ves requ ire very accur­ate timing and it is advisable that th ey be closely spotted i/ anyone has th e urge to try th em.

Art S hurlock S anta Monica

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Makato Sakamoto

NATIONAL GYMNASTICS REPORT By Bob Gallagher

Phi ladelphia-Mrs , Murie l Gross fe l<l Artnando Y ega and ;\'1:11( o t o Sa l<aIlHHo. aH:' t hree nam e:;; th e wOI'leI \\"ill be r eading­"IJoul, ('OI11e the 1964 OlympiC",

The thre e ca ptured top pr izes in the 1~6 :-: .2\:ational AALi G~{Jnnastic::; Cham­pi(Jn:--:hips f <H' sen io r 11H:'n and \\"om e n OYer lh e .\I e rnorial Day \\" ee k e nd at I .int·n\l! 1-1 igh ,,('hoo l, h e r e,

~rrs, G r'()ssfeld , of :\ e \\' J-l;l\' e n, Con n" who fail ed to hnpre~!:i the judge:-< in th l! l'ec:e nt l'all-Am e rican ga m e!"' in Brazil, l'<lptured th e a ll-around titl e with a sco r e of 7;j. ~5 and then outclassed h e)' compe­t i tors t o t ak e three indh"icluill l'han1pioll­s hips.

l-lulldre d:-: attend e d th e pl' e i ill l inary se!:' ­sion s, ,,-hi le a c rowd o f 3500 \\"as o n h a nd to \,"a tth .:\11's. G l'os:-.:fe ld win t h e fl o o}' ex e rcis e \\"ith a 1!J.-175 Sh e captured th e llnt~ \' e n p;trall el ba r s with 19.050 and t lh ' iJa lance healn with lU.0"j5.

,:'vfakolll Sakamoto, a 16-yea l'- old 1..0:-: Angel es hig'h :-:choo l bu~r captured th~' m en's all-around tit l e with a score of 111.UO, A ;)-1 gyn1na:-:tic Riant , SalUll11oto expe ('t~ t .: , hecOI11 e a naturalize d c itize n b e for t.~ t h e O l ympic trial s n e xt y e ar. l-1 i:-: score of I!L"j50 a l so ga\'e him a first in th e Ilfll'izontal ba L

... \l1oth e r Los Angeles a thl e t e A r malldo \' eg'a, accounted for four inclh'ic1ual titl es, H e :-:t.'orecl 19.::WO in free e x e rci se : 19.325, paralhA I bar:-:: l fl.250 s t ill l'ing'~ and 1~L:1' :J . long horse '·Hult.

,:\11':-:. C l '()~:-:feld \"a s fo llowed clo sely ill al l-around Hcth'ity by ..:\ '-ari e ',"<tIthe r of I, ,, "t S lal e ( :\'111 C lub anrl Dale l\IcC le ­Illent, u f Seattle Y ~rCA. E a(' h \\'as dearl­loc l.:: ed at "j 5 .65. ~akam()to \\"a :-: pu:-;h ecl f o r a ll- arou nd

h()n"r~ by l:l'eg'o r ' Neiss, L', S, Ai r Force, 110. ::' 0: .-\rm::lndo Y ega, 110.25, ancl n Oll T Ollry, :\ e w Y." rk A. C .. 109.4;; .

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Murie l Grossfeld

WOM E N'S CHAM PI'()NS H I P S Fl oor E xerc ise-Muri e l Grossfi e ld , 19.475: ~[ari e vValther, 19.150 ; Dale lI1 cCle m e nb, I U.025. B a la n ce B eam-l\Iuriel Gros~f e lcl , 1!1. 075 : :'IIari e ",V"lther, 19 .025; A\'I;; 'ri e be l' , Aus t in, T exa s, I S.i5 , Un even P ara llel s­~[ul'i e l G ro~,felcl, 19.05(); ti e b e twee n ~[ari e \Yalth e r and Dale l\Ic C le menb, 1 ~ , .. !I iiO . H orse Vau lt-A\"i s Ti eb el' and B e y e rl\" A\'e ryt, Austin, T e x as, ti ed fOl' first with 19.400 : ::. Da le M cCle m e nts , 19. 250 . T um b ­ling-I. Judy '''ilis, Baton Rouge, La., 1~1.25 0; 2, Be\'el'l~' A\'eryt, 18.250 ; :~. l\farg~1 ('(H ln S, San Diego, Ca li f. , 15.900,

MEN ' S CHAMP IO NSH IPS Fl ool" Exercise-Armando Vega, 19.30(1: .J;.t III i1 e A s hm o r e, Dalla s, TexH~ , 19.17S,; ~r a koto Sakamoto, 18 .875, P ara li el Bars­.-\1'1n<1ncl o Y ega , ]D ,325 : l\'lak o t o Sakamoto, l!l.0 50 : tie f O l' thi rd b e tween John Be<:l.::­n er , Lo:-; Ang'el es and Rus:-:e ll R od.::, B u f­fal o, l S,51;). Rings-Armando Veg'a, 19.37;'; ).fakato Sakamoto, l S,9 25: Jan1il e A s h­more, more, 1 ~ . S7 5. Long H orSe-Al'111anclo \reg-a , 19.375; Jay 'Vern e r , U. S. Arm~v. 'Vest Point , 1!J. 125 : Sg-t. vVilhe lm ' ''e ile r. Ca n ad ian Army, 19 ,1 00. S ide H orse-I. Grego r Weiss, Ri c h fie ld , N. J ., 19,225; 2. Donald T onry, l S.!l ::'O : :{. LaITY Banne r , I.ot-; Ange les, 1 ~ .675. Horizonta l Bar- l. ~rako to Snk::ul1oto, 19,750; 2, J o hn Becl.::­l1 e 1' , 19.000; 3. Greg'or ' Veis:-;, 18.925. Tram· pol ine- 1. \Vayn e :"fi l l el', UniY e rs.ity of S;:") uth ern Louisiann , I S,900; 2. Frnnl.:: Schmi tz , L·ni\' e n.:.it~- of South e rn Louis i­Hn a, 18.600 : 3, Jim Young, Univer~ity of So. La ., 16. S5 0. Tumb ling-I. Phil Voaz, Buffalo, 19,30 ; 2, Jim DaYicl, , ;Vashin g·ton A. C., IS.60: 3. Lou Datiiio , Ph iladelphia , ;\lld Jay ,~rel'ne l' , 16.65

Ath le t es who C'o lnpetecl h e r e w e r e p l en~ed with the faciliti es at Lincolll I-Ti g'h <-Ind praised Bill Coco and J oe Gas ­p erac- , ('o-direc t :-> r s of th e 111 ee t and pres i­d ent and yice presid ent, r especth'el y o r th e :"Jiddl e AtlantiC' GYlnnastic Dirpcto r~ .-\~~n. , ~pOll~o r !-' o f the eye nt.

Photos by John Crosby

Armando Vega.

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Mikio and Makata Sakamoto

LOS ANGELES ALL - CITY CH A MPIONSHIPS - JUNE 7TH , 1963 ~ome 400 enthu~ i asts fi lled t h e ne\\'

KYlnlla~iull1 at Valley State Co ll eg'c f or th e 3Sth ann ual All - C ity gymna~til" c hampio Jl :jh ip s . :\l akoto Sai{anloto was th e o ut:j l and ing p e l'fol'ln e r winning (Ollt' fir s t p laces, floor exerc i ~e J long h orse, pamll el s and high ba r. Mal, a to , with the a i r! of h i s o ld er brother ~lil'Lo also cap ­tur e d th e l ea m tI'ophy fo r L os Ange l e~ High.

Oth e r outstanding pel'fon naJlces of the competit io n \\'ere : Jo~h Robi son (:"or lh Holl ywood) on t h e ring~, A lba o f Wil so n o n the s id e hor se. Da n ny l\I i l mnll o f lVla r sh a ll in t h e ttllnbli n g e y ent (:jecond l ong h o r se) and lVlagdaieno of Vilil~,o n w h o d i d a beaut i f ul floor ex e l'c i:-: e !'OU­t i ne fol' a. cl ose se<.:.ond .

EVENT RESULTS HOPE CLglB - Pacheco (Gmnt) , 3. :):

J ohnson, (Fremon t ), 3.4: t i e for third among Lincll ('Vest.), ~lclntyre (,raft ), McConn ell (Fremont), and H erm sen , (LA), ~.6 . LO:"(~ J-I OI~SE - ~Iakoto Sakamoto

(LA), 37 .4: Millman (~hll'shall), 36.6: :"nsh (Ham.), 36.3; ti e f o r f ourth between T ee l eI' (Pol y) and Lopez (Gard . ), 36.0.

FREE EXERCISE - Mako to Sakamo to (LA), 19.4; ~Iagcla l e n o ( ' Vilson), 19.2 ; Garcia (Line . ) , I S.1: tie f o r f ourth be­tween 'Van B a ril ( \ iVil son) and l\Ic I(inn ey (LA), 16.9.

SIDE HORSE - A l ba (Wil son) 17. 8; Mik i o Sak nmoto (LA), 17.4; T h or (Re ­seda), 17.3; M ecli na (Venice), 16.6.

PARALLEL BARS - Makoto Sal,a­moto (LA), 19. 2; H ernanclez ("W ilson) , I S.S; ~ I agclalen.o ("W il son) , I S.2: Mik io Snkamoto (LA), 17.9; U rdi ales (Garfielcl) , 17.4.

HI:'\"GS - Robin~on (:" 1-1 ), 19.1: ?lI ildo Snkamoto (LA), IS.6; l\lo rgan (Uni), IS.5: Makoto ~akamoto (LA), IS.:3; ~h, ... e r (Ven ice). I S.2 .

I-l I (;H BAI~ - ~ j ak()to Sak a moto ( L A) , 19.2 ; tie for >'econcl b etween T h ur (He­secla) , alHl D ePue (Grant), I S.1: tie fo r fourth b e tween :\1 illlllHll CVlnl'sh.) , a 11(l

AIJI~~~}~~1~1)~67~ ~lilllllan (~I;lI">,h.), 18.6: "'u nderli (Cle\·.), I S.0 : tie for t hird be ­tween D e Pu e (Grant) and l\l agd;deno ('Vilson) . 17.6: ti e for fifth bet\\"een Dol ­>,on ( R eseda>. ancl H onosk,' (:I[onroe), 17. 3.

F 1:,\"A I . SCOj{E~ - Los Ang'el es :3 7'/2, 'Vil son 22 , CI'ant 11 , ~ l nrshall 10% R e ­se"cla 6, Fre mont ;:'lh. ')Jorth H o llywood 5, C le\"elanc1 4, UniYersity 3, Linco ln 3, l-Ianl ­i1t,o n ~L Y en ice 2, P o lyt echn i c ] V2, T aft 1 1/2. Garde n a ] %. 1.Vestch este r I 1h, Ga r­fi e l d I, ~ [ on roe V2.

WESTERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mont ebell o Hi g h Sc h oo l M ay 31 a nd Jun e 1

ELITE MEN AL L -ARO U :,\"D - 1. A r t Shurlocl"

1 0S . 1 ~; 2. Ol'wyn SamJ)::ion: :J. B o b Dia ­mOIl(1. I n th e indiYidua l e yents, Art Slnll'­loc k too k firsts in Fl'ee Exel'cise, J-l i g-h I ~nl' . Panllle l Bar~, Hnd Ring·~ . Lan'~' Spi ege l w o n Side H orse, O rwyn Sanlpson too k fi r st in the L o ng' I-I ol'!-:.e eYen t , whi l e Da n l\ Till lllnn and Fred ' ''ash burn took t h e T I'alllpoli n e and T umbli n g' Eyents I' f'­~pe('ti \·e l y.

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[ haye h ea r d man y p eople tal " i ng abou t t h e c l i n ic w hic h i s h e ld i n Sar asota F l ori d a d uring the Ch r istnlas vacation' a n d I was wond ering i f you . cou l d send m e .so m e infol'lllation abo ll t t h e c lin ic .

I anl \" e ry i n t er ested in gymnastics and I wnu l,l appr ec iate i t i f y ou c·ould ~e nd m e t hi s infol'lnat i on .

I \\·0 1''' o u t l·egulal' ly at th e Schenectad \. Y~I C A and the Schenectad~· Turn er s, a n ;l I hn \'e co mpe ted in Inan y 1l1 eet!--: in which I h n \·e plac ed w ell.

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I :a r barH B l ese r ::OG I{ cynold s St. Scotia 2. :\ e \\" J."o r k

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OPINION PLEASE Dear G lenn:

T hn ve two poin t~ T wou l d 1 ik e t o S(lC you ohtain t h e opin ion of YOlll' r en d­f.' I' S o n . 0 11e is concer n i ng t h e usnF. T h e other i s con cer nin g :l. p r oposed d e fin ­i ti o n of the t r fllll p o l ine event p l u s a di­y is ion of some tra rnpo lin e ele m e nts into r atinp::-: of h igh el' (li f f c ul t y (B 1110ve8 ) "n,l superin r d i fficu l ty (C m oy es ). '1'h 0 e n (' losf'd minl eog-r aph sheet* w ill explnin

SUGGESTED STUNTS ON THE TRAMPOLINE

i \ R~utine sh ou l d con s i s t o f twist ing' sO lll e r sau lts, stunts t h at conta in both twisting and p l a i n. s0 l11esaulting (su c h as a d oubl e front W i th a one- hal f twi s t) , nt l eas t one landIng o t h er t h a n o n the f ee t ( su ch a s " cody or a f orward 1')0, ~{~\;l~~~) e~~~~~e rs~el~I,~r:.e n pla in s ing le alic1 ELE~JENTS OF HIGHER DIFFl CULTY:

Ph twi s t i ng back Ph somer sau l t d o u b Te tw is ting fo r ward IV! Handolp h (2'h twist i ng f or war d

:-;omel'saul t f o r wa r d 1% to fu ll twist o r r udo lph

(J'h tw i s t i ng f o r war d so m esa ul t) forward 2% so rnersa u lt Vz i n fliffi s (bar an i i n to back S0111 e l' ­

sa u l t ) 'h out fl i ffis (dou b l e front som esault

with 'h tw ist on second so m er sau lt ) d oubl e bac " doubl e twi sting sOlner sau l t d oubl e cody from bac k % som er sau l t I·udol ph to immediate r u dolph' 1% front w i t h 'h twis t to cody

ELEMENTS OF SUPEHIOH DIFFICULTY: •

F ull i n fliffi s (full tw i st ing bac k som el·­!-:Hu l t to back s0 l11er sau l t tuck )

F ull ou t fl iff i s ( full tw isti ng som er­sa u lt on the second som er saul t)

Fu ll i n baran i out fli ff i s (f r ont som er­sault with fu ll twi st to fa r an i )

Doubl e f r ont som ersault w i t h 1'h twi st o n :::;eco nel fron t

Btu·an i in full out fl i ff i s (baran i o n fi r st flip and full o n secon d)

Trip l e twi st '1'ri fi s (tripel fro n t w i th barani out) Trip l e back s01n er sau l t Doubl e cody from back 1% Rudol ph from front 2% som er sa u l t 21,6 t,,"isting b ack Ilh sDln er sault Back\\"ard half i n h a l f out fliff i s (ba c k

With '12 to front w i th liz twi st) D ouble back somersau l t layout F r on t 2% (pi"e) to rudol ph

10 POIXT ROUTI~E : 'i\ [ ust con ta in at l east 2 e l enlents flf

su pe l·i o r d i ff i cu l ty a n cl 6 e l em ents o f h i g h er d i fficulty.

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Xo. 2. As f a I· point No. 1 I o ffer the f oll owinrr fOJ' ('rit;('isnl,

W i1at . is . th e p ossib i lity of setting up a plan 111 the U nited States Gym n astics F ed eration that \\"ould in01ude the fol­l OW ing : Presen t planning has th e country clh" i d ed into 11 l'eg ions, with in each 1'e"­gion i s appl'ox i rnately 3- 5 s lates, ,,"ith i n t !l ese s ta~ es a r e. tlllln eroU S loca l o l'g'a niza­tlons. , V l th t h i s in m i nd i s it f eas ib l e t'1 st iDu late t h a t the policy w ill b e to h a\" e t h e o r gan ization all t h e loca l l ev el l'e!Jresen t ill g" t h e, USC1~ con d u c t i t s qu al i­fY ing' l oca l . sen lOl' or op en nlee t, A s a I·esu lt o f th i S m ee t and with t h e financ ial pm: eeds t h erefmm t h e top 6 A ll-Arou n d (thIS coul d b e th e top 1-2-3- 4- 5-01' 6 de ­Dend ing upon t h e scope d es ired 01' po:;;si­b l e) p l lls · all of the event 1st place w i n­~l e l'~ (exc lud i ng t h ose a l r eady coYel'erl 111 the 6 top a ll- a r ound) \\"ould h ave t h eir expenses paid to th e state m eet by t h e th e l oca l o l'gan i zati on,

At the state m eet the same proce1:lure cou ld take place w i th the top 6 a ll­around p lu s all event 'winners havino­t h ei r expenses paid to t h e r egi o nal cham~ pio n ships by the s tate o r ganiza tion.

From t h e r eg iona l s the w i nners would h ave t h ei r ,vay paid t o the National c h a nlpion sh ips.

I f u rther feel t hat officia l s should be se lected on t h e same type of bas i s and g· i ven· financ i a l support. lVIa l<ing it more o f an h o n or to judge 01' patic ipa te i n the nation a l s rathel' tha n a nlat t er of who ca n afford to pay their own ,vay .

Of cou r se sever a l o ther prob lems would have to b e w ork ed au t su c h as : ,vil l g-ynlnasts or sh ould g'Ylllnasts ,vho do n ot qualify for a team at o n e l evel b e allowed to compet e nt the n ext l eve l. I n other \\"ol'(l s if a gym nast d oes not ct,uqalify fol' hi s r egiona l teanl i s it all nght f Ol' him t o pay his o\\"n exp en ses and cOlnpete in t h e ':\fational Chalnpion­:-; hip :::; , I say yes! ! ! ! , A, l so-wha t. i f a gymnas t d oesn 't ctu a li ­I Y In one r egIOn and cO lllpetes and quuli ­fi ~s in ano t h er r egi on-wi ll h e b e per ­Illitted to r epresent t h e r egi o n in w hich h e .ClUqa li fied-ag'ain I say yes !! "

F lI1 n lly, sh ou l d a gymnas t r ece ive a id f l'o ln 1110re than one local- sta t e-or re ­g iona l o l'gan izati on just b eca u se h e ,von ~:O!~!r~nt in rn OI'e than one-here I say

T his i:-; but a few b i ts a nd pieces o f the prob l em that exi sts now and o ne tha t p eoiJle should b egi n t o find a n s w ers f or.

Hopefully yours, J el'yl L . " ' rig ht, L os Angel es, Calif.

ED. The USGF office rs a nd c ommittees h ave b een c o nsider ing a s imil a r plan and h o pe to h ave it in working form by ' 64. However, w e as y ou would like to hear from m o r e peopl e in all areas to en a ble us to we igh a ll pros a nd co ns. so that our fin a l draft w ill be the best and most worka b le f or a ll "

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? D enr G l enn,

YV e here i n Ne w Eng'land are I'ead ing­\n th a great d ea l o f inter es t a bout the ~pl'ead o f g'Yl11naRtic~ a ll ov er th e Un i t erl States. Espec ia ll y about t h e spread and acceptance o f wom en' s g'yrnn a:::; ti cs . !Jut w e ha\"e o ne big que:-; ti on: '¥hel'e are th e w Oln e !1 ? EYel'Y n ew wOlnen 's gY lnnas ti cs organlza t i on seenlS t o b e h ead ed by l11en '~lo nl e n '~ ,tea nls seenl to b e coach ed by m en , chnics a nd conl p etitions run bv m en , and i n tlla ny p l aces " ro m en's conlPe'­titi o n s are s t ill judged by m en. A r en ·t ther e a ny capabl e women i n t h i s countr y, o r a r e nl en so r el u c tant to l e t go of t h e :.;trings?

, V e a ll r ecognize t h e fac t that d uring th e rec en t "dar k ag·e~ of gym n astics·" nl en w er e t h e o n es who k ept thix activit\" a li ve fO l' both sex es , a nd w e [l.l'e tha nkftl l for it.

But tim es ha \"e chang'ed a nd wonle n ha v e cO llie 011 t h e ir OWIl i ll o t h e r area~. ,~rhy t h en, are the n e,v wonlen's "oro-an i ­zation s sti ll run by men? I sn ' t it tit~e to g,rnonl sonl e wDln en f o r r esp o n sibl e p osi­tIOn s, not for the sa" e o f n a m e only but f or actual r unning of things and an' even \"ote?

~ra.\- 1 b l 'i n g out an actual w o rking' ex­anlp l e, For th e p ast 5 years wonlen 's g'Ylnn as tic!-: i n l\,l nsRachusett~ has b een o rgan i zed, g'u i cl ed and d i r ected entirely hy \Yom en, FI'OIll el em entary sch o:.>} age to ('alleges (where we s t i ll l a ck qua l ifi ed t ea c her s in suff ic i ent n llnlber s ) it i s

taught, o r ganized , judged and coa ch ed hy wOlllcn teac h er s who gain and fUi'th e l ' t h eil" o \\'n h:no\\" l ed ge by attend i ng fre ­quent c linics duri ng the w i nter. These clinic.:s arc also run and o rg'a nized by \\'Olll en , alld in nlost par t taug ht by \\'Olllen,

All c linics a nd competitionx are run undel· the spo n sor sh ip o f M assach u setts O ! \" i s i o n of Gir l s and ' '''om ens Spor ts, a n d Wi th th e fu ll co- op er ati on o f Mas,a ­chusetts Secon dary Sch ool Princ ip a ls Assoc iation. Abou t 30 hig h sch ool s and G L"o ll eg'e~ in t h e s tate a l ready h ave 01' a l'e in t~le pl' :,cess o f organiz ing g irls g'y nl ­nCl ~t l c tea nl ~ . f n 111a ny sch oo l s t h ey h ave fu ll Yal"s i t~· s tatus, in oth ers t h ey fun c ­ti{J 1I as extra c u lT iL' u la r c lubs or i ntr a­Illural all- star s, Th er e is an act i ve dua l Ill ef' t ~eason be tween the schopl s, culln in­a tecl by th r ee top high schoo l m eets. Easten> State M eet, , Vestern State M ee t , and Eas t \·s. W es t All Star Meet for th e Ined a l winn er s fronl both regiona l In ee t s , ~1I t h ese m eets a l'e run, or gan i zed and Judged by women teach ers , and d o t h el' l3 -fore h a \·e the full support of DGWS and sc hool ad nlinist l'ntions.

F or g' il'l s be luw hig h sch ool age th er e a r e I5-a n d-under nl ee t s run at the dif ­ferent sect io n s of t h e state, cultn inati n g­i n I5-and-under c h amp i on shi}j s i n IVlul'ch. Thel:5e m eets w er e run co-eel, but had to be separated d u e to the la r ge number o f p a r t ir-ipants"

And, o f course, there i s the bigge~ t m eet o f the year - the New E ng lands. which has g-ro \\"n so big- now t h a t w e are' t hink i ng- in ternl S of conlpul sor y exerc i ses.

O ur big·gest goal f or the n ext f ew y ears wi ll be to get dual conl p etiti o n started between college teams, shooting for a ';Yom en's Eastern Inter collegiate nl ee t ill th e neal' future. A g'a in o r ganized run judged a nd poss ibly coach ed by ,~ro nl e l~ \\"ith inter es t ed 111 en coach es in an ad­\' i soI'Y capaci t y,

During our 5 year s o f experinlent ing w i th the s t r uc tu r e o f wOll1en 's gyn1l1<.Ls t i c ol'ganizationr-; w e ha\'e l earn ed t h e f o l ­lo w ing th i ng's :

I. \"'omen P . E. t each er s a r e cap abl e, and very i nter ested, i n teaching', l earn­i ng about a nd wor k i ng for good wonlen '~ gY llln fls ti cs, if it i s presented to t h em i n th e r i g h t atmosph er e.

2. FOI' the b est r esultl:) in :::;p l' ead ing' good gymnastics, get th e seh·oo l s b eh ind y o u a nd sta rt i nter - sch ool conlpe t it i on 0 1' p laydays.

3. School aclnlinistrators are 111uc h more f ,worabl e to th e id ea if it i s brought from the bottom up (from ij1terested students wh o ha\"e l ea rn ed it i n" P . E . dasses, n o t at an .outs i d e c l u b and i f they can see t h a t it i s org'unized a n d run by w o m en w i th th e b es t interest o f thei r girls i n Inind,

4. Start sl ow w i t h utili zi ng w h at you h a ve. T oo l11any overanx i ou s coach es h ave d on e 1110re h a r m than good t o t h e cause by throw i ng a ll t h e o ld appar a tus over­b oard, r equ e's ti ng' expens i ve new eqq ll ip ­In ent and t el.ling to t h eir g irls t h at gynl­nas ti cs CO!1 s i sted on ly of olympic a ll-

Mar iann Dav is - High School A ll -Around Champ from Welles ly, Mass.

around. Any long' establis hed institution wo uld ,:esist such sudden ch a nges.

W ith a ll this emphasis of good organi ­zation and starting s lowly from th e bot­tom, you a r e probably asking: how g'ood is your end r esult?

Let me just mention that a former Mass. High School gymnas t was on the last Pan-Am team , and for th e Olympic tryouts we h ope to produce some more top -level girls who have r isen from th e bott;)m up t hro ug h the school sys t em s, and coach ed by P . E. teachers w ho work h a r d to k eep one step a h ead of the ir students.

S incer e ly , K itty Kjeldsen M.D.G.VI'.S . Gymnastic C hairma n

ED.-There were a ll-wom en Judges at the U.S .GF . Nat ion a ls in Chi cago and we look forward to the' day wherr there will be an all -woman Judges and offici a ls associat ion conn ected with the U .S.G . F .

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Jim Nelson of White Bear La ke - 1963 Minnesota State High School Champion on the paralle l bars .

GYMNASTICS IN MINNESOTA Dear Glenn,

We have had gymnastics in Minnesota High School for many years, however, due to our compulsory routines the level of competition h as not k ept pace with som e of the othe r more progress ive states, s u ch as California, Illinois. etc. Recently the gymnas tics coaches formed their own gr.oup w ith t h e main in tent of moderniz­ing t his s port in our own s t a te. We fee l that som e grea t strides h ave b een taken in thi s direc tion , and p erh a ps with tim e we s h a ll b e on a par with other a r eas. The officers a t present are: Mr. L loyd Olson. Presiden t , Mr. William Murray, V ice President, and Mr. John Godeke, Secretar y .

This p ast March we h e ld our a nnua l State High Sch ool Gymnastics Meet be­fore a ver y nice c rowd at Alexander­Ramsey High Sch ool. Minneapolis who ha d been the defending c h a mpion for the past 4 years was upset by t h e host sch ool in a very ,yell ru n 111eet. .

T{li s new c ha Jnpi on, a long with severa l oth er fac tors seem to be causing som e rapid growth of gymnas tics in Minnesota. I am s ure that I speak for all of our c·;)ach es when I say that you r magazine has h elped treniendous ly.

Yours truly, B ill Murray Gym nastic Coach ' Vhite Bear L a k e, Minnesota . . .

L. D. S. GYM CLUB . E nc losed you w ill f ind two pictures we took at our recent fund rais ing dinner a nd exhibition. One of our senior group under my d irec tioon a nd the oth er of the junior group undel' the directi on of my wife Peggy. .

To the best of my knowledge, the L .D .­S. Girls Gymnastic Club is the only one of its kind in the state of Nevada. At present we have a membership of 45 g i r ls. Of these 22 are in the junior g r oup ra n g ing from ages 7 to 12. 23 are in the

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s'enior g r oup r anging in age from 13 on up. W e put on exhibitLons a r ound North­ern Nevada for the purpose of futhe ring

the sport of gymnastics. We have also t hi s year competed in two meets in Northern California. vVe plan to compete in many m ore mee t s this coming year. At the present time we are preparing to h oW a meet of our own o n the 13th of July of thi s year . Again, to the best of my knowledge, th is is the first of its kind in the s t a t e. In this c lub we strive to p r o ­mote many· t hings o the r t han just Gym ­nastics. To belong, t h e g irl s h ave to k eep h igh moral standards, they are taught that the body is something to take car e ,of a nd be p roud of. We put great mea,,­ing into t h e thought of being a team a nd to be fri end ly with a ll, the girls come in contact w ith. Many of the g irl s a r e not of the L.D.S. faith, but they have found t his no problem , for we are not organized to argue r eligion, bu t to build sou nd youth a nd a sou nd gymnastic fo undation in the s tate of Nevada. W'e place great pride in the f la g of our coun­try an d patriotism in a ll of our exhibi­tions. vVe love the sport of gymnastics a nd strive for the best form poss ib le, to better s h ow off th e beauty of the sport, In this w~' , we feel that the spor t will g r ow very quickly in this state a nd in this nation, a nd with this g rowth we w ill

no t only be getting excellent gymnas t s but a lso excelle n t c itizen s. . ,

That is briefly w h at my w ife and I are doLng. Our group we feel is very s uccess ­ful a nd we ,,:r e very proud o f th e g irls . We are lookIng forward to gett ing our u neyens as soon as poss ibl e and th e ,o th er eqlllpm e nt we so dearly need .

S incerely, Rodney C. H ill Spar k s, Nevada

.P.S. Th e two little girls in the one pIcture a re not of t h e age so requ ired to e nter the c lu b. These two li ttle b londes are m y daughters w h o are really building a love f or the sport. T h ey clo qu ite well for theIr a ges of 3 a nd 4.

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