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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR:

Many of you have submitted articles to the MG for our consideration. Every article is read thou roughly and is considered for publication. Those not used will be returned to you if you will enclose a self addressed envelope when you submit articles. If, as editor, I cannot decide whether or not to include an article, it is submitted to the MG advisory board for their opinions. However, many articl es received recently are too long for a single issue and must be broken in two , three, or sometimes four parts. I am attempting to do this now with some material. The more pictures and diagrams you submit with your articles, when applicable, the better MG readers will understand what you mean.

I would like to emphasi ze more action photos instead of award stand shots; this along with ideas on coaching techniques, etc. , will he lp us make the MG more meaningful to all of us.

Jack

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!~iIUlDnIGb TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume XIII / Number 11 / November 1971

4 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR, Jack Medina

6 NAMES & NEWS, Jack Medina

7 NHSGCA, Bill Ballester

7 VIEWPOINTS, Dick Criley

8 THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Eric Leemans and Jan Borms

11 BIG SURF OPEN, Don Robinson

12 SANTA MONICA GYMFEST, Glenn Sundby

16 MG CENTER PHOTO: Dan Connelly, Tom Sauters

18 MG INTERVIEW: Mark Davis

20 GYM SNAPS

INSTRUCTIONAL: 22 Forward Giant Swing on the HB .. •

the ideal technique?,Don Tonry 23 Spotting the Double, Dan Speraw 23 The Hecht Vault, Prof. Boris Bajin 24 The Carminucci Twist, Dr. Josef

Gohler & Klaus Wiemann

24 JUDGES AND COACHES •• Should They Be the Same?,Marc Rabinoff

25 USGF REPORT

25 US NATIONAL RANKINGS, Jerry Wright

27 1971-72 COMPETITION CALENDAR, Je rry Wright

28 A CARAVAN OF CAMPS, Vernia Kelton

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NAMES & NEWS

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Jeff Bennon, Gymnastics Coach at the University of Arizona and Drector of the Annual Western Clinic reports that Rusty Mitchell and Don Robinson will be part of the Clinic Staff this year. In addition to the traditional East-West All Star Meet and Clinic Championships, consideration is being given toward holding a trampoline competition at the 71 Clinic. The dates are December 26-30. ... Received word that Washington-Lee High School won the Virginia State High School Championships; Congratulations! ... Coach Bill Ballester reports that Makoto Sakamoto and Hirmichi Sano have joined the University of Oregon's gymnastics staff as Graduate Assistant Coaches effective now .... The 1972 Ntional YMCA Gymnastics Championships for Men and Women will be held April 21-22 in Des

D. l. Douglas, Penn State

Plaines, IlIinois ... D.L. Douglass formerly of Penn State tells us he performed the "Schroeder Doughnut" on the parallel bars during the 1951-52 season. Gene Wettstone called it a " reverse wendy" in a piked

Mickey Wissler, SFVSC

position ... Bob Shirk has made a triple back off the Still Rings; this adds another to his collection of dismounts : namely a full twist, double twist, double (tuck), and double {pike) ... The Olympic Turnkunst, the three language gymnastics magazine celebrates the 60th Birthday of its Co-Founder and Editor Dr. Josef Gohler this month; a special wish for many more from the MG .... The results of the 1971 Massachusetts high school Gymnastics Championships cam in with Wayne Chandler from Marblehead listed as the top performer winning the All Around and High Bar events; his All Around total was 41.30 .... We found, in the Florida Gymnastics newsletter, that two International Trampoline meets will be held in Lafayette on Feb. 24 and 26, 1972. Five of the best foreign jumpers in the world have accepted invitations. The 24th will involve a dual meet and the 26th the World Invitational for Men and Women ... Received a letter from Bobby Cutler, Univ. of Michigan, asking about the "Whippit" on the Still Rings. We are putting the techniques together now and will have them out to MG readers in the next issue .... Members of the Japanese Olympic and World Championship Men's Gymnastics Team will appear at San Fernando State College, Northridge, California on Saturday January 25, 1072 against a selected All Star Team at 8:00 p.m ..... My special thanks to JohnC.Gilmore for his kind words about the MG from his Igloo way up in Alaska; for those of you that don't know him, John was formerly the Head Coach at Stanford University; he is now the Athletic Director at the University of Alaska .... In the answer to Marc Rabinoff's question regarding the ar ticle he submitted for consideration I want him to know that I read it and plan to use it in the very near future; we have a good sized backlog for publi cation and want to use all of it at the correct time .... John Kohlenberger writes us about the Hecht Dismount and Hecht Catch on the Horizontal Bar; material is being written now to answer your questions ....

The Dilemma of Coaches & Gymnasts: TIME

NATIONAL HIGH SCH OOl GYMNASTIC COACHE S ASSOCIATION

by Bill Ballester Gymnastic Coach , University of Oregon (Past President NHSGCA)

There just doesn ' t seem to be enough hours in a day, days in a week, or weeks in a year to accomplish everything that must be done to develop a competitive gymnastics team or a competitive gymnast. This predicament is not unique to any level--high school, university, or international situation.

All coaches are confronted with universal problems: league and state rules limiting practice sessions to a few months,institutional problems concerning use of facilities and sharing the gym with other groups, in addition to setting-up and tearing down equipment. Then there are problems that confront every gymnast: studies, parental hesitations, jobs, and sundry social obligations and interests. These and many more individual problems limit the TIME so essential to the development of a team or a gymnast.

TIME in the gym and TIME on the apparatus is the one universal characteristic consistent with all teams who are WINNERS at all levels. The Japanese World Champions expend five to seven hours a day in the gym, twelve months a year. Our elite collegiate gymnasts and college teams practice all year, three to five hours a day. Even our top high school teams spend three to five hours a day in the gym during season while their off-season time is spent in YMCA gyms and summer gymnastic camps.

Recognizing this one universal requirement of TIME to becoming a great gymnast or developing a great team is rather baxic and ovivous observation; however, utilizing this knowledge and applying it is one that few gymnasts and coaches can accomplish.

Not everyone is willing to pay the price to be a successful gymnast. The price in terms of discipline, sacrifice and time is extremely demanding. Assuming that the motivation level is high and the will to win , to excel, and to sacrifice is present, then it is essential to develop a program which will allow a gymnast to accomplish these goals. It is necessary to

organize TIME and to utilize it to the utmost. For example, the following weekly schedule will allow a gymnast twenty-four hours of practice time,four hours per day six days a week:

These times need not and usually cannot be segmented into blocks. For instance, it may be necessary to divide study time during the day between classes, in study halls, and to and from school , utilizing every available minute. Leisure time might also be taken in minimum allotments during the week with Saturday and/ or Sunday for more rest, hobbies, and other interests.

The chart interestingly illustrates an additional 16 hours per week for additional practice, study, work, leisure, or sleep! ! !

Each gymnast and each coach must evaluate, organize and develop weekly, monthly, and yearly time schedules, allowing for flexibility yet consistency.

VIEWpoints by Dick Criley

Although the Hawaii gymnastics community is not exactly at the hub of U.S. gymnastic activity, we are at the crorsroads of the Pacific and are always happy to visit with gymnasts coming from or en route to some place else. This summer we had the pleasure of visiting with Maria Bakos and her daughter Andrea who took part in a Modern Gymnastics Camp here; also with one of Japan 's top gymnastics officials, Mr. Hirofumi Okamura who stayed with us for six weeks and instructed our gymnasts on the international routines; Tom

Each Day No. of Days Hours per Week

8 hours sleep 4 hours practice 4-6 hours in class 3 hours study time 3 hours leisure

x 7 56 sleep x 6 24 practice x 5 30 class x 7 21 study x 7 . 21 leisure 168 minus 1526

168 minus 152 = 16 hours extra time

Heinnecke, former AAU tumbling champ and now coach at Wichita State U in Kansas (both Tom and Mr. Okamura assisted in a on e week gymnastic day camp here); Frank Endo of Los Angeles w ho stopped on his wa y back from Japan ; and N il s Bengston, gym coach of the Santa Clara Youth Village, who was vacationing on our Neighbor Islands of Maui and Kauai .

The conve rsations we 've had were stimulating an d ranged from handstands (the public doesn't identify with gymnastics because they can not do a handstand) to gymnastic development programs.

Which brings me to my issue for this issue.

Over the past several years, the Quaker Oats-financed/ AAU-admi n istrated Junior Olympics Program has been making rather interesting progress. Curiously enough, quite a few of the gymnasts who take part have been developed in private gymnastic schools and clubs. Thus, the overall JO program does not seem to have a broad and coordinated base of support. This may be one reason for its relatively slow growth.

At the moment, though, the JO program is the only national level age-group program although this should probably be qualified when one considers the girl 's programs as the USGF and DGWS have been cooperating on a set of national compulsory exercises modified for different skill levels .

Isn 't it about time that our national association, the United States Gymnastics Federation , give some leadership and direction to an age-group program for boys? The components for such a scheme are all there: an Age-Groups Workbook (now in its 18th printing and widely used across the country), a high school coaches association which touches upon the very start of nearly every gymnast 's career, and an established arena for recognition in the JO Championships.

AAU Gymnastics is now a member of the USGF . From the potential for integrating their program, which has a strong degree of recognizability , with the USGF Age-Group program which has never been pushed along the way it should have been comes the great opportunity to reach many gymnasts and to develop their skills early. Such a large body of gymnastic talent will afford even better athletes for the international programs the USGF seeks to promote.

A good first step would be to set up a USGF Age-Group Program Director whose job it would be to promote the grass roots approach that has worked so well for swimming. It should be a paid office within the USGF and would be handled on a full-time basis by an individual selected by the USGF governing council. The current USGF technical committees could be used to frame the ground rules and compulsory exercises. There should be a set of graded exercises beyond the Age-Group Workbook. These developments of these could be handled by the high school coaches association.

The one big hurdle is for the top levels of gymnastic administration to lay aside past disagreements so that they can work together. It is a lot easier to write this than to get the component associations to do something about it. The need is there; it will not grow in the proper manner unless direction is provided from on high. Right now the USGF is in position something about a National Age-Group Development program.

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Voronine (USSR) 2nd AA

Madrid 14-15th May 1971

The European Championships POSTHUMOUS HOMAGE TO JOAQUIN

BLUME

For the first time in the history of the F.I.G. the organization of an official internationa l demonstration, was given to the Spanish Gym federation . Madrid, a metropolitan with dizzy traffic, was for two days the center of European gymnastics. Particularly for the Spanish people, the IXth E.Ch. were considered as a posthumous homage for their great joaquin Blume. (absolute European champion in 1957, he died a year later in a plane-crash) . It is str ik ing how, since that time, only the Italian Franco Menichel li succeeded to keep the Eastern-European from the top-honour.

On the even ing before the competiti on started we met in the very modern sports palace a great number of well-known faces from the international gymnastics world. Russia , starting as the big favorite was present with Voronine, Klimenko and Adrianov (Adrianov was selected instea d of Bogdanov, who was announced as the third man). In the Polish trio, Sylvester Kubica replaced his brother Nikolaj. Cerar, who was injured during

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his last trip in japan, was here but merely as a simple spectator. The Yugoslavian hope for a final 's place at the pommel horse, was focused now on Vratic. With Guiffroy absent this time, Farjat became the first man on the French team. Storhaug had to do it again for Norway and Italy kept its eyes firmly on Carminucci. Even though both men still did a very good job, we bel ieve that time has come to consider their successors.

The opening ceremony on May 14th was a striking example of ... Spanish punctuality. It was hardly 5:30 p.m. when in the Palacio de Deportes, offering space for about 10,000 people - slow handclapping was heard, qUickly turning out into a madrilenic siffl ing concerto. That was just enough for the organisors to open the ceremony with the presentation of 21 participating countries. Fernand Peeters, the only Belgian rep resentative, did not appear since he broke his achilles tendon a week before, during the national championships.

The gymnasts of the 9 natio ns who started the competition, were working probably in a mainly classic way to have a reasonable chance for the final rankings. The quality of this first group, having a majority of gymnasts who play

By Eric Leemans and jan Borms

only a second role on the European front, was obv iously lower than the next group in which all the tenors were performing. Neve rtheless, Storhaug, Nissinen, Grecu, Achim (Roumenia) , Laine and th e long-haired Benediktson (Danish) were highlights in this group.

just as the Yugoslavian Vratic (19th), th e 32 year-old Storhaug still hopes to continue until Munich 1972. Nissinen was sharing the 21st place with W. Kubica and M . Berchthold (Switz.) behind them, only Ugarte (Spain) and Kisteleki (Hungary) obtained a 9 point average. About half-way the classification, the through c lass ification, the9 point limit was only reached sporadically by the remaining gymnasts.

ADRIANOV: The Revelation!

The second part of the competition, bringing the top men and the Spanish delegat ion together, created the real Europea n Cup atmosphere. Having too much of a good thing, once again the full attention was concentrated on the top stars, so that a number of good gymnasts fell into obl ivion. In this respect we

Klimenko(USSR) European AA Champion

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think of West Germany's Mossinger and C.S.S . R.'s Netusi l who both succeeded in a nnking within the first ten . The Spanish gymnasts on the other hand received full atter·tion , especia ll y from their local supporters. Unfortunately, many of their reactions on the quotations relied more on chauvinism than on knowledge and interpretation of gymnastics rules. some predictions, made after the recent wo rld championsh ips, turned out to be accurate. The struggle for the first place all around was a mere Russian matter in which Klimenko had the last word. One cou ld hardl y state that Voronine, who totalised on ly two tenths of a point less, " is not there anymore" . But " ersatzman" Adrianov - coming man in the Soviet Union team - became the revelation of the evening. For the first time in this highly se lected and

FINALS

FLOOR 1. Christov 2. Gines 3. Andrianov POMMEL HORSE

1. Andr ianov 2. Brehme 3. Voronine RINGS

I. Voronine 2. Andrianov 3. Szajna

(BUL) 19.100 (SP) 18.750

(USSR) 18.700

(USSR) 18.900 (DDR) 18.750 (USSR) 18.700

(USSR) 19.250 (USSR) 18.800

(POL) 18.700

international company, he revealed himself as a thoroughbred competitive gymnast, who cou ld perhaps aim towards something higher in Munich, next yea r !

We retain a very good impression of a technically strong Koeste (D.D . R.) and an elegant Szanja (Pol.). The Swiss, who still are progressing, have again contacted the European top, especia ll y via Rohner and Hurzeler.

In contrast with Ljubljana , w here the Japanese took up one third of the ava il ab le places, these European finalests displayed a larger variety of nationalities. Spain, Finland, Hungary, West German y, Tchekoslovakia, and Switzerland , who did not have a sing le chance at the World Games, were now in competition. Christov 's victory on the floor 'exercise

VAULTING 1. Andrianov (USSR) 18.750 2. Szajna (POL) 18.675 3. Koeste (DDR) 18.500 PARALLEL BARS

1. Carminucci (IT) 18.850 2. Voronine (USSR) 18.800 2. Koeste (DDR) 18.800 2. Andrianov (USSR) 18.800 HIGH BAR

1. Koeste (DDR) 19.050 2. Voronine (USSR) 18.950 3. Huerzeler (SW) 18.850

D - 00 • - -• RESULTS

1. Klimenko 2. Voronine 3. Andrianov 4. Koeste 5. Szajna 6. Moessinger 7. Kubica, S. 8. Rohner 9. Huerzeler 10. Netusil

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-(USSR) 9.40 9.55 (USSR) 9.25 9.55 (USSR) 9.30 9.45 (DDR) 9.25 9.20 (POL) 9.20 8.95 (WG) 9.35 9.20 (POL) 9.25 9.20 (SW) 9.20 9.25 (SW) 8.90 9.40 (TSJ) 9.05 9.00

-- -9.35 9.40 9.60 9.60 56.90 9.60 9.30 9.45 9.55 56.70 9.35 9.35 9.35 9.45 56.25 9.10 9.25 9.45 9.50 55.75 9.30 9.45 9.30 9.50 55.35 9.15 9.15 9.25 9.25 55.35 9.30 9.10 9.20 9.25 55.30 9.30 9.15 9.10 9.20 55.20 9.10 8.90 9.35 9.45 55.10 9.20 8.90 9.45 9.40 55.00

confirmed that for the moment only Endo's boys can do better in this discipline. Although we can't really say that Gines (Spain) wa.sn 't wo rth a place in the finals, his silver medal was partially from a not the benefit of an enthusiastic home ground. Voronine had to be content with a bronze medal on the pommel horse. It proved on ly that on this level a few minor mistakes are suffic ient to loose any chance for the victo ry. It appeared very clearly that Voronine - certainly in Europe - remains the top performer in the ring event. At the parallel bars and the vaulting, the results of the first day were decisive for the final ratings, instead of a superiority of one or another gymnast. Koeste (D . D. R.) finished with a go ld medal at the high bar. This was probably for him, the most meaningful win in his international career. The strongest weapons of the 19 year -old Adranov were youth and talent. He participated in 5 finals and received two go ld medals, two silver and one bronze.

Four of the six finalists on the floor showed a double back somersault. The stra ight arm giant sw ing on the rings became a classic movement, even for most of the gymnasts in the middle group. The majority of the dismounts contained twist movements . We are curious to know whether the time is near when musical accompaniment will be accepted in the floor exercise. We observed already in Prague, 1965, a Russian gymnast who tried th is successfully, not in a competition, but during a de-mon-stra-tion.

The new rules in the FIG code, appli ed for the first time in Ljubljana, have pushed more gymnasts to take greater risks in the vaulting event, wh ich as a result of this, unquestionably gained a lot of attraction. The Tsukaha ra Vault has already received full attention in several countr ies.

One cou ld hardly expect in madrid a renovation, the world champ ionships just being held six months ago. Instead of pursuing a higher degree of difficulty, better technical execution and greater virtuosity were emphasised. Not in the least the " gymnastic-art" has benefited from this attitude.

BIG SUJ\F OPE"I

August 27, 28, 29, 1971

The Big Surf Open Gymnastics Championships were a huge success. We had three days of fun in the sand and a delightful gymnastics meet. We had 4B contestants - with 20 entered in the All-around and I am proud to say the meet ran on schedule . The weather was ideal, with one minor exception--the horizontal bar tended to get a little hot and the second time around there were a lot of torn hands. This was the only slight inconvenience. We had some outstanding performances in floor exercise. Gary Alexander delighted the crowd with a l V2 twisting dive roll. Doug Boger was great with a double back.

I feel the caliber of the performances in all events were outstanding. On the side horse the first day, the scene was dominated by Arizona State gymnasts. Steve Isham won first, Stan Ferguson second and Bob Howard third. It was a clean sweep for ASU boys. The second day a Colorado high school boy came up in the championships and won with a clean routine scoring an B.B5 .

Still rings were a great event. The highlight of this event was Bob Shirk 's fantastic mount-­back uprise to an inverted cross which was held and then a very high dislocated shot to a hand stand and he looked as though he were made of iron . joe Pearson, who is known around the country for his phenomenal strength endeavors, amazed the crowd with his drop through to a back lever and then pulling up to a maltese. Most of us could not believe our eyes.

The long horse was a good event and everyone was delighted on the first day with jim Turpin who won this event with a handspring, front (double), scoring 9.1.

The most outstanding thing about the parallel bars event was a routine done by Ken Holt to win the Championship on Sunday, the 29th. Ken used a toss hand, stutz hand, diamidov hand and in warm up, he was also showing a l V2 twisting front dismount. He was

the outstanding performer in this event. The horizontal barevent was fine both days for Dick Dalton from Arizona State University. The first day he scored a 9.0 and the second day a 9.15 with an excellent routine showing both stalters and inverted giants, dismounting with a double somersault. This ended th olympic events with a flurry and it excited the entire crowd.

On the second day there were added fun events. Everyone kicked to a hand stand and the last one stnading was the winner. Rick Curtis from ASU was the winner. Everyone in the clinic entered this one. Then we had a trampolete contest. jim Turpin won with a fliffis. We also had a one arm hand stand contest which was won by Nick Spann. Nick was one of our judges. We finished three big days at Big Surf with a trampoline contest. This was the frosting on the cake. jim Royce won with a very clean high routine starting with a triple twister and finishing with a double cody. Doug Boger took second and jim Turpin third .

It is with great pleasure that I wish to announce we will have another Big Surf Meet next year. We hope to see more people and hope to have an even bigger and better meet.

Open Saturday, August 28th

FX: Doug Boger, 8.75; Gary Alexander, B.70; Brian Scott, 8.65. SH:Steve Isham, B.50; Stan Ferguson ; Bob Howard, 8.15. SR:Bob Shirk, 8.75; Barry Woodward , 8.10; joel Pearson, B.OO. LH:jim Turpin, 9.10; Rick Womack , B.75 ; Gary Alexander, 8.65. PB:Babe Corrales, B.50; Ken Holt, 8.45 ; Dave Hudson, 8.25. HB:Dick Dalton, 9.00; Rick Danley, 8.60; jim Furcini, BAO. AA:Hemo Walters, Dave Huson, joe Sweeney.

Championships Sunday, August 29th

FX:Doug Boger, 8.80; Brian Scott, 8.55; Gary Alexander, 8.50. SH:L.j.Larson, 8.85; Steve Isham , B.50; Bob Howard, B.l0. SR:Bob Shirk, 9.00; Mike Waller, 8.70; jim Turpin , B.35. LH:Gary Alexander, 8.85; Tex Womack, B.65; Brian Scott, B.60. PB:Ken Holt, 8.90; Babe Corrales, 8.60; Hemo Walters, 8.55. HB:Dick Dalton, 9.15; Rick Danley, 8.90; Gary Alexander, B.70. TRAMPOLlNE:jim Royce, Doug Boger, jim Turpin . TRAMPOLETE:jim Turpin, Guy Spann, Gary Alexander. HAND STAND:Rick Curtis. ONE ARM HAND STAND:Nick Spann.

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Photos by Smith , Sauters and Sakoda

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•• E==--- ....... --~ This years Gymfest was the best ever in the number of competitors, excitment, weather, organization, awards, and just about everything else. There were twelve men signed up for the All-Around, bringing the average to 25 entrants for each of the six events. (we had Long Horse competit ion of the first time th is year) This made for a long afternoon of competition but an exciting and enjoyable one . We w ish to thank the So. Calif. Judges Assoc. for their part in making this a successfu l Gymfest. (John Magginetti , Jerry Todd, Les Sasvary, Frank Endo, Jack Beckner to name but a few).

Joe Sweeney of San Jose, Cal if. was the top AA scorer in both the Saturday Open and the Labor Day finals . All in all , it was a great holiday weekend with gymnasts coming from all parts of the country to take part. Mark Davis topped it all off to become one of the Santa Monica Beach immortals by doing a quad somi from the

SANTA MON leA GY MFEST swinging rings . Following are the event results :

by GLENN SUNDBY GYM FEST OPEN

AA: Sweeney, 47.05 ; Kelley, 42.45; Satta, 41.20; Culter and Walters, 40.50. FX: Pasquale, 9.2j Moreno, Boger, Royce, and Sanchez. SH: Caling, Wong, Isham, Richards,Larson, and Fujimoto. SR: Morgan, Shirk, Laurie, and Bessen. LH: Turpin, Womack, Kelley, Miller, and Mirada. P8: Pasquale, Holt, Zamora, Caling, and Ginez. H8: Dalton, Davis, Paulson, Caling, and Sweeney.

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AA: Sweeney, 49.80; Walters, 47.05; Satta, 46.55; Peters, 44.95; Kelley and Shaw, 44.60. FX: Moreno, Pasqua le, Boger, Alexande r, Sanchez. SH: Wong, Richards, Fujimoto, Larson , SR: Morgan and Laurie, Castner, Bessen, Shirk. LH: Turpin, Womack, Walters, Butt, Kolb. P8: Pasquale, Sweeney, Kelley, Caling, Ko lb. H8: Dalton, Shaw, Walters, Sweeney and Connelly.

Joe Sweeney, first AA photo by Tom Sauters

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Morgan (tie for fir st Rings) performs a " butterfl y" to cross-pull-out at the e nd of his routine !

Pasquale, first PB

Lern er, first Swinging Rings

Moreno, first FX

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Forwrard Giant Swring on the Horizontal Bar--the Ideal Technique? by Don Tonry, Coach of Gymnast ics, Yale University

Traditionall y the forward giant swing on the horizontal bar has always been per­formed somewhat contrary to the accepted technique for backward rising skills. On the parallel bars, rings, side horse and horizontal bar, backward rise skills are generally initiated with an arching or back­ward thru sting motion. Prior to the arch th e hips are slightly flexed (pike) in order to arrange the hips and lower back in a position for the thrust that will follow. Ironically, we have in the past considered this beat pattern poor technique on the horizontal bar forward giant swing (with the exception of the giant swing prior to a hecht dismount).

I real ize that I am leaving myself open for a lot of criticism at this point because there will always be those coaches that will say " I have always taught the giant swing this way. " Perhaps they have and I am somewhat behind with all my fore­sight. It is true that the usual forward giant swing passes through the common patterns of stretch - pike - arch; however, the final arch (o r stretch) , which is usually the thrusting factor on most back rise skills, is generally not used for thrust on the hori­zontal bar forward giant. It is used simply to return to the handstand or starting point for the next giant. During the per­formance of a hecht type dismount the swinging pattern is altered to conform to other back rise motions.

What are the advantages of changing the old pattern? One important factor is free­dom of motion. This action enables the performer to assume a stretched body position sooner (earlier alignment of upper arms and upper body-extend hips earlier) because ohhe added thrust.

Other factors such as economy of ener­gy, ability to "get set" earlier for the next skill, aesthetically more appealing, follows the logical power pattern used on other back rising skills, encourages greater stretch in the shoulders prior to Endo shoots and stoops, is th e same pattern used for most horizontal bar dismounts (hechts, baroni , front somersault over bar, forward flyaway etc.) and finall y-it seems to be coming into vogue with the Japanese and Russians. 22

If you are inclined to experiment with this style of swing, be careful that you do not " over do" some of the basic positions . Remember your goal is aesthetic appeal and efficiency. After the thrust (arch) occurs the hips and lower back must be brought back to a position of stretch or straight body alignment. Do not raise th e head upward during or after the thrust as

) STRETCH

PI KE.

this will have a tendency to create an angle between the upper arms and upper body.

Note: At this point, I would consider this style an advanced technique and therefore would not recommend that be­ginning gymnasts attempt to use it until it has been researched further by top gymnasts.

INSTRUCTIONAL: Dr. Gerald S. George, coordinator

We of the MG staff are constant ly seek­ing ways and means of providing both educational and interesting materials for our subscribers. In an attempt to further increase the scope and breadth of the "Anyone For All-Around" series, we would

like to extend an invitation to any and all gymnasts, coaches, judges, and enthusiasts to submit articles pertaining to al l-around instruction. Perhaps you have a particular sk ill that you fee l particularly qualified to illustrate, discuss, and / or exp lain. Let's share your talents with the reading public

SPOTTING THE DOUBLE

8 HECHT Olympic Compulsory Vault

by Professor Boris Baji n

In the last four or five years the hecht vault (914 Code of Points) has become less often used in internat ional competitions, although it sti ll is used relatively more frequently in national and regional meets. The Yamashita, twisting vau lts, and more recently one and a half sommersau lts predominate at the top levels.

The hecht vau lt is now the compu lsory for the Munich Olympics and the Varna World Championships and should be reviwed with an eye to the specif ics of technique .

In this article, use is made of films taken of medal-winning hecht vau lts in Rome 1960, Prague 1962 and more recently a hecht performed at the world championsh ips in Ljubljana 1970. TKHNIQUE

A fast run is required by the vaulter in addition to an exp losive (very forceful and of sho rt duration) take off from the Reuther board. The body inclinat ion on take off is slightly more foreward than for the handspring and Yamashita. In pre-flight, the gymnast has a slightly arched body with the arms extending quite forward. CONTACT

At the first moment of hand contact, the line joined by the arms and trunk is almost straight. For the best vault the gymnast must be 30Ys or slightly more from the horizontal. If the gymnast contacts at too great an ang le, it is very difficult to get the head up and chest up during post flight. CRITICAL ASPKT OF CONTACT PHASE

During this phase, the foreward rotation of

the gymnast's body from pre-flight is changed to backward rotation. At the first moment of hand contact the body is sli ght ly arched or straight. Then, the gymnast must very dynamically bring his legs fareward (ie. pike). This piking action is extremely quick and is stopped almost immediate ly. The hip ang le should not continue to decrease but rather reach a maximum pike of 110Va to 150Va . At the same time as the gymnast initiates this pike, the arms give a strong push from the horse. The hand contact must term inate at the moment

and thereby help to foster a stronger " Sys­tem of American Gymnastics. "

Submit your i llustrations and articles to Dr. Gerald S. George, Dept. of Physical Educat ion, Old Dominion University, Nor­fo lk, Virginia 23508.

Shown are sequence shots to show the catch for a " DOUBLE ." The on ly added comment is the initial push is a rotating upward motion, not just up.

the shoulders are vertica lly above the hands. EXPLANA TlON

During pre-flight, the body is rotating foreward. The piking action gives a relative potential for lifting the chest in a backward direction. This coupled with the firce of the arm push, impart a backward rotation to the body.

Finally, during the post flight, the body arches, then pikes slightly for the landing. Typically, the best hechts were characteri zed by a long flight; especially the post flight.

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THE CARMINUCCI TWIST

By Dr. josef Gohler/ Klaus W iemann reprinted from the Ol ympishe Turnkun st; Sept. 1971

At th e European Championships in Madrid Giovanni Carminucci created a sensat ion by hi s parallel bars routine. Alread y in 1960 the jack

Gunthard trainee had shown a masterly performance on the parallel bars earning him a sil ver medal at the Rome Olympics. This tim e,

eleven yea rs later, Carminucci became European Champ ion. The highlight of his routine and decisive for his success because of its orig ina lity was his stutz w ith full turn round the longitudinal axis from support to upper arm hang. One might speak of a double stutz the same as we speak of a double sa ito. The move might also be ca ll ed a pirouette in frowa rd swing from support to hang o r simpl y " the Carminucci" following " II ginnasta", Italy 's gymnastics magazine, in its No 491971: rotatione " Carminucci " -Carminucci twist.

Klau s Wiemann has made diagrams of the move seen from two different angles, following the sequences based on photos that appeared in " II ginnasta " . The diagrams do not need much comment but specia l note shou ld be taken of the second sequence because in Phase 3 the counte r movement necessary for initiat ing the twist is clearl y visib le. Klaus Wiemann, who is an expert in questions of biomec: . .::~ics, comments on the point:

" The mechancial effect of precession moving the lower body of the performer away from the vertica l medium plane at the start of the turn round the longitudinal axis he should direct the upward swing into the opposite direction before the start of the twist, as much as is permitted by the width between the bars. The same is done more or less co nsciously when doing the ordinary stutz."

Judges and Coaches Marc Rabinoff, B.S.M.S.

Should They b h S () Arnold College Division

G University of Bridgeport e teo me. National ly Certified judge

The sport of gymnastics as we all know is a comp lex activ ity to teach, as we ll as judge. Coaches try to put together a select few to produce the best possible product - a w inning team. As most coaches would ag ree, they are the ones who know their gymnasts' routines best for use in competi­tion. This one fact is the premise behind my fee lin g that all coaches should be judges.

Let us examine what takes place in a regular dual meet situation. Th e gymnasts are warm ing up, the coaches are spotting or giving last minute information and the judges are watching or at times not paying any attention to warm-ups (which, by the way, is no crime or v iolat ion on the part of the judge). Now that we have set the scene, let the competit ion begin.

A gymnast finishes his routine and the coach is satisf ied, but what happens? The score f lashed is at least one point under the expectat ions of the coach as well as the gymnast. Why? One of two reasons is possible: 1) the judges made an erro r eva l­uating the performance; or 2) the coach does not understand the technical and complex method of judging. The latter reason is, in my mind, the cause for

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coaches to become upset at judges and for gymnasts los ing respect for judges. How can we eliminate this dilemma? One obvi­ous sol ution is by making it mandatory for all coaches to be certified judges. I know there have been art icles and research done, such as Don Tonry and Bob Hen­neckes' published in the Apri l, 1971 ,. edi­tion of Modern Gymnast, concerning the certification of coaches as coaches. I fully agree with the research that coaches should possess a good technical and or­gan izat ional knowledge as wel l as good personality traits to coach, but I also fee l that a good working understanding of the (F.I.G .) code of points is essent ial.

If we examine my solution that all coaches be certified judges, we find the following can result: 1. The lack of qualified judges will be eliminated due to more registered people avai lab le. 2. Coaches wi ll better understand exact ly what a judge is looking for, since he wou ld be one himself. 3. Th e coach will be in a better position to understand the difficulties in reaching an objective score. 4. The coach will be forced to keep up

with the new rule changes put out by the F.I.G. as we ll as competition rules of his state or league. 5. The coach wi ll ,after judging himself a few times) think twice before antagonizing a judge unless a technically founded error is obse rved. 6. The coach can prepare his gymnasts mentally as well as physically to the scor­ing system. This can great ly reduce the animos ity of gymnasts toward judges.

Th ese are just a few of the possible out­comes if my solut ion is agreed to. Obvi­ous ly certain new rules and regulations regarding who does the judging will be needed.

The fact that all coaches shou Id be cer­tified judges is not a reversible equation. In other words, all judges should not and in most cases could not be coaches. There are many former gym nasts, former coaches, and other interested people who put many hours of work into the study of the judg­ing of gymnastics simply because of their intrinsic love of the sport.

If coaches would be willing to take Re­gional, National or International certifying tests they would be more knowledgeable and in my opinion better coaches. This is possible only if the coach's technical and/ or practical know ledge of the movements of gymnastics are strong to start with.

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. • Bo Bennett, British Columbia, former Un iversity of Washington gymnast • Rich Chew, Illinois High School Coach, Top Il linois coach • Gordon Maddox, Los Angeles State College, Voice of Wide World of Sports--gymnastics • Paul Mayer, Ball State University (Indianal, National Champion • Makoto Sakamoto, University of Oregon, Olympian • Hiromichi Sano, Universi ty of Oregon, Nippon College, Japan • plus many more outstanding high school and universi ty coaches. WOMEN'S CHAIRMAN: Shirley Veeck Featured Staff:

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US GF

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NEW OFFICE The USGF has moved into their new offices in Tu cson , Arizona , so we will be watching for another growth spurt from the Gymnasti c Federation under the able direction of dynamic leader Frank L. Bare.

USGF CONGRESS

The 1971 USGF CONGRESS will be held in Chicago , I llinois, on November 6-7 at the Sheraton- Chicago Hotel (in the loop which is the official headquarter for the '71 Congress). The first busi ness session is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning. During the af te rnoon session on Saturday, th e Congress will break and move into specific sessions for th e ACGC, th e NHSGCA , and th e National Judgeds Assoc. meetings. All participdnt s w ill convene again Saturday evening for th e banquet. Sunda y afte rnoon the Congress wi ll have its las t business session end at approximate ly 3:00 p.m. , at which time the Olympic Gymnastic Committee will meet. 1971 USA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS The 1971 Chpampionships of the Uni ted States will be held November 18-20 at the Univ. of Illinois, Urbana , III. in th e Huff Gymnasium. Olympic Compulsories on Thursday at 1 :00 p.m., and 7 :30 p.m., Optionals on Friday at the same times , and the finals in Individual events on Saturday evening! Thi s com petition will also be the first qualifying round for the 1972 Olympic Trials!, and determination of the USA National Men's and Women's Teams to meet the Japanese Teams in January 1972 ... (Th e si x top Men and Women.) This meet will also determine the Men 's and Women 's tea ms to meet the Spanish National tea m in March '72. Plus the ALL-AMERICAN Awards for the top six Men and Women. JAPANESE TEAM TO VISIT USA The reigning World and Olympic Champions from Japan will tour the USA in January of 1972. From mid-January until February 1st, the WORLD'S FINEST TEAM will be appearing on the West Coast , Rocky Mountain, Mid-East and East Coast areas for meets and exhibitions. The official USA-JAPAN meet will be held at one of these stops. Write the USGF offices for further information or watch for tour dates and sites that will be published in coming editions of th e MG.

U.S. NATIONAL RAN KINGS By Jerry Wright

1. Makoto Sakamoto (U natt. J 111 .65 2. Yoshiaki Takei • (U natt. ) 110.15 3. Sadao Hamada ' (U natt.) 108.65 4. Masayuki Watan abe ' (U natt.) 108.30 5. Yoshi Hayasaki • (Wash.J 108.25 6. John Crosby (So. Conn.) 107.70 7. Tom Lindner (50. 111. ) 105.15 8. Dave Butzman (Iowa St. ) 104.65 9. Brent Simmons (Iowa St. ) 104.35 10. George Greenfield (Ca L) 104.10 11 . Marshall Ave ner (Pen n St. ) 103.75 12. Gary Anderson (U natt. ) 104.25 13. John Elias (U natt. ) 103.90 14. Bob Emery (U natt. ) 101.35 15. Craig Ritter (UC LA) 102.85 16. Pau l Tickenoff (N W. La. ) 102.10 17. Gary Morava (50. 111. ) 101 .70 18. Jim Culhane (U natt.) 103.55 19. Mike Kimball (U natt .) 101.85 20. Y. Hijicko ' (Kent St. ) 103.80 21. Ba rn ie Pete rs (Ca L) 100.00 22. Joe Litow (Unatt. ) 94.85 23. Jim Ivicek (N. Mex. ) 99.35 24. James Kruest (Penn St. ) 95.30 25 . Jeff Wiles (Springfield .) 99.25 26. Rich Scorza (Una tt. ) 104.20 27. Bill Mitchell (??) 100.35 28 . Higgins (I?) 91.55 29. Ron Clemmer (Temple) 101 .65 30. John Warbutton (Ga. So.) 100.30 31. Hyde Umeshita • (Wash .) 104.75 32. Bruce M cGartlin (NW . La.) 101 .35 33. Max Magdeleno (NW . La.) 99.40 34. Rick McCurdy (Michigan ) 98.85 35. Mel Hill (?I) 100.05 36. Dave Repp (N . Mex.) 97.70 37. Minoru Morisa ki • (Ca L) 97.60 38. Sho Fuku shima ' (Wash.) 96.45 39. Mark Graham (Co l. St. U .) 96 .00 40 . Joe Sweeney (San Jose) 96 .00 41 . Rick Ru sse ll (N.O.L.A .) 95.40 42 . John Hughes (BYU) 95.75 43. Ray Gura (Michigan) 94.95 44 . Bruce Keeshin (??) 94.15 45 . Bob Ca rgill (U natt. ) 93.50 46. Bob Roth (??) 99.40 47. Bruce Boult (U I Ch ic) 98.50 48. Don Ferre (BY U) 93.70 49 . Kanati Allen (U natt. ) no recent score 49. Ron B.netta (U natt .) f'0 recent score 49. Steve Hug (Stanf. ) no recent score 49 . Dick Swetman IUnatt.\ no recent sco re 49 . Fred Turoff (U natt.) no recent sco re

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One of the test cases I had was a freshman from Illinois State University during a one-week summer camp at Levelland, Texas, this past summer. He started the limited experiment on 4 July, and worked daily through 9 July. During this time he did five sets of twenty -five circles each day with no other side horse practice involved. After this short period his circles without the machine increased from three very poo'rly-done circles to twenty very acceptable circles. During this same summer camp I further experimented with fourth, fifth, and sixth grade boys that had never tried side horse work previously. At the end of the camp period, these boys were doing one to three circles each without the adi of the machine, and having been able to use the machine for a period of about thi rty minutes per day, with twelve boys to a class.

I have fu rther discovered that double leg circles learned with the aid of this machine eliminate many bad habits that can come about through any other method of learning. I am now testing and experimenting with more advanced side horse men, and discovering the ease of teaching combinations of side horse moves and finding it extremely effective; such moves as the "Moore" (Czeckehre) and Reverse Moore (Czeckehre).

At this point, my enthusiasm, as is all coaches I have talked with tha t have seen the machine used, is one of extreme excitement and optimism. The machine is extremely eaeyto use, is very portable, dismantles fo r storage or transporting (I even transported it from Tempe, Arizona, to Levelland, Texas, on top of my Volkswagen Bug(. I feel very confident we will see many of these machines in use in the very near futu re, and honestly believe there will be more and better side horse men as a result

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November 13 Odessa Invitational - Odessa, Texas Cornell - Dartmouth· A Kansas Invitational - Lawrence, Kansas Odessa - Odessa, Texas Cornell - Darlmouth· A Kansas Invitational - Lawrence, Kansas

November 19 E. Stroudsburg - Cily College, N.Y. No. Ill inois University - No. Iowa· N

November 20 18·20 USGF Nationals - Un iv. of Illinois · Indiana Collegiate Invitalional - Indianapolis· West Chester - Navy· A

November 22 Univer. Penn - E. Stroudsburg

November 27 26·27 Midwest Open - Chicago Oregon Open - Portland State

December 1 Univ. Massachusetts - New Hampshire· N

December 2 Temple University - West Chester State· N

December 3 No. Iowa - Sl Cloud State· N Oshkosh - Univ. Wisconsin· N Sacramento Inv itational - Sacramento State - N •

December 4 Cortland State - Oneonta State · N lowell Tech & Yale - Coast Guard Acad .. A Cornell - Penn State· A Trenton State - E. Stroudsburg Temple - So. Conneticut . A • Army - Pittsburg · A William & Mary and Citadel - Ga. Southern· N

~~ i;~al n~atSt~~len;-poT~rafo • Ball State - West. Illinois · A Rocky Mountain Open - Aurora, Colorado· Holiday Classic - L. A. State· N •

December 7 Long Island - Temple Univ .. N Oneonta State - Cornell

December 8 E. Stroudsbu rg & Cornell - Cortland State· N

December 10 Univ. No. Dakota & Cent. Missouri - Northern Iowa· N Indiana Un iv. - Il linois State· N Ball State - Cent. Michigan · N

December 11 Navy - Syracuse Lowell Tech - M. 1. 1. - A Univ. Bridgport - Yale· A Cornell - Army· A Cortland State - Plattsbu rg E. Stroudsburg - Slippery Rock So. Conneticut - Univ. Mass · N Iowa Open - Iowa City • Indiana State Univ. & Ball State - Chicago Circle· A • Stevens Point - No. Michigan· A Univ. Wisconsin - LaCrosse San Fernando Valley Inv itational - S.F.v.S.C.· C.C.N.Y. - West Chester · A

December 13 Iowa State Univ. - Mankato · N Brigham Young - Univ. Utah Ithaca - Oneonta State· A Montclair State - So. Conn .. N

December 14 Plymouth State - Lowell Tech· N Danish Exh ibition - Cornell · N

December 17 Iowa State Univ. - Mankato· N Brigham Young - Univ. Utah San Jose Invitational lor 18thl - San Jose State· N December 18 West Chesler State - E. Stroudsbu rg· A University Mass. - Army · A Mankato State - Univ. Minnesota· A

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January 6 Suffolk - Farmingdale State· N

January 7 Cornell & Plymouth - Lowell Tech· A Mankato - Illinois State Univ . . N Stanford and Wash. State Un iv. - San Jose State -Springfield - Pittsburg· N

Jan uary 8 Temple - Sy racuse Springfield - Penn State· UnlV. No. Carolina - Michigan State· A • Dartmouth - Yale· A Princeton - Farmingdale· A Coast Guard Acad_ - Montclair State - A Army - Merchant Marine Indiana State UnlV. - Univ. IllinoIs' A • UOIV. Michigan - West Michigan· A No. Illinois Univ. - So. Ill inois Univ . . N Mankato - Chicago Circle· A No. Iowa - So. Dakota Univ .. A Memphis State & Illinois State - East. Illinois· A Univ. Wisconsin - Univ. Iowa Ball State & Slippery Rock - Ohio State· A Univ. Utah (compulsoriesl - Brigham Young· N Arizona State - Univ. Arizona - N * Oregon & Long Beach State - U. S. C .. N Chico State & Fullerton - Univ. of Nevada· N San Fernando Valley - Sacramento State· A Boston State - So. Conn . . A

January 10 UnlV. No. Carolina - UOlV. Michigan· N • Ball State & MemphiS State - East. Michigan

January 11 UnlV. No. Carolina - E. Michigan· N Old Dominion - Navy · A

January 12 L.S.U. New Orleans - Ga. Southern· N • Univ. New Mexico - Indiana State Univ .. N •

January 13 E. Stroudsburg - Old Domin ion Univ. New Mexico - So. Illinois· N • Univ. Oklahoma - U.C.L.A. January 14 . Indiana State - Ind"na UOIV . . N E. Illinois Univ. - Wheaton College· N Michigan State - Univ. Illinois· N • Univ. Utah - U.C. Berkeley· N

January 15 Slippery Rock - Pittsburg Syracuse - Cortland Sta te Temple - Navy Penn State - Army Univ. Georgia - U. No. Carolina· A Navy"B" - Farmingdale State· A' Univ. Michigan - Ga. Southern· N • Oh io State - Kent State Merchant Marine - West Chester· A Univ. Illinois - Univ. Minnesota· A E. Illinois Univ. - W. Michigan· A Southern Ill ino is - Iowa State Univ .• Mankato - Univ. No. Iowa· A Ch icago Circle - W. Il linois· A Bowling Green - E. Michigan Univ. Utah - Univ. Washington· A • Univ. Denver - Colorado S1. Un iv . . A Univ. Oklahoma - Ar izona State· N U. S. C. & Wash. Sl Univ. - Sianford· N Sacramento & Portland - Univ. Nevada January 19 E. Stroudsbu rg - Old Dominion · A Springfield - Temple' Pittsbu rg - W. Virgina

January 20 Univ. Minnesota - St. Cloud State· N

January 21 Montcla ir Stale - Cornell - N Chicago Circle - W. Michigan · N Stout State - Mankato· N No. Iowa - LaCrosse · N Dupage InVitalional - Oupage ·

January 22 N. W. louisiana - louisiana State U. * So. Conn - Navy · N Kent State - Pittsburg· A Penn State - Univ. Mass· N • No. Carolina & Virginia Tech - Old Dominion· A UOlV. Penn - Cornell· A Coast Guard Acad. - West Chester - A Temple - West Virgin ia· N Ga. Southern - Georgia Tech · A

Michigan State Univ. - Southern Illinois· N • Univ. Michigan & Chicago Circle - E. Michigan · A Oshkosh Invita tional - Oskhosh E. Illinois Univ. - Ball State - A Stevens Point - U niv. Chicago · A Arizona State - Colorado Sl Univ .. N • No. Il linois Univ. - Air Force Stanford - U.C. Berkeley · N • U.C. Santa Barbara - U.C.L.A. · A Univ. Nevada~- San Francisco State · A Ohio State - Univ. Cincinnati

January 26 Amona State - No. Colorado UnlV . .

January 27 Arizona State - UnlV. Colorado· N L.S.U. - Ga. Southern· N • Univ. Arizona - Denver UnlV .. N

January 28 Internallonal meet (tentallvej - Penn State Lowell Tech - Boston State· N Springfield - Cornell· N So. Illinois UnlV - Mankato· A E. IllinOIS Un iv. - UOIV. Il linois· N Brigham Young - Univ. Utah· N • Umona - Colorado State UnlV . . N • Amona State - Denver UOIV . . N U. C. L. A. Invitallonal - U. C. L. A. - N • Hayward State - Sacramento State - N

January 29 Springfield - Syracuse Navy - Penn State Plattsburg - Oneonta· A Fla. Sta te & No. Carolina - Georgia Tech · Yale & Un iv. Chicago - M. I. 1. . A Farm ingdale - Army J. V . . A Corlland & Plymouth - Coast Guard· A E. Stroudsburg - Glassboro State Temple - Pittsburg · A • Air Force - Army Indiana Univ. - Univ. Minnesota - A Ball State & Bowling Green - Western Michigan· A So. IIhnois UOIV. - Chicago Circle· N • Unlv. Michigan - Univ. Iowa LaCrosse & Sl Dial - Mankato· A West. Illinois - E. IllinoIs, A Oh io State - U. Illinois· A Iowa State UnlV. - UOIV. Oklahoma ' Un iv. Wisconsin - No. IllinOIS Stanford & Long Beach Stale - U. C. Santa Barbara· A Colorado State Univ. - UnlV. No. Co lorado · N Oregon - UnlV. Washington· N Univ. Arizona - Un iv. ColOiado - N San Francisco State - ChiCO State· N

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February 2 Nassau C. C. - Farmingdale· N

February 3 Ga. Southern - No. Carolina· N •

February 4 Montclair State - Oneonta State· N Springlield - Lowell Tech· A Georgia Southern - No. Carolina· N Univ. Oregon & Southern Illinois - Indiana State at Chicago Univ. Minnesota - ichigan State· N Mankato - UOIV. Oklahoma· N No. Iowa - St. Olaf· N Eastern IllinOIS - LaCrosse· N Ball State - No. Illinois· N Air Force - Colorado Sl Univ .. N Cal State Long Beach - Univ. Arizona· N U. C. L. A. - U. C. Berkeley· U. C. Santa Barbara - L. A. State· N Merchant Marine - So. Conn. ·N

February 5 Syracuse - Penn State Navy - Springfield Yale - Princeton· A Farmingdale - Cortland State· A Coast Guard - Long Island Univ . . N Queens (Canadaj - Plattsburg Pittsburg - Un iv. Mass . . A

~~mSo~e~;m~e o~ Dominion· N Ind iana State - Ill inois Sl Univ . . A Univ. Minnesota - Un iv. Michigan - A Kent State - West Michigan· A No. Iowa - So. Dakota St. Univ .. A E. Illinois & Parkside - Plattbllle · A Univ. Illinois - Indiana Univ . . A Univ. Iowa - Michigan State - A • Univ. Wisconsin - Ohio State· A Univ. Utah - Univ. New Mex ico · N Iowa State UnlV. - UnlV. Nebraska· A Univ. Colorado & Wheaton - Air Force· A U. C. L. A. - Stanford - N • British Columbia & Wash. St. Univ. - Un iv. Wash .. A West Chester - Queens· A

February 8 Oartmoulh - Lowell Tech · A So. IllinOIS UOIV. - MemphiS State

February 9 Univ. Mass - Springfield· N UOIV. Oregon - Colorado State Univ .. N

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february 10 L. S. U. - N. W. LouISiana'

february 11 Oneonla Siale - Long Island Univ . . N Lowell Tech - Unlv. Brldgporl . A Michigan Siale - Indiana Siale . N • SI. Cloud - Mankalo· N Chicago Circle - E. Illinois· N Ball Siale - East Kenlucky . N Amona Siale - Univ. Ulah . N Unlv. New Mex ico - Cot Siale Univ .. N • Univ. Arizona - Brigham Young· N Univ. Colorado - Iowa Siale Univ .. N USC - San fernando Valley· N • Unlv. Wash. - Wash. Siale Univ . . N San franSico Siale - Hayward Siale . N

february 12 Corlland Siale - Wesl Chesler · A Massachusells - Syracuse· A Pillsbu rg - Navy Penn Siale - Temple· A • Oneonla Siale & Boslon Slate - Coast Guard Acad . . N West Carolina - No. Carolina· A Univ. Penn - Yale · A Queensborough CC - farmingdale· A Merchant Marine - Cornell· A Plattsburg - Brockport State Monteiair State - E. Stroudsburg frostburg - Old Dominion· A Army - Springfield Chicago Circle - Indiana State · A • Un iv. Minnesota - Univ. Iowa

rr~i~ ~~fah~~~na -=- ~~n\ I ~~~i~ita~iv. N Univ. Michigan - Ohio Slate· A Eau Claire State - No. Iowa· A Michigan Slate - Indiana Univ . . A Stevens Poinl - Wheaton · A Illinois SI. Univ. - Ball State· N Univ. Wisconsin - Univ. Illinois· A Univ. Arizona - Univ. Utah Denver Univ. - Iowa State Univ. Arizona Sla te - Brigham Young Univ .. N San Diego State & S. f . State - U. C. Santa Barbara Air force - fullerton State Univ. Washington - East Washington Stanford & Sacramento State - Chico State · A U. C. L. A. - San f ernando Valley

february 15 E. Stroudsburg - Oneonta San Diego Slate - Long Beach State· N

february 17 Southern IllinoIS Univ. Kansas State Univ. Plattsbille - No. Iowa

february 18 Lowell Tech' - Univ. New Hampshire· N Yale Univ. - Merchant Marine Acad .. N Cajun Open - New Orleans' Univ. Iowa - Indiana Slate· N • Univ. Minnesota - Chicago Circle· N West Michigan - No. Illinois Univ. Mankato - So. Dakota · N E. Illinois Univ. - E. Michigan St Cloud & Pa rkside - Stevens Point· N Univ. Ill inois - IlllOois SI. Univ. Univ. Ulah - Brigham Young· N Colorad State Univ. - Univ. New Mexico' Ai r force Acad. - Univ. Arizona· N San f ernando Va lley - Arizona Slate· N Cal State Long Beach - Ca l State Los Angeles· N Univ. Washing Ion - U.C. Berkeley· N

february 19 Syracuse - Army Montclair Sta le - West Chester· A Navy - Univ. Mass . . A So. Conn. - Penn State· N • Temple - Cornell· A City College N. Y. - Coast Guard Acad . . A Royal Military (Canada) - Plattsburg Queens & Old Dominion - E. Stroudsburg· A Cajon Open - New Orleans * Ind iana State Univ. - Ball State· A Uni". Minnesota - Univ. Wisconsin· A West Michigan - Illinois State So. Illinois & Arizona State - Ai r force · A Ind iana Un iv. - Univ. Michigan West. Illinois - Mankalo

Boslon State - West Chester· N S. I. G. l. - Memphis State' Towson Slate - Old Dominion· N Southern Ill inoIS - Indiana State Un iv .. N • West Michigan - Denver Univ. Univ. Michigan - Michigan Slate · N • Slevens Point - Platteville· N U. C. L. A. - Long Beach State· N Sacramento Slate - San francisco State· N

february 26 Syracuse - Pittsburg· A Army - Navy ' Oneonta Slate - West Chester State· A S. I. G. l. Championships - Memphis State' Ivy League Championships - Princeton· A • Queens & M. I. T. - Coast Guard· A Plattsburg - Plymouth State Ithaca - E. Stroud sburg Univ. Mass - Temple· A No. Ill inois - Indiana State · A West. Michigan - Ai r force · A Illinois Stale Univ. - So. Ill inois· N Univ. Illinois - Univ. Michigan' Univ. Oklahoma & Univ. Iowa - Univ. Nebraska· A Ohio Siale - Indiana State· A Iowa State Univ. - Chicago Circle· A • St Cloud State 8 - Univ. Wisconsin · A Colorado Stale Univ. - Univ. Colorado· N l. A. Siale - Arizona State · N U. C. Berkeley - Stanford · N • Portland State - Univ. Washington · A San fernando & Cal Poly - U. C. Santa Barbara N San Jose & Hayward - Chico State· N So. Conn. - Long Island· A

february 29 LaCrosse & Stevens Poinl - Sioul State· A

E. Ill inois - Cent Michigan· A March 1 Univ. Iowa - Univ. Ill inois· A Penn Siale - Pittsburgh· N Eau Claire & Whilewaler - Slevens Poinl . A Sa n fernando Valley - Univ. Arizona · N March 3 Iowa Stale Univ. - Kansas Siale • Cal. Siale fullerlon - U. S. C .. N • U. C. Berkeley - U. S. C .. N • Colorado Siale ~niv. - Univ. Ulah Univ. Wash. & Sacramenlo Siale - San Jose Slale· A Iowa Siale Univ. - Univ. Washinglon • Cal. Siale fullerlon - U. C. L. A. • Univ. Arizona - Arizona Siale . N Cal. Siale Hayward - U. C. Sanla Barbara· A San fernando Valley - Long Beach Siale . N Michigan Siale - Ohio Siale . A Sa n Jose Siale - U. C. Sanla Barbara · N

2·3·4 Big Ten Chps. - Univ. Illinois' February 21 Soulhern Illinois - Colorado Siale Univ .. N • March 4

february 25 Oneonla Siale - Trenlon Siale . N

Penn Siale - Pittsburg Norlh Atlantic Coni. Chps. - E. Sioud sburg • N. E. Collegiale Chps. - M. I. T. •

Midwesl Conference Chps. - DeKalb' 2ndAlh Big Ten ConI. Chps. - Univ IllinoIS • Lake Erie Conf. Chps. - Yps ilanti, Michigan' Mankato & Un iv. Colorado - Kansas Stale Univ . . N Stevens Point & Superior - Oshkosh· A SI. Cloud & Chicago Circle - Wheaton · A Colorado Siale Univ. - Brigham Young Univ. New Mexico - Univ. Arizona

March 9·10·11 9·1 1Easlern Intercollegiales - Penn Siale ' 91h NW. Louisiana - N.E. Lou isiana' 9·11 Mideasl League - Chicago Circle' 11th NCC Conference Chps - Mankalo ' 11th Wisconsin Siale Univ. Chps. - Stevens Poinl Buckeye Inivila lional - Ohio Stale· A 11th Univ. New Mexico - Arizona Slale· N 11th Air force - Denver Univ. 11th U. C. l. A. - U. S. C .. N 10Ih S. f. Sia le & Sand Diego SI. - San Jose Siale . N 11th Chico Siale - San fernando Valley· N March 16 Trilon College - West Michigan· N 16·17·18 W. A. C. ConI. Chps. - Arizona Slate 17·18 Pacific N. W. Chps. - Portland Siale 18 USGf Illinois Siale Chps. - Chicago Circe 18 far Weslern ConI. Chps. - Chico Stale· N

March 23·25 25 M innesola Stale High School Chps. ~ Univ. Minnesota 23·25 N. A. I. A. Nalionals - E. illinoIS • F25 Pacific Eight ConI. Chps. - Wash inglon SlaleU niv.

24·25 P. C. A. A. Conf. Chps. - Long Beach Slate' 25 Calif Siale College Chps. - Sacramenlo' March 30·April 1 NCAA AT LARGE QUALIfiCATIONS - Weslern Michigan' NCAA College Division Naliona ls - Whealon'

~i.i~ ~CAA Un iv. Division Nationals - Ames, Iowa '

Aprif 20·22 Nalional AAU (tenlalive) - '??' 22nd Long Beach Invitational Long Beach Siale

April 28 Bruin Classic - U. C. L. A.

May 117 Semi·final Olympic Tr ials - '?'?

June 11 final Olympic Trials - '?'?

CARAVAN OF CAMPS succeeds in developing physical fitness through the acquistion of gymnastics skills taught by qualified physical educators and U.S. Olympic Team members. The classes offered were from beginner to advanced competitor, including all Olympic events plus tumbling and trampoline .

both of these camps and for the third year she motivated the girls with her flawl e ss demonstrations on the uneven parallel bars and balance beam.

Photo by Bill Amick

by Vernia Kelton The Third Annual Caravan Of Camps, held in

Levelland , Texa s and Santa Fe and Roswell, New Mexico, closed its summer season with some 500 gymnasts attending. Gymnasts from all over the United States and Old Mexico came for a chance to work with such greats as Don Robinson , Rod Hill , Dale Flansaas, Rusty Mitchell , Stormy Eaton, Ron Woodard , Bob Childe rs, Marie Bilski, Steve Whitlock, Lee Ann McClements, and many more outstanding teachers.

The trave ling gymnastic summer school open to boys and girls of all ages is a valuable educational experience which strives and

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Each camp had one staff member for every ten girls and one staffer for each six boys, with fifteen to twenty adult sponsors for each camp. The adults lived in the dormitories with the campers. Well prepared meals , carefully planned by professional dieticians were served cafeteria style.

The Levelland Camp was held in the gym of the South Plains Junior College, one of the finest gyms in the Southwest. It is fully equipped for gymnastics . Modern air-conditioned dormitories were available for the campers.

Don Robinson headed the boy's staff. He tried out a new piece of equipment for double leg circles, which will soon be on the market by Gym Master. He and the campers were very enthuastic about the resu Its .

Dale Flansaas headed the girl's staff, She held special workshops on new compulsories.

The Caravan of Camps then moved to the College of Santa Fe in the picturesque mountain beauty of the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their new ultra-modern facilities offered a place for fun, work and recreation .

Rusty Mitchell was head of the boy 's staff both at Santa fe and Roswe ll ; and as usual he he ld his exciting demonstrations. Special sessions were held on the double back somersault. Marie Bilski headed the girls staff at

Word got out after the second day that the gymnasts and coaches wanted more moves; not just any moves; but something really " hairy" . The staff came up with the unbelievable and before camp closed the gymnast along with the staff were trying anything and everything, A lot of credit for such nerve goes to spotter Bob childers who stands six feet and seven inches and needed every inch for some of those tricks .

The Roswell Camp, held at Eastern New Mexico University, had available to the campers The Student Union Building, swimming pool and Education Center Buildings:

In addition to classes each day, open gym work outs were held each night with talent and skit programs.

Exhibitions were held each Thursday evenings of the cam-ps featuring the staff and the campers. Parents of the campers and local townspeople were guests and received the programs enthusiastically.

An added attraction at the Santa Fe Camp was a su rprise visit from several of the nations top gymnasts who added to the program that night .

The Caravan Of Camps is planning a Spring Vacation Clinic to be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma March 19-24, 1972. Watch for special advertisements in MG for the 1972 summer camp dates . For more information concerning Caravan of Camps contact camp director Larry Bilhartz, P.O. Box 1206, Andrews,Texas 79714.

December 26-30, Fourth Annual Texas High School Gymnastics Clinic at Reagen High School-Au stin, Texas. Head clinicians will be, for the men Joe Giallombardo, and for the women, Avis Tieber. There will be 25 clinicians in all. The fee will be $12.50 advance registra tion and $15.00 at the door. Equipment will be furnished by Nissen Corporation of Cedar Rpaids, Iowa. For more information write: Bria n W. Schenk, John H. Reagan High School, 7400 Berkman rive, Austin, Texas 78752

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American has put it all together! It's the new PB-300-SS ... a combination of stability, flexibility and safety. American has built-in performance stability, flexible top bars and gymnastics' safest locking mechanism. With these outstanding features the American Parallel Bar meets all National and International technical specifications.

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