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ATTENTION! ! ! HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC

COACH ES

Thi :-: ]) f' rt a in s direc tly to t he hi,goh :-:cho cll gy mnastic coach es of. the ,ThIrd District of the ~fltional High School (;Yllll1ast ics Coach es A SSOciat Ion. The Third Dis tr ict includ es the · s tate~ of: A rkan:-:a ~. Colorado, ]{nn sas, L ouIsIa n a, :-\ P \Y IVT e::d eo, Oklaho m fl. and ~ex.as.

Th el'e has bee n fonn e d w I th in th e pa !-:t t\\·o year s an orga nization w hi eh is att e mpting to (urth e t' th e s po r t .o f g'\' Ill11:l.StiCS in th e high ~(' h oo l s thru-out 'tti e country. T hi s org'anizat ion is a YE' I'Y i lnpol'tant one to th e high school ,c one l,1. F o r thi s o rganizat ion to SUI'Ylye I t needs t he help of a ll of us . Th e fee f.or r ep:i:-:t el'ing is $2.00, w hich, is not at :1 11 hi g'h for th e b enefits r eceI ved. . .

Som e of whic h a l'e : th e sat l s fa c t ~ on. of 1,llowin .... VO ll b elong an d a r c h e lpIng in the progress of gym nast ics. thi ~ org' ­a lliza tion "' ill also h elp k eep yOll up to (1;1 t e on th e_ pl'ogTess of gymnastic~ in the high sc hool le\'el. you \,-ill al so h<1," e som e place to cOITespon d for gyn~ ­na ~tic r u les and regulntion ~. :vou WIll be suppl ied a ll info rmat ion c o nCernil.lg g:YJllllasti cf-: ,,-hich com es frOln the ~a ­Iionn" I Offi ce . th is should be supplied 1)\' vour corr esponding secretar y " 'Tli e assoc iation is n o\\" work ing on

th e a dop t ion of n pin , \\'hieh w ill be c omple te d withi n th e next yea r. .

\V e urge e \'e ry gymnastic conch in th e hig'h sc hools tll l'U- out the Un ite(l States tf) do their "hare in helpi ng' fur­th e r th e sport .o f gym n(l~tics. on e gOOd. \\" a~' is to join th e :

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES

ASSOCIATION fo r nHll'e d eta il ed infornlation co ncern­in g th e ass oc iat ion :1nd 01' reg' istration forms th e corresponding secr etar y" fol' th e Thil'cl Dist rict is : Rob e rt .T, 1\ fa llning', Sli ~nl'lh Sec.ond Street . Atchin son. J(" nsas 66002

[ w ou ld now lik e to sn lute th e Pres i­. dent a nd t he Secretary of thi s fin e

org"nn iZ<1ti(lll who are do i ng" a g r eat jo ~) , Pres id ent Yictor L esch, g~' mna~t l c

('oa(' 11 of " TiIlo\\'brook High School. Villa Park. Illinois.

Secre tary -Trens lll'e l' is Sid ney Drain, g~-ll1nfls ti c (',oach of nfnin '-'Ves t T~ligh School , De~ P lains , Illino is .

KIRKWOOD GYMNASTIC CLINIC

Report by Shirley Kropp The second annual Girkwood Gymnasti c

Clinic was held at North Kirkwood Junior Hi " h Schol for six consecutive Sa turdays early Ihis yea r in Kirkwod, Missouri. The appa rent interest in gymnasti cs for girls and women in the St. Louis area gave impetus to the development of the Clinic;

The Clinic served a dual purpose : (l) to provide a course in Methods and Techniques of Gymnastics for physical educators and, (2) to provide instruction and participation for " irI s in grades seven through twelve.

TI~e em phasis in the professional sessions was on teachin g methods and techniques in gymnasti cs. A basic progressions of skill s was outlined and follow ed to enable the leacher 10 work from a beginning skill level 10 adva nced skill s. This type of course then

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Kirkwood Gymnastic Clinic

p;'ovided the physical ed ucator an opportuni· ty to give gymnastic instruction at any grade or skill level. Forty·fi ve physical edu· ca lOl's from St. Louis and vic inity partici· pated in these sessions.

T wo studen t sessions were held each after· noon for a period of two hours each. A staff of five instructors under the direction of Shirley Kropp provided the students with a basic progression of skills on the following Iypes of apparauts : rings, balance beam, horizontal bar, uneven bar, trampoline and side horse . Two hundred and seventy· five sludent s parl icipaed in this program.

S iaff of the Kirkwood Gymnasti c Clinic: Rings- J ean Mueller Balan ce Beam-Judy Reigel Uneven Bar- Evelyn Paskal Tram poline- Janet J acobsmeyer Side Horse-Carole Barta Coordinator- Shirley Kropp

The grow th of gymnasti.cs for girls and wom en in the St. Louis area is following the recent trend across the nation. The Kirkwood Gymnasl ic Clinic provided a means for com· petent instruction, participalion and the dIS' covery that gymnastics for girls can and should become an important part of the physical education curri culum.

We look forward to expanding our pro· gram in 1965 .

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VISITORS Recently many M.G, Friends bave dropped

into the American Physical Filness Research Institute off ices where we publish the Modern Gymnast magazine . . . Charlie Pond dropped by earlier this summ er and since then iVlr. Kondo F.I.G. Vice·Presidenl stopped in to say hello as he passed Ihru Los An!!eles on his way back 10 Japan from FIG m;e ting in Europe. We discussed the comin g Olympic Games and all the wonder· fu l plans host counlry J apan has made to make them the bes t ever .. . Grace Kaywell came to Hollywood to do " Balle t for Gym· nastics" r ecords (see page 22) ... Frank Bare and family said hello whi le on a visit to Disneyland .. . Bud Marquette and Jud y Tremmel ca me up fro m Long Beach ... L.A . Ci ty Champ Dave Thor dropped in before heading back to Michigan Sta te U. and we took a Graph·Check Camera snap of Ihis iVloore on the P. Bars ... "Gypsy Bool s" of Steve Allen Fame, stopped in to let us know he just fini shed his fir st feature part in a 111 ovie, ca lled "Swingin g Summer." . .. And Ed Isabelle, said hello on his return from Hawaii where he spellt Ihe summer working. (See center fold)

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PHILADELPHIA TOPS IN YMCA NATIONALS

By W!\[. BUFFA, Chairmall

N atiollal YM CA Gymnastics Committee

The day was hot, but the Germantown •. y " gy mnasti cs team from Philadelphi a was " ha lt er " as thcy won a sweeping victory 3t the 15 th annua l YMCA National Gy mnasti cs Championships he ld a t thc Wes t S ide Y:\'ICA in New York on June 20t h.

The tempe rature out side was a sti cky 9 1 c.l cg rces and eve n more uncomfort ab le in tllP \Ves t S ide gy m, bu t the ca pacity crowd ~ taycd ~wea ting in the ir ~e a t s as aft ernoon wore int o evening a nd Marc Cohn led tll'~ Germant own team to victory wh il e taking

Bud Marquette, Grace Kaywell , Frank Bare and Gtenn Sundby

Judy Tremmel and daughter

all·around honors for himse lf. He wa" tra il ed in the all ·a round by J ohn P esha of W e:; t S ide - N.Y. Sta te Champion- and J oe Bridges and Doug Alt, both of S pringfie ld , Mas~. T om Sexton of Dayton, Ohio and Bob Emery of S pringfield placed fifth and s ixth in the individual scoring.

The Germant own team took the lead in the first ('wnt , Long Horse, as Allen K elves placed fir st and Marc Cohn fourth . They neve r slowed down as Cohn came in second in the Free Exercise and scored first place in S ide H orse, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bai·. Mike Gorn's s ixth in the ri ngs rounded ou t the award winning 'Philadelphia e ffort.

Brooklyn Central of New York took second place in the team standings, pacec.l by John C ros by with a firs t in free exe r· c ise and Dennis Paoletti w ith a s<,cond III

the S ide Horse Event. The Brook lyn team sewed up ' a second with a third in both Lon" H orse a nd Horizontal Bar by Dea n Bell~via \Vest Side pl aced third , led by J ohn Pesha with a second in the Parallel and Hori zon ta l Bar competitions, a fourth in the Side Horse, and a sixth in the Long H orse. Gord on Ch ri sti e c in ched third place for the hosts with a fifth pl ace in the Horizontal Ral'. Springfield , Mass. ; Berke ley . Ca li f. : and Dayton, Ohio took fourth , fifth , and s ix th plac('s in the nati onal YMCA stand· in !! ~ .

'Tlw West Coasl wa,; a hl y re pr .. :'cn ted hy a youn g team from Be rkeley, Cal ifornia who l,, [t th .. E ,j"t wi th two gold medal :, a,. me· II wnt",. u[ their lIlt'morahle vi:; il. i\!ikp ~ulli van won the tumhling event with ~ plll'll ollwna l dl'lllnn ~tratinn of ag ilit y and

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skill whil e Kent Umba rger boun ced hi, way' to victory on the trampoline.

Sixty three competitors from ten stat es and Puerto Rico took part in the events. The entire competition was set up, organized and conducted by the West Side YlVICA Leaders' Club under the tireless leadership of Serge Souto and John Van Aalten, of that club.

The Championships were conducted under the National YMe , iRules, subject to YMCA eligibilit y requirements, and in clud ed both Olympic and special event s. The National YMCA Gymnasti cs Championships began 25 years ago. After a wartime interruption , they were resumed in 1954 under the dlrec· tion of a continuing National YMCA Gym· nasti cs Committee and have steadily gained increasin" importance in the national YlVICA physical " program, and in the National Gymnastics " picture". The goal of these championships is to promote and devel~p interest among boys and young men III

gymnasti cs as a sport and as a~other reo creational means for good fellowshIp and f,)r keeping fit.

1964 YMCA National

Gymnastic Championships

TEAM RESULtS Germantown, Po. Brooklyn Central, N.Y. West Side, N.Y. Springfield, Mass. Berkeley, Calif. Dayton, Oh io LONG HORSE Allen Kelves, Grmntwn, Pa. Richard Black, Montclair, N.J. Dean Bellavia, Brooklyn, N .Y. Marc Cohn, Germantown, Po. Joe Bridges, Springfield, Mass. John Pesha, West Side, N.Y. PARALLEL BARS Marc Cohn, Germantown, Po. John Pesha, West Side, N .Y. Joe Bridges, Springfield, Mass. GordQn Christie, West Side, NY Luke McGovern, Brooklyn, N. Y. Richard Smithwick, Queens, N.Y. FREE EXERCISE John Crosby, Brooklyn, N.Y. Marc Cohn, Germantown, Po. Mike Sullivan, Berkeley, Calif. William Reed, Bronx Un., NY Joe Bridges, Springfield, Mass. Tom Sexton, Dayton, Ohio TUMBLING

Mike Sullivan, Berkeley, Calif. Kent Umbarger, Berkeley, Calif. Johr> Crosby, Brooklyn, N.Y. Kirk Edwards, Berkeley, Calif . William Reed , Bronx Un., N.Y. David Jacobs, Brooklyn, N.Y. ALL AROUND M. Cohn, Germantown, Pa. J. Pesha, West Side, NYC J. Bridges, Springfield, Mass. Doug. Alt, Springfield, Mass. T. Sexton, Dayton, Ohio R. Emery, Springfield, Mass. SIDE HORSE Marc Cohn, Germantown, Po. Dennis Paoletti, Brooklyn, N.Y. Larry Weber, Brooklyn, N.Y. John Pesha, West Side, N.Y. Gordon Christie, West Side, N .Y. Joe Francois, i3rooklyn, N.Y. STATIONARY RINGS Jeff Zimmerman, -New Britain, Conn. Morc Cohn, Germantown, Po. Lenny Inmon, Kalamazoo, Mich. Joe Bridges, Springfield, Mass. . Stewart Weisner, Washington, D.C. Michael Gorn, Germantown, Po. HORIZONTAL BAR Morc Cohn, Germantown, Po . John Pesha, West Side, N.Y. Dean Bellavia, Brooklyn, N.Y. Joe Bridges, Springfield, Mass. Gordon Christie, West Side, N.Y. Richard Black, Montclair, N.J . REBOUND TUMBLING Kent Umbarger, Berkeley, Calif. Mike Sullivan, Berkeley, Calif. Mike Sexton, Dayton, Ohio Samuel Porter, Hackensack, N.J. Glenn Mclain, Perryton, Texas John Delnero, Plainfield, N.J.

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TEAM STATISTICS National YMCA Gymnastic Championships

YEAR 1938 1939 1940 1941 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 196CJ 1961 1962 1963 1964

PLACE HELD TEAM WINNER Detroit , Mich ., Fisher Br. YMCA St. Paul , Minnesota Fort Wayne, Ind. YMCA Newark, N.J . Newark, N.Y. YMCA Newark, N .J. Washington, D.C., Cent. Br. YMCA Germantown, Pa. Brookl yn, N.Y. , Cent . Br. YMCA N.Y. , N .Y. West Side Br. YMCA Dayton, Ohio Cent. Br. YMCA N.Y., N.Y. West Side Br. YMCA Germantown, Pa. YMCA Germantown, Pa. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. YMCA N.Y., N.Y. West Side Br. YMCA Fort Wayne, Ind. Cent . Br. YMCA N.Y. , N .Y . West Side Br. YMCA

N.Y. , N.Y. West Side Br. YMCA N.Y. , N.Y. West Side Br. YMCA Washington , D.C. Cent. Br. YMCA N .Y. , N .Y. West Side Br. YMCA Brookl yn, N .Y. Cent. Br. YMCA Germantown, Pa. YMCA New Britain: Conn. YMCA Germantown, Pa. YMCA Schenectady, N.Y. YMCA Germantown, Pa. YMCA N.Y., N.Y. West Side Br. YMCA Germantown, Pa. YMCA

1965 Berkeley, California

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS National YMCA Gymnastic Championships

All Around Individual Winner 1938 Jack Lattin, Detroit, Mich. 1939 J. Domereki , Newark, N. J. 1940 Vince D' Autorio, Newark, N.J. 1941 Vince D'Autorio, Newark, N.J. 1954 Abe Grossfeld , WSY, N.Y.C. 1955 Abe Grossfeld , WSY, N .Y.C. 1956 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1957 John Pesha, WsY, N. Y.c. 1958 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1959 John Pesha, VVSY, N.Y.C. 1960 Hans Blickham, Ft . Wayne, Ind. 1961 J. Werner. Germantown,. Pa. 1962 E. Isabelle, Springfield; Mass. 1963 E. Isabelle, No representation 1964 Marc Cohn, Germantown, Pa.

Free Exercise 1954 Abe Grossfeld, WSY, N. Y.c. 1955 Abe Grossfeld, WSY, N. Y.C. 1956 J.ohn Pesha, WSY, N. Y.c. 1957 Richard Mohr, WSY, N.Y.C. 1958 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1959 Jay Ashmore, Newburgh, N .Y. 1960 Anthony Napier, Jersey City, N.J. 1961 J. Werner , Germantown, Pa. 1962 Anthony Napier, Jersey City , N.J. 1963 John Crosby, Bklyn. Cent. NYC. 1964 John Crosby, Bklyn. Cent. N. Y.c. Horizontal Bar

938 A. Laughlin, Cleveland, Ohio 939 J. Teresco , Newark, N.J . 940 V. D'Autorio, Newark, N.J. 941 Jos. Teresco, Newark, N.J. 954 Abe Grossfeld, WsY, N .Y.C. 955 Abe Grossfeld , WSY, N.Y.C.

1956 John Pesha, WSY, N. Y.c. 1957 Richard Mohr, WSY, N.Y.C. 1958 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1959 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1960 Mario Arimbargo, WSY, N. Y.C. 1961 J. Werner, Germantown, Pa. 1962 R. Smith , Germantown, Pa . 1963 J. Culhane, No representation 1964 Marc Cohn, Germantown, Pa. Long Horse 1954 Abe Grossfeld, WsY, N. Y.C. 1955 Abe Grossfeld, WSY, N.Y.C. 1956 John Pesha, WsY, N.Y.C. 1957 John Pesha, WsY, N .Y .C. 1958 Joe Sacksteder, Toledo, Ohio 1959 G. O'Quinn, Newburg, N.Y. 1960 Robert stekel, WSY, N.Y.C. 1961 J. Werner, Germantawn, Pa. 1962 R. Orlick , Jersey City, N.J. 1963 J. Culhane, No representation 1964 Allen Kelves, Germantown, Pa. Parallel Bars 1938 Jack Lattin, Detroit, Mich. 1939 C. Cobb, Columbus, Ohio 1940 V. D'Autoria, Newark, N.J. 1941 V. D'Autoria, Newark, N.J. 1954 Abe Grossfeld, WSY, N.Y.C. 1955 Abe Grossfeld, WSY, N.Y.C. 1956 John Pesha, WsY, N.Y.C. 1957 John Pesha, WSY, N .Y.C. 1958 Joe Sacksteder, Toleda, Ohio 1959 John Pesha, ' WSY, N.Y.C. 1960 Hans Blickhan, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 1961 J. Werner , Germantown, Pa. 1962 E. Isabelle, Springfield, Mass. 1963 E. Isabelle, No representation 1964 Marc Cohn, Germantown, Pa. Side Horse 1938 J. St. Dennis, St. Paul, Minn. 1939 J. Domereki, Newark, N.J.

1940 Jos. Vigna, ·23 St. YMCA, N.Y.C. 1941 V . D'Autorio , Newark, N.J. 1954 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1955 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1956 John Pesha, WsY, N. Y.C. 1957 John Pesha, WSY, N .Y.C. 1958 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1959 John Pesha , WSY, N. Y.c. 1960 Joseph Francois, Bklyn, <;:ent., N.Y. 1961 J. Werner, Germantown, Pa. 1962 R. Smith, Germantawn, Pa. 1963 R. Grimaldi, Utica, N.Y. 1964 Marc Cohn, Germantown, Pa. Stationary Rings 1938 Not held 1939 J. Teresco, Newark, N.J. 1940 H. Karczowski 1941 Not held 1954 Abe Grossfeld , WSY, N.Y.C. 1955 Abe Grossfeld , WSY, N.Y.C. 1956 M. Arimborgo, WSY, N.Y.C. 1957 M. Arimborgo, WsY, N.Y.C. 1958 John Pesha, WSY, N.Y.C. 1959 Jay Ashmore, Newburgh, N.Y. 1960 M. Arimborgo, WSY, N. Y.C. 1961 J. Werner, Germantown, Pa. 1962 B. Wi II iams, Germantown, Pa. 1963 R. Grimaldi-L. Yohn-tie 1964 Jeff Zimmerman, New Britain, Conn. Tumbling 1939 A. Musil, Columbus, Ohio 1940 V. D'Autorio , Newark, N.J. 1941 V . D'Autorio, Newark, N .J. 1954 A. Calderone, Bklyn. Cent., N.Y. 1955 ' Bruce Riley, Omaha, Neb. 1956 Tom Seward, Germantown, Pa. 1957 Tom Seward, Germantown, Pa. 1958 Ronny Fowler, Hamilton, Ohio 1959 Jay Ashmore, Newburg, N.Y. 1960 Anthony Napier, Jersey City, N.J. 1961 L. Datilio, Germantown, Pa. 1962 R. Orlick, Jersey City, N.J. 1964 Mike Sullivan, Berkeley, Cal. Rope Climbing 1955 Geo. Holly, Dayton, bhio 1956 Calvanese, Germantown, PO. 1957 Joe Francois, Bklyn. Cent., N.Y. 1958 Joe Gatins, Atlanta, Ga. 1959 Joe Francois, Bklyn. Cent., N.Y. 1960 Joseph Francois, Bklyn. Cent., N.Y. 1961 Joseph FrCYlcois, Bklyn. Cent., N.Y. 1962 B. Williams, Germantawn, Pa. 1963 G. Williams, No representation Swinging Rings 1941 R. Tilden, Germantown, Pa. 1954 William Buffa, WsY, N.Y.C. 1955 Bruce Riley , Omaha, Neb. 1956 Jay Werner, Germantawn, Pa. 1957 Sam Corgliano, Germantown, Pa. 1958 James Parker, Oshkosh, Wis. 1959 Jay Ashmore, Newburg, N.Y. 1960 Frank Lando, Jersey City, N.J. 1961 Jay Werner, Germantown, Pa. 1962. W. Dqdge Germantown, Pa. Trompoline " . . . 1954 Phil DiGiacoma, Buffalo, N.Y. 1955 Dennis Harget, Hamilton, Ohio 1956 Phil DiGiacoma, Buffalo, N .Y. 1957 Tom Gompf, Dayton, Ohio 1958 Ronny Fawler, Hamilton, Ohio 1959 B. Rhineberger, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 1960 AI Stall , Dayton, Ohio 1961 J. Dailey, Dayton, Ohio 1962 T. Garretson, Buffalo, N.Y. 1963 s. Zudnick , Schenectady, N.Y. 1964 Kent Umbarger, Berkeley, Cal.

Muriel Grossfeld

Ron Barak

Larry Bonner

Art Shurlock

Jack Beckner

Makoto Sakamoto

OLYMPIC TRIALS

The Olympic Trials were llerd at King Point , New York on August 261h to 30th. For the Women's team it was the final trial to make the squad to go to Japan . Dale McClements of Seattle took the top honors with a total score for Compulsories and Op· tionals of 76.50 1I1Iuriel Grossfeld and Marie Walter shared second place honors at 76.20 each. Linda Metheny placed fourth with 76.15 . J anie Speaks and Doris Fuchs tied for fifth both scorein g 75.60 and Kathy Cor· rigan placed seventh with 75 .10.

Makat<;> Sakamoto wi th his highest com· bined totil! ' -to date of 115.30 took the top spot followed closely by Gregor Weiss in second place with 115.20. Armando Vega placed third a full point lower at 114.20 and Art Shurl ock with 114.10 placed fourth. Ron Barak was fifth with 113.70 followed by Rusty Mitchell and Larry Banner who tied for sixth with 113.00. Tom Seward scored 112.10 for eighlh spot. Don Tonry 111.35 for ninth ' and Jack Beckner came thru with 111.10 for tenth place. Noticeably missing is Abie Grossfeld who did not qual· ify because of bad breaks on the Side Horse and Horizontal bar. The Men's fin al trials to choose seven of these top ten to make up the USA Olympic Gymnastic squad for Tokyo win be held at Valley State College in San Fernando, California on September 18th and 19th.

Dale McClements

Mar ie Wa lther

Rusty Mitchell

Armando Vega

Gregor W eiss

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editorial: USGF Director , Frank Bare

IIWHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HONOR . . . IN SPORTS?II

As many of you already may know in March of 1964, the U.S .G.F. along with the A.A. . of the United States were both invited to participate in the First World's Open Trampoline Championships in London, England. We sent to that competition Danny Millman (California ) and Gary Erwin (Michigan ) . As Coach of the team and as USGF

. representative to the meeting held there we sent Dr. Newt Loken of the University of Michigan. At this competition the various delegates who were in· attendance met to discuss the formation of an International Trampoline Federation. All told, some twelve nations took part in the meeting.

At this meeting it was deCided that such an FIT (not a member of the FIG) to control trampolining as a separate activity should be formed . In the same meeting it was decided that the group present should meet again in July, in Germany and at this meeting the membership would be discussed, voted upon , and actual membership would then be ascertained. According to the minutes of that meeting, which were printed and distributed by the host British Gymnastic Association . . . "

I lTERNATIONAL TRAMPOLINE FEDERATIO 1

Resolution passed at the meeting held at St. Mary's College, Twickenham, London, England, March 22nd, 1964 a/tel' the occasion 0/ the Wo rld's Trampoline Championships held on the previous day, March 21st.

In the chair - Mr. T . M. Blake, England 1. England B.A.G.A. (Mr. D. Taylor) 2. England B.T.A. (Mr. G. S. Aaron) 3. U.S.A. A.A.U. (Mr. J . Hennessey) 4. V .S.A. V .S.C.F. (Dr. N. Loken) 5. Holland K .. GV. (Dr. Q. J . Gerritsen ) 6. Norway N.S.F. (Mr. G. Vegard ) 7. Switzerland E.T.V. (Mr. K. Baechler ) 8. Denmark 1rs. S. Kraemer 9. Sweden Mr. S. Carlsson

10. Germany D.T.B. (Dr. H. Braecklein ) 11. Belgium Mr. Croonenborghs representing the

Trampoline Commission of the Federa· tion Royale Belge de Gymnastique and the Trampoline Commission of the Uni· versity.

Before the resolution was proposed Ted Blake asked to be allowed to retire from the chair of the meeting so they could elect their own chairman but this was declined by the meeting.

. Resolution proposed by Mr. Edmonds and unanimously agreed by the above eleven associations: That - (1) A meeting in Frankfurt in July will be held to

formulate an International Federation of Tram· polining.

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(2) That representatives of the organizations as­assembled at that meeting today consider that

the posItIons regarding Trampolining is not sufficiently clear at present to determine the question of international representation and therefore suggest that all official organizations representative of Trampolining shall be in­vited in a year's time or when sufficiently clear the new federation will then have to decide how they are going to determine international rep­resentation.

(3) The passing of this resolution implies that the International Trampoline Federation is estab­lished .

Before this resolution was put to the vote each delegate named above was asked, " Do you have the authority from your organization to vote on this resolutiop" and the answer from all was "Yes".

... and so we planned on sending a delegate to Germany in July with the full understanding that at that meeting we might not be the group from the U.S.A. that was chosen to be a member. A few months passed and the meeting was scheduled and conducted ... however ... the V.S.G.F. was not invited. Every other group in attendance at London , was, so we can only speculate that we were eliminated by a majority vote through the mails prior to the meeting. Of course, we also were not in the voting which I am sure must have been held according to all principles involved. Tone-the-Iess, there now appears to be an international

trampoline federation of some semblance that is organized and functioning. It is apparently about as democratically organized as the A.A.U., which allows any group to work towards promoting an activity and working closely with the athletes . .. but absolutely draws the line at having such a group take part in administering the affairs of the sport.

It is not so much that the USGF was not. the group se­lected to represent the U.S.A., for that matter, it never has been so recognized internationally . . . the point to be considered is that all persons present at the organizational , meeting apparently decided that all groups present would participate in the next meeting and at that time membership would be decided upon ... but somehow or other (we have no idea how ) the rules changed before the meeting was held. It matters not that our two performers finished First and Second in the World's Championship competition that was held , or that Dr. lewt Loken is a highly respected and ' well-known leader of the sport here in the United States. What really matters is that a group of amateur sports lead­ers cannot legitimately enforce a policy arrived at in demo­cratic procedures. It seems that they were forced to revert to the " democratic" procedures such as those used by our

. highly regarded "governing body" of everything in the U.SA.

I was under the impression the meeting was to be held in WEST Germany.

USGF Director - Frank 8..:J 1'~

Z'iuc,to,,:t 1<efto~ THE UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION

PEOPLE AND PLACES The Men's Olympic Coach fo r 1964 is Mr. JOHN MUIR

of Los Angeles, California and his manager is Mr. Tom Maloney of West Point.

The Women's Olympic Coach for 1964 is MR. VA NNIE EDWARDS of Louisiana.

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The WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIPS which were set for Lisbon, Portugal in 1966 have been moved to WEST GER­!fA IY in that same year. The host city has not vet been

named.

The 1965 U.S.G.F. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS are scheduled for DAVID LIPSCOMB COLLEGE,. in lashville, Tennessee. We are now firming up sites for 1966 and 1967 and it appears they will be in the East and then in the West in those years to follow. Compulsory routines and

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In the September-October Newsletter the availability of the U.S.G.F. Rule Book and the Age-Group Gymnastics distributed this fall. Workbook will be formall y announced. pertinent informatiorl on this meet will be printed and

N.F.S.H.S.A.A . .. . stands for the NATIONAL FEDER­ATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIA­TIO IS, and this organization represents more than 20,000 high schools in the U.S.A. At their recently concluded semi­annual meeting in Wyoming, the IFSHSAA voted to re-af­firm its support of the Gymnastics Federation along with the other amateur Sports Federations of Baseball, Track and Field and Gymnastics. Gymnastics in the high schools across the nited States is not only growing in size but it improves rapidly in quality of work. Mr. William Russell, Commissioner of the California Iilterscholastic Federati on (C. LF. ) has written us that California now boasts 134. high school gymnastics teams with more than 1,350 par­ticipating gymnasts. I might add they not only participate .. they perform extremely well.

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AMERICA N T URNERS . . . held their annual convention in New York City from August 23rd through August 27th .

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THE N.A.C.G.C. . . . The college gymnastics coaches asso­ciation now has a gymnastics pin of their own_ Secretary­Treasurer Sam Bailie of the University of Arizona has the pins and they are very well done ... showing three gym­nasts in red, white and blue on gold . . . and the letters NACGC.

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THE N.C.A.A. anno unces that next year 's National Championship is set for Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale . . . April 2-3, 1965. Also they have taken a giant step forward by conducting the First College Division NCAA National Championships . .. set for Ball State Col­lege on March 19-20, 1965 .

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THE N.H.S.G.C.A. _ .. the high school gymnastics coaches association has their new sta tionery printed and their area secretaries selected and shown thereon ... we are proud to have the USGF emblem on that same sta tionery and if you desire information on this group write : Mr. Vic Lesch, Gymnastics Coach , Willowbrook H. S., Villa Park, Illinois.

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THE MOLINE, lLLI NOIS f URNFEST ... the Upper Mississippi District of the American T urners conducted their area turnfest in the quad cities with the Moline Turners as hosts. It was a great event .. . with more than 600 participants and excellent exhibitions in very many areas.

In the Men's Competitions . . . here are the winners: Senior Men, 50 yea rs of age and over, first place to William Schrumm of North St. Louis Turners. Senior Men, ages 30 to 39, first place went to Allan Lange of the Kansas City Turners. Active Men : Middle Grade was won by Helmut Herd tie of Northwest Chicago Turners. Special Events for Men : Tumbling was won by Schneider of Detroit Turners, while Trampoline was won by Rissler of lorthwest Davenport (Iowa). The Still Rings title went to Calhoun of the Cleveland STY and the Floor Exercise went to Krouth of the 'Ioline (Ill. ) Turners.

In women's competition it went this way: Senior Women: Ages 30-39: Winner was Fran Mamula of South Bend , Indiana. Senior Women: Ages 40-49: Winner Marion Lndahl of NW Chicago with her team mate from _ TW Meta Elste close behind. Senior Women: Ages 50-59 : Hazel Baird of North St. Louis was the winner. In the Junior Girls Division ... the winner was Sharon Knedle. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Turners) _ .

Carl Anderson, Pres. Am. Turners and Dr. E. A. Ecklund, Nat' l. Dir.

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Richard Jinus and Gene Mitchell , co-directors of the Moline Turn­·fest .

At right and below, scenes from Mol ine Turnfest

SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR Last March the U.S.C.F. Trampoline Team that toured

South Africa made a memorable trip through that beautiful country that took some six weeks to complete. The team covered 6,000 miles by car during that six weeks and it w~s a long. and man y times tiring but alwa ys enjoyable tnp . The host for this team tour was Mr. aile Areborn and his letter to the U.S.C.F. Office was so well written and comprehensive that we decided to present it here as the final report on that tour.

Report by OLLE AREBORN South Ajrican Amateur Trampoline Union

I t is a pleasure for me, fir st of all to convey my thanks and also on behalf ofi the S. A. Amateur Trampoline Union to ex tend to the U.S.G.F . our gratitude for makin O' this wonderful team available to us. I am certainly hoping that" this will be a regular event, to have a team from the United States in South Africa. This team ~ertainly boosted the sport here and we will for a Ion 0' t ime benefit h'om the many excellent exhibitions the team put Ol~ ri O'ht throughout South Africa. . "

. On March 10th, which was a big day for us here, the United States team a rrived and after a short press conference at the Airport, the team was taken to town and booked into a hotel in which they staye? until the 31st of March, when the actual tou;ing started.

The fll's t appearance the team was going to make was in Durban on the 13th of. March, which was also the first Test Match a O'ainst South Africa. l'vIr. Brinkmeyer was asked whether the team ~vould like to le~ve immediately the same day for Durban, or wait until the followm g day. Aft er our explanation that Durban is one of our biggest holiday resorts on the coast, the team unanimously decided that they wanted to leave right after dinner on the 10th. They were taken down by car and the distance between Durban and Jolmnes· burg is approximately 400 miles, which was done in 7·8 hours The team spent the 11th and 12th on the beach and seemed to enjo; It thoroughly. In between, we had several press conferences and a visit to the .Mayor of Durban and on Friday the 13th the Test Match took place before a crowd of 4,000 people in the Ice Drome. Un· fortu nately, the hall could not seat more and therefore we had to turn away almost a thousand people. The Tes t was a great success and, as expected, United States won with 55.95 points against South Africa's 52.54 and the individual result s were as follows : -

U.S.A. Frank Schmitz Steve Johnson Nancy Smith South Africa

Set 9.63 9.23 9.40

Voluntary 9.46 9.50 7.73

Total 19.09 18.73 18.33

Martin Trimmer 8.96 8.93 17.89 Peter 1'I'Ielvin 8.20 9.10 17.69

55.95

Marijke van den Boogaard 9.06 7.90 16.96 52.54 It was felt that in all fairness and as we do not have any ex­

perience of your judging in the United States, that Mr. Gil Brink­meyer should be asked to act as a judge, to which he kindly con· sented. This was very helpful to our judges, as they could see an expert in action and many fruitful discussions ·on the matter of judging were held during Mr·. Brinkmeyer 's stay in South Africa.

The team returned to Johannesburg on Saturday morning, the 14th and tok part in the South African Games competi tion in the

Johannesburg City Hall. This is a Bi-Annu'al Games ,ve hold in South Africa for all sports and here again Frank Schmitiz won, followed by Steve Johnson. Nancy Smith won the women's event.

From the 16th - It8h the team spent their days in J ohannes­burg practising for the Rand Easter Show Display, which started on the 19th. The Rand Easter Show is a big industrial show which' takes place annually in Johannesburg, and there is always some kind of exhibi tion in the main arena, as the case was this year with the trampoline tellm; The U. S. team was part of an 18 persons synchronized trampoline display. They performed as part of this big team as well as individually, and the displays during that period were extremely well received by the public. Even Mr. Brink­meyer too kpart as a clown and we all think .that he has got the makings for an outstanding comedian. .

On the 31st of March we started our tour of South Africa, and here a vote of thanks must be given to Gil, as he drove one of the cars right throughout the whole tour. We transported 2 trampolines on a truck, which I myself drove. Our first stop was Kimberley, which is a great diamond mining area. Here the team performed twice a day from the 1 - 4th April under similar conditions as at the Rand Easter Show. The night of the 5th Gil became very ill and was treated with inj ections and drugs and had to stay half a day behind. Fortunately he soon recovered and was able to travel to the next place, Kroonstad.

Here our hosts were the Prisons Services Training College . This is a college where they tra in prison wardens for our prisons in South Africa, and as they are extremely sports minded, especially gymnastics and trampolining, they undertook to organize a display in Kroonstad. Unfortunately, we struck the only rain during the whole trip, hut in spite of the bad weather, 3,000 people turned up' to see the U. S. team.

Our next exhibition was held in Welkom, a city oiIly 10 years old, extremely modern and the centre of gold mining areas in the Orange Free State. Here the Rotary Club in Welkom had organized 2 displays, one in the afternoon and one at night , which " rere fairly well attended by local people. The team was here, for the fir st tfme, put up with families and I am sure they enjoyed their inside glimpse of how a South African family lives. .

On Wednesday, 8th April, we left for Bloemfontein, which ·is the capital of the Orange Free State, and here the team performed twice daily in a similar show as the Rand Easter Show, and we also had our second Test Match on April 10th. The Test Match here was not as well attended as in Durban, also we did not have a venue as big as Durban, but approximately 1,500 people witnessed South Africa winning against the United States. By now you probably heard the reason for this r esult, as Nancy unfortunately hurt her ankle during the warm-up prior to the Test Match and the United States team had to compete with only 2 members against South Africa's three. The results were South Africa 46.05 against United States 37.50. The individual results were as follows: South Africa Set Voluntary Total Marijke van den Boogaard 8.7 8.25 16.95 Neil Yelseth 7.35 7.95 15.30 Peter Melvin 6.3 7.5 13.80 U. S. A. Steven J ohnson Frank Schmitz

9.5 9.6

9.45 8.95

18.95 18.55

46.50

37.50 It was also a very interes ting Test Match from the point of view

that Steve Johnson beat Frank Schmitz. On the 12th April we again hit the· road and travelled to East

London, which is a coas tal town, and here we performed in one day 4 displays, which was rather heavy. However, 1 must again stress that

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Jun ior All-Around Champions.

A bove: Head Tab le f or Awards Banquet .

Be low: Gymnasts, Officlols and gues ts a t Awards C$onquet.

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Sen ior All-Around Champions.

CANADIAN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Held at U .B.C. Memorial Gymnasium, Vancouver, B.C. July 10th and 11th, 1964

SENIOR MEN All Round

1. Richard Kihn-Toronto . ...... .... ..... 108 .65 2. Gi l Larose-Montreol .. .............. .. 1 07 .35 3 . W ilhelm Weiler-Can. Army ...... 104.30 4. Roger Di on-Quebec City.. ........ . 100 .25 5. Barry Brooke-Toronto .. .... ...... .. 95. 50 6 . Yvan Boisc lair-Ste . Agathe .. ..... 94 .80

Floor Exercises Rings I. Wil helm Weiler - ...... - - 18. I 0 I. Gi l Larose 2. Roger Dian .. .... ................. . 17.75 2. Richard Kihn 3. Gunther Bohrman ..... .. 17.60 3. Yvan Boisclair

Vaulting Parallel Bars

... 18. 20 ........ 18.15 ........ 17.25

I. Wi lhelm W eiler .................. 19. 25 I . Richard Kihn ..... .. . .. . 18 .85 2 . Gunther Bohrman . .. ...... 18.60 2 . Gil Larose ...... ... .. . 18.00 3. Roger Dian ... . .......... ..... 18.60 3 . Kurt Eggerschwiler ...... .... ... 17. 15

Horizontal Bar Side Horse I. Gil Larose ... ...... .......... 18.3 I. Richard K ihn ...... ... 17.90 2. Richard Kihn ........... .. .. 18 .3 2. Gil Larose. ........ ..... .. .. 16.75 3. Wi lhelm We iler ... .. ............ . 18.0 3. Roger Dian .... .......... ..... ..... 16.61

SENIOR WOMEN All Round

1. Ga il Daley-Saskatoon ... 2. Dale McCl ements .... Seattle 3. Avis Ti eber-Seattle ...... . 4. Susan McDonnell- Toronto 5. Irene Howorth-Saskatoon 6. Linda Rodel la- Seattle

Floor Exercises

7 1. 96 1 71.464

. 70.100 69.067 67.633 63 .032

Balance Beam I. Dale Mi:Clements ... . 18.233 I. Gail Daley. .. .. . 18 .000 2. Avis Tieber ......... .. .. ..... 17.400 2. Irene Hawor th ........ ... ... 17. 333 3. Susan McDonnell ...... .. ...... 17.234 3. Dale McClements .......... .. .. 17. 100

Vaulting Uneve n Bors I. Avis Tieber . .. ....... 18.600 2. Gai l Daley ... ............. .... 18.534

I . Gai l Daley ............ 18.266 2. Susan McDonnell ....... .... ... 18.167

3. Susan Clou thier ................ 18.100 3. Dale McCiements .... ....... . 18. 100

Above: Senior Men All-Around Champio ns .

JUNIOR MEN All Round

1. Alick Pawlak-Toronto .. ....... 105.00 2. Randy Carruthers Bothel .. ...... .. . 102.20 3 . Gory Balcombe-Saskatoan .......... 1 00 .00 4 . L. Haltsman-Saskatoan ....... ..... 95 .35 5. Cliff Ames-Va ncouve r ........ ........ 93 . 15 6. Bill Robinson-Winnipeg ............ 91 .35

Floor Exercises Rings

1. Gory Balcombe .... .. ......... .. .. 17.80 2. Bill Robinson .... .. .... .. .. ...... .. 17.80 3 . Lorry Ho ltsmon ........... .. 17.50

1. Jim Steele Bothel .. .. ...... 17.85 .... 17.30

. .. ............ ...... 17.10 2. Al iek Pawlak 3. Bill Robinson

Vaulting 1. Mace Brody Bothel .......... 18.250 2. Gory Baleombe .... .... .. ... .. 17 .950 3. Alick Pawlak ... ..... ... 17.950

JUNIOR WOMEN All Round

1. Glenna Se styen- Saskatoon 2. Joyce nac-Seattle ............... . 3. G e Anderson~Seatt l e ...... .... .. 4 . Marilyn Minalser-Toronto ...... .. 5 . Patti Sebestyen-Saskatoon ...... . . 6. Lesl ie Bird-No. Vancouve r ...... ..

67.466 66 .834 66 .200 60.664 60.496 58 .934

Floor Exercises Balance Beam 1. Joyce Tona e ....... 17.134 1. Gaye Anderson .... 16.700 2 . Glenna Sebestyen ............ 16.567 3. Gaye Anderson ........ .... ... 16 .034

Vaulting 1. Glenna Sebestyen ...... ... .. ... 17.304 2. Joyce Tonae .... .. ........ .. 16.700 3. Gaye Anderson ........ 15.900

2. Joyce To nae ................. 16.300 3. Glenna Sebestyen... .. .. . 16.167

Uneven Bars 1. Glenna Sebestyen 2. Gaye Anderson .. 3. Marilyn Minaker

.... 17.700 .... 17.566 ... 17.166

The Canadian Championsh ips were olso the Canadian Ol ympic Tr ials. The Canadian A.A.U. has limited the gymnastic team to three members for the Olympics in Tokyo. The Committee on hand decided to send a three man team (no women ), This team will be mode up of the three senior men winners, Richard Kihn , Gil Larose, and W ilhelm Weiler.

Above: Juni or Men All -Around Chompions.

Cana d ian Judges and off icials at Ca nad ian National Championships.

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Grace Kaywell at work in M.G. o ffice.

BALLET FOR GYMNASTICS

RECORDS

BY GRACE KA YWELL

PRODUCED BY STEPPING TONES

RECORDS

On this page ore pictured scenes during the making of a series of 12 " L. P. records on Ba llet f or Gymnastics, by Grace Kaywe ll. Grace came to Sou thern Cal­ifornia and spent four weeks in Hol lywood and the M .G. Office making records and shooting pictures to go with the book, wh ich will augment the records. An interesting point to note is that although t hese records are mainly training and exercising records for gymnasts at the ba r and center work, they contain f loor exercise routines broken down into phrases and one complete side of one record contains 12 separate num bers of varied styles and tempos of 50 to 70 second durati ons for your floor exer icse routines. Grace Kaywell and Susie Grimson practicing balle t

moves for Ballet for Gymnastics, Beginners record.

Upper Left : Grace Kaywell and Julie Grea who did the mode l­ing f or t he Ballet for Gymnastics book, along wi th the syllabus for the intermediate record. Above: Grace Kaywe ll , Johnny Finke, Composer and Arranger, and Betty Zimmer , President o f Stepping Tones Records. A t Left: Recording at Capitol Record Studios in Holl ywood. Below: M .G. Ed itor doing the voice for Ballet for Gymnastics Record, directed by Grace Kaywell w ith Johnny Finke at the piano.

" Prow o f the ship" stretch (Demon­st rated by Marie Olsen)

UPPER BACK FLEXIBILITY

To h.ave a good flexible upper back has been a probl em to our men gymnasts for some time. Girls acquire a fl ex ible quicker because they have not overdeveloped th ~ trapezius muscle from strength moves. Bovs ha ve Irouble doing walkovers, but they can do fa~t flips which are not controlled in thi s area of the back. Therefore, I strongly arl· voca te thi s stretch for the men as well as for the women.

Face the ballet barre or some stron g , upport at arms distance. Round the back as illustrat ed by Paula Crist in Step I above. Breathe in and contract the stomach muscles whil e r ounding back ; keep head down . Head co mes up as back arches. (S tep [I I. Finish by making back as flat as a

BALLET for Gymnasts

By Grace Kaywell 3 Tanglewood Court

Ir est Palm Beach. Florida

At Right : Upper-bac k flex ibi lity stretch , if no ballet ba r available (Demonstrated by Ernestine Russe ll Carter and Paula Cri st )

hoard , s traight line from head to hips. You will al so feel a hamstring stre tch at th e same time. If you lift the head and boun ce in this Jlosition a few times, yo u will feel an even great er pull on the hamstrings. ISt ep III ). .

Some of our girls have developed a bit of trapezius muscle bulge at the back of th e neck . The onl y way we could cli sgui st' Illis non·feminine physique was to broaden the chest area. We stretched the pectorali s maj or muscles with the foll owing exercise, illustrated in " Pruw of the Ship" stretch . We called it thi s, because the student s could picture the prow of the old Nordi c ships which had the body of a woman at the helm . Place the heels against the wall for

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sup·port. Grasp- t,he ballet barre behind yuu with hand s close toge ther. Let the bod y pull away from the barre and this will stretch the ce rvical vertebrae at the sam e time. Ernestine Russell Carter demonstrate" how the teacher can help the stud ent achie,i ... this stretch if you have no ballet barre. Brace yourself by placing your foot at the heels of the performer, pull back hard as she leans forward.

Another trick for developin g upper back fl exibility is to grasp a towel with . a nar· row grip and lift it up in front of yo u and continue to take arms overhead and all the way around to the back without letting ;;>:0.

Gradually narrow your grip. This pays· bi f! dividends. '

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By Jess Robinson

TRA"MPOLINING AROUND THE WORLD We. received an unusually large amount

of correspondence from around the world since last issue of M.G. We want to ac· knowledge receipt. and will answer letters individually as time permits.

. Turkey Col. C. A. Fleming writes, "Here in

Turkey they aren't much for the trampo· line but they do some gymnastics and have one or two trampolines in the country. I will try to scratch up some material sui ta· able for your column ."

Indonesia Ken Hollis wrote from Indonesia and took

me to task for my answer to Irvin Rosen· baum (May-June issue M.G. ). He didn't like it. We like to hear from you, good or bad . . . and we appreciate ' constructive criticism.

Japan !l'lasamitsu Ogihara wrote from Japan af­

ter returning home from a honeymoon trip in the United States. While over here he and his attractive wife stopped in to see u, and we toured trampoline centers in Los Angeles area. He says not too much is happening trampoline-wise in Tokyo at this time. It seems everyone there is busy pre­paring for some sort of a gymnastic event to be held this fall.

England !l'1r. Cosgrove wrote a nice letter dis­

cussing trampolining in England. He is a gymnast and a coach and says there are many schools of thought on different type,; of training and approach to the trampoline sport over there. He also 'says they are work­ing hard to give the United States compe­tition in this event.

Austria Sport-Sergant Johann Bartel, Austrian

Air Force, Kalsdorf, Austr.ia, inquired about books on trampoline. The only ones we are familiar with are : "Trampoline Tumbling" by Larry Griswold, "Trampolining Illu s· trated" by Chuck. Keeney and "This Is Trampolining" by Norman and LaDue.

Philippines Alan Pinson, top Hollywood stuntman and

close personal friend, sent postcard from Manila. Says there isn't a trampoline in sight.

Canada Larry Martin tell s us he has received

sanction for Canada National Trampoline Championships to be held at 2 p.m., Sept. Ii at the J ewish Community Center in Ot-

tawa, Ontario, Canada. Competition to be held on a new 7x14' trampoline. Rules concerning foreign entries have not yet been set.

Germany Received news of the International

Trampoline Federation meeting held July 28-29 at Deutsches Turnerschuler in Frank­furt , Germany. We seriously considered attending this meeting but . . .???

South Africa Had a very interesting letter from Reuben

Klass in Sydenham, Johannesburg. His son David, ·7, won his age group meet at South African Trampoline Championships and son . Gary, 11, won the under 18 junior men title. Frank Schmitz won the open title the same evening.

RECORD OF THE MONTH 3 Full Twisting Douple Porpus- Per­

formed by Rod Pack, Burbank, Calif. His full twisting double porpus was from back, full twist and then double head under to back drop. UNUSUAL STUNT OR WILD ROUTINE

Triple Back Pullover by Walter Bethoon \lIsa of Burbank on a 6x12 nylon web bed,

CHALLENGE

The challenge trampolining presents is what makes it so interesting. Those stepping on trampoline for first time find it diffi­cult to jump straight up and down with control and balance. First attempts at seat drop usually result in performer striking heels first and then landing awkwardly on back. After a few tries; however, the seat drop is easily accomplished and performer looks forward to next stunt.

It is at this poi~t that the performer should start working on form, but to per­form the seat drop correctly using good form would require considerably more time and effort. And since there is no imme­diate reward in sight for this additional work, form is neglected.

Why Good Form? . Why practice working with good form '?

The answer depends largely on why one is jumping on trampoline. If the goal is pro­fess ional work in a trampoline act good form· is all important and stunl s are sec· ondary. Very seldom will you see a tram­poline act that commands very much dif­fi cultv. The public at larl(e doesn't recog-

nize a double from a triple, either somer· sau lt or twist, but it does enj oy trampo· lining hi gh and prett y. Si mple stunts done well or cleverly are crowd pleasers.

A coach learning fundamentals for teach· ing purposes should certa inly work with form. In demonstrating fundam entals to students the coaches' use of precise good form will instill confidence in students. sometimes to the point that they will t ak~ for granted the coach can perform any stunt .

If one plans to compet e and hopes to become a trampolinist of nat ional calibre,

there is no other choice but to work on form. Never again, in our estimation, will the U.s.G.F. , N.C.A .A. nationals or any other top meet be won on difficulty alone as has happened in past years. Trampolin· ing has advanced to such a point that all top trampolinists have ample difficulty awl a break in form will cost them top posi. tions.

Lastly, if reason for trampolining is just for fun and exercise or because of a de· sire to learn a few stunts participant should real ize it is easier to learn new stunts if previous stunts are performed with good

TRAMPOLINE INSTRUCTION

'form . A tWlstlllg somersault, for example, is considerably easier to execute witli legs straight , toes pointed and arms working correctly. As each new stunt is mastered there will probably be a desire to show it to fri ends and a little ' form will go a long way in making it look sharp for presenta· tion.

In a future issue w'e will talk more about form. Your ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated on this subj ect. Please send them to J ess Robinson, c/o Trampoline Inc., 4207 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank; Calif.

FRONT WITH HALF TWIST-BRANY-JONA BACK

Three Different Stunts with Forward Takeo ff , Feet to Feet Somersault and Half Twist. (Pe rfo rmed by World Chamipon, Danny Millman .

FRONT W ITH HALF TWIST is .perofrmed w ith t w ist at last o f somer· sault. In this trick eyes lose sight of bed as head goes under body in somersault and then pick up bed again just before landing. Th is stu nt is very valuab le for learn ina barony since it el,iminotes danger

BARANY is ususal ly taught out o f a piked front somersault. The twist should come at top of somersault with eyes spotting trampoline bed during entire somersault. In p i ctu r~ N o. 1 note arm lift COrn-

JONA BACK is most diff icult of the three st unts. lWlst is begun Immediate ly upon leav ing trampol ine, eyes spot wa ll beh ind takeoff position until bock somersau lt is executed . We recommend this stunt be learned in tw ist ing be lt . Considering how difficult it is to learn it seems it wou ld be scored high in .rou tine , but unfortu nately when

of twisting ear ly. Once baro ny is learned it is seldom used agdin. Pictures 1- 2-3 show h iQh front somersau lt. No. 4 pi ctures start of stret ch to layout position , 5-6-7 the twist and 8 the landing.

pletely · over head as in front somersau lt . This lift is extremely im­portant. " Pictures 2-3-4 show piked front somersault t o t op of somersau lt . Nos. 5-6 the st retch and twist, 7-8 the landing.

done correctly the Jontl Bock looks no. more difficult than barony or' fl y ing back. Pict u re No. I shows lift and beginning o f twist. Nos. 2-3· t w ist is comp leted, eyes spotting behind takeoff position until height 'of somersau lt is obtained , 4-5-6-7 is bock somersault.

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TUBE TUMBLING

By Lynn Pitcher

TUBE TUMBLING You who have attempted to teach tumbling

to awkward , obese and poorl y coordinated students have di scovered a challenging sit­uation. Many instructors never attempt to teach this type of individual even the ele­mentary tumblin g skill s for fear of injury to the partic ipant. Therefore , there are many s tudents who will never experi ence the thrill of mastering even the simples t of gymnastic skill s.

If you, as a teacher, are equall y inter­es ted in the physical development" of all yo ur students. perhaps you should in vestigate 'Tube Tumbling'. a unique and fascina tin g new approach to an old sport. It can ca ter to the physical ability of the poorly coo r­dinated beginner safely and equall y as well as to the accomplished gymnast.

Perhaps a brief description of the nec­essary equipment and approach to the teach­ing technique of Tube Tumbling will be of interest to the reader.

A large rubber inn er tube from heavy constru ction e·quipment or a large airpJan f' is very satis factory. A . good available size

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Essential equipment

is eitl;e r a 240 b); 25 or 250 by 28. !VIany used and repa irable tubes can be obtain ed at ve ry lillIe cost from A ir Force sa lvag:e de­pots or compan ies that se rvice co,'-stru c­ti on eq uipment. It is advisabl e to replace the long val ve s tem with a short fl ex ibl e rubber one or to wrap and tape a so ft fae

terial over the ori ginal stem to prevent in­j ury to the partic ipants.

To teach roll s. dive roll s, or :y, fran I sommersaults to beginners, it is necessary to fill the cenl er of the tube with som elhin g soft. A large bag of plasti c foam is th~ best fillin g I have di scove red . This provid es a safe ty landing area and makes it possible for a beginner to do many tri cks wi thou t fear of injury. Even a forward roll is a maj or accomplishmenl for the timid student.

Above: Front head spring

Below : Front II ip to bock or seat

Pike bock Ilip

Above: Five bock f l ips perform'ed simultaneously from one tube

At Right: Take off tube and sa fety"landing tube

ILLUSTRATION NO.1 A handspring, headspri ng or shoulder spring

in gr.ound tumbling for the obsese or pearl y coordinated youngster is almost unthinkable but these skills can be a'ccompli shed without too much difficulty on the tube.

J~ an overage seventh grade physica l edu­cation class over 90% o f both boys and gir ls were able to achieve a hands and headspring o.n the tube in just four class periods of prac­ti ce. T wo spotters for each tube we re used until the student acqui red enough ski l l to perform the trick alone.

The fol low ing ore illustra t ions and de­scr iptions af the t eaching techn ique of the t ube head and handspring and the 3,4 front flip . Place t wo spotters at the far side of the

til

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lube to assist the performer by support ing his shou lders an i back until his feet con as­sume Q landing position .

ILLUSTRATION NO . 2 Wi th ru nning speed, a vigorous kick-up · of the leg, and push of f with the foot . and hands of the beginner and the assistance of the spotters, th is t rick can be learned in ju st a few attempts. NOTE t hat f or beginners it is very important to place ene's f orehead heavi ly on the far side o f th e tube.

The center fill ed tube prov ides an excel­lent safety landing area f o r 3,4 front flips.

Take off both feet. the feet,

ILLUSTRATION NO . 3 the near. side of the tube with Obtain height by pushing off with lifting with the arms and froD1

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the bounce provided by "the tube. Duck the head f orward and t uck or flex the knees t oward t he chest-then open the tuck and land on the back or seat. .

A complete front flip (sommersault ) is as easy to learn on the tube with thi s sa fety landing area as it is on a trampoline .

In our a rea as well as in many sections of the United States there are many elemen­tary and secondary schools a s we ll as uni­ver siti es that now recognize the values of Tube Tumbling and have now included it in their onys ica l educat ion curri culum.

I f you have diffiCulty i'n securing ' a 'tube" or would desire additiona l information about Tube Tumbling contact Lynn Pitcher , 2729 Harrison Bou!eva rd , Ogden, Utah.

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James S. Bosco, Ph.D. San Jose State College

RESEARCH AND FITNESS

. This is the fifth of a series of six articles which have been planned in the areas of gymnastics and motor fitness. These will be followed by a series of articles in the areas of gymnastics and cardio-vascular fitness. Readers are urged to submit reports or comments directly to the Research and Fitness Editor.

Matz, Grace Elaine " The Effect of Gymnastics on the Motor Fitness of Boys," rbana:

PROBLEM

Unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Illinois, 1954. Pp. 99.

To determine the effect of gymnastics ( trampoline and tumbling) on the motor fitness test scores of young boys.

METHOD

The single group experimental design was used (T-1 Ex­perimental Factor T-2 ) . The motor fitness tests used were : (1) Cureton Balance Beam Test, (2 ) Larson Chinning, Vertical Jump; Dipping Test, (3) Illinois Agility Run, (4) Trunk Forward Flexibility Test, (5 ) Trunk Backward Ex­tension Flexibility Test, (6 ) Shoulder Flexibility Test, (7 ) Ankle Flexibility Test, (8 ) Endurance Hops and (9 ) V-Sit. A major and minor method of research was used. The maj or method was a case study analysis of individual improve­ment while the. minor method was a group improvement study. Both methods used a comparison of data on pre-test and post-test results. The controls used were age vs. per­formance graphs plotted for each test that showed a relatidn to age. On the tests that showed a relation to age, the tan ­gents to the age vs. performance curves were compared to the tangent to the line .)f the plotted pre-test and post-test scores_ On the tests that showed no apparent relation to age, the difference of the pre-test and post-test scores were compared to the standard error of measurement for that test. A rati /fof 3.0 was considered a statistically significant gain or loss. The subjects were fourteen white boys, ages five to eleven.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIO S The results of studying the relationship of these tests to

age were: (1) Chinning, D.ipping, Trunk Backward Exten­sion, Ankle Flexibility, and V-Sit showed no apparent re­lation to age. (2) Vertical Jump, Shoulder Flexibility, Trunk Forward Flexibility, Agility Run, Balance Beam and Endur­ance Hops showed a relation to age. The following con­clusions were based on the results obtained from all the case studies. The results summarized appeared concurrently with the program of trampoline and tumbling. 1) Chinning showed a ,statistically significant improvement in 71.4 per cent of the subj ects tested . However, the average raw score increase was 2.39 (19 s.s. ), an increase from 1.28 to 3.67 chins, based on all cases. 2) Dipping showed a statistically significant improvement in 78.5 per cent of the . subj ects

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tested. However , the average raw score increase was 1.50 (7 s.s. ) , an increase from .85 to 2.35 dips, based on all cases. 3 ) Shoulder Flexibility was improved over and above the average increment due to age in 64.2 per cent of the cases. For the entire group, the average raw score was 2.7 inches (24 s.s.) . This was an average change from 7.41 to 10.11 inches. 4) Trunk Extension Backwa rd improved from 10.22 inches to 10.91 inches, a gain of 4 s.s. This was not a statistically significant increase. 5 ) The Agility Run improved from 25.3 seconds to 25.36 seconds, a gain of 1 S.s. This was not a significant increase. 6 ) The Verticai Jump was improved over and above the average increment due _to age in 61.5 per cent of fhe cases. For the entire group the average raw score increase was 1.41 inches (11 s .s.). This was an average change fr om 8.51 to 9.92 inches. 7 ) Trunk Forward Flexibility was improved over and above the average increment ~ue to age in 92.8 per cent of the cases studied. The average raw score increase for all of the cases was 2.14 inches (15 s.s. ), a change from 9.33 to 7.19 inches. 8) A statistically significant group change was found in Right Ankle Flexibility. This was a mean raw score increase of 12.7 degrees (18 s.s. ) , from 49.60 to 62,89 degrees. 9 ) The Left Ankle Flexibility im­proved from 54.89 to 61.67 degrees, a change of 6.78 de­grees 00 s.s.). This was not a statistically signifi cant gain. 10) Balance increased over and above the average increment due to age in 46.1 per cent of the subj ects tested . The average raw score increase for all of the cases was 1.19 points (8 s.s.), an increase fr om 5.69 to 6.68. 11 ) The num­ber of subj ects completing the Endurance Hops and V-Sit were too small to make an y conclusions.

On a case stud y basis, the foll owing observations were ~ade:

1. Ten of the fourteen subj ects showed a significant gain in chinning and dipping.

2. Only four out of fourteen boys showed significant improvement in trunk extension backward.

3. Ten of the fourteen showed increased shoulder flex­ibility.

4. Eight of fourteen improved in vertical jump. 5 . Only four subj ects improved on the agility test run.

Editor's _ lote : Since there were no control subj ects used for the tests related to age, there was no way of telling how much of the group im­provement was actually due to the program.

COMPARISON OF MOTOR FITNESS PRE-TEST AND POST-TEST MEANS' WITH THE STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT

Test M ea ns D ifference S. E. Signi f icant

Pre-test Post-test Mea n 5.5.

Chinn ing 1.28 3 .67 2.39 19. .590 Yes Dipp ing .857 2 .35 1.50 7 .5 16 No Trunk Extens ion 10.23 10.91 .68 4 .807 No V- Sit 11. 5 52.0 40. 5 37 2. 79 Yes Right A nk le 49.60 62.39 12.79 18 2.35 Yes

Flex ibility Left A nkle 54.89 61.67 6. 78 10 2 .79 Na

Flex ib ility

* These tests showed · no rela tion to age.

MEAN DIFFERENCE OF MOTOR FITNESS TESTS SHOWING A RELAT ION TO AGE

Test Means Di fferences Pre-test Post- test Mean 5.5.

Balance Beam 5.6 6 .88 1. 19 8 Endurance Hops 32 1. 2 394.0 72.8 5 V ert ica l Jump 8. 51 9.92 1.41 11 Shoulder Flex ibi lity 7.41 10. 11 2 .70 24 Trunk Forward Flex ib ili ty 9.33 7. 19 2.14 15 Agility Run 25.50 25.36 .14 1

ILLINOIS AGILITY RU N k-- 6' ::i""'--6' ~ Percent il e ,- \ , -,

ELEM ENTS INC LUDED AND 2\ A

L 8 Score

,-, SPEC IF ICAT IONS ;; F-1' 5 99 .9999

Genera l Conditions: 'V - I 99.999 ,

1. Take test ba refooted. Ii- 99.997 2. Pract ice at least once slowly and 0 99 .989

once fa st. I ' 99.952· 3. For best rei iab i lity take best of /1'-' th ree t ime trio Is.

i 99.8 1

4. At leos t 5 m inutes rest between A\ 99 .38

t ri a ls . ~

'VI ® I 98.42

Specif ic Elements Incl uded : \ I 95.99 1. Start f rom Prone Posit ion, Ha nds a t I

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"'" Sides of Chest-Speed React ion I \ 9 1. 15 . Jump to Feet a nd Sp rin t 30 feet. I \ 0 0 82 .89

I 2. Stride Stop and Reve rse a t 30' Li ne I

"" ./ 6 (Y) 72.57

Drawn Floor (at least one foot I 4 on I 57 .93" must touch o r cross line). I

l, \V

3. Left Turn at Top Speed around I 42.07

Choir . ~ 1\ \ 27.43 4 . Z ig-Zag Dodge Run, Left-Right- Left I 17. 11

around Choi rs. .... , ~ 8.85

5. Rig ht Loop a t Top Speed around \~ I I , 4 .0 1 Cha ir. \ I I

6. Zig-Za g Dodge Ru n, Righ t- Left- , \,"1 0 1.58 Righ t around Choi rs. I' /11 .62

7. Left Turn a t Top Speed around ,;3 \ t .29 Cho ir . i ~ .@? - 9 .05 8. Str ide Stop and Reve rse at 30' Line Start" Fini sh (same a s 2 .) \ , _ .,7 Ql

9. Finish Dash ove r Fin ish Line (T ime ~ 12 "I 7 Chest Even wit h Li ne) 181 4 co lla psi b le choirs, opened and fa c ing start,

QUESTIONS~ and POINTERS

Dear Art: I am .finding the lront somi dismount par·

tieularh elusive . Also the ilyin{( backward roll to handstand (stmeli) is causing dijji· culty as I am hazy as to the tuning, d.irec· tion, and the use 0./ the pike and hip jlick here.

Yours sincerely, Murray Chessel! Victoria, Australia

Dear Murray .. . The sequence photos show the correct body action for a high front somi. The important factors are the powerful backward swing ( toward hand· stand ) which is created by a dynamic hip ex tension into ·an arch at the vertical sup· port, and the lon g delay before the pikin g and shifting of the body is started. The body should be . at a 30° to 35° angle be· fore the hip pike and body" shift is started. As the performer r ises off the bar he at· tempts .to project his seat and hips stra ight upward in a tight pike posit ion. As the body is rotated furt her and the descent has started. he then ex tencfs his body Into 'an arch for the landing. When l earning, put a mat on the bar that you are doing the som i over, and have a hand spotter hold your arm during the flip so he can pull you to th e side if you are com ing too close to the bar. A.S.

Ti me (Sec.) T-Score

14.0 98.4 5 14 .5 94.57 15.0 90.7 0 15.5 86 .82 16.0 82.94 16.5 79 .06 17. 0 75 . 19 17 .5 71.32 18.0 67.44 18. 5 63 .57 19.0 59.69 19. 5 55 .8 1 20.0 5 1. 94 20. 5 48.0 8 2 1. 0 44 .19 2 1. 5 40 .31 22 .0 36 .4 3 22. 5 32.56 23 .0 28.68 23 .5 24 .8 1 24.0 20. 94 24.5 17.06 25.0 13. 1.8

10' aport.

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"WHAT'S TH E SCORE?" By Jerry Wright

San Francisco State Callege

While due to the Olympics this year the 1963 - 64 season is not quite complete, most of us are preparing for another season of collegiate competition, with every indication that it should prove to be the most inter­esting year in the history of the sport. This year, with duel meet records being of par­ti cular significance, an effort will be made to keep up to date, in this column , on the various teams and their duel meet records.

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This writer will work closely with Dr. Clair J ennett of San J ose State, (Chairman of the college Statistics committee), to keep the gymnastic public well informed.

:;: * * During the past season very few meet

result s were sent directly to J erry Wright ... the purpose for our asking you to do so is so that M. G. Editor Glenn Sundby can be relieved of this time consuming task and thereby insure that the magazine will r each the readers ' with the most complete meet r esults possible. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated and everyone will benefit.

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This writer has been preparing for two years now, "A History of Men's Competitive Gymnastics in the United States" and in the process has run across some very interesting facts ... many of which have been published in this column under the title "Did You Know That :" The following is another sample of these facts (I would appreciate receiving any information similar to the followin g from any of the Modern Gymnast readers. )

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

Frank Bare was the NCAA Side Horse Champion in 1952 . . . Ken Bartlett, now coach of Long Beach State College, 1953 NCAA Flying Rings Champion and Big Ten All-Around Champion . . .Ralph Bor­relli, UCLA Coach, was a former Champion High Bar performer . . . Erwin "Bud·" Beyer is a former (1938 ) CAA Parallel Bar, Side Horse and Long Horse Champion . .. Irv Faria , Coach at Sacramento S tate Col­lege, former Pacific Rope Climb Champion. Hay Frey and Bill Meade were teammates under Gene Wettstone around 1946, both were Champion Tumblers and All-Around performers (Gene, by the :way, was Big Ten All-Around Cham pion in 1935 and again in 1937) . . . J oe Giallombardo, probably the sports greates t High School Coach ever,

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was twice ational Tu-mbling Champion and runner-up the third year to George Szypula who then won four straight ... Eric Hughes, Coach at the University of Washington, was a member of the University of Illinois a­tional Championship Gymnastics team in 1941 (was also a member of the 1946 Univ. of Ill. Nat'l Champ. Track Team) . . . Newt Loken, successfu l Coach of the Uni­versity of Michigan, was National Long Horse Champion and All-around runner-up in 1943 while a Lt. in the Navy (Newt was also the Big Ten All-Around Champion in 1942) .. . Gordon Maddox, Coach at the California State College at Los Angeles, was the Rocky Mountain A.l!-Around and High Bar Champion in 1953 . . . Sam Bailie, Coach at the University of Arizona, twice recorded the highest score in dual meets against Finland . . . George Nissen was the Big T en and National Collegiate ( then known at the National Collegiate Championships) Tumbling Champion around 1935, '36, '37 .. . Chet Phillips, Coach at the Annapolis Navy Academy, was Eastern Intercollegiate and National Collegia te All· Around and High Bar Champion ' from 1935 to '37 and National High Bar Champion in 1939 . . . Russ Tamblyn, the Movie Star, was a former champion tumbler in the Southern California Area around 1952 .. . ETC.! ETC.!! ETC.!!!... This is just a starter ... NOW - let's hear from YOU!!

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the team acted splendidly and with great enthusiasm every time they were called upon to do a display. They were here again placed with families, and though I personally do not believe putting a tour· ing team up with families each night, we had to comply with the wishes of our hosts, as this of course ' is a matter of finan ce.

Our next stop, on t~.e 1.4tl> \pri1 , was in Port Elizabeth, another coastal town and here we had our most unfortunate and disorganized performance during the whcle trip. Two displays were held in a beautiful hall, but only 300 people atended in all. It was very embarassing for myself and probably Gil felt the same as I, but in spite of this the U. S. team again did their absolute best, though they probably felt like a singer standing in the desert.

The next morning, the 15th, we left before sunrise to do our longest stretch of 600 miles down to Cape Town. We had a stop on t.h .. roan and visited one of the ostritch. where Frank and Gil had the experience of being thrown off an ~strich. We also visited the Cango Caves. We arrived at our most southern point of South Africa on the 15th at night, for our third Test Match on the 16th. This was held at a swimming pool and our Prime Minister, Dr. Verwoerd , together with his wife, attended this Test Match. Un· fortunately, due to the outdor venue, the Cape Town people did not turn up as was expected and only 1,500 people saw the Tes t Match. The United States scored 55.65 against South Africa's 50.60.

The individual results were as follows: U. S. A. Set Voluntary Frank Schmitz 9.35 9.50 Steve Johnson 9.35 9.25 Nancy Smith 9.15 9.05 South Africa Martin Trimmer Marijke van den Boogaard Peter Melvin

8.65 8.80 8.30

8.40 8.05 8.40

Total 18.85 18.60 18.20

17.05 16.85 16.70

55.65

50.60 On the 17th the team also performed 2 displays at the Cape

Town Technical College for the students. On the 17th, 6 p.m. the U. S. team left by air for Johannesburg and then the team was taken to the Kruger National Park, which is a big game park and they spent 2 days there, looking at all the wild animals.

On Monday, the 20th, they performed in a little town called Thabazimbi' and the whole town turned up to see them. which was .very gratifying.

On the 21st the team performed in Rustenburg, which is approxi· mately 80. miles from Johannesburg and on the 15th they rt![urIlt!J to J ohannesburg and booked into a hotel on the same night. The 4th Test Match was held in Pretoria before a crowd of 2,000 people that night. As this was indoors and all conditions were good, the test turned out to be a good exhibition of trampolining at its best. Again Frank Schmitz took (he first place. The United States scored 56.50 against South Africa 's 53.60. The individual results were as follows:

U. S. A. Set Voluntary Total Frank Schmitz 9.60 9.60 19.20 Steve Johnson 9.15 9.40 18.55 Nancy Smith 9.35 9.40 18.75 56.50 South Africa Peter Melvin 9.10 9.00 18.10 Marijke van den Boogaard 9.00 ", 9.000 18.00 Nick Hayes 8.75 8.75 17.50 53.60

On Thursday, 23th April, the team went to a little town 120 miles from J ohannesburg, called Lichtenburg, and gave one per· formance at an agricultural show. They returned the same night .

The followin g day, Friday 24th, they gave one exhibition in Vereeniging, approximately 30 miles from Johannesburg, which was witnessed by approximately 5,000 people.

On Saturday, 25th the 5th and final Test Match was held in Johannesburg. Again it was an outdoor event, and as the weather is rather chilly this time of the year in Johannesburg, it probably scared a lot of people from attending and we only had 600· 700 people. The United States won again, comfortably, with 56.70 against South Africa's 54.25 and tbe individual results were as follows: U. S. A. Frank Schmitz Steve Johnson Nancy Smith South 'Africa

Set 9.60 9.25. 9.30

Voluntary 9.75 9.50 9.30

Total 19.35 18.75 18.60

Peter Melvin 9.20 9.15 18.35 Marijke van den Boogaard 9. 10 8.95 18.05

56.70

Martin Trimmer 8.80 9.05 17.85 54.25 On Sunday, the 26th, the team departed from Jan Smuts Airport

with the S. A. Boeing 707 for their home country and left , I 'am sure, 'many friends and admirers to remember them for a long time to come. It was rather sad that the tour was over, but I am sure that the United States team was also rather glad to get back home. Although the tour was tremendously strenuous for them on

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many occasions, as they performed 63 ' times during their 47 day stay, apart from travelling approximately 6,000 miles, I hope they will attach pl easant memories to their · tour of South Africa.

The S. A. Amateur Trani'poline Union is tremendously grat,eful to you and your Assoc iation to have availed such a wonderful team and I can assure you that they have made tremendous propaganda for trampolining in South Africa. We certainly also hope that this tour will be the first in a long chain of tours to South Africa.

* * * GERMAN SCHOOL PRO~RAM

We thought y~u might like to take an inside look at the School Program of gymnastics as currently being used in t,ermanv. The following is a translation of an article from the DEUTSCHES TURNER MAGAZINE by Mr. Bruno Johnke of Warrington, Florida (USGF Interpreter) .

HE WEST GERMAN SCHOOLS' GYMNASTICS PROGRAM THE WEST GERlVIAN SCHOOLS' GYM ASTICS PROGRAM

(A brie/ .from an article in Deutsches Tumen) The exercises prescribed for the "German Youth Games" have

in many cases become an easy out for the leaders of youth and children's groups in the German Gymnastics Federation (DBT ). The yellow pamphlets in which the exercises are explained have also helped many of the group leaders to dodge their chores. Is it their lack of imagination or are these leaders afraid to provide for their youn gsters a program which is more in line with the tradition of our DTB. Actually , we should be glad to see that these "Yellow exercises" - which should form the basis for our DTB youth com· petitions - are so much appreciated. But we think, the way it is done, is a little evaggerated. .

The Youth Games Program has also expanded a great deal since it started ten years ago. There are now 51 different exercises for boys to chose from. In the girls division there are 67, which means that a teacher who has cooed classes has more than 100 exercises and combinations to remember.

The excellent yellow folders, the training aids, charts with dia· grams and illustrations, are a great help. (At the same time they are a mean to teach the children some nomenclature.) But there is no doubt that the same teacher is also responsible for most of the optiunal exercises.

The new expanded program is designed . to give more opportuni, ties to heavyset and tall pupils. They now may choose a different combination of exercises and avoid thus an apparatus which would otherwise make it impossible for them to participate.

The scheduled two hours of gymnastics does not seem enough to cover all this material. Especially the optionals do not get that proportion of time which should be devoted to them.

The technical committee of the organizers has finally conse~ted to include optional exercises for classes 3· 7. However, there will be no award for those who take the risk to do a difficult optional exercise instead of an easier compulsory exercise.

There is al so the choice of compulsory parts: For some divisions there are 3 prescriQed parts, three of which have to be used by the competitor to compose his own exercise by adding some of his own (optional) parts. Thus the schools leave plenty of room for the advanced pupils who work out in our DTE.

Although there are many different combinations of competition they always contain exercises on the four basic apparatus (Horizontal Bar, Parallel Bars, Horse, Floor) . The difference in the combinations is given by the choice of compulsory or optional exercises (or by the choice of compulsory or optional parts.) The only possibility to by-pass one of the 4 basic apparatus is to substitute one of the prescribed combination exercises which consist of a row of move­ments from one apparatus· to another (e.g. dismount from horizontal bar, tumbling movement (cartwheel) and vault over side horse) .

The fact that only one and at the most only two of the exercises in a competition are optional speaks well for the idea that the more favored optionals shall not crowd out the less pleasant but education­ally more valuable compulsory exercise.

There are even competitions for rural schools which have no proper facilities. A log can be placed on two work}lOrses which will allow children to balance uv.er and at the same time allows vaulting (side horse vaulting). And there is always the opportunity for floor exercises ( tumbling and free ex. ) Combined with these are Medicin balls, skipping and any available playground equipment.

There are about 3"h to 4 million pupils who will participate in these " Games." 25%, i.e. not quite one million, are youngsters fram the DTB. About 100,000 from our ranks cannot participate since they do not go to school, (drop·outs).

The DTB will have nation-wide annual gymnastics competitions beginning in the Fall of 1965. This will be a welcome addition to German Youth Games and it will be more in line with our tradition in which the compulsory exercises are dominating.

ARTISTIC GY i'vINASTICS IN NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOLS

by M. Donald Adolph- Director of American

Gymnast ics Associa tion

Martin Van Buren H.S.-Retired

Artistic gymnasti cs history was made by twen ty· four selected high schools in the iVl etropolitan area durin g the ea rl y part of February, 1964.

The Board of Education through the Bur· eau for Health Educa tion approved for the first time Public School Athletic League "interschooL gyii .... ,'7-astic nteets.

The competing schools through their de­voted teacher-coaches could enter up to three eligible boys in each of the following six events: (1 ) Free (Floor) Exercises; ( 2) Side Horse; (3) Horizontal Bar ; (4) Parallel Bars; (5 ) Tumbling and (6) Rope Climbing.

As each competitor was called for his turn , he had to demonstrate his arti stic gy mnastic skill by a "routine" for the event. The official two judges "score" the routine from 0 to 10 points basis by deductions of tenths and whole points for typical fault s. The experienced judges take into considera· tion as a ba5is for scoring the im port an t factors of difjiwlty and combination which supplement proper execution and precision. The competitor getting the highest total scores of the two judges is awarded first place, with a value of six points. Second place is worth four points; third place, three points; fourth place, two points; and fifth place, one point. The team scorin g the highest total number of poin ts for tht' six events wins the meet.

The above significant breakthrough has had a vitalized affect on the teachers of phy­sical education and a most enthusiasti c response by the students. However, much is ye t to be accomplished by our students (boys and girls, too) in the yea rs ahead . All teachers must further encourage and guide the growth and qualit v development of artistic gymnasti cs. With determined dedi­cation and zealous effort s we can lead our you th to Olympian heights.

Each teacher and / or coach has evolved and developed through former teachers or other media individual technics of teaching basic and. advanced skills of gymnastics. The writer is no exception. However, it is my intense desire after thirty· five years as a teacher, as a form er competitor and coach,. and as a Gymnastic judge to give the younger men and women in the profession, to offer what I believe to be some pertinent and germane high points concerning the fore­go ing events.

THE FLOQR .EXERCISE: The floor ex­ercise routine must be limited according to F.I.G . rules to a squared area of 12 by 12 meters. During the fifty to seventy seconds duration of the routine the competitor should shift in different directions and should in­clude elements or movements combining suppleness, s trength, dives, leaps, rolls, holds, and balances all done with harmony, grace. and rhythlll. No other event offers the free­dom of imagination and style than the floor exercise. Readily, can the reader see and understand the import of the mastery of tumbling skill s. Enough emphasis canlll~t be placed on th e jact that th ese tumbling skills must be learned and relearned in a disciplined manner as to jorm and execu­tion jrom the jirst grade on and through th e secondary school grades. Not only does tumbling have a distinct carry-over value

to the floor exercise but is an essential basic requirement for all artisti c gymnastics. An experienced judge in scorin g this even t is aware of the distinct values for each of the parts of the exercise and the deductions that have to be made for typical fault s as insufficient fluency in execution, insufficient height in leaps and dives, bent body, legs open during handsprin gs, neck kips, and somersault s.

THE SIDE HORSE: Most gymnasts and no doubt coaches too consider the side horse as the most diffi cult apparatus used in gym­nasti cs. A routine exercise should include leg circles in both directions, consecutive sc issors forward and rearward , passes of one and both legs, undercuts, and "Khers" and "Moores". The exercise must make use of all three parts of the horse (neck, saddle, and croup) and be performed in a r hythmic, swjnging, flowin g pattern with no stops. Some of the typ ical fault s (with appropria te ded uctions ) include stopping in a support , bad form, body bent , lack of rhythm, and pass in g legs under hands too low.

An enthusiasti c teacher on all school levels can devise movements that include elements of support, swin gs, and vaults toward the ob jectives of the development of neure-mus­cu'lar coordination, fl exibility, agi lity of movement, strength, and endurance. The em­ppasis in teachin g each skill as well as in testing achievement should be upon form as well as perjormance. There are excellent .gymnasti c references and audio-visual aids lhat neophytes in the profess ion can resort to for guidance.

THE HORIZO TAL BAR: Without a doubt the most enticing piece of apparatus is the horizontal bar. Most beginners and even Olympic champions find the bar thril­ling and daring. Probably the grea test thrill J had as a beginner in gymnasti cs (as it is for all beginners ) was when I learned to do " the giant swing". To see an accompl ished gyrnnast perfonn his free- flowin g , sw inging routine which combine a variety of giant turns and twists and drop kips and hip circles with a high va lue dismount is to witness beautiful poe try in motion. Some typical faults include the bending of the arms and tilt' legs, touchin g the bar with the fee t or legs, and the body and shoulders not in a verti ca l pos ition in performin g a handstand.

During regular class mst ruction period s pupils should be reminded to use proper gras ps and to be "spotted" by a trained leader at all times. Magnesium chalk must be used by all to prevent hands from slip­ping. At no time should a performer at­tempt such advanced skill s as a giant swing or a fl yaway without the proper r eadiness and full understand ing of the elements in­volved. All advanced skill s should be lea rned always with the use of the safety belt and with the careful guidance of the teacher-coach and trained spo tters. The temptation to try to do these advanced skills seems to be ever present for some of our students.

THE PARALLEL BARS: Beginning gym­nasts appear to develop their skills on the P·Bars more readily than on the other ap­paratus. With sufficient muscle power and the skill of swinging and vau lting a per­former can readily combine a progressive seri es of basic skills in the optional routine. A typical routine may include al'l uori se, press shoulder stand , shoulder roll , kip , s traddle cut to support , L-position, press handstand, and straddle dismount. In every routine the swing and fli ght phases should predominate. The exercise should also con­tain static parts involving strength. Deduc­tion s are made for faulty execution as well as for fault s of a technical nature i.e. , bad

posit ion of fee t, hands, body or head and poor execution of conn ecting and full move­ment s.

T UMBLING: Of all events in gymnastics, tumbling takes on the most import an t as ­pect. Its carry-over is tremendous. A proper foundation in this area should be initiated in the primary grades of all schools. Hop­ping, jumping, leap ing, rolling, and sprin g­ing are the natura l acti vi ti es of growin g boys and girls. As teachers we can help them develop self-confidence, body form , and grace. When our learners achieve a sense of accomplishment through successful endeavor then our task of "gymnastics edu­ca tion " becomes easier and easier.

We must proceed from the simple to the more advanced skill s. It is essential always to start with limbering and loosening exer­cises; a warm-up is a must in all gy mnastics. When in doubt about any skill or exercise any stand ard reference should prove help­~ ul. The selected .bibliography that follows is indeed worthwhile. Tumbling and Rope Climb are two events that are not on the international program and therefore are not under the jurisdiction of the Interna­tional Amateur Gymnasti c Federation (FIG) . In our interschool meets, instead of limiting a competitor to four routines of not over two minutes duration on a work­in g surface of sixty feet long, we should modify the rules and adjust them to meet the best condit ions avai lab le. However, after ge ttin g a running start, a con testant while performill g a stra ight mat routine should be penalized with deductions should any part of the body touch the fl oor on either side of the mats. The diffi culty of the con ­tes tant's routines (two sugges ted ) or pro­gression of tum bling skill s with the ease, rhythm, and suppl eness of execution are the guidin g fa ctors taken into consideration by the judges.

Under pressure of competition our high school gy mnasts must improve. Their result­ing performances will , I'm convinced, dem­onstrat e that they are in complete control of their bodies and its movements. Their exercises will portray grace, style, rhythm, elegance, and precision . Truly an aesthNical performance or arti stic gymnasti cs.

The followin g limited bibliography of basic books on artistiC gymnastics was pre­pared especially for the yo unger and per­haps less experienced teachet s interested in growth and development of the newer activi ty in our schools.

1. The Modem Gymnast Magazine P.O. Box 611 , Santa lVl onica, California.

2. Handbook oj Progressive Gymnastics, by Tom De Carle, Prentice-Hall, Inc. N.Y.

3. Complete Book lo j Gymnastics, by N. Loken and R. Willoughby, Prentice-Hall , N.Y.

4. Teacher's Gliide For Men's Gymnastics, by Pat Yeager, Wide World Publica tions, Stat esboro , Georgia

5. Teacher's Guide For Women's Gym­nastics, by Pat Yeager, Wide World (above)

6. TlImbiing and Balancin g For A ll, by George Szypula, Will. C. Brown Co., Du· buque, Iowa

.7 Gymnastics-Beginner to Oompetitor, by Wesley K . Ruff, Will . C. Brown , Dubuque, Io wa

8. G ymnastics and Tumbling, by Price, Huntle t, and Loken, Barnes & Co., New York

9. i\I/odern. Girl Gymnast, by Walter Lien · t' rt , Ant henaeum Turners, Michigan & New J ersey Streets, Indianapolis, Indiana

10. Gymnastic Textbook, by Newt Loken & Robert Willoughby, Prentice-Hall , Inc. New York

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PORTER ATHLETIC' EQ UIPMENT INTRODUCES COL<;lR EPOXY FINISHES

FOR SERIES 2000

Color has come to gymnasium equip­ment with announcement by the Porter Athletic Equipment Co. that its 1964 line of Series 2000 apparatus is available w ith bases and uprights finished in a choice of colors.

Series 2000. Porte r 's top line of gym­nasium equipment f can now be ordered with bases finished in durable epoxy­polyamide in a choice of turquoise, mar­oon, brown or antique white. Uprights on

. (he new ~o lor li ne a re f inished in epoxy­. polyamide white.

In ' addition to being.:_?~t~~~ctive, the cpoxy- po!ycmidc colc. ' "II.;II I C.:o UI c Uii­

usually durable and resi st chipping , fad­ing and peel ing . V irtuall y mo intenance­free, they can be cleaned w it h ord inary soap and water.

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For additional inf ormation, write to Sid Brunk, Porter Athletic Equipment Co., 9555 Irving Pork Rd. , Schil ler Park , III.

~EW WOMEN'S GYMNASTIC EQUIPMENT CATALOG

A new 4-poge , 4-color catalog of wom­en 's gymnastic equipment is now a va ilable from Nissen Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

T he new catalog features t he uneven parallel bar, side horse, balance bea m, trar)sporters , Paneli te gym mats, Trampo­I ines, spott ing be lts and overhead spot­ting -suspensions and a new cha lk stand.

For your free copy, write: Nissen Corp.) 930-27th A v e. S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

NEW UNBREAKABLE PARALLEL BARS New fused wood parallel bars which a re

virtually unbreakable have recentl y been developed by Nissen Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The new Permo-Wood bars defy b reak­age, .yet they offer optimum resiliency for t op-not ch performance. An exclusive multi-lamination process, fusing wood to­gether under ext remel y h.lQh pressure , makes the difference.

The r'iew bars will now be standard on all Nissen paralle l and uneven parallel bars. Permo-Wood replacement bars for older models are a va ilable for $76.00 per pair. For more information write: N issen Corporati on, 930-27th Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapi ds, Iowa.

GYM MASTER ADJUSTABLE SPRING BOARD

Gym Master Company announces the first Spring Board ever made with an ad­justable fulcrum and' an all-steel bose. This completely redesigned model is the most v ersatile, practical and durable Spring Boord unit ever mar keted.

The all-new adjustable fulcrum is rub­ber-covered and permits the take-off bodrd to be adjusted, quickl y and easi ly, approximately- 8 inches from " haru" t o "sof(" ~n~ to. all ~ettings in between.

T he only sim ilarity bet ween Gym Mos­ter's old model and the new adjustab le Spring Boord-is the conventiona l - looking takeoff board, mode of eight separate hickory slots. This is the on ly wood used in the entire unit. The newly designed base is now constructed of steel tube , with non­marring floor protectors.

The new adiustment feature makes the Gym Moster Spring Board completely functional~ideal f or beginners or l ight­weight children-and adoptable in sec­onds 1-0 accommoda I e I he m o re advanced performer or heavier person.

NEW SAF·T·S IDES FOR TRAMPOLINE New cushioned platforms for spotting

and instruction on the Trampoline have tJeen developed by Nissen Corp .

Saf-T-Sides a re ideal for -close-in spot: ting and a lsc se rve as 'ready' stations for students between turns. The nylon­v iny l covered urathane f oam pads a r e supported by an auxiliary steel framework wh ich attaches on both sides of the trampoline. Frame pods cover frame and suspension system and are held firmly in place by plastic coated spring steel clips. The auxiliary framework folds up simu l­taneousl y wi t h the trampoline frame. Sof­T -Sides are designed to fit any N issen Regulation Flashold Trampol ine.

For more information, w ri te: Nissen .,corp. , 930-27th Ave., S.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, .

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Gym Masters' Bob Fenner and Jack We. lery, shown with the ir new multi-purpose gym un it which was demonstrated ea rl ier thi s year ot the Western Gymnastics Clinic in Tucson, Arizona.

Side Horse

Horizontal Bar

Poro'llels

Rings

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NOTHING IN ENGLISH v ear 1v1r. SUlldby:

Since w e h a d o ur Modern Gymnas ti cs m ee t h ere at our college I have r ece iyed m a ny le tters fro m all sections of the coun­try inc luding Canada.

I was very h appy to see that so many p eopl e h e re in Anl e rica a r e inte r es t e d in Modern GYJ11nastics. Everyone is asking l11 e if I could send any infonna Uon or sources on thi s matte r. I wou ld like to ask you Mr. Sundby if you co uld please som e h ow let it b e known to th ese M e n and Women. tha t t h e r e is nothin g on t hi s matte l' in the English lang uage . The r e are several written books about Modern Gym­nast i cs in 111 a ny European languag'e~, and if they wou ld b e abl e to r ead in one or two languages I coul d g iYe som e h elpfu l infornla tiOH.

I would li k e to a lso bring to the a tten ­tion o f th e Ame rica n Gymnasts that I a m in the process of wri t ing 2 books of gym­nastics ;

Book 1 w ill inc lude: a) a. i.ong history of gymnas tics b) W OlH en 's gY l11nastics: free exe r c ise ,

111 0dern gYlllnast ics free exer c ise , h a nd a ppa ratu s with balls, h oop s , indian c lubs, r op es, balance b eam, va ulting, uneven parall el bars .

Book 2 w ill inc lude : M e n 's gymnast ics: fr ee eexr c ise, horizonta l bar, parall el bars, side horse , long horse, s till rings.

S incerely y ours , 1\'1r. Geza vo n Martiny

College of H oly Nam es 3500 Mountain Blvd. Oa khland 19, Calif.

M .G . EDITOR ' S GOOF Dear Gle nn:

I ca n r ecognize a ll my competito r s on t h e AAHP ER COl1\'ent io n photo page but AMER I CA;-.,r seems to b e miss in g from t h is important r e p or t in the las t M.G.

S ince r ely, B ill Sor e nsen, P r esid e n t Am e rican Athl e t ic Equ ipm e nt Co. J efferson , Iowa.

De a r Bill : Your picture was intended t o be u sed

a nd marked to be printed from the can · t ac t s heet. Somehow it did n ot come back fro m th e dark room wi th the others, a nd I in a ll my rush as usua l, did no t double c heck a nd used th e .ones o n h and.

Ed .

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CHAMP D ea r G le nn:

Enc losed is a picture of Bill Diggins, a ll Hround c h anlpio n of Penn sy l vania, which ! h op e yo u can use in a future issu e .

I n o t iced in your May -June issu e that you had a run down on the Eas t e rn States !l1\' ita tiona l h eld at T e mple in whic h Penn Hi ll s p laced second by on ly 1* p o ints . In tha t m ee t Bi ll sco r ed a ll 26 p.o ints for Pen n Hill s d e fea ting the New York s tate c ha mpio n ::; and a lnlost , vinning the t ea nl ehampions hip fo r u s .

Bill will be a ttending Mic higan State in the fall and I expect B ill t o become a fin e gym nas t for George Szyp ula in the CO In­ing yea r s.

K eep up the fin e wo r k 0 11 your Inagazin e . It has been a tremendous h e lp t o me in coac hing a nd t eaching.

S incere ly, Jack Frowen Gymnas tic Co ach Penn H ill s Hig h School

LOST FILM Dea r Mr. Su ndby:

I have lost a very valuabl e gymnast ic film a nd am wondering if a notice to the effect cou ld be publis h e d in th e Modern Gynllulst in case SOlneon e saw it th ey mig ht let m e know. I fee l that th is film was open ed and took o ut of th e case d e ­libe ra te ly beca use of the way it was pac k e d. O f course it is my f a ult becau se I did not ins ure it. A lesson learn e d th e h a r d way I a m a fra id . The fil m w as our ; 1964 Mic higan State High School Gymnast ic F ilm h e ld a t H ills­dal e High School, Hill sd a le, Mi c higa n . This info rmation is on the film a nd it con s is te d o f s60' o f 16 mm colore d film. Any help :your m agazine ca n g ive in helping to 10 -ea t e this film w ill b e muc h appr ec iated. I had sent it to m y fr iend Ed Bengston , Coac h at Auburn University, Auburn , Al­aba m a . H e r eceived the case brok e n ope n but no film. Efforts are b e ing made with th e Post Off ices but so far n o luc k.

If som eo n e s h oulc1 see it or know o f it s wh erea~out I w ould appreciate hearing from t h em.

Dea r Gle nn ,

S incerely Hill s dal e High School J a m es R. Inman Ath letic Director H ill s dale, M ic higa n.

DISMA YED

r r ead with d is ma y th e S id e horse see t ion o f th e " Proposa l fo r th e Ke w Cod e of Dif fi­e ulty" for USGF on p. 13 - 15 o f the 1Iay ­.June MG. This cod e may ind eed be based o n th e F.I.U. rules as it says, but th e F. I.C. h:l ~ thus f a r b een unabl e to d e \' i se a se n­s ibl e cod e of diffi c ulty (for s ideh or se), a nd

I see littl e r ea s() n for gymnas ts in the US A h<l \'in g' to l'o mpe t e h e re by such a cong' l o lll­e r ation o f unlearnable rul es. It might be arg'ued that the USA sh ou ld use even in­fe ri or rules in o rder to preserv e confonnity with th e r es t of the world. This argum e nt is \'alid on ly if s u c h conformity w e re neces­sary to ins ure that our gymnast s u se a r easonable degTee o f diffic ulty in the ir routin es for int e rnatio nal ('o lllpe tit ion. I do not h e li e \'e that a t ruly b e tte r "od e of diffi c ulty wou ld alter our gymnasts' c h oice of tri c k s, nor their p erform a nce of them, and so I don't think that w e n eed t o (',fl ll­f o rm.

L e t m e s tate t h e conditi o n s whic h I h e li e\'e a ny eod e of diffi c ulty s h o uld fu lfill:

I. It s hou ld b e a s comple t e as poss ibl e ( i. e. it s h ould list and rate the diffi c ult y o f ever y tri c k w hi c h has n ny Cho.lH'C r;f being used in compet itio n; it s hould at l eas t g'in:" n ru le f o r rat ing nny combina tkm o f tric k s .) 2. It f-i h o uld utilize n simpl e "1,nd logic a l t erlllinol og'y . :1. The code s h o uld be s uffiCie ntly s impl e to be r e m enlbered and r ecall ed almost instantly by any competent judge. 4. It goes w itho u t saying that th e cod e sh ou ld Illnl{e no Inis leading contradictorr , 0 1' inaccurate ~tate ln e nts . T s ubmit that the code pro p osed for ~ id e·

horse by the USG F fa il s in points I , 2, a lH1 4, a nd lea \'es n1uc h to be d es ir ed in point 2 .. I'll be more s p eci fi c and ta k e t h e poin t:; o ne hy o ne:

1. Th e pnoposed code mentions o n ly 5 out o f 14 bask ~ id eh o rse tri c k s p e rformed fro lll doubl e - leg- e irc-l es. I am not talk ing' about ("c llnuina ti on !') , ju ~ t ~i ngl e t ri ck s . Eye n if yo u d is"ount th e adm itted ly rare ly -seen ""oun t e r-tri cks" (tri c k s with r e \' e r se tUl'lls ) , and t h e back-hop , you st ill have two rath e r COll11l1 0 n trick s, the back-nloor e and the back-troml e t, whic h w e r e n ot m entio n ed. And as for cO ll1bina tion s ! ! Th e cod e li sts only a tiny fra c tion of the pnf-'~ i b il iti es, nnd g' ives n o ru le g eneral en oug-h t o ('ove r th e n1,

2. Th e t e rminology of the USGF cod e See nUi to be a rando m nl ixture of European. a!ld fuz~y ol d Alner i can gYlnnas ti c expres ­.s Ions With a f e,,' r easonable t e rnl s thro~vn in al so. A good t erminology w o u ld use a sing'l e word to d escr ibe eac h fundnn1enta i !I·i r k. a nd use addit iona l w ords to d esc l'ibe (- losely r e la ted tric k s . For example, "kehre " instead of "double r ear vau lt ... Th e foHow­ing char t li sts th e fundam enta l " high tri ck s ", 'rh e na illes w er e ch osen fro III those used w id e ly in the USA today, but so m e a r e pl'o l>osed extenSIons of the na l11 es, w hich makes the term in.o logy co n s is t e nt. (These ex te n s io n s are not a ll Offi c ial) .

Tro mmle t Bac k - tl'Omml e t l\Ioor e Bnck - Ill oor e Counter-nloo r e

('nun te r - hac k -moore K ehre Back-kehre (Rtockli ) Counte r -

k ehre Cou nter-back-k ehre H o p Back-hop Gaunter-hop (durha m )

Counte r-ba ck-hop Also n eeded is a In enns t o d isti ng'ui s h

tric k s wh ic h a r e d o n e s e para t e l)' f ro m those wh Ich a r e run t oge t h er into a ('o rn b ina t i on, F'Ol' exnmpl e. o n e ca n do a trollnn iet to fl h a lf e ire- Ie to a k ehre , o r e iRe o n e can run

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th em t og-e thel' and d o : trom nil<; t-k ehre, omitting' in th e process th e end o f th e t l'Onllnle t ft nd the b eg-inning of the l(ehre. heg' in ning' o f t h e k ehre. Th e [;SGF terminolog.v d oes not anow you to di ~t in g'uish easily between the~e . Th e ~all1 e i ~ t rue in a 111ultitude of o th er ~ ll (' h cft~e~ . ';0 that n ob ody ca n accu se m e o f ('\'iti c,i zin g' without offering suggesti O\1 S, J am preparing" a n nrt i<'l e on Ricl eh or se te l'lll­ino l og-y, whieh I will send a l on g sh ortly foO l' p oss ible u se in th e M.G .

3. A c ursory l ook a t th e USGF s id ehorse cod e would !-iuffi ce t o cOl1yinc e a lmost :1.ny­on e t h at i t would take a r em arkable minel to r eca ll i t quickly enough a nd well en ou g h to r ate routine~ done in m eet s. Altho a e]etai l ed ~)'stem o f this sort would prob ab l y h e yery fa ir it could be used su ccessfull y, it i s unfortuna t el y m o re desirab l e to h ave a sOIn ewh a t l ess fait' sys t ern whic h ca n b e u sed . EinRte in hirnself w,ould pro bably have shudder ed at th e thoug ht o f the m en tal t ask invo!\'ed in u s ing the USGF cod e.

4. Th e sta t em ent (:-;ro l 12) in the cod e, ,vhic h r ead s : "Th e r e is no C lTIOVe in s ide ­h or "e event. But C combinat i on s onl y." is ("e rt a inl~r unfair. 1'111 sure that if the w riter s o f the code h a d r ecalled th e exis­tence of "counter-tri cks" , they " 'QuId not ha\" e writt e n state m ent ~,O. 12. These nloves a l'e not cornbinati on s, and a r e so difficult thftt t o call them anything but C -m oves wOlll cl h e r idi cu l o u s.

Statem ents No. 10 and No. 11 a r e, I think, a lso quite bad. No. 10 r ead s : "A n A m nve th"t i s performed p erfectly sh a ll be coun ted rt!-; an A-nl0Ye with n o d ed uct io n f or f orm :1 nd ~xe(' uti.o n. An)' thing l ess tha n p erfect ~hou l d r ece i ve a d edu c tion. After a ll. wl1ftt i s the 5-point a llotment supposed to be for, if n ot t o t a k e ca r e o f t his type of situation ? Th e eliffic ulty r at ing o f ea ch trick sh ou l d b e set a nd invariable. Oth erwi se th e system l ack s a firm foundat i on , and judges w ill hR\-e too 111any factor s t o (',o n ~ i d er Sin1tl1-tiln eou sl y .

l\{v o bjection to s tatenl en t N o. 11 i s silnila l' in na ture. Tt i s just an ex tra conl­plica tion in th e syst em ; som ething m or e to di stract t h e judges du'ring an exercise. And anY"'ay, ,\'hat i s "a n unusu al cOlllbin­a tion of nn A 111ove" supposed to ln ea n ?

Perhaps it s11.0 u l d b e p o inted out h er e that th e USGF i s not alone in prop os ing­unmanage"bl e gym n asti c codes. Th e AAU's cod e is just a s bad, a nd i t h as been " u ser] " fot' y('a l·~. All o f it seenl S to o rig inate in the FIG, but su ch a l arge org-anizati o n i s slow in adopting n ew w ays. So I su gges t that \\ . ., beg in first at home, h er e in th e USA, and w h o knows?, s 0111 ed a y even the FlU may f oHow ou r l ead .

Y ours trul y, Ru ssell Mi lls

ED. Th a nks Russ , as you noted, the U.S. G .F . Cod e is based on the current F .1. G. rules, which is the starting base for th e U.S.G.F . Rules Com mittee . However we will not stand still and with the h elp of young a nd progressive enthus iasts , such as yourself, we will go forward t o t ake the lead in the U .S.A.

MEN O~HE BEAM ~'lr . Sundby.

E nc l osed fi nd o n inter est ing photo which was tak e n at t h e '''Testern GY lnn ;.-u; ti C's C lini c last C h r i stm as. Le f t to right is: Joe :'\appi, (S. T. U.) : M ilo Uardwell , (Foothill ). an(l Jim Gi u ssi , (San Jose State).

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SUMMER GYMNASTICS Dear G l enn,

Th e Denver Public School s o ffe i' each SUll1ln e r a r ecr eat ion prog ranl in Gyrnnas­tics a nd ~Weigh t training. The dura ti o n of the acth' ity i s s ix w eek s . The workout pro­grams h eld each night from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. T o attrac t people inter es ted in gym­nas tic" , the nig hts are a lte l'l1atecl b etween Lincoln High (on the w est s id e of D em 'e!') and George ,Vashingto n High (on the east side o f Den ver ) . This sys t em allows the b~)ys a nd g' irls w i t h n o tl'al1 sportnt ion oil ('h a nce t o work out, The progTu m i s de­s ig'n ed f o r boys and gi rl s in the ninth g rade and . abo\'e , E ven thou g h th e progr a m "'a~ (] es ig-n ecl for a dults, m or e or l ess, w e have SO tn e very talented young boy~ and g' jrls helow th e ninth g rad e pal'ti c ipatins', Th e pl'ogra n1 a lso offers competing g'ymnast:-:; a n o pportunity to stay in shape . Attend­an ce to the evening' w orkouts was v e l'\' good ;t\"el'aS'ins' about 1;)0 Inen Hnd boy's and about 50 g'i l' l s and l adies. The at ln os ­pher e of the workouts ,vas v ery con g'eni a l with e\"eryon e h elping e\"erybod y el se,

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