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editor: This month the World Games for Gymnastics are being held in Ljubjlana (Cerar's home town), Yugoslavia, Oct. 22-27. Although this will be the 17th World Games it will only be the 4th time a full USA team has entered the competition. In 1955 Jack Beckner (then in the service in Europe) and Charlie Simms (who made a wh irlwind hitch­hiking tour through the aid of the armed forces) com­peted in the World Games held in Rome, Italy along with others in a mixed team. The first Official USA Men's team consisting of Larry Banner, Abie Grossfeld, Art Shurlock, Don Tonry and Armando Vega went to Moscow, Russia in 1958 and placed 7th with 539.85 (Russia 575.45, Japc;:m 572.60, Finland 549.15, Poland 541 .85, Y!Jgslavia 541.05 ). Schaklin of Russia won t he All-A round with 116.05 followed by Ono of Japan - 115.60, Titov (R) -115.45, Takemoto (J)-115.30 ... The USA Men's team (the U.S. also sent a girls team for the first time) to Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1962 were- Banner, Gross­feld , Bob Lynn, Fred Orlofsky, Tonry and Vega. They took 6th place with 555.25 (Japan 574.65, Russia 573.15, Czechoslovakia 561 .50, Red China 559.00 and Italy 555.25). Yuri Titov of Russia won the All-Around with 115.65, Yukio Endo of Japan was second with 115.50, followed by Schaklin (R) 115.20, Ono (J) 115.15, Cerar (Y) 114.95 and Mitsukuri (J) 114.30. Don Tonry placing 21 st with 11l.70 was the highest USA scorer ... For the 1966 World Games in Dortmund, Germany, the USA sent Kanati Allen, Steve Cohen, Arno Lascari, Fred Roesthlis­berger, Makoto Sakamoto, Tonry and Greg Weiss. Here we again took 6th place with a score of 550.40 (Japan 575.15, Russia 570.90, East Germany 561 .00, Czecho­slovakia 551 .20 and Poland 550.60). Top All-Around scorer was Voronin of Russia with 116.15 followed by Tsurmi of Japan with 115.25, Nakayama 114.95, Cerar 114.75, Menichelli (Italy) 114.65 and Kato (Japan) 114.60. Makoto Sakamoto with 11 2.1 5 placed 16th to be the highest USA scorer.

* * * The USA for this coming championship will have two veterans of World Games competition, Kanati Allen and Makoto Sakamoto along with International competitors, Paul Tickenoff and Fred Turoff (who with Sakamoto rep­resented the USA in the recent World University Games in Italy), Marshall Avener, George Greenfield, Tom Lindner and Brent Simmons. Olympians Thor and Hug potential World Games team members were both set aside with injuries which prevented them from taking part in the trials of training camp ~rogra~ to qualify for the team.

~ * ::: With the naming of Gene Wettstone to head up a national coaching staff this past year along with a planned na­tional team training program we expect the USA to make a giant stride forward in International Competition. We hope this years team will move us up a couple of rungs higher on the I nternational Gymnastic ladder and head us toward the individual and team Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals we have long been reaching for but never captur­ing ... GOOD LUCK TEAM!!!

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m THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

VOLUME XII

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OCTOBER NUMBER 10

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ... .. .. .. .. ... ... Glenn Sundby 4 MG MADEMOISELLES ...................... ... ... .. ... ... . 6 CHALK TALK ......... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ....... .. .. ..... 7 ViEWPOINTS ............... .......... . ... .. .... . Dick Criley 8 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES ........ ..... .. Jerry Wright 8 THE WORLD GAME TRIALS AND NATIONAL TEAM

THE BEGINNING ..... ... .. ..... Dr. Joseph Massimo 10 WORLD GAME TRAILS .......... ... Hill Roeztheim 10

EIGHTH ANNUAL SANTA MONICA GYMFEST ........................ ...... Smith, Sakoda, Sundby 12

MG CENTER PHOTO: Mark Davis, swinging rings, Santa Monica Gymfest ...... .......... ...... . ... .. 16

MG INTERVIEW: SAKAMOTO .. ... .. .. ....... Ken Sakoda 18 ELIMINATION COMPETITION FOR THE

JAPANESE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S TEAM ... .... ..... ........ .... .. Abie Grossfeld 20

OBSERVATIONS OF THE JAPANESE GYMNAST'S OPTIONAL EXERCISES 1970 ... ... . Abie Grossfeld 21

SCOUTING REPORT OF THE 1970 JAPANESE COMPULSORY EXERCiSES .. ... ..... Abie Grossfeld 22

NHK CUP AND FINAL TRIALS FOR THE JAPANESE WORLD GAMES TEAM ........... ... . Dan Connelly 23

LETTERS .......... .... ........ ....... ...... ..... ....... ... ... . 24 THIRD INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL ... Les Sasvary 26 LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS .. ...... ............. ....... 26 BOOK REViEWS .......... .. ... ... .. ... ... .. ..... ....... ... .. 30 U.S.A. NATIONAL RANKINGS .... ......... Jerry Wright 31

(over, Bob Smith photo of Richard Pasca le perfo rming a fu ll·twisting Arabian dive roll during his FX routi ne at the ann ual Santa Monica Gymfest.

PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

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For the October MG Mademoiselle we decided to feature a montague of some of the bikini­clad fans that helped to make the eighth annual Santa Monica Gymfest the success it was this year. Between the gymnasts and the girls it seems that everyone had something to keep their eyes on!

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VISITORS Among the many friend s that drop in at the

MG offices this past summer were Eddie Mot­te r and his wife, Katura. Eddie, famous blind gy mnas t from UCLA ( 1940s) , continues to travel all over the U .S. A. putting on school

Coach Hollingsworth and Eddie Matter - 1970 exhibitions and inspirational talks and chal­lenges to the students. While in Santa Monica we helped Eddie put together a film for use in his program which included historic shots of Eddie in action a long with recent beach footage from spectacular gymnastic action a t Santa Monica beach.

* * * Although not competing because he is recov­

ering from an injury, Dave Thor (v isiting Cali ­forni a on his honeymoon showing off his pretty wife) gave us a hand , aided by Steve Hug (who

.­by the way did the editing for Eddie Motter's fi lm) helping dig up the buried weights we used for floor plates in the sand at the Santa Monica Gymfes t.

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NAMES 'N' NEWS Karl A. Hansen of Seattle received the State

of Washington 's nominee for the national re­habilitation award. Karl was a tumbling cha m­pion from WSU who was a lmost totally para­lyzed in 1956 from a broken-neck acc ident wh ich occurred during a floor exercise routine

(doing a move he had done hundreds of times wi thout difficu lty ). I n June , Karl was named Washington's " Rehabilitant of the Half-Cen­tury" during the state 's Golden Ann iversary of the founding of Vocat ional Rehabilitation Programs in the U nited States. Hansen, a re­search engineer at Boeing, has an amazing story of how he, wi th the help of o thers , sacri ­fices and demands on himself that he has been able to make a comeback and find a place in the business world.

Ithaca College senior Jim Huntley received Sport Magazine's first-ever " College Ath lete of the Month Award." Huntley (Hamburg, N.Y.) lettered in footba ll , crew and GYMNAST ICS. Jim also founded the Ithaca College Fellow­ship of athletes and started a weekly learn-to­swim progra m for the mentally retarded and physica ll y handicapped chi ldren. Huntley, a P. E. major, has never missed the dean 's li st at Ith aca.

* * * Janos Prohaska, ex-hand balancer acrobat,

now a famous Holl ywood stuntman and crea­tor of the "Cookie Bear" seen on the Andy Williams TV show, came in to hold a hand-

stand on you r editor (for o ld times ' sake) and to say hello to the Derschs (Carol, Kathy and Teddy) , visiting from Canada (Cathy attended the " Scats" Summer Gymnastic Camp at Big Bear, Calif. )

We were sorry to hear of the passing of two MG subscribers this past summer. Jim Salay, active gy mnast ic teacher and member of the Slovak Sokols for over 50 years (had classes at Carnegie Athletic C lub in Homestead , Pa., the day he went to the hospital), passed away in July from cancer. . . Jim Stolp, Turner and longtime personal friend of your ed itor; (con­tributed many artic les to the MG from the 'C hi­cago area), passed away in August from a heart fa ilu re . Our sympathies to their family and fri ends; as others before them they will be missed. ____________________________ ___

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VIEWpoints By Dick Criley

"face ta face wi th doing. "

Eddie Robinson, Head Football Coach at G rambling College, addressed the Houston Touchdown C lub wi th a beautiful rationale for the athletic experience. I 'd like to repeat and paraphrase some of his words which were reported in a recent issue of the NCAA Nellis.

" Athlet ics may be the school 's most enduring world of discipline, of sharp thin ki ng, of a demonstrable connection between what one puts into anything and what he gets out of it. "

The gymnas t finds himself in a laboratory where he experiments at putting things togeth­e r and observing the results. This is pretty much as in real life isn't it , where he finds out that he gets out of the experience just what he puts into it. He finds that proper preparat ion , the well-grounded bas ics, the refinements of repetition , the emphasis on technique usually bring results . He learns the pat ience so neces­sary in the a tta inment of excellence.

"The boy has ample opportunit y to discover his weaknesses of characte r and to build them up. If he lacks aggress iveness , he will soon find out. He will learn too, why aggressiveness is so necessary for success." For the gymnast , at leas t one aspect of this aggressiveness is the confidence that he is the master of his body and that it will do his bidding when ca lled upon , that his reflexes have been tra ined to respond with the precise power and direction he des ires.

" Next is this business of pelformance under

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pressure and being willing to face up to re­quirements ... I am in favor of exposing young people to situations that require the highest pelformance on a regular bas is. " I n gy mnastics, as in any other sport comes that moment of truth when one stands face to face with doing. It is the moment , perhaps a fraction of a sec­ond, when the deed is ei ther done or undone. The gy mnast knows he can neve r "coast" through his exercise once the most difficult part is over, for the moment he rel axes his di scipline is the moment that a revea ling break occurs .

"ThB student in the c lassroom caught be­tween the incompatibilities of tex tbooks (and the contradictions of his professors) often loses all contact with the cause-and-effect world. In athleti cs this does not happen. On the playing field (or in the gymnas ium), a cause is a lways followed by an effect. In plai n words , it 's hit or get hit ; fight or run ; pay the price of fa il ; play with minor hurts because there can be no fudging, no fak ing, no day dreaming .. .

" For youth , as it crosses the threshold of manhood , athletics is a rall ying point to build courage when courage see ms to die ; to restore fa ith where there seems to be little cause for fa ith; to create hope as hope becomes for­lorn ." Gy mnastics as an honored form of ath­leti cs contributes many qualities to the indi­vidual's ph ys ical and mental maturation .

World University Games 1970 Torino, Ita ly By JERRY WRIGHT

The 1970 World University Games began officiall y, for the U.S. gy mnas tics team, with the selection of Makoto Sakamoto, a 5-foot­I-in. gymnast , born in Tokyo, J apan, April 8, 1947 , to carry the American flag in the open­ing ceremonies.

From that moment on it was to be a memo­rable occasion for the U.S. gy mnasts. For it was to come to pass that an American team would proudly mount the victory platform to receive a medal in international competition in Europe. This , of course, is not the first time this has happened, but it was the first time since 1924 tha t it has happened with all major gym­nas tic powers in the meet. (In 1967, for exam­pl e, the American Universiade tea m fini shed second , but none of the Communis t countries we re in the meet. )

The Competition The teams were divided into five groups,

with three teams in each group and three events at a time.

G roup A: Bulgaria, Finland and Norway to­gether and Italy.

Group B: Great Britain (two gymnas ts) and Tunisia (2), Germany, Algeria

Group C : Yugos lovia, Canada, J apan Group D : Sweden (3 gymnasts) and Luxem­

bourg (I gy mnast), Hungary , U.S.A. G roup E: France, Switzerland (I gymnas t)

and Austria ( I gymnast) , Russia All together there were 90 gymnasts repre­

senting 19 countries. Makoto Sakamoto indi­cated that to the best of his knowledge the J apanese had sent the best team they could under the rules (a ll had to be university stu­dents), but not one of them had made the J apa­nese World Games team!!!!!

The Ita lian team did a fine job and were guided by Menicelli . The Yugoslovians were a surpri sing fourth , wi th the Hungarians fifth . Mauno Nissenen was not at his best as he fin­ished 18th with 53.45 , and his team fin ished ninth. Makoto Sakamoto, Paul Tickenoff, Bob Emery and F red Turoff did themselves proud (and all fini shed ahead of N issenen) as they left the U.S. with nothing on their mind s but the thought of do ing as we ll as possible in the compet ition and carried this attitude with them throughout the training period and the co mpeti­tion. Aft er they did their thing they relaxed, but until the compet ition was over, they were united in thei r goals.

Makoto found himself competiting in the uni­vers ity championships after all in the 1970 sea­son ; after being denied a year of e ligibility fo r competition in the NCAA this past season, Makoto geared hi s training for the World Uni­versity Games and the World C hampionships and finished the first part of this goal in high fashion. Makoto 's floor exercise routine barely met the difficulty requirements but was per­formed fl awless ly. On the side horse he hit the horse two or three times slightl y and still scored 9.25 _ on the rings he did very well and scored 9.5, hi s weakest event was the vaulting ; were he did a good yamashita vault but the vault being worth onl y 9.7 , his 9.25 was about all he could hope for. His Yamashita with V2 twist was no t executed we ll , so 9.25 on LH did not help o r hurt him much. His 9.5 on pb was possibly low, but how can one a rgue fo r. I tenth more ! On the H B Makoto did a fine job except for form breaks on his hecht wi th full twist di smount (his reverse kip is weak , but double German out almost makes up for it) .

Fred Turoff Ed Gagnier: coach Iowa State University

Makoto Sakamoto Born: April 8, 1947 School: USC

Born: March 13 , 1947 School: Temple Univ. Major: Physics

Paul Tickenoff Born: Oct. 19,1948 School: Northwestern State, La. Major: Physical Education

Bob Emery Born: July 22, 1947

Jerry Wright: manager-judge San Francisco State College

Major: Asian Studies School: Penn State , Tuffs Un iv. Major: Medicine

Bob Emery made a great contribution as he scored 9.5 on the PB and 9.3 on the SH ; Paul Tickenoff scored 9.2 in FX in spite of sitting down on his dismount so he could have scored 9.5 or 9.6. Fred Turoff proved to be the steady man he was being counted on to be as his score counted in five of six events , and he scored 9.0 or better in four events with a high of 9.3 on the rings. The team story , however, was one of completed routines . Only one rout ine of 24 actually contained a break, so in essence the team did not give the opposition an inch , did not break under the pressure and came away with a strong fee ling of personal satisfaction. The Japanese did better routines, execute, them slightly better and were the obvious win­ners. The Russians fully earned their second­place fin ish and had to do a good job to obtain it. The judging, in this writer's opinion and ac­cording to Coach Ed Gagnier , was of high qual­ity and almost completely void of detrimental bias. In other words the judging did not ad­versely influence the outcome. Each event had an Italian superior judge and at least one Italian as one of the four working judges. The superior judges were all skilled and knowledge­able and handled the judges courses and the competition with nervous expertise. The Eng­lish suffered a little in the translation but not materially. Protests (none occurred) had to be in writing, in French , and accompanied with a $ 10.00 fee .

The team enjoyed some fine workouts prior to the competition, with the gymnasts taking turns setting the pace. One day Makoto wou ld fee l great and lead the team , another day Paul would fee l great and lead the pace and so on. Emery had a sore foot and was slowt;:d in FX and LH , and Fred suffered a bad rip in the trials and was slowed on the SR and H B. The first workout , just after arriv ing in Italy, was a real grind after 14 hours of travel, but the next day proved a successful morale booster, and from then on everyone was eager.

The opening ceremonies were impressive, and the U.S. team was lined up next to the Rus­sian group (there were 50 ,000 people in the stands for the opening ceremonies) proving very friend ly and expert traders.

Throughout the workouts and the competi­tion , coach Gagnier proved an excellent leader and, in this observer's opinion , came out of this comnetilion on too of the situation . He must henceforth be classified as one of our top na-

tiorial coaches and capable of handling any international team.

The closing ceremonies were something of a disappointment. The ceremonies began with a bang as a band ran a 440 whi le playing their

, instruments, then three more bands joined in with about 300 chi ldren in different groups marching and/or carrying flags of the compet­ing nations (there were 60 countries represent­ed in the meet). The disappointment came when the athletes were never allowed to enter the stadium due to a last-minute fai lure in com­munication. This caused some athletes to miss the entire ceremonies.

All in all it was a memorable event - the travel to and from was long and tiring, the 747 airplane is huge and a pain in the neck, Italy is a good-looking country with warm , friendly people, and we were a ll very proud to see our fou r gymnasts on the victory stand with the bronze medal around their neck and the stars and stripes high on the flagpole.

Some Meet Highlights Floor exercise: Back saito with double full twist by two Russian gymnasts and one from Japan . Back saIto immediate front by Paul Tickenoff was a standout. Still Rings: Straight arm work by almost all of the top men. Long Horse: Double front by the all-around champion. Full twisting handspring by some Japanese and Russians. Hecht with fu ll twist by others. Parallel Bars: Diamodov by Makoto. Fu ll twisting front saito dismount by Japanese and Russians. Rudolph by Bob Emery on his dis­mount.

P.S. This competition is greatly underrated by the family of gymnasts in the U .S. and very highly regarded by Europeans. It is a big meet (with 60 nations competing) and impressive (50,000 spectators for open ing ceremonies and over 45 ,000 for the closing ceremonies). It would be this writer's suggestion that we take this meet more serious in the future and insure that we are we ll represented , as we were this year. On the trip back to the states Fred Turoff established a new world's record for the high­est back flip in the world. Unass isted (without spotters) he turned his flip at 35 ,005 feet (give or take a few inches) in a Pan American 747 jet (which just missed being hijacked by one day).

WORLD UNI VE RSITY GAMES MEN'S ALL-AROUNO RESULTS

1. Okamura, Teruichi Japan 2. Fujimari, Ryuji Japan 3. Fogel , Vitcheslay USSR 4. Sakamoto. Makato USA 4. Hosokawa, Shinichi Japan 6. Adrianoff, Alessandre USSR 7. Chida, Taichi Japan 8. Furman, Eline USSR 9. Maleev, Viacheslov USSR

10. Hermann, Hoepner Ger. 11 . Molnar, I mre Hung. 11. Brodnik, Jonez Yug. 13. Kersnic, Mi lenko Yug. 14. Tickenoff, Paul USA 1 5. Kisteleki, Antal Hung. 1 6. Bob Emery USA 17. Turaff, Fred USA 18. Nissinen, Mauno Fin. r9. Kovacs, Cyula Hung. 19. Vratic, Milos Yug. 21. Bordan, Dezso Hung. 22. Lazhari, Larbi Alg. 23. Svensson. Vommy Sweden 24. Wolfgang Hopfner Ger. 25. Kerzmann, Micael Ger. 26. Janes, Robert GRB 27. Karttunen, Markku Fin. 28. Straumann, Urs Swiss 29. Pallotti, Roberta Ita. 29. Vai lati, Fulvio Ita. 31. Burgeois, Michel Fro 31. Hmjelavec, Ivica Yug. 33. Ott, Ulrich Ger. 34. Taud ien, Ynqre Sweden 34. Mitruk, Steve Can 36. Arnold Randa ll GRB 37. Leguet Jaques Fro 37. Panayot, Vassi lur Bul. 39. Lederwall, Lars Sweden 40. Rachkov, Ivan Bul. 41 . Dounev, Ivo Hung. 42. Tomassi. Ma rio Ita. 43. Nicolai Karafilox Bul. 44. Ingvaldsen Thorbuorn Nor 45. Soavi Yves Fra 46. Bernard Jotung Lux. 47. Pi rinen Pekka Fin 48. Baumgartner, Wolfgang Aust. 49. Mori Vincenzo Ita 50. Loeb, Guy Fro 51. Kinsman Tom Can 52. Menif Nouredine Tun 53. Balcombe Gary Can 54. Sedgenick, Tim Can 55. Fekih louscf Tun 56. Lobed Rabah Alg. 57. Fellah Fouad Alg 58. Louhibi Djel loul Alg.

TEAM STANDINGS 1. Giappone Japan 2. Russia U.S.S.R. 3. USA U.S.A 4. Yugoslavia Yug 5. Ungheria Hung 6. Germania Ger 7.Svezia Sweden 8.ltalia Ita 9. Findlandia Fin

10. Bu lgaria Bu l 11. Francia Fro 12. Algeria Alg 13. Canada Can

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The Beginning Dr. Joseph L. Massimo

It was one of those typical mid-west summer weeks. The sun was warm, the air moist , and the sky vast and moody. Thundershowers pe­riodically rumbled over the land leaving every­thing refreshed. But for a group of young gym­nasts and their coaches the week of August 15-22 . 1970 was not an ordinary one. They had come together at North Central College in Naperville , Illinois to participate in the World Game Trials. After the competition a group of fifteen athletes would be selected to remain for a training camp which was to mark the beginning of a new era in the history of gymnastics in the United States.

Indeed there had been other such camps in the past , but the one in Naperville was unique because it represented the first effort conducted by the recently established National Gymnastic Coaching Staff.

The week following the trials was highly or­ganized and smoothly conducted taking full advantage of the excellent facilities available at N0I1h Central College. The program was structured and comprehensive providing the gymnasts with a great deal of individual atten­tion focusing on evaluation and remediation designed to eventually polish the young ath­letes into international class competitors. Morning sessions consisted of lectures ranging from discussion and movies on exercises to a consideration of the psychological aspects of the gymnastic experience. I t is obvious that such a program cannot meet the needs of every­one. However, the willingness to modify plans and incorporate constructive criticisms into a flexible approach will gradually result in a more effective learning situation for all.

As the week drew to a close and the final team selections were completed for the vari­ous international competitions , it became in­creasingly apparent that the camp had been a success. Much thanks and appreciation must go to the U.S.O.c. without whose support this camp and the Elite 15 program could not have come into being.

Perhaps the most significant factor to be observed here is that the coaches and gymnasts themselves felt a sense of closeness not ex­perienced before in a training camp situation. If we are to achieve the excellence planned for the future it will necessitate the continued development of this sense of personal unity , communication , and mutual respect. History has shown us that onl y through physical and psychological harmony can man pursue and acquire ultimate success. The 1970 World Games Camp stands as a beginning step to­wards this objective.

World Games Team Trials Report by Bill Roetzheim

On August 14 and 15 . 1970 in the little town of Naperville , Illinois , the long competi ­tive process of choosing the World Games Men's Team came to its conclusion.

The honor of becoming a part of this tea m began months before in sites scattered across the United States. In order to compete in this fin a l contest you were forced to qualify in one of our major national contests. Placing in the top ten in the NCAA , the USG F or

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Olympic Training Camp, frant row (I. to rt. ) Dr. Joe Massimo, team psychologist; coaches Karl Schwenzfeier, Gene Well­stone; Fred Turoff, Bob Emery, Marshall Avener, Konti Allen, Tom Linder, Fred Dennis, Paul Tickenoff, Brent Simmons, Mokoto Sakamoto, Coaches Hal Frey, Fronk Cumiskey, Bill Roetzheim. To p row (I. to rt.) Coach Rusty Mitchel, Dave Butz­man, George Greenfield, Jim Culhane, Gary Anderson, Coach Watanabe, John Crosby, Mike Kimball, John Elias, Ron Clem­men, Coach Abe Grossfeld.

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Makoto Sakamoto, Senior Southern Califor­nia University. Home-Los Angeles. One of the Best Gymnasts in the world. Many times nat ional champion. Marshall Avener, 19, Student at Penn State University, home Levittown , Long Island , N.Y. Commerce maior Brent Simmons, Senior at Iowa State Uni­versity. Home-Indianapolis, Ind. Age 21 , Physical Education major. Kanati Allen, Graduate Student in Physics Un iver~!y of Washington , Seattle, Washing­ton. Home- Los Angeles , California. Nation-

the N AAU earned you a berth in this elite meet. Although only eight gymnasts wou ld make up the World Games Team, four others would be chosen to represent the United States in the World University Games. In addition , the top 17 would become the first national train ing camp supervised by our new National Coaching Staff.

Gloom fe ll over many of us when we heard reports of injuries and in some cases the

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ality: American Indian. Graduate of UCLA. Age23 Tom Lindner, Southern Illinoi s University , Home- Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Age 20 Fred Dennis was replaced by Greenfield. George Greenfield, Senior at the Univ. of California , Berkeley. Home- Altadena, Cali­fornia. Math Major. Age 2 I Paul Tickenoff, Senior Northwestern Lou­isiana Univ. Home- Los Angeles. Age 22 . Physical Education Major. Fred Turoff, Graduate Student at Temple University. Home -Stanford , Conn. Age 24.

fai lure of many of our excellent gymnasts to tryout. Dave Thor, who was outstanding against the Bulgarians in February, was not entered in any of the qualifying meets. Richard Swetman also fell in this category. Bob Emery forfeited consideration for a spot on the tea m when he informed us he couldn't take off the required month from Medical School. Add to this gymnastic calamity the fact that Steve Hug and Pete Di Furio both have to withdraw from the tryout because of injuries , it was obvious that the Un ited States Team would be young and inexperienced.

Because the World University Games use only optional" scores it was decided to choose the top four gymnasts, optionals only, from this meet to comprise that team.

The World Games Team was based upon the total score , compulsory and opt ional, with the first six places making the team and two other gymnasts to be named at the end of the camp period.

The top four optional scores went to I. Makata Sakamoto 55.75 2. Bob Emery 53.95 3. Paul Tickenoff 53 .80 4. Fred Turoff 53.65 When looking over these totals , notice how

numerically close these gymnasts were to one another after pelforming twelve routines:

Place Name Compul sory Optional Total I Makato Sakamoto 55.4555.75 111.2 2 Paul Tichenoff 52.4053.80 106.2 3 Fred Turoff 50.6053.65 104.25 4 Kanati Allen 5 1.6553.25 103.90 5 Marsha ll Avener 51.1552.70103 ,85 6 Brent Simmons 51 .2552.60 103 .85 7 Bob Emery 49.6053.95 103.55 8 Tom Lindner 50.6052.80 103.40 9 Fred Dennis 50.9552.30 103 .25

10 John Elias 51.2052.00 103.20 II George Greenfie ld 50.7052.30 103.00

Coaches Gene Wettstone, N at ional Coach, Penn State University, Prof. of Physical Education . Olym­pic Coach 1948-55. William Roetzheim, Assistant Coach, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. Member of the 1948 Olympic Team. Judges . Frank Cumiskey, Rockleigh , N.J. Member of the 1936-48 -52 Olympic Teams. Manager William Meade, Southern Illinois Univer­sity.

12 Gary Anderson 13 Jim Culhane 14 Mike Kimball 15 John Crosby 16 Ron Clemmen 17 Dave Butzman

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At the end of a week of training Tom Lind­ner and George Greenfie ld were named to fi ll the two slots. Gene Wettstone and Bill Roetz­heim were named as coaches of the men 's team.

I think in reviewing the statistics and in after-thought on the meet two points stand out. Even with the individuals I mentioned earl ier out of the meet we are beginning to develop much more depth. The other rewarding hap­pening is the greater proficiency of our offi­cials. The judges ' scores were not only in line but at no time did I hear any adverse comments by competitors coaches or spectators as to the ir decisions .

The first National Training Camp was not on ly a learning experience for our gymnasts but also the coaching staff. It was well organ­ized and efficiently run.

Gene Wettstone should be complimented on staging such a smoothly operating pilot camp. It is obvious however that one week is not long enough and that many international meets must follow this exposure. If only our top six gym­nasts gain international experience, then upon their retirement we have created a vacuum. It is therefore imperative that we develop a B team and give them this global exposure. At the end of camp each group should break into a team and receive the reward of competition at their own level.

As a gymnastic community, if we all work within our own area this winter, maybe by next summer it will require a 104 total to be a camper and our international program wi ll then be well underway.

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Photos by Bob Smith, Ken Sakoda and Glenn Sundby

One of the best ever would describe our an- Davis ond Lerner. nual three-day GYMFEST in Santa Monica over the Labor Day weekend. The gymnasts, judges (from the So. Calif. Judges Assoc.) , trophy girls , spectators and weather were all just great. About all that was missing was hard­working MG assoc. editor Dick Criley, who in past years has been a real organizer and meet manager. But although Dick preferred to sit this one out (or should I say surf this one out) in Hawaii, he was there in essence as by following his past format all went very well. (You would have been proud of this one, Dick ; we were.)

Like all past GYMFESTs this was a fun meet with the added unusual and spectacular moments. Last year it was Dennis Sherman's quad off the rings; this year Mark Davis did several unspotted triple flyaways off the hi-bar , another first for the GY MFEST.

I n Saturday'S open competition Barney Peters took top honors in the five-event all- Mr. and Mrs. John Mogenelli ot the announcers toble.

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around competi tion, fo llowed by Carl Satta in second place , Joe Sweeny thi rd , Roger Ha lde­man fourth , Maurice Williams fifth and sensa­tional little 8-year-o ld Rich Silver placed s ixth (a lthough his a ll -around score was not very high, he did a fin e job in F X and parall e ls). O ther event winners were: F X : Pascale and Moreno, Haldema n; SH : Ramsey, G reene and Heckenlaible ; PB: Parra , Hec kenlaible and Swee ney ; R: Ropiequet, Wolfe and Morgan. H B: Dalton, Dav is and Wolfe (there were be­tween 15 and 20 competito rs in every event).

We had the la rgest turnout of girls in the his­tory of the Gy mfes t for the girl s ' competition on Sunday where Debbie Fi ke , Tina Carr and Judy Koningh took the top AA honors (Kathy Rigby and Stephanie Stromer were the j udges, with Cathy putting on a balance bea m ex hibi ­tion for the enthusiast ic crowd). A lso on Su n­day we had the tra mpoline, mini-tramp and swinging ring dismount co mpetition. I n the trampoline J im T urpin was the winner, followed by C lay C hrisman and Ray Zecca. Jim Tur­pin also won the mini-tramp event, with C hico State Coach (and so metimes MG photogra­pher) Ray Lorenz second and C hrisman third. (Little Rich Sil ver was right in there with the big boys doing doubles and twists to the de light of the crowd). In the spectacular swingi ng ring dismount event, Mark Dav is fl ew high, spun and twisted tight to win top honors, with S teve Lerner c lose behind and Bob Waddell placing third.

In the Monday Labor Day Invitational (top three winners from the open , plus other invited gues t gy mnasts). The open winners repeate d in the ir same first, second and third order: Peters , Satta and Sweeney (but got bigger trophies and kisses from our trophy maids) . F X : Was a lso a repeat. In SH : Ra msey and Green again pl aced first and second , but Satta beat out Hecklen­liab le fo r the thi rd-place trophy. PB : Pa rra , P ete rs and Hecklenliable. R: Morgan, Ro pie­quet and Pete rs. HB : Davis , Sweeney, with Pe ters and Satta tying fo r the th ird-place tro­phy .. . T he G YM FEST the F U N MEET . O ur thanks to judges J erry Todd, Ron Barak, F rank Endo and John Magginetti (and to Mrs. Mag­ginetti fo r working the score table so gra­c iously).. . See you a ll next year.

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( By KEN SAKODA

At this year's USGF championship we were able to talk to M aka about his stay in Japan. Mako sacrificed a berth on the 1968 U.S.A. Olympic team to make this trip.

We talked with Steve Hug about his ex­periences in Japan and we never really got a chance to talk with you to learn what you got out of it.

I went to Japan in September, 1968 , forfeit­ing the Olympic Games , so that I could go to Japan to lea rn their training ways. I came back from Japan around September 20 , 1969. I had laid off for about one month. I came back, training little by little to get back in shape. I got a lot of blisters. I had my first com­petition in Tucson in December, that was the compulsories. Then two other meets. the Ben Price meet and the Southern Cal ifornia Gym­nastic Association, then the U SG F meet now in April.

During the time I was in Japan, I lea rned about the Japanese training camp. It is called gashuku. I had heard about it, knew of it and knew some gymnasts from Japan who had gone through it. The gashuku is one of the most im­portant aspects of Japanese training. This is spread out over a one year period with about 4 camps, one in summer and one in winter about six months apart. I n a club, if there are 100 members, all of them take part in both camps. A camp las ts about 10 days. I n that ten days , if some of the buys are out of condition or are lacking in stamina, then it's very rigorous. Most of the gymnasts say that the training camps per se do not help them. In the tra ining camps they don 't make any improvement at all. They just work to exhaustion. About a week after the training camp, they start getting in the groove; they have control of themselves. This gives them an impetus for about 3 months of training. The emphasis in the training camps is the gashuku. I wrote about it in the Modern Gymnast (November, 1969).

Besides these two general training camps, you have the training camps for just the elite members of the team. For example, you may have the intercollegiate championships coming up in August. So prior to that , about 8 weeks , you start doing routines. Routine One - in any form , just going through it. In competition , you don ' t do pa rts or sequences. You do about one opt ional and one compulsory on each event for a week, just to get the stamina, then two and two depending on the school. The seventh week you may work hard on certain parts or sequences. Then the sixth week one and one aga in and maybe at the end of the week you might have a competition. Everybody, gym­nasts , coaches, takes a look at it. After the competit ion is the most helpful part because you have the coaches and everybody si ts down for hOllseka, which is a self evaluation . Each one of the coaches go into the routines. We may start with free ex , he may say this is where we a re weakest as a team and these a re the parts where we are having trouble in the com­pu lsory. Then we go into ve ry personal matters. Everybody is free to carryon dia logue, but

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Sakamolo ] usually in Japan only the coaches ta lk, and the gymnasts keep quiet.

The fifth week we sta rt a formal training; then you may have three and three , perhaps 200 routines a week. For this meet , I had some­thing like 145 rout ines a week , but over there you have guys pushing you so 200 routines in one week is possible . That week is generally regarded as a training camp and they have a camp for that week for the regular members. The daily routines a re li ke I wrote in that article , morning exercises , jogging, running, a lot of strengthening exercises .. . How do they do this-do they go away from school?

In Japan thi s is a problem. They have spe­cial dormitories for the e lite members of the Nation , a lot of them owned by the government and scattered over the country. What kind of treatment do the elite gym­nasts get in Japan?

Well , of course they are individuals. Some are big-headed but generally speaking because there are so many good gy mnasts , it is very rare that you find such a person. They know the importance of training camps and the training. They know it is actually what they can do when they get into competition so they don 't try to fool themselves when they get into com­pe tition. They don 't say , ' 'I'm sore now and can't practice, but in the meet , I ' ll be strong." This kind of an att itude is , I think, cheating yourse lf. I don 't think a person can do any bet­ter in competition than he can do in training. How are the elite gymnasts regarded by the younger gymnasts?

I t 's funny. All the younger guys criticize. They are very good at criticizing. I was at the All-Japan Championships in November, 1968 , in Morioka, about a hundred mi les north of Tokyo. I had my Achi lles tendon in a cast so I wasn't competing. I looked at it with a bunch of young college gy mnasts at the finals and they were really tearing down each of those gymnasts. You wondered f they respected some of those gy mnas ts like Nakayama. They would say, " Nakayama is a greedy person ," because instead of doing - on long horse, for example , a yamashita with ha lf twist or full twist - like everybody e lse, he would do a pla in handspring and stick it because he wants to take first!

It is good though to have criti cism even of the top because there has to be criticism from a ll sides . Criticism ... it leads to respect. If they we re asked to pelform, maybe only one or two cou ld match Nakayama on high bar.

They never criticize him to his face though. How do they actually approach someone like Nakayama?

They don 't worship them, they respect them and each one would like to be as good as some of those people. Did you read Haya­saki 's interview in Sports Illustrated ? He says the re is a peck ing order, like the lower class­men do all the running around for the elite gymnasts ...

The sempai-kohai relationship in Japan is a very feudali stic thing. It is a remnant of their days of feuda lism when they had their warrior c lass, and it remains very strong in all spheres

of J apanese life , business, athletic endeavors, etc. In gymnastics the hierarchy is very defin ­ite. The first yea r students, the second, the third and the fourth , respect their superiors by such things as their manner of speaking, as " washing their backs ," not leaving the gym be­fore the superior leaves, getting into the gym much earlier than the superior so they can have the gy m set up for the upper classmen , doing odd jobs for them. The guy may not like it , he might hate it , but it' s part of the structure and he just has to abide by it or be kicked out, no matter how good he is. He might be in the olympic leve l or the lowest junior level, but this code is well-respected throughout Japan, and if anybody devi ates from thi s, they just get thrown out. They exercise sanctions like saying you can 't come to the gym to practice for a week ; tha t 's usua lly pretty severe be­cause while they might not want to practice when they are there , when they can' , come to the gym they a re pretty sad about it. The a l­ternate sanction is to kick him out of the c lub completely. Is gymnastics Japan's national sport?

I t is not J apan's nat ional sport. There a re very few crowds. You 've seen filins of their compu lsories or optionals. Look at the stands ; there's one or two or three or four people. It runs a ll day. But everyone knows the gy mnas ts: Hayata , Endo, Ono and I' m sure many millions knew Watanabe when he was in Japan because he was a lways up there. The pub lic is aware that J apan is the Number One gymnas tic coun­try in the world , but as far as the mass, I don 't thin k it is much more than in the U.S. They all start all -around there and because of the dedi­cation of those who are involved , you have a lot of good gy mnasts. Baseball ranks much higher as a spectator sport. For the fi nals of a championship a lot of people might come, but for the prelims , there is rea lly nobody . Even for the championships, most of the crowd is stu­dent s from the schools.

But take after the Olympics when J apan won and everybody was aware of this , then the pub­lic wants to see them and it is an opportune time to have an exhibition. Then ten of thou­sands come to the exhibitions. Or if they bring some inte rnational sta r, li ke Caslavska, they come. Thousands came to see her. I think they like foreigners. In that way , too , they raise money to help the Association make ends meet.

Of course, they don't have dual meets in co l­lege. They pool their resources just for the championships. Then they have enough money to organize the national championships, to ge t the 30 judges to run 6 events simultaneous­ly.

In the U.S. we have enough a ll -around women gy mnas ts to do that sort of thing, but for the men maybe three events is enough. Thi s USG F meet for the men is the bes t-run meet I 've ever been in here in the Sta tes. I made the sugges tion to Rusty Mitchell to split the group so there wou ld be less waiting involved for all. What observations do you have to make on the direction that US gymnastics is now going?

Thi s championship is a step in the right di-

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rection with a ll all-around competitors and no speciali sts, I'm sure it is tough for the special­ists but this is the only way. In international competition , the specialists are not allowed to compete. So, to get the greatest number of a ll ­around gymnasts we eliminate the specialist altogether. It has to be a gradual sort of thing though .

Does the USG F have anything for the spe­cialist? No? Well , then USGF is very liberal then. Maybe they will be the helmsmen , a nd will provide the leadership for the all-around competitors and the AAU can exist then as a place for the specialist to compete. Of course, you will have the N CAA where the specialist can compete. Now, the NCAA wants to get three all-around men on a team and only two special ists ! on an event so that will increase the emphasis on the all-around. It makes it more demanding for a lot of the schools but maybe a guy who only goes four events now will have to do six events.

I think the USG F is closely linked to the NCAA too. There was a meeting today too of the National Coaches and staff. Wettstone said it is history in the making. They've never had it like that and presented a national coach in front of 30 or 40 top all-around gy mnas ts. They stressed the weaknesses of our gymnast­ics, our compulsories. They were talking about sending one of the national coaches to a school each month where a ranked gymnast is training and judge hi s compulsory and send his score to the N a,tional Coach who compares them all and chooses a Compulsory Gymnast of the Month as a sort of incentive to stress com­pulsories.

The coaches in the upper echelon are doing pretty good. I think the gymnasts , too, will have to follow along with the progra m. I can not underestimate the importance of practice though because the more exposure you have to gy mnastics, the more exposure to the tricks, the more time you do it , the more you learn in the overall. But you have to be careful not to keep doing the wrong thing too.

In a given school , if you have three or four dedicated gymnasts, for example, Pasadena, they can agree to practice together. Once they ge t to the gym, they do nothing but practice gymnastics , talk nothing but gy mnastics, and concentrate on gymnastics for maybe two or three hours. In that short time you can get a lot done. After that , you have time for other things, but if you have two or three concen­trated hours, that is all you need. So if you have three or four dedicated guys , they can serve as a nucleus and maybe the other guys will follow. This may be one way to start more dedi­cated, more serious gymnastics. At UCLA, for example, I 'm sure there are three or four who are very dedicated and who are on the right track I think. If those guys stick together for four years through college at the end they will be close to 105 scores.

There is talent and national ability, but if a person works it right , he can be a 105 gy mnast. No matter what , no matter how. If you have enough of these guys , there will be a broader base and out of those there 's going to be a lot of competition. Out of that your elite gymnas ts will develop. In a national competition like this, we still have difficulty getting 30 all­around gymnasts together. This is very , very sad. In any given meet in Japan, they could raise 3000-4000 all-around gymnasts in one place if they wanted to. In their national sports festival for a ll levels, they pick a city for three or four years hence, and they might build a brand new stadium and they have literally thou­sands of a ll -around gymnasts come. With that many, you can't help but get some great all­around gy mnas ts .

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Elimination Competition F or The Japanese World Championships Men's Team Scouting Report by Abie Grossfeld Member U.S .A. National Coaching Staff SITE: Okayama-Ken Taiikukan,

Okayama, J apan Date : Saturday , May 30 , and Sunday ,

May 31 , 1970 After receiving confirmation of the time and

place of the Japanese tryouts , arrangements were made to leave for Japan on May 26.

Preliminary Preparation Before Leaving for Japan

I. Studied film of gy mnasts in Mexico Olym­pics that were likely to be in upcoming tryouts (Kato, N akayama, Kenmotsu , Tsukahara and Hayata) to compare changes and progress.

2. Reviewed articles and interviews in the Modern G y mnast of th e Japanese GYM­NASTS AND COACHES.

3. Inspected Football Scouter for ideas. 4. Prepared detailed scout sheet for both

compulsory and optional information. 5. Prepared ques tions for J apanese gymnasts

and coaches . Team Selection Procedure and Policy

The top 36 men from the last all-Japan cham­pionships (November 1969) qualified for this tryouts. However, only 26 men competed in pionships (November 1969) qualified for these graduated from college. The age range was be­tween 22 and 29 years. I believe a few were seniors in college - no one was lower.)

From these tryouts , the top 18 men would qualify for the final tryou ts on July 10 and II. Then the s ix-man team with one alternate will be determined by adding these two tryout scores. The team is determined by scores only. If a man is unable to compete, no matter what the reason , he will not be on the team. R ecommendation: We have a different situa­tion in the United States and therefore should not exact ly follow this team selection policy.

Training Program I. Development Program : (All competition have compulsory exercises.)

Organized competition is begun in junior high school on three events - floor exercise, long horse vault and horizonta l bar. The six­event (12 exercise) program is initiated in high school.

Six a ll-around men make up a competitive team , and each college have far more than six men on their team. They utili ze more than six men by having an A, B, C , etc., team. Also their basic philosophy for doing gymnastics is not solely competitive but based on the plea­sures and satisfaction derived from attaining high levels of skill. Perhaps this has something to do with why a number of their gymnasts smile when they make a mistake - as long as there is not an injury - during, even , an im­portant tryouts.

Daily training usually involves worki ng all events in' the Olympic order with a return to the side horse. One gy mnasium - Nihon Uni­versity's - is avai lable for workouts from I to 7 p.m. daily. 2. Training Schedule for this Tryouts: Five weeks before competition there was an added or overload of routine concentration. Each day each gymnast in the tryouts from N ihon U niver-

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Yukio Endo, former Olympic and world champion, now team leader for the Japanese team at the World Games.

sity (Y ukio Endo's team), for example, per­formed 24 routines (2 compulsories and 2 op­tionals in each event) along with weak parts for three consecutive days , then there was one­day rest (most gymnasts do light exercises on rest days) . Then the process start over - 3 days 24 routines each, one-day rest.

About two weeks before the tryou ts , there was a tapering off to one routine a day and then to sequences on certain events. 3. Planned Preparation for the World Cham­pionships: The Japanese National Coaches had a meeting the day after the tryouts to dis­cuss the weaknesses and needs for improve­ment. Mr. Endo (team leader at the world championships) indicated that the J apanese need improvement in optional vaulting and the felge to the planch down to back lever on the rings. The idea is for each locality coach to work these things out.

After the final tryouts (July 10 and II ): The seven-man team will begin to train together on July 21 and through the world championships. They do not have any competition other than intrateam before a major competition.

Facilities I. Training: Most gymnasiums of the top gym­nasts are not hea ted in the winter. There are an abundance of thick landing mats , good appara­tus, hard tumbling mats and very hard floor exercise mats. There usually are no overhead belts and many gy mnasiums have a tra mpoline. 2. At site of tryouts : one set of appara tus with no aux iliary warm-up apparatus . Good appara­tus with System Reuther floor ex. a rea and Japanese Reuther board (deadish). Grip lines on the vault ing horse were made with chalk. Grip judges on high chairs with two cards , one marked "0" and the other marked ". 5. " A crash pad was provided for warmups on hori­zontal bar, floor exercise and vaulting and was removed just before competition s tarted. The

competition was recorded on a video replay unit.

A hot bath at the dormitory was available. Most gymnasuS had someone massage their

sore spots and back at the dormitory and wore gloves to keep their hands soft.

Diet at Site of Competition The regular meals are not really special. Most

a te breakfast on the day of competition con­sisting of rice , raw egg, seaweed and tea. An energy drink was available of wh ich many con­sumed. The even ings before competition, the athletes drink a shot or two of whiskey to help them sleep. They said that beer is bloating, and wine gives you a hangover.

Generally , they seem to consume a good quantity of food. Yet , they are trim. They don 't eat deserts with meals.

Most of the ath letes smoke about one-half to one pack a day , supposedly for the purpose of relaxation. Nakayama is one of the few athletes that does not smoke.

Conduct and Format of Competition Most of the men gymnasts arrived in Oka­

yama two days before competition time and did not go to the gym to work out but , rather, did light ca li sthenics outside of the dormitory -handstands, scales , turns . The day before com­petition, all the gy mnasts worked out at the place of competition to ge t the feel of the ap­paratus. Most did a compulsory and optional sequences on each event. In all , it appeared to be a strenuous workout the day before an im­portant competition.

Each morning the gy mnasts wou ld gather with their c1ubmates before breakfast for morn­ing exercises. This is a common practice.

Pre-competition warmup started about an hour and a half before competition time and completed well before competition began (about 30 to 40 minutes). There was not any auxiliary warm-up a rea.

Nakayama

After the play ing of the national anthem , the immediate competiting gy mnasts marched to

. their events. Men 's and women's competition were conducted together with coordination in the changing of groups. The gymnasium was a five-minute walk from the dormitory. Com­pulsory competition began at I :30 and ended at 6p.m.

Three events conducted at one time (six gy mnasts at each event) . Group A ( 13 gym­nas ts = 4 or 5 at each event) rotated for the first three events. Then Group B worked the three events. Group A then returned to work the remaining three events , fo llowed by Group B. Very small audience.

The outcome of the compulsories deter­mined whether you were in the first or second group for optionals. The first group that worked placed 13 through 26 in the compulsories and began optionals a t 9 :30 a.m. By 10:30 there was a capacity audience, comprising numerous school groups. Thirteen through 16 started at floor ex, then side horse, then rings. Seventeen through 2 1 started at side horse , then rings , then floor ex. Twenty-two-26 started at rings , then floor ex, then side horse.

Group two started at 10:30, with 1-4 working floor ex, side horse and rings ; 5-8 work ing side horse, rings floor ex, and 9-12 working rings , floor ex, side horse.

The meet ended at 2:30 p.m. There was a five-minute warmup between

the ro tat ions at the start of each event. Also, the gy mnasts warmed up between pelformers , as he finished his exercise while the judges were recording their scores.

Most gymnas ts had a helper (a fellow team­mate not in the tryouts).

Results were duplicated and availab le about a half hour after the meet. Mr. Kondo made sure that I received a copy of the results.

All the gy mnas ts were well groomed. The

Phata by Wilkinson

atmosphere and attitude of the meet was casual and relax ing. The judges did not have a specific uniform but were in dark jackets. A number of their former great gymnasts j udged - Ono , Kubota, T sukawakl, Tsurumi , Mitsukuri , Kono. The closed system was used.

There we re three obvious injuries to the men:

I. Fujimori spra ined an ankle by landing low on a round-off flip flop , double back sa ito.

2. Watanabe hurt a wrist by overspinning a piked arch full twisting fl yaway.

3. Ohara (Hugs roommate) broke a leg and seriously injured a knee on landing a Yama­shita half twist vault.

The Japanese Gymnastics Association pre-• sen ted Steve Hug and myself with a tie clasp

signifying the competition as their token of welcome.

Conclusion The Japanese profic iency arises from the

fact that thei r tota l effo rt and energies a re di­rected toward the Olympic Games and World C hampionships - indicated by thei r rules , pro­gram and dedication (hard susta ined training, trim bodies, proper personal care , disconcern or at least acceptance of working under adverse conditions - cold morning exercises , unheat­ed gyms , no belts).

The Japanese have improved optio'nals markedly from Mexico. Floor ex - more diffi­cult tumbling (especia lly dismounts). Side horse - more difficu lty, improved swing. Rillgs - more straight a rm shooters , one fro nt saito wi th I \-2 twists. Vaulting - working for higher difficulty . Parallel bars - previous stops were eliminated so that they don 't ex­ceed three , two back uprises front somi catch. High bar - more immediate pirouettes , stolder shoot hop changes.

Mats hard for horizontal bar and vaulting landings.

Competition dragged a little with the various sessions and all the warmups and lengthy judges conferences but was conducted to benefit the competitor and not the audience.

Observations of the Japanese Gymnast's Optional Exercises 1910 by A. Grossfeld

The Japanese require two "C" parts in their optional routines and value the Yamashita vault at 9.4 and Yamashita with \-2 twist at 9.6 - for the a ll-around. FLOOR EXE RC IS E: Mounts - Only Naka­yama did not have a running start. Most used a round-off, flip-flop , full tw somi , flip-flop . About four or fiv e used a double twist for a mount (Kenmotsu does a flip-flop out of hi s doub twist). Fujimori began with a fr so mi , handspring, fr somi, then round-off flip-flop DO UBLE BAC K. however , he hurt his ankle on a low landing.

A ll used a one-leg scale usuall y before the dis mount.

A ll used a straight arm press to a handstand by plac ing their hands on the floor with bent arms , then pushing up to straight arms with bent hips and continuing press to handstand. This makes the press looks less stagnant.

Dismoull ts - Most used a round-off fl ip­flop full. About four gy mnasts used a round­off flip-fl op pike shoot full. Tsukshara used a double full dismount.

In general, their routines seem a bit stagnant in spots , although they move wi th rhythm in to the press. Tumbling for difficult y and a strong finish. (No full twisting dive roll s yet.)

SIDE H ORSE: Their work is free r and more extended (st raighte r) than ever. Three routines are li sted to give an idea of their bette r rou­tines. K enmotsu (9 .5) - Back Czech, travel , front around to center (like Russian Czech on one pommel) , one circle , back Czech travel out , immediate loop (schwabenflanke) , back stockli in , one circle, Czech , \-2 circle, 3 front scissors, one back scissor, I \-2 circles, Czech immediate front out , one c ircle, loop, wa lk­around Russian wende (moore) off. Nakayama (9.3 5) - One c ircle , Bailey in (Moore, back moore, travel on one pommel), immediate travel out , loop , back stock Ii in , one c ircle , Ba iley, one circle , Russian we nde (Moore) , 2 back scissors , 2 front scissors , one circle , travel out , loop, walk-around (Cha­quinian), loop off. Ohara (9.45) - Back Czech to center, imme­diate kekhre out , \-2 circle, front in Russian wende to cente r, one circle , back stockli out , one circle, 1 \-2 Russian wende to back stock Ii in , one circle, kehre out , kehre in, 2 front scis­sors , front cut to 2 back scissors , one circle, back stockli out , \-2 circle, Russian wende off. RINGS: Many did straight arm shoots. A few did straight arm back uprise handstands. A number of their gy mnasts did not fulfill the hold require ment (rea ll y), however, the ir top gy m­nasts eas ily did so. Two used back lever to c ross (Nakayama and Ohara) , Hayata does straight arm back upri se to planch. Kenmotsu does a high inlocate to a front somi with 1 \-2 twists (very well) dismount. LONG HORSE VAULT: T wo different va ults were averaged (for the a ll-around). I cannot reca ll a croup vault. Seven diff. vaults were used : Yamashita, with \-2 turn , handspring , with full turn , with 1 \-2 turn , handspring into

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doub front somi. (One or two did doub fronts , a couple did I liz twists , a number did full twist. and - I forgot - one did cartwheel back.)

The gymnasts were quite wild with full and full and a half twisters. The best gymnasts were the more conservative ones just performing Yamas , liz twist and one or two fulls. Tsuka­hara performed the cartwheel back. PARALLEL BARS: The gymnasts were care­ful not to have more than three holds. A num­ber had only two. For example: Nakayama do­ing the same beginning that he used in Mexico does not hold the straddle L or the press up to handstand on one bar. Two gymnasts used Dio­midovs (Miki and Homma). Two or three used basket to handstand immediate forward pirou­ette, two used stutz handstand back with full twist off. One did back , back full off. One used front full twist off. Two used back uprise front somi catch straddle cut L (original part). Many used the back uprise straddle L before the press. HORIZONTAL BAR: After a Voronin (hecht) vault many of our gymnasts swing forward liz turn and swing forward again. This seems like an extra swing since two long swings occur in a row ; anyhow, not one Japanese gymnast did this.

A few gymnasts used a regular Stalder shoot hop to under grip (Kenmotsu does an immedi­ate Endo shoot from this). There were Stalder shoot immediate back pirouettes, Straddle on shoot back pirouettes , 1 ~ German giant liz turn free hip , a double piked flyaway , a few piked shoot fulls, a few full twisting hechts and one used a forward flyaway with I liz twists.

Nakayama does a German giant early stoop out swing under the bar, hop change to under grip and stoop in on the front swing, shoot over bar to high dislocate.

This appears to be the Japanese strongest event.

The gymnasts that competed in the Mexico Olympics and are trying out for this team have improved markedly.

Scouting Report of the 1970 Japanese Compulsory Exercises by A. Grossfeld FLOOR EXERCISE: Back somi - arms down before and after. Best were over shoul­der height. Arch dive roll - arm lift was fore­upward. Arms over head at completion of roll as move is made into headspring. With even rhythm sit down to back roll pirouette (most did forward piro).

After straight leg roll up, arms circle side­downward (passing by side) and under and forward to diving cartwheel with legs spread , as first arm hits floor , close legs and snap down for tempo (low) flip-flop, to high back dive liz tum (Arab roll), ROLL up was made by push­ing off the floor by most of the gymnasts (some did not have to push off the floor). This push off certainly facilitated the straddle jump, and I believe a deduction was made for this. The straddle jumps were high , and toes were touched, recovery was made by moving arms overhead and landing in bent-over position ready for continuous rebound to Japanese jump. Landing high (some landed in hand­stand position), a smooth chest roll facilitated a good straddle cut (no preliminary arch be­fore cut).

Most of the better gymnasts performed the half tum from rear support to front support by turning smoothly on one arm with other arm extended upward on turn (although the

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hop , used by some, was permissible). Bring feet up to hands and squat , stand up with arms forward. swing arms downward (by sides) and up sideward as \4 turn is made. Initiate two­foot turns , then bring arms in (one or two gym­nasts head spotted during turns). The legs were together on most gymnasts during the turns.

Arms sideward after turns , raise arms up­ward , circling and crossing arms as lean is made into side scale. Extended arm remains in that position (overhead), while arm at side circles under and upward overhead as turn is made to straddle stand with head looking for­ward or upward. Lower arms and execute head and body wave bending knees and circling arms. (There was a heavy deduction for not holding the handstand.)

Roll into jump was smooth. Front hand­springs were lifted with good form (straight) on landing leg and continuous (even rhythm from handspring to handspring). Most landings were perfect. Upon landing, circle arms forward and downward and up sidewards to an obliquely overhead position , lift leg sideways , lower arms sideways and up forward crossing (on way up) on jump tum to landing with spread upward arms , cartwheel, step , turn and cross arms fin­ishing at the same time with arms rearward. rhythmically swing arms back into hop step and roundoff. Shooting legs out on back somi seems to " add" points. SIDE HORSE: No hop before mount. Exten­sion on mount and kehre in (free arm was not particularly high). Break into leg cut for scissors was high and extended. Scissors were balanced. Reverse circle was free. Good swing back scis­sors were high and extended. (Break into back scissor was high.) Leg pushing off horse straight when picking up circles. End sequence free and extended (straight body). Dismounts were high and free. Landing was free of horse. (This was the least consistent event in that a good number of gymnasts had a major break.)

LONG HORSE VAULT: Run - most used either I I or 13 steps. Moderately fast (not all outspeed). Board distance from horse varied. No one had it very far (more than 3 feet) from horse. Upon takeoff, most used an underarm swing. Landing on horse - body was arched and completel y sideways. First hand contact was nearer to neck. Hands were not far apart and were not distinctly a one, two push. Push off was made with the body sideways with an immediate early turn. Body was arched in post flight with arms overhead. Arms remained overhead on landing. Some attained a distance of IlIz horse lengths. Control with adequate flight received the best scores. RINGS: Slightly bent arm , slow pull to invert-ed hang. Pike deep on kip L (no false grip) , back flat. All pressed slow and even. The best pressed high. Swing down with straight arms with rings parallel (held like parallel bars). For­ward swing (cast away) was piked , rings pushed backward and body extended for oncoming in­locate. All gymnasts had high inlocate (many above ring level) and some had slight pike. Many did horizontal back uprises. some above (no one kept arms straight during first part of back uprise). Drop to deep pike, dislocate was well I ifted at shot out at about a 60-degree angle (shoulder height almost at ring level). Most had a slight pike on first part of dislocate. Many did a straight arm shoot (some at the cost of a solid handstand). Some of the better gymnasts bent their arms slightly on the shoot to ensure a stable handstand.

Straight arm lower, drop and back kip well above horizontal (toward handstand) , straighten arms and lower slowly to back lever (all held the back lever for 3 seconds) , ... high illiocate (not as high as the first inlocate). Many hung on a little extra on the frOllt pike off The best re­leased just as the body passed the horizontal on the upswing, and they extended their bodies before landing. (The biggest loss of points and weakest part was on the back kip planch down.)

Hayata

PARALLEL BARS: Outside grip on mount. Basket - arms straight on grasp and body above horizonta l and stra ight. Body preferably lowered to glide straight (late pike). Body not necessarily arched at end of glide (so me arched slightly). Kip was completed with pike and hips well above the bars. Back stutz was com­pleted with feet above head level in slightly piked position (no one 's trunk was horizonta l). Swing up and lower softly to shoulder stand , rolling over with slight pike. Only Nakayama did very high back uprise straddle cut L; many were low. Press was slo\\l and even (the best pressed high) . Pirouettes were completed in a handstand posi tion. Stutz had excellent form and were genera lly very high (some landing in a handstand position). Most front uprises

were high (not too many outstanding ones), the front off was square , and most were free (two or three did regrasp ba r) . HORIZONTAL BAR : The best shot mOllnt with straight (or almost straight) a rms to at leas t a 45-degree angle. A se mi layed-out vault (opposed to a deeply piked one) is preferred . (Some did it with normal pike, and some did it with a layout - a ll had horizontal legs over the bar.) Kip cast with straight a rms, back pirou­ette was mostly executed around a 45-degree angle (two did it close to a ha ndstand). Body was arched at completion of back pirouette .... Straddled kehre was pelformed through a straddled handstand. Few showed a straddled L position (o r even that they passed through one). Drop was performed in the two manners - by keeping the feet up and by dropping the legs toward the horizontal before bringing them in for the back kip. Legs were straight. Trunk was pulled we ll above the bar on first part of back kip . ... Most dropped shoulders in casting for German giant . Although the end was picked up well. The drop kip into the fo r­ward roll was done continuously (perhaps with a slight pause) . Both early and late changes on

the forward roll were acceptab le. Most changed earl y. Some top gy mnasts changed late. The cast up to handstand was with straight arms (a lthough Kenmotsu bent his arms). All forward pirouettes were well executed - near a hand­stand. C ross-change was late and smooth. A normal forward giant was performed into a piked through the bottom giant , arched and the ascend, released on the ascend , push to a strad­dled hecht dis mount. Most stuck the landing (even with poor posture) which seemed to really help their store.

Nakayama ... " Number One."

NHK CUp and Final Trials for the Japanese World Games Team Report by Dan Connelly

After the las t elimination before the final tria ls the top 8 gy mnasts and their scores were :

Kenmotsu 1 13.100, Nakayama 11 2.975 , T. Kato , 111 . 125 , Tskuahara 110.425 , tie be­tween Hayata and Miki 1 10.200 and Kasa­matzu 109.725.

The compulsory event began at 3:00 in the afternoon at Tokyo gy mnas ium, 3 men's events and 2 women 's events were run s imultaneous­ly. FX, SH & Rand UPB & Vaulting. The men were divided into three groups of six partici­pants. Each group lined up in front of the judges for their even!, bowed and went into the 3 min­ute warm-up and competition . Floor-x went well with no performer having an extremely bad exercise. The high score was 9.45 received by Kasamatsu. Side Horse as is not unusual had a number of falls , but not a mong the top pelformers. Both N akayama and Kasamatsu received the highes t score here of 9.35. Kasa­matsu is an extremely tall (for a J apanese gy m­nast) , 5'8l/:2" and weighs only 140 Ibs. He has a very long extended look simular to that of Kenmotsu only longe r. My personal opinion is that if he becomes a little cleaner and more consistent he wi ll be a gold medalist in the AII­Around. Rings was the most difficult event as the Ring compulsory is extremely difficult. Hayata was very impress ive doing each skill to its ultimate, yet he blew the dismount and received a score of 8.9. Nakayama received the highest score here of 9.5 (Rings was the only event in which any of the top 8 received below 9.0). Long Horse, Parallel bars and the Hori­zontal Bar were quite good and Hayata fin­ished the compulsory competition with a 9.6 High Bar routine.

In the Optional exercises Floor-X was high­lighted by a triple twisting back flip and a pike open full dismount , both performed by Ken­motsu. There was a lso a number of double twists and all tumbling was very high as FX was performed on a regulation Rueter Floor-X area. Side Horse was sparked by several very difficult sequences and behind the back work equalled only by our USA specia lists . Those pelfo rmers who were most extended received the highest scores. Kemotsu and Kasamatsu were super stretched and performed difficult routines. N akayama performed an equally dif­ficult routine equally as well yet received his score on the bas is of difficulty rather than beauty as the others had. The Ring work was excellent , many straight arm shoots, giants and back uprises . T sukahara and Nakayama were very strong, and Kenmotsu again shocked many by throwing a front flip with 1 \--2 twist dismount. The Long Horse showed low pre­flight , very high and long after flight and many twists which included \--2s, fulls, I \--2s and then shock when Okamura stuck a double front Yanashita. (He is a member of the University team for this year.)

Parallel Bars was not quite as exciting as High Bar which took place at the same time. High Bar as usual was phenomenal with even the bottom performers having tremendous dif­ficu lty. The only difference between top and bottom was smoothness. The top gymnasts pelformed the exercises effortlessly and showed many · inlocates, eagles, T akemoto's , Ono's, Stalders, hecht full twists and pike f1 yaways with full twist.

The final standings and scores are listed below. (Pre-Meet total) , N AKA Y AMA

The final standings and scores were as fol­lows (Pre-Meet total) , NHK C up Total and Final Total. I. N akayama (112.975), 112.900=225.875 2. Kenmotsu (113.1 00), 112.700=225.800 3. Tsukahara (11 0.425), 112.250=222.675 4. Kato (111 .125), 111.400=222.525 5. Hayata (110.200), 111 .650=221 .850 6. Homma (109.725) , 111 .1 00=220.825 7. Kasamatsu (11 0.200), 110.450= 220.650

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LETTERS

Equal Time Dear Glenn,

I used to get the old Modern Gymnast back in the late 1950's and only recently subscribed to the new M.G . I enjoy the magazine; how­ever, I am very disappointed thus fa r with coverage concerning the women. I notice very little in reportage and women's sequence pho­tos, photos and run downs on schools and their colleges represented. I just subscribed to Made moise lle Gymnas t in hoping to obtain more coverage on the other side. I would like to see equal or more time devoted to the lllom-en.

Sincerely, Donald Perkins Springfield, Mass.

Ed . This is why we publish two magazines , there just would not be space in the MG to cover both men and women without adding more pages to each edi t ion (which is beyond our budget). So for the e nthusiastic gy mnastic fa n we offer both MG & Mile G. (and the way Mile G. is growing it should not be too long before five edit ions a year will have to grow to te n).

WORLD TUMBLING CHAMPIONSHIPS? Dear Sir,

Would you please send to me th t' fo llowing: I . The judging system used at Tumbling Cham­pionships. 2. The difficulty rating used for tum­bling. 3. Where the next World Tumbling Championships will be held. 4. Requirements for the World Tumbling Championships.

Our Y.M. C.A . at present holds the New Z ealand Tumbling titles for Men and Women and Junior girls and we would like to further our knowledge on other counllY's standards.

Yours sincerely, A .J. Holt , Physical Director YMCA , Ch ris tchurch New Z ealand

Ed. We a re aware that many of the Eas tern Countries have had Nationa l Tumbling, Acro­bati c and even hand balancing C hampionships. However, we do not know of an official World Tumbling C ha mpionship. (A lthough in some pas t world Trampoline Cups and Invitational C ha mpionships they have included tumbling) .. If a ny of ou r World MG readers can help us out ... drop us a line .

SCHOLARLY ADVICE Dear Glenn,

A noth er letter fo r your column re th e mari­juana bit.

I was ra ther surprised at the amount of rather verbose letters in response to 'Mari­juana and th e Gymnast.' More surprising and somewhat disconcerting were the tOil e alld emotionalism behind most of them. It seems that most of what is generally said re mari­huana is a reaction to a stereotype that sup­posedly uses this escape tactic. Why isn' t more said about regular cigarettes and alcohol which, ha ving been used widely for a long time, are well documen ted in their effects on Man . Nevertheless , without just rambling with per­sonal prejudices as so many lett ers did let me

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offer some scholarly articles fo r reference for those who wish to educate themselves on the subject and avoid the emotionalism so rampant surrounding the topic. Weil & Zinberg. A cute Effects of Marijuana on Speech . Nature 222, 434 (1969 ). G rinspoon, L. Marijuana. S cientific American 221 (6), 17-25 (1969) Meehoulam. R. ·Marijuana ChemistlY. Sci­ence 168 , 1/59-1/66 (1970) Schultes, R. E. Hallucinogens of Plant Ori­gin. Science 163, 245-254 (1969) Famsworth, N. R. Hallu cinogenic Plants. Science 162 , 1086-92 (1968 ). Weil, Zinberg & Nelson. Clinical and psycho­logical effects of marijuana in man . Science 162, 1234-42 (1968 ).

I don 't use th e stuff myself, but at least th e above should offer something to those who are tired of moralistic polemics Oil this drug.

Objectively proffered, Jon Culbertson

MORE INFORMATION Dear Mr. Sundby :

I ha ve been a subscriber to your fine maga­zine since its inception. I have seen it grow in quality . scope and respect over the past years . I too have been very concerned when it seemed it might fail alld fo ld. Over the years as I pick up each edition, read it from cover to cover and enjoyed its contents, there has always been a dissatisfied fee ling that some things I really wanted to hear about were never there, or only tantalizing bits were offered. Would it be pos­sible to give serious consideration to the fol­lowing list of items and try and include inform­ation about them in fu ture editions. I have asked many other coaches and gymnasts if they too fe lt th ese items should be a part of A merica's only real gymllastic magazine. I know they, I and others would be most appre­ciative if either you could comment or include articles in your future issues. H owever, I truly enjoy all your editions and shall endeavor to be a life time subscriber.

I. Who are truly America's top gymnasts ­men and women - and b}' what criteria ?

2. What are our top gymnasts doing on the apparatus that is new, original and interesting and what makes them our top gymnasts­men and women ?

3. Who are our young up alld coming boys and girls of junior age status. Why, where and who are their coaches ?

4. Who are our top coaches , who are they coaching, where are they coaching? What are their facili ties? Why are they producing good gymnasts ?

5. More concrete informatioll is needed on our two national coaches. Why were they se­lected? What are their responsibilities, abili­ties, authority, etc.? How about profiles on where they are coaching, who they are coach­ing and who they ha ve coached.

6. The same information is needed about our area and assistant national coaches.

7. H ow about dealing with the controversial subject of men coaching women gymnasts vs . women coaching women gymnasts.

8. What about the collegiate unwritten rule of not hiring men to coach women unless ab­soilitely necessary?

9. What are the routines of out top men and women gymnasts, written out and sequencial photographs of them. (WE hear rumors but rumors are misleading). A Iso, what are th e routines on world elit e men and women?

10. What should our top men and women gymnasts be doing, peljormance wise, train­ingwiseto win internat iona ll y.

II . What mistakes have we (coaches and parents) been making to prevent our top girls

and boys from developing properly? 12. What must our top girls and boys be

doing in order to be invited to international gymnastic meets as Kathy Rigby and Joyce Tana c were. This information should be avail­able to all.

13. H 0111 do we bid for , and obtain and plan fo r top gymnastic meets, i.e. national cham­pionships. Is it ever possible to bid for inter­national matches like the world cup and oth­ers? Ifso , how ?

14. Could you synopsis minutes from Olym­pic Gymnastic Committee Meetings, U.S. Commission Meetings, Na tional AA U and USGF Meetings? Only a few are aware of the gymnastic changes and ideas fo r fut ure de­velopment.

15. More art icles and interviews with na­tional figures in gymnastics, how do they train their gymnasts , what is th eir philosophy for inspiring their gymnasts and keeping th em healthy and happy doing gymnastics?

16. Wha t about our top judges and other officials. What do they say and are happy about and concerned about in their judging experi­ences?

Th ese items are not intended to criticize but rather to point out how much more interestillg this magazine could be if the above information could be published for all and 1I0t for a select few , as the motto of the USG F is supposed to live by "Gymnastics for A LL."

S incerely, Dale Shirley Gymnastics Coach S eattle Y.M.C.A.

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3rd International Invitational, Mexico City by Les Sasvary, Coach , Monroe HS

U.S.A. Coach Sosvary and Judge Beckner receive award. Ron Bell (rt.)

International gymnastics once aga in reached Southern California gymnastic fan s. This time a group of boys and girls 18 years and under received a golden opportunity to show their ta lents at the 3rd International Invitational Gy mnastics Meet , sponsored by the Mexican National Youth Federation , September 5-6 in Mexico C ity.

This event was preceded by a long period of prepa ration which included: training sessions for approximatel y 30 selected youngsters from the Southern California area for the whole summer, a prelimina ry tryout at PCC to select the best 12 all-around men from the initial 30 gy mnasts , a Fina l Tria l at Monroe HS in Sepul­veda on Aug. 29, 1970, to select the team, plus one alternate, and a tremendous money- rais ing and publicity effort.

When time for departure had arrived , we reali zed we had an exceptional group of young gymnasts gathered together. The team consist­ed of the follow ing :

Boys - Tom Beach , South HS ; Ron Be ll , Westchester HS ; Peter Paulson and Hector Neff, Taft HS ; Brad Horowitz , Monroe HS ; Ervin Ruzics , Pa lisades HS , and Rick Rude, Milliken HS (alternate).

Girls - Denise Wells , Gale H arri s , Sandy Gross and D agmar Hintnaus , a ll of the Long Beach SCATS.

Coach Sasvary of Monroe HS acted as team leader and boys' coach. D an Speraw of the SCATS was coach for the girls. The group was accompanied by Jack Beckner as an ap­pointed FIG judge by the Southern Cal Gym­nas tic Judges Association (John Magginetti , the other appointed judge , could not make the trip for personal reasons).

Upon arrival in Mexico City we received a very cordial welcome by the Mexican authori ­ties and were placed in the "Casa Del Maestro" Hotel. It did not take us too long to find that the Mexicans were taking this competition very seriously. We found that they intended to fo llow FIG rules throughout the competition and including Finals even though thi s was a junior meet. They are firm believers in the bal­anced program of all-around gymnas tics fo r both boys and girls.

The competition took place at the beautiful "Salla de Armas," site of the Olympic Fencing championships. The six best teams of Mexico were entered a long with Guatemala and South­ern Cali fornia.

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After a shaky start on the horizonta l bar, our team recovered and won the team cham­pionships. The following are the boys' team results:

I. USA (So. CaL) 230.55 2. I.P.N. 204. 15 3. U .N.A.M. 184.30 4. V. Democrac ias 177.65 5. Hidalgo 156.35 6. Guatemala 154.35 Hector Neff emerged victoriously with the

res t of our boys closely behind. I. Hector Neff 46.05 2. Tom Beach 45.90 3. Pete r Paulson 45.60 4. Arthuro Uribe 45.40 (Mex.) 5. Erwin Ruzics 45.30 6. Ron Bell 45.05 8. Brad Horowitz 43 . 10

We were all quite pleased with the results and all of the boys ' advance to the Finals on two or more events.

Because of a lack of communica tion (under­standing), our four girls were unable to enter as a team. The SCATS , however, proved them­selves by scoring 5.0 pts. higher than the win­ning team. Oceania "A" won the team title with 132. 75. The SCATS with o nly four girls scored 137.30. The following a re the all­around results:

I . Dagmar Hintnaus 36.00 2. Sandy G ross 34.85 3. Patricia Ollinger 34.15 (M ex .) 4. Gail Harris 34.10 5. Laura Rivera 33 .90 (Mex.) 6. Denise Wells 32.35 Our girls were the toast of the meet and were

well applauded by the la rge crowd on hand. All the newspapers were generous in their di splay actions photos of both boys and girls, but particula rl y the girls . For outstanding per­formance the SCATS were given a specia l aWfl rd .

The organization of the entire meet was excellent with a cololful inspiring opening and closing ceremony. The Finals were quite a victory for our boys and girl s who won most of the medals and a number of very la rge trophies for the outstanding performances.

The Mexico C ity competition was keen and the Mexicans are making great strides on the junior level.

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS:

1970 Ohio HS Championships Article by Larry Nellis Results & Routines by Jim Moore

The Sixth Annual Ohio High School State Gymnastics C hampionships were moved thi s yea r from Columbus, Ohio to Day ton , Ohio. The meet was moved for two reasons - to re­lieve Ohio State U ni ve rsity from spon soring three winter sport championships all in the sa me wee k, and to bring it to the part of the sta te where the most interest in gymnastics is located. The University of Day ton gracious ly hosted the meet with spectacular results . We ll over 3,000 pay ing spectators watched the pro­ceedings.

Co- meet directors Don Moorefield and Bi ll Pa rish were la rgely responsible for the mee t's success. The se mi-finals consisted of the top team and the top s ix individuals in each event from each of the four regions of the state . This was determined by regiona l meets a week ear­lier. A lso fro m the semi-fina l meet , the a ll ­a round champion was determined. Executing tremendous style and technique, Mike Grimes emerged a repeat champion in the a ll-around. Watch for him in the college ranks during the next four years . Dave Eby, of YM CA and AA U fame, was a close second. Amazing as he was to watch , he is only a freshman.

The finals consisted of the top two tea ms and the top six individuals in each event from the se mi-fina ls. Rivalry was at a high point when Miami sburg High School , Miamisburg, Ohio , amI Fairmont East High School , Ket­tering, Ohio battled for the team trophy. Be­cause of the courageous efforts of their injured and to p gy mnas t, Jay Butler, and good balance and depth fro m the rest of the tea m, Miamis­burg emerged as this year's Ohio High School State GyrilOas tic C hamps. Most of this success must be credited to a trul y incredible coach , Ken Bostleman, who received the Ohio High School Gy mnas tic Coaches Award for 1970. High school admini strators and athletic direc­tors hunting gymnastic coaches should note that three years ago , when Coach Bostleman took the job as gy mnastic coach at Mia mi sburg, his knowledge of the sp0l1 consisted of one se mester of elementary gymnastics a t Ball Sta te , where he received his teaching degree. I n these three yea rs , he has increased hi s knowledge of gymnas tics through reading the F . I.G . Judging Rules, watching movies , and going to college meets , and has created a gy mnas tic community with elementa ry school gy mnas tic programs and a state high school championship team.

1970 Ohio State HS Championships, Team -Mia misburg HS -(Mia misburg, 0), 146.9. Coach, Ken Bostleman. Runner-up, Fairmont East HS (Kettering, 0) 1 42.5, Coach Tom Sexton. AA, M ike Grimes (Euclid HS), Runner·up - David Eby (Wayne HS). lH: Tom Spargur (Fairmont, East), Mike Grimes & Welton Fields (Princeton). TU: Tom Shultz (Miamisburg), Ron Runyeon (Miamisburg). HB: Mike Grimes, Jim Young (Princeton). FX: Mike Grimes. David Eby. PB: Mike Gri mes, David Eby. SH : Greg Korns (Fairmont West), Jay Butler (Miamisburg). TR : Tom Sparbur, Todd Lecklider (Fairmont West). R: Bill Colton (Fairmont East), Bob Hensing (Fa ir· mont East). Winning Routines : FX (Grimes) - Russian front sammy, round·off bock hand· sp ring back full twist, step put front scale back hand· sp ring, front sca le f ron t handspring , front fli p front head· spring, forward roll, back handspring back f lip V2 tw ist Swedish f all, side splits press handstand, pirouette lower

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down 2 cartwheels bock walkover roundoff 2 bock hand­springs bock pike flip SH (Karns) - Stroight body pull to inverted hong dislocate upshoot to handstand stroight arm down to bock lever reverse kip cross release lower inlocote bock uprise " L" sit hollow back press to handstand to free bent arm plan­che lower to bock lever release dislocate straddle off. LH (Sprague) - Yamashita PB (Grimes) - Cast support straddle cut " L" support press handstand back catch stutz laybock front uprise moore cast straddle cut dip swing handstand pirouette loy bock front uprise sammy dismount. HB (Grimes) - Stem ri se front giant reach over cross under rear vault stoop through straddle cut catch hop kip change front giant pirouette back giant cross change 2 front gi­ants stroddle hecht dismount. TU (Shultz) 1 st Pass - Round-off back alternates, bock handspring, arabian, front handspring. 2nd Pass - front handspring, front flip, front handspring. 3rd Pass - Round­off bock handspring, alternate hand bock handspring, 3 bock flips. TR (Spargur) Fliffus, Rudolf bock sammy, bock full tw ist sammy, bock sammy, bock double, bock sammy, rudolf, 2 back sommies, front I 3,{, sammy rudolpf ball out.

Kansas State High School Championships by Marty Hunt

The 1970 Kansas High School Gymnastics season ended February 21 , 1970 with the State Gymnastics Championship Meet at the Law­rence High School gymnasium. Team and in­dividuals qualified in regional meets at Wichita South and Salina.

Teams qualifying from the Wichita South Regional were: Medicine lodge, 129V2, Wichita South , 89 , Wichita West, 67 , Wichita South­east, 53 , Wichita Heights , 30, Campus , 21 , Wichita East , 15V2, Dodge Ci ty, 14V2, Wichita North , 10, Emporia, 6, Kingman , 3, Ulysses, I , Lakin , O. Lawrence won the Salina Regional with 145 , followed by Salina, 119V2, Olathe , 63 , Topeka, 50V2 , Washburn Rural , 22V2 , Topeka West , 21 , Shawnee Heights, 8, High­land Park , S, Atchison , 3, Buhler, 2, Nicker­son, 2.

The top eight individuals in each event plus the top six all-arounds from each regional quali­fied for the State Meet. The team scores at the state meet were: Lawrence, 130, Salina 85V2 , Medicine Lodge, 72 V2 , Topeka, 41 , Wichita South, 34 , Olathe , 27V2 , Wichita West , 12 V2 , Washburn Rural , 10, Wichita North , 9V2 , Wichita Southeast, 8, Wichita Heights 7V2, Topeka West , 6, Emporia, 2, Shawnee Heights , I , Campus , I. Steve Schuman of Medicine Lodge was a triple champion with victories in All-Around , Free Exercise, and Tumbling.

Event placing were as follows : Free Exercise

1. Steve Schuman, Medicine Lodge, 7.575. 2. Marvin ipes, Salina, 7.375. 3. Pat Neustrom, Salina, 7.20.

Schuman and Pipes both threw full twisting back flips. Side Horse

1. Lorry Estes, Lawrence, 7.2 (2 tie), Floyd Sanders, Wichita North, and Jim Burgert, Lawrence, 5.45. Horizontal Bar

1. Mike Spearman, Lawrence, 7.625. 2. Cliff Nelson, Salina, 7.20. 3. Jeff Hambleton, Lawrence, 7.1 0

Spearman and Nelson used Hecht dismounts. Hambleton threw a full twist flyaway. Long Horse

1. Mike Bockus, Lawrence, 8.50. 2. Marc Hildebrand, Lawrence, 8.325. 3. Evon Olson, Salina, 8.25.

Backus and Hildebrand did a Yamashita; Olson per­formed a Hecht. Parallel Bars

1. Evan Olson, Salina, 7.425. 2. Keith Banta, Lawrence, 7.30.3. Bob Ingram. Wichita South, 6.20. Still Rings

1. Gerald Lee, Medicine Lodge, 6.70. 2. Eric Napue, To­peka, 6.30. 3. Chris Phelps, Lawrence, and Evan Olson, ,5.925.

Lee used a bent-arm planche & iron cross for strength moves. Napue performed bent-arm giants.

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Tumbling I . Steve Schuman, Medicine Lodge, 8. 10. 2. Marvin

ipes, Salina, 6.60.3. Jeff Hambleton, Lawrence, 6.225. Schuman and Pipes again did fu ll tw ists; Schuman also

threw three consecutive back flips followed by ff, back, bock! All-Around

1 . Steve Schuman, Medicine Lodge 32.80 2. Keith Banta, Lawrence 31 .05 3. Cliff Nelson, Salina 29.25 4. John Milledge, Medicine Lodge 28.20 5. Pat Neustrom, Salina 26.45

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Authored by Rich Harris and other gymnastic experts, the book offers special assistance to the many physical education instructors without the advantage of advanced training in gymnastics. It explains the " How to" involved in starting a program, with emphasis on class organiza­tion, selling administrators, gymnastic area layout, or­ganizing gymnastic club, exhibitions and competitive team gymnastics. One chapter lists sources for textbooks, films and other teaching materials, plus dotes and loca­tions of gymnastic camps and clinics.

The approach is practical and simple, and geared for both boys and girls gymnastics. Even the experienced gymnastic instructor will find new and useful ideas to improve his program.

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by Dick Criley

Trampoline Tumbling Today by Larry Griswold and Glenn Wilson. A. S. Barnes & Co., Box 421 , Cran-bury, New Jersey, 08512. pages. $4.95

There are mony trampoline books on the market thp.se days, and one wanders why anyone would bother to write another, let alone revise a classic such as Larry Griswold's 1948 edition of "Tram­poline Tumbling." I had a difficult time, however, locating a copy of the original to compare with "Trampoline Tumbling Today", the new edition prepared in collaboration with Glenn Wilson, former NCAA trampoline champ and (former) gym­nastics coach at the Universities of Colorado and Arizona.

Whi le the publisher's iacket lauds the book as a complete revision and expansion of the original , it is not. Several sections remain the same, espe­cially the chapters on fundamental body mechan­ics, simple demonstrations of the physical prin­ciples involved in trampolining (what else cou ld you do to Newton's laws of motion?), and group trampolining. On the other hand TTT has up-dated the historical aspects of the sport, revised the section on definitions (where else do you learn that a bluch is a half-turntable?), and expanded the suggested lessons for beginners.

The 7 basic bounces are discussed and well il­lustrated. The ultimate goal of the move is defined, but I wished that, particularly for the front and back drops, more lead-up ideas could have been given. The section on basic exerci ses is much the same as before, but some new drawings have been added (e.g., swivel hips, baroni, and back somer­sault in free position). A revised description of the swivel hips was added along with more variations on exercises which follow from the basic bounces.

Many moves and illustrations have been added to the advanced exercises section. These alone make . the new edition worth adding to one's col­lection. Many of these were not in general use at the time of the earlier edition and the authors have thoughtfully included lead-up suggestions for many moves. Some popular terminolgy appears here but not in the glossary or index: the half-in, half-out or Back Full Fliffis, for instance.

Although the original list of exercises and com­binations has been shortened in TTT, there is a

Although the original list of exercises and com­binations has been shortened in TTT, there is a worthwhile addition in the inclusion of difficulty rating tables. I do have one beef with the publish­ers, though : the rating tables ore microscopically small and could have been enlarged to be as read­able as the text. The exercises are now classified as to difficulty and could be used in developing age-group routines.

The section on group tumbling and that on ex­hibition work will appeal to those who have to put on shows and demonstrations to develop admin­istrator and parent support. The trampoline is a sufficiently spectocular event in that it lends itself to this type of advertising, and group tumbling can add interest to any exhibition. I looked for mention of the double bounce or bed kip, often used to spring a man higher, but could not find a discussion of this element of exhibition work. Little has been added to these sections when com­pared to the old edition, but they do provide a start for those who have mastered the basics of trampolining.

With constant changes in rules for competition, the competition section may at some ti me con­tain out-dated information, but for now it has a good coverage of international trampoline regula­tions. Additionally, this book has a complete list­ing of national and international champions from 1947 through 1970.

In summary, the book is well-written and per­haps a little tighter in style than the first edition. The illustrations are suitable and plentiful. The information is couched in terms which will be understood by the novice trampoline teacher. Al­though I was looking for the problem solving ap­proach used in many gymnastics texts, I feel it will be a useful addition to any teacher's library. Even young trampolinists will find the book helpful if they will stop bouncing long enough to read it.

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