GYMN-L Digest - 16 Jan 1996 to 17 Jan 1996

There are 14 messages totalling 721 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

1. TV Alert
2. lefties, righties
3. left or right handedness
4. UM blue gold post
5. Olympic Predictions
6. GYMN-L Digest - 15 Jan 1996 to 16 Jan 1996 (2)
7. Leftie Rightie
8. Olympic Hopes
9. GYMN-L Collegiate Update v. 1, no. 6
10. Kim Zmeskal
11. TWISTING...
12. American Uni`s and Flexibility
13. Intro

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 10:08:29 -0500
From: ***@GNATNET.NET
Subject: TV Alert

Hi! I'm back on line. It didn't take as long as I thought. To Jason in Kiev:
This is my new e-mail address, in case you tried to reply.
I reported on the GA v. FL collegiate meet this weekend. On Thursday,
January 18, at 1:30 EST on ESPN is the show NCAA Today. This show will
include a segment on the growth in popularity of women's collegiate
gymnastics, including footage of the GA v. FL meet.

Kerry

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 11:54:33 -0500
From: ***@GATEWAY.US.SIDWELL.EDU
Subject: Re: lefties, righties

Just to add my 2 cents to this little thing: I'm right handed and a righty
(I start cartwheels, roundoffs, etc. with my right foot in front). I
guess this is what felt most natural to me when I was first starting,
since I never really thought about it, but I did learn how to do
cartwheels (when I was about 5) from another girl, so I may have picked it
up from her. But my right leg split has always been strongest (and that's
not because I've worked on it more or anything), so I think
right-leggedness may have come naturally.

OK, now, when I started learning full turns and split leaps on beam, my
coach just said go over and work on them. So I started doing both *on my
left leg* (I would have my left leg in front on my split leap, and I would
turn on my left leg on my full turn). As I learned the compulsory
routines, I figured out that that was wrong, and I was able to change
it. For a while it felt a little strange but now it's totally natural.
When I twist, I twist left, on every event. I've tried twisting right,
but it just doesn't work.

As for the other people on my team, well, it's kind of a mixed bag. We
have a pretty equal mix of righties and lefties, but I think most people
are right-handed. But some people do one thing on one leg and one thing
on another, and this is totally natural for them. Like one girl was a
lefty but she did back walkovers on her right leg. Which, of course,
gave her lots of heartache in compulsories: she had to figure out how to
do her back walkover on her right leg in her level 6 beam routine, then
almost immediately go into a left leg split leap!

Hmm...make that my 4 cents :)
Lisa

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 09:13:29 -0800
From: ***@UCLINK.BERKELEY.EDU
Subject: left or right handedness

Dear All,

I have always wondered whether I am a right or left-handed
person. I write with my right hand, so I believe myself to be a
right-handed person. In gymnastics, however, when I do a back handspring,
I use my right leg to kick up and land on. When I do a cartwheel,
however, I kick up and land on with my left leg. Is this normal for a
rightie? Just wondering!

Thanks!
Chayanin M.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:35:09 -0500
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: UM blue gold post

When Patrick posts the collegiate digest, I made a mistake on my report.
UM scored a 194.75 not 195.75. Sorry, the announcer made a mistake
posting them.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:22:05 -0800
From: ***@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject: Olympic Predictions

make the Olympic team. Here's mine
Zmeskal, Miller, Moceanu, Strug, Dawes, Borden and Phelps
I would really like to see all of these people on the team because
they have all proved to be very consistant performers.
As for the Olympics All Around and E.F's Here are my picks....
All Around 1) Zmeskal 2)Pod, Dawes, Mo 3) Miller, Dom,ect.
E.F Beam 1) Mo, Pod 2) Dom, Miller, Korhina 3)Zmeskal, Dawes
Bars 1) Korhina 2) Pod, Mo, Any chienese 3) Any of the Chienese
Floor 1) Zmeskal 2) Miller, Pod, Korhina 3) Mo
Vault 1) Amanar, Milo 2) Zmeskal, Mo 3) Dawes, Strug
I will admit that I am no expert so I guess you could call these my
hopes.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:37:31 -0800
From: ***@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject: Re: GYMN-L Digest - 15 Jan 1996 to 16 Jan 1996

>> ... I mean, if it were a
>> LEAP...but it is not technically a leap, it is a pointless
>> rebound with absolutely no artistic or FIG gymnastic value.
I totally agree. If she made it into a real leap than O.k but what
is the point of jumping straight into the air and coming down. It shows
that she doesn't have any control on her landing which should result in
a substantial deduction. Does anyone know if she gets any kind of
deduction for that?
Laura

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:42:01 -0800
From: ***@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject: Leftie Rightie

to twist to the right I was unable to complete the twists. Now I twist
to the right which has inabled me to fully complete my twist.
Just wanted to share that with you.
Laura

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:49:47 -0500
From: ***@INTERACTIVE.NET
Subject: Olympic Hopes

There have been many "predictions"/ hopes posted about the American team,
and actual Olympic medalists, how about some of the other teams?

RUSSIA: Khorkina, Kochetkova, Galiyeva (sp?), Grosheva, Fabrichnova (if her
back isn't a problem), Prygunova, and Lebedeva

ROMANIA: Milo, Gogean, Amanar, Cocovean, Hatagan, Presecan, Marineacu

USA: Moceanu, Strug, Miller, Borden, Phelps, Zmeskal, Powell or Dawes
Once again injuries will be a major factor in the selection of the US team.
So far the injury list looks like this:
Moceanu -Nothing that I know of.
Strug- coming back from an Ankle injury
Miller- back from foot/ ankle problem
Borden- Toe and ankle
Phelps- Knee surgury
Zmeskal- Appears to be doing well after knee surgury
Powell- Knee, ankle?
Dawes- Ankles, wrists- she looked well at R&R

I'm not even going to touch the actual Olympics, I had enough trouble with
the teams. Too many choices, and variables to even be close.

Lori

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:51:00 -0800
From: ***@LELAND.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: GYMN-L Collegiate Update v. 1, no. 6

GYMN-L's Collegiate Update
Volume 1, no. 6
Jan. 16 ,1996
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(***Editor's Note: Since we got the MLK holiday off yesterday, and since
I usually read my mail at work, the Update was delayed yet again.
From now on, hopefully these will come out on Monday and Wednesday as
originally advertised.)


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Contents:

1. Blue-Gold Invitation Report (Women)
2. West Point Open team (Men)
3. West Point Open EF (Men)

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*****Item number 1.6.1*****

Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 10:23:12 -0500 (EST)
From: ***@umich.edu
Subject: Blue/Gold Invitational

1-13-96
Blue/Gold Invitational
Ann Arbor Mi
Teams competing: University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
West Virginia University

We had an excellent crowd tonight, as fans came to see our UM Women's
Gymnastics team's first meet of the new season. Ranked 3rd
in the country, UM was looking for a great start to the promising season
and they did just that.
Pre-Meet Notes: Autumn Donati, Lauren LaBranche, and Kristin Duff sat out
this meet with injuries. Autumn has a broken toe, Lauren has a sore
back, and I believe Kristin sprained her left arm (it was in a sling-no
cast). In pre-meet published reports, Coach Plocki said that she was
looking towards her freshmen Beth Amelkovich, Lisa Simes, and Nikki
Peters especially to have a strong showing tonight. Beth, injured at the
intrasquad meet, looked nervous in her first collegiate meet, as had
Kathy Burke and Kristin Duff at the last meet. Kathy Burke only
performed on the floor, as an exhibition performer.
Instead of the freshmen dominating for UM, it was the returners Wendy
Marshall, Dianna Ranelli, Andrea McDonald, and Heather Kabnick. Their
consistent routines secured a strong victory over the other two teams.
Coach Plocki was hoping to improve on their 189.65 record last year at
this same meet. The team easily surpassed this with an impressive
194.75. West Virginia performed well for a 190.825. The University of
Pittsburgh had a difficult meet with a 187.275.

Note: Sorry to everyone that was anticipating a lot of notes on the
routines and on West Virginia and Pitt. Our arena is pretty small, and
with the number of gymnasts on the floor, it became quite difficult to
write the scores down with three gymnasts competing at once, let alone
the announcer not announcing the visiting gymnasts names as they began
their routines. Thus I only have partial scores. Sorry.

Ist rotation:

Michigan - Vault
The key performers here were Heather and Nikki. Both executed two strong
vaults.
Heather Kabnick 9.9
Nikki Peters 9.9
Andrea McDonald 9.625
Wendy Marshall 9.875
Lisa Simes 9.725
Dianna Ranelli 9.8
Beth Amelkovich 9.4

Pitt - Bars
Robyn Senior 9.35
Erika Flamer 8.65
Brenda Stevens 9.45

West Virginia - Beam
Nikki West 9.45
Umme Salim 9.35
Jessica Nonnemacher 9.5
Karla Hairston 9.3

2nd Rotation:

Michigan - bars
Three gymnasts fell off - Lisa, Tina, and Beth.
Andrea McDonald 9.75
Wendy Marshall 9.625
Nikki Peters 9.875
Beth Amelkovich 8.425
Dianna Ranelli 9.725
Tina Miranda 9.275
Lisa Simes 9.1

Pitt - beam
Kristin Bond 9.4
Erika Flammer 8.45
Janet Highhill 9.55
Lori Buck 9.35

West Virginia - Floor
Lauren Schneider 9.15
Karla Hairston 9.45
Nikki West 9.65
Jessica Nonnemacher 9.65
Umme Salim 9.75
Kristin Quackenbush 9.55

3rd Rotation:

Michigan - Beam
Andrea McDonald 9.8
Lisa Simes 9.8
Wendy Marshall 9.85
Heather Kabnick 9.7
Beth Amelkovich 9.8
Tina Miranda 9.5
Dianna Ranelli 9.6

Pitt - Floor
Robyn Senior 9.65
Erika Flammer 9.45

West Virginia - Vault
Debora Santiago 9.1
Jodi Barnes 9.25
Kristin Quackenbush 9.875

4th Rotation:

Michigan - Floor
Wendy Marshall 9.75
Nikki Peters 9.15
Andrea McDonald 9.3
Beth Amelkovich 9.7
Dianna Ranelli 9.725
Heather Kabnick 9.825

(The Announcer did not read off the other competitor's names)

So:
Vault - 1T: UM Peters, Kabnick 9.9 3T: West Virginia Quackenbush, UM
Marshall 9.875
Bars - 1: UM Peters 9.875 2T: UM McDonald, West Virginia Salim 9.75
Beam - 1: UM Marshall 9.85 2T: UM Amelkovich, Simes, McDonald 9.8
Floor -1: UM Kabnick 9.825 2: UM Marshall 9.75 3T: West Virginia
Quackenbush, UM Ranelli 9.725
AA -1: UM Marshall, 39.10 2: UM Ranelli, 38.85 3: UM McDonald, 38.475

Next Meet: Jan 20th at Minn.
Next Home Meet: Jan 26th vs Mass.

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*****Item number 1.6.2*****


Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 19:00:48 -0500
From: ***@pharm.med.upenn.edu
Subject: West Point Open Prelims

These are the results from the preliminaries. There were 3 nice suprises at
this meet -- Chris LaMorte with his rings routine (9.9 in finals), Mark Sohn
on Pommel's (9.8 in prelims and 9.35 in finals this is one of the 3 times he
has ever come off the horse during a meet -- couldn't get the handstand into
pirouette), then Bill Roth competed 4 events and made finals on all 4, with
a 9.9 on High Bar. I will try to pull together the results from the finals
by the end of tonight.
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1996 West Point Open

Arvin Gymnasium, West Point, NY
Friday & Saturday, January 12-13, 1996


Penn State
FX PH R V PB HB
Brandy Wood 910 825 860 870 850 915
J.M. Michel 965 740 935 910 930 865
Joe Roemer 955 770 935 905 900 895
Mark Minutaglio 815
Ron Roeder 910 745 845 835 400
Roy Malka 925 955 820
Steve McSparren 940 740 875 935 765 815
Tim Lashua 865 920 855 920 885 760
Tyson Bryant 880 830
3785 3665 3605 3670 3565 3505 21795

Syracuse
FX PH R V PB HB
Shane Geraghty 940 845 900 860 925 915
Ofri Porat 960 890 940 935 920 885
Joe Buscaglia 800 895 885
Mike Emmons 930 605 910 905 895 770
Walter Kurfis 755 755
Seth Seligman 915 785
Mark Bechtold 895 935
Scott Hrnack 875 785 890 920 880 930
Matthew Carbone 650
James Bacik 840
Mark Weber 930 660 815 860 890
3760 3375 3645 3620 3675 3515 21590

Temple
FX PH R V PB HB
Carl Imhauser 850 960
Darin Gerlach 980 715 900 9375 745 940
Dave Schrock 895 825 810 755
Dominic Boardley 935 850 875
Jason Krane 930 870 915 875 890 750
Jason Rushton 820 795
Joe Martelli 880 905 860 810 850
John Schroeder 650
Kenny Sykes 955 840 850 860 870
Chris Perrin 755
3800 3355 3570 35225 3435 3620 213025



UMass
FX PH R V PB HB
Ruslan Shupak 900 620 950 850 920 745
Chris Funk 865 665 910 805 700
Keith Showstack 880 815 900 810
Stephen Pryor 895 815 830 860 850 890
Gabe Columbus 900 780 835 905 910 915
Andy Fulmer 850
Tim Wheeler 555 870 880
Michael Plourde 915
Steve Frey 800 870
Phil Lieberman 880 895
Steve Goldman 850 905
Brad LeClair 855
3610 3350 3545 3485 3635 3510 21135

Army
FX PH R V PB HB
Steve Marshall 965 860 775 950 925 835
Michael Pressell 795 815 815 735
Michael Sivulka 910 935 855 860 785 905
Peter Gizzi 910 860 815 830 895 905
Richard Spencer 865 810 840
Michael Silvestro 870 845 750 745
Michael Bush 830 870 870 885
Ryan Close 790
Casey Doss 780
Benjamin Hayward 865 855
Jeffrey Means 810 805
Joseph Alderete 900
3685 3525 3355 3495 3495 3530 21085


Navy
FX PH R V PB HB
Bo Hanle 865 785 820 890 740 760
Jason Fesnak 895 860
Franz Helchinger 845 655 815 865 895
Sean Vieira 870 840
Peter Lombard 950 735 715 815
Matt Tucker 835 615 910 930 845 850
Robert Flannery 825 870 835 925
Kevin Bauer 640 750 875 810 885
Jeremy Shafer 600 805
3580 3000 3415 3560 3295 3555 20405

Springfield
FX PH R V PB HB
Brian Reardon 645
Dennis Keane 790 785 705
Glenn Maiuri 890 860 690
Jay Lewencauk 915 715 905
Jerem Wojtkun 835 520 865 780 680
Mike Comeau 900 565 815 835 815 750
Ross Talarico 835 775 830 870 700 690
Ryan Laurent 760
Scott Nicholson 815
Sean Reardon 830 670 675 790 745 565
3540 2805 3250 3500 3125 2825 19045

ALL-AROUND
FX PH R V PB HB TOTAL
Ofri Porat 960 890 940 935 920 880 55.25 1 Syracuse
Mike Dutka 895 905 870 920 935 870 53.95 2 MACEYS
Shane Geraghty 940 845 900 860 925 915 53.85 3 Syracuse
Jeff LaVallee 945 880 930 935 910 775 53.75 4 Daggett's
Joe Roemer 955 770 935 905 900 895 53.60 5 Penn State
J.M. Michel 965 740 935 910 930 865 53.45 6 Penn State
Scott Vetere 880 855 940 890 875 895 53.35 7 Gymnastrum
Igor Osadchiy 910 845 905 880 900 895 53.35 7 IGC
Steve Marshall 965 860 775 950 925 835 53.10 9 Army
Mike Moran 880 950 975 890 755 860 53.10 9 Daggett's
Scott Hrnack 875 785 890 920 880 930 52.80 11 Syracuse
Michael Sivulka 910 935 855 860 785 905 52.50 12 Army
Gabe Columbus 900 780 835 905 910 915 52.45 13 UMass
Jason Krane 930 870 915 875 890 750 52.30 14 Temple
Brandy Wood 910 825 860 870 850 915 52.30 14 Penn State
Peter Gizzi 910 860 815 830 895 905 52.15 16 Army
Darin Gerlach 980 715 900 935 745 940 52.15 16 Temple
Tim Lashua 865 920 855 920 885 760 52.05 18 Penn State
Stephen Pryor 895 815 830 860 850 890 51.40 19 UMass
Steve McSparren 940 740 875 935 765 815 50.70 20 Penn State
Mike Emmons 930 615 910 905 895 770 50.25 21 Syracuse
Anthony Petroclli 900 850 845 855 880 695 50.25 21 Gymnastrum
Matt Tucker 835 625 910 930 845 850 49.95 23 Navy
Ruslan Shupak 900 620 950 850 920 745 49.85 24 UMass
Justin Toman 910 815 785 865 760 815 49.50 25 Daggett's
Ed Seng 915 730 815 890 790 770 49.10 26 Gymnastrum
Jamie Natalie 815 765 885 830 770 845 49.10 26 IGC
Adam Benas 850 835 775 825 690 915 48.90 28 WORLD CLASS
Bo Hanle 865 785 820 890 740 760 48.60 29 Navy
Jason Garcia 800 735 775 795 790 860 47.55 30 USOTC
Ross Talarico 830 775 830 870 700 690 46.95 31 Springfield
Mike Comeau 900 565 815 835 815 750 46.80 32 Springfield
Manny Galarza 830 700 870 855 725 680 46.60 33 UNATTACHED
Mark Sorrentino 885 620 725 820 715 590 43.55 34 S. CONN
Sean Reardon 830 670 675 790 745 565 42.75 35 Springfield


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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 21:57:07 -0500
From: ***@pharm.med.upenn.edu
Subject: West Point Open finals


1996 West Point Open
Arvin Gymnasium, West Point, NY Friday & Saturday, January 12-13, 1996


I N D I V I D U A L F I N A L S

FX
Darin Gerlach 9.75 1 Temple
Steve Marshall 9.65 2 Army
J.M. Michel 9.60 3 Penn State
Joe Roemer 9.50 4 Penn State
Shane Geraghty 9.35 5 Syracuse
Kenny Sykes 9.25 6 Temple
Ofri Porat 9.20 7 Syracuse
Steve McSparren 9.10 8 Penn State
Peter Lombard 8.50 9 Navy

PH
Mark Sohn 9.35 1 Unattached
Roy Malka 9.25 2 Penn State
Mike Dutka 9.15 3 Macey's
Bill Roth 9.10 4 Temple/Sokol
Michael Sivulka 9.00 5 Army
Ron Roeder 9.00 5 Penn State
Tim Lashua 8.55 7 Penn State
Tyson Bryant 8.40 8 Penn State
Keith Showstack 8.05 9 UMass

R
Chris LaMorte 9.90 1 Gold Cup
Ofri Porat 9.50 2 Syracuse
Joe Roemer 9.50 2 Penn State
Ruslan Shupak 9.45 4 UMass
Scott Vetere 9.25 5 Gymnastrum
Bill Roth 9.15 6 Temple/Sokol
Kevin Schwartz 8.75 7 Unattached
J.M. Michel 8.50 8 Penn State

V
Ofri Porat 9.50 1 Syracuse
Darin Gerlach 9.40 2 Temple
Matt Tucker 9.40 2 Navy
Mike Dutka 9.20 4 Macey's
Steve Marshall 9.10 5 Army
Steve McSparren 9.10 5 Penn State
Scott Hrnack 9.05 7 Syracuse
Tim Lashua 9.05 7 Penn State

PB
J.M. Michel 9.25 1 Penn State
Bill Roth 9.20 2 Temple/Sokol
Steve Marshall 9.15 3 Army
Shane Geraghty 9.00 4 Syracuse
Mark Bechtold 8.90 5 Syracuse
Ofri Porat 8.85 6 Syracuse
Ruslan Shupak 8.45 7 UMass
Mike Dutka 8.35 8 Macey's

HB
Bill Roth 9.900 1 Temple/Sokol
Carl Imhauser 9.675 2 Temple
Brandy Wood 9.600 3 Penn State
Adam Benas 9.500 4 World Class
Darin Gerlach 9.400 5 Temple
Scott Hrnack 9.400 5 Syracuse
Shane Geraghty 9.200 7 Syracuse
Gabe Columbus 9.200 7 UMass
Robert Flannery 8.850 9 Navy


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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:03:22 -0500
From: ***@GNATNET.NET
Subject: Kim Zmeskal

In the recent messages regarding Olympic predictions, several people have
predicted Kim Zmeskal winning several individual medals, including the
all-around gold. I think that is very unrealistic. I am a huge Zmeskal
fan, but Kim will be 20 years old, making a comeback to amateur competition
for the first time since the 1992 Olympics. We have not yet seen any of her
routines with the exception of floor exercise. In addition, she is making a
comeback from reconstructive knee surgery, which, is no small feat. If Kim
succeeds in making the Olympic team, it will be an amazing, almost
unbelievable accomplishment. We don't need to burden her with unfair
expectations of all-around medals.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:58:14 -0600
From: ***@ZEPHYR.MEDCHEM.PURDUE.EDU
Subject: TWISTING...

Since we are all on the subject, anyone ever seen people twist a skill
in both directions during the execution of the skill? Example:

Double Double, first somi to left, secodn to right (the twist, that is!),
or a double full with the first twist one way, the second the opposite.
I think that that would be rather neat to see!!


Jeff

P.S. Okay, these seemingly useless-because-it-is-too-early-to-call-it
Olympic Predictions, I only have to predict for Puerto Rico and say that
Russia will have cleaned up its act from Sabae and will come home with the
most medals (M, W, and both) and should head into Atlanta with a slight
lead against the Chinese (M and W) in the Team. AA could go to a gymnast
outside the top three nations. ANd I'm not sure that the USA will even medal
right now. I am thinking about this Russian W team and thinking back to
SAbae, they, like China, have everything but consistency. Plus, being
bested by Team USA two years in a row will make them work extra hard to best
USA on team USA's home turf.


AA and team = OLYMPICS, not Worlds this year.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:59:11 -0500
From: ***@FREENET.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: GYMN-L Digest - 15 Jan 1996 to 16 Jan 1996

Just a couple ?s, comments. I'm a rightie handwise, but I start
with my left hand for cartwheels. Which leg should I stand on,
leave off of, etc for leaps, back walk-overs, front walk-overs,
etc.....

How many members are there on this LIST-SERV
?

I was reading old digests, and it mentioned surveys.... I
thought it would be cool to start a survey with questions like:
Most nice in interviews
Shyest
Most improvement in a year
Best All-time gymnast
etc.....

I'd love to help out, but I don't know if I can handle results
of ANOTHER survey... Any interest out there?


I kinda invented a new type of cartwheel which I can describe.
I'd like to see if anyone can do it, especially on beam, and
what you think it would be rated in the code... If it's
good I could send it to some gymnasts to see i
(if) they'd want to use it for something (traininf, etc.)

Gordon Estes has the bruises to prove how difficult it is
:-) ;-) ;-)

CYA

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:11:00 GMT
From: ***@CIX.COMPULINK.CO.UK
Subject: American Uni`s and Flexibility

Hello,
Firstly I would like to know how a British gymnast would go about getting
a place/scholarship at an American University. What kind of subjects can
be studied to do with sport,coaching etc..? How much training do they do,
what is the standard like? Also when does the educational year start in
America (in September like in Britain)? Anyway all information or
comments would be greatly received!

Secondly, Would any gymnasts or coaches with gymnasts like to
participate in a flexibility project I am doing. It consist of two simple
test which are then repeated three weeks later. In those three weeks the
gymnasts do PNF stretching at a certain time during training. The project
when finished should show when the best time to do flexibility training
is in order to get the most benefits. Please help!!! if you can mail me.
Anyone who replied before, details will follow shortly.

Andrea

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:40:16 -0500
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Intro

Well after hanging around for months and wanting to say lots, here it is! I
am a 15 year old Sophomore. I competed 3 years of Level 5, 2 of Level 6, and
1 season of Level 7. I have started teaching a Tot/Kingergym class off and
on at my gym also. I am going to become a judge next year when I'm old
enough. I now compete in a new program that is pretty much the High
Schoolers who don't want to work hard, and have minor injuries but love the
sport and want to compete. It is a mixture of H.S, Levels 5, 6, & 7, and
optional w/out having to compete all-around. I think it's great. Less
practice hours plus optionals equals more fun! I'm a right handed and a
righty, but twist leftie, and love to give my .02! I'm also an OSU fan!!
I've been to Gymn camp there the last two summers and it was awesome!
Anybody know who's planning on coming to the Reese's Cup in Portland, OR? I
have tickets.............

Andrea

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