GYMN-L Digest - 30 Mar 1995 to 31 Mar 1995
There
are 10 messages totalling 415 lines in this
issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Moscow News
2. floor mats
(2)
3. The Kristie Phillips
thingy
4. POSITION: National
Gymnastics Foundation Executive Director
5. Stormy Eaton fun
6. USA Men's Competition Procedures
7. National Gymfest
8. Stormy Eaton funD
9. "Spitfire"
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 16:35:19
+1000
From: ***@STUDENT.GU.EDU.AU
Subject:
Re: Moscow News
> A russian
girl did dubbel Minichelli
direct punch front.
> (Minichelli=dubbel with half twist in the first phase)
What is
a Minichelli?
Michelle
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 09:24:01
-0500
From: ***@PERFIT.ZKO.DEC.COM
Subject:
floor mats
>...well...let's just say it's
hard to do level 8 floor routines without a
>spring
floor.
This line cracked me up.
I remember the floor mats back in Arlington High in
the mid-to-late '70s.
When I was a freshman, we had the 8'x4'(approx)
1"
gray resilite
mats that we would tape together in an "X" with 2 sides; this
was
our 40x40. I fondly remember doing round-off
Arabian dive rolls and totally
missing the mat on
re-entry. It sure did teach you the
importance of a
straight roundoff. Visiting teams were always psyched out
upon seeing this
setup; they'd be trying to
rearrange their floor routines to fit the mat setup.
These mats were
hard, especially in the winter. And
if you didn't stack them
correctly after practice,
the ends would be curled up for weeks.
Then, my
senior year, we got a 40x40, but
it was still the 1" resilite, now in 3 big
pieces. It was
still hard in the winter, but you could finish a floor pass and
not have to do cartwheels or such to get into the corner for
your next pass.
Even at UMass, they didn't get a spring floor until
after I left. It was a real
nice cushiony mat with a carpet on it, but no spring. So yes, it is possible
to do double backs without a spring floor.
Aaah, the good old days, when gymnasts were tough :)
Steve
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 11:12:58
-0500
From: ***@DB.ERAU.EDU
Subject:
Re: The Kristie Phillips thingy
Yes this was the movie filmed at the Americian clasic.
I thought
it might be but after geave me the name I was sure
because I
worked with the film crew while they
were in Orlando. I even filmed
300
ft (aprox 5 min) of raw film for the movie.
Jaye
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 18:11:28
-0700
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject:
POSITION: National Gymnastics Foundation Executive Director
POSITION
AVAILABLE
Executive Director, National Gymnastics Foundation
USA
Gymnastics invites applications and nominations for the position
of Executive Director of the National Gymnastics Foundation,
a two
million endowment established in 1988.
Reporting to the President of
USA Gymnastics, the Executive Director is a
newly created position
with responsibilities for
directing comprehensive programs to raise
gifts
and grants for the Foundation from individuals, corporations,
and foundations. The Executive Director will develop and implement
long and short-range fundraising plans for obtaining
increased funding
for the growing number of USA
Gymnastics projects.
Successful candidates will have a baccalaureate
degree in
Communication, Journalism or the Social
Sciences. Five to ten years of
comprehensive
fund-raising and management experience is essential;
ability
to manage a volunteer program required; and manage ment
of a
non-profit organization helpful. Candidates
must have demonstrated
ability in creating,
planning, and implementing innovative approaches
to
fundraising. The experience of running a major campaign is a
definite plus.
Excellent communication skil ls, oral and written, and
strong
organizational skills with the ability to relate well with
volunteers, federation members, and USA Gymnastics staff are
required.
Salary is competitive.
Completed applications must be
received by June 2, 1995.
Send a letter of application, a resume
(specifically addressing experience
relating to
qualifications above), and a list of three references including
titles, addresses and telephone numbers to:
Kathy Scanlan
President, USA Gymnastics
201 S. Capitol Avenue
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46225
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 18:12:47
-0700
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject:
Stormy Eaton fun
From USAGO!:
MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND ESTABLISHED
A memorial scholarship fund in the name
of Mark "Stormy" Eaton has
been
established to help underprivileged children take gymnastics
lessons.
Send donations to M & I Thunderbird
Bank
9333 N. 90th
St.
Scottsdale, AZ
85258
Acct.
#18703855
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 18:38:28
-0700
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject:
USA Men's Competition Procedures
Men's Qualifying Competition
Requirements
March 14, 1995
The following requirements must be met
in order for a meet host's bid
to be considered as
a qualification competition for either USA
Championships
or Winter Cup Challenge.
1. Use NGJA accredited National or FIG
rated judges with a minimum of
two judges per
event.
2. Involve a
minimum of one National Apparatus Leader (NAL) as a
judge
in the competition.
3.
Involve a minimum of four different programs in the competition.
4. Use FIG scoring with approved Men's
Program Committee Special
Requirements.
5. Be held the weekend of August 5-6, 1995
for Championships of USA
or January 13-14, 1996
for the Winter Cup Challenge. All competitions
must
have both a compulsory and an optional session conducted on
separate days.
6. Use an official USA Gymnastics
registration form which will be a
valid entry form
for both the qualifying competition and the
Championship meet. NOTE: Entry forms must be filled out
completely
and contain a valid athlete and coaches
USAG registration
number. Please remember that all
athlete numbers expire on July 31 of
each
year.
7. Agree that all
results, along with the completed entry forms, be
express
mailed to USAG within 24 hours of the completion of the
competition.
8. Be a USAG sanctioned event.
A
written bid should include for review:
1. Competition director and site.
2. List of programs which
have indicated a willingness to be involved
in the
competition.
3. A
tentative judges list.
4.
Cost of judges for the competition.
5. Be returned to the USAG Men's Program
Director a minimum of 60
days prior to the
competition for consideration. (June 5, 1995 /
December 4, 1995)
Bids will be awarded by the Men's Program Committee based on
meeting
the competition requirements and on
regional needs. A final judging
list must be
submitted a minimum of 14 days prior to the event for
review
by the MPC and USA Gymnastics.
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 18:42:58
-0700
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject:
National Gymfest
From USAGO!:
Third Annual National GymFest
To
be conducted October 27-30, 1995
Carmel, Indiana
Co-hosted locally by
Performer's Edge School of Dance and Theatrical
Training
The third
annual National GymFest (formerly called the
National
Gymnaestrada) will be held in Carmel,
Ind. October 27-30, 1995. The
first National Gymnaestrada was conducted in Indianapolis in 1993,
and
the second in Palm Springs, Calif. in 1994.
This ye ar's National
GymFest
will prove to be a spectacular event with more participants
from more diverse groups than ever before!
GENERAL
GYMNASTICS
General Gymnastics is a non-competitive form of gymnastics
where
groups of various sizes, ages, and
experience levels have the
opportunity to perform
exhibition routines with widely diverse
gymnastics
themes. The performances, lasting anywhere from eight to 12
minutes, are choreographed to music with high audience
appeal in mind.
On the local level, this is similar to the annual
gymnastics recital
conducted by many gymnastics
clubs. The National GymFest provides an
opportunity for gymnastics performance groups to come
together
annually to "show their stuff,"
share in learning opportunities, and
have a lot of
fun! The International Gymnastics
Federation (FIG)
conducts a World Gymnaestrada every four years. In July, 1995, USA
Gymnastics
will be sending a delegation of over 300 to participate in
the FIG World Gymnaestrada in
Berlin, Germany. It is expected
that
this event will draw nearly 30,000 participants.
THEME
The
theme for the 1995 National GymFest will be Cirque
de
Gymnastique. Just as the world recognized
"Cirque de Soleil"
creatively expanded
the traditional concept of the circus, Cirque de
Gymnaestrada
will permit great imagination and diversity in choreo
graphy, music selection, and
costuming.
LOCATION
Carmel, Indiana is located just north of
Indianapolis. It is located
conveniently near
restaurants, mall shopping, ana, outdoor
practice
areas, and a large warm-up/staging
facility will be available.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Coaches,
parents, senior citizens, and participants with handicaps
will have specific choreography arranged to meet specific
needs. Some
of this choreography will be presented
at the USA Gymnastics Congress
in New
Orleans.
Group leaders and instructors will be able to attend an
FIG
InstrructorUs Forum in General Gymnastics and
all participants will be
invited to attend special
workshop sessions. Theatrical Training and
choreographer
for the Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders, will be the
local
Director for the 1995 National GymFest. Morgan and
his staff
already have plans for the grand finale
which include utilizing
rhythmic and artistic
gymnastics, dance, aerobics, jazzercise, show
choir,
band guard, karate and judo, handicapped, and senior citizen
units. Choreography for the grand finale will be videotaped
in July
and sent to all groups planning to
participate in the 1995 National
GymFest.
MORE
INFORMATION
The May issue of Technique will include more specific
information
about the 1995 National GymFest in Carmel, Ind., registration costs,
performance guidelines, activities schedule, hotel
information, and
registration procedures.
MAILING
LIST
If you or your group would like to be added to our mailing list
to
receive special information about General
Gymnastics, the National
GymFest, or the World Gymnaestrada, please complete and return the
form below to: Steve Whitlock, USA Gymnastics, Pan American
Plaza,
Suite 300, 201 S. Capitol, Indianapolis, IN 46225.
SPREAD
THE WORD
Many groups who would be interested in participating in the
USA
National GymFest may not be members of USA
Gymnastics and are not
receiving this information.
If you know someone in your community who
leads a
performance group of any kind, please share th is
information
with them and help us make this the
BEST National GymFest EVER!
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 18:45:30
-0700
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject:
Stormy Eaton funD
Sincere regrets for this
typo -- of course it's the Stormy Eaton FUND,
not
"fun". Sorry, Rachele
Forwarded message:
| Subject: Stormy
Eaton fun
| To: gymn-l@psuvm.psu.edu (Gymn: an
electronic forum for Gymnastics)
| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 18:12:47 -0700
(MST)
| Cc: usgf@delphi.com (USA Gymnastics)
|
| >From USAGO!:
|
| MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND ESTABLISHED
|
|
A memorial scholarship fund in the name of Mark "Stormy" Eaton
has
| been established to help underprivileged
children take gymnastics
| lessons.
|
|
Send donations to M & I Thunderbird Bank
| 9333 N. 90th St.
| Scottsdale, AZ 85258
| Acct. #18703855
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 21:05:21
-0500
From: ***@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
Subject:
"Spitfire"
The Kristie Phillips
movie "Spitfire" that Billy reviewed *is* available
on video. At least, it is here in Ohio. I had to do some
calling around, but
located it at a Blockbuster.
It was under "New Releases" and the store had only
one copy, so I guess it's not in tremendous demand, but you
CAN find it at
least! Billy's review pretty much
sums it up. The bars sequence is hysterical!
The announcer says
"Charlie" (Kristie) is going to do 5 giants into a
"brandy"
(whatever that is!) with 3 half turns. When she slips off the high bar because
of the nasty powder that the "evil" Romanian
slipped into the chalk box, she
somehow manages to
fall UPWARDS and BACKWARDS so she can do an amazing triple
back in which she nearly hits the ceiling, and then
miraculously lands on her
feet on the low bar and
flips off. This all occurs at a qualifier in Rome for
the
World Championships the next week in Athens (which are both really the
American Classic). Guess the director didn't realize that
gymnasts don't
qualify for Worlds at international
meets! But an American trials would have
made it impossible to introduce the "evil"
Romanian and the timid Russian.
"Charlie" is certainly a girl of
many talents - she has a black belt in karate
(I lost count of how many
people she knocked unconscious during the movie!), a
world
champion gymnast, and she also just happens to speak both Russian and
Romanian.
And with her red hair, she looks a bit like Yelena Shevchenko.
Considering
the silly plot and dialogue, Kristie's acting really isn't half
bad. Billy told me the role was offered first to Brandy
Johnson, but she turned
it down because of the
violence. There *is* a lot of violence, plus some
colorful
language and a bit of gratuitous nudity at the beginning, so I
wouldn't recommend it for kids. As Billy said, the "bad
guys" chase "Charlie"
all over the
world to try to get some launch codes for Ukrainian nuclear
missiles (unbeknownst to Charlie, her dad is a spy). The spy
plot has its
culmination in Hong Kong, from where
Charlie has to fly to Athens within 6
hours to
make it to Worlds (oddly, she hasn't been pulled from the meet despite
being missing for days). Her spy father conveniently
arranges an electrical
problem at the arena, so
there are no lights until Charlie shows up. She then
has
to compete for the world title against the "evil" Romanian, who, at
the
instructions of her equally "evil"
coach, tries to poison Charlie in
the
middle of the competition. But for the outcome
of that, you'll just have to
rent the movie!
Beth
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 19:08:00
PST
From: ***@POWERGRID.ELECTRICITI.COM
Subject:
Re: floor mats
>
>>...well...let's
just say it's hard to do level 8 floor routines without a
>>spring floor.
>
>This line cracked me up. I remember the floor mats back in
Arlington High in
>the mid-to-late '70s. When I was a freshman, we had the 8'x4'(approx) 1"
--snip--
>Even
at UMass, they didn't get a spring floor until after I left. It was a
>real
>nice cushiony mat with a carpet on it, but no spring. So yes, it is possible
>to do double backs without a spring floor.
>
>Aaah, the good old days, when gymnasts were tough :)
>
>Steve
You
haven't lived till you've seen some of the old films. Guys doing double
backs on horsehair mats (or better still, grass) without
benefit of
technique - they just went for it ...
Dwight ran a "Stretching Out"
editorial
about it in IG a coupla years ago, something about
watching the
'56 (?) NCAAs. Where they did floor-ex on the bare floor,
including
dive-roll elements. The tumblers got the
cushy mats.
Glenn Sundby has the film of
double backs on the lawn outside. Nutcases all.
And we complained of
tumbling on wrestling mats in high school?
Oh well, we were kids.
Nancy.
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