THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1963
'Elasticity Needed
In Free Exercise
The Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League took a
giant-sized step toward establishing uniform standards in
gym meets when officials adopted a modified version of inter
national rules two years ago.
Among other changes, tum
bling was dropped from dual
meet competition and replaced by
free exercise, an event frequently
called floor exercise and calisthen
ics. Officials agree that sufficient
tumbling usually employed in
free exercise routines justifies the
rules change.
The average gymnastics . fan
finds free exercise the most inter
esting of all events, possibly be
cause the gymnast doesn’t per
form on any apparatus.' A mat
measuring about 40 feet square is
the oniy requirement.
ROUTINES in free exercise
combine the elements of balance,
agility, strength, jumps and leaps
with a rhythmic and harmonious
presentation. A performance must
last at least one minute but not
more than iy 2 minutes. T
Gymnasts specializing in this
event must also concentrate on
flexibility and elasticity in their
bodies. Fans erroneously call this
special ability to maneuver
“double-jointedness”; more cor
rectly it is the result of consistent
practice and movements.
A performer may try for months
to conquer a new movement; then
he begins the task of strategically
placing it into his routine. He must
plan to move in several different
directions, not using too many
running steps.. And even these
must be kept at a minimum in
proportion to the difficulty of a
jump or tumbling movement that
follows.
MOST FANS don’t fully under
stand how the free exercise event
is scored. The judging is simply
based on the same criteria as other
gym events: 30 points are awarded
for difficulty, 20 for combination
and 50 for execution'.
As children most persons at
tempted handstands and' cart
wheels on thick carpets or grass,
did somersaults into a swimming
pool, etc., unconscious that they
were executing several basic ma
neuvers employed in free exer
cise.
But how as gymnastics specta
tors, they' should, perhaps, con
sider that the performers are ex
hibiting the result of years of
sheer effort and desire, a mastery
of the body and all its movements.
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AAU-NCAA Power Struggle
NEW YORK (/P) The presi
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tic of a settlement in the AAU
NCAA power war in the meetings
this weekend with Gen. Douglas
MacArthur.
“With such an outstanding and
such a fair-minded man as Gen.
MacArthur serving as arbitrator
it is inconceivable to think that
these talks can fail," said Louis
J. Fisher of High Point, N.C.
“Certainly, the AAU will be
ready to abide by any decision the
general might make so long as it
meets with'our international com
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solve the 2 -year-old controversy
over who should control amateur
sports in the United States.
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The college group, announced
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