GYMN-L Digest - 14 Apr 1995 to 15 Apr 1995
There are 9 messages totalling 231 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. NCAA Team Chmps Trivia Quiz
2. Coaching Help
3. Mike Jacki Item
4. nice Vaults I'ld like to see.
5. Wierd Vaults (2)
6. Results from S.A
7. Making judges jobs harder
8. Trivia Answers-#29 NCAA Team Chmps
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 23:47:07 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: NCAA Team Chmps Trivia Quiz
Here's our *brief* NCAA Championships Trivia Quiz. All of the questions
submitted were on the women's event.
Mara
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Credit for questions goes to:
#1-Adriana
#2-Adriana & Mike
#3-Mike
1. What is the longest run of consecutive NCAA titles?
2. Which two universities have qualified for every NCAA championship since
its inception in the 1980s? Which of those teams is seeded in the top six
this year?
3. Which of the teams in Question 2 has never won the championship?
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 23:10:39 -0700
From: ***@NETCOM.COM
Subject: Re: Coaching Help
After reading Allisons post, I did a little research.
He may not after all get enough of a tap from the spine,
since there is more whipping action from the legs than I originally thought.
(Complicated lab improvised down in initial assembly....)
We figured out (theres 3 gymnasts in this building)
that you only get about 3-4 inches of tap at the hips.
By the end of the feet this tap amplifies to close to 2 FEET !
Physics can be such a downer !
Now when your h-bar is a genuine h-bar and not something kludged up
off the bridge crane in a steel fab area, you might get better results.
Still totally fascinating research problem.
Realism is starting to depress me about a workable answer.
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 03:39:59 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Mike Jacki Item
A small tidbit from the Chicago Trib [yes, a tiny bit culled from a much
larger piece, and then edited down]
Mara
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Skidoo II: Mike Jacki's demotion as head of the U.S. ski federation,
triggered by budget problems that were partly the fault of his predecessor,
owed more to his inability to immerse himself in technical aspects of the
sport and his failure to communicate his plans to the organization's various
constituencies. Jacki was then seen as having exacerbated the budget problems
by making plans for which he had no funds and having to take away from one
area to pay for another. . . In any case, Jacki is likely to stay with the
federation until mid-June, when the International Olympic Committee chooses
the host city for the 2002 OIympics. U.S. skiing apparently doesn't want to
take any action that might be used against the Salt Lake City bid for those
Winter Game!
s.
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 10:03:32 -0500
From: ***@AMANDA.DORSAI.ORG
Subject: Re: nice Vaults I'ld like to see.
At last year's NCAA's (mens), a hect-back salto was performed.
>Random thoughts about vaulting:
>
>
>I have to ask this since someone said that there are no moves in the
>COP that have not been done. So, I am wondering about the hecht back
>vault. This vault was in the COP for along time. I remember seeing it in
>the 1979 version! Has anyone seen someone do the Hecht-back salto vault?
>I would love to see that, since it might be very inetersting to see.
>
>It's amazing that the hecht can be performed on many events, such as
>the bars and h-bar, and people are starting to add saltos to it, but I have
>yet to see the hecht back on the vault. It must be a 10.0 value vault.
>and it would be a nice departure from the overly abused RO variety and
>the newly repopular handspring front vaults.
>
>BTW: More vault trivia. Someone meantioned that they liked
>Davidova's "korbut" vault she performed at the Moscow Olympics and the
following
>Worlds ('81). The last time I saw a female perform this vault was Ma Yahong
>in Los Angeles, '84 ( I believe she got a 9.7 due to a slightly wild
>landing) and I saw a male soviet gymnast do this at US vs. USSR (1985)
>in Worcester, MA. I was not that impressed with this vault as others may
>be, since neither of the above gymnast really got much height. Maybe
>Yelena Davidova's was different.
>
>I know that some gymnast have done the handspring double twist off. Again,
>not much height.
>
>As for interesting other vaults, I really would like to see the
>DOUBLE Yurchencko. I haven't; has anyone?
>
>Vault seems to be the one event which lacks originality. It apparently
>takes a long time for someone to try something very new.
>
>As for K. Zmeskal, she has done some excellent vaults (Layout fulls),
>but I am much more impressed with Gina Gogean's vaulting. She has
>power and can do different vaults, as can her countrywoman Milosovic.
>
>
>Jeff
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 19:19:18 +0200
From: ***@MAIL.LSS.CO.ZA
Subject: Wierd Vaults
What is a Korbut on vaulting?
Helen. :)
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 19:26:30 +0200
From: ***@MAIL.LSS.CO.ZA
Subject: Results from S.A
Mixed Pairs Competition:
1- Joanne West RSA/Alexey Sinkevitch BLR - 73.125
2- Elena Piskun BLR/Athol Myhill RSA - 72.525
3- Ilse Roets RSA/Christian Brezeanu IND - 71.750
4- Heidi Oosthuizen RSA/Jeff Lavallee USA - 71.600
5- Jennie Cox GBR/Yacine Othmani ALG - 71.325
6- Ashley Kever USA/Johan van Heerden RSA - 70.375
7- Elena Savko BLR/Adrian Steyn RSA - 69.350
8- Janine Saville RSA/Anton Goldman RSA - 69.200
Helen. :)
P.S-Happy Easter!
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 19:29:58 +0200
From: ***@MAIL.LSS.CO.ZA
Subject: Making judges jobs harder
I thought there was a judge who decides what bonus to give and who looks
at the difficulty/requirements. So, it wouldn't really be making the judges
jobs harder, if we gave each skill a number instead of a letter, only the
person who checks for bonus.
Helen. :)
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 19:11:14 BST
From: ***@IC.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Wierd Vaults
> What is a Korbut on vaulting?
A Korbut vault, according to her book (I haven't seen it done
by herself), was a full-twisting on, full-twisting off vault.
i.e. spring from the springboard, a full turn onto the horse,
and then a full turn off from the horse onto the mat. Several
others had done this vault, noticably Elena Davidova who did
it "perfectly" in the 1980 Olympics. Incidentally, Davidova's
second vault in that vault final was a full-twist on, and a front
somi off which is even more impressive but she fell on that
particular try. The British champ of the 1908s, Hayley Price,
also did the Korbut vault very well in her time.
Sherwin
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 19:49:46 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Trivia Answers-#29 NCAA Team Chmps
Here are the answers to our *brief* NCAA Championships Trivia Quiz. Again,
all of the questions submitted were on the women's event.
Mara
*************
Credit for questions goes to:
#1-Adriana
#2-Adriana & Mike
#3-Mike
1. What is the longest run of consecutive NCAA titles?
6, Utah (women)
2. Which two universities have qualified for every NCAA championship since
its inception in the 1980s? Which of those teams is seeded in the top six
this year?
Utah & Florida; Utah
3. Which of the teams in Question 2 has never won the championship?
Florida
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