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a self Zel ell: per! lig 1 A HEF TE 0-1: uth er, dr rov losé riy 000 HC NC this" r 00 | ME" Nal y P fefu / $3 mel fan 4 cluding Don Lawrence * Sports editor * The floor hockey team from Midland's Adult Rehabilitation Centre will be representing Canada in a floor hockey tournament planned for San Diego, California. They will be the only team to enter from Canada but team coach, Paul McDonald feels that it is important that the team from Midland enter the tournament because of the educational value in- volved. He added it is also important for everyone to know that these people can do something good despite their handicaps. The entire trip, in- accomodation and travel expenses will cost about $9,000 and most of that will be payed out of the pockets of the players them- selves. McDonald will be oe joined by Bob O'Hara in the coaching duties and together, they will lead the 15 player squad. The team has been in e formation for five years and in that time, they 5 have won_ seyeral 'ad trophies. In 1978, the team was the runner up in Ontario 4 competitions in Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto and they also won the Huronia Regional Games that year. The following year, they repeated that feat, os taking the Huronia waa Regional Games and winning a tournament in Mississauga. Plavoffs at the Penetanguishene Curling Lynn Morton's rink from Midland Curling Second series splitin St. Margaret's bowling At the end of the first series in St. Margaret's Monday Night Bowling League in Bayshore Lanes in Midland, the team of Rick Laurin had won 32 games and lost only 10 for 75 points. June Burtch's team came very close to catching up to Laurin with 73 points, winning 30 games and losing 12. Third place was also a close team with 71 points for Audrey Newman at 29 wins and 13 losses. The rest of the league shaped up with Aggie Burgess in fourth with 62 points, Theresa Quesnelle with 49 points in fifth, Brenda Widdis with 48 points in sixth, Brenda Wright tied for sixth with 48 points, Cathy Richman with 39 points in seventh place, Rick Newman in a tie for seventh with 39 points, Debbie Rumney with 37 points in eighth place, Norm Watson in ninth place with 33 points and Lizz Desjardins in tenth place with 14 points. Since the beginning of the second series, the teams of Norm Watson and Lizz Desjardins have been disbanded and the players ab- sorbed by the rest of the league. In addition to those changes, the team of Cathy Richman will be under the guidance of a new captain, Janet Duquette who has taken over due to Richman's leaving. In the first week of the second series, Jan. 5, it was tight competition with the 10 league team split into two distinct groups. Five of the teams have won two games and lost one for five points while the other five teams won one game and lost two for two points. The five first place teams are Aggie Burgess, Theresa Quesnelle, Rick Newman, Brenda Wright and Debbie Rumney. The five teams occupying second place are Rick Laurin, June Burtch, Audrey Newman, Brenda Widdis and Janet Duquette. Top male bowler in the league is Jim Burtch who has the high single at 323, high triple at 798, and high average at 204 for men. Alva Campbell holds the high single and high average for ladies with a 311 single and an average of 203. Ann Deguire has the high triple for ladies The team will leave Club will be off to Kitchener-Waterloo Club. The gals won two straight games in ith 722 Jan. 28 for the three day Top class later this month for the Southern Ontario their double knock-out series. Front from eee league is presently looking for about 10 tournament where they J Divisional Ladies Curling-finals after the left: Vivian Shaw and Marg Bourgeois. more bowlers and given enough interest, they will compete with 30 CUPICFS Midland foursome this week won the "A" Back row from left: Skip Lynn Morton and might go back to a 12 league team. : teams from across - section of Provincial Division Curling Gwen Milley. Anyone interested, call Larry Atkinson at North America. 5 526-3713 or 533-2621. PENETANG -- MIDLAND " GYM CLUB G astics Corner by Ken St.Amant straightness; both hands and feet must land and the full utilization of the leg muscles we one-arm cartwheels. Placement of the arms This article is directed to any teacher, coach, parent or gymnast who wants to develop. a skill in a logical and orderly manner. Did you ever stop to think what goes into developing a skill like an aerial cartwheel? (An aerial cartwheel is one with,no hands:) It does 'not happen overnight. it. takes many hours of training to master. Below is an . outline of the progression that our club . follows in order to'/help the sa ane master this difficult skill. The Cartwheel In order to master the more difficult moves we must start with the simplest element of skill: the cartwheel. There are some genera! teaching points that are used for the majority of these progressions. When teaching the gymnast a cartwheel one should stress the following points: em- phasize even timing in the placement of the hands and feet; we want 1,2,3,4 rhythm; look for straightness of the body; insist that the gymnast's arms hide their ears thoughout the entire movement; each and every cartwheel must start and finish from the lunge position; instruct the gymnast to use a line to develop on this line; when starting the cartwheel the gymnast must look behind the arm, not in front of it, Although these are not all the teaching points, hey cover the majority. Other special pointers may be needed to solve individual problems as they crop up when fenesting the cartwheel. 'Progressions These moves make up a series of stepping 'stones or plateaus that the gymnast must follow in order to achieve desired success. Obviously progress is not achieved at the same rate by every gymnast. The coach has to have a little flexibility in both the progressions and the time spent on each to allow for individual differences. The first skill that the gymnast must be able to do is the plain basic cartwheel. Not only must a gymnast learn it from their strong side but they must master it from both sides. That is to say, they must be able to doa cartwheel from both the left and the right sides. This is not as easy as it sounds. Many gymnasts have trouble doing this. Lunge position Then, in order to develop the lunge position have the gymnasts do cartwheels for distance. We strive to have them travel twice their body distance. Next, we have the gymnast do cartwheels in a series. At first,-they must do this with no steps between:each move. This develops spacial awareness and proper ah ea ue Eventually, we will allow a Pas Chasse together, step) between each cartwheel. The develops the idea of tumbling combinations and-sets the stage for routine work. We now move into various types of cart- wheels. First, they learn a step-in cartwheel. This is where the trail foot comes in and meets the first foot. This is a set-up for back- ward movements. Another cartwheel that allows for backward movement is the step- three. On this one, instead of coming in, the trail leg comes through and the gymnast ends up facing the way from which he came. The last one of this series is the step-out cart- wheel. The gymnast now faces the direction which the cartwheel was going. This one may be used to allow for forward movement patterns to follow it. Aerial Cartwheel Now, the progressions become a little more difficult. We now have the gymnast doing is most important. The second hand touches the floor. The free arm swings sharply across the body. This gives the gymnast the required upper body rotation. After this comes the dive cartwheel. This. is done from a hurdle step. The coach has to stress the up and out aspect of the dive. When the gymnasts are ready we have them try one arm dives.. Ask them to delay putting down the arm. Keep delaying until they eventually do an aerial. 'Discourage the big run and mat that all moves come from the hurdle step. Conclusion It is important to realize that if gymnastic skills are to be properly, effectively and safely learned each progressive element must be used and followed by the coaches. Not only must the coach present the progressions they must also make sure that these elements are perfected by their gym- nasts. Gymnastics Calendar Thursday, Jan. 15, 1981 - Development section of Huron starts. For further information contact Ken St-Amant at 526-3992 or John Turner at 526-6007 Friday, January 9, 1981, Page 15 Pa Cee ee ee 2 atm