Elite Program Committee

January 20, 1998

I. Roll Call

Region I       David McCreary
Region II      Brad Loan
Region III     Russ Ward (absent)
Region IV      Jim Chudy
Region V       Mary Lee Tracy 
Region VI      Tony Retrosi
Region VII     Gary Anderson
Region VIII    Ray Gnat (absent) 
EPCC           Roe Kreutzer
ETC            Audrey Schweyer (absent)
WPA            Kathy Kelly
EPM            Gary Warren
Guests         Tammy Biggs
               Connie Maloney

II. National Elite Testing Program

Conference call was conducted to discuss the need for deductions in the National Testing Program. These deductions will become effective at the American Challenge. The deductions were added to insure consistency of applying deductions when specific deductions were not written in the past.

Recommendation that a flat deduction of 0.5 be applied if there is any deviation from the text on the first tumbling pass which states "From a stand." (If the gymnasts takes one or more steps, the flat deduction will be applied.)

Motion-Mary Lee Tracy
Second-David McCreary
PASSED

Recommendation to charge Audrey Schweyer to provide deductions for the use of a Front Handspring, Front Tuck Dismount on Beam and that they are equal to those applied to the RO Layout.

Motion-Gary Anderson
Second-Tony Retrosi
PASSED

Front Handspring, Front Salto Tuck

Poor body position throughout      (Open Hip/Shoulder angle desired)	Up to .20
Insufficient Flight      (Quickness off hands)	Up to .20
Lack of extension during repulsion	Up to .20
Insufficient tuck	Up to .20
Insufficient Height	Up to .30
Insufficient Open	Up to .30

Recommendation to charge Audrey Schweyer to revise the deductions on vaulting to provide equality in the deductions applied for the different vaults.

Motion-Gary Anderson
Second-Tony Retrosi
PASSED

Vault Deductions:

Change the following deductions:

2nd Flight Handspring
Insufficient vertical Rise	Up to .50
Failure to maintain vertical body position until hands touch the mat	Up to .50
2nd Flight Timers
Insufficient vertical Rise (Change wording from Lack of vertical lift from horse)	Up to .50
Failure to maintain straight, tight body position	Up to .50

Delete the vaulting deductions listed on pg. 3 under Landing-they are previously covered.

There will be an informal meeting at the American Classic for the Elite Program Committee.

This article appears in the March 1998 issue of Technique, Vol. 18, No. 3.

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