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Show Page IB Lakeside Review Wednesday, July 29, 1981 ymmastfies Hit. With ILe&yfein) a Yu'tfh doing work on the vault and the un- even bars. Theyve shown a lot of Sport LAYTON Unlike most sports; improvement. Linda makes no hesitation in ad-the prime years are between age 14 vete18. a "Youre considered and mitting that gymnastics is one ran when you turn 20 because sport that should be started at a youve probably been at it for 15 young age and brought along and when you reach 25 youre ly. The first several classes are over the hill. spent instructing youngsters in Indeed, gymnastics is a world for proper warmup procedures and the young and fearless. A world gradually working up to the most where perfection and grace are not basic of tumbling skills. Linda says her major concern is safety and not simply strived for its demanded, A sport that for the past nine years how fast her students progress, Most of the equipment can be has exploded in American popular ity much to the tempo of Olga dangerous if not used properly, said Linda. And if someone does Korbut and Nadja Comaneci. And Layton City is no exception, get hurt, its best for them to sit out Some 139 youngsters age 5 through for a while and rest and then come back slowly. 13 have participated in gymnastics Linda also points out that a good classes offered by the recreation and summer this background at an early there gymnastics program levels range between beginner and age will provide youngsters with skills for such things as cheerlead- advanced. The 13 classes given each week ing. dance and drill team. Linda are under the supervision and di- - was a cheerleader at Layton High, Linda plans to continue teaching rection of Linda Adams who is in her first full year of teaching. She gymnastics in future years and got the job when it opened up this hopes to eventually form a club like so her better students year because of her personal eight- - the can compete. The possibility of a year experience with the sport, Linda says the younger kids are college scholarship has also cross- d her mind, but the right offer has easiest to teach because theyre more flexible and for the most not been made yet. Lindas best part, unafraid to put their bodies to events are the vault and By PHIL KIRKWOOD . Editor slow-yea- rs Hi-Fhe- rs j - un-eve- stronger tests. Most of the beginners were barely able to make a forward roll the first class, said Linda, most ot them feel confident n bars. .. Assisting Linda with the daily classes this summer has been An-- at gie Woodward who will be a sopho-Nomore at Layton High next fall. w Roy Recreation Sets 11 Linda Adams Football Signup All boys interested in playing re-creation football register at the Re-Building (behind fire sta- tion) beginning, Saturday, August 1, 1981 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Late registration will be, August 3 through 7 from 4': 00 to 5 :00p.m. at the Recreation Building (behind fire station). After teams are form-ed boys will be placed on waiting if space is not available. lists, For determining age group is Au- gust 31. If a boy becomes 11 years of age before August 31 of this year, must participate in the MIDGET league. Enji Matsumura and Mike Hein will direct the Roy Football Program according to Re-- , creation Director, Frank Tremea. .Preconditioning will begin gust 10 for all boys, regardless if the boy has played football before or not, but football suits cannot be worn until August 15. f "Physical examinations for tiie Roy area will be given August 6th and 13th from 2 :00p.m. to5:00p.m. at the cost of $4. Each boy must have a physical examination. All boys must be registered to play football prior to August 7, as the number of teams must be regis-h- e tered at this time. Any boy going on vacation during the first week in August should register earlier. Lori Wright gets some advice from instructor bars in a Layton City Recreation on the un-ev- en Gymnastics class. on ' -- YEAR-OLD - INSTRUCTORS Linda Adams (right) and Angie Woodward help Tami Saldivar with a front flip on the vault. (aysville Little League to Change? KAYSVILLE A petition was brought to the city council by six citizens asking that the Major Little League Baseball Program for 1982 be revised, Tuesday, July 21. The petition as presented by Blaine Goff, 119 Crestwood Rd., said the objective of the program should be to provide a positive learning experience for Kaysville boys and should enand courage good sportsmanship, vigorous physical exercise. Goff said that the league this year is unfair to the majority of boys. It benefits boys with natural ability for baseball and those with self-estee- m natural precociousness," he said. Teams have in the past been selected by lotteries of selected names being pulled by coaches. The coaches have determined the names of the boys that will be in the lottery. This year 47 boys were left out of the program. These boys managed to form their own teams, Goff said. The citizens want to make nine policy changes in the program; (1) Every boy between 11 and 13 can sign up to play, (2) No tryouts will be held, (3) Team rosters will be made by the league president wih a balanced composite of ability and age, (4) 14 player teams, (5) Each team member will play a minimum of 2 innings pe game, (6) Teams should have a uniform of a and cap, (7) game times are to be fairly distributed, (8) Teams will have three evenings a week for practice andor play, (9) This program should foster a healthy, competitive spirit, but not to the point of some boys never getting to play. The council sent the petition to the recreation committee for discussion and tee-shi- rt |