A guide to the physical training of youth of both sexes.

  • Phillips, John.
Date:
1848
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    fall on the toes, taking care especially to bend the knees and the haunches, by which the movement is decom- posed and rendered much more easy. The upper part of the body should he inclined forward, and the arms serve to break the fall. It is essential to hold the breath whilst jumping, for, in all the efforts that we make, the retention of the breath, by preventing the blood from circulating with rapidity in the lungs, makes it flow into the members which are in motion, and this greatly tends to increase, at the time, the strength of these parts. Section XXIX.—Preparatory Movements. Raising and touching behind.—Here the arms must be pendant by the sides—the shoulders kept square— the hands straight, and the heels on the same line; at the word of command, “raise behind in place,” each pupil springs from the ground with both feet at once, without advancing or retreating, and endeavours to touch the upper part of the thighs with the heels, and then falls gently on the points of the feet. To raise before, the pupil, in jumping as high as he is able, does his utmost to make his knees touch his shoulders. These two exercises are also done in ad- vancing and retreating, taking care to bend well on the lower articulations, and endeavouring to augment the impulse by throwing the arms in the direction of the jump. Keep the hands closed while the body is in motion.