. A manual of physical training and preparatory military instruction for schools of the United States; a modified Swiss system intended to provide for the strong common national defense of America. in. The length should be great enough tobring the ends of the belt to within 4 inches ofmeeting in the back. On the outside of the belt three f-inch iron ringsare securely sewed to it at regular intervals, whileat each end of the belt there is a larger ring 1inch in diameter. «»Ropes 7. A half-inch cotton rope should be used ;for beginners 15 feet will be found ample, while 30feet should be used for
. A manual of physical training and preparatory military instruction for schools of the United States; a modified Swiss system intended to provide for the strong common national defense of America. in. The length should be great enough tobring the ends of the belt to within 4 inches ofmeeting in the back. On the outside of the belt three f-inch iron ringsare securely sewed to it at regular intervals, whileat each end of the belt there is a larger ring 1inch in diameter. «»Ropes 7. A half-inch cotton rope should be used ;for beginners 15 feet will be found ample, while 30feet should be used for those preparing to qualify. Ropes and Belts 8. The rope should be fastened in the followingmanner : Tie the end of the rope securely tothe small ring, 1, nearest the larger one, A : passit through the other two small rings, 2 and 3,and through the two larger ones, B and A ; then 276 PHYSICAL TRAINING through B, forward, and then halfway betweenA and B, where it is looped and passed under.(Plate A.) The advantage of this arrangement is its safety,the rope cannot become untied ; it is readilyadjusted ; all that is necessary is to loosen theloop and pull the ends of the belt apart ; once it. is adjusted to the swimmer it remains fixed, thereis no tightening due to slipping on account ofthe weight thrown upon it. Poles 9. These should be of some tough, but light,material, 2 inches in diameter and from 8 to 10feet long. At one end a swivel pulley is attachedthrough which the swimming rope is run. In the absence of projecting swimming plat-forms, beginners are suspended from the end of BREAST STROKE 277 these poles resting on the upright fulcrum de-scribed under 3, until they have acquired the they begin to make progress and are pro-pelling themselves, the instructor carries the polein his hands with the end projecting far enoughover the edge of the dock to give the swimmersufficient space to move in without coming incontact with the dock. Instructionthe breast stroke
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