. 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. Fig. Fig. 107. elbow is bent and drawn back under the chestuntil the hand, palm down, is as close as possibleto the right shoulder. While the arms are exe-cuting these movements, the knees are drawn upprecisely as they are in the breast stroke (Fig. 106).From this position the legs are extended andclosed as in the breast stroke, except that theyare not so far apart, and the arms are extended(F
. 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. Fig. Fig. 107. elbow is bent and drawn back under the chestuntil the hand, palm down, is as close as possibleto the right shoulder. While the arms are exe-cuting these movements, the knees are drawn upprecisely as they are in the breast stroke (Fig. 106).From this position the legs are extended andclosed as in the breast stroke, except that theyare not so far apart, and the arms are extended(Fig. 107), the right straight out under the head BACK STROKE 289 to its original position and the left arm forward and then backward in as large a circular sweep as possible until it, too, reaches its original position (Fig. 105). After pausing, the length of the pause depending upon the carrying quality of the stroke, the movement is repeated. Variety may be given this stroke by the in-troduction of the ^ scissors kick/^ the upper legbeing extended straight out to the front and the
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