How to, a book of tumbling, tricks, pyramids and games; . habitsare easily formed and are hard to break. The difficulties in this exercise are in not get-ting the abdomen forward at the beginning, inturning the head to one side justas you start, and in not keeping thearms straight. You should havesupport until you do it correctlyand are confident. After somepractice, the boys can place theirhands under your hips after yourhands have started upward, andgive you a slight lift, instead ofholding by the order to do a spotter, lean farther for-ward as jou start, thus making a sharper bend;p
How to, a book of tumbling, tricks, pyramids and games; . habitsare easily formed and are hard to break. The difficulties in this exercise are in not get-ting the abdomen forward at the beginning, inturning the head to one side justas you start, and in not keeping thearms straight. You should havesupport until you do it correctlyand are confident. After somepractice, the boys can place theirhands under your hips after yourhands have started upward, andgive you a slight lift, instead ofholding by the order to do a spotter, lean farther for-ward as jou start, thus making a sharper bend;place the hands where the feet have been, thensnap down so as to have the feet land in the placeof the hands. If yo-u desire to do several flips insuccession, as soon as the feet strike in the first,continue the bend backward and swing of the armsas rapidly as possible. Wrongside Out — Lie down on your the legs and drop them backward until thebent knees rest on the floor alongside of your the hands do\m, push a little with them and. 124 HOW TO the back of the head and, resting on the knees, pullthe head from between them and come toposition 30. Do it without assistance from thehands. Triple Roll — A lies on his backand draws his feetup close to his steps astride A,bends forward andtakes hold of hisankles. C standsbehind As head,and picks B up bythe ankles. A takeshold of Cs ankles(Fig. 195). B bends his arms and puts the back of hishead on the mat as C springs up in the air, raisinghis hips as he rises and pulling A up. B must giveC some support by holding his legs firmly set,although they are bent. Keep these additional points in mind, and pro-ceed as described for Figs. 108, 109 and 110.
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