Graded calisthenic and dumb bell drills . of a silver dollar, or smallmetal discs may be inlaid and screwed to the floor. If the spots are used the following methods may be used toget the class on the floor. 1. The Scramble.—When the bell rings for class formation,each gymnast hastily seizes his bell and takes his place on anyof the unoccupied spots. This is a good method where time isan important factor. The dismissal to replace bells or otherlight apparatus may also be made in this manner. 2. The Line Up.—There are several good methods of amore orderly character than the scramble, if time pe
Graded calisthenic and dumb bell drills . of a silver dollar, or smallmetal discs may be inlaid and screwed to the floor. If the spots are used the following methods may be used toget the class on the floor. 1. The Scramble.—When the bell rings for class formation,each gymnast hastily seizes his bell and takes his place on anyof the unoccupied spots. This is a good method where time isan important factor. The dismissal to replace bells or otherlight apparatus may also be made in this manner. 2. The Line Up.—There are several good methods of amore orderly character than the scramble, if time permits. In one method one of the leaders takes his place at one cor-ner of the gymnasium facing in. Each of the class in turnfalls in line in same attitude. (See frontispiece, Fig. A.) Another method is to fall in in column of file with or with-out extended arms on the shoulders of the one in front. Thenat command Front the class face the director. (See frontis-piece. Fig. B.) In either of these two methods, if the class extends only. FlC. 7. F(-)I ORWAKD CHARGE. FIG. 8. CROSS CHARGE. Spaldings Athletic Library, 13 across one side of the gymnasium, the command may be givento count off by fours, fives, sixes, etc., depending upon thewidth of the gymnasium, and then open order by causingones to march a certain number of paces, twos two paces less,threes two paces behind twos, etc. Then they may be facedin any direction convenient to the director. This is the simplestorder method. Another simple method is to have them form and count offas in above, then right face, so as to be in column of if, for example, the count off has been by sixes, the com-mand is given: Sixes column left—march; or, if it is pre-ferred, Sixes right—march, at which the sixes wheel into col-umns of six. A more elaborate method, which is much in use, is to countoff by sixes, for example, right face, march in file until thefirst six comes across the further end of the gymnasium. Thenthe command
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