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 . the dan-ger of falling down arises. By ^ traveling/ thearms alone perform the upward move of thebody, the large districts of muscles of trunk andlegs do not take part in it. (This exercise ofstrength does not find much use in practical life.) Climbing on trunks of trees of moderate thicknessjcolumns, ivooden or iron poles, on masts and tows. Determining the best climbers : The winners ofdifferent par
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 . the dan-ger of falling down arises. By ^ traveling/ thearms alone perform the upward move of thebody, the large districts of muscles of trunk andlegs do not take part in it. (This exercise ofstrength does not find much use in practical life.) Climbing on trunks of trees of moderate thicknessjcolumns, ivooden or iron poles, on masts and tows. Determining the best climbers : The winners ofdifferent parties come in for a final test. Theresults may also be obtained by a stop watch. 7. Preparatory Exercises for Swimming The motions of swimming may be divided intotwo groups : The bending and the pushing oft ofarms and legs. The motion is not as simple as itappears to be. To insure a moving forward ofthe body, an abundant, slow motion to the rear isnecessary. The main movement for the arms isbending, for the legs — stretching. The lattertakes more time. The legs remain stretchedwhile the arms already begin the extensive mo-tion of bending, and vice versa, the arms are al- DRY SWIMMING 159. swimming motion. Fig. 65. ready stretched when the legs have to completetheir outreaching stretch motion. It is in this un-simultaneousness that we find thedifficulty. It cannot be overcomewhen whole classes are bathings be-cause the pupils must know exactlythe playing together of the move-ments before they can expect suc-cess in the water. This preparationis known by the term dry swim-ming/ and bears the task to bringabout unconscious execution of the Such exercisesmay take the place of free-standing exercises. A, ARM EXERCISES Starting position: Arms bentin front of chest; palms down-ward, index fingers touchingeach other (Fig. 67, p. 160). 1. Arm pushing forward (). 2. Remain in this arm position(meanwhile the movements of closing the legstake place). 3. Slight hand turning outward a
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