Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . kingall the necessary precautions to prevent him from injuring himself orbecoming discouraged, and permit-ting none but the prescribed exer- cises. Harsh treatment must be care-fully avoided, much more any thinglike turning the students involun-tary awkwardness, or his first fail-ures, into ridicule. He must neverforget that the pleasure of the vari-ous exercises, and the students owndesire to excel, are the first and se-cret elements of success in Gy
Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . kingall the necessary precautions to prevent him from injuring himself orbecoming discouraged, and permit-ting none but the prescribed exer- cises. Harsh treatment must be care-fully avoided, much more any thinglike turning the students involun-tary awkwardness, or his first fail-ures, into ridicule. He must neverforget that the pleasure of the vari-ous exercises, and the students owndesire to excel, are the first and se-cret elements of success in Gymnas-tics. His aim must be to developthe strength, agility, and dexterityof the student by a wisely regulatedexertion, thus giving him self-relianceand the utmost freedom of motion. ARM AND HAND EXERCISE. 359 No. 3.—First and Second Movements. These two classes ofmovements are made directly sidewise; the first, by elevating theclubs into a horizontal position, as represented by the dotted armsa and c, Fig. 1 ; the second, by describing half side circles, and thuselevating the arms and clubs into a vertical position, as represented B D A. Fig. 1. by the dotted arms and clubs b and d. When the hands are at aand c, the palms are up; when at b and d, the backs of the handsare out and the thumbs to the rear. For each class, employ theThird Variety, p. 262. Music on p. 151. No. 4.—Third and Fourth Movements. These two classes ofmovements correspond respectively to the first and the second, thethird class being executed directly to the front by lifting the clubs 360 GYMNASTICS. horizontally as high as the shoulders, in which position the palms areup ; the fourth, by elevating the clubs, toward the front, into theposition of the dotted arms b and d, at which the backs of the handsare to the front. For each class, employ the Third Variety, p. on p. 153, which will be performed in marked and slow time. No. 5.—Fifth Movements. With the clubs in the position ofFig. 1, at th
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