Primary Gymnastics: The Basis of Rational Physical Development |
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angle hang ankle arm bending arm flinging arm lifting arm str arm stretch arm sw back stretching backw beam body Carriage Comm command Crouch position Danish language Denmark double knee lifting double take feet floor forw Free walk Grasp back gymnastics hang st Head spring heave heel raising helper high apparatus High jump hip joints hop with toe knee bending knee lifting knee raising knee stretching low apparatus low cross lying trunk marching movement Neck numbers obliquely OLLERUP performed placing sideways prone falling prone lying pupil rhythmical Ring back lying shoulder stretch side bend single arm span bending spine starting position stoop st stoop stand stretching with help Stride lean st stride lean standing stride st stride standing stride stoop swung taken toe placing trunk bending forward trunk stretch trunk twist twist with single vault over high wall-bars yard position ΙΟ ΙΟΙ نے نے نے
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Page 9 - ... in carriage, thought, and character. THE WORK, for the sake of convenience, can be divided into the following groups, according to whether it has to solve the practical problems of faults or remedy the deficiencies of development in the limbs or trunk : I. Class Arrangement. II. Exercises for the Legs. III. Exercises for the Arms. IV. Exercises for the Neck. V. Lateral Exercises. VI. Abdominal Exercises. VII. Dorsal Exercises. VIII. Marching and Running. IX. Vaulting and Agility Exercises. If...
Page 33 - Left heel will be released from the floor, so that at the full extent of the stride the ball of the Left foot and the heel of the Right foot will be touching the floor.
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Page 122 - After a run and a strong take off the pupil jumps forward-upward in a curve ; the hip joints may be slightly bent, or stretched. He lands on his hands ; the arms yield slightly and immediately push off so as to help in swinging the body round.
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