How to, a book of tumbling, tricks, pyramids and games; (1899)
Butterworth, Horace · Chicago, The author · leaf 18
TO 11 of the foot flat on the mat. Throw the arms vig-orously forward and upward, and spring to thefeet. See how far you can jump. Horizontal Upward Jump—The starting po-sition is shown by Fig. 4. As preliminary exer-cises, bend the arms slightly, push strongly fromthe hands, raise them, slap the… … 21 floor. If you can do this, clap the hands whileyou are in the air (Fig. 21). When this is mas-tered, clap the heels and the hands while in theair. You can maintain the proper position of theback by keeping the body stiff and using only thearms and toes to get the spring from. Finish byspringing…
Gymnastics · Games
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