The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 401
thighs, just above theknees, pulling them up to the body.This, which is called the catch,assists the somersault. Backward Somersault. The gym-nast raises his arms, then bringsthem down with a quick sweep andraises them again, at the same in-stant with a spring throwing thelegs over the head and… … Tumbling.—Fig-. 5. Lungers. ing of a leather belt about aninch and a half wide, buckledaround his waist. On each side ofthe belt are secured rings, to eachof which a rope four feet long istied. An assistant holds each ropewhile the gymnast is practising,and if he is in danger of a fall theycan thus…
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