A System of Physical Education, Theoretical and Practical (extract)

ECT. II.) LEAPING. 181 be a small wooden platform supported on iron brackets made to clip over the rounds of a ladder, vertical or inclined, the platform being raised or lowered the dis- tance apart of the rounds, as requierd, and the ladder giVmg means of access to it. FIRST SERIES .......••. .. Standing. SECOND SERIES •....• ... Running. TO LEAP HEIGHT, IN TWO MOVEMENTS. First Se'ries. Exercise 1. COURSE I. Position of attention, the toes a short distance from the barrier (according to its height). 1. Bring the arms upwards and forwards to their full extension above the head, the hands closed, again bring them downward to the full extension, at the same time bending the knees until they jut over and beyond the toes, mising the heels and bringing the weight of the body and downward Fig. 1. pressure on the fore part of the foot ; re- peat this movement three times, and after the third depression, spring from the feet, rising above and alighting on the barrier, resting on the fore part of the foot, the knees bent low and jutting over and be- yond the toes, the trunk of the body h ld low and compact, and bring the arms close in by the sides (Fig. 1). 2. Spring to the ground, preserving this position of body and extending the arms to the front.