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

186 EXERCISES OF PROGRESSION. [SECT. IT. heels, and resting on the fore part of the foot ; during the depression of the lower limbs extend the arms by the sides, the hands lightly Fig. 8. Fig. 9. closed, the co1umn of the body inclined to the front, but held close and compact (Fig. 8). 2. Press lightly from the feet, and spring to the front with suffi- cient force only to bring the back clear of the edge of the plat- form or ditch, extend the arms to the front (Fig. 9), and descend yielding. TO LEAP DEPTH, TO THE REAR. Fi1·st Sm·ies. Exercise 9. COURSE III. Position of attention, the heels at the edge of the platform or ditch. 1. The preliminary move- ments as in sixth exercise. 2. Spring lightly to the rear, throwing the hands for- wards to the full extension of the arms (Fig. 10), and descend yielding. If the equilibrium be lost, Fig. 10.