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

SECT. II.] LEAPING, 187 and the body fall to the front, extend the arms as in preceding exercise ; if to the rear, as in sixth exercise, Fig. 6. TO LEAP WIDTH AND DEPTH COMBINED, TO THE FRONT. First Series. Position of attention, the toes at the edge Exercise 10. of the platform or ditch. COURSE III. 1. (Look steadily at the spot desired to be reached.) The preliminary movements as in eighth exercise. 2. Spring from the fe~t, and at the same instant throw Fig. 11. Fig. 12. the hanus upwards and forwards (Fig. 11), clear the space, and descend yielding (Fig. 12).