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

196 EXERCISES OF PROGRESSION. as high as the hands (Fig. 6) ; when approaching the ter- minating point of the swing, lower the feet, quit the gral;p of the hands, incline the head aud shoulders to the front (Fig. 7), and descend yielding. Fig. 6. Fig. 7. THE DOUBLE SWING. Single Se'ries. Position as in third exercise. Exercise 4. CouRsE III. 1. As in third exercise to the terminating point of the forward swing ; instead of quit· ting the grasp, advance the right shoulder, wheel round, bringing the back upwards, throw the lower limbs high and free to the rear (thereby greatly increasing the momentum), begin the return swing, bringing t~e feet to the front as in the first swing ; at its culminating point, advance the left shoulder, wheel round to the front, lower the feet, quit the grasp, inclining the body forward, and descend yielding.