The syllabus of physical exercises for schools 1909.
- Great Britain. Ministry of Education
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The syllabus of physical exercises for schools 1909. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Flips Firm. Fig. 6. 28 The hands are placed on the hips. The fingers should be together in front, and directed forward and upward, the thumbs being at the back. The palms should rest firmly on the hips, and the wrists must be well dropped. The elbows must not be pressed either forward or backward, as such positions tend to fix and make rigid the upper part of the chest. (See Fig. 6.) Commands : Hips—fivm. Attention. [Common faults : Lifting the shoulders while the hands arc being raised. Bringing the elbows too far backward.] We shall now proceed to consider the various groups of Exercises mentioned in Chapter YI. on Order and Progression (page 65), to -jshich reference should be made. 1.—INTRODUCTORY EXERCISES. Among these Introductory Exercises are included both Order Movements and Preparatory Movements. Order Move- ments will be considered in the Chapter on Class Arrangements. Preparatory Movements, consisting of Head and Leg Exercises, are dealt with here. Breath- ing Exercises, which also fall into this group, will be considered in the follow- ing chapter. Suggestions as to suitable starting positions, both of feet and arms, in all these Exercises are made in Appendix E., p. 165, to which reference should be made. (a) HEAD EXERCISES. (i) Head Bending Backward. The head is bent slowly backward as far as possible with the chin well](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21291056_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
