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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![The foot is moved about three foot-lengths to the side in the direction taken in Foot placing sideways. The corresponding knee is bent and the body is inclined and kept in line with the straight leg. {See Figs. 31, 32.) This entails a bending of the trunk, and, as this bending is the predominant effect of the exercise, it is perhaps better to consider this exercise as a Trunk bending sideways rather than as a leg movement. Commands : Left foot sideways ix lunge position'—place. Recover—place. 2.—TRUNIv BENDING BACICWARD AND FORWARD. (i) Trunk Bending Backward. hi this movement the chest is first raised and the upper part of the spine is then bent backward. The head makes but little separate movement, and is carried backward with the body. The bending should at first be ojily slight, but it may be gradually somewhat increased as the exercise becomes familiar. It must be clearly understood that the body should not be bent backward from the waist. The breath must not be held during this exercise. {See Figs. 33, 34.) Commands : Truxk backward—bend. Trunk upward—stretch. [Common faults : Bending the knees. Carrying the head for- ward or backward. Bending tlic lower part of the spine. Holding the breath.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21291056_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
