The Art of Swimming a Practical Working Manual Graphically Illustrated From Or
The Art of Swimming a Practical Working Manual Graphically Illustrated From Or
Richard Francis Nelligan
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The whole movement should be from the elbows and wrists only, and the cir- cles described by the tips of the fingers not more than six or eight inches in diameter. In this, as Sculling on Back, head foremost. in the other sculling exercises, great pressure should be brought to bear on the downward movement of the hands, so as to keep the middle third of the body from sinking. Small move- ments of the hands heighten the effect of the exercise from a spectacular point of view. Sculling on Back, f...eet foremost. 9. Sculling on the Back with Feet Foremost. To perform this exercise the movements of the hands, as described in the preceding exercise, 46 THE ART OF SWIMMING should be reversed; thus causing the body to move feet foremost. 10. Sculling on Breast with Head and Feet Foremost. Sculling while lying on the breast, both in the direction of the head, as well as in the direction of the feet, is rather more difficult than when lying upon the back. In both movements the back should be hollow, the head drawn well back, while the heels are slightly above the surface.
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