The Boys book of Sports And Games Containing Rules And Directions for the Prac
The Boys book of Sports And Games Containing Rules And Directions for the Prac
Pseud Uncle John
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Casting the wooden ball is an excellent recreation. A bowl similar in pattern to those used in skittle-alleys — not those used for nine-pins — should be procured ; it must not, however, be so large nor so heavy as the bowls used by men, neither should the finger-holes be so wide apart ; and the size and weight should always be adapted to the size of the person using it. In casting the ball, put your thumb in one of the holes, and your middle or forefinger in another, and then throw it underhand...ed either to a mark, or at random to a distance. TWO TO ONE. Two to One is a capital exercise with a common skipping* rope. It is done by skipping in the usual way for a short time, and then increasing the rapidity of your movements, 58 MINOR SPORTS. and leaping tolerably high ; at the same time, endeavouring to swing the rope round so quickly, as to pass it twice under your feet whilst leaping : practise this until you are profi- cient, and then try to pass the rope three times under your feet instead of twice.
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