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Title: Graded calisthenic and dumb bell drills
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Wegener, Albert Benjamin, 1869- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Calisthenics
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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cs is to have the d-rtor deploy the class in positions for exerc.smg. 1 hen sta-tion a itidge for each four members in such a position that;rcan vat* all their movements. The director gives the com-,„;:d for each movement, but does not de-nstra e how itto be done, or if they are being examined on a set dnllmerely gives them the command for starting. The examination mav then consist of any of the graded drillsgiven drrg the seasons work or an entirely new combination^movements, but using no commands not used in t e season swork The best method, however, is to examine on the last llfietshouldr members of the class who are acquaintedwith the drill. They can be given their examinatioti a somother :me They should have a large sheet of paper with thenar^ sof the me well apart. This they hold up u, line w ^.the four men and without taking their eyes from the men, shouldwhenever one makes a mistake, either in time or form, make adot with a pencil below his name, each dot to represent a cer-
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Spaldings Athletic Library. 17 tain number of points against the man who made it, deter-mined upon beforehand in accordance with the gravity of theoffense. For example: A drill is given with ten different exercisesand each exercise has ten movements or counts. If the con-testant misses one movement one dot might be put down, whichmight represent i per cent, on the basis of say 100 per cent, fora perfect drill. Bad form would represent i per cent, for eachmovement, so that if one entire exercise were done in bad form10 per cent, would be deducted from the standing. There are other good methods of marking, but this is a sug-gestion. A word to the wise is sufficient. Note.—The photographs reproduced in this work were madeby George H. Walden, Rochester, N. Y.

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