A guide to the history of physical educationLeonard, Fred Eugene
History
A guide to the history of physical education
Leonard, Fred Eugene
Physical education and training; Physical education and training -- History
“2. _Vocational training_ and industrial occupations supply a certain
amount of motor activity for a large part of the population, it is true,
but in forms which are in general too one-sided and too much limited
to the accessory mechanisms of the hand and fingers to be of serious
hygienic value, and too often they are practised under insanitary
conditions. The isolated exercises of _formal gymnastics_, if wisely
chosen, are serviceable for corrective purposes, and may be utilized
for bringing into play the fundamental muscle groups, and securing
erect posture and a good degree of neuromuscular control. They permit a
maximum economy of time and space and offer the advantages of skilled
supervision, and they may be made to yield a foundation of strength
and skill without which interest and success in games are likely to
be lacking. Carefully selected and arranged exercises in _hanging and
climbing_ and in _jumping and vaulting_ are especially valuable as
supplying elementary training in self-confidence, alertness, decision,
and courage, in addition to their hygienic and corrective uses and the
advanced training in coördination which they furnish. _Combat exercises_
make their unique contribution in the form of capacity for self-defense
and ability to take punishment coolly. Folk, esthetic, and athletic
_dancing_ have an obvious place with relation to fundamental muscle
groups and graceful control of the body as a whole. _Group games_, which
are lacking in corrective value and compare unfavorably with formal
exercises as a school of good posture and general coördination, may give
excellent results in the way of improved health, and their special field
is the development of sturdy character and right ethical standards.
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