My Physical Development
| Date. | Weight. | Height. | Chest Expanded. | Neck. | Forearm. | Biceps. |
Fill in this page quarterly, the progress shown should be a useful incentive.
Games to Develop Strength
Skipping, rowing, fencing, swimming, tennis, and handball are all valuable aids to developing strength.
Use also:—
Staff exercises, to music if possible. Maze and spiral; follow-my-leader, done at a jog-trot in the open air. A musical accompaniment when possible. If done indoors, all the windows in the room must be kept open top and bottom. Sing the tune.
Flags.—Choose sides; each player lays down a flag or a handkerchief at her own goal, and each side tries to capture the flags of the other; once she touches the opponent's flag she cannot be taken prisoner, but goes back with the flag to her side.
Players can rescue a prisoner by touching her in prison. Players should keep moving as much as possible all the time, and try to evade being captured.
Practice throwing at a mark. Put a pebble on the top of a staff and stand at a certain line so many paces off.