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Excerpt from Tumbling for Girls: A Handbook for Teachers and Students in High School and College Though to the uninitiated tumbling may look dangerous, fewer accidents occur in these classes than in other sports. When tumbling, the student's whole attention is given to proper control of her body and she is taught how to fall without hurting herself. This ability to relax and fall without injury carries over into daily life. The instinctive movement of adults to save themselves by thrusting out an arm or to catch their balance by tensing the muscles is replaced by a conscious relaxing of the whole body When falling. For demonstration purposes tumbling is in great demand because both spectators and tumblers enjoy it. Opportuni ties for colorful and original costumes against varying backgrounds are boundless. The value of tumbling for the individual may be considered from the physiological, psychological and social standpoints. Physiologically its advantages are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.