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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.
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BACK FROM SHOULDERS.

26. Mount as in No. 23; as No. 2 jumps, No. 1 assists by lifting hard. Fig. 49,

FRONT FROM SHOULDERS.

27. Mount as in No. 23; as No. 2 jumps. No. 1 assists by lifting hard. Fig. 50.

CROTCH BACK.

28. Facing each other, No. 1 places hands under No. 2's crotch, and lifts hard; No. 2 doing a regular back somersault. Figs. 51, 52.

CHOTCH FRONT.

29. Facing in same direction. No. 1 grasps No. 2 by seat and lifts hard; No. 2 doing a regular front somersault. Fig. 53.

PULL TO SHOULDERS.

30. Facing each other. No. 2 leans forward, putting his hands between his own spread legs; No. 1 leans over and grasps No. 2's wrists; a quick pull lands No. 2 on his shoulders straddle seat. He then places his hands under thighs of No. 2, who, in turn, does a back somersault off, assisted by a slight shove from No. 1. Fig. 54.

31. Same as No. 30, only No. 2 puts his feet on No. 1's shoulders. Back or forward somersault off.

PULL TO SHOULDERS AND HAND SPRING OVER.

32. Position same as in Fig. 54. No. 1 grasps No. 2's wrists, pulls him up, and places his hands on his shoulders; No. 2 continues movement by hand spring over.