When the class has been running a week or two and dilettante and disruptive elements have shown themselves, more of the "instructional" technique can be used. This will frighten off the stragglers and will not now be resented by the keen nucleus. Eventually, - when= the enthusiasm and determination of the group are beyond question, there can be an almost complete return to the "sympathetic" except for short periods in each class, when an element of control is felt to be needed. In short the ideal technique for this type of physical training is a rhythm between the sympathetic" and "instructional."
So far we have been considering young men's and boy's groups, There remains the older man, who should have a good deal of attention in any communal scheme of physical education. Some men may have preserved ideals of fitness into middle life, but most believe that it is "for the young uns to skip about" and for them to watch and reminisce.
An older men's group was started in which the presence of one or two boys proved an incentive, an implicit challenge of youth which age took up; later on it will' probably be necessary to eliminate this element and settle down to a table designed specially for middle age. At first light games involving dexterity were popular, for there the older man can beat the younger and usually does, Heavy exercises, "attacking" the deep muscles of the trunk, can be performed if the time is kept very slow; a proviso applying to all the work. The attention and enthusiasm of the older men, once their first objections are dispersed, are, so excellent as to make their group stand out after hours spent striving to direct the ebullience of youth.
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