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Sports ne as tumbling, pyramid building, circus stunts,
apparatus exercises, and so forth, are useful in developing general body
control and power. Defensive and combative types of sports, such as football,
basketball, boxing, and wrestling are used for developing organic endurance,
persistent and aggressive attitudes and teanwork, Swimming, diving, life
saving, water polo, boating and canoeing, the environmental : and specialized
types of conditioning sports, are used for master of the water. The recreative
types such as tennis, golf, dancing, archery, bait and fly casting, bowling,
badminton, horsemanship, squash, camping, pingpong, quoits, and so forth, have
their place in their fields.

Calisthenics cannot be used to develop all types of physical
fitness, Our view of physical fitness must be broader. Calisthenics may pro-
vide something of & general quality to physical fitness, but routine calisthenic
exercises must be supplemented by specific types of endurance feats in special
sreas, such as running, jumping, throwing, climbing, swimming, vaillting, and
specific sports. Military tactics should beincluded at this time. Calisthenics
require mental concentration, while plays and games emphasize mental recreation.

Endurance is our greatest need to the individual. Athletic
authorities have rated endurance most important over balance, flexibility,
agility, strength and power. ‘The most important way to develop endurance is
through hard work, repeated or conctantly performed to the limits of one's
ahility. More time is needed than is generally available or is commonly
recognized. Short one-hour programs two or three times a week generally fail
to make a significant contribution to endurance. In time of war the need for
rugged youth and citizenry is paramount. Physical activity programs need to
be increased to include more of the following: