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Activity-2: Bending the Body Right and Left

Students should stand in a queue as, in the first activity. When
the teacher counts 1, they should stretch their hands up and
by catching the left hand with the right, should bend towards
right. While bending thus the right hand should pull the left

hand gently. When the teacher counts 2, the students should
come back to the former position and with the count of 3 and
4, they should repeat the same activity with the left hand
bending towards the left. It should be repeated 5-6 times. Exercise of the arms

3. Exercise of Arms and Chest

Before playing or learning skills of the games like volleyball, basketball, shotput,
javelin, weightlifting, wrestling,etc. students should exercise arms and chest. The

ways to exercise arms and chest are given as follows:
Activity- 1: Pulling Hands

To exercise arms and chest the students should stand in
pairs facing towards the same direction as shown in the
picture. The student standing in the front should take
the hands back as shown in the picture and the student
standing behind should pull both his/her hands. After
pulling the hands for 30-35 seconds, the same activity
should be repeated by the next partner.

Activity- 2: Pulling the Elbow

To practice this exercise, the students should stand in a
line and as shown in the picture, right hand should be
placed at the back of the neck. Then, the left hand has
to be raised to hold the right elbow and pull it towards
the left. This activity should be repeated by reversing the
hands in turn.

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