12.) [Illustration 12.

Wave.
In the "Wave" the tendency is to go too far forward and not far enough back, the result being an unsymmetrical motion.

It is very easy to go forward, but more difficult to make the motion to the side and back.
Care should be taken that the arms are kept squarely against the ears.
The motion should be like waving the mast of a ship, the hips representing the deck and the trunk, head, and arms up to the top of the hands, the mast.] The body should be forward at "One," to the right at "Two," backward at "Three," and to the left at "Four." The motion should be steady and not in jerks.
At "Reverse" the same movement should be repeated in the opposite direction--i.e.to the left.
As the movement is completed for the fifteenth time the body should be brought to an erect position, stretching the arms up as far as possible; and at "Rest" the arms should drop slowly, laterally, to a "Hands" position.

Five circles should be described in each direction.
In the "Wave" the tendency is to go too far forward, and not far enough back, the result being an unsymmetrical motion.

It is very easy to go forward, but more difficult to make the motion to the side and back.
Care should be taken that the arms are kept squarely against the ears.
The motion should be like waving the mast of a ship, the hips representing the deck, while the trunk, head, and arms up to the top of the hands, represent the mast.