Professional Language Terminology or Vocabulary
Motor Skills Definition: Movement or Motion Any way the body moves including locomotor, nonlocomotor,
Comparison of: Locomotor Nonlocomotor Bending Twisting Swinging Crawling Creeping Walking Running Jumping Leaping Hoping Galloping Sliding Skipping Bending Twisting Swinging Swaying Curling Stretching Turning
Manipulative Skills Throwing Kicking Dribbling Catching Striking with short or long handled implements Collecting Punting Volleying
Ballistic Skills Definition: Applies Force to an object Examples: punting, striking, throwing, kicking,
Receptive Skills Receiving force or slowing an object down such as catching or trapping a ball.
Interception Skills Decision-making with receiving
Weight-transfer Skills Transferring weight from one body part to another such as: Step-like actions Flight