 Dev. of motor skill is individual & wide variation occurs within children of the same chronological age;  Psychomotor skills – voluntary actions initiated by impulses in higher brain centres (vs. reflex actions from lower brain centres during early development);  Sequence is much the same & appears to progress in an orderly fashion.

 Child is ready & capable to learn, in an environment conducive to such learning; - Prepared to attempt & succeed at motor skills.

 Maturity level  Previous practice  Prerequisite skills  Body management skills  State of physical fitness  Interest

 Sensory perception – ability to use input received through the sense organs to make judgements about one ’ s environment.

 3 major development trends in sensory perceptual maturation 1. Shift in dominance of the sensory system (tactile-kinesthetic to visual); 2. Increased ability to use various sensory input from a single sense organ; 3. Increased ability to use input from several sense organs at the same time

 Ability to track a moving object depends on object ’ s speed, direction (trajectory), and predictability; can improve with training (occurs dramatically in elementary school years).  Body awareness & kinesthetic perception of the position of body parts & the body ’ s orientation in space undergo varying rates of development during early school years.

1. Reflexive-reaction type movement 2. Rudimentary-simple gross movements skills common to any healthy children 3. Fundamental-fundamental skills that are common and become more automatic 4. Specific Movement(Sport Related)- specialized skills, dependant of practice, talent, motivation, as well as success and failure

1. Whole vs Part Learning  Whole = learning the entire skill or activity in one dose.  Part = learning parts of the activity separately until all parts are learned then combining parts to form a unified whole  Provide examples  Which will produce the best result?

 Blocked vs Random Practice  Blocked = taking all trials under the same conditions  Random = taking all trials under varying conditions  Which will produce the best result?

1. Massed vs Distributed Practice  Massed = taking trials at once  Distributed = a significant time interval between trials  Which will produce the best result?