1. Movement Components and Skill Development
Chapter 3

2. Motor Skills Skill that requires the effective use of skeletal muscles
Generally developed in childhood and expanded to more complex skills as one moves throughout the lifespan

3. Skill Themes Fundamental motor skills that can be performed
Can include locomotor skills, nonlocomotor/axial skills, and manipulative skills
Always verbs

4. Locomotor Skills
Skill themes in which a body moves from one place to another
Movements that propel a mover around an area
Eight basic locomotor skills
Walk Hop
Run Gallop
Leap Slide
Jump Skip

5. Nonlocomotor Skills
Stationary movements that do not propel the mover around an area
Generally occur from a sitting or standing position
Also known as axial or nonmanipulative movements
Common nonlocomotor movements include:
Bend Collapse Pull
Stretch Swing Shake
Twist Sway Rise
Turn Balance Push

6. Manipulative Skills
Movements in which the hand or feet handle equipment
Divided into fine motor and gross motor skills
Fine motor skills involve the use of hands and fingers
Gross motor skills involve large muscles
Most complex and often most difficult to learn
Common manipulative gross motor skills include throwing, catching, dribbling, kicking, punting, volleying, and striking

7. Movement Concepts Describe how a skill is performed Always adverbs
Generally broken down into 4 main categories:
Body awareness – what the body can do
Space awareness – where the body moves
Effort/Qualtity – how the body moves
Relationships – how the body relates

8. Body Awareness What the body can do
Specific actions the body can perform while moving
Examples include:
Transferring body weight
Balancing or bearing weight
Flight
Shapes
Focus

9. Space Awareness Where the body moves Involves concepts such as:
Location: Personal space and general space
Directions: Up/down, Forward/backward, Right/left, Clockwise/counterclockwise
Levels: Low, middle, high
Pathways: Straight, curved, zigzag
Extensions: Large/small, Far/near

10. Effort How the body moves Qualities of movements
Includes concepts such as:
Time: Fast/slow, Sudden/sustained
Force: Strong/light
Flow: Bound/free

11. Relationships With whom or what the body moves How the body relates
Includes concepts such as:
Of body parts: Round, narrow, wide, twisted, symmetrical, nonsymmetrical
With objects and/or people: Over/under, On/off, Near/far, In front/behind, Along/through, Meeting/parting, surrounding, around, alongside
With people: Leading/following, Mirroring/matching, Unison/contrast, alone in a mass, solo, partners, groups, between groups

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