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Fundamental Motor Skills - Coggle Diagram
Fundamental Motor Skills
Fundamental Motor Skills
are a specific set of skills that involve different body parts such as feet, legs, trunk, head, arms and hands.
These skills are the “building blocks” for more complex and specialised skills that kids will need throughout their lives to competently participate in different games, sports and recreational activities.
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Activity-Specific Skills
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B. Locomotor skills
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Requires thee body to leap with both feet and to land with both feet and to land with both feet. Arms can be used to create upward momentum and then create downward motion that helps balance the landing. Knees bend at the landing to act as shock absorbers. The order of impact is usually the balls of feet followed by heels.
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Galloping- is a forward directional movement. As the lead foot steps forward, the back foot steps up to meet the lead foot.
Sliding- is accomplished by movement on one side of the body. It is a one-count movement; as the leading foot steps to the side, the other follows.
Hopping is a one footed skill. Students stand on one foot and will hop with the one foot. The opposite foot is bent at the knee and trailing behind the back of the student.
A leap is when a student leaves the ground off of one foot (i.e. left foot) and will land on the opposite foot (i.e. right foot). Think of having an athlete run and leap over a hurdle during a race.
A run is a faster locomotor skill. During a run, the feet are both in the air at the same time. The feet alternate moving forward during the skill.
A walk is a slow locomotor skill where one foot is always on the ground. As the left foot is on the ground the right foot is in the air moving forward. Then the right foot makes contact with the heal first as the left foot moves forward in the air.