MOVEMENT COMPETENCE

Strand C.

Movement Competence: Skills, Concepts, Strategies

C1. Skills ~ perform movement skills, demonstrating an understanding of the basic requirements of the skills and applying movement concepts as appropriate, as they engage in a variety of physical activities;

Movement Skills:

• Stability (e.g., bending, stretching, twisting, turning, rolling, balancing, transferring weight, landing a jump)

• Locomotion/travelling (e.g., walking, wheeling, running, chasing, dodging, sliding, rolling, jumping, leaping)

• Manipulation (e.g., sending: throwing, kicking, striking, volleying; receiving: catching, trapping, dribbling)

Movement Concepts & Principles:

• Body awareness – What body parts move and in what way? (parts, shapes, actions)

• Spatial awareness – Where does the body move? (location, direction, level, pathway, plane, extensions

• Effort awareness – How does the body move? (time, force, flow)

• Relationship – With whom or with what does the body move?

C2. Strategies ~ apply movement strategies appropriately (based on the goal/objective of an activity/game), demonstrating an understanding of the components of a variety of physical activities, in order to enhance their ability to participate successfully in those activities.