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Reshaping Youth

Fitness

Brett KlikaCraig Valency, MA

© 2015 IDEA Health & Fitness Association. All Rights Reserved.

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To empower this and future generations of youth to become happy, healthy, active

adults.



After Today, You’ll Be Able To…

1. Create life-long movers

2. Build physical literacy using the SPIDERF.A.S.T. physical development system

3. Increase kids’ participation and enthusiasm for exercise

4. Asses, program, and play with purpose



Explore, Play, Refine!



SPIDER F.A.S.T. Foundational StageFMA

Physical literacy building block 1:

•Foundational Motor Abilities (FMA)

- Base level strength and power

- Perceptual motor skills

- Postural stability and mobility



Perceptual Motor Skills

Perceptual motor skills demonstrate an ability to interpret sensory inputs and create the appropriate motor output.



Perceptual-Motor SkillsThe Roots of Coordination

1. Rudimentary body awareness

2. Directional awareness

3. Spatial awareness

4. Temporal awareness

5. Visual awareness

5. Auditory awareness

7. Tactile awareness

8. Vestibular awareness

9. Proprioceptive awareness



Movement Variables MV

Effort Space Relationships

FORCE LEVELS OBJECTS

strong high/med/low over/under

light between/among/around

TIME DIRECTIONS/ PATH BODY PARTS

fast forward/backward narrowslow diagonal wide

sustained zig zag curved

FLOW RANGES PEOPLE

free self-space mirror/matching

bound general space partners/solo



Body Awareness

An ability to Identify Body Parts and Functions



Directional Awareness

An ability to identify directions in relation to the body and external environment.•Directionality

•Laterality



Spatial Awareness

The ability to properly orient your body effectively and efficiently within a given amount of space



Spatial Awareness Drills and Games

1. Airplanes: Move around the space with arms straight out to the side. Avoid contact with other airplanes without dropping the arms.

2. Bi-Planes: Form a plane with a partner.

3. Helicopters: Move around the space while spinning

4. Airplanes and clouds: 1/3 of children on floor, legs up. Attempt to tag airplanes as they move. Once tagged, airplanes become clouds.



Temporal Awareness

The ability to establish internal timing to sequence and synchronize movement



Temporal Awareness Games and Drills

1. Movin’ to the beat: Perform the movement in time with the beat.

2. Gear runs- 1st gear- walk, 2nd gear jog, 3rd gear run, 4th gear sprint.



Visual Awareness

An ability to smoothly focus, track, and follow objects of varying sizes at varying speeds.



Visual Awareness Games and Drills

1. Partner Tracking Tag: 1 partner lines up behind another. Partner behind moves hands in the first partner’s periphery and the first partner attempts to track and tag them.

2. Partner Cross-tracking tag: First partner must tag with opposite side hand.

3. Partner Periphery Tag: Partner behind stays in 1st partner’s periphery. 1st partner must keep eyes forward.



Vestibular Awareness

The ability to establish orientation of the head and body with gravity using feedback about direction and acceleration.



Vestibular Awareness Games and Drills

1. Spinning Tops: Spin in the specified direction for the specified number of times, then stand on one leg.

1. Log Roll Bonanza: Perform the specified movement in the specified direction. When the instructor points “down” drop and log roll in the opposite direction. When the instructor points “up” come up to the feet and continue the movement in the opposite direction of the roll.



Auditory Awareness

The ability to detect, filter, and comprehend direct and indirect sound.



Tactile Awareness

An ability to interpret sensory feedback from touch.



Proprioceptive Awareness

Joint position feedback



Assessing The Perceptual Motor Skills

Qualitative Scoring system

- 1- A developmental detriment

- 2- Below developmental level

- 3- At developmental level

- 4- Above developmental level



Programming PMS

Integrate all PMS into daily programming

- Warm-ups

- Circuits

- Games

- Skill work

Apply movement variables



Key Take-Aways

• Physical literacy and coordination are skills that can be “built,” assessed, progressed, or regressed.

• Understanding the developmental continuum can aid educators in programming the right skills at the right time.

• Understanding teaching/coaching strategy can aid in more engaged, excited, and happy learners.



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