Locomotor movements: movement through space involving a change of location; moving from one point to another; a moving base involving a progression of relocation of the body in space. Non-Locomotor: movement occurring above a stationary base; movement of the body in one place around its own axis.

1. C H 1 1
Locomotor & Nonlocomotor
Skills

2. Locomotor Skills
 Body moving from one place to another in a vertical
plane
 Develop bodily control
 Walking, running, leaping, jumping, hopping,
galloping, sliding, & skipping
 Build upon to create routines and games

3. Locomotor Skills
 Lessons:
 Travel in general space
 Different pathways (straight, curved, zigzag), directions
(forward, backward, sideways), & different speeds (slow,
medium, fast)
 Response to signal (stop/start, change movements, pathways,
directions, speed)

4. NonLocomotor Skills
 Not require body to move from place to place; not
incorporate objects into movement
 Performed in stable position standing or sitting
 Twisting, turning, bending, stretching, rocking,
curling, balance

5. Motor Skill Progression
 Phases:
 Develop skill
 Expand skill
 Master skill

6. Motor Skill Progression
 Progression tree – allows learner to chart their
individual success; visually see progress
 Self-paced, fundamental skills
 Task cards: instructions & examples of activities
 Chasing, fleeing, dodging, jumping, landing
 Different levels of learners, adapt

7. Chasing, Fleeing, Dodging
 Used in many games and activities
 Changing of direction and location, traveling,
ducking while moving
 Use invisible or imaginary opponent
 Versions of tag
 External cues

8. Task Cards
 Run under general space
 Start/stop on signal
 Travel around stationary object
 Travel in different pathways
 Shadow partner
 Dodging while avoiding stationary taggers
 Simple tag games

9. Task Cards
 Chasing, fleeing, & dodging while avoiding moving
person
 Complex tag games
 Take the pin basic
 Capture the flag
 Chasing, fleeing, dodging while manipulating object

10. Jumping & Landing
 Sporting activities
 Quality
 Start at age 2
 Learn to land on 2 feet progress to 1
 Takeoff, flight, landing
 Distance, height

11. Jumping & Landing
 Hop – jump from one foot to same foot
 Leap – jump from one foot to opposite foot
 One foot takeoff – jump from one foot to land on two
feet
 Two footed takeoff – jumping high; jump from two
feet to land on two feet
 Jumping from two feet to land on 1

12. Jumping Skills
 Jump and land over stationary objects
 Jump and land in self space
 Use creative movement
 Jump and land for distance, low height
 Jump and land while traveling, over objects, add
turns, jump sequence, rope

13. Non-Locomotor Skills
 Movements in same place
 Mostly used in gymnastics
 Stretch, tuck, pike, straddle, turn, twist, bend
 No one best correct form
 Goals: explain meaning of skill to understand
concepts & give learners opportunities to
demonstrate understanding of skill by examples

14. Non-Locomotor Skills
 Balancing – keeping body’s center of gravity above
base of support
 Tense & relax muscles to shift body
 Teaching: base of support & stable vs unstable
balances
 Stable resists gravity or force
 Unstable easily disrupted

15. Balance Learning Tasks
 Balance own body
 Balance an object
 Balance another person

16. Balance
 Perform on different bases of support
 Control muscular contractions
 Develop strength, flexibility
 Progression as able to regain balance quickly
 Work in pairs/groups

17. Balance
 Bases of support
 Landings
 Objects/apparatus
 Traveling
 Shoulder balance
 Hand balance, body curled
 Complex movements, partners

18. Peer Evaluations
 Students responsible for watching other students
perform making judgments & improvements

19. Evaluations
 Understand grade level and abilities