This document outlines a screening approach for assessing the physical literacy of youth in 3 key areas: sensory awareness, fundamental movement skills, and applied movement skills. Simple screening tools like qualitative rubrics from 1-4 are provided to evaluate abilities in specific assessments for each area at developmental levels. The results of the screening can then be used to drive targeted programming for all ability levels, with a focus on movement quality over quantitative comparisons. The goal is to build physical literacy block by block through screening and iterative programming.

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Session 641
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10 Simple Youth
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Brett Klika CSCS
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What You’ll Be Able to Do
Monday
1. Target and assess essential components of the 3
primary building blocks of youth physical literacy.
1. Create effective programming for all levels of
ability.

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In the Beginning…
Kids moved all the time, so
we wanted to know, “How
much can they move?”
Assessments based on
quantitative, comparative
measures.

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Updated Approach
Children don’t move
much, so “Can they
move?”
Assessments target
qualitative aspects of
movement.
What is important in
our current state of
youth inactivity?

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3 Building Blocks to Physical
Literacy

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Assessment/Screening of the 3
Building Blocks
 Primarily a screen
 Screen using specific and general criteria for each of
the building blocks based on age/developmental level
 Screening info provides guidance for programming

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Age vs. Developmental Level
Age tends to be a governing criteria, but…

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Types of Screening and
Assessment
1. Diagnostic: What can/can’t they do?
2. Formative: Observed at points in a training program.

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Simple Screening Rubric
1-4 Qualitative Scale
1- Complete lack of ability at the
most fundamental level of
activity. Possible pathology.
“I’m concerned.”
2- Consistently incompetent in
movement execution but has
grasp of the fundamental
concepts.
“We need to work on this.”
3- Inconsistently competent in
movement execution but displays
competence with the fundamental
concepts.
“Looks pretty good. Keep practicing.”
4- Consistently competent in
movement execution and displays
mastery of the fundamental concepts.
“We need to make this more
challenging”.

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Screening Sensory Awareness
• Sensory awareness
begins at birth and
continues throughout
life.
• Screen primarily for
children age 5-7, but…
• Can begin formatively
with games, activities.

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Screening Sensory Awareness

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Screening Sensory Awareness
Temporal awareness
(Formative)
Beat Syncopation

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Screening Sensory Awareness
Vestibular Awareness
(Diagnostic)
Head rockers

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Screening Sensory Awareness
Visual Awareness
(Diagnostic)
Partner pursuits

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Screening Sensory Awareness
Proprioceptive
Awareness (Diagnostic)
Limb mirror test
Lower body direction test

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Screening the Fundamental
Movement Skills
1. 4-Point Crawl
2. Skip
3. Wall Squat
4. No-Hand Get-Up

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Screening the Fundamental
Movement Skills
Forward/backward 4-point crawl
1-Pain or inability to initiate
2-Inability to create a contralateral
movement pattern, create
appropriate correction, or support
bodyweight for duration of drill.
3-Able to complete drill supporting
bodyweight, more time spent in
correct contralateral movement
pattern than not.
4- Able to achieve criteria for a 3 with
no correction necessary while hips
remain parallel to ground

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Screening the Fundamental
Movement Skills
Forward/Backward Skip
1- Pain or inability to initiate
2- Inability to create or provide
correction to create a contralateral
movement pattern. More time spent in
incorrect pattern than correct pattern.
3- Able to complete movement with
more time spent in the appropriate
contralateral movement pattern than
not.
4- Able to achieve criteria for a 3 with
ankles over knees, spine straight with
advanced cadence and force
production.

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Screening the Fundamental
Movement Skills
Wall Squat
(3 attempts, 2 inches from wall)
1-Pain or inability to initiate
2-Inability to break 90 degrees of
knee flexion without heels coming
off of floor or neck/spine deviating.
3-Able to achieve at least 90
degrees of knee flexion without
heels coming off of ground or
neck/spine deviating.
4- Able to touch floor without heels
coming off of ground or neck/spine
deviating

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Screening the Fundamental
Movement Skills
No-hand get up
1- Unable to get off of ground
without assistance.
2- Unable to get off ground
without assistance from 1 or 2
hands.
3- Able to get off ground without
hands, using counter movement
or non-fluid movement.
4- Able to get off ground without
using hands without counter
movement using fluid movement.

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Screening Applied Movement Skills
Becomes more of an assessment
at this point
“How… (far, fast, much force,
etc.)”
General (speed, power, etc.)
Specific (fundamentals of an
activity)

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Screening Applied Movement Skills
• 20-yard deceleration
• 1 vs. 3-jump distance

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Screening Drives Programming
1- Outsource, regress, target and prioritize program
daily, discussion with parent, provide at-home
work.
2- Practice fundamental level of activity, program daily,
provide at-home work.
3- Program skill weekly.
4- Program the skill monthly, or progress weekly.

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Now, Get Out There And…
 Build fitness and
physical literacy block
by block.
 Screen QUALITY of
movement- “Can they
move?”
 Screening drives
programming, then
screen some more!
“Let’s keep them
moving!”

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