Locomotor and Non-Locomotor Movements

What is an example of a locomotor movement?

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What is an example of a non-locomotor movement?

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True/False: Locomotor movements involve the body moving through space?

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• False

True/False: Non-locomotor movements involve the body changing its shape or position?

• True

• False

What is non-locomotor movements?

• are movements that do not involve traveling from one place to another.

  A.

• these are movements where the body travels through space from one location to another.

  B.

• running, skipping, hopping, jumping, galloping, side-stepping (sliding), and leaping.

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• movement skills are those in which the body is moved in one direction, or a combination of directions, from one point to another.

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What is locomotor movements?

• are movements that do not involve traveling from one place to another.

  A.

• it is the act decreasing the angle of a joints, another term is bend.

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• these are movements where the body travels through space from one location to another.

  C.

• a muscle movements done when its shortens, narrows and tightens, using a sufficient amount of energy.

  D.

What is the basis of all locomotor movements?

• Core Strength

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• Muscle Control

  B.

• Posture

  C.

• Spatial Awareness

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What type of locomotor movement involves changing direction while travelling?

• Sliding

  A.

• Skipping

  B.

• Hopping

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• Galloping

  D.

It is a pendula motion of a body part that can move forward and backward or side to side.

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What type of movement involves bending a joint, such as the elbow or knee, and decreasing the angle between the bones at the joint?

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