Unit 2

Perceptual motor response incorporates the following:

• Process of discrimination & input

• Integration with past experiences

• Purposeful movement in a motor response

Kinesthetic is a term which refers to:

• Movement

• Taste

• Smell

• Touch

Development of awareness of the body consisting of 2 symmetrical sides and the awareness of the body in space

• Spatial awareness

• Temporal awareness

Discrimination between sounds and their associations

• Visual perception

• Auditory perception

• Tactile perception

Motor control is the systematic regulation of movement in organisms that possess a nervous system.

• True

• False

Balance, coordination and physical strength is linked to:

• Fine motor skills

• Gross motor skills

Small and precise movements using your fingers and hands is known as:

• Fine motor skills

• Gross motor skills

Changes that take place as a result of growth – determined genetically

• Maturation

• Structural Maturation

• Functional Maturation

• Growth

Includes cognitive, emotional, social and motor development, indicates movement possibilities

• Motor Pattern

• Development

• Fundamental Movement Patterns

• Proprioception

Demands of situation change repeatedly – no planning for movement execution (behaviour of opponent)

• Closed skills

• Open skills