Fundamental Skills

What are the types of locomotion?

• Climbing, swinging, cartwheeling

• Sailing, skiing, skating

• Walking, running, swimming, flying, crawling, hopping, slithering

Can you provide examples of non locomotor movements?

• Bending, stretching, twisting, swaying, turning

• Running, walking, crawling

• Jumping, hopping, skipping

How would you compare locomotor and non locomotor movements?

• Locomotor movements are performed while standing still, while non-locomotor movements involve body transportation.

• Locomotor movements involve body transportation, while non-locomotor movements are stationary.

• Locomotor movements involve jumping, while non-locomotor movements involve crawling.

What are the benefits of locomotor movements?

• Decreased flexibility

• Impaired coordination

• The benefits of locomotor movements include improved cardiovascular health, muscle strength, flexibility, coordination, and physical fitness.

Why are non locomotor movements important?

• Non locomotor movements are only important for children

• Non locomotor movements are only relevant for athletes

• Non locomotor movements are important for developing body awareness, control, and coordination.

Name one type of locomotion.

• Swimming

• Flying

• Walking

It is launching off one foot, landing on the same foot

• jumping

• hopping

• leaping

It is a full rotation of the body around a vertical or horizontal axis.

• turn

• swing

• twist

It is a flex of a body part at a joint.

• stretch

• bend

• twist

It is a movement where you launch off both feet and land on both feet.

• walking

• hopping

• jumping