Module 1

1. Module 1 Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS)

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3. Focus of this Module • Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) • Developmentally Appropriate Skills • Teaching the Dimensions • Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

4. Learning Outcomes • After this module participants will have an understanding of: • What FMS are • Why they are critical • The categories of movement skills • Introduction to skill development • Activity ideas Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

5. FMS Defined • A common motor activity with specific movement patterns … which form the foundation for more advanced and specific movement activities (p. 253) Gabbard, C. P. (2000). Lifelong motor development. Toronto: Allyn & Bacon Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

6. Why Are FMS Important? • Fundamental Movement Skills • Are the basic building blocks for the overall development of physical literacy • Are critical for children to become competent in sporting activities • Without them, many children and youth choose to withdraw from sport Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

7. Canadian Sport for Life. Developing Physical Literacy: A Guide For Parents of Children Ages 0-12 Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

8. Categories of FMS • FMS include: • Locomotor skills: consist of total body movement • Stability skills: includes the ability to sense a shift in the body and adjust for it • Object manipulation: a force given or received Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

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10. Stability Skills • Body Rolling • Dodging • Balancing • Bending • Stretching • Twisting • Turning • Swinging • Stopping • Push • Pull • Rise/Stretch • Collapse • Sway • Shake Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

11. Locomotor Skills • Walking • Running • Jumping (vertical & horizontal) • Hopping • Galloping • Sliding • Skipping • Leaping • Chasing • Climbing • Fleeing Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

12. Object Manipulative Skills • Underhand Throw • Overhand throw • Catching • Kicking • Striking • Punting • Dribble with feet • Dribble with hand • Volleying • Trapping Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

13. FMS Progression • There is typically a developmental progression amongst the skills • Children must master certain stability skills before they can progress onto locomotor skills (Stopping involves stability) • Manipulative skills are generally the last to emerge Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

14. Let’s PLAY • Round Up – Locomotor Skills • Move to the Music – Stability Skills • Clear Out – Object Manipulative Skills Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy

15. Conclusion/ Games Debrief • Fundamental Movement Skills are critical building blocks for physical literacy • There are three categories of fundamental movements • Locomotor • Stability • Object manipulation • There is a developmental progression to when these skills begin to emerge Ever Active Schools: Physical Literacy