Locomotor & Nonlocomotor

Skills

CH 11
 Locomotor Skills

Body moving from one place to another in a vertical

plane
Develop bodily control
Walking, running, leaping, jumping, hopping,
galloping, sliding, & skipping
Build upon to create routines and games
 Locomotor Skills

Lessons:
 Travel in general space
 Different pathways (straight, curved, zigzag), directions
(forward, backward, sideways), & different speeds (slow,
medium, fast)
 Response to signal (stop/start, change movements, pathways,
directions, speed)
 NonLocomotor Skills

Not require body to move from place to place; not

incorporate objects into movement
Performed in stable position standing or sitting
Twisting, turning, bending, stretching, rocking,
curling, balance
 Motor Skill Progression

Phases:
 Develop skill
 Expand skill
 Master skill
 Motor Skill Progression

Progression tree – allows learner to chart their

individual success; visually see progress
Self-paced, fundamental skills
Task cards: instructions & examples of activities
Chasing, fleeing, dodging, jumping, landing
Different levels of learners, adapt
 Chasing, Fleeing, Dodging

Used in many games and activities

Changing of direction and location, traveling,
ducking while moving
Use invisible or imaginary opponent
Versions of tag
External cues
 Task Cards

Run under general space

Start/stop on signal
Travel around stationary object
Travel in different pathways
Shadow partner
Dodging while avoiding stationary taggers
Simple tag games
 Task Cards

Chasing, fleeing, & dodging while avoiding moving

person
Complex tag games
Take the pin basic
Capture the flag
Chasing, fleeing, dodging while manipulating object
 Jumping & Landing

Sporting activities
Quality
Start at age 2
Learn to land on 2 feet progress to 1
Takeoff, flight, landing
Distance, height
 Jumping & Landing

Hop – jump from one foot to same foot

Leap – jump from one foot to opposite foot
One foot takeoff – jump from one foot to land on two
feet
Two footed takeoff – jumping high; jump from two
feet to land on two feet
Jumping from two feet to land on 1
 Jumping Skills

Jump and land over stationary objects

Jump and land in self space
Use creative movement
Jump and land for distance, low height
Jump and land while traveling, over objects, add
turns, jump sequence, rope
 Non-Locomotor Skills

Movements in same place

Mostly used in gymnastics
Stretch, tuck, pike, straddle, turn, twist, bend
No one best correct form
Goals: explain meaning of skill to understand
concepts & give learners opportunities to
demonstrate understanding of skill by examples
 Non-Locomotor Skills

Balancing – keeping body’s center of gravity above

base of support
Tense & relax muscles to shift body
Teaching: base of support & stable vs unstable
balances
Stable resists gravity or force
Unstable easily disrupted
 Balance Learning Tasks

Balance own body

Balance an object
Balance another person
 Balance

Perform on different bases of support

Control muscular contractions
Develop strength, flexibility
Progression as able to regain balance quickly
Work in pairs/groups
 Balance

Bases of support
Landings
Objects/apparatus
Traveling
Shoulder balance
Hand balance, body curled
Complex movements, partners
 Peer Evaluations

Students responsible for watching other students

perform making judgments & improvements
 Evaluations

Understand grade level and abilities