KIN 4512 Chapter : KIN 4515 NOTES Ch 1
15 Mar 2019
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Goals: define field of motor development; demystify the study of motor development; introduce the developmental perspective. That other factors are involved ex. where you live etc. ) Motor development: continuous, age related process of change in movement. Motor control: neural, physical, and behavioral aspects of movement. Physical growth: quantitative increase in size or body mass (timiras, 1972) Physical maturation: qualitative advance in biological makeup; cell, organ, or system advancement in biochemical composition (teeple, 1978) Aging: process occurring with passage of time, leading to loss of adaptability or full function and eventually to death (spiduso, francis, & macrae, 2005) Individual constraints: structural constraints (physical uniqueness); functional constraints (attentional focus, motivation, fear, past experiences(can change rapidly)) Environmental constraints: global, not task specific; physical (things on earth surrounding someone to affect them ex. Task constraints: related specifically to tasks or skills: goal of task; rules guiding task performance; equipment e. g. racket, ball, net.
