Movement Skills and Concepts: Fundamental, Specialised, Effort, and Relationship

What type of skills are performing a grapevine step in dance or executing a drop punt in AFL?

Specialised movement skills

What are fundamental movement skills?

Basic, foundational movement patterns developed during childhood (e.g., kicking, running, throwing, balancing)

What is effort awareness in movement concepts?

The category that focuses on how the body moves, including energy, speed, force, and time

What are the four categories of movement concepts?

Body awareness, spatial awareness, effort awareness, relationship awareness

What does body awareness describe?

What the body does, including shape, balance, and weight transfer

What does spatial awareness describe?

Where the body moves, including location, direction, pathways, and levels

What does relationship awareness focus on?

Interactions with team members, opponents, equipment, or space

What is an example of effort awareness?

Force (hard/soft), speed (fast/slow), time, and energy output

What is the core question for body awareness?

What is moving?

What is the core question for spatial awareness?

Where is it moving?

What is the core question for effort awareness?

How is it moving?

What is the core question for relationship awareness?

With whom/what is it moving?

What is an example of body awareness?

Stretching, curling, balancing on one foot

What is an example of spatial awareness?

Straight lines, zig-zag paths, high/low levels

What is an example of relationship awareness?

Marking a defender, holding formation relative to teammates

What is the correct answer for the question about a defender maintaining a position between an opponent and the goal line?

Relationship awareness