Study Unit 6: part 2 (HMSC 112) Motor Development Phases and Aspects

Interrelated Nature of Motor Development

  • Learning to Move

    • Motor Aspects
      • Fundamental and specialized skills
        • Stability movements
        • Manipulative movements
        • Locomotor movements
      • Physical fitness
        • Health-related fitness
        • Performance-related fitness
    • Cognitive Aspects
      • Perceptual motor learning
      • Concept learning
      • Self-concept enhancement
    • Affective Aspects
      • Positive socialization

  • Learning Through Movement

General Phases of Motor Development

  • Reflexive Movement Phase
    • Reflex inhibition phase
      • Birth - 4 months
    • Information encoding phase
      • Utero - 4 months
  • Rudimentary Movement Phase (First Movement Phase)
    • Reflex inhibition phase
      • 4 months - 1 year
    • Information decoding phase
      • 1 - 2 years
  • Fundamental Movement Phase
    • Initial stage
      • 2 - 3 years
    • Elementary stage
      • 4 - 5 years
    • Pre-control phase
      • 6 - 7 years

Specific Phases of Motor Development

  • Sport-focused skills
    • Transitional phase
      • 7 - 10 years
    • Specific phase
      • 11 - 13 years
    • Specialized phase
      • 14 years+