FamilyTimeFitness.com - PE Q&A What are fundamental movement patterns?

Summary

The transcript discusses fundamental movement patterns essential for daily activities like walking, picking up objects, and bending. It emphasizes the importance of coordination between visual cues and body awareness for movements such as lateral weight transfer, forward and backward stepping, and vertical motion. The difference between walking and marching is highlighted, with the latter promoting upper and lower body communication. Fundamental patterns are foundational to more complex movements and are crucial for developing strength and flexibility in joints like the ankles and knees, which are often overlooked in physical education programs.

Takeaways

• 🚶 Fundamental movement patterns are essential for everyday activities such as walking, picking things up, carrying, bending, and reaching.
• 👀 Visual and kinesthetic senses are crucial for coordinating body movements and spatial awareness.
• 🏃 Basic movement patterns include lateral motion (side-to-side weight transfer), forward motion (stepping forward and backward), and vertical motion (climbing stairs, jumping).
• 🔄 Fundamental patterns involve coordination between the lower and upper body, which is not just limited to the lower body but also includes upper body movements.
• 🎭 The difference between walking and marching is that in marching, the arms and legs work together, creating a coordinated movement that helps in organizing communication between body parts.
• 👶 Learning to walk is an advanced movement that takes a year for a baby to master, involving progression through crawling and pulling up stages.
• 🤸‍♂️ Fundamental movement patterns are the building blocks for more complex movements, such as playing soccer, which requires running, kicking, and controlling the ball.
• 💪 Strength and flexibility in fundamental movements, like bending the knee and straightening it again, are crucial before advancing to more complex patterns.
• 🦿 Joints like the ankle and knee hinges are integral to fundamental movements, and their flexibility can be affected by injuries or footwear design.
• 👟 The design of shoes can impact the ankle hinge's range of motion, which is essential for fundamental movement patterns.
• 🏡 The homeschool physical education program, Core One, is designed with these fundamental movements in mind to train children in basic coordination and movement skills.

Q & A

What are fundamental movement patterns?

Fundamental movement patterns are basic movements that allow the body to be coordinated in simple activities such as walking, picking things up, carrying, bending, reaching, and moving laterally, forward, and up and down.

How do fundamental movement patterns relate to our daily lives?

Fundamental movement patterns are essential for everyday activities, such as walking around objects, avoiding collisions with others, and performing basic physical tasks like squatting and reaching.

What is the role of visual and kinesthetic senses in fundamental movement patterns?

Visual and kinesthetic senses are crucial for coordinating eye-body movements, allowing individuals to understand where their body is in space and direct it through visual cues for accurate movement execution.

How does the script differentiate between walking and marching as movement patterns?

Walking is considered an advanced movement where the arms are not actively involved, while marching involves coordinated movement between the arms and legs, which helps in organizing communication between the lower and upper body.

Why is marching used as an exercise in the military?

Marching is used in the military to help organize and improve communication between the lower and upper body, enhancing overall coordination and movement efficiency.

What is the developmental process for a baby learning to walk?

A baby learns to walk through a progression that includes crawling and then pulling up, which takes about a year to master.

How do fundamental movement patterns differ from advanced movement patterns?

Fundamental movement patterns are the basic strength and flexibility exercises that precede advanced movements like walking. They include flexion and extension movements in various directions.

What are some examples of fundamental movement patterns that are essential for more complex activities?

Examples include the ability to bend the knee and straighten it again, side-to-side and forward-and-back movements, which are crucial for complex activities like playing soccer.

How do injuries or shoe design affect fundamental movement patterns?

Injuries or shoe design that restricts ankle movement can affect fundamental movement patterns by limiting the natural hinge actions of the body, such as those of the ankle and knee.

What is the purpose of the homeschool physical education program mentioned in the script?

The homeschool physical education program is designed to train children in fundamental movements, ensuring they develop the necessary strength, coordination, and understanding of body movement from an early age.

Why are fundamental movement patterns important for overall physical development?

Fundamental movement patterns are important for overall physical development as they form the basis for more complex movements and help in building strength, flexibility, and coordination.

Outlines

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🚶‍♂️ Fundamental Movement Patterns in Daily Life

This paragraph introduces the concept of fundamental movement patterns, which are essential for our daily activities such as walking, picking up objects, and carrying things. It emphasizes the importance of coordination between vision and body movement, highlighting the kinesthetic sense that allows us to understand our body's position in space. The paragraph also touches on lateral, forward, and vertical movements, which are basic patterns necessary for navigating our environment and performing everyday tasks.

Keywords

💡Fundamental Movement Patterns

Fundamental movement patterns refer to the basic physical movements that are essential for daily life activities. These patterns include walking, picking things up, carrying, bending, and reaching. In the video, they are discussed as the building blocks for more complex movements and are integral to the theme of understanding how the body moves and coordinates itself in space.

💡Squat

A squat is a basic movement pattern where the body lowers itself by bending the knees and hips while keeping the back straight. It is a fundamental movement that is crucial for activities like lifting objects and is mentioned in the script as an example of a basic movement pattern.

💡Visual Component

The visual component in the context of the video refers to the use of sight to navigate the environment and perform movements effectively. It is part of the eye-body coordination, which is essential for fundamental movement patterns, as it helps individuals to judge distances and avoid obstacles while moving.

💡Eye-Body Coordination

Eye-body coordination, or more accurately, kinesthetic sense, is the ability to understand where your body is in space in relation to your visual field. This concept is central to the video's theme, as it allows for the coordination of movements with visual cues, ensuring that actions like walking around objects are performed smoothly.

💡Lateral Motion

Lateral motion is the transfer of weight from one foot to the other, typically side to side. It is a fundamental movement pattern that is essential for activities that require sideways movement and is discussed in the script as part of the basic patterns that allow the body to be coordinated.

💡Forward Motion

Forward motion involves stepping forward and backward, which is a basic movement pattern necessary for walking and running. The script mentions this as an essential component of fundamental movement patterns that enable controlled movement in the frontal plane.

💡Vertical Motion

Vertical motion refers to upward and downward movements, such as climbing stairs, jumping, or stepping up. It is a fundamental pattern that allows control and direction in the vertical plane and is highlighted in the video as a basic movement necessary for navigating the environment.

💡Coordination

Coordination in the script refers to the harmonious interaction between different body parts to perform movements effectively. It is a key aspect of fundamental movement patterns, as it ensures that the lower and upper body work together seamlessly, as exemplified by the difference between walking and marching.

💡Marching

Marching is a type of walking where the arms actively move in rhythm with the legs. It is used in the script to illustrate a coordinated movement pattern where both the lower and upper body communicate effectively, which is a more advanced form of coordination compared to regular walking.

💡Flexion and Extension

Flexion and extension are movements involving the bending and straightening of joints, respectively. These movements are fundamental to the script's theme as they represent the basic joint actions that underpin more complex movements, such as the ability to bend the knee and straighten it again.

💡Hinge Actions

Hinge actions describe the joint movements that allow bending and straightening, similar to a hinge. In the script, these actions are crucial for fundamental movement patterns and are related to the function of various body parts like the ankles and knees, which must be able to hinge properly for movements to occur freely.

💡Homeschool Physical Education Program

The homeschool physical education program mentioned in the script is designed with fundamental movements in mind. It aims to train children in these basic patterns to build a strong foundation for more complex physical activities, emphasizing the importance of starting with fundamental movement patterns in physical education.

Highlights

Fundamental movement patterns are essential for understanding how we move in daily life.

Daily movements include walking, picking things up, carrying, bending, and reaching.

Fundamental movement patterns include squatting, walking, running, shuffling, and moving sideways.

Visual and kinesthetic senses are crucial for coordinating body movements in space.

Fundamental movement patterns enable coordinated movement in all planes: front, back, side to side, and up and down.

Walking is an advanced movement that requires coordination between the lower and upper body.

Marching is an exercise that helps organize communication between the lower and upper body.

Babies take a year to learn to walk, progressing through crawling and pulling up stages.

Fundamental movement patterns are basic strength and flexibility exercises that precede advanced movements like walking.

Flexion and extension movements are fundamental to bending the knee and moving in an up and down motion.

Ankle and hip hinges are essential for fundamental movement patterns and can be affected by injuries or shoe design.

Homeschool physical education programs are designed with fundamental movements in mind for children's training.

Fundamental movement patterns are the building blocks for more complex movements like playing soccer.

The importance of visual cues and body awareness in executing fundamental movement patterns.

The role of fundamental movement patterns in developing a child's physical coordination and spatial awareness.

The significance of lower and upper body coordination in fundamental movement patterns for overall body control.

How injuries or footwear can impact the execution of fundamental movement patterns and the importance of proper movement.

The development of a homeschool physical education program that incorporates fundamental movement patterns for children.

Transcripts

um we we've heard us say several times

talk about fundamental movement patterns

and so let's can we answer that question

of what are fundamental movement

patterns so that people can understand

what we're talking sure so if we look at

how do we move in our daily lives

we walk we pick things up we carry

things we Bend and bend and reach okay

so you know we've got a squat we've got

to walk maybe run

Shuffle move sideways you know move

around other objects move maybe if

you're walking on a sidewalk in a busy

City

walking around other people and not you

know see people running into each other

all the time and so you know how do we

judge that avoid that Walker even

walking around people and knowing those

things those are fundamental right to so

there's a visual component of that as

well we talk about hand eye coordination

but we're really talking about eye body

coordination that you you you know where

your body is in space so that's

kinesthetic sense you know where your

body is in space and then you can direct

your body through that visual cue

um

address that as well a fundamental

movement patterns are patterns that

allow the body to be coordinated in

those simple basic movement patterns of

lateral motion which is weight transfer

from one foot to the other Forward

Motion which is stepping forward and

back those kinds of activities and then

up and down motion so that we can go

upstairs so either climbing upstairs

stepping upward or even jumping is a

vertical motion so we have control and

direction in all planes of movement

front back side to side up and down now

in addition to that I would call

fundamental movement patterns those that

help the the lower body and the upper

body be coordinated so not just a lower

body thing but a lower end up are

starting to communicate and that is

actually walking does not really do that

but marching does so the difference

between walking is the arms are not

active in Walking the legs are doing the

work whereas in marching the arms and

legs are working to together and so that

you have a difference because I've

actually had someone as well with why

why do you do marching as an exercise

well the reason the military does

marching as an exercise is because it

helps organize a communication between

the lower and the upper body so that

that is actually a coordinated movement

walking is actually a pretty Advanced

movement it takes a year for a baby to

learn how to walk they actually have to

progress through a crawling stage and

then a pulling up stage so some of these

things that we that we think of are easy

movements oh just just durable to soccer

ball you have to run kick and control

that's a very complex movement so when

we talk about fundamental movement

patterns we're talking about things that

are way before that point I mean even

things that will help you walk better

okay even walking would be an advanced

movement pattern but the fundamental

movement pattern is before that it's the

strength of being able to bend your knee

and straighten back up again flexion and

extension movements in an up and down

motion and again side to side up and

down the side to side forward and back

and that comes into issues with ankle

hinge hip hinge you know all the

different hinges hinging actions in the

body if the ankles have been injured or

if their shoes are designed in such a

way to push the heels push the body to

the heels then the ankle hinge becomes

restricted and that's a fundamental

movement knee and you have to be able to

hinge forward across the ankles and so

these are some of the things we mean

when we talk about fundamental movement

patterns and these are the things that

we have in mind when that we designed

homeschool physical education program uh

core one we've designed it with these

fundamental movements in mind so that

your children you and your children will

be trained in these types of fundamental

movements through our program

oh