Long-Term Athlete Development The Fundamental Stage
Aims
Aims • To discuss the aims of the fundamental stage
Aims • To discuss the aims of the fundamental stage • To define the terms agility, balance, co-ordination and speed (ABCs)
Aims • To discuss the aims of the fundamental stage • To define the terms agility, balance, co-ordination and speed (ABCs)
• To discuss the fundamentals of athletics
Aims • To discuss the aims of the fundamental stage • To define the terms agility, balance, co-ordination and speed (ABCs)
• To discuss the fundamentals of athletics • To discuss KGBs & CPKs
Aims • To discuss the aims of the fundamental stage • To define the terms agility, balance, co-ordination and speed (ABCs)
• To discuss the fundamentals of athletics • To discuss KGBs & CPKs • Discuss strength training for children
The Fundamentals stage
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys)
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys) • Children need to sample a wide range of movement activities, in fun, playful environments
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys) • Children need to sample a wide range of movement activities, in fun, playful environments
• No sports-specific specialisation
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys) • Children need to sample a wide range of movement activities, in fun, playful environments
• No sports-specific specialisation • Emphasis on development of basic movement skills, not formal competition
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys) • Children need to sample a wide range of movement activities, in fun, playful environments
• No sports-specific specialisation • Emphasis on development of basic movement skills, not formal competition
• Parental involvement
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys) • Children need to sample a wide range of movement activities, in fun, playful environments
• No sports-specific specialisation • Emphasis on development of basic movement skills, not formal competition
• Parental involvement • Speed power and endurance developed using fun games and challenges
The Fundamentals stage
• Ages: 6-8 (girls) & 6-9 (boys) • Children need to sample a wide range of movement activities, in fun, playful environments
• No sports-specific specialisation • Emphasis on development of basic movement skills, not formal competition
• Parental involvement • Speed power and endurance developed using fun games and challenges
• Opportunity for optimal development of speed
Windows of trainability Chronological age General tra Training age
Chronological age
FMS, CPKs, KGBs, FSS
Agility
Agility •
“The ability to change speed and direction rapidly” (Bloomfield, Elliot and Ackland, 1994)
Agility •
“The ability to change speed and direction rapidly” (Bloomfield, Elliot and Ackland, 1994)
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Or “whole-body changes in direction as well as rapid movement and direction changes in limbs” (Baechle, 2000).
Agility •
“The ability to change speed and direction rapidly” (Bloomfield, Elliot and Ackland, 1994)
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Or “whole-body changes in direction as well as rapid movement and direction changes in limbs” (Baechle, 2000).
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When described by Chelladauri (1976) agility was broken down into simple, temporal, spatial and universal dependent upon the amount of uncertainty or extraneous variables in the skill.
Agility •
“The ability to change speed and direction rapidly” (Bloomfield, Elliot and Ackland, 1994)
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Or “whole-body changes in direction as well as rapid movement and direction changes in limbs” (Baechle, 2000).
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When described by Chelladauri (1976) agility was broken down into simple, temporal, spatial and universal dependent upon the amount of uncertainty or extraneous variables in the skill.
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In 2006 Sheppard and Young defined agility as “movement not only involving changes in speed and direction, but must also be an open skill, wherein a reaction to a stimulus is involved and the movement is not specifically rehearsed.”
Agility Vs Quickness
Agility Vs Quickness • Sheppard and Young
(2006), “rapid changes in direction” an important element of this definition is that it requires no external stimuli.
Agility Vs Quickness • Sheppard and Young
(2006), “rapid changes in direction” an important element of this definition is that it requires no external stimuli.
• Moreno (1995) who suggests quickness is a “multiplanar or multi-directional skill that requires change of direction as well as rapid movement and directional changes of limbs.”
Balance
Balance • “minimising the displacements of the centre of
gravity while maintaining and upright stance, proper orientation, adapted locomotion and adequate gestures, figures or techniques” (Perrin et al, 2002).
Co-ordination
Co-ordination • According to Schmidt & Wrisberg (2000) co-ordination is “the ability to perform a number of complex movements simultaneously.”
Speed
Speed • Speed is defined as “displacement over unit of time” (Baechle & Earle, 2000).
Speed • Speed is defined as “displacement over unit of time” (Baechle & Earle, 2000).
• In fundamental movement skills, speed relates to linear and lateral speed.
The fundamentals of athletics
The fundamentals of athletics • Running
The fundamentals of athletics • Running • Throwing
The fundamentals of athletics • Running • Throwing • Jumping
Throwing: O’Keeffe et al, 2007
Throwing: O’Keeffe et al, 2007 •
Investigated the concepts of transfer and specificityinapractical physical education setting.
Throwing: O’Keeffe et al, 2007 •
Investigated the concepts of transfer and specificityinapractical physical education setting.
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Three practice groups: the fundamental group, the badminton group, the control group.
Throwing: O’Keeffe et al, 2007 •
Investigated the concepts of transfer and specificityinapractical physical education setting.
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Three practice groups: the fundamental group, the badminton group, the control group.
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Results indicated that there was transfer from the fundamental overarm throw to the badminton overhead clear and the javelin throw but that there was no transfer from the badminton overhead clear to the javelin throw.
Throwing: O’Keeffe et al, 2007 •
Investigated the concepts of transfer and specificityinapractical physical education setting.
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Three practice groups: the fundamental group, the badminton group, the control group.
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Results indicated that there was transfer from the fundamental overarm throw to the badminton overhead clear and the javelin throw but that there was no transfer from the badminton overhead clear to the javelin throw.
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The results indicate that participants in the fundamental throw teaching programme showed significant learning effects not only in the fundamental overarm throw but also in the specific sport skills of the badminton overhead clear and the javelin throw.
Throwing: O’Keeffe et al, 2007 •
Investigated the concepts of transfer and specificityinapractical physical education setting.
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Three practice groups: the fundamental group, the badminton group, the control group.
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Results indicated that there was transfer from the fundamental overarm throw to the badminton overhead clear and the javelin throw but that there was no transfer from the badminton overhead clear to the javelin throw.
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The results indicate that participants in the fundamental throw teaching programme showed significant learning effects not only in the fundamental overarm throw but also in the specific sport skills of the badminton overhead clear and the javelin throw.
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They concluded that results support the notion of transfer between fundamental motor skills and sport specific skills. This has practical implications for the teaching of physical education.
KGBs
KGBs • Kinaesthetic sense
KGBs • Kinaesthetic sense • Gliding
KGBs • Kinaesthetic sense • Gliding • Buoyancy
KGBs • Kinaesthetic sense • Gliding • Buoyancy • Striking with an implement
CPKs
CPKs • Catching
CPKs • Catching • Passing
CPKs • Catching • Passing • Kicking
CPKs • Catching • Passing • Kicking • Striking with body part
Strength
Strength • Children should be encouraged to gain strength through supporting and lifting their own body weight.
Flexibility
Flexibility
Flexibility
Flexibility
Flexibility
Flexibility
In summary
In summary • Physical literacy can be defined as the
mastery of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and fundamental sports specific skills (FSS).
In summary • Physical literacy can be defined as the
mastery of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and fundamental sports specific skills (FSS).
• Thus FMS + FSS= physical literacy.
In summary • Physical literacy can be defined as the
mastery of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and fundamental sports specific skills (FSS).
• Thus FMS + FSS= physical literacy. • Strength & Flexibility
Fair play
Fair play
Fair play
Ideas
Ideas • Chasing games
Ideas • Chasing games • Team relays
Ideas • Chasing games • Team relays • Running pathways round differently coloured cones
Ideas • Chasing games • Team relays • Running pathways round differently coloured cones
• Activities involving picking up and putting
down beanbags responding to instructions
Ideas • Chasing games • Team relays • Running pathways round differently coloured cones
• Activities involving picking up and putting
down beanbags responding to instructions
• Ball exercises with different types of balls
Why is Fundamentals important? Can’t catch won’t play
The consequences of missing fundamentals
Any Questions?