by Craig Valency | Jun 13, 2017 | Auditory Awareness, Coaching & Teaching, Large Space Activities, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Spatial Awareness, Temporal Awareness
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Kids can often seem clumsy. It’s not so much that they are truly uncoordinated and clumsy, it’s often the case that they simply haven’t fully developed the neural circuits, synaptic connections, nerve insulation (myelination) and sensory... by Craig Valency | May 15, 2017 | Coaching & Teaching, Indoor Activities, Large Space Activities, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Proprioceptive Awareness, Spatial Awareness, Tactile Awareness, Visual Awareness
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS As I spoke about in my last post, Airplanes – The Ticket to Agility and Coordination, speed in life and in sports is more than just being the first to sprint across the finish line. There are always obstacles to contend with. Games... by Craig Valency | May 8, 2017 | Body Awareness, Directional Awareness, Large Space Activities, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Spatial Awareness
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Speed is more than just getting from point A to point B really, really fast. In life, and in sports, there are usually obstacles, various surfaces to contend with, hills and valleys and of, course, someone might be trying to take you down!... by Craig Valency | Feb 26, 2017 | Directional Awareness, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Proprioceptive Awareness, Spatial Awareness, Tactile Awareness, Vestibular Awareness
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Playing on a team is not just about each person doing their job right, it’s also about that unspoken team chemistry that makes a good team great! A novel way to foster this chemistry is with cooperative games. The travel circle is a fun way... by Craig Valency | Apr 3, 2015 | Coaching & Teaching, Large Space Activities, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Spatial Awareness
by Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Introduction As I discussed in my introductory post, the missing link to true movement mastery is learning the 9 perceptual-motor skills as early as possible. As fitness professionals, teachers, therapists, or parents, we have a unique...
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