Movin’ to the Beat – The Key to Smooth Moves

Movin’ to the Beat – The Key to Smooth Moves

by | 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...
8 Ways to Crawl for Core Strength, Coordination, and Fun

8 Ways to Crawl for Core Strength, Coordination, and Fun

by | Jun 5, 2017 | Coaching & Teaching, Indoor Activities, Large Space Activities, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Proprioceptive Awareness, Vestibular Awareness

By Brett Klika, CSCS Crawling- it’s not just for baby’s anymore! One of the most rudimentary human movement patterns just happens to be one of the most effective exercises in helping kids (and adults) improve core strength and stability, coordination, and a whole host...
Gear Runs – Slow is the New Fast!

Gear Runs – Slow is the New Fast!

by | May 22, 2017 | Coaching & Teaching, Large Space Activities, Outdoor Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development, Proprioceptive Awareness, Temporal Awareness

By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Have you ever noticed that kids always seem to be running? I have spent more time yelling “walk! Don’t run!” with my own kids than almost anything else. Well, the issue is that most kids have only two gears – all the way or none of the way!...
Bi-planes – A Novel Way to Develop “Team Speed”

Bi-planes – A Novel Way to Develop “Team Speed”

by | 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...
Airplanes – The Ticket to Agility and Coordination

Airplanes – The Ticket to Agility and Coordination

by | 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!...
Twister Call Outs – Twist Your Way to Better Directional Awareness

Twister Call Outs – Twist Your Way to Better Directional Awareness

by | Apr 27, 2017 | Body Awareness, Directional Awareness, Indoor Activities, Movement Break Activities, Perceptual Motor Skills, Play & Development

By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS If you remember playing twister as a kid you no doubt recall trying to get your body into crazy positions without falling over. Inevitably, you fell over, laughed and did it again. Twister call outs uses a similar format, only you don’t need...