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Child: Thomas (pseudonym)

Testing process and results During the testing procedure Thomas was asked to perform a series of tests, all relating to Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS). These skills focused on running, balance, hopping and bouncing and catching a ball. Thomas scored average for two of the tests, with the other two tests being a rating of below average. Balance was the first FMS tested in the Stay In Step Screening Test. Thomas best score was on his second trail on his preferred leg, which resulted in him managing to stand balanced for a total of 9 seconds. The other leg was slightly lower with Thomas only managing to stand on this leg for a total of 8 seconds. These scores place Thomas in a rating of low for his preferred leg and very low for his nonpreferred leg. Overall this resulted in a rating of low for his balance The hop was the next FMS to be tested. Thomas had great understanding of the concept of this task, but unfortunately was unable to execute this knowledge; with him scoring a very low rating in both his preferred and non-preferred legs. Thomass second trail on his preferred leg produced the best result with a hop of 40 centimeters. The bounce and catch was one of his best FMS with his trail resulting in 16 bounce and catches in the allocated 20 seconds. This put Thomass bounce and catch on a rating score of medium, which is an average score for his age. The run also produced a rating score of medium with a time of 13:40 seconds over a distance of 50 meters. Follow up lesson and assessment The follow up lesson aimed to improve Thomass balance, as balance is the most basic FMS that affects all other FMS. The warm up consisted of two activities that focused on a movement followed by a balancing activity. The activity of Freeze aimed to teach Thomas the learning cues for balance, whilst the activity of connect

them required Thomas to become aware of his bodies movements and how his balance changes as a result. The main section of the lesson aimed to teach Thomas how to balance. The fist activity stay out of the river aimed to teach Thomas about the effects of contracting muscles to hold balance. The second main activity Monkey Race aimed to teach Jared how to lower his center of gravity. The cool down aimed to focus on tying all the balancing cues together. Walk the Line was designed to target Thomas knowledge of this body in relation to space, while Puzzle Balance was aimed to test Jareds balance in terms of his confidence, his ability and his wiliness to perform this FMS. By the end of the second lesson it was evident that Thomas had improved his balance. The Images and observation notes all suggest that he was listening to the feedback from both his body and myself and responding accordingly. The assessment photos showed that he had developed the skills of lowering his center of gravity while contracting his muscles. Future recommendations Overall Thomas shows no major issues with the FMS. However it is recommended that Thomas continues to work hard on all his FMS to ensure he continues to increase his dexterity levels. In particular focusing on balance will ensure he has developed an imperative movement skill. Should Thomas continue to work hard on his Fundamental Movement Skills within the home and classroom environments, there is not reason why Thomas wont becomes a very talented athlete.

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