The main muscles responsible for hip flexion are psosas major, psosas minor and iliacus, which are collectively known as Iliopsoas, or hip flexors. These three muscles work with your quadriceps muscle rectus femoris and are responsible for the majority of the power required for kicking a football.

Antagonistic muscle pairs in action In the preparation phase, when a footballer prepares to kick a football, their hamstrings contract to flex the knee while the quadriceps lengthens to allow the movement. The hamstrings are the agonist and the quadriceps are the antagonist.

Throughout each stage of the kick, the supporting limb knee is at a constant flexion. It is required to “absorb the impact of landing” and helps with reducing the forward motion. Once the kicking limb is near contact with the ball, the supporting knee initiates extension to stabilize the action.

In sports, dribbling is avoiding defenders’ attempts to intercept the ball. A successful dribble will bring the ball past defenders legally and create opportunities to score.

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Lionel Messi – The King of Dribbling – HD – YouTube.

Dribbling is a serial skill as it combines both the continuous and serial skills. Dribbling is important in hockey as it allows players to carry the ball forward beat players and create scoring opportunities.

For example, dribbling a ball during soccer pratice could be classified as a closed skill because it is being performed in a relatively stable environment. This same skill of dribbling a ball is now classified as an open skill.

Open skills: sports such as Netball, Football, and Hockey involve open skills. Skills are predominantly perceptual and externally paced, for example, a pass in football. Closed skills. These skills occur in a stable, predictable environment, and the performer knows what to do and when.

Continuous skills have no distinct, identifiable bringing or end. Examples of continuous skills include swimming, jogging, skipping and walking.

Continuous Skills These types of movements are performed in a rhythmic or cyclic fashion. Examples of continuous skills are running, swimming, rowing, and skipping rope. The lack of a discrete end means that the skill can be stopped at any time without it being “incomplete”.

A skill describes the purpose of linked sequences of movement. Technique describes the way of performing a skill. For example swimming would be a skill, the technique of swimming would be front crawl, back crawl or breaststroke.

Gross motor skills are involved in movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts. They involve actions such as running, crawling and swimming. Fine motor skills are involved in smaller movements that occur in the wrists, hands, fingers, feet and toes.

Clapping songs and games can help kids develop their fine motor skills and cognitive development. They are also a fun way to spend time with your child.

Fine skills involve precise movements using small muscle groups. These movements are performed with great detail and generally involve high levels of hand-eye coordination. A snooker shot or the hand movements when throwing a dart are examples of fine skills.

Fine Motor Development Checklist

Age	Skill
0-6 months	Recovering an object dropped within their visual field, by feel, or hear it within reaching range.
6-12 months	Reaching and grasping to put objects in mouth.
	Demonstrating controlled release of objects.
	Picking up small objects with thumb and one finger.

Since fine motor skills rely on the development of physical skills, such as core trunk control and shoulder strength, a delay may be associated with autism or a developmental disability. It could also be caused by dyspraxia, which is when the brain and hands have trouble working together.

Motor skills are something most of us do without even thinking about them. Motor skills are divided into gross and fine. Gross motor skills include standing, walking, going up and down stairs, running, swimming, and other activities that use the large muscles of the arms, legs, and torso.

Improving fine motor skills

1. Pick up objects like blocks and cotton balls with tongs and move them from one container to another.
2. Pick up small objects like beads with tweezers.
3. Use child’s scissors to cut shapes or lines drawn on pieces of paper.
4. Cut folded paper or make snowflakes.

While gross motor skills involve the bigger muscles, fine motor skills work the smaller muscles of the hands, fingers, and wrists….Your child needs fine motor skills to do finicky things such as:

• holding a pencil or scissors.
• writing.
• cutting.
• threading beads.
• playing with Legos.
• buttoning up their coat.

If your child’s fine motor skills need a little extra help, try these fun activities.

• Play-dough and putty. Play-dough and putty are often used as part of the heavy work component of a sensory diet .
• Painting.
• Playing with sponges.
• Rice races.
• Water play.
• Gardening and planting.

Fine motor skills involve the use of the small muscles that control the hand, fingers, and thumb. They help children perform important tasks like feeding themselves, grasping toys, buttoning and zipping clothes, writing, drawing, and more. Fine motor skills will develop and improve as they move through childhood.

Fine motor movement:

• Allows a child to play with small objects.
• Encourages creativity.
• Improves hand-eye coordination.
• Assists in the development of communication skills (talking, writing and drawing).
• Fosters independence.
• Improves physical awareness.
• Builds confidence.

Fine motor skills are skills which involve the small muscle groups, such as the hands and fingers. These skills use fine and intricate movements, for example, catching a tennis ball, putting in golf, playing darts and snooker. Fine motor skills require more control and hand-eye coordination than gross motor skills.

Overall Benefits: Building on or improving their fine motor skills such as grasping, holding and hand- eye coordination. Develop their locomotor skills such as crawling, lifting, climbing, and sliding. Strengthen baby’s neck, back and muscles by holding their head up and sitting up straight.