PE Q3

• Loco-Motor Movements are movements that allow you to move from one point in space to another.
• Step is the basis of all locomotor movements.
• Step prepares you to move in any direction you wish to go.
• Run - Series of walks executed quickly in any direction wherein only one foot stays on the ground while the other is off the ground.
• Jump - This movement is simply described by having both feet lose its contact with the ground
• Non-Locomotor Movements - These are movements that are performed in one point in space without transferring to another point
• Another term for flexion is to bend.
• If you bend a joint, like your elbow or knee, you are performing flexion.
• Extension is the opposite of flexion
• You are extending if you are increasing the angle of a joint.
• Contraction - A muscle movement done when it shortens narrows and tightens using sufficient amount of energy in the execution.
• Release - A muscle movement opposite to contraction done when it let goes or let loses of being held into a shortening movement.
• Collapse - To deliberately drop the exertion of energy into a body segment.
• Recover - This is to regain the energy exerted into a body segment
• Rotation - To rotate is to move a body segment allowing it to complete a circle with its motion
• Twist - To move a body segment from an axis halfway front or back or quarter to the right or left as in the twisting of the neck allowing the head to face right or left and the like
• Pivot - To change the position of the feet or any body part that carries the body’s weight allowing the body to face in a less than 360 degrees turn.
• Turn - To move in a turning movement with a base of support, usually a pointed foot, the other raised, while equilibrium is maintained until the completion of the turn