Movement competency is objectively measured through systems that baseline general awareness and ability. Grading movement helps to direct training for performance enhancement or correct faulty ...

Our annual Partnership for Global Learning annual conference (PGL12) held for the first time in New York City, recently ended. This is an event I look forward to every year as it gives me the ...

The terms mobility and flexibility are often used interchangeably in fitness conversations, yet they represent distinctly different aspects of physical capability with unique implications for movement ...

DUBLIN, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New research findings from Dublin City University has found that among children aged 8-12, their perception of their abilities to carry out fundamental movement ...

Fundamental human movement patterns are ingrained in us all from the time we are born. Throughout our early years, we learn to roll, crawl, stand, squat, walk and run on relatively similar timelines.

Analysis: Children with the ability to move well and with control have the motivation, confidence, physical skill and knowledge needed to stay active for life As primary schools prepare for the summer ...

Children’s perception of their ability to do basic movements such as running, hopping, skipping and jumping plays a key role in their decision to take part in physical activity, a new study suggests.

Professor of Youth Sport and physical activity, Sheffield Hallam University A recent World Health Organisation report revealed that the number of obese children and adolescents – aged five to 19 years ...