Crab Walk Soccer
Purpose:
This activity provides proprioceptive input by using a crab-walk. In addition, the child is working on perception of movement and balance.
Skills: Balance(?) The ability to move or remain in a certain position without losing control or falling., Motor Planning(?) Motor planning is the ability to assess a motor activity, plan and organize how to carry out that motor activity, and finally implement motor skills to achieve that motor activity.
Motor planning leads to the ability to carry out a motor skill automatically after enough practice., Ocular Control(?) Motor planning is the ability to assess a motor activity, plan and organize how to carry out that motor activity, and finally implement motor skills to achieve that motor activity.
Motor planning leads to the ability to carry out a motor skill automatically after enough practice., Proprioception(?) Proprioception is how your body knows what position it is in. It is the sense that enables us to know where the different parts of our body are, how they are moving, and how much strength our muscles need to use. Our muscles, joints, and skin all contain sensory receptors that contribute to proprioceptive input.
Set up goals approximately ten feet apart using the boxes, the masking tape, or the chalk.
Instruct the child to assume a crab-walk position.
Assume a similar position.
Each one of you needs to try to get the ball to the goal by bumping it with your body or kicking it with your foot.
Hands may not be used.
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