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Activities that can promote these gross motor skills include:
- For coordination: jumping, hopping, skipping, dribbling, throwing, catching, kicking, pedaling
- For balance: walking or running on line or beam, standing on one foot, spinning, twisting, bending forward and backward, squatting
- For agility: moving sideways, starting/stopping, stepping, navigating obstacles, crawling, rolling, tumbling, twisting, jumping rope
- For power: vertical jumping, long jumping, distance throwing and kicking, lifting, pedaling
- For speed: running, walking fast