Gross Motor Skills
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A running game with a large ball is an activity that integrates all the components of gross motor developmentcoordination, balance, agility, power, and speed.
Teachers can use many activities and materials to promote the acquisition and development of coordination, balance, agility, power, and speed (Gallahue & Ozmun, 2006)the gross motor skills that involve the large muscles of the body both in isolation and in coordinated movements. Locomotor movement involves moving from one spot to another; axial movement occurs while the child is in place.