Module 1 PE
Module 1 PE
MODULE 1
POSTURE AND CORE STABILITY
In the past, man’s survival depended on his ability to search for food and avoid being a prey to
wild animals. Travelling form one place to another, man learned how to make technologies to aid
them in hunting until such time that they till their own land and harvest their own crops. Without the
helpful advance tools, he did so with more physical effort.
Nowadays, man is now able to sustain himself more efficiently through the advancement in
technologies allowing him now to do other things especially on leisure ones. Unfortunately, on the
other side of these emerging modern technologies, a man’s common choice of activities tends to be
sedentary in nature, such as watching television, playing computer games, immersing on social
media. All these activities involved prolonged time of sitting which eventually, since there are fewer
movements, will give him greater risks of diseases.
Although modern conveniences may have revolutionized the way man lives, these have not
changed the way the body was designed – for movement.
The Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are basic observable patterns of behavior present from
childhood to adulthood.
Three Skills Group of FMS:
1. Non-locomotor (stabilization skills) – controlled bodily movements that are performed from a
relatively stable base of support.
2. Locomotor Skills – involve transporting the body from one place to another.
3. Manipulative Skills – use of the hands, feet, body parts, or an implement to control an object, as
well as sending, receiving, or travelling with an object.
Therefore, the FMS are the building blocks for the development of activity-specific skills (i.e., sports,
dance).
Non-Locomotor Skills
- These are movements around any joint.
1. Bending - To move from a straight position into a curved
position.