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Move into Space to Receive Object

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Skill
Manipulative
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Instructions

This is a decision-making skill relating to when and where and how to move into space to receive an object successfully. Tracking is monitoring the environment picking up cues to inform action.

  1. Watch/track the play or object
  2. Decide what is going to be your cue to move
  3. Be alert and in the ‘ready position’ to react as soon as the cue occurs
  4. On cue, move as quickly as you can into space, but tracking all the time
  5. If unsuccessful, reposition to react again as appropriate

Safety

Ensure…

  • the area is free from objects
  • the surface is not slippery

Opportunity to develop

  • Co-ordination
  • Agility
  • Balance
  • Motor Skills
  • Concentration
  • Accuracy

If you see

Observation Likely Cause Solution
Child moving too early Anticipating, over anxious Encourage them to identify what they are waiting to see or hear
Child reacts too slowly Not in the ‘ready position’, not aware of the relevant cues Encourage the ready position practice reacting to different cues
Child is unstable Not maintaining strong core stability Emphasise strong body position, ‘Trap the Mouse'

Can you see?

  • the child tracking the environment?
  • the child being aware/alert?
  • the child in the ‘ready position’?
  • the child react quickly as cues are observed?
  • the child move at the ‘right’ time?
  • the child move into space effectively?
  • the child receive the object successfully?

  • Mostly No

    • Walk through using very obvious cues; encourage the child to move towards the object
    • Encourage the child to verbalise when they notice the cues

  • Yes and No

    • ‘Simon says’ cues – can only move on a particular cue
    • Moving around in space, responding to cues, performing a certain action or moving into space, etc.

  • Mostly Yes

    • In pairs, one stationary ‘feeder’, one attacker – on a specific cue the attacker moves into space to receive an object from the ‘feeder’
    • In threes, two stationary feeders, one attacker – on cue the attacker moves into the ‘right’ space to receive the object

  • Challenge

    • Use ‘Pivoting’ at a marker to create space to move into
    • Add in a defender, passive then active, trying to stop the attacker receiving the object
    • Make sure to move to the left hand side and right hand side
    • Combine ‘Dodging’, ‘Pivoting’ and ‘Fast Feet’ to move into space to receive an object in response to a range of cues, moving using different directions, pathways and speeds

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