Gross & fine motor-control
Contexts of practice which will request the refinement of motor-control across the entire body, whether "gross" (i.e. globally or across the 'large-frame'), "fine" (e.g. micro-movement to maintain an object or one's own structure in balance), or a combination of the two. Refer to each specific tasks for the 'milestones' of completion.
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Head-ball Balance
THE WHAT:
A tool to explore gross & fine-motor control in the context of balancing a tennis ball on the fore-head. Begin with simply trying to BALANCE the ball.PRELIMINARY MILESTONES:
- 1 minute balance time on the head, standing
- 1 minute balance time on the head, in squat
- 1 minute balance... -
Lying ball & stick rotation
THE WHAT:
Variations of a "movement riddle" presented with the Feldenkrais method.How to begin such a task? First thing's first: MAPPING. Explore how far in each direction you can move the stick - and how much is too far. Reach the stick toward the head, the feet, left, right, and everything be...
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V-finger Back-roll (1/2 tennis balls)
THE WHAT:
A sister-task to the 'Tennis-ball/s on feet & back-roll' context. Both follow the same pattern, the backward-roll, but now the hands are removed from the equation as they are occupied by balancing either one or two tennis-balls in the 'V-finger' position. Note that the ball is balanced ... -
Tennis ball/s on feet & back-roll
THE WHAT:
A movement task which requests and develops gross (backward-rolling pattern) & fine (balancing of tennis ball/s on feet) motor-control. Frustration management is also requested, lest the task be deemed a "waste of time" or "without point". This experience, in itself, is the point.CONT...
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Tennis-ball arm-extension & retraction
THE WHAT:
Awareness, patience, and truth; these are the three main qualities which you must exercise in this simple context. There is no 'movement hierarchy' & no movement is better than another, until a specific objective is defined. So here we bring attention to the small-frame, putting somethi... -
Balance short stick on foot (60" ea.)
THE WHAT & HOW:
Dimensions of the "short-stick": diameter of NO MORE than 1.5 inches/4cm, and length ca. 12 inches/30cm.Task: Balance the stick for 60" on each foot & record yourself.
There is no specific technique or method to be found - it must simply be practiced.
As will any long-sustained... -
Stick-balancing 1: Long-stick
THE WHAT:
An open-end movement frame for exploring & developing fine & gross motor control and experience in 'object manipulation' with a stick. Work initially within & toward the given contexts/"benchmarks", and, as proficiency develops, investigate other available potentials.0:05 - CONTEXT A:...
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Single-leg tasks with a tennis-ball
THE WHAT:
Context for practice to be opened as 'Movement projects', developing both "soft" & "hard" qualities through the process of their exposure and completion. Initially they are framed under the theme of leg-oriented 'gross & fine motor-control', the former in relation to the motor-control t... -
Basic finger-patterns 1: DISintegrating
THE WHAT:
Novel patterns acquired from a good friend, practitioner, & great guitar player. Here they are extracted & presented as both movement 'riddles' (no instructions - watch, do, and figure out the patterns) and for the development of finger dexterity. Take them for no more than the isolated...
