Adult Motor Development Reflection And Comparison To Fourth Graders:
Friday, Steve and I began by pairing up with a woman who was between the age of 55 and 65 (I think). There were just enough subjects for each group to evaluate one adult, so our reflections are based upon a single subject. We started out in the striking station. First, the subject was allowed to practice hitting the ball against the wall for roughly one minute and then we began the first trial. She could only do five repetitions the first time, and we had to stop her after completing a quick 25 repetitions the following trial. She exhibited form at the elementary level, facing the wall instead of turning sideways, and using primarily wrist flexion and extension to move the racquet instead of taking a full arm-swing. She did exhibit good consistency, however, using this form. For the next striking activity she said she did not need any practice. She was able to reach the maximum repetitions allowed (25) in her first trial. She exhibited mature levels of development in her eye-hand coordination for this skill, varying the height of the bounce, with little loss of control (especially compared to the fourth graders). The next station was the jump-rope station. She was quite coordina
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St Al’s, Learning Steve, fourth graders, forward lean, left hand, slight forward, subject exhibited skills, slight forward lean, elementary level, subject able, exhibited skills, subject exhibited, station subject, target steve,
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