Fundamental Movement Skills (often taught in primary school): These are the building blocks for more complex movements.
* Locomotor movements: These involve moving the body from one place to another.
* Walking: Basic gait pattern.
* Running: Faster gait with periods of flight.
* Jumping: Propulsion off the ground with both feet, landing with both feet.
* Hopping: Propulsion off the ground with one foot, landing on the same foot.
* Leaping: Propulsion off one foot, landing on the other foot.
* Skipping: A combination of a step and a hop.
* Galloping: A combination of a step and a leap.
* Sliding: Moving sideways.
* Crawling: Moving on hands and knees.
* Non-locomotor movements: These involve movement around a fixed point or axis.
* Bending: Flexing a joint or joints.
* Stretching: Extending a limb or body part.
* Twisting: Rotating the body around the longitudinal axis.
* Swinging: Rhythmic movement back and forth or in a circular motion.
* Turning: Rotating the body around a fixed point.
* Balancing: Maintaining equilibrium.
* Manipulative movements: These involve handling objects.
* Throwing: Projecting an object using an overhand, underhand, or sidearm motion.
* Catching: Receiving a projected object.
* Striking: Hitting an object with a body part or implement.
* Kicking: Striking an object with the foot.
* Bouncing: Repeatedly throwing an object against the ground or a surface.
* Rolling: Moving an object along a surface.
* Dribbling: Bouncing a ball while moving.
More Advanced Movements (often taught in secondary school and beyond): These build upon the fundamental skills and often incorporate elements of multiple categories.
* Gymnastics movements: Including balances, rolls, cartwheels, handstands, etc.
* Dance movements: Various steps, jumps, turns, and leaps.
* Swimming strokes: Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly.
* Sport-specific movements: The complex movements required in games like basketball, soccer, tennis, etc.
It's important to note that these categories are not mutually exclusive. Many movements incorporate elements from several categories. For example, a jump shot in basketball involves locomotor (jumping), manipulative (throwing), and non-locomotor (bending, twisting) movements.