Medals you want, skills you need

We might want to show off our medals as indicators of growth. But we really need to do is find tasks that will challenge and inspire our kids. 

Using a questionnaire titled “I Need” researchers in Finlands asked coaches to indicate the level of importance of 15 characteristics in their chosen sports.

I’ve simplified the data to provide the top 5 characteristics of the sports chosen.

So that we can take a look at how we might use a rotation of sports to cover 10 fundamental movement skills. I’ve removed Dynamic Balance, Core Stability, Pulling Power, Rhythm, and Stature from the data set.

Table 1. An example of a rotation of sports covering 10 fundamental movement skills. 

Table 2. A different example of a rotation of sports.

I think you will agree. There are some surprising combinations.

When we look through the lens of fundamental movement skills. We might not get as many medals as we want but we will definitely get what we need.

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