To help people relate, we often compare the thing we are selling, to something we already know.
It’s like that only it will help you with this.
Making Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) relatable to sport is one such example.
“A squat is like the set up in a golf swing and it will help you generate more power.”
When sport is at the centre all else revolves around it. Sports scientists are guilty of selling Fundamental Movement Skills into sports like a bad timeshare salesman. But that is a distraction to the real issue of the day.
Article 3 of the UNICEF’S Convention on the rights of children. “The best interest of the child must be a top priority in all decisions and actions that affect the child.”
Fundamental Movement Skills are fundamental to humanising. Sports skills are not.
To help you realign your priorities. Know how much time a child in your care spends developing their movement vocabulary through play.
Every child gets only one childhood. We need to respect their time. Not exploit it.