LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT

Performance Standard 19A.C

Perform locomotor movements accordingly:

Knowledge: Know eight locomotor movements (i.e., run, walk, leap, jump, hop, gallop, slide, and skip).
Performance: Perform eight locomotor movements.

Procedures

1. In order to demonstrate physical competency in individual and team sports, creative movement and leisure
and work-related activities (19A), students should experience sufficient learning opportunities to develop the
following:
Demonstrate a proper form while executing all locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Note: Explain and describe the focal points of each locomotor movement. Provide students with opportunities to
practice each locomotor movement. Practice using the checklist several times while observing students prior to
using the checklist for formal assessment.

2. Use a video camera to record student performances if you want to monitor continuous improvement.
3. Assess each skill at the end of a unit of instruction rather than at the end of the year.
4. Ask each student to perform each locomotor movement individually.
5. Score the performance while the student is performing or while viewing the videotape.
6. Evaluate each students performance using the Locomotor Movement rubric as follows:
Knowledge: The knowledge dimension was demonstrated in the performance.
Performance: Performed all eight locomotor movements completely and correctly.

Note: Place a checkmark on the line in front of a specific criterion if the criterion is observed during the
performance. Count the total number of checkmarks to determine the level of performance. There are eight
locomotor movements on the checklist. Each locomotor movement has four criteria for a total of 32 possible
points. It is essential that each locomotor movement be assessed.

Resources
Examples of Student Work

Meets Gymnasium or open space in which to practice

Exceeds the locomotor movements and to administer the
test
Time Requirements Video camera and videotape (optional)
One or two class periods Numbers for the front and back of student
Locomotor Movement Checklist
ASSESSMENT 19A.C
 LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT

NAME: Tabetha Snow AGE: 13 DATE: March 19, 2017

Exceeds = all points in 8 locomotor skills Approaches = all points in 4 - 5 locomotor skills
Meets = all points in 6 locomotor skills Begins = all points 1 3 locomotor skills

KNOWLEDGE/PROCESS
Run
1. Y Knee of non-support leg bent more than 90 degrees
2. Y Feet placed in a straight line (within 2 either side of a line)
3. N Correct foot placement (heel/toe-slow & toe/heel-fast)
4. Y Arms bent and move in opposition to legs
Runs on tippy tops of feet (toes) while going fast and slow. Doesnt let heels touch ground at all. With and
without shoes.

Walk
1. Y Feet placement in a straight line (within 2 either side of a line)
2. N Foot placement is heel/toe
3. Y Body is carried erect
4. Y Arms move in opposition to legs
Same as with running heels never touch the ground.

Leap
1. Y Take off of one foot and land on the other
2. Y Land on lead foot without losing balance
3. Y Legs straight and at more than 90 degree angle after takeoff
4. Y Body is carried upright

Jump
1. Y Prepare for jump by bending knees
2. Y Take off of two feet simultaneously
3. Y Use arm and leg thrust for height and/or distance
4. Y Land, in balance, on two feet

Hop
1. Y Non-support leg carried near mid-line of boy, slightly bent
2. Y Take off of one foot, and repeatedly push off a minimum of four times on that foot
3. N Arms bent about 90 degrees in front of body on push off phase
4. Y Body is carried upright
Keeps arms straight at sides while hopping. Happens with both feet.

Gallop
1. Y Step with lead foot followed by step with rear foot, slightly behind heel of lead foot
2. Y Brief time of non-support during weight transfer
3. Y Arms flexed at waist level help lift body during weight transfer
4. Y Body is carried upright

Slide
l. Y Body turned sideways toward desired direction of travel
2. Y Body is carried upright
3. Y Weight transfer from trailing foot to lead foot along a straight line
4. Y Sides of feet come together prior to weight transfer
When sliding on her tippy toes she leans forward. When sliding with full foot she is straight.

Skip
1. Y Perform a series of step hops with alternate feet while maintaining upright body position
2. Y Arms swing in opposition to the feet about waist level
3. Y Movement is done on the balls of the feet
4. Y Body is carried upright

What surprised you most about the movement skill of your subject?
I was most surprised by the fact the subject only runs and walks using her tippy toes balls of her

feet instead of using her whole foot (heel). When demonstrated to her she thought it was weird that

I did use my heels. I thought putting shoes on may change how she ran/walked but it had no effect

which was also shocking.

Which skill was the most difficult to assess?

I had a hard time assessing most of the skills but the hardest was the gallop. Neither the subject nor

I knew exactly what a gallop was so I had to look up a video to familiarize myself. After seeing the

video I remembered what this movement was and showed the subject and she was able to perform

the act. Other skills were difficult to assess because I have a personal relationship with the subject

so the assessment was more so informal than formal, making it harder to assess her skills.

How would you help your subject improve their most challenging locomotor skill?

I would have the subject practice walking using the heel to toe motion. Once she has conquered

this task I would then have her start jogging. Progressively working her up to running correctly

using her heel instead of just running on the tippy toes/balls of her feet. Eventually having her

master the skills.

What did you learn about locomotor movement from completing this assessment?

I learned this assessment can be useful for not only elementary age students but older students as

well. I assumed that the subject being thirteen years old would mean she would be familiar with the

skills and have them mastered but this was not the case. Its important to check back on these skills

periodically throughout life (elementary school, middle school, and even high school). I was also

surprised at my own lack of knowledge of the locomotor movements and how many times I had to

watch the movements to assess the subject thoroughly.