Understanding Motor Tasks: Classification, Analysis, and Development
Classification and Types of Motor Tasks
Physical Involvement (Cratty, 1982)
- Fine: Small muscle groups, precision, and dexterity.
- Gross: Large muscle groups, less precision.
Control or Ambient Priority (Poulton, 1956)
- Closed: Internal feedback, known context, easier to execute.
- Open: External feedback, unknown or changing context.
Cognitive Engagement (Knapp, 1963)
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• Usually, sequence of movements known that they tend to automate.
· Perceptive: unknown sequence of movements that require cognitive engagement.
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Basketball: A Comprehensive Overview
How to Play
Basketball is a sport played between two teams of five players each, with seven substitutes. The game uses a round ball and is played with the hands. The court measures 15×28 meters. Each team has a basket, and the objective is to score by shooting the ball into the opposing team’s basket.
- Restricted areas (zones) exist under the basket. Offensive players are limited to three seconds within these zones.
- A semicircle within each restricted area marks
Communication and Mediation for Deafblind Individuals
Communication and Language in Congenital Deafblindness
Communication Development
1. The process of communication development in individuals with congenital deafblindness occurs only with competent partners. These partners must be able to infer meaning from the deafblind person’s actions and provide a clear, consistent, and coherent response.
Language Acquisition
2. Language acquisition in congenitally deaf-blind individuals happens as a consequence of a successful communication development process.
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Niyama (Self-Purification & Study)
Rules of Conduct
These rules govern personal interactions and our inner world. There are five types:
- Saucha (Purity): Implies both external and internal purity. Water purifies the body, truthfulness the mind, and true knowledge the intellect. The soul is purified by knowledge and austerity. This advocates for intellectual, speech, and bodily purity, aiming to remove all impurities from the body.
- Santosha (Contentment): Described as not desiring more than what
Music Therapy: Benefits, Techniques, and Applications
Therapy
Definition: A process of systematic intervention in which the therapist helps the patient obtain or improve health through music experiences and the relationships that develop through them as dynamic forces for change.
End:
Music therapy aims to develop potential or restore functions to achieve better intra- and interpersonal integration and consequently a better quality of life through prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment.
What is it?
Music therapy is the use of music and/or its elements
Ultimate Frisbee Techniques: Grips, Throws, Catches, and Rules
Ways to Grip the Disc
The backhand grip is most common. Hold the disc with your thumb on the upper concave part, the index finger along the edge, and the other fingers together, supported on the lower part.
The clockwise grip is used for more powerful throws. Place your middle and index fingers extended below the disc, the fingertips in contact with the disc surface. The thumb provides support just below the lower rim. The other fingers are placed together, holding above the upper edge.