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LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS

WHEN MOVEMENTS ARE


EXECUTED TRAVELLING AROUND A
GIVEN SPACE THESE ARE
LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS.
THERE ARE 8 LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS

▪ WALKING
▪ RUNNING
▪ SKIPPING
▪ GALLOPING
▪ JUMPING
▪ HOPPING
▪ LEAPING
▪ SLIDING
WALKING

IS USING MANY
STEPS IN ANY
DIRECTION
RUNNING

IS WALKING IN
LONG STRIDES
IN A FAST
MOVEMENT
JUMPING

IS SPRINGING UP
ON ONE FOOT OR
BOTH FEET,
LANDING ON THE
SAME OR BOTH
FEET IN ANY
DIRECTION.
HOPPING

IS SPRINGING
ONE FOOT,
LANDING ON
THE SAME FOOT
IN ANY
DIRECTION
SKIPPING

IS STEPPING AND
HOPPING ON
THE SAME FOOT
IN ONE COUNT
SLIDING

IS A STEP THAT
GLIDES TO A
DESIRED
DIRECTION
GALLOPING

IS DISPLACING
ONE FOOT FROM
THE OTHER
FOOT,
CONTINUOUSLY
IN ONE
DIRECTION
LEAPING

IS A STEP AND A
SPRING ON ONE
FOOT (LEFT)
LANDING ON THE
OTHER FOOT
(RIGHT) IN ANY
DIRECTION

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