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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

CLASS – XII

SUBJECT: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

CHAPTER – 5, Children and Women in Sports

Lession-Notes

Motor Development and Factors Affecting It:

Meaning of Motor Development:-

Motor Development-Motor Development refers to the development of a child’s Bone, muscles and
ability to move around and manipulate his/her environment. In other words, motor development is
the progressive change in movement throughout one’s life.
It is of two types:

1. Gross motor development involves the development of large muscles in the child‘s body such as
sitting, walking, running etc.

2. Fine motor development involves development of small muscles of the body, especially during the
small movements of the fingers and hands eg. Holding of javelin, discus and pole, catching a cricket
ball etc.
MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

Motor development refers to the development of general body control, fine motor skills and large
muscle movements. There are three stages of motor development in children as given below:

1. Early childhood ( 3 to 6 years )
2. Middle childhood (7 to 10 years )
3. Late Childhood (11 to 12 years )