Manifestations of coordination
According to Jugend und Sport, coordinative skills are categorised into five different areas. This distinction is a very useful and sufficient differentiation for practice. In theory, however, a distinction is also made between other coordinative skills.
Balancing ability
The ability to maintain balance makes it possible to keep your balance even in challenging situations or to regain it as quickly as possible.
Orientation ability
The ability to orientate makes it possible to recognise changes in space and time and to take them into account in one's own movement sequence.
Differentiation capability
The ability to differentiate allows internal and external information to be perceived and weighed against each other. It involves achieving a high degree of fine-tuning of individual movement phases and body movements.
Responsiveness
The ability to react makes it possible to initiate a precise and appropriate movement response to signals or a changed situation as quickly as possible.
Rhythmisation ability
The ability to rhythmise makes it possible to create rhythmic movement sequences or to pick up a given rhythm and transform it into movement.
The coordinative abilities must be trained, but are present in all people, regardless of their level of training. The terms skill and technique must therefore be distinguished, which correspond to learnt and practised movement sequences that are not pre-programmed in all people.
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