Coordination Session 2 Eye Foot Why is it

Coordination Session 2 – Eye Foot

Why is it important? - What factors might affect an individual’s eye-foot coordination? Try this to wake up your brain TOP 4 Brain Exercises for COORDINATION - Can you speed up the sequence shown in the video? - Can you develop your own sequence? • Eye - foot coordination is a perceptual-motor skill, that requires the eyes to perceive and understand objects within our environment in relation to our bodies. • Our muscles, joints and body systems move and respond to this information. • This is developed from a young age.

Links to sport • Many sporting actions require the • • - What is the GCSE PE Definition of Coordination? -What other sports use eye-foot coodination? • • coordination of eye and foot. For example, eye-foot coordination allows a player to control a ball with their feet. The development of eyefoot coordination also allows a player to keep their head up during play. Unstoppable Dribblers 2020 Skills Tricks and Goals The Art of Defending The Art of Dribbling

Challenge 1 – Foot Speed and Coordination Workout • This practical can be done anywhere • • with a little bit of space around you. Set up a ring or a target area to jump in and out of. It will be a series of exercises in a 3 minute video. Repeat 3 times. Have your water ready!

Ready, Set, Go!

Challenge 2 – 14 eye-hand-foot coordination exercises • You need a safe space and two balls, one larger, one smaller. • Eye Hand Foot Coordination

Reflection • When is eye-foot coordination first developed? • Can you explain eye-foot coordnation • GCSE PE definition - Coordination. The ability to use different (two or more) parts of the body together, smoothly and efficiently. • How will eye-foot coordination improve your performance in football?