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Introduction: • Definition of motor development • The models of motor
development • The history of motor development research Human growth and
maturation: • Prenatal development • Life-span development of individual body
systems, with an emphasis on nervous and musculoskeletal system • The
development of motor abilities (strength, flexibility, endurance, coordination)
• Changes in body composition Motor development: • Early motor development
o Reflex reactions in infants o Important milestones in infant development
o The onset of postural control and balance development • The development of
locomotor movements o Early voluntary movements (crawling) o Walking o Running
o Other locomotor movements • The development of ballistic movements (throwing,
kicking, punching) • The development of manipulative movements (grasping,
catching) The development of sensory system and its role in motor control
• Vison development • Hearing development • Kinesthesia • Postural control and
balance • Anticipatory reactions and postural reflex responses • Open-loop and
closed-loop mechanisms • Other mechanisms of motor control Limiting factors of
motor development: • Cultural and social limitations • Psychological limitations
Motor learning • Basic definitions and models • Phases of motor learning
• Motor skill learning and motor transfer • Approaches to motor learning o The
structure of training program o Synthetic and analytical approach o Feedback use
o Examples of good practice • Comparison of cyclic and acyclic movements
regarding motor learning and motor control Aging and motor decline • Decline of
motor abilities in elderly • Decline of motor skills in elderly • Approached to
motor competences preservation in elderly