HOPPING: FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENTS.
HOPPING Hopping is the taking off and landing on the same leg repeatedly. Adults rarely use hopping to move around. Hopping needs to be developed during childhood. To hop, one must project and absorb body weight with just one limb and maintain balance on the small base of support that one foot provides CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY HOPPING: • The support leg is momentarily lifted from the floor by flexing it rather than projecting the body up by leg extension. • Swing leg is inactive. • Arms are inactive PROFICIENT HOPPING: • Characteristics of proficient hopping: The swing leg must lead the hip. The support leg must extend fully. The hopper must use the arms, which should move in opposition to the legs. The hopper must flex the support at landing to absorb the force of the landing and to prepare for extension at the next take-off DEVELOPMENTAL CHAN...