Activities for training coordination and fitness
Moving on from a diagnosis of low muscle tone/DCD/dyspraxia/joint hypermobility
A set of articles that you can download
Start today. Make a plan
Getting started. Make a plan
Setting goals using every routines
Does my child have tight muscles?
Effective coaching: tips for training
How to motivate a reluctant child
Children with DCD need help learning new skills
How to improve muscle strength and power
How and when to stretch
How children learn a new skill: climbing into cardboard box
Exercises for strength and flexibility
With links to PDF downloads (where available)
Stretching exercises
Trunk and neck strength
Leg strength and agility
Arm strength
Mindfulness training for attention and emotion regulation
Mindfulness activities with PDF download.
Painful joints and muscles
Understanding pain in joint hypermobility and EDS
Does my child have tight muscles?
Strength training for painful legs
Gentle stretches for night pain in legs
Training ball skills
How to help children acquire basic ball catching, hitting, kicking and throwing skills
Why ball skills training is important
Learning to catch a rolled ball
Catching a beanbag
Learning to catch a soccer sized ball
Training kicking skills in young children
Throwing and catching a large ball in standing
Standing ball and stick game
Hand activities for strength and coordination
Different tasks use different grasps All the different grasps used in everyday activities
Graded activities for training scissor cutting
Unscrewing and replacing screw top lids
Training sitting
What is needed for sitting erect with ease and comfort?
Program of exercises for training sitting for working at a table
Balance and agility
Hip and knee fitness program
Flat feet. Not just a foot problem
Training foot strength and coordination
Standing on one leg challenge
Why children trip and fall
Walking without bumping and tripping
Walking and running fitness (including in-toeing and toe walking)
Program of stretching and balance exercises for children who walk on their toes
Exercises for improving in-toeing gait
Walking without bumping and tripping
Starting a walking fitness program
Everyday opportunities for training fitness
How to improve running
Exercises for improving running
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