Play games such as catch in “tall kneel” (not sitting on feet) or “half kneel” (one foot on the ground).Play games (or watch TV) while lying on belly, propped up on elbows.Animal walks: Crab walking, Bear Walking, Caterpillar Walking.Instead, they need to lean their arms or hands against a table or floor in order to gain stability when performing these tasks. In addition, children with poor upper body strength-and thus poor shoulder stability-have difficulty performing fine motor tasks in space, such as turning pages in a book, stringing beads, or putting together linking toys. Signs of a weak core include slumped sitting posture with rounded shoulders and back, fatiguing quickly when working at a table, holding head in hands when sitting at the table, inability to sit up from the floor without rolling over or using arms, and a decreased ability to perform the exercises below. If you lacked this stability, your trunk and shoulders would be constantly making subtle postural adjustments just to keep you upright in the chair, and you would never be able to get the thread through the needle. If you mimic this movement, you will notice how stable your trunk and shoulders need to be in order to allow for the precise movement of your forearms and fingers. For example, imagine sitting in a chair and attempting to thread a needle in the air in front of you, which takes precise finger movement. Without this base of support, the smaller muscles in our arms and hands can’t move with precision during fine motor activities. Strong shoulder muscles provide stability of the shoulder girdle. STRENGTHĪ strong core provides stability of the trunk and pelvis, which is necessary to sit with good posture and balance (called postural control). Below is an explanation of each of these essential skills as well as descriptions of exercises and activities you can do at home with your child to strengthen any skills that are underdeveloped. If your child’s fine motor skills are below age-level expectations, it’s a safe bet that at least one of these foundational skills are underdeveloped as well. Just as support beams are necessary to hold up a ceiling, these “building blocks” support higher-level hand skills. The game is never over.As discussed in our previous blog, “Handwriting and Your Child,” strong handwriting-and fine motor skills in general-requires sufficient development of certain foundational skills: strength, hand arches, finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Never being satisfied with what you have done is the point. Coach Grant has three children that all play lacrosse at the collegiate level. While playing field hockey at Rutgers University Coach Grant was a member of the USA National Squad National Sports Festival Team, won a National Sports Festival Bronze Medal was an NCAA National Tournament Final Eight participant Rutgers University two-time Regional All-American and Most Valuable Defensive Player. During her athletic career Coach Grant earned USWLA First Team All-American Brine First Team All-American led the nation in saves in one season and highest save percentage.
Coach Grant was a four-year varsity letter winner for both field hockey and lacrosse at Rutgers University. She served as President of the Hunterdon Mohawks Girls and Boys Youth Lacrosse program and under her leadership the club was the first youth organization in the United States to earn the Gold Stick Award from US Lacrosse for best practice, best safety, and best lacrosse experience in 2016.
Over the years she has coached at independent and public high schools, and at the scholastic and youth levels. She has also coached at various Division I and Division III schools such as Syracuse and Rutgers University and Vassar College. When I get lost in the X's and O's I remember this quote I saw so often growing up: "A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life" -John WoodenīBL Girls North Maria Grant has coached for BBL North for many years. As a coach, you often feel like you are learning the game again, from a different perspective. Seeing first hand the relationships he had with his players (still to this day) illustrated daily the positive impact a coach can have on a young athlete. I always knew I wanted to coach after spending my childhood in the Basketball Gym at West Windsor High School, where my father was the Varsity Boys Coach for 35 years. After graduating, I went on to coach both at the International and Collegiate level, before joining BBL in the fall of 2011. In 2000, we were the first JMU team to qualify for the Women's National Championship Final Four (with the program eventually winning the National Championship in 2018). Vice President, Director of Recruiting, Head Coach 2025 Black and 2026 Black I am a 2003 graduate of James Madison University where I was a 4 year member of the Women's Lacrosse Team.
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