February 10th, 2008
The Rightfield Syndrome Part Three - Motor Skill Development
Individuals acquire and develop motor skill proficiency at various stages or critical periods in their growth and development. A critical period is the time when an individual is optimally ready to learn a particular skill, such as throwing, catching, or hitting, and the learning occurs with the greatest efficiency. It is a widely held belief by youth-sport researchers that if a child does not develop proficiency at a motor skill within the critical period then the learning of that skill may be extremely delayed or not occur at all.