What are perceptual motor skills?
Perceptual motor skills are physical skills that require a perceptual input to be done on the basis of the intentions of the moving individual. For example, hand coordination is a receptive motor skill, because one has to coordinate the physical actions of the hands of a person by a visual perception to achieve a certain intended result. Simple actions such as walking and avoiding obstacles, digging the ball and eating all, requireing perceptual motor skills, as well as more complex skills such as dancing skills, martial arts and many other athletic and artistic activities. Most people develop sufficient perception of motor skills during their childhood, but many have decided to further develop them to practice a given sport, art or other persecution.
Most of the receptive motor skills are based on visual perception, as this generally provides the most information about the environment and positions of the body parts. When someone wants to reach for an objectIn its environmental, for example, it generally sees the object and then coordinates its physical action on the basis of this visual perception. It is possible to act on the basis of touch, hearing or even smell, but it is generally much more difficult and leads to movements that are much less accurate and less coordinated. Only a view can be used to assess the position of limbs in relation to different elements in human environment.
The receptive motor skills used in everyday life are in most cases built during the development of early childhood. Infants learn how to walk, manipulate objects in their environment and engage in many other events that are based on perception. Over time, children learn more precisely to associate their actions with their perception, thus performing such actions in a more charming and more correct way. Cognitive can cause a number of different developmental disorders, perceptual or physical problems to delayor completely prevents the development of some perceptual motor skills.
Although almost all people naturally develop the basic perceptual motor skills necessary for navigation and interaction with their environment, some people decide to further develop such skills. Improving perceptual motor skills such as hitting baseball or performing a particular dance movement requires practice and repetition. Initially, it will probably have to move slowly through the action, but over time it tends to become acquainted with the relevant physical, perceptual and environmental factors. With sufficient practice, new physical skills that rely on perception can become completely automatic.