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Imagine playing a game of freeze tag where your feet are glued to the floor, but the rest of your body can still move.
Even without taking a single step, you can reach high, duck low, and dodge all around your spot.

Moving in One Spot

When you travel across the room by running or skipping, you use locomotor skills.
A non-locomotor skill is any movement you do while your feet or base stay anchored in one spot.
How many ways can you move your body without moving your feet? Physical education experts group these movements into seven basic skills.

Changing Your Body Shape

Bending means folding your body at a joint, like your knees, waist, or elbows.
Stretching is extending your limbs as far out as possible to make your body long and tall.
Curling means rounding your spine and drawing your limbs close to make your body small and compact, like a rolled-up hedgehog.
What happens when you add rhythm and rotation to your movements?