Joint Actions

FLEXION
1. Angle at the joint gets smaller
  1. Shoulder
  2. Elbow
    1. bending your elbow to play a tennis shot
  3. Knee
    1. bending your knees before a jump shot in basketball
EXTENSION
1. Where the angle at the joint gets bigger
  1. Shoulder
    1. throwing a shot put
  2. Elbow
    1. straightening the arm when bowling in rounders
  3. Knee
    1. straightening the leg when kicking a football
ADDUCTION
1. Bringing the limb TOWARDS to centre line of the body
  1. Shoulder
    1. bringing arms towards to centre line of the body during a star jump
    2. baseball/rounders batting
ABDUCTION
1. Moving the limb AWAY from the centre line of the body
  1. Shoulder
    1. playing a tennis shot
    2. throwing a discus
    3. a straddle in trampolining
ROTATION
1. Moving in a circular action
  1. Shoulder
    1. Bowling in cricket, front/back/butterfly stroke in swimming

Resumen del Recurso

	Creado por sophie.trigg hace casi 12 años