PHYSICAL LITERACY

FACEBOOK CHLDREN

In one generation we have eradicated a human behaviour

World Bank (April 2012)

PHYSICAL LITERACY

FACEBOOK PARENTS

What percentage of people are active enough?

Age Males Females

6–11 48.9 34.7

12–15 11.9 3.4

16–19 10 5.4

20–59 3.8 3.2

60+ 2.5 2.3

What % of Adult Canadians get 30 minutes of moderate PA most days?

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Overweight and Obese Adult Canadians

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Committing armchair suicide

Broadcast Date: July 16, 1968Increased postwar affluence means the nation eats more and walks less. These days, Canadians with bulging bellies are more likely to opt for a ride in the Chevy instead. Passive recreation like TV-watching is also a problem. A fitness expert in this 1968 television report says people are committing "armchair suicide." A man 33-pounds overweight is three times as likely to die suddenly of a heart attack. As a result, men begin lifting weights at the gym and housewives bounce along to TV exercise programs.

Committing armchair suicide

Broadcast Date: May 2, 2012Increased postwar affluence means the nation eats more and walks less. These days, Canadians with bulging bellies are more likely to opt for a ride in the VW Chevy instead. Passive recreation like screen time TV-watching is also a problem. A fitness expert in this 2012 1968 television report says people are committing "armchair suicide." A man 33-pounds overweight is three times as likely to die suddenly of a heart attack. As a result, men begin lifting weights at the gym and housewives bounce along to web and DVD TV exercise programs.

Fool me once … fool me twice …. Fool me 44 years in a row!!!

OsteoporosisCancer

Diabetes Depression

Osteoarthritis

The function of protecting and developing health must rank even

abovethat of restoring it when impaired

Hippocrates

LiteracyLiteracy is defined as the ability to ‘acquire the essential knowledge and skills that enable individuals to actively participate in all the activities for which reading and writing are needed’. UNESCO 2006

“Literacy is crucial to the acquisition, by every child, youth, and adult of essential life skills (which) is an indispensible means for effective participation in the societies and economies of the twenty first century.” United Nations 2002

You can simply replace the word literacy with physical literacy.

World Literacy Rates

Language Arts

Mathematics

Music

Aligning PL with Literacy

Movement Vocabulary • An individuals repertoire of movement skills (or sequence of skills)

Movement Fluency • The ability to execute a component of movement vocabulary with

expertise.

Physical Proficiency • The ability to select and proficiently execute movement vocabulary

suitable to an environment.

Physical Literacy • Physical literacy is the ability to demonstrate physical proficiencies in

multiple environments.

PLAY FUNPLAY SELFPLAY SIMPLE COACHPLAY SIMPLE PARENT LTPI

Physical Literacy Across the Lifespan and

Sectors SportFundamental movement skills – terrestrial, sport based

Vocational Firefighter, armed services, dry waller, iron worker, underwater welder

Daily Life Ability and Injury PreventionLift, carry, transfer, lower – back injury and ability Falls, stumble recovery, landing – fracture and ability ACL: Female to Male ratio is 6:1, physical literacy related?

Don’t limit it to sport. Physical literacy is a critical part of being a human being. Period.

A person that is physically literate will

“move with competence and confidence in a wide variety of

physical activities in multiple environments that benefit the

healthy development of the whole person” PHE Canada

Physical Literacy

Confidence

Comprehension

& Awareness

Sequencing &

Proficiency

Activity

Participation

Fitness

Movement skills

Do we mean what we say?

PL & EnvironmentsLand IndoorOutdoor

WaterOn topInUnder

Ice Snow Air

Non-human transport

Animals Mechanical

What does a physically literate person look

like?

World PHYSICAL Literacy Rates – is it the inverse of

literacy?

In developed countries Lifestyles are an expression of the attitudes and beliefs of a society.

BORN TO MOVEBetter brain Better muscle Better bone Better heart Better bodyBetter social life Low burden on health care and society

WHO Disability Model

Disability Ability

Heath CareSystem

HeathSystem

Lack of Disability ≠ Equal Ability

  Body Structure Impairment

Optimal Body Function Impairment

Optimal Physical Literacy Illiterate

Literate Activity Limitation

Unlimited

Performance PoorOptimal

Capacity LowHigh

Performance < capacity = barrier  Nutrition Malnutrition

Optimal

Participation RestrictionUnrestricted

 

Bounds of An Ability Model

Drives Participation

Physical Literacy

Fit & PA

Nutrition

Health

Participation

Towards An Ability Model“Inverted”

WHO ICF

Physical

Literacy & Nutrit

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Ability Model

School

Existing Curricular Frameworks for Ability Progression

Recreation

Sport

Physical Literacy Progression & Extinction

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GradePLAYFUNDAMENTALS, 25 skill assessment, n>60 per category, N=512

Proficiency

Competence

Skill AssessmentCriterion Based

Deficiency based – itemized – ceiling effect

Model basedProficiency based - subjective - trained

Criterion ModelDisability Ability

Deficit Tools Ability Tools

Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2)Bruininsk-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP)Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC)Functional Movement Skills (FMS)

We do not identify ability by the lack of deficit!

Why children don’t participate. Is competence the gate

keeper?

N=123, Grade 6, audience response system

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PLAYFUNDAMENTALS, n=39, Grade 6

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Physical Literacy and Running Performance

Running performance was inversely related to PL. (r=-0.44, p<0.01) Sp

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Low

Slower

Physical LiteracyFaster

High

Physical Literacy in Youth

Physical Literacy ∆PL

Grade 3 4 39.2 46.4 7.2Sex female male 43.5 45.6 2.1

GR3 female male 38.8 39.6 0.7GR4 female male 45.2 47.2 1.9

Program PE PE+RJT 38.6 50.8 12.2Proficiency GR4 Spec PE11 46.4 81.5 35.1

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Hi PL (n=44) Lo PL (n=57)Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) (maximum of 6)

Health 4.93 (0.68) >NS 4.60 (1.03)Coordination 4.82 (0.81) >** 4.08 (0.94)Physical activity 5.37 (0.69) >** 4.14 (1.32)Body fat 5.37 (0.83) >** 4.32 (1.53)Sports competence 4.93 (0.80) >** 3.73 (1.33)GP self-concept 5.24 (0.71) >** 4.10 (1.20)Appearance 4.83 (0.78) >* 4.28 (0.94)Strength 4.66 (0.99) >** 3.74 (1.13)Flexibility 4.21 (1.13) >NS 3.81 (1.20)Endurance/fitness 4.89 (0.98) >** 3.57 (1.27)Global self-esteem 5.44 (0.46) >** 4.87 (0.81)

Perception of Competence

Know what physical literacy is. It is an essential construct for making change. Let Pinocchio do what he really wants to do. Everyone please assign “Physical Literacy Homework”.

We are knowledgeable … … but we are not yet enlightened.

Despite our best intentions we have failed our children. We will kill them slowly, but won’t hurt them quickly.

Physical literacy and health

The Story of Pinocchio

Singers: He can walk and talk and fly. Pinocchio: Do anything I try. Singers: He can dance, sing a tune, play a flute. Pinocchio: Do anything I try. Singers: But never never … mov

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PA Dysfunction IndexSelf-Reported Physical Activity

The majority report meeting the physical activity guidelines (52.5%)

Actual Physical Activity 4.8% get 30 min a day for 5 to 7 days per week. 15.4% get 150 minutes per week34.% get over 10,000 steps/day

Dysfunction Index Self-report/Actual 52.5/4.8 = 10.9XWe only over-estimate our activity level by 10,900 %.

PA Adherence Grade 6

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

<30.0 30.0-59.9 60.0-89.9 ≥90.0

Activity Time (min/d)

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52.2% accumulated <30.0 min, 31.1% accumulated 30.0 to 59.9 min, 12.7% accumulated 60.0 to 89.9 min 4.0% accumulated ≥90.0 min.

(Wittmeier, Mollard and Kriellaars, 2007)

Kruger Report 2010 Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba

Physical inactivity combined with obesity and smoking cost Manitobans $1.62 billion in 2008; the economic burden will ↑ by $4.7 billion by 2026. NOTE: Estimated from self-report

data which is 6 to 14X over-estimate (age dependent).

“In a very real and immediate sense, our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our national security … such softness on the part of the individual citizen can help to strip and destroy the vitality of a nation” (John F. Kennedy, 1960, Sports Illustrated)

11,462.8 11,326.8 8,416.0 7,883.411,480.910,982.3-

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Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Weekday Weekend

- 7000 steps- 4000 steps

15,000 Steps/day target

Physical Activity of Children – Weekend Parental Control.

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Competence or Proficiency