How does the Functional Movement Training Method support the development of health and skill related fitness?
The Functional Movement Training Method is an integrated manner to teaching health and skill related fitness. Students are engaged in a variety of “functional movements” that support the development of biomechanically correct fundamental and specialized movement skills. 5. Is Functional Movement Training another unit of instruction? No. The Functional Movement Training Method should be used in conjunction with the existing physical education curriculum to prepare the students for activity and further develop the skill and health related fitness levels of the students. 6. Is Functional Movement Training just another fad or gimmick for physical education? No. The Functional Movement Training Method develops proficient movers through the teaching of fundamental movement skills in an individualized and developmentally appropriate manner. Gimmicks and fads are short-lived attempts to make change or advancement through unproven methods that fall out of favor quickly. 7. What grade level(s) s
