Table 1: Five stages of the program for learning and practicing movement skills.
Level |
Type of Activity |
Goal |
The expected result at the brain level |
1 |
Basic stretching movements |
Initial warming up of joints and muscles |
Joint-muscular preparation |
2 |
Slow running |
Increase cardiovascular activity |
Increase blood supply to muscles and brain |
3 |
Regular general exercises |
General warming up of joints and muscles |
mental-motor (muscular-brain) preparation |
4 |
Practicing and reviewing movement units learned in previous sessions |
streamlining cognitive skills in the brain, including Attention, learning, and memory |
activation of neural plasticity processes (including its type of neurogenesis) |
5 |
Design and implementation of new movement units by the class instructor |
Increase in brain neural activity by learning and practicing new motor skills |
Creating connections and brain circuits and using new neurons resulting from neurogenesis, especially in the hippocampus. |