ABSTRACT
The Athletic Skills Model (ASM) brings structure to multilateral development by using basic movement skills (BMS). The ASM uses a concentric, holistic approach to BMS acquisition; an intertwined total of elements as a whole. At the heart of the ASM philosophy, the BMS are implicitly connected to the other building blocks: coordinative abilities (CA) and conditions of movement (COM). Balance ability holds a key position in the ASM programme because it is intertwined with all types of BMS, CA and COM. The philosophy of the ASM can serve as a basis for sports that require an early specialization and those that allow a late specialization. Children learn the basic elements of the target sport by an early involvement: obtaining experience from performance, and learning important technical skills. Drabik proposed that the development of a child goes from wide to narrow, and that there is versatility in the learning of motor skills.
