ABSTRACT
The terms gross movement and fine movement are generally used to categorize types of movements; however, they can also generally describe motor development. Gross movements are primarily controlled by the large muscles or muscle groups. The process orientation has grown more popular over the years because researchers believe that process, compared with outcome, reveals more information about the underlying factors critical to understanding human movement. The research remains inconclusive regarding the existence or nonexistence of stages in human motor development. The ascent up the mountain includes the passage through six periods of human motor development: the reflexive period, the preadapted period, the fundamental patterns period, the context-specific period, the skillful period, and the compensation period.
