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Age atlas
Typical is a range. Use this as a map, not a verdict. Progress over weeks beats a date on a poster. Red flags live here so you can talk with families — they are not diagnoses.
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Refining, combining, competing
7–10 years
Skills combine. Self-consciousness arrives. Protect joy. Teach strategy and body knowledge, not just winning.
Evaluate this ageGross motor
- · Refined fundamental skills
- · Agility, strength, and endurance rising
- · Sport-specific patterns (kick, strike, dribble) usable in games
Fine motor
- · Handwriting becoming automatic
- · Hobbies needing precision (craft, instrument, building)
Balance
- · Mature balance
- · Can balance on less stable surfaces
Sensory
- · Integrated sensory processing for most
- · Body awareness well developed
Social / play
- · Strategic thinking and leadership
- · Teamwork and roles
- · Self-consciousness and comparison — handle with care
Play ideas
- · Small-sided games with one constraint (weak-hand dribble, two-touch)
- · Parkour-inspired precision jumps (safe heights)
- · Partner striking and rallying
- · Design-your-own obstacle course
- · Strength as play: animal flows, carries, hanging
Skill library for this age
Cues you can use tomorrow. One theme at a time.
Session dose
Duration. 40–60 minutes
Structure. Warm-up, skill + variable practice, game, cool-down debrief
Ask them to coach a cue to a partner. Autonomy builds competence.
FITT
Frequency
Daily movement; strength 2–3x/week as play
Intensity
Vigorous intervals inside games
Time
40–60 min
Type
Combined skills, small-sided games, bodyweight strength
Red flags — talk, don’t diagnose
- Persistent pain with activity
- Regression of previously held skills
- Significant asymmetry
- Excessive fatigue vs peers
- Ongoing difficulty with handwriting or ball games that isolates them