Military Movement is a 19-lesson course designed to expose Cadets to a variety of basic movement skills aimed at developing basic muscular and motor patterns. The course is critical in the promotion of strength, power, flexibility, balance, agility, coordination, social interaction, fear management, and teamwork and serves as a basis for many other athletic and military activities that Cadets will encounter during their time at the USMA as well as in their Army career.
This is a 19-lesson course designed to expose cadets to a variety of basic movement skills. The course serves as a basis for many other athletic and military activities that cadets will encounter during their time at USMA as well as in their Army career. Focus is placed on applied movement tasks for all cadets. This course takes a basic Movement Theme approach, meaning cadets are required to learn a variety of relevant skills from within the general themes of rolling, hanging, climbing, crawling, jumping, vaulting, landing, mounting, supporting and swinging. In addition, the environment (or apparatus) where a skill is performed is changed or modified to challenge the cadet and broaden the movement experience. Movement environments are designed around specific events such as tumbling, vaulting, vertical ropes, horizontal ropes, the indoor obstacle course (IOCT), horizontal bars, elephant vault, ankles to the bar (ATB), pull-ups, rock climbing, and trampoline.
This is a 19-lesson course designed to expose cadets to a variety of basic movement skills. The course serves as a basis for many other athletic and military activities that cadets will encounter during their time at USMA as well as in their Army career. Focus is placed on applied movement tasks for all cadets. This course takes a basic Movement Theme approach, meaning cadets are required to learn a variety of relevant skills from within the general themes of rolling, hanging, climbing, crawling, jumping, vaulting, landing, mounting, supporting and swinging. In addition, the environment (or apparatus) where a skill is performed is changed or modified to challenge the cadet and broaden the movement experience. Movement environments are designed around specific events such as tumbling, vaulting, vertical ropes, horizontal ropes, the indoor obstacle course (IOCT), horizontal bars, elephant vault, ankles to the bar (ATB), chin-ups, rings, and trampoline.
PE117, Military Movement - Gymnastics is a 19-lesson course designed to expose cadets to a variety of basic movement skills. The course serves as a basis for many other athletic and military activities that cadets will encounter during their time at USMA as well as in their Army career. Focus is placed on applied movement tasks for all cadets.ý This course takes a basic Movement Theme approach, meaning cadets are required to learn a variety of relevant skills from within the general themes of rolling, hanging, climbing, crawling, jumping, vaulting, landing, mounting, supporting and swinging. In addition, the environment (or apparatus) where a skill is performed is changed or modified to challenge the cadet and broaden the movement experience. Movement environments are designed around specific events such as tumbling, vaulting, vertical ropes, horizontal ropes, the indoor obstacle course (IOCT), horizontal bars, elephant vault, ankles to the bar (ATB), chin-ups, rings, and trampoline.
Fourth Class Gymnastics is designed to provide the facilities and resources necessary to participate in a movement course that exposes cadets to gross motor coordination in all directions, rotations and ranges of motion. The course is developmental and is intended to help begin cultivating cadets' optimum physical capability and potential for movement so that each can meet the physical requirements of the military profession and the broader demands of a healthy lifestyle. This course serves as a basis for other athletic and military activities encountered at USMA and in one's Army career. Focus is placed on applied movement tasks for all cadets. In accordance with AR 350-41, 9-6: "Training in Units", the following skills are emphasized:
(1) Agility, to include fast movement in enclosed spaces.
(2) Balance and controlling fear of heights.
(3) Vaulting, jumping, and landing correctly.
(4) Strength development activities such as rope climbing, pull ups, and resistance exercises.
(5) Crawling.
(6) Negotiation of natural and man-made obstables (confidence and obstable courses).
