The 6th Congress of Exercise and Sport Sciences

Coordination – A Combination of Creativity and Systematization

Mark Wertheim
Wertheim Academy, Haifa, Israel

Sports science is, on the one hand, an interdisciplinary and integrative science, and on the other hand, an implemented science. Today more than ever there is an effort in sports training to be more systematic without losing the creativity of the players. The main question is what is the basis of creative thinking in movement? And how can classical scientific thinking (aiming for generalization) not prevent or reduce creative thinking and movement in sport (individual creativity – " in his/her own way").

There is much progress in the sciences due to the advancement of brain and neurosciences that enables the search and better understanding of the brain, and especially the small brain (cerebellum) functions and activity. It has recently been found that the cerebellum is not a "stupid organ" as we thought some years ago, and it can be trained to improve its functions. Coordination means organizing the order of actions.

The question is, which components of coordination are needed to develop such creativity? The connection between modern coordination training and creativity is necessary to encourage the abilities needed to deal with unaccepted situations and complicated situations in ballgames.

The trainer/teacher is committed to learning and knowing more deeply the contents of coordination and creative thinking during movement and how to combine them in his/her training/lessons in order to develop a modern player/pupil.

Mark Wertheim
Mark Wertheim
Dr Sport Sciences. Specialist in Coordination
Head of Wertheim Academy
Founder of OCO system (Optimal Coordination Order) for developing Coordintion








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