Coordination

What is coordination?
It is the skill of making things work together in harmony and unison. In business this means managing a team/office and the associated resources efficiently and effectively.
Coordination assumes some aspect of leadership, control or responsibility.

Your body
Coordinating your body is more challenging than you may realise. The task is hindered by the fact that most people have little idea how to use their own body skilfully.

Body management
We all accumulate habits of movement and body use throughout life and not all habits are good.

Coordination involves:
• Moving different parts of the body together in harmony
• Gait (manner of walking)
• Controlled movement
• Balancing
- left and right sides of the body
- front and back
- upper and lower
- hands and feet
- elbows and knees
- hips and shoulders
• Eye/hand coordination
• Kinaesthetic awareness (knowing where your limbs are positioned without needing to look)
• Ambidextrous use of the limbs
• Smooth movement
• Good skeletal alignment
• Agility

Problems

Common health problems such as bad back or painful knees are often the result of poor coordination (either during the day or when exercising).