Coordination and Fine Motor Skills – Middle and High School

Middle-schoolers and high-schoolers

Ages 11–15 years

• Refine movements like those used in team sports
• May try to develop strength and endurance due to increased muscle mass — especially in boys
• May be clumsy because of growth spurts

Ages 16–18 years

• Become more agile and less clumsy, making it easier to do things like type on a keyboard and build complicated projects
• Refine visual-spatial coordination to help judge distance and speed and react quickly when driving