This perceptive faculty, which we all have, is not a matter of vision as such, but of our natural inclination to privilege the information coming from one side over the other coming from the other side.

And this inclination is not structural; it adapts to the context, like many other components of our motorial skills.

We still need to know how, when and in what way this influences us in terms of coordination in our sport activity…

It is therefore erroneous to deduce that someone walks or runs only in such and such a way on the basis of a punctual observation, even if it is made with technology. One type of coordination is favored, but the context can make us switch from one mode of coordination to another. This consists in the opportunity to call upon complementary capacities, as long as the postural components are in complete coherence with the type of motricity in which we find ourselves.

If this is not the case, conditions are created that may lead to :

• potential incomprehensible clumsiness (when one gets stuck, when one hits oneself, when one makes monumental mistakes…)
• potential loss of balance (sprains, strains, dislocations…)
• potential overloads (fatigue fractures, cramps, muscle strain…)

Hence the interest in knowing how to perceive which type of motorial skills are being used at a given moment, in a given context.

It is therefore erroneous to deduce that someone walks or runs only in such and such a way on the basis of a punctual observation, even if it is made with technology. One type of coordination is favored, but the context can make us switch from one mode of coordination to another. This consists in the opportunity to call upon complementary capacities, as long as the postural components are in complete coherence with the type of motricity in which we find ourselves.

If this is not the case, conditions are created that may lead to :

• potential incomprehensible clumsiness (when one gets stuck, when one hits oneself, when one makes monumental mistakes…)
• potential loss of balance (sprains, strains, dislocations…)
• potential overloads (fatigue fractures, cramps, muscle strain…)

Hence the interest in knowing how to perceive which type of motor skills are being used at a given moment, in a given context.

The performance resulting from an effort is undoubtedly the result of muscular engagement, but this remains ineffective if it is not coupled with coordination, which is itself dependent on posture. However, the latter is not primarily determined by the measurements of the athlete and the shape or size of the bike.

Optimal power emerges from a posture and therefore from a coordination that respects the athlete’s global motorial organization. This organization is specific to each individual; it changes depending on whether the athlete is in full possession of his/ her means or tired, for example after 150 km or after climbing a first category mountain pass.

The esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach focuses on our coordination awareness ability that adapts to the context and not on a technique or posture that is imposed in any context. This allows the athlete to make the most of who he/she is from a psychomotor point of view, depending on the context.

Using skis or a snowboard that are more or less cut (parabolic), a sliding device which is more or less wide, boots with a more or less inclined shaft calls for coordination qualities that you have certainly experimented whether from the angle of technique or practice.

Going from the same pair of skis or a board to another, changing only by its size (width of the skate compared to the width of its tip), changes the physical perception that you have. Pedagogically, it was concluded that this was a matter of vestibular, kinesthetic and proprioceptive systems; which is correct. We stopped there, didn’t we ? However, it has been demonstrated today that learning, even if it is differentiated, can only be efficient if we consider our capacity to move in a global and individual way. Each individual being unique, his or her motorial capacities cannot be reduced to biomechanical and technical considerations, even less so if we consider the diversity, sometimes the volatility of the environments in which the sliders evolve. The influence of the material, good or bad, adds to the importance of taking into account the motorial specificities of each individual in a global way and beyond the only technical and proprioceptive aspects.

esSENSiel-ActionTypes® approach focuses on making the person feel which motor organization he/she uses according to the context in which he/she is. This will allow him/her to adapt his/her equipment to his/her motor organization and not the other way around, in order to move with less effort, without tension, more efficiently, by putting less strain on his/her joints for example.

It will then also be possible to choose equipment that corresponds more to him from a psychomotor point of view and before any other consideration.

Using skis or a snowboard that are more or less cut (parabolic), a sliding device which is more or less wide, boots with a more or less inclined shaft calls for coordination qualities that you have certainly experimented whether from the angle of technique or practice.

Going from the same pair of skis or a board to another, changing only by its size (width of the skate compared to the width of its tip), changes the physical perception that you have. Pedagogically, it was concluded that this was a matter of vestibular, kinesthetic and proprioceptive systems; which is correct. We stopped there, didn’t we ? However, it has been demonstrated today that learning, even if it is differentiated, can only be efficient if we consider our capacity to move in a global and individual way. Each individual being unique, his or her motorial capacities cannot be reduced to biomechanical and technical considerations, even less so if we consider the diversity, sometimes the volatility of the environments in which the sliders evolve. The influence of the material, good or bad, adds to the importance of taking into account the motor specificities of each individual in a global way and beyond the only technical and proprioceptive aspects.

esSENSiel-ActionTypes® approach focuses on making the person feel which motor organization he/she uses according to the context in which he/she is. This will allow him/her to adapt his/her equipment to his/her motor organization and not the other way around, in order to move with less effort, without tension, more efficiently, by putting less strain on his/her joints for example.

It will then also be possible to choose equipment that corresponds more to him from a psychomotor point of view and before any other consideration.

Anyone who has practiced snowboarding from a beginner level to more advanced stages of the sport will have noticed that the movements required to achieve a good coordination on the board are quite different. As you become more familiar with the board, there is less need to use upper body rotational movements.

Using rotational or counter-movements of the upper body in a different axis than the hips is a natural quality of a part of the human race that is emphasized in the early stages of snowboarding, whether it is alpine, freestyle or allround, when the carved shape of the snowboard and its edges are not used much. The more the edges are used, the less it is necessary to be active with the upper body for rotational purposes. This is a consequence that becomes evident as soon as the support on the edges of the snowboard takes precedence over the skidded forms or when the practitioner shows a more secure balance. It is an advantage for the other part of the human being who, for rotational purposes, relies more naturally on a combined use of their pelvic (hips) and scapular (shoulders) girdles, thus abandoning the so-called counter-rotational movements.

Based on our natural motorial organization, it is either easier to apprehend the practice of snowboarding and more energetically expensive to progress once the basics are acquired, or conversely, it is more difficult to master the basic movements but much easier afterwards to progress towards what a good level of snowboarding requires in terms of coordination and sensations.

Each of us has his own motorial priorities that must be respected to ensure a safe apprehension and a more efficient mastery of new forms of snowboarding. I am talking about priorities and not limits; everyone can use one motorial quality or another, but not in the same way or in the same situations… If he is not necessarily conscious of spontaneously switching from one to the other in a coherent and efficient way, it is essential to know when and how his system switches from one to the other of these motorial organizations in order to take advantage of it or not to generate inconsistencies that could lead to loss of balance, blockages, or even injuries.

It is therefore more than useful to feel when and how we rely on which motorial organization to avoid fighting against ourselves or putting ourselves at risk. This is what the esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach helps you to experience and feel.

The technical recommendation saying that shoulders must always be kept in the same axis as the hips is only valid for people who are able to take advantage of a so-called associated motor organization, even symmetrical for some. Imposing this when the body does not evolve in such a psychomotor configuration amounts to depriving the athlete of a good part of his/her resources.

It is important to perceive under which circumstances, for technical or physical reasons, the athlete switches from one motor system to the other. This allows him to adapt the technique to his psychomotor system and not the other way around.

The esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach focuses on allowing the athlete to feel this so that he/she can take advantage of it by him/herself depending on the context.

The technical recommendation saying that shoulders must always be kept in the same axis as the hips is only valid for people who are able to take advantage of a so-called associated motor organization, even symmetrical for some. Imposing this when the body does not evolve in such a psychomotor configuration amounts to depriving the athlete of a good part of his/her resources.

It is important to perceive under which circumstances, for technical or physical reasons, the athlete switches from one motor system to the other. This allows him to adapt the technique to his psychomotor system and not the other way around.

The esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach focuses on allowing the athlete to feel this so that he/she can take advantage of it by him/herself depending on the context.

Roughly, half of us need to “mentalize” what we are going to do in terms of movements, holds, sequences of movements. This requires a careful reading of the holds and the pitch to be climbed; this is a type of preparation we see a lot by competitors (in both training or competition sessions). However, this approach is not suitable for all forms of motorial organization. Some of us, on the contrary, organize themselves much better without the constraint of the predictability, of the preview, and get a better idea of what awaits them by looking globally at the route, then by concentrating on their movements as they progress. One approach is not better than the other.

Neuroscience shows us that it is better to stick to the one that suits us, because switching to the other form of motricity is less instinctive, less spontaneous, less easy and therefore less energetic, but flipping to the other type of motricity allow us not to constraint to the emotional dimension of the situation.

Does this potential for progress tempt you ? All you have to do is physically experience these two types of organization that we can all benefit from, but that we don’t necessarily use to good purpose. This is the specificity of the esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach.

You may have noticed that some swimmers, in crawl, do foot beats while keeping their feet in the axis of the body… while others have their feet showing a tendency to cross in the water doing the same beats; some sometimes swing their body sideways moving like a paddle rather than a torpedo.

It is constitutive of two types of motorial organization; which are structural and specific to each individual. To correct this in the name of a technique is counterproductive.

Likewise, in the sports of oars or paddles, the engagement of these rely on a different psychomotor organization according to whether the athlete engages his movements with the upper body or with the pelvis.

Muscular strength requires good coordination to produce its effect and this only happens when this coordination corresponds to the individual’s psychomotor system. This is what the esSENSial- ActionTypes® approach focuses on rather than the technique itself.

You may have noticed that some swimmers, in crawl, do foot beats while keeping their feet in the axis of the body… while others have their feet showing a tendency to cross in the water doing the same beats; some sometimes swing their body sideways moving like a paddle rather than a torpedo.

It is constitutive of two types of motorial organization; which are structural and specific to each individual. To correct this in the name of a technique is counterproductive.

Likewise, in the sports of oars or paddles, the engagement of these rely on a different psychomotor organization according to whether the athlete engages his movements with the upper body or with the pelvis.

Muscular strength requires good coordination to produce its effect and this only happens when this coordination corresponds to the individual’s psychomotor system. This is what the esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach focuses on rather than the technique itself.

An efficient and precise pitching or hitting is the result and emergence of an ideal coordination in a given context.

Acquiring a throwing or hitting technique and working on it is certainly useful and necessary. However, it will not make this gesture instinctive, because training and systematizing a gesture in a given context, even by varying these contexts, is only effective in a very limited number of cases

Our psychomotor system was designed from the beginning to move and adapt to constantly changing environments.

For throws and a strikes, it is therefore more efficient to perceive when and how to adapt to the changes according to who you are rather than to impose the same technique or the same type of coordination in front of these perpetual changes of contexts. The variety of the latter being infinite, the most perfect gestures that can be trained and repeated will never be perfect enough in the face of the speed and number of contextual changes that the athlete faces.

It is on this point, which consists of offering the athlete the possibility of identifying his or her intrinsic motor resources in different contexts and environments, that the esSENSiel-ActionTypes® approach finds its fundamentals.

You and I have both heard the advice to exhale for the duration of the effort. This is accurate in certain posture and coordination contexts depending on whether the person is in a position to coordinate his/her mobility by relying on his/her motorial skills or not.

The context and environment influence the motor organization of the individual. The way of breathing during effort must be coherent and derive from this motor organization. It is therefore essential to be able to perceive the type of coordination that is being used in order to coordinate breathing and muscular engagement and to make the most of it.

It is also necessary to be able to feel one’s body in relation to these moments. This is the emphasis of the esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach.

You and I have both heard the advice to exhale for the duration of the effort. This is accurate in certain posture and coordination contexts depending on whether the person is in a position to coordinate his/her mobility by relying on his/her motorial skills or not.

The context and environment influence the motor organization of the individual. The way of breathing during effort must be coherent and derive from this motor organization. It is therefore essential to be able to perceive the type of coordination that is being used in order to coordinate breathing and muscular engagement and to make the most of it.

It is also necessary to be able to feel one’s body in relation to these moments. This is the emphasis of the esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach.

The shortest path is not always a straight line, sometimes you have to go around the mountain”. This maxim takes on its full meaning in orienteering. Surprisingly, it also has a place in psychomotricity, even when applied to different forms of skating.

When it comes to coordination and movement, efficiency and performance lurk where you least expect them, or rather, where you least expect them…

In fact, there are two families in this field: those who organize themselves longitudinally. They organize themselves from head to toe in the direction they’re heading. This type of coordination is often described as the “ideal technique” in certain books and websites…

However, for the other half of the population, this approach is not the most effective; this motor population needs transversal references for a good push and fluidity, which translates on skates into convoluted trajectories, especially in the eyes of those who do not rely on such organization for their coordination.

The esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach aims to develop this sensory perception and awareness in athletes.

“The shortest way is not always a straight line, sometimes you have to go around the mountain”. This maxim takes on its full meaning in orienteering. Surprisingly, it also has a place in psychomotricity, even when applied to different forms of skating.

When it comes to coordination and movement, efficiency and performance lurk where you least expect them, or rather, where you do not look for them…

In fact, there are two families in this field : those who organize themselves longitudinally. They organize themselves from head to toe in the direction they’re heading. This is the kind of coordination that comes out of the books.

However, for the other half of the population, this is not the most efficient way of doing things; this motor population needs transversal references for good push and fluidity; it produces on skates convoluted trajectories, especially in the eyes of those who don’t rely on such an organization for their coordination.

The esSENSiel-ActionTypes® aims to develop this sensory perception and awareness in athletes.

“The shortest way is not always a straight line, sometimes you have to go around the mountain”. This maxim takes on its full meaning in orienteering. Surprisingly, it also has a place in psychomotricity, even when applied to different forms of skating.

When it comes to coordination and movement, efficiency and performance lurk where you least expect them, or rather, where you do not look for them…

In fact, there are two families in this field : those who organize themselves longitudinally. They organize themselves from head to toe in the direction they’re heading. This is the kind of coordination that comes out of the books.

However, for the other half of the population, this is not the most efficient way of doing things; this motor population needs transversal references for good push and fluidity; it produces on skates convoluted trajectories, especially in the eyes of those who don’t rely on such an organization for their coordination.

The esSENSiel-ActionTypes® aims to develop this sensory perception and awareness in athletes.

Mammals, including humans, share the same psychomotor characteristics and priorities for coordination and movements…

Our brain is equipped with two hemispheres, not just to coordinate and manage our lateralities. This bipolarity enables us to adapt to our environment, which is by nature never static, whether natural, sensory, relational, emotional or even cognitive.

As the brain is at the service of the body, it gives us the ability to organize our coordination, and therefore our movements, in different ways according to these environmental or contextual data. It is this ability that enables us to recover when we sleep. When we sleep, our neuro-cerebral and psychomotor priorities are the opposite of those we use during the day.

This means that when it comes to movements, we have at least two possible ways of coordinating ourselves to run efficiently, but not for the same reasons. Being aware of this means being able to recover actively, for example, when going for a short run to “shake-out” our muscles.

This is one of the aspects on which the esSENSial-ActionTypes® approach focuses.

“Yes, as bizarre and anecdotal as it may seem to refer to it here, the use of sealskin sticks, walking sticks or Nordic walking sticks isn’t necessarily all that trivial – at least from a coordination point of view that respects the individual.

This is not anecdotal, because along with stepping, arm movements are the most solicited movements when walking, especially if used on uneven terrain or steep slopes.

And this is no trivial matter, for their use, however natural and almost innate it may seem, stems from psychomotor organizations that are specific to each and every one of us.

Half of us benefit from more force from the moment the stick touches the ground until halfway through the accompanying or pushing movement. For the other half, it’s from the middle of the accompanying movement that the push on the stick is most effective.

Two other factors can make or break the effectiveness of stick use :

• engaging the body before the arms to start moving, or vice versa
• whether you prefer to walk with concentric or plyometric muscle stimulation

All this stems from motor preferences and contexts, since some of these preferences are not structural.

This is not noticeable when walking on flat ground for 30 minutes. It can make all the difference after 6 hours of trudge on steep off-trail terrain, for example, or during a long-distance trail run, and all the more so with advancing age.

Developing this sensitivity allows you to take full advantage of the help of the sticks, without suffering certain contextual disadvantages. It is this sensitivity that the esSENSiel-ActionTypes® approach develops.

“Yes, as bizarre and anecdotal as it may seem to refer to it here, the use of sealskin sticks, walking sticks or Nordic walking sticks isn’t necessarily all that trivial – at least from a coordination point of view that respects the individual.

This is not anecdotal, because along with stepping, arm movements are the most solicited movements when walking, especially if used on uneven terrain or steep slopes.

And this is no trivial matter, for their use, however natural and almost innate it may seem, stems from psychomotor organizations that are specific to each and every one of us.

Half of us benefit from more force from the moment the stick touches the ground until halfway through the accompanying or pushing movement. For the other half, it’s from the middle of the accompanying movement that the push on the stick is most effective.

Two other factors can make or break the effectiveness of stick use :

• engaging the body before the arms to start moving, or vice versa
• whether you prefer to walk with concentric or plyometric muscle stimulation

All this stems from motor preferences and contexts, since some of these preferences are not structural.

This is not noticeable when walking on flat ground for 30 minutes. It can make all the difference after 6 hours of trudge on steep off-trail terrain, for example, or during a long-distance trail run, and all the more so with advancing age.

Developing this sensitivity allows you to take full advantage of the help of the sticks, without suffering certain contextual disadvantages. It is this sensitivity that the esSENSiel-ActionTypes® approach develops.