In hand manipulation

In-hand manipulation is the ability to move objects around in your hand, and there are three
components.
• Translation: The ability to move an object from the palm of the hand to the finger tips and back
to the palm.
• Shift: The linear movement of an object between the fingers such as moving your fingers up
and down the shaft of a pencil.
• Rotation: The movement of an object with the finger around one or more of it’s axis, such as
when you spin a pencil around with your fingers.
This skill is important for manipulating a pencil, erasing mistakes, and fine motor tasks like
fastening buttons and zippers. We need good in-hand manipulation in order to manipulate small
objects such as beads and coins.
The following video has some practical and cheap ways of working on in-hand manipulation.
A wonderful resource for one of the tasks is listed below.
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