def getAvgMov(track, **kwargs):

	SPEED_CONVERSION_FACTOR = kwargs["speedConversionFactor"]

	avgMov = []
	diff = []
	frameDistanceBetweenFrames = []
	positionalDistanceBetweenFrames = []
	for index in range(0, len(track.x) - 1):
		#the number of frames by which two adjacent elements in track are separated
		frameDistanceBetweenFrames = track.t[index + 1] - track.t[index] 
		#the absolute positional distance between adjacent tracked frames
		positionalDistanceBetweenFrames = gen.getDistance(track.x[index], track.x[index + 1], track.y[index], track.y[index + 1])
		#the distance traveled per frame between adjacent tracked frames
		diff.append(positionalDistanceBetweenFrames / frameDistanceBetweenFrames)
	return gen.nanMean(diff) * SPEED_CONVERSION_FACTOR