Game version
Form spotters: one runs easily past while the partner shares one thing they liked, like tall posture or quick feet. Swap.
Tired Form Check
Spot how your form changes when you are tired and pick one fix.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Run 3 steady laps of a loop.
Core: Posture and arms. Beat your own smoothest stride.
- Ages
- 14 and up
- Time
- 15 min
- Players
- You and a partner or parent
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Loop, partner or parent
- Level · skill
- Advanced · Running Form
The steps
How it works
- Run 3 steady laps of a loop.
- Have a partner watch your posture on the last lap, or a parent film it on their phone.
- Pick one thing to fix, such as tight shoulders.
- Run one more lap thinking only of that fix.
Coaching point
One cue when tired.
Safety: Drink water and eat a meal or snack before and after, run in the cool part of the day, and stop and tell an adult if you feel dizzy or sick. Thunder or lightning: go inside now and wait 30 minutes after the last one. Any video is filmed on a parent's phone, with their OK, and never posted online.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a focus: Less (posture), Core (posture and arms), More (posture, arms and quick feet). Beat your own smoothest stride.
Story
You are a gazelle running tall and light.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own smoothest stride. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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