Game version
Baton-pass partners: practice smooth baton exchanges at a walk, then a jog. The pair counts clean passes and swaps roles.
Relay Leg Planning
Work out with your team who runs each leg and which hand each runner carries in.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
List each runner's strengths: starts, bends, straights.
Core: Jog. Beat your own count of clean passes.
- Ages
- 14 and up
- Time
- 12 min
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Notebook, teammates, coach
- Level · skill
- Advanced · Starts & Relays
The steps
How it works
- List each runner's strengths: starts, bends, straights.
- With your coach, place runners on the leg that suits them.
- Agree the carry hand and the call word for each pass.
- Walk through all three passes together.
Coaching point
Right runner, right leg.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a level: Less (walk), Core (jog), More (call “hand!” on the exchange). Beat your own count of clean passes.
Story
You are secret agents passing a message in a crowded street.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own count of clean passes. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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