Natural Born Running

Natural Born Running Is your kid capable but struggling with confidence? I help kids 8–16 build real confidence through movement — not pep talks. Let's fix that together.

Melbourne Myotherapist & Youth Running Coach.

08/09/2026

That’s where speed starts leaking.

And eventually, confidence goes with it.

The answer isn’t more laps.
More fitness.
Or telling them to try harder.

It’s getting the body firing in the right order.

That’s why I use skipping.

One simple drill that brings timing, posture, coordination and foot contact back together.

Get the order right first.

Then build speed.

Because when a kid finally feels their body working with them instead of against them, they don’t just move differently.

They start believing they can.

Order first.
Speed second.
Confidence follows.

Comment SPEED and I’ll send you the breakdown. 👇

08/09/2026

The way we live today tends to create stiff, immobile, and weak humans.

And for all of us, it starts at school.

At the age of 5 you are given a full time desk job for about 6 hours of the day.

And then they sit in the car, they sit to eat, they sit to watch tv etc etc.

Their bodies are slowly losing their natural ability to move with ease and freedom.

Then we chuck them into the latest fashion shoe trend, with all the unnecessary technology like cushion and stability, that their bodies just don’t need.

Change these 2 habits and you will see a huge difference in their performance.

But then we need to teach them how to use their bodies again.

So comment “speed” and I’ll do exactly that 🫡

07/09/2026

If my kid kept getting beaten to the ball, I wouldn’t start with more fitness.

I wouldn’t tell them to try harder.

And I definitely wouldn’t accept that they’re “just not fast.”

I’d teach them how to create speed.

Because most kids aren’t slow.

They’ve just never been taught what their body needs to do when it’s time to accelerate.

How to lean.

How to push into the ground.

How to drive their arms.

That’s where speed starts.

And once a kid feels themselves moving faster, something else starts to change too.

They stop hesitating.

They start backing themselves.

A bad game doesn’t hit quite as hard.

They start seeing what their body is actually capable of.

That’s why I keep coming back to three simple cues:

LEAN. PUSH. DRIVE.

Teach the mechanics.

Build the speed.

Let the confidence follow.

Comment SPEED and I’ll send you the full breakdown. 👇

Unless your kid does athletics, 99% of them will never be exposed to the fundamentals of how to run and how to understan...
07/09/2026

Unless your kid does athletics, 99% of them will never be exposed to the fundamentals of how to run and how to understand their body.

If you look at all of the ball sports, running is one of the biggest skills involved.

But how much time and coaching is actually dedicated to running? Bu**er all

Average distance covered:
Soccer - 10-13km
AFL - 12-14km
Rugby - 6-8km
Basketball - 4-5km
American Football - 1.6-2.4km

So no wonder so many athletes are breaking down with preventable soft tissue injuries because they have never been shown how to do the biggest skills involved in their sports.

The kids who start to understand the ins and outs of if their body and what it actually takes to become an efficient runner, are the ones who decrease their risk of injury, move with ease, and enjoy their sport for longer.

Comment “Coach” and I’ll help you set them on their way to better running. 🏃

05/09/2026

Running should be a simple exercise for everyone.

But because of modern society and the environment we live in, our bodies are just not coping well.

Especially for kids, who are stuck at a desk, at school for the majority of their days, whilst they are going through the biggest growth spurts of their lives.

So their bodies become stiff and immobile, so no wonder so many kids struggle when it comes to running.

So we need to show them how to use their body again!

And it only takes these 3 drills to get started.

So comment “Speed” and I’ll send you the full program.

05/09/2026

Give your kids coach a reason to take notice this weekend by showing your kid these 3 running mechanics.

Everyone teaches kids how to run more and further, but these only build fitness, they don’t actually show your kid how to run.

When you can break down the mechanics of running and show your kid exactly what to do with their body, their engine from within is now tuned for performance.

Comment “speed” to tune your kids engine before their next game.

04/09/2026

The effort was already there.

What was missing was knowing how to put that effort into the ground.

No real push. No power coming back.

Not because they’re lazy.
Not because they’re unfit.
They’d just never been taught what the foot should actually be doing.

One cue changed it.

Same kid. Same session. Completely different movement.

And that’s the part I love.

That moment when a kid suddenly feels what their body is capable of — instead of just being told to “try harder.”

That’s where confidence starts.

Not from a pep talk.

From finally feeling themselves do something they couldn’t do before.

Give your kid that feeling.

Fire The Engine.

Comment PUNCH and I’ll send it to you. 👇

Speed isn’t just about how fast your kid can move their legs.In fact, that’s usually the last thing I’m worried about.Re...
04/09/2026

Speed isn’t just about how fast your kid can move their legs.

In fact, that’s usually the last thing I’m worried about.

Real speed starts with how they hold their posture, how they strike the ground, how they push away from it, and how their arms help drive the whole movement.

Get those pieces wrong and they can look busy without actually going anywhere.

Get them right and suddenly running starts to look cleaner, stronger and faster.

That’s why endless sprints and “quick feet” drills only get you so far.

Your kid doesn’t need faster legs.

They need better mechanics.

Comment PUNCH and I’ll show you the 3 things I’d fix first.

Your kid probably isn’t lacking effort.They’re already trying to run faster.The problem is, effort can’t fix mechanics.I...
03/09/2026

Your kid probably isn’t lacking effort.

They’re already trying to run faster.

The problem is, effort can’t fix mechanics.

If they’re collapsing through their posture, reaching for the ground, or not using their arms properly, telling them to “go harder” usually just makes them repeat the same inefficient pattern with more intensity.

Speed comes from learning how to use the body better.

Better posture.
Better ground contact.
Better arm action.
Better force in the right direction.

When those things improve, speed starts to show up without your kid feeling like they have to force it.

They don’t need to try harder. They need to move better.

Comment PUNCH and I’ll show you where I’d start.

02/09/2026

There’s no shortage of speed drills for kids.

Ladders. Hill sprints. Sprint programs. Agility work. More reps. More effort.

And none of those things are necessarily bad.

But there’s a problem.

A drill can’t fix mechanics a kid has never been taught.

Speed isn’t just about moving your legs faster.

It’s knowing how to push into the ground.
How to organise your posture.
How to use your arms.
How to position your body so force actually moves you forward.

Because if the mechanics underneath it are inefficient, doing more speed work just means practising those same inefficiencies faster.

That’s why some kids can train hard for weeks and still look exactly the same when they run.

They don’t need another collection of drills.

They need to understand their body.

Give them that knowledge and suddenly every sprint, every drill and every training session becomes more valuable.

That’s body mastery.

And once a kid owns that, nobody can take it away from them.

Comment “SPEED” and I’ll show you how I teach kids to build speed from the ground up. 🏃‍♂️💨

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