Run a Relay Race
You jog in place, stretch, move your neck from one side, then to the other, keeping your muscles loose, but also as an attempt to calm your nerves. You pray, "Please, God don't let me mess up. Please don't let me drop the baton." And then you run.
Instructions
1. Practice handing off the baton to your team mates. You cannot practice too much. Races have been lost because of poor baton hand-offs. Your team may have the fastest runners in the track and field meet, but if a runner flubs the hand-off, he could flub the race.
2. Decide who will begin the first leg, the first runner of the race, and who will end the race, the last leg. A fast beginning will give you an advantage. If there is any distance to make up, the person running the last leg should be the fastest on the team.
3. Stay within the marked area for the baton hand-off. If the runner passing the baton or the runner receiving the baton goes past the designated area, that could disqualify your team.
4. Run and hold on to the baton.
5. Don't tense your muscles. That probably seems like an oxymoron to suggest running and relaxing your muscles since you're using your muscles for running, but it's not. Allow your muscles to work for you without tensing them.
6. Focus in front of you. Looking behind you, and turning your head to look to either side, slows you down.
7. Run your race. Stick to your strategy.
Tags: your muscles, Relay Race, your team