best thing to yell to a teammate when he is running a race

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Just yell, "WAKE UP" when he starts to lose contact. I've found that it works without being too obnoxious.

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"Nice work"

"Work on , he's coming back to you / struggling / you've got him"

"Nice and steady, nice and relaxed, good work"

"TIME TO GO!!!"

"PUSH IT!!"

"Sit in"

"Go now"

"Stay strong"

If they're dying

"Hang in there"

"You can do it"

"Keep it going"

"Right through"

Or my favourite from a local runner's mum during a 4k cross:

"Jason, you're not looking too good, maybe you should pull out?"

lol...

"imma get your scholarship money"

i just sucked through an indoor 5k yesterday but the thing that was helpful was just getting lap times. Obviously thats the most important thing esp in the beginning to keep you on a proper pace. It def helped too- although being able to run effectively the last 2-3 weeks would have helped more heh.

"Git-R-Done"

RUN MOFO RUN!

One of my teammates prefers to yell, "Your performance is flat and onedimensional, pick it up!"

Come on you pussy!!! You make me sick you lazy bastard!!

When he was coaching at St. John's, Matt Centrowitz reportedly would yell, "If you're going to run that slow, take off your singlet so you don't embarass the school."

"MOVE YOUR ASS BEEEAAATCH!"

Pack a lunch.

Keep it up, you're

HANGIN' TOUGH

Get the guy directly ahead of him.

"Your balls are showing!"

whatever you yell at them, address them by their entire name, ex: lets go john michael doe, get your head in the race...the full name lets them know you mean business

My friend and I used to imitate some of the idiot coaches we saw yelling at their runners.

For example, one of their runners would be doing well and the coach would yell....

"RELAX!!!!! YOU'RE TIGHTENINGGGGGGGG UPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE TIGHTENING UPPPPPPP YOU'RE TIGHTENING UPPPPPPPPPPPPPP"

"GET UP THERE!!!!!! YOU'RE LOSINGGGGG CONTAAAAAACT!!! YOU'RE LOSING CONTAAAAAAACTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

"HE IS BEATINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

Of course all of the coach's expletives worked and his runners did poorly.

Anything too negative or harsh always gets me down and discourages me, and anything too generic like "run faster" or "Go (your name)" is just annoying and isn't motivating at all. Positive and encouraging stuff that has a little bit of motivation helps the most. STuff like

"looking good, keep it up"

"hang in there, fight through it"

"stay tough now, you can do it, stay tough"

The worst is loud yelling or screaming. Screaming drives me insane.