[ODBSGIRL]

Some people seem to think that all kids are born with the ability to run but my 9 year old has an issue we need to fix. Everyone in my family runs the same way, slow and with hips in front so it looks like a cartoon train trying to start...legs are spinnin but not going anywhere. She's the tallest girl on her softball team, and the slowest. My brother had his son go to a coach to change his running gait by practicing things like marching in place to get the arm-pump coordinated with the legs then moving up to walking that way then running and it helped some. I've tried walking quickly during hikes encouraging her to imitate my arm swing. Any other suggestions? I've thought about making her walk uphill to get her head down and swing her arms but not having any sort of real idea what I'm doing, I don't know if that's the right thing to do. She doesn't seem to be able to pick her feet up either, it's more of a shuffle. Is it possible to change what seems to be a genetic gait?