Running Form Analysis: In Person or Online Video Assessment

Who It Helps

• Runners who keep picking up the same niggle — and want to know whether the way they move is adding to it.
• Runners who have plateaued — the fitness is there, but the times aren't moving.
• Marathon runners who fade in the last 10k. Form that falls apart at mile 20 is costing you minutes over 35,000–45,000 steps.
• Newer runners who want to build good habits before the mileage goes up.
• Coached athletes and club runners who want a second pair of expert eyes on their technique.

Gait Analysis vs Running Form Analysis

“Running gait analysis” usually means one of three quite different things:

• Shoe-shop gait analysis — a short treadmill clip of your feet, mainly to judge how much your foot rolls inwards and recommend a shoe. Useful for buying shoes; it says little about how you actually run.
• Clinical or lab biomechanics — 3D motion capture or force plates, usually with a physio or sports scientist, often used for injury rehabilitation.
• Running form analysis (this service) — a coach's whole-body look at how you run, from the arms down to the feet, why it matters for you, and exactly what to do about it.

Most runners don't need a lab. They need someone who has spent a career running and coaching to watch them properly, find the root cause rather than a list of ten faults, and give them a plan they can actually follow. Read more in the guide What Is Running Gait Analysis — and Which Type Do You Need?

What's Included for £99

What Is Assessed

Every runner is different, so the report focuses on what genuinely matters for you. The analysis covers:

• Arm carriage — direction, height and whether the arms cross the body.
• Posture and trunk rotation — running tall, and whether the shoulders and hips are twisting against each other.
• Foot landing and overstriding — where the foot touches down relative to your hips, and whether you are braking on every step.
• Leg recovery and push-off — how the back leg folds and how well you extend behind you.
• Knee and foot tracking from the front and behind.
• Cadence — measured as your own baseline, never forced towards a magic 180.
• Left–right differences that show up across the clips.

Footage is honest about its limits too. If you are filmed striding faster than race pace, that is explained, and the plan includes filming you again at your goal pace and late in a long run, when old habits come back.

How It Works

In person (near Sedgley, Dudley and Wolverhampton)

We meet outdoors, film you running from three angles, talk through what we see and go through your first drills together so you know how they should feel. Runners regularly come from Dudley, Wolverhampton, Wombourne, Stourbridge and Birmingham. If you also need treatment, it pairs well with a sports massage.

Online (anywhere in the UK or abroad)

You film three short clips on a phone — side on as you run past, running towards the camera and running away from it — on a flat path, at an easy pace and a faster pace. Full filming instructions are sent when you book. You get exactly the same written report and programme.

After the assessment

You'll receive your report with the drills, strength work and 12-week plan. Questions are welcome at any point. Many runners then move into online coaching so the form work is built into their weekly training, but there is no obligation.

Why Martin?

Martin Williams started running at 25 while working shifts as a police officer and went on to run 2:17:36 for the marathon, win the Edinburgh Marathon, become Scottish Marathon Champion and represent Great Britain at the 2010 European Championships and Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He is an England Athletics licensed coach and ITEC qualified sports therapist, so he looks at movement as both a coach and a therapist.

“Martin began by asking my son to run and then analysed his technique. He identified that the issue was related to his IT band and proceeded to massage the affected areas. He then showed him appropriate exercises to help strengthen his glutes. I would highly recommend Martin.”— Jenny Thorpe, Google review

“I've seen real improvements not just in recovery, but in how efficiently I move and train.”— Todd Quiney, Google review

An Honest Note on Injuries

This is a coaching assessment, not a medical diagnosis. It can show movement habits that may be adding load to particular areas, and give you a plan to change them. It cannot promise to prevent or cure an injury. If you have pain, swelling or a current injury, you will be told plainly if you should see a physiotherapist or GP first.