reply to post by RyanLA123
There's a number of techniques used to alter/destroy track
sign. Pay me and I'll tell you.  seriously, one trick is to
strap burlap on your shoe soles. It leaves tracks , just not
the kind you're looking for. It leaves a texture like an orange
peel.
Tracking is a difficult art in that it requires much patience, practice
and perseverance. Track evasion isn't very hard because
there are so few good trackers out there. Changing/altering
footwear is but one method of throwing off pursuers. The idea
is to alter the search image so that it doesn't fit the pattern of
what you're looking for. Did I explain that well?
Anyway, I know this stuff because I used to train Marine corps
scout/sniper school instructors.
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You pick your foot about 1inch with knee slightly
bent then spring push yourself forward NOT up and glide your foot at 1inch over the surface and EXACTLY and INSTANTLY when you place it down spring
push FORWARD NOT UP again and glide rear foot forward at 1inch above the ground then repeat all over again...practice for 6mths and your there!
Maintaining balance is IMPERATIVE!!! especially when your are ARMED with weapons and or carrying a load! I practice it in my hallway so I have walls
to help if I start to loose balance but one can quickly get the hang of it and this really isn't nessessary after 1st few weeks of training. Changing
direction comes next and thats all foot placement and body awreness and some are better than others at this. Snipers are usually up AND gone by the
time their round hits its target. Oh and swing your arms marching style when you run empty handed..it helps maintain and control momentum, balance and
speed. Unfortunately he didn't tell me how to do this armed! I would assume the weapon being held out front and in both hands and the weapon would be
swung with both hands side to side OPPOSITE to the leg thats coming FORWARD whilst maintaining a slight head leant forward tilt. 
