Local man dropkicks tiny track gremlins to make them run faster.

Ah that makes sense (thats a pretty good system i didn't give it much thought). Yeah that seems like it would work, since Guts is the captain, he probably has to move between teams to check up and do exercises even if they don't exactly race against eachother. Maybe Fubuki is a sub-captain for his grade level bringing his one sided rivalry to new heights?