Running track is a great activity to help kids build endurance, which is developed when kids regularly engage in aerobic activity. Running track offers kids the sense of freedom and the sense of reward and achievement when they finish.

Children who participate in track & field develop general physical fitness in a way that’s fun, and they establish lifelong habits for good health. This is particularly important at a time when obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. The incidence of obesity has increased by more than 50% among America’s children and teens since 1976. It continues to grow at a staggering rate. The 2009 National Survey of Children’s Health showed that non-athletes are 60% more likely to be overweight than athletes.

Speed and agility workouts compliment and improve performance of all sports. The workouts improve acceleration, deceleration, foot speed, quickness and change of direction. … Speed and agility training increases the athlete’s ability to move fast. This ability will help the athlete raise their game.

During speed workouts, you maximally activate your slow-twitch muscles and intermediate muscle fibers, which increase your aerobic capacity. Speed workouts also increase your production of myoglobin, which is a protein found in your muscles