Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don’t force them to run too much competition.
About Arthur Lydiard
Arthur Leslie Lydiard was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world.
More quotes from Arthur Lydiard
No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out.
New Zealand runner and athletics coach (1917-2004)
Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don’t force them to run too much competition.
New Zealand runner and athletics coach (1917-2004)
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It’s no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.
New Zealand runner and athletics coach (1917-2004)
It’s just a matter of understanding what’s necessary and discipline yourself to do it.
New Zealand runner and athletics coach (1917-2004)