Ever see Dallas Cowboys safety Ken Hamlin slam into a receiver? It's brutal. Makes you wince. But to understand his drive, he says, you'd have had to watch him as a tot-which would've been hard to do, because he barely stayed still. "Running around my backyard set the stage for it all," he says. "It led me to learn how to move, improved my coordination, and taught me that being active is fun."
Hamlin learned more than that: Experts say an active childhood leads to a healthy lifestyle later, and builds the foundation for the social, psychological, and mental skills needed to succeed as an adult. So encourage your kids to hit the pavement. Here's how.
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