Question

Explain 3-4 paragraphs When do players reach their peak performance in different physical activities? How does this affect their value?

Answer 1

Elite athletes peak earlier. For sprints, jumps, and throws, men and women hit their peak around 25 years of age.

-For sprint swimming events, men peak around 24 years and women peak at roughly 22 years. Endurance swimmers peak about a year earlier for both sexes.

-Male and female marathoners are at their best at ages 30 and 29, respectively.

-Male and female triathletes peak at 27-years-old.

- Men and women competing in the Ironman triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a 26.2-mile run, are at their best at the ages of 32 and 34, respectively.

- Professional hockey players perform best between the ages of 27 and 28.

Athletes competing in "sprint" events requiring explosive power peak much sooner than athletes competing in endurance or game-oriented events, perhaps because older athletes are able to use experience and savvy to their advantage.

While physiological ability tends to wane after age thirty, cognitive ability has been shown to increase in healthy individuals until at least age sixty.

Although all athletes will eventually lose the age versus performance race, with better training and recovery practices, in the coming years we likely will begin to see more athletes in their 40’s remaining competitive at the highest levels of sport. By “training smarter, not harder,” athletes can reduce the chances of injuries, maximize gains from training and minimize the effects of aging.  People in their mid-40’s are no longer able to compete at the professional level in most sports, or is it a constellation of challenges, such as the time devoted to training, motivation, managing kids’ schedules or busy work demands, this definitely affects their value as there are new players that perform better than the ones who have aged and do not continue getting themselves trained.