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Thread: What's the prime year for athletes?

post 1648414333 10-06-2021, 07:53 AM
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What's the prime year for athletes?

If you can only pick one.

I would go with 28.
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post 1648414563 10-06-2021, 07:59 AM
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Tough question. I would say it can vary depending on when a person started serious training. A child who started at 8 is going to peak earlier than someone who started at 18, for instance.
post 1648414783 10-06-2021, 08:03 AM
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In explosive power/sprint events, estimates decreased with increasing event duration, ranging from ~27 years (athletics throws, ~1-5 s) to ~20 years (swimming, ~21-245 s). Conversely, estimates for endurance events increased with increasing event duration, ranging from ~20 years (swimming, ~2-15 min) to ~39 years (ultra-distance cycling, ~27-29 h).

Source : Age of Peak Competitive Performance of Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review- Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)
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post 1648414983 10-06-2021, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted By QuickShotSteve⏩
depends on the sport.

Look at female gymnysts, they peak at 16/17.

hockey stars peak in early 20s

football quarterbacks peak in 40s :P



Me personally, feel my athletic peak was 18, and while I still feel good 20 years later, i'm not lifting anywhere near what I could back then. Played baseball in school, dont think I would run, hit, throw like I did back then, not that ive tried playing in years.
For hockey forwards peak early 20s but defence man peak mid to late 20s and sometimes early 30s

Same with goalies
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late 20's
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post 1648416173 10-06-2021, 08:28 AM
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26

usually after the age of 26 you do not progress physically. You're not going to get any faster, become quicker or functionally stronger assuming you have lifting and strength and conditioning coaches.

At that point it becomes more about improving fundamentals and becoming more intelligent in regards to the sport you are playing.
post 1648416543 10-06-2021, 08:37 AM
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20s

depends on the sport

figure skating, gymnastics its better to be younger and more flexible and nimble

i think you see older people in the bike racing (the ones where they got quads like ronnie coleman) because it takes times to build up that mass
post 1648416703 10-06-2021, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted By CodyZellery⏩
If you can only pick one.

I would go with 28.
Depends completely on the sport.

If its a combination of explosiveness and technique, somewhere around 24-25. If its a combination of technique and endurance, somewhere around 30-35. If its a combination of all three, depending on which factor is the most important, somewhere around 25-30.

For instance, a sprinter will never hit his prime post 35, yet an endurance runner will be able to do just that. A sport where technical maturing is extremely important, like soccer, most players will hit their skill peak later than their physical peak for the sport. In soccer the physical peak is likely early to mid 20s, yet most players perform their best towards the latter stages of their 20s.
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post 1648416973 10-06-2021, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
For hockey forwards peak early 20s but defence man peak mid to late 20s and sometimes early 30s

Same with goalies
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post 1648417003 10-06-2021, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted By QuickShotSteve⏩
There is always exceptions, Marty St Louis was crushing right up to 40.
Yeah man what a legend - love his come up to superstardom - undrafted, bouncing around the minors and making it in a league that valued size above all else at 5'8.. to eventually become a 2x art ross and 1 x hart winner

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