I am wondering to what extent age affects jumping ability.
We don't see many female skaters over 25 yrs old. Do you think it because their jumps start to decline due to physiological aging in muscles etc? Or is it because of injuries that they accumulate by then? Or is it more to do with psycho-social or socio-economic reasons such as financial concerns, other career plans, marriage and/or child-birth etc, especially because female skaters tend to debut at Senior relatively young so that they feel like moving on by then?
After the bodily changes in mid or late teens, are there any other major changes that could affect female skaters' jumping ability in their 20s?
Since boys debut at Senior relatively late, it makes sense to me that there are many senior male skaters over 25. I feel that males tend to get better in jumping even after 20rs old. But I wonder how long they usually keep getting better after 22-23.
I see many ice dancers as well as athletes in other sports such as marathon runners and baseball players who are over 30 years old. So I don’t really think that late 20s to 30 years old are old as athletes. But I am not quite sure how it could affect jumping ability in terms of spring, height, and tightness in the air. Any thoughts?
We don't see many female skaters over 25 yrs old. Do you think it because their jumps start to decline due to physiological aging in muscles etc? Or is it because of injuries that they accumulate by then? Or is it more to do with psycho-social or socio-economic reasons such as financial concerns, other career plans, marriage and/or child-birth etc, especially because female skaters tend to debut at Senior relatively young so that they feel like moving on by then?
After the bodily changes in mid or late teens, are there any other major changes that could affect female skaters' jumping ability in their 20s?
Since boys debut at Senior relatively late, it makes sense to me that there are many senior male skaters over 25. I feel that males tend to get better in jumping even after 20rs old. But I wonder how long they usually keep getting better after 22-23.
I see many ice dancers as well as athletes in other sports such as marathon runners and baseball players who are over 30 years old. So I don’t really think that late 20s to 30 years old are old as athletes. But I am not quite sure how it could affect jumping ability in terms of spring, height, and tightness in the air. Any thoughts?
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