Aging In Sports

As time passes us by, the meaning of old age in sports changes every day. It used to be the older players would get it would be more likely they would get benched, cut, etc. Now with the improvement in exercise, medicine, and nutrition older generations are seeing more and more players compete at an older age. The meaning of age has change from last generation to this generation.
I went to go talk to my uncle, who is heading into his 60s. He used to play amateur soccer back in Mexico. I asked him what was considered an old player back in his days. He told that around the time a player would hit 25 the coaches would start looking for a replacement. He said the coaches use to say that when players turn 25 they began to pass their peaking point.
What he said was that when players were considered old they started participating less and less in the team activities. Their skills started to hit a plateau and eventually declining. Some player got injured and got replaces because people thought that they would not be the same player after an injury. The coaches started thinking about the younger players when they began to see this.
In this generation when our players get older they get better and better. With the advancement in technology the training of athletes has evolved. It used to be that coaches would be killing athletes with drills and drills of exercise. Now coaches are using actual science to train their athletes. Making them better regardless of their age. Now if the athlete get injured is no longer a carrier ender. Medicine that with the proper care an athlete can come back from an injury better than
It used to be that people in their late 20s were old players and coaches were focusing on the incoming players more. In the current generations players in their late 20s are in their prime getting better and better all the time. This is because of the advancement in technology, medicine, and training. Coaches used to beat their player almost to death, which lead to injuries that cut careers short. Now coaches are training their athletes smarter which causes less injuries and better performance on the field. In the case, which a player does get injured it is more likely that they will play again and play better than before. To sum this all up people keep getting smarter every day which leads to advancement in every form of knowledge. This causes to produce better athletes in every generation. In the next generation we will see another athlete break the records that we thought were impossible to