Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Sure, but some sports are just inherently more accessible to older people. I do quite a few Sportive/GF cycling events and there are a lot of people in their 40s, 50s and 60s. Quite a few into their 70s too. Swimming, tennis and certainly golf are popular with older people too. I just thought soccer was the odd one out in your list. Maybe it's different in the US, where soccer has become much more popular in recent years. Perhaps older guys taking it up for the first time? Over here in the UK, guys typically play soccer into their 20s and 30s and then move on to other less damaging sports in their 40s. Road cycling has become very popular in the last decade with the active 40+ crowd. I'm pretty sure they outnumber the younger guys, which is definitely not the case with soccer!
Ok, I clearly hijacked this thread even though it wasnt meant to be that way. I just saw a really odd comment which declared cycling to be the one sport people can likely continue one out of school and commented.
By 'lifelong' I meant for a really long time after school, but I shouldnt have said 'lifelong' in retrospect because we are now talking about whether 70yo people play soccer.
My apologies, I didnt pick that word well. I should have just listed all the sports adults play after school age and been done since that was my actual point.
Soccer(in the Chicagoland area and my metro) is played into your 40s as there are specific leagues for it. Same with basketball- leagues exist for all adults and there are also 40+ specific leagues. Golf is obviously played until the end. Volleyball leagues here frequently have 50yo players mixing it up with people in their 20s and 30s. Tennis constantly has older people playing on courts around me. Swimming pools are full of those aging gracefully.
etc etc etc.
Anyways, I damaged this thread enough so I will hopefully see my way out. The initial comment I responded to was just so comically wrong I couldnt help it.