Factors Affecting Performance Age, gender and disability
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Factors Affecting Performance Age, gender and disability Age: Age can affect people's performance in no matter what sport. As you get older, your body starts to lose some of the aspects it had when you were younger and starts slowing down. We become less flexible and our bones become more brittle and easier to break. This means we can't do things as sufficiently as we'd like to. Muscles lose some of their capacity for effort and long endurance so endurance and strength are reduced. This means that as we get older, we are less likely to take part in contact sports as we won't be as fit or flexible to do so. Our limb speed and reaction time also slows down with age. It is good that as we grow older, we still participate in activities as it helps us keep good health. Disability: As we become older, we will become less mobile; our vision...


