Posted by Long Hair In Albany (other posts) on February 14, 2014 at 17:13:35 Previous Next
In Reply to: The older the violin... [PIC] posted by Validus on February 14, 2014 at 13:59:09:
: ... the sweeter the music, as long as it's properly maintained.
: --Val
But the bottom line is as athletes get older injuries take their toll. Just ask any football player who is out for the year
with a torn ACL or MCL. You could be a top athlete and it only stakes a split second to end your career. Just ask Daryl Stingley. (oh wait you can't........he died a few years back.)
In every sport injuries play a critical part. And yes Shaun White is no exception. JUst ask Lindsey Vohnn.
There is only so much abuse the human body can take before the athlete starts to consider that there is no amount of compensation that mitigates the wear and tear on the body.
Ask the many athletes who have destroyed knees at the end of their career, concussions, broken bones, torn acls, torn mcls, etc.
When you look at someone like Brett Farve who can't remember
any of the soccer games his daughter played or Junior Seau who
killed himself after experiencing the destructive effects
of concussions you start to understand what someone like Shaun White is going through.
At 27 can Shaun White still compete? Time will tell whether he
is able to compete athletes much younger than him.
(I would add that the conditions at the olympics are terrible.
Temperatures are in the 50s, the snow is in bad shape,
and that probably adds to concerns about injuries.)
Older may be better for violins but not athletes. Look at gymnastics where the girls are 16 and are finished when they get older.