Good day! I am a 22-year-old boy, and after three months I will be 23. I used to train basketball (from 3rd to 8th grade), but I stopped when I entered high school and since then I have not practiced any other sport. At the moment I have decided to enroll in a sport, mostly to unload physically (I work sitting, and at university it is the same - I sit all day), and to get in some shape. Last but not least, I want to have a professional sports career (to participate in competitions and tournaments) in order to receive "remuneration" for my work in the form of medals and cups (if I deserve them, of course), and to see what level I am at and how I can improve. What do you think, what sport will you recommend to me (fighting doesn't attract me) so that I can have some chance to participate in competitions and tournaments at this age (23)? PP:
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Of course, it is not too late to do sports for the purposes he described. It is too late only for a professional sports career.
Football, basketball, you can just go to the gym or run in the park, but it's too late for a sports career. Talents for competitions, etc. develop from childhood until you are already well above them, and you will hardly be able to achieve this goal because only the best go to competitions and they train from children. Calmly, just after a year you will find a girlfriend, God forbid you have healthy children and one day watch them at competitions. Unfortunately, it's too late for you, but that doesn't stop you from playing sports as a hobby and having a healthy mind and body.
for professional sports you are late, at your age people are already established athletes. you can train many things for pleasure or good sports form: running, cycling, tennis, swimming, team sports, depending on what attracts you. see at your university what teams there are and choose. F44
Rowing, snooker, table tennis, futsal?
For a professional career - forget it, it starts at 5, but otherwise you can play sports for fun as much as you want. So find something you like and go bold.
It's never too late, I started at 23 and now I'm 40.
Hello. I am somewhat in your position. I will also explain that I am your age. When I was a student I was a very weak boy. I didn't play sports because I was always beaten in the teams and I felt inferior, and at that time I was diagnosed with a disease I didn't suspect. Over the years, I realized that one should not give up as much as and be difficult. I started playing sports at the age of 20 and now I feel differently - I signed up for swimming and go to the gym when I have time, because I study and work and sometimes there is not enough time left, but I try to find. If I could return now time back, I certainly would not give up the sport on an amateur level because of my physical problems. This was the biggest mistake of my life. My idea is that it's not too late to exercise at all - you can work wonders with yourself and work wonders for your body. You may not become a professional athlete, but that shouldn't stop you from training where you can. Just don't stop, because perseverance is the key to success. Success !
It's not too late to start, I would recommend karate or jujitsu, but you said you are not attracted to martial arts. However, if you decide - there are regular opportunities to perform, every 2-3 months there are national and international competitions and no one will ask you how old you are. Either you are good or you are not :) Good luck!
It's too late for professional sports. For example, in tennis everyone starts at the age of 3-4, and there is a Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis who started at 2, I don't know how.
Yeah, yeah. I have heard of a very famous tennis player who started at the age of one.
Emmy, train levers and fitness ... it's too late for your professional career.
table tennis
Is it too late to start playing tennis? At the age of 14 I did not play tennis but I have a desire. I trained football, but I have an allergy to grass and I had to stop
For a professional career - you have no chance. It starts there at 5, but to train something for your own pleasure, it's not too late even at 80. So just find the sport you like best, buy a team and go bold!
Isn't it possible if I train constantly to succeed in a professional career? (I have a great desire)
From the very way you formulated your post, it is clear that there is no way to win titles as a professional. If the first thing that pops into your head are medals and cups, not the sport itself, it's clear that you have no desire for anything but a medal. And it is not possible without desire.
So, let's see how things look objectively. At the age of 23, as far as I understand, without physical training and a special culture of movement, without training / systematic physical and aerobic exercise for many years and a sedentary lifestyle. Do you still want to focus on a new sport that you can do professionally to the point of competing and receiving awards, medals and cups? You obviously are not interested in the only sport you practiced as a child (basketball) and in which you probably have some basis. Martial arts, which allow you to start at a later age and appear in competitions, do not attract you. You can't swim either, and once you point it out, I guess you don't want to learn. So, how to make the number from the couch, on the award ladder? What is your attitude to the riskier sports - skateboarding, old bike? Or to competitive cycling - there are also a lot of tournaments and competitions and it is relatively safe, and the average age is higher? Sport climbing is also a good idea - there are also not started from an early age, and there is an opportunity to train not only outdoors but also in the gym. But again, endurance, flexibility and more specific qualities and physique are required. It's hard, and you're not angry, but you sound a little spoiled and grown in a pot "the sea is knee-deep" type. Except to suggest you try chess? In terms of physical condition it will not be a challenge, you will also have the opportunity to participate in tournaments. However, it requires highly developed logical thinking and combinability, which, given the nature of the topic and the questions asked, seems to me to be a challenge. So what's left? Professional billiards? Badminton? Folklore dances?