When does an athlete peak?

When is your sporting peak? Mine was aged 19. Now I'm a washed up, injured mong.

Thoughts on this topic and you personally!?
http://richard-mills-sports.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/when-is-your-sporting-peak.html

I'm still waiting for mine.

Actually, at 22 I was tireless. I could do a speedy 8 mile run with a sprint finish then play a match straight after (I did so because I ran past the courts near the end and was called over to a match). I once played singles down the club all day, racking up 9 sets of competitive singles tennis (or what passed for that !) and ran out of light. At one stage I began wonder exactly what it would take to leave me fatigued.

Then I took work seriously and it's been downhill ever since. I'm now a washed up mong without the injury excuse.

Ok, I wasn't an athlete but I can't believe we ever beat true youth. We might become cleverer, or stronger, or even squeeze out some extra stamina through ruthless training, but the natural energy of youth can't be topped. For a pro athlete I can't believe their physical peak can be later that 27/8, any advantage after that is in the head.

An interesting question is with players maybe peaking later and going on longer. Are the old slam records or even 17 that safe anymore? Guys get a lot longer to develop and play for them than before

I would say my peak in my sporting days was 24-29. I played much better quality and I would say with more experience I was better. Physically it was downhill after 29. Mentally though I became sharper. It's one of those things where you wish you could put the accrued wisdom into my younger body.

When I was 17 I didn't know what fatigue was, I could play football, tennis, squash cricket day after day without a second thought. I think I was physically stronger and faster in my early twenties but the energy I had in my teens was limitless it seemed.