S2 EP 12 - Age & Sports Participation

Drs. Jessica Kirby (UCCS) and Cassandra Phoenix (Durham Univ) join us to discuss aging and sports participation across the life course. We begin by challenging the ageist narrative of aging as a process of decline. We push back on that idea to argue that people across their life course participate in sports in a variety of ways and for a variety of purposes including skill development, competition, exercise, and community building. We go on to explore older adults' different engagements in sports and barriers they experience. We ultimately focus on ways in which sports participation can be encouraged at all ages from youth to older years. Join the conversation of the Sports in Society discord server: https://discord.gg/QDzzETYThv