
You don’t want to hear this, and I certainly don’t want to write it, but when you hit 30 it’s nearly over as an elite sportsman. Unless you play darts.
You may yet have plenty left in your career, but the body enters a gradual stage of physical decline and, with each passing year, your game needs to adapt to be able to offset that. Joints creak, legs slow, every knock you take hurts that little more.