This team of 80-year-old female basketball players proves age is just a number
The San Diego Splash may be the oldest team in the San Diego Senior Women’s Basketball Association but they are proving that they are a force to be reckoned with.
The team, where all players must be 80 or over to join, play to win and currently have two titles at the National Senior Games.
Two of the women on their team, Meg Skinner and Grace Larson, are 91.
The team plays three-on-three in 30-minute court games and the players are leading health due to the strenuous exercise they regularly dedicate themselves to.
"A lot of my childhood friends thought I was crazy at 66 to be playing basketball. They said, 'You'll break an arm, you'll break a leg,'" 87-year-old Marge Carl told ESPNW.
"You know, I'm the only one surviving of my childhood friends. They're all gone, every one of them."
Grace Larson explained that she is making up for the time in her childhood when she could not play basketball.
"I was 78 when I got my first basketball shoes, so that was a thrill. Growing up, we didn't have sports like the girls do today. We didn't have the opportunity to play."
Grace describes her team as “friendship, a sisterhood, a family”.
"It's the nicest group of people from all walks of life."
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