athletic performance

Competitive physical achievement

Athletic performance is how well someone executes physical activities requiring strength, speed, endurance, or coordination.

The term appears in sports science, training discussions, and product marketing: supplements claiming to enhance athletic performance, Her athletic performance declined after the injury.

It encompasses measurable outcomes—times, distances, scores—and subjective assessments of skill and execution.

Opposites
physical capability and achievement

athletic performancedeconditioning

Loss of conditioned response

physical impairment · frailty · debilitation · sluggishness · out of shape

activity type

athletic performanceinactivity

Lack of movement

desk work · spectating · watching sports · sedentary lifestyle · idleness

participant role

athletic performancespectating

Viewing an event unfold

observing · viewing

Family

performance, athletic

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G