Sports motivation in athletes in the face of psychosocial risk and pandemic due to COVID 19
Abstract
In this chapter, the reader will discover the importance of motivation in general
and sports through a tour of the most critical theories in the field. Furthermore,
we present the experiences of a group of young athletes during the quarantine due
to the covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Panama. Also, the reader will be able
to identify the psychosocial risk variables and how sports is a mitigation factor for
covid-19.