https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/2021-12-062021-12-062021-03-30http://repositorio2.udelas.ac.pa/handle/123456789/534In 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.application/pdf14 páginashttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/sports motivationCOVID-19psychosocial riskathletesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article