Study On The Factors That Determine Abandonment In Performance Sport In Romania

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious effects on communities globally, leading to significant restrictions on all aspects of society, including sports. Several significant decisions have been made to postpone or cancel major swimming events by FINA (International Swimming Federation) and IBF (International Basketball Federation), including the unprecedented decision of the WHO (World Health Organization) and CIO (International Olympic Committee), to postpone the Summer Olympics, Tokyo 2020, for the period 23.07-08.08.2021. In addition to the structural aspect of the competition plan, in our study, we will look at how the COVID-19 pandemic affected athletes and coaches at the individual level and the professional relationship between them, as well as the dynamic and complex process of physical and psychological effects that isolation and the lack of training and competition activity have produced or not, anxiety or psychological disorders at the level of cadets and juniors both in individual sports (swimming) and in a team sport (basketball).