Youth Sports, Young Athletes Evaluation, Implications for Performance and Health

Dear Colleagues,

Sedentary lifestyle in childhood induces an elevated likelihood of overweight/obesity, a condition that promotes the development of hypertension, diabetes, and associated non-communicable diseases in adulthood.

Physical activity provides many benefits in children. The participation in organized sport allows these benefits to be maintained in the transition between childhood and adolescence. However, the transition from childhood to adolescence is crucial because the greatest mental health benefits deriving from physical activity are obtained during adolescence, and at this age sporting practice can be not infrequently abandoned.

The purpose of this research collection is to add information on

1) Advantages offered by sports activities in terms of metabolic parameters, performance, cognitive function, and motor coordination;

2) Strategies to avoid the abandonment of physical or sport activity in the transition from childhood to adolescence;

3) The applications of sport in young people in social or mental distress.

Specific research is welcome in this Special Issue in an attempt to focus the attention of researchers, physicians, coaches, athletic trainers, and policy makers on the importance of this issue for the benefit of future generations.

Dr. Gabriele Mascherini
Prof. Pietro Amedeo Modesti
Prof. Alfredo Irurtia
Prof. Jorge Castizo-Olier
Guest Editors

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