Is it time for sports and health in the era of covid-19 pandemic?

Abstract

When we took the initiative for this Special Issue, we were uncertain about its success. Would it get submissions? Would the submissions be of high quality? Hopefully, a large number of papers were published. These high-quality papers covered a wide range of topics in Sports and Health such as different ball games 1–6, training analyses 7,8, and health aspects such as vitamin D in adolescent athletes 9, treating obesity and the metabolic syndrome 10,11, infectious diseases such as HIV 12, exercise addiction 13, the level of mood and depression 14, tobacco use in elite athletes 15, and the aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic 16,17. We hope that these papers will contribute to the advancement of Sports and Health sciences by offering practical applications for professionals in the field.