Los autores de este documento quieren dirigirse al deportista que va a realizar una actividad deportiva de tipo recreacional con el fin de aportarle indicaciones, recomendaciones y consejos que le permitirán realizar su deporte de la forma más satisfactoria y saludable posible. En primer lugar, hay que decir que la práctica deportiva es fundamentalmente recomendable y beneficiosa, incluso para mejorar la salud. Por ello, se anima a cualquier persona a buscar una actividad deportiva que satisfaga sus gustos y necesidades y que la realice regular e ininterrumpidamente.

Sport is a common phenomenon that has increased in importance at social level not only due to its media coverage but especially due to the number of practitioners of diverse sport activities and modalities. The most important circumstance apart from the development of professional sport concerns the significant increase of recreational sport among amateur athletes as it is indicated in the last questionnaire about sport habits published in 2015. It is pointed out that the 53.5% of the 15-years-old or more population practiced sport, on regular basis or eventually1 , in the last year as it can be observed by the high participation rates registered in popular races in recent years.