In general, the point of reference of motivation psychology is the questions that ask WHY, because it has to do with the external and internal conditions of human actions. The ultimate goal of this research is the psychological approach to sports / mass sports. The method adopted for the study was a literature review. With respect to the present study, it is found that in explaining the complexity of this human behaviour, the terms motivation and driving force are used from sociology and psychology, which in turn are descriptions of a hypothetical construction. The word motivation is not a descriptive but an explanatory concept. Motivation is an evaluation parameter that characterizes a person and guides his/her actions. The use of motivations can be the result of exogenous and endogenous factors. Elements that are not related to the subject such as avoiding punishment, social recognition or material goods are characteristics of exogenous motivations. In endogenous factors, the process of prompting is caused by the situation itself. Of great importance for those involved in sports is the question of the motivations that incite to sports activities. The answer to this question not only requires the ability to determine human behaviour, but also leads to new conclusions about method and learning, i.e. creating a sports offer. If we go back two decades, in different sub-branches of Psychology and Sociology, the change of motivation in sports is evaluated completely differently. Traditional motivations, like performance and personal improvement as well as competition and success, have lost their importance in view of health, entertainment and recreation motivations, and are currently ranked at the bottom of the motivation list. Finally, it is clear that motivations in sports / mass sports are not individual phenomena because they are complex, and may be based on a structure of multiple motivations of physical, mental, social and historical origin (ZAROTIS et al.