Introduction: The confinement conditions, as a measure to avoid the spread of COVID-19, have psychologically impacted the athletes of the Cuban sports movement. During this stage, the specialists of the Institute of Medicine of the Sport (IMD) Psychology Subdirectorate carried out telepsychological coverage through information and communication technologies. Objective: the objective was aimed at identifying the main adaptive difficulties faced by cubans athletes in the confinement stage, the subjective content most addressed by the specialists who provided support and the types of interventions most used through this type of work. Methodology: To carry out this work, 58 monthly reports of the psychological state of the athletes were collected during the pandemic stage. Results: It was found that the variables and subjective contents most attended were the perception of risk of contracting Covid-19 and the emotional reactions associated with the health crisis, the discipline in the fulfillment of the training tasks, the mood and the suspension of sports activities. Motivational difficulties were associated with the use of goal setting and anxiety with cognitive-behavioral interventions and with the management of arousal. Conclusions: It was concluded that the difficulties manifested by the largest number of athletes were anxiety, lack of motivation and boredom, which led to various types of telepsychological interventions in correspondence with the difficulties encountered, among which the most used were the cognitive type.
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