There are different forms of sports recreation that will be explained in this paper. Sports recreation is very important for both physical and mental health. Today, every person is free to decide for himself about his health. That is how he evaluates whether something is good or bad, enough or too much for him. Therefore, it is very important for people to be aware of the positive effects of sports recreation on their health. In recent years, the importance of sports recreation has been intensively emphasized. Social networks also contribute to this, through which coaches and other people show how to exercise and what benefits a person can get from it. When an individual on social networks sees how others exercise, how they look, and at the same time reads how good they feel because of it, he may get the desire to start doing it himself. In the world, but also in the Republic of Croatia, people are trying to set aside more and more time for some kind of sports activity. The state by itself cannot punish those who do nothing in this regard, but it can make some guidelines and recommendations that they impose on citizens on a daily basis. Therefore, the Ministry of Health adopted the „Strategic framework for the development of mental health until 2030“ according to which, among other things, sports recreation will be encouraged. The subject of research in this work is the impact that sports recreation has on human mental health. The purpose of the work is to research the available literature on the mentioned topic and present concrete facts and knowledge about it. The goal of the research is to point out the importance of sports recreation among people and to highlight how the quality of life can be improved if individual trains regularly or do some kind of sports activity.