I. Social function
1, educational function
The educational function of physical education is embodied by the promotion and development of physical education to people's body and mind, so as to promote the realization of educational goals.
2. Political function
As a social, cultural and educational activity with wide influence in the world, physical education has a close relationship with politics in today's society and has a unique function in safeguarding the interests of the ruling class and handling international and ethnic relations.
Mainly reflected in: sports can enhance the prestige of the country and the nation, sports can serve the country's diplomacy, and sports can also enhance national unity.
3. Economic function
The role of sports in promoting economic development. The connection between sports and economy began with the development of modern market economy.
The economic function of sports is mainly reflected in the following aspects: sports can improve the quality of workers and promote the development of productive forces; Sports can promote consumption and expand economic growth point.
4. Cultural function
As a practical activity, the cultural value of sports represented by the Olympic Games lies in people's own value, that is, people's comprehensive, free and harmonious development, which is the harmonious unity of individual personality and social personality.
Second, individual function.
1, the fitness function of sports
One of the functions of sports to individuals. The function of physical exercise is mainly reflected in the following aspects: Physical exercise can promote the health of individuals by promoting the healthy development of the eight systems of the human body, namely, the motor system, nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system, endocrine system, immune system and urinary system.
2. Healthy psychological function
Physical education plays a role in healthy psychology by developing people's cognitive ability, perfecting people's personality and temperament, and enhancing people's will quality.
3. Interpersonal function
Participating in sports activities, especially some collective sports activities that can only be completed through cooperation, can increase interpersonal communication, break self-isolation, make people gain self-confidence, and thus change participants' views on life and their own personality and behavior.
4. Leisure and entertainment functions
Leisure and entertainment are free, voluntary and pleasant activities in people's leisure time. As a physical activity to develop people's "self-nature", sports play an irreplaceable personal and social function in leisure and entertainment.
5. Aesthetic function of life
Beauty is the expression of human vitality. Sports can greatly stimulate and promote the beauty of human life. The core of "the beauty of life" is "caring for yourself", emphasizing self-concern, dealing with others and paying attention to physical experience. Sports stimulate and hone the beauty of human biological life and spiritual life through various sports forms, and enhance human vitality.
Extended data:
Sports industry is an important part of modern service industry, a new economic growth point and an important carrier to promote social employment. Sports industry has become internationally recognized as the most dynamic industry in 2 1 century. It is a sunrise industry, a health industry and a green industry with high permeability, cross-cutting and pulling.
Sports industry is a pillar industry in developed countries. In North America, Western Europe and Japan, the annual output value of sports industry ranks among the top ten industries in China. Although the history of sports industrialization is less than 100 years, its development speed far exceeds other industries, with an annual growth rate of 20%, and its output value accounts for less than 1% of GDP, which is nearly 10 times lower than that of developed countries in Europe and America.
In China's macroeconomic environment, with the increase of per capita income, leisure time, sports consumption and the promulgation of "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Sports Industry", it is believed that China's sports industry will usher in a golden stage of development.
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