The essential feature of sports is to develop the body, strengthen the physique, promote the all-round development of people and serve the social development through physical exercise. In the process of social development, it is restricted by certain politics and economy, and serves certain politics and economy. Sports has the dual attributes of nature and society. Natural attributes such as methods and means of exercise; Social attributes such as sports concept and system.
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Sports develops with the development of human society, and originates from the needs of human labor and social life. Primitive humans developed the ability of walking, running, jumping, throwing, swimming and crawling in labor and struggle for existence, and also changed their natural conditions.
With the development of social production, culture and education, sports is separated from labor and becomes an independent form. However, it was called "gymnastics" in ancient western Europe, "martial arts" in Japan and "health preservation", "guidance" and martial arts in China. The word "sports" was not used until the end of 18.
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