Physical education has the functions of physical fitness and entertainment, as well as education, politics and economy. It can also be said that sports have different functions in different historical stages, but since the emergence of sports, gun fitness and its entertainment have always been the main function of sports. Sports is a complex social and cultural phenomenon, which takes physical activity as the basic means and aims at strengthening physical fitness, improving health and cultivating people's various psychological qualities. Especially with the development of social economy, people's living standards have been improved, and people's spiritual needs are higher than material needs. People's understanding of sports is not limited to physical fitness, but also hopes to gain more spiritual enjoyment by participating in sports activities. For example, people watch sports games, beautiful sports moves, exciting games and so on.
Give people a beautiful enjoyment, and at the game site, with the progress of the game, people can shout loudly and vent their emotions to the fullest, which makes people feel relaxed mentally. A successful shot, a beautiful shot, aerobics with fast-paced music, etc. It is not only fitness, but more importantly, it gives people a sense of pleasure, accomplishment and comfort. These are the spiritual values that sports bring to people. The higher the living standard, the more people pay attention to the value of sportsmanship.
In addition, physical education also helps to cultivate people's brave and tenacious character, self-transcendence quality, will to meet challenges and ability to take risks, and helps to cultivate people's sense of competition, spirit of cooperation and concept of fairness. Some sports activities and sports events play an indispensable role in enriching people's cultural life, promoting collectivism and patriotism, and enhancing the centripetal force and cohesion of the country and the nation. Sports is a purposeful, conscious and organized social activity in the process of human social development, which follows the laws of human physical and mental development according to the needs of production and life, and takes physical exercise as the basic means to enhance physical fitness, improve sports technical level, carry out ideological and moral education and enrich social and cultural life. It is a special scientific field gradually established and developed with the development of human society. The concept of sports has broad sense and narrow sense.
Specific categories include:
1. A broad concept of sports (also known as sports). It refers to a conscious and organized social activity that takes physical exercise as the basic means to enhance people's physique, promote the all-round development of education, enrich social and cultural life and promote the construction of spiritual civilization. It is a part of the whole social culture, and its development is restricted by the politics and economy of a certain society and serves it.
2. The narrow concept of sports (also called sports). It is an educational process to develop the body, strengthen the physique, impart physical exercise knowledge and skills, and cultivate moral and will quality; It is the process of cultivating and shaping the human body; Is an important part of education; It is an important aspect of cultivating people with all-round development.
3. Competitive sports is also called "competitive sports". It refers to the scientific and systematic training and competition in order to beat opponents, achieve excellent sports results, and maximize the potential of individuals and groups in physical, physical, psychological and sports abilities. Including sports training and sports competition. It is characterized by: 1) fully mobilizing and exerting the potential of athletes in physical strength, intelligence and psychology; 2) Strong antagonism and competitiveness; 3) The contestants are full of physical strength and superb skills; 4) Competing according to internationally recognized uniform rules; 5) entertainment. Competitive sports in today's world are the product of social history. As early as 700 BC in ancient Greece, there were running, throwing, wrestling and other events, and there have been hundreds of them so far. Common sports are track and field, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, football, table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, swimming and cycling. Various countries and regions also have their own special national traditional projects, such as China Wushu, rattan ball in Southeast Asia, Cabadie and so on. Its development is closely related to politics, economy, culture, education and science and technology of countries and regions.
4. Leisure sports refers to sports activities that are conducted in leisure time or at a specific time for the purpose of entertaining the body and mind. It has the characteristics of amateur, recreational and entertaining. The content generally includes ball games, activity games, tourism, chess and cards and traditional national sports activities. According to the organization of activities, it can be divided into individuals, families and collectives; According to the activity conditions, it can be divided into indoor and outdoor; According to competitiveness, it can be divided into competitive and non-competitive; According to the mode of operation, it can be divided into commercial and non-commercial; According to the way to participate in activities, it can be divided into ornamental activities and sports activities. Carrying out recreational sports activities is conducive to physical and mental health, cultivating sentiment and cultivating noble character.
5. Mass sports is also called "social sports" and "mass sports". It is the general name of sports activities widely carried out in the society for the purpose of entertaining the body and mind, strengthening the body, preventing and treating diseases and cultivating sports reserve talents. Including staff sports, farmers sports, community sports, elderly sports, women sports, disabled sports and so on. The main forms are exercise groups, sports teams, counseling stations, sports homes, sports activity centers, sports clubs, chess clubs, and individual free physical exercise. To carry out mass sports activities should follow the principles of people, places, times, amateur, voluntary, small, diverse and civilized. Carrying out mass sports activities extensively is an important way to give full play to the social function of sports, improve the quality of the people and complete sports tasks.
6. Medical sports refers to a medical method that uses sports to treat certain diseases and injuries and restore and improve the body function. Compared with other treatment methods, its characteristics are as follows: 1) is an active therapy, which requires thinkers to actively participate in the treatment process and treat diseases through exercise; 2) It is a kind of systemic therapy, which improves the whole body function through nerve and nerve reflex mechanism, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening physique and improving resistance; 3) It is a kind of natural therapy, which uses the inherent natural function of human beings (exercise) as a treatment method, and is generally not limited by time, place and equipment conditions. Medical gymnastics, jogging, walking, cycling, qigong, Tai Ji Chuan, special sports equipment (such as tensioners and automatic treadmills). ), sunbathing, air bath and water bath are usually used as treatment means. Should vary from person to person, persevere, step by step, with drug or surgical treatment, psychological counseling. Two cadres have used "guidance" and "health preservation" as a means to prevent and treat diseases many years ago, and then they have been continuously developed and improved, becoming an important part of sports medicine in China.
7. The essence of sports. It refers to the inherent fundamental characteristics of sports and is a kind of sports activity and social and cultural activity of human society. 8. The essential characteristics of sports. It develops the body, strengthens the physique, promotes the all-round development of people and serves 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.