There are many ways of human movement, and the vocabulary used to express it is also varied. For example, there were "gymnastics", "competition" and "competition" in ancient Greece; In ancient China, there were "keeping in good health" and "keeping fit". Due to the differences in geography, history and culture, there are obvious differences in the ways and manifestations of human movement between the East and the West.

But one thing in common is that the word "sports" was not used in the early days. This word first appeared in Emile published by Rousseau 1762. It means sports. Later, the pioneers of Germany, Denmark and Sweden, known as the father of sports, wrote books and formed a relatively complete physical training system of gymnastics.

1868 Japan introduced the word "gymnastics" from Europe, 1878 Fujimori officially used the word "sports". Before and after the Reform Movement of 1898, China sent a large number of overseas students to Japan, and the word "sports" was introduced to China through students studying in Japan. It was first published in the translation of Hangzhou Vernacular Newspaper 1902.

In China, the word "sports" first appeared in 1904 (30th year of Guangxu). When it comes to children's comprehensive education, the Regulations on Kindergarten Setting in Hubei Province says, "Keep healthy and vigorous, and develop sports bases." 1905 also mentioned in "Teaching Introduction of Hunan Mengyang College": "Sports Kung Fu and gymnastics develop on the surface, while music and songs develop inside."

In China, the earliest sports group was the "Shanghai Confucian Merchants Games" held in Shanghai in 1906. 1907 Qiu Jin, a famous female revolutionary in China, also founded a sports meeting in Shaoxing. In the same year, the word "movement" began to appear in the memorials of the Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, the word "movement" gradually began to be used.

Wuxi Sports Association officially used the word "sports", which was published in 1930 Shanghai Political and Art Bulletin, and was immediately accepted by the society. Thus, the word "sports" took root in our country.

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Sports is a general term for all organized or unorganized participants to provide entertainment for them by using, maintaining or improving their physical fitness. There are hundreds of sports in the world with different forms. Some sports need only two people to complete, while others need a team of many people to complete.

Sports are generally considered to include all activities based on athletes' mental or physical coordination ability. Large-scale sports events such as the Olympic Games are only allowed to enter sports that meet this definition. Other organizations, such as the European Parliament, also exclude some activities that do not contain physical exercise elements from the concept of sports.

But some activities with competitive characteristics but lack of physical exercise are also considered as sports, such as mental exercise.

The International Olympic Committee regards chess and bridge as "real" sports, while SportAccord, the Federation of International Sports Federations, regards five kinds of sports without physical activity as sports. However, there are still a few mental exercises that can be regarded as sports.

There will be a series of rules or traditions in sports to ensure the consistency of fair competition and winning or losing decisions. Whether you win or not may be determined by a physical event, such as scoring a goal or crossing the finish line first, or the referee may score according to objective or subjective performance indicators.

In organized sports, there is usually a record of outstanding performance. In some popular sports, such information may be widely reported in sports news. At the same time, sports is also a form of entertainment for non-participants. Ornamental sports often attract a large number of spectators to watch in venues, but also reach a wider audience through broadcasting.

With the expansion of international exchanges, the scale and level of sports development has become an important symbol to measure the development and progress of a country and society, and also an important means of diplomatic and cultural exchanges between countries. A country's sports development level is measured by the following aspects: people's physical quality level, sports popularization level, sports science theory and sports facilities level, sports technology level and the best sports achievements.

Sports can be divided into mass sports, professional sports, school sports and sports competitions. Including sports culture, sports education, sports activities, sports competitions, sports facilities, sports organizations and sports science and many other elements.

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