Coubertin was born into a French aristocratic family. His childhood was a period when his country lost in the Franco-Prussian War. The failure of the country and the decline of the nation became the lingering shadow of Coubertin's childhood, which also inspired his determination to become a sports power. In addition, Coubertin was influenced by ancient Greek civilization and culture when he was young, especially the philosophy of the common development of body and spirit. Among them, Coubertin was deeply attracted by the description of the ancient Olympic Games, which combined religious sacrifice and military connotation.
The social background of the rise and fall of the country and the enlightenment of education, this collision and impact made Coubertin subtly take root in the will to combine the Olympic movement with education. Coubertin's Olympic education thought was also inspired by the predecessors in the field of education. First of all, Thomas, a modern British educator? Arnold integrated sports and sportsmanship into middle school education, which enabled British teenagers to gain knowledge in school, strengthen their physique and shape their lifelong unyielding sportsmanship.
British doctor William? Penny. Brooks has been hosting the Olympic Games in wenlock for many years. His many years of correspondence with Coubertin, especially Brooks' more perfect and systematic Olympic concept, benefited Coubertin a lot. In addition, young Coubertin crossed the Atlantic twice. At that time, the magnificent scene of the vigorous development of college sports in the United States not only strengthened Coubertin's determination to combine sports with education, but also strengthened his long-standing Olympic spirit and enhanced the international vision of Olympic education.