As an important part of human culture, sports gradually formed and developed with the development of human society. According to the research of historians and archaeologists, as early as primitive times, human beings passed on walking, running, jumping, throwing, climbing and jumping as the most basic skills and abilities in productive labor and daily life to the next generation. This is the bud of human teaching and sports activities. The development of sports is closely related to the development of education, military affairs, science and technology, and people's religious activities and leisure activities. It must be pointed out that in the whole historical development process, sports are restricted and served by certain political and economic conditions. The development of sports has roughly experienced the following three periods: the embryonic period of primitive sports; Consciously engaged in sports period; The formation and perfection period of sports system. After these three periods, the modern sports system gradually formed; The development of competitive sports is the main driving force to promote the development of modern sports.

Sports concept

According to the world sports data, the word "sports" was first used by the French to discuss children's sports in the French newspaper 1760 (educational physique), and now "physical education" is widely used to refer to "sports" in the world. Its original meaning refers to education through physical activities, which is literally translated as physical education. The word "sports" is usually thought to originate from the Latin word "displace", which originally meant to leave work to play, play and engage in recreational activities. Later, a new concept was gradually formed, that is, competitive sports.