(School of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China) Abstract: The traditional sports is "native sports" based on "foreign sports", that is local sports. Physical education is an education that cultivates students' comprehensive development in physical fitness, morality and intelligence. Sports used as teaching materials for physical education are used to educate students. To be precise, they are used to cultivate students' comprehensive development in physical fitness, morality, and intelligence. Examining traditional sports from the perspectives of "sports principles" and "physical education teaching materials and teaching methods", it can be concluded that "local sports should not be used as traditional sports to protect", "traditional sports)is not suitable for physical education teaching materials as sports", "the physical culture should be taken care of as traditional culture", "local sports should be taken care of as a Chinese element in sports" and "local sports should be positioned as a Chinese element in physical education teaching materials". Keywords: traditional sports;local sports;Chinese elements;sports principles;physical education teaching materials and teaching methods |