What are the six categories of special sports skills?

The current six categories commonly used in the field of domestic physical education are derived from the 2022 version of the compulsory education physical education and health curriculum standards, which are ball sports, track and field sports, gymnastics, water and ice and snow sports, martial arts and traditional ethnic and folk sports, and emerging sports. Of course, there are always different opinions on classification in the industry. Many first-line coaches feel that the sports logic and venue requirements of water and ice and snow sports are too different, and they should be split into two categories, and then the outdoor survival category should be separated into a new six categories. However, the current mainstream certification system still uses the six categories in the curriculum standard.

I have been coaching primary and secondary school sports teams for almost ten years. When choosing introductory sports for children, the first ones chosen are always ball games, such as basketball, football, table tennis, and badminton. The threshold is low and two people can play together, and results are obtained quickly. Playing in district-level primary and secondary school leagues, you can practice for half a year before you can play and gain experience. On the contrary, track and field seems to have the lowest threshold. Who can't run and jump? Only when you really have to practice special events will you know that there are the most pitfalls. There was a kid in the second grade of junior high school who was watching videos at home to practice standing long jump. He would not lose force when he landed. The shock made his meniscus hurt for two months. Later, he corrected the order of force exertion and it gradually improved. Speaking of track and field, it is actually the basis of all sports. I really understood the logic of movements and started to switch to other events much faster than others.

Many people's understanding of gymnastics is still limited to competitive events such as uneven bars and floor exercises in the Olympics. In fact, the aerobics, cheerleading, and even the forward roll and balance beam walking that children in kindergarten learn are all part of the category of gymnastics. Basic abilities such as core control and body coordination can be improved significantly by practicing basic gymnastics movements for two months compared to half a year of running. Many of my friends who run marathons take two classes a week to practice core gymnastics, and their scores can be improved by several minutes.

It is actually quite pragmatic to put water and ice and snow sports in the same category. After all, they are both highly site-dependent projects. Southern cities have abundant water resources, and many children practice swimming, paddleboarding, and rowing since childhood. In the north, ski resorts and ice hockey rinks are everywhere in winter, and everyone chooses projects based on local resources. , after the popularity of indoor ski resorts and constant-temperature swimming pools in the past two years, the boundaries between north and south are not so clear. I took my children to Shanghai to participate in the Youth Invitational Tournament last year, and I saw that half of the local ice hockey clubs were children born and raised in the south, and they skated harder than many children from the northern youth training teams.

Martial arts and traditional folk sports are not as old-fashioned as everyone thinks. In addition to conventional martial arts events such as Tai Chi, Changquan, and Nanquan, shuttlecock kicking, diabolo shaking, spinning tops, dragon boat racing, and even Mongolian Boke and Tibetan Abjia are all included. In this category, our district held a sports and cultural festival last year. The most popular event was not the basketball three-point contest, but the diabolo-shaking competition for the middle-aged and elderly groups. It was crowded three floors inside and three floors outside. Many children signed up to learn on the spot after watching it. It was full of fun and cultural attributes.

The most flexible ones are emerging sports. The popular Frisbee, skateboarding, rock climbing, orienteering, and surfing. As long as they are new sports that have a wide audience and meet the attributes of physical exercise, they can basically be classified into this category. Last year, our school opened the Frisbee elective course, and those who signed up It is twice as large as the football class, and many children who usually do not like to move are willing to run and play. However, there has been discussion in the industry that such projects are updated too fast. Maybe new popular projects will appear in two years, and the subsequent classification standards may be adjusted accordingly.