Theories of Physical Culture and Sports

Theories of Physical Culture

• A theory summarizes knowledge, social practice, and experience, revealing new patterns related to physical culture.
• This includes theories of physical culture, health-improving physical culture, physical culture and sports activity, physical education, and sports training.

Production of New Knowledge

• Producing new knowledge involves identifying patterns of influence factors of physical culture and sports on a person's physical improvement.
• This includes physical culture and sports sciences, theories of physical culture and sports, physical culture and sports pedagogy, and theories and methods of a chosen sport, and theories of sports training.

Physical Culture in a Broad Sense

• Physical culture is part of the general culture of a society.
• It encompasses physical activity.
• It includes a set of useful results from physical culture and sports activities.
• It also includes a set of objective values created in society, and the results of physical activity.

Results of Physical Education

• Physical education results in physical perfection, the effectiveness of physical culture and sports activities, physical fitness, physical education, and physical culture of the individual.

Physical Education as a Process

• Physical education is a process and a result of educating physical qualities, improving physical fitness, motor skills, physical culture development, and improving motor skills.

Formation of Motor Skills

• Vital motor skills, skills, and physical education knowledge are central tasks.
• This includes general applied, vocational and preparatory, sports-oriented, socially-oriented, and personality-oriented directions of physical education.

Scientific Methods

• Common scientific methods include theoretical analysis and generalization, pedagogical supervision, pedagogical experiment, statistical methods, and expert assessment.

Criteria for Physical Perfection

• Criteria for physical perfection include norms and requirements of state programs, consistent with a unified sports classification, participation in physical culture and recreation, knowledge acquired from physical education and sports activities, skill levels in a sport, and participation in sports and competitive events.