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Abstract

Publication Date

1-14-2026

Abstract

Zhang Yong is the first person to obtain a doctoral degree in modern China's sports world, choosing sports as his lifelong career and leaving more sports theories and practical experiences for China's sports academics, but there are quite a few results of the current research on Zhang Yong's sports thought. Method: literature method. A total of 19 articles published by Zhang Yong was collected. 1. advocated the establishment of sports administration departments and sports inspectors. Zhang Yong defended his doctoral dissertation, “State Organization and Administration of Health and Physical Education,” at Columbia University in the United States in March 1932, and after returning to China in that year, he combined his doctoral dissertation with his proposal to set up a department of physical education and a sports inspectorate, which was finally adopted. To this day, the achievements made in the field of sports cannot be separated from the scientific management of the sports administration. 2. Advocating the popularization of sports, so that every child can enjoy the happiness brought by sports. Zhang Yong found that many students were interested in sports and that the purpose of sports was not to cultivate proud and untamed athletes, but to let students have fun through sports and cultivate the spirit of national unity and cooperation. 3. Advocating the study of foreign languages and translating foreign works. Zhang Yong has translated more than a hundred foreign writings and news articles, among which “Sports in America” has provided valuable reference materials for the study of modern foreign sports. Conclusion: 1. Provide theoretical support for the targeted integration of physical education and competitive sports. More scholars are needed to go to the grassroots level the difficulties and highlights in the process, realize the in-depth integration of physical education and competitive sports. 2. Provide practical direction for the full implementation of physical education classes, so that students can enjoy the fun of sports. Implement the “four-in-one” guideline. 3. Enhance the foreign language learning of physical education teachers, so that they can learn about Chinese and foreign countries, past and present. There is an urgent need to cultivate interpreters who know, understand, and love sports as Zhang Yong does.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18122/ijpah.5.1.170.boisestate

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