Shanxi Province Of High Level Track Team To Implement "the Competition Of Education With" The Research Present Situation And Countermeasures

As China’s economy keeps developing in depth after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee in1978, developing athletes with overall quality has drawn increasing attention from the whole society. In the planned economy area prior to1978, the "three-level training network" deepened the contradictions between sport training and cultural education for the athletes. Moreover, with the further implementation of the strategy of "promoting sports by science and technology", there is an increasingly high demand for the athletes’cultural qualities; meanwhile the issue of re-employment of retired athletes has become increasingly acute. Therefore, it is urgent to achieve the coordinated development of the athlete’s cultural education and sports training, to cultivate all-round talents and establish a new educational system.At present, Shanxi Province develops its athletes in an independent mode set up by the physical education system. As the development of science makes an ever-higher demand on the athletes’cultural qualities, this independent mode is overwhelmed; ensuing problems like teaching management confusion, low educational quality and so forth hinder the improvement of the athletes’cultural qualities. As a result, the mode has lagged behind the development of sports in Shanxi Province. The present study intends to investigate the integration of "competition and teaching" in university high-level track and field teams in this province and provide reference for studies on the development and strategies of this integration of "competition and teaching".The objects of this research are six universities approved by the Ministry of Education, namely, Shanxi University, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University and North University of China. By using mathematical statistics, doing literature review, interviewing with experts and having questionnaires filled out by athletes and coaches from these six universities, the study makes a survey of the status quo of the integration of "competition and teaching" in university track and field teams in Shanxi Province. The study finds that:1.The overall performance of the coaches of university high-level track and field teams in this province is good. The structural configuration, that is, the coaches’qualification, age and professional titles, is reasonable. Furthermore, they have engaged themselves in this field for years. With a wealth of experience, their teaching practice provides the athletes with sound professional training. However, the problems of providing little training for the coaches and the lack of a complete hiring system in a way impede the improvement of the coaches.2.The common issues existing in university track and field teams in Shanxi Province are the lack of hardware facilities, serious shortage of training funds, and the absence of a sound management system, etc. These problems combined dampen the athletes and coaches’passion for training and competing, affect the implementation of the integration of "competition and teaching", and hamper the enhancement of the entire athletic performance of university track and field teams.3.In learning knowledge, the athletes of these teams haven’t developed a positive attitude or found a reasonable learning method. They are poorly prepared. It is therefore difficult for them to foster a positive attitude towards learning even though they are very enthusiastic about and good at sports. The lack of knowledge and a right attitude to learn it, together with the absence of a scientific outlook will do no good to help them find goals for their lives.4.The way of selecting athletes is unreasonable. Up to now, the major criterion of selecting athletes in this province is the athlete’s experience. This is highly unscientific, which to some extend has hindered the development of the entire track and field sports of universities in Shanxi.5.The performance of university track and field teams has a negative impact on the improvement of the entire competitive level of Shanxi. Sadly, relevant authorities haven’t realized the importance of this issue. They need to know that to achieve a high competitive level on a provincial scale, improving the performance of university high-level track and field teams is the first and a vital step.Natural selection assures the survival of the fittest. Not every athlete can achieve greatness. Many are forced to change career. Whether an athlete is on his or her way to be a great player or to change path, knowledge is a must for him or her to prosper or survive. The significance for a teenage athlete to learn knowledge is as great personally as to the reserve of sports talents of Shanxi university track and field teams. In summery, to further the integration of competition and teaching in university high-level track and field teams, we must cultivate compound talents by finding the balance of knowledge learning and sports training.