How to understand the educational function of the Olympic Movement

The Olympic Movement has a direct educational function. Olympism first regards education as its core content. Coubertin and the founders of the modern Olympic Movement realized that in order for sports to play its role in promoting the all-round development of mankind and realize its goal of transforming society, it is necessary to combine sports with education and culture closely. Whether in ancient Greece or Britain, the earliest public schools to carry out outdoor activities and competitive sports, the educational function of competitive sports has been fully exerted. In competitive sports, teenagers get not only developed muscles, symmetrical limbs and sharp minds, but also sound psychological quality and good social morality.

1894 On the occasion of the founding of the International Olympic Games, the theme of discussion is the value of education. Coubertin originally wanted to use modern Olympic sports to cheer up the decadent French youth who suffered a disastrous defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. After deeply studying the history of the ancient Olympics and inspecting the education in Britain, he expanded his vision to the whole world, determined to educate the young people all over the world with the special form of the Olympic Movement, exercised their will, strengthened their physique and cultivated their good character in the process of organizing them to participate in competitive sports.

The educational function of the Olympic movement is all-round. Olympism, Olympic spirit, Olympic purpose and Olympic ideal all inspire and inspire young people. The Olympic Games also aims to educate young people through the combination of competitive sports and culture and the role models of athletes.

In order to make Olympic athletes strictly abide by noble moral standards and the spirit of fair competition, the Olympic Games has designed a solemn ceremony, in which athletes solemnly swear the Olympic rings and the national flag, indicating that cheating is not only a stain on their personal character, but also a blasphemy against the sacred Olympic ideal, the whole international community and their motherland. Pursuing human ideals, respecting other countries, loving one's own country, purifying athletes' hearts, and making participating in the Olympic Games a sacred activity. At the same time, it is also an excellent form of education for hundreds of millions of teenagers.

The main target of the Olympic Games is young people all over the world. Teenagers are the most active and conservative group in society. They envy heroes, worship heroes and are eager to be heroes. Olympism believes that setting an example is an important way of education. Over the past 100 years, many heroes have emerged in the Olympic Games, and their indomitable spirit has become a great spiritual force to inspire the vast number of young people.