The origin of school recess exercise

As early as the end of 1970s, the number of students increased sharply, and some schools could not carry out large-scale collective broadcasting practice at the same time because of the venue, so they started a variety of sports activities during recess practice. For example, in the March issue of 1977, "New Sports", there are pictures reporting the colorful inter-class exercises at Nanping Primary School in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province. The third issue of Jiangsu Sports Science and Technology 1982 also reported 1979. Since September, the former No.1 Middle School of Nanjing Chemical Company's employees' children has concentrated on the playground alternately doing broadcast exercises, self-made aerobics and rhythmic gymnastics. It can be said that in the late 1970s, it has become a clue for China to carry out and study large-scale recess sports activities.

1979

Mr. Liu Shaozeng's translation of Japanese Primary and Secondary School Physical Education from the Soviet Union's School Physical Education magazine appeared in the translation of recess.

The word "big recess" introduces the way of big recess activities in Japanese primary and secondary schools. This is the earliest use found so far.

The data record is similar to "big recess activities". After that, the school sports circle in Shanghai began to call recess exercise "recess"

For example, in the book Extracurricular Sports Activities published by Shanghai Education Publishing House in February, 1985, there is an arrangement of "big recess activities" in a primary school in this city. In the article "Guaranteeing students to have an hour of physical exercise every day" reported in the No.1 1982 issue of School Physical Education magazine, there are "big recess activities (

Except for eye exercises), this may be the earliest saying of "big recess sports activities" in China.

It can be seen that recess exercise is a kind of exercise method for students with China characteristics. It has nothing to do with the former Soviet Union. Judging from the current conditions, this kind of exercise still has a long way to go.