中学生正处于身心快速成长阶段,为增强他们体质、锻炼心理素质,应当对他们开展体育教学工作。新课改下的体育教育,不仅仅强调教学方法、教学内容的改变,更注重对学生自主体育训练习惯的培养。在新课改背景下,如何对山区中学的体育教学进行改革是本文关注的重点。一、中学体育教学作用在我国体育教学中,中学的体育教学工作是其重要一环,作用关键:首先,中学生处于身心飞速成长期,进行适当的体育训练有助于他们增强体质、形成良好心理素质; Middle school students are in a stage of rapid physical and mental growth. To enhance their physical fitness and exercise psychological quality, they should carry out physical education work for them. The physical education under the new curriculum reform not only emphasizes the change of teaching methods and teaching contents, but also pays more attention to the training of students’ independent sports training habits. Under the background of the new curriculum reform, how to reform the physical education in middle schools in mountainous areas is the focus of this article. First, the role of physical education in secondary schools in our country’s physical education teaching, physical education in secondary schools is an important part of its role, the key role: First of all, middle school students are physically and mentally rapid growth, appropriate physical training will help them to enhance physical fitness, form a good mentality. Quality;