This study investigated the view that the physical education teacher, who works in high school, has about the application of sport in their classes at school. We sought to identify which design attributed to sport and competition as well as verify the meaning of sports in this context. In a qualitative study, information was collected from a diagnostic form of schools, and a semistructured interview with these professionals. A general question guided the research: How do you see the relation Sports / Physical Education? The answers were interpreted using the technique of content analysis, BARDIN (2004). The study consists of two steps, first is a literature review on the issues that permeate sports in high school physical education and in the second, the methodological development of this research. These results suggest the sport due to the following themes: sport and education, declaring a lack of commitment by teachers, sports and health, which is configured with conceptual errors; sport and competition, which demonstrates a selective emphasis on practice, sport as a cultural aspect, seen as vital in contributing to society's culture, sport in the perspective of traditional methods, defined as unique perspectives in pedagogical practice sport and inclusion that reveals the predominance of exclusive activities to more skilled.
School physical education; Pedagogy of the sport; Medium teaching