Abstract: Physical Education in higher vocational colleges is the last stage for students to study physical education in school. In this stage, cultivating students' awareness of lifelong physical education can help students establish correct life values. Lifelong physical education is the ultimate goal of physical education, and campus sports is the basis of life-long sports. Its purpose is to cultivate students' interest in sports, Sports habits and sense of participation, so as to adhere to exercise. Taking physical education in Higher Vocational Colleges as an example, this paper analyzes how to improve students' awareness of lifelong physical education, analyzes the problems existing in physical education teaching in higher vocational colleges, and puts forward the development strategies of lifelong physical education. Through diversified teaching methods, students can have a strong interest in sports, so as to cultivate students' awareness of lifelong sports, and comprehensively develop moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor to meet the needs of modern quality education and social development.

Key words: Higher vocational colleges, Students' lifelong sports consciousness, Physical education teaching, Reform and exploration