With the advancement of high-quality education, the importance of physical education courses has been increasing. Traditionally, the teaching of sports which mainly teaches students' sports skills has mandatory learning characteristics. With the development and improvement of the physical education curriculum, the current public physical education curriculum in high schools is considered more scientific in terms of teaching content and form, focusing on the cultivation of students' interest in learning, and improving the students' various abilities and physical fitness. This article mainly analyzes the status quo of the curriculum of public physical education in high schools and proposes corresponding countermeasures.