Abstract: Service learning is a new way of quality education derived from the combination of college students′ professional learning and social practice；it is a new idea to deepen the social practice of college students. With the introduction of service learning，practical activities in various colleges and universities are developed with various forms. Through participation，learning and reflection， the students constantly strengthen professional knowledge and improve practical ability while providing services to the society. This article used the documentary method，questionnaire survey method and mathematical statistics，to investigate professional sports college students′ attitude to the concept of service learning，as well as the influence of service learning on professional sports college students′ practice ability. The results showed that based on the same duration and times of service learning，professional sports college students′ practical ability had no significant differences on professional direction，and however，it had significant difference on the gender，the grades and the urban and rural. At the end，the author put forward implementation suggestions，such as optimizing the construction of physical education curriculum，implementing the training program of scientific research projects，and constructing the platform service of university- enterprise- government.

Key words: service learning, physical education, college students, practical ability, physical education