Abstract: By using the methods of literature and logical analysis, this paper analyzes the function value of physical education in college and universities in "epidemic prevention" during the COVID-19 epidemic on college students'physical exercise at home and psychological counselling, and sorts out the influence of this epidemic on the future physical education of colleges and universities in China; the epidemic once again interprets the return of the essence of college physical education; the development of epidemic physical
education activities has greatly improved the online physical education curriculum system of colleges and universities; and physical
exercise at home promotes the formation of the regular mechanism of physical exercise among college students. The author holds that:cultivating and strengthening college students' core accomplishment ability is the focus of the reform of college physical education curriculum; to create high-quality online physical education courses will be an important part of the development of college physical education information teaching, and it is an important goal and task of college physical education teaching to improve the heartbuilding function of physical education curriculum. It is the trend of the reform of college physical education in China to construct the information and normalization mechanism of college students' extracurricular physical exercise.

Key words: college physical education, COVID-19 epidemic, online teaching