Aerobics is a popular sport among students, especially female students. Long-term exercise of aerobics can effectively promote the healthy development of the body and make people have a good mental state. Nowadays, colleges and universities in China have introduced aerobics into the physical education curriculum system in order to give full play to its important role in promoting college students' physical and mental health. However, there are still some problems in the process of carrying out aerobics teaching in colleges and universities in China, which greatly limits the realization of aerobics function and the significant breakthrough of physical education teaching level in colleges and universities in China.

First, the current situation of aerobics teaching in colleges and universities

(1) Problems in teaching environment

A high-quality teaching environment has a very important influence on the development of teaching activities in colleges and universities and the improvement of their level. At present, in most colleges and universities in China, the teaching conditions have been greatly improved, and a large number of electronic equipment and information platforms have been fully used, which has greatly improved the teaching quality. There are also many colleges and universities that have built standard gymnasiums and dance practice rooms. However, there are still many colleges and universities in China with backward aerobics equipment and equipment, lacking special gyms, and some schools' aerobics training venues are made of cement floors, and there is no standard carpet. If a student falls down carelessly, it will easily cause physical damage.

(2) Problems in teaching methods

According to the research on the current situation of aerobics teaching in colleges and universities in China, there are still many unsatisfactory teaching methods. The long-standing problems in the past still exist, mainly because the teaching methods are relatively old and single. Most teachers still continue to use the traditional explanation and demonstration method for teaching as before, while in the process of aerobics training, they often use repetitive training methods for training, but rarely use some new teaching methods for teaching. If teachers still cling to the traditional single teaching method and are unwilling to innovate and explore, it is bound to be difficult to effectively meet the teaching needs under the new situation, and it is also difficult to realize the development of students' personality, which is not conducive to the improvement of teaching effect.

2. Strategies for improving the teaching effect of aerobics in colleges and universities

(1) Optimizing the teaching environment of aerobics

A high-quality teaching environment can effectively stimulate students' interest, confidence and sense of security in aerobics. Therefore, colleges and universities should focus on the teaching environment of aerobics and actively take corresponding measures to optimize and improve the teaching environment of aerobics. In aerobics, there are a lot of bouncing movements, which can easily cause sports injuries to students. This requires colleges and universities to increase the construction of aerobics-related infrastructure and its supporting facilities, such as aerobics dance studio, multimedia equipment, standard carpets and railings, so as to fully ensure the safety of aerobics training and better meet the basic needs of students during training.

(2) Enriching the teaching content of aerobics

Through the research on the present situation of aerobics teaching content in colleges and universities in China, colleges and universities can carry out corresponding reforms from the theoretical content and practical content of aerobics teaching. First of all, colleges and universities should further enrich, improve and optimize the teaching content of aerobics theory on the basis of retaining the original teaching content. Besides setting up some simple theoretical knowledge related to aerobics, they can also integrate aerobics music knowledge, exercise methods and sports injury prevention into the teaching material system. Secondly, optimize the content of aerobics practice teaching.