In order to develop rural sports and inherit traditional ethnic sports, this paper analyzes the current situation of rural sports development from the perspectives of children, teenagers, middle‐aged people and the elderly, and puts forward the development path of rural sports combined with traditional ethnic sports. There are paths: The government should play the role of macro‐control, carry out the competition of traditional ethnic sports in rural areas, develop the leaders of traditional ethnic sports in rural areas, recruit teachers in the direction of traditional ethnic sports in rural schools, increase publicity and improve cultural literacy.