One way to improve teaching quality in higher vocat ional schools is to implement practice courses whos e teaching effectiveness is closely linked to students’ employ ment problem and is decisive to help students meet the requirement of their future vocation. Among all the practice co urses, physical education, as an important part of the higher vocational school education, has been gaining more and more regard from the public. This paper analyze s the content and meaning of practice courses and the nec essity of the implement of effective physical educa tion in higher vocational schools. Furthermore, it conducts an ins ightful research on the effectiveness of the physic al education in higher vocational schools and later on, introduces practical measures to increase the effectiveness of physical education in terms of its content and meanings.