The Driving Mechanism, Practical Dilemmas and Countermeasures for the Agefriendly Transformation of Digital Sports Services: A Perspective Based on Digital Inclusion Theory

Against the backdrop of China’s accelerating population aging and deepening digital transformation, the aging-friendly transformation of digital sports services has become a key issue for resolving the health management predicament of the elderly and promoting social inclusiveness. Based on the theory of digital inclusion, this study examines digital elderly sports services through literature review and logical analysis. From the perspectives of “technological accessibility - service adaptability - institutional sustainability”, it systematically analyzes the inevitable logic, practical contradictions, and optimization paths of the aging-friendly transformation of digital sports services in China. The research finds that the elderly face a dual predicament of “access exclusion” and “usage exclusion” due to insufficient elderly-friendly design of smart devices, homogenization of service content, and the absence of policy coordination, resulting in their digital sports participation rate being significantly lower than that of other age groups. In response, the study proposes a comprehensive strategy of “standardization of technology empowerment, systematization of institutional coordination, and diversification of social participation”, emphasizing the construction of an all-age-friendly digital sports service system through the formulation of aging-friendly technology design standards, cross-departmental policy coordination, and family-community digital reverse mentoring mechanisms.