The arrival of big data era has promoted the application of Internet technology, big data technology and Internet of things technology in the field of education, and the teaching mode of college physical education theory course has been greatly improved. Under the background of the era of big data, the university sports theory class teaching mode mainly involves micro courses, MOOC and flipped class. Some colleges and universities have introduced the internet innovative methods and or softwares which have effectively improved the sports theory class teaching, making it meet students' needs better in the new era of big data. Based on the above, this paper, starting from the era of big data and the development of college physical education theory course teaching, introduces several teaching models of college physical education theory course, in order to provide help for college physical education teachers to carry out theory course teaching.