At present high-pressure sodium lamp is main lighting source of the college and university sports teaching venues. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic competition venues and the 2010 Shanghai world expo exhibition, LED lighting lamps and lanterns are adopted in large quantities because of the concept of the green, environmental protection, energy saving. Author in this paper used to be engaged in the teaching of college sports in our country, and do research about lighting source requirement in our college and university sports teaching venues, such as suitable and uniform illuminance, ideal for light color, third dimension and small glare, etc. The inquiry about the application of The LED and high pressure sodium lamp in the universities sports teaching venue is discussed in this paper, so that it can provide a reference on high-pressure sodium lamp replacement LED lighting lamps and lanterns.