Mental health problems of students in today’s society are becoming more and more obvious, and physical education is an important way for students’ emotional intervention. This study constructed an intelligent physical education teaching model and explored its effect on college students’ emotional intervention and mental health enhancement. The study used the literature method, questionnaire survey method, field survey method and mathematical statistics method to obtain 810 valid samples through random whole cluster sampling with students from four colleges and universities in S city as the research object. The study used multidimensional scales to measure physical activity habits, emotion regulation self-efficacy and negative academic emotions, and conducted intelligent physical education intervention experiments. The results showed that: in the formation of physical activity habits, emotion regulation efficacy could influence exercise adherence through emotion regulation strategies and exercise commitment, in which cognitive reappraisal strategy was significantly better than expression inhibition strategy; SAS scores in the smart physical education intervention group decreased significantly from 61.42±8.06 to 36.34±5.69 before the intervention, whereas those in the control group decreased to 50.24±7.96; and HAMA scores in the intervention group decreased to 50.24±7.96; and HAMA scores in the control group decreased to 50.24±7.96. Meanwhile, the HAMA score of the intervention group decreased from 18.41±4.32 to 6.25±1.58, which was significantly lower than that of the control group (11.49±2.89), and it was found that college students’ anxiety was affected by personality traits, employment pressure and family education style, of which employment pressure and family education style had a positive effect on anxiety, with regression coefficients of 0.642 and 0.401, respectively. Based on the results of the study, the intelligent sports teaching mode has a significant effect on college students’ emotional intervention and mental health enhancement, and the cultivation of emotional regulation ability and the application of intelligent technology should be strengthened to provide new ideas for the reform of sports teaching.
