The article deals with the main issues of teaching business communication to physical education students. The relevance of the given article is emphasized by the fact that sport students need fluent knowledge of English in their future activity and in order to enhance their professional motivation. As a solution, different activities and forms of work are suggested, predominantly developed considering the experience of teaching English for specific purposes. The complex of modern methodological approaches is used in the article; in particular, the systematic approach helps reveal a number of issues in their logical sequence and a descriptive method assists in making a general overview of the English language teaching to physical culture and sports students.