Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the importance of social support to grass roots athletes’ sports participation motivation. Methods: Sorting out the documents and records about how social support works on the participation motivation of grass roots athletes. And to analyze if the sports participation motivation of grass roots athletes would be affected by social support of any kind. Results: Research in the past shows the support from an important individual does have substantial impact on the participation motivation of athletes. Conclusions: 1. For the grass roots athletes, what affects the sports participation motivation most is physical fitness. Then from achievement motivation and technical skill needs. The least influence is from the social needs. 2. There holds higher influence from the support of team mates and peer than the support from coach and family for the grass roots athletes. 3. In the research of the interaction between social support and sports participation motivation in the country, the influence of social support on sports participation motivation is essential for the grass roots athletes.