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The object of this paper is to find out the effect of stretching training on motor ability of children with hemiplegia through three factors: flexibility, muscle strength and agility, body balancing. The followings are the results found after applying the stretching training program to three children with hemiplegia 3 times a week for 12 weeks, totally 42 times. First, the effect of the stretching training for flexibility realm was shown to be excellent comparing with other considering factors. After regular stretching training program, it showed continuous improvement of exercise capacity in flexibility. Especially, the effect was evident in boys rather than girls. Second, the stretching training has a huge effect on the muscle strength and agility realm. It showed that it was more effective in the filed of the sub skills of push-up, return running and body location changing than the sub skills of long jump. Third, the stretching training is effective on the improvement of the body balance realm. Although it showed less active results than other filed, it had the similar effect to three students regardless of their gender. Meanwhile, there are some minor differences in the former researches on the filed of flexibility, which results from the gap of the method of training. Recent studies have some matters such as time of stretching, period of stretching, frequency of stretching, and maintenance of stretching. To handle these matters, the differences of individual property, circumstance of the students should be considered enough, and there should be more specific in constructing programs. Also, it is required that various and individual stretching programs should be developed deliberately and be applied to many institutions such as households and schools to maintain maximum effects.