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The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that goal setting technique can apply to physical education classes in elementary school. To select the research participants, an item from Carlson's Alienation from Physical Education was administered to 239 elementary school students in Inchon. The item was simply asking a question whether students like physical education classes. Twenty three students marked on 'I don't agree' or 'I don't agree very much'. In the second stage a physical self-efficacy scale was administered to those twenty three students. And three students who got the lowest scores in the scale were selected as research participants. The characteristics of the selected students were that their attitude to physical education was negative and they were not active in physical education classes. Before applying goal setting technique to the students, in-depth interview, participation observation, and personal diary were implemented. As expected, they were not happy with physical education classes. However, as goal setting technique applied to their physical education classes 3 times per week for 8 weeks, they showed positive attitude toward physical education classes, which was meaningful for students and physical educators. Using goal setting technique in physical education was effective in stimulating students' positive interests and improving students confidence.