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The purpose of this study was to examine differential learning effects of internal and external focus. The task was gate ball stroke and the subjects were thirty older-persons(over 60 years old). There were three groups consisting of ten persons in each group. The three groups were internal focus group, external-focus group, and control group. Gate ball stroke scores (accuracy score) were recorded. For the acquisition phase, those scores were analyzed in a 3 (group) × 5 (block) ANCOVA with repeated measures on the last factor. The retention scores were analyzed in a 3 (group) × 2 (block) ANCOVA with repeated measures on the last factor. The results of this study that the external-focus and internal-focus group was more effective for improving the gate ball stroke score in the acquisition phase, than control group. In addition, the external-focus was the most effective for learning the gate ball stroke task, compared with the internal-focus and control group. In conclusion, the analysis of gate ball stroke scores showed that statements of external-focus was more effective than that of internal-focus.