This study was aimed to explore the canonical correlation analysis on the motives and obstacles for university juniors who wished to select physical education courses designed for seniors. Juniors students from the Da-yeh University located in the middle part of Taiwan served as the experimental subjects of this research. The purposive selection sampling was implemented with valid questionnaire analysis and there were 636 valid replies received. The information was testified with the canonical correlation statistical analysis with below results reached. The motives for juniors to select physical education courses dedicated to seniors included four motive dimensions. They were namely interest, learning sports skills, encouraged by teachers and energy relaxation. The obstacles factors for selective physical education courses were companions, family members and expenditures, time schedules and selective course arrangement. They were featured with two canonical correlations within. Finally, the discussion was based on the findings made by this research, also together with further suggestions offered for the directions of upcoming researches.