The transformation of physical education learning into online learning during the covid-19 pandemic impacts student participation in learning, requiring new techniques that might motivate students to engage in online learning activities. This research investigates the effectiveness of using a task sheet-based direct instruction learning model to increase elementary school students' physical education learning motivation. Experimental research with a pretest-posttest group design was employed in this research. Twenty-four fifth-grade students (16 male and eight female students) were employed in this research. They were grouped into two groups, the experimental and the control group. The research instrument used in this research was Elementary School Students' Learning Motivation Instruments in Physical Education to measure students' learning motivation levels. The data obtained were analyzed using a t-test. The results of this research revealed a significant effect of applying the task sheet-based direct instruction learning model to increase students' motivation in learning physical education in elementary schools. In this study, the researchers concluded that applying the task sheet-based direct instruction learning model was more effective in developing elementary school students' motivation than the conventional learning model in physical education learning. The use of Task Sheet-based Direct Instruction learning model can be used as an alternative for teachers in teaching physical education at elementary schools, both in online and offline learning.