The purpose of this research is to provide basic data for the direction and policy of future senior sports by analyzing gateball media reports. As a research method, we collected and analyzed news from 11 national daily newspapers and 8 economic daily newspapers, among the news supported by BIGKinds, the news analysis system of the Korea Press Foundation. The analysis period is from 2020 to 2023, and a total of 347 related articles were collected. As a result of the research, firstly, as shown in the frequency analysis results, it was found that not only seniors but also the disabled have a lot of interest and participation in gateball. Second, as shown in the results of the related word analysis, unlike park golf, which is mainly played outdoors, gateball can be played indoors as well, so it is less affected by the external environment. However, considering the acceleration of aging and the health problems and accessibility of seniors, we believe that research and policy alternatives related to a diversity of locations and programs are needed more than now. To this end, it is believed that gateball-related games or virtual reality (VR) gateball programs will be necessary for seniors' physical training and health management. In future research, if we include data from media outlets not included this time and use additional analysis programs to research not only gateball but also various other sports that seniors are interested in and can easily access, it is believed that it will be helpful in the rapidly increasing sports policy for seniors, and will be highly useful as practical and realistic data.