Among all the games existing in the world, basketball is probably the leading ball game as far as action occurrence is concerned. The word action implied movement and basketball is very much a movement-oriented game. This is one of the most popular games in the world. The activities of physical education programme include aquatics, combative, gymnastics, individual sports, rhythmic, games and outing activities. Basketball is one of the games, which are popular among boys and girls at all schools and men and women at all colleges. The game basketball offers a wide range of opportunity for the development of strength, speed, endurance, and agility to all parts of the human body. It has also proved to be a highly competitive sport around the world. Now-a -day’s both men and women are taking part at the world level competition. Therefore, like other sports basketball can also be taught effectively.