Basketball is a game of millions. Adults and children are fond of it. Basketball was played by space pioneer Yuri Gagarin, poet Robert Rozhdestvensky, director of the Leningrad Academic Theater. Lensovet Igor Vladimirov and many others. A brochure written by an assistant professor of sports games at the Institute of Physical Education. P.F. Lesgaft gives practical advice on organizing a game of basketball according to simplified rules, talks about the elements of technique and tactics, the specifics of loads during the game in childhood and old age. Designed for the general reader.