Students assumed that learning basketball is less fun and students did not seem interested in following it. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a tactical approach in basketball learning on creativity and motivation. The method used in this study was "pre-experimental design" method in the form of "intact-group comparison". The sample in this study was the eleventh graders of State Junior High School 4 Lubuklinggau with total sample of 60 students. The instruments used in this study were creativity and motivation questionnaires using a Likert scale calculation. The result of research creativity showed that the p-value was lower than the significance level (0.0490.05). It means that there was a significant improvement in experimental group after receiving the treatment of tactical approach model in basketball learning. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect of the tactical approach in basketball leaning on the creativity and learning motivation of the students at State Junior High School 4 Lubuklinggau.