The aim of the present study was to compare traditional education and game-based education on creativity, performance and learning of basic basketball skills of high school female students. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test-memorization design. 30 female students aged 13 to 16 years of Piranshahr city were selected using the available targeted sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people, traditional education and game practice. The samples did not have a history of basketball training. To measure creativity, basketball shooting and basketball dribbling, sports creativity questionnaire, Ifred basketball shot test and Ifred basketball control dribble test were used, respectively. Measurements were done in three stages: pre-test, post-test and reminder. The traditional training group and the game-based training group performed their special training protocols for 14 sessions of 45 minutes. Paired t test and analysis of covariance test were used to analyze the data. The results within the group showed that in the game practice group, creativity, shooting skills and dribbling control improved from pre-test to post-test (P≥0.05). In the traditional group, shooting and control dribble skills improved from pre-test to post-test (P≥0.05), but there were no significant changes in students' creativity (P≤0.05). Also, the inter-group results showed that there was a significant difference between the traditional group and the game practice group in shooting and dribbling skills, control and creativity, and these differences were in favor of the game practice group. According to the findings, it can be concluded that using the game training approach can improve movement skills and creativity at the same time, and the game training approach is a good way to improve performance and give players the opportunity to transfer to real game conditions.