The study aims to know the effect of teaching using the SOM strategy on developing innovative thinking and cognitive and skill achievement in basketball among second-year female students at the Faculty of Physical Education for Girls. Zigzag University. The researcher used the experimental method. due to its suitability to the nature of the research. and with an experimental design for one experimental group using the pre- and post-measurements. the researcher By choosing the basic research sample in an intentional manner. where a number of (40) female students were selected as a sample for the research from the original community. and a number of (20) female students were selected from the research community and outside the basic research sample for the exploratory sample to ensure the scientific coefficients (validity - reliability) of the tests under research.