The research problems of this research is to know: 1) How can the students intrest in participating the learning process of basketball gameto the students of SMPN 16 Pontianak? 2) What are the factors that obstruct the students in learning process of basketball game to the students of SMPN 16 Pontianak?The research methodology is descriptive or quatitative research. The instrument of this research is survey and the data that is used in this research is questionnaire. The population of this research is the students of SMPN 16 Pontianak. The sample of this research are seventh grade students and eighth grade students of SMPN 16 Pontianak with the total numbers are 86 students. There are two factors that are included in this research finding, they are: internal factors and eksternal factors. Internal factors reached 34.88% and eksternal factors reached 31.40% or it can be called as low category. In general, the average students interest in participating the learning process of basketball game to the students of SMPN 16 Pontianak reached 33.72% in low category