On the issue of integration of the experience of organizing and carrying out school basketball competitions in the United States of America into the Russian school system
The article reveals the peculiarities of the organization of basketball competitions among school teams of the United States. The paper analyzes the experience of organizing basketball competitions among students of different educational levels ranging from elementary school to high school. In addition, the authors analyzed the features of the organization of school basketball competitions in secondary schools of the Russian Federation. The findings of the study suggest that the organizational structure of school basketball competitions in the Russian Federation has changed. The paper presents a systematic analysis of the differences in the ways of organizing school basketball competitions in the USA and in Russian Federation. The authors have developed some recommendations regarding the integration of the positive features of the US practice of organizing school basketball competitions into the Russian school system.