The Handoff Pass

If an offensive player is open, then chest pass him the ball, snap your pass and hit your target.  However, most of the time the defense is trying to make the pass difficult.  When this happens we want our offensive player with the ball to take the ball over to the receiver with the dribble.  If the receiver is denied the ball, then he should cut hard to the basket for a return pass or possibly to get a post up. 

If the defender sneaks back to cover the cut to the basket, then the offensive player should come around for a handoff to get a shot.  We want the player who hands the ball off to actually hand the ball right to the man coming around.  We use the expression, 'put it on a platter'.  The shooter can just take the ball like he's taking the ball off a ball rack in a shooting competition.