Pass & Cut Give-and-Go
Combine passing with the immediate basket cut — the core of motion offense.
- Duration
- 12 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 2 items
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
How to run it
- 1
Pass to your partner on the wing and cut hard to the basket.
- 2
Partner can return the pass for a layup, or fake and keep it.
- 3
Read: if the defender follows, cut backdoor; if they ball-watch, cut to the ball.
- 4
8 reps each as passer and cutter.
Coaching points
- Cut at full speed — a jog gets you nothing.
- Time the cut to leave as the ball leaves your hands.
- Show a target hand on the return cut.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Partner
Why it works
Motion offense is just repeated pass-and-cut. The nugget: this drill trains the read that powers it — whether to cut to the ball or backdoor, decided by how the defender reacts to your pass. A defender who ball-watches gets backcut for a layup; one who follows gets sealed. This is the engine of all team offense, and a kid who reads the defender's reaction on every pass scores easy baskets all game.
Pass & Cut Give-and-Go
Purpose: Combine passing with the immediate basket cut — the core of motion offense.
▶How to run it
- 1Pass to your partner on the wing and cut hard to the basket.
- 2Partner can return the pass for a layup, or fake and keep it.
- 3Read: if the defender follows, cut backdoor; if they ball-watch, cut to the ball.
- 48 reps each as passer and cutter.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Cut at full speed — a jog gets you nothing.
- ✓Time the cut to leave as the ball leaves your hands.
- ✓Show a target hand on the return cut.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Motion offense is just repeated pass-and-cut. The nugget: this drill trains the read that powers it — whether to cut to the ball or backdoor, decided by how the defender reacts to your pass. A defender who ball-watches gets backcut for a layup; one who follows gets sealed. This is the engine of all team offense, and a kid who reads the defender's reaction on every pass scores easy baskets all game.