Return Pass
There are all sorts of passing skills taught in the game
of basketball. Bounce passes, overhead passes, chest passes,
baseball passes, and flip passes, are just a few. Whenever I’m
teaching about the type of pass used in a 2 on 1 fast break
situation though, I always seem to stump the players. More times
than not, in a 2 on 1 fast break, the pass to use is called
a “return pass”. As two offensive players are attacking the
basket against one defender, the player with the ball should
pass it to his teammate around the area of the free throw line.
A majority of the time, the defender will react to that first
pass and now guard the teammate with the ball. If the pass is
“returned” to the original passer, the result is usually a wide-open
lay- up. The process begins with a player who is willing to
give it up in order to get it back.
This is similar to the Word of God. The word
“return” is mentioned 414 times in the Bible. In many of these
verses, there is a call for man to return to God from his sinful
ways. Isaiah 55:11 says, “so is my word that goes out from my
mouth: It will not return to me empty”. When we have the Word
of God and give it up (share it with the world around us) it
will not come back to us void. It first takes a willingness
on our part to give it up (or share) it.
William Hiskey
Director of Youth Ministries, First English Lutheran,
Spencer IA
Updated: 9-10-02
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