Make open shots inside the paint
“Back rim and down”
Open paint shots go up balanced in scrimmage
The Wolves Way
Five rungs. Eight buckets. One test for every skill on the list.
Every skill on this ladder earns its place the same way: it helps us create space, create an advantage, or play the advantage before the defense recovers. Space. Advantage. Pace. If a skill doesn’t serve one of those three, it isn’t on here.
Coaches set where a player sits on this ladder. It climbs in order, Foundation through College-Level, and the fourth rung carries the Marion 30: nobody plays varsity without all thirty.
New to the game or new to the program. Every great player builds here first.
Shooting
Make open shots inside the paint
“Back rim and down”
Open paint shots go up balanced in scrimmage
Use one free throw routine every time
“Same routine, every trip”
Identical routine on every free throw