Change speeds to beat a defender
“Slow to go”
Gains a step with pace change
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.
The basics hold up against a defender. Now add speed and reads.
Attacking
Change speeds to beat a defender
“Slow to go”
Gains a step with pace change
Attack a closeout
“Hips past hips”
Drives past a running closeout