Get a paint touch against any defender
“Shoulder to chest”
Paint touches against the best defender on the floor
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.
What college coaches evaluate: skill, IQ, decisions under pressure, body language, coachability.
Attacking
Get a paint touch against any defender
“Shoulder to chest”
Paint touches against the best defender on the floor
Run a ball screen and read the help
“Read the low girl”
Right read on most ball screens
Beat denial and traps at full speed
“Pressure opens space behind”
Scores or assists against pressure teams