Create space & dribble past tight defenders
Varsity-Level · #18“Shoulder to chest”
Paint touches against tight defense
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 Marion 30 Pillars. Nobody plays varsity without all thirty.
Attacking
Create space & dribble past tight defenders
Varsity-Level · #18“Shoulder to chest”
Paint touches against tight defense
Dribble with both hands while your head is up and running
Varsity-Level · #22“See the rim, not the ball”
Full-speed handle with eyes up
Break a full court press
Varsity-Level · #26“Early, not late”
Press broken without turnovers