Hit a body before chasing the ball
“Hit, then get”
Contact on most shots
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.
Rebounding and Transition
Hit a body before chasing the ball
“Hit, then get”
Contact on most shots
Run wide lanes in transition
“Wide and early”
Lanes filled before the ball crosses half