Properly box out
Varsity-Level · #19“Hit, then get”
Contact on every shot
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.
Rebounding and Transition
Properly box out
Varsity-Level · #19“Hit, then get”
Contact on every shot
Stop the ball in transition
Varsity-Level · #23“Ball first”
No uncontested layups in transition