Guard multiple positions on a switch
“Stay down, stay in front”
Holds up after switches
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.
Defense
Guard multiple positions on a switch
“Stay down, stay in front”
Holds up after switches
Make three effort plays every game
“Charges, deflections, loose balls”
Three or more effort plays per game
Talk the coverage before the action
“See it, say it”
Teammates in the right spot before the screen