Be on time, prepared, & dressed appropriately for games and practices
Varsity-Level · #1“Early is on time”
Every practice and game
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.
Competing
Be on time, prepared, & dressed appropriately for games and practices
Varsity-Level · #1“Early is on time”
Every practice and game
Know the rules of basketball
Varsity-Level · #2“Know it, play it”
No violations from not knowing
Communicate who you are guarding during all free throws and substitutions
Varsity-Level · #8“Name and number”
Matchups called every dead ball
See a play drawn up during a timeout and execute it
Varsity-Level · #28“Picture it, play it”
Timeout plays run clean
Cheer on your teammates positively and loudly when you are not in the game or drill
Varsity-Level · #30“Bench is a teammate”
Bench loud every possession