Consistently make a layup with both hands
Varsity-Level · #20“Outside hand, away from shot blocker”
Finishes with either hand in games
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.
Finishing
Consistently make a layup with both hands
Varsity-Level · #20“Outside hand, away from shot blocker”
Finishes with either hand in games
Finish strong at the basket
Varsity-Level · #21“Hit first, then finish”
And-ones, not soft misses