Read the defense and cut without a call
“Space is always the answer”
Cuts create catches with no play called
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.
Off-Ball
Read the defense and cut without a call
“Space is always the answer”
Cuts create catches with no play called
Screen, then slip or pop
“Screen to score”
Gets open after screening
Play any spot on the floor
“Every spot is yours”
Effective at guard, wing, and post spots