Properly set a screen
Varsity-Level · #11“Hit, hold, open up”
Screens free the teammate
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.
Off-Ball
Properly set a screen
Varsity-Level · #11“Hit, hold, open up”
Screens free the teammate
Properly use a screen
Varsity-Level · #12“Shoulder to shoulder”
Defender stuck on the screen
Properly roll after a screen
Varsity-Level · #13“Open up, run to the rim”
Rolls draw help or score
Get open by walking your defender one way and then cutting the other
Varsity-Level · #14“Set her up, then go”
Open catches against denial
Properly cut ball side
Varsity-Level · #15“Cut to the ball”
Cuts end with a catch or space
Run an offense without getting lost or confused
Varsity-Level · #24“Space is always the answer”
No stalled possessions
Properly run multiple out of bounds plays from any position
Varsity-Level · #17“Know every spot”
Clean inbounds from any spot