As seen in Coach Carter, the coach is using extreme tactics in order to get his team to succeed and win. When the coach first met the team, the coach took it upon himself to not only improve their skills but to make them improve their grades in order from them to go to collage. This is unique because normally coaches do not care about how well academically their players are doing. This allows Coach Carter to step in and take immediate action by getting each member of the team to accept and sign a written contract. He aims to motivate the players by no longer allowing them to play basketball until their grades have improved. This is seen as unheard of because the principal keeps on telling the coach to forget about improving their grades and …show more content…
Since the team was slacking off before he showed up, he needed to develop authority and respect from the group in order to make them feel like he is the leader. As time goes on and they begin to listen to him and win games, then you see Coach Carter acting like one of the members and saying that “we” as a team and start talking to them about his family. By doing this, the team starts to perceive the coach as a college and acting relatable to the time. Until something wrong happens like finding out their grades are bad is when the coach turns back into a script …show more content…
When he firsts meets the students, it was apparent that Cruz did not cooperate and ended up getting physical the first day with the coach had to react to that and kick him out. Although, Cruz came back later in the weeks later after the team started winning for forgiveness. At first, Carter kept telling him to leave, but seeing that Cruz was really sorry and wanted another chance, he let him come back and join the team only if he did earned the right of being on the team by doing an infinite number of pushups and suicides. When Ken first signed up to be the coach, he had a mindset of what he wanted the team to be and of how teaching them such as wearing jackets and ties after the game and coming to practice on time. By following these rules, the team starts to actually act a team having teamwork and having the feeling to being part of something. When Cruz wanted to come back onto the team, the team helped him finish his push-ups and suicide because they were a team and they stick together.
To the 20, to the 10, to the 5, touchdown! Charlie Gaines is a football phanatic. He knows all there is to know about football. From his favorite team the Los Angeles Bulldogs to the New England Patriots Charlie knows it all. Above all this Charlie truly wishes he were a better football player like his bosom buddy Kevin Fallon. All in all he is still a decent middle linebacker for the Culver City Cardinals. A kid known as the “Brain” because of his freakishly good ability at fantasy football, Charlie Gaines is a very interesting character.
Everyone was able to except Ray and two other players. Ray was heartbroken that he was forced to leave. All the players that stayed were moved to a more guarded facility. At this point Jimmy was pretty scared. In fact, at the next game, jimmy played terribly, the coach even had to take him out. Jimmy went days on end without sleeping. He was just lying awake at night thinking about his father, something he hadn’t done since he died. The coaches even offered to send him home and as much as he wanted to say yes, he did not. He wanted to stay and stick it out with the team. Even Augustus confronted him and said that he is useless as a coward, and to just go home. But at their last game during the second half, the team was down by a lot of points, and he had a moment and to think about his dad and about how he had been driven by fear. He then walked out and told the coach to put him in. he started scoring again, the fear was gone. He was in a zone and so was Augustus. They were both scoring point after point in the end they won by one point. Suddenly a terrorist stepped out and fired a gun and shot Jimmy in the leg. The next thing he knew he was in the hospital with Dr. Sutherland and Janey. They didn’t know if he would ever be able to play basketball again. Augustus shows up and tells him how he hopes he can play again, so they can play one on
Jim Valvano, otherwise known as “Jimmy V”, was a college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. This paper will cover Jimmy and define his true leadership qualities. Jimmy was an icon in the sports world not only for his coaching ability. He taught the world that leaders need a vision, leaders need to connect with their followers, and that leaders learn from their followers. Jimmy defied the rules and transformed his players into exceptionally good players and even better people. He taught more than basketball to his players and reached outside of his coaching arena to touch the lives of people across the world.
The author of “Sports’ Bully Culture” John Amaechi, throughout his essay focuses on the bully that very few consider, the coach. He presents an example that most, parents in particular, have heard about; Mike Rice, the former coach at Rutgers University’s. Amaechi recognizes that he can agree with the end result but he also recognizes the need for a different approach and continues to share his view. Amaechi then shares his own personal experience with this kind of bully when he was in university. Even though what he says appeals to many, some coaches, disagree with Amaechi view. He continues to show that these coaches are not just a select few, and the result of these coaches is severe. The essays purpose is to change the audience’s perspective
Almost all colleges have friendly classes or teachers that understand the stresses of the student athlete that has to practice and study. But they do not understand the young man or woman who works full time and is trying to make a better life for themselves. These teachers are selected by the coaches and ADs as the teaches to have. These friends of the program will make sure that a student is eligible to play. These teachers will also sometimes waive assignments and even allow slacked attendance. Were as when the average Joe misses he will loose credit and not be allowed to make up missed work.
The first day we got there we had started off so wrong by arguing. We weren’t doing well and we argued most of the time. Us as a team, we honestly made ourselves look bad in front of the coordinators and other teams that were watching us. The coaches had given us a real big pep talking about sticking together as a team to make us better. Although we didn’t think we needed it, it actually
We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game but if you play like that, we cannot be defeated.” He used pathos to hit the player’s soul by explaining himself, explaining that he doesn’t want the team to be the champion by winning, he wanted the team to be the champion by showing their hard work and their passion on the field. And also the coach is using logos by bringing up the six Sons of Marshall, the six players, the six teammates who went away by a plane
First, college basketball has paid off by losing its most talented players to the NBA as many as three years early. This has resulted in not only an overall lessening of the game, but in certain circumstances caused the downfall of once great basketball programs. This is how it happens, as colleges recruit players based on what their needs are or what they will need shortly in the future. So let us say that one school has a great core of sophomore and junior players for the upcoming season. The coaches do not have the need or the room for many new top-notch players.
The first personal traits that Coach Dale was forced to exhibit were his toughness and his assertiveness. On his first night in Hickory he met the men of town in the barbershop who were all willing to provide their experience and insight on the team and how to coach. Coach Dale had enough self confidence to know that none of these “insights” were going to help the Hickory team win basketball games and let them know they weren’t welcome by turning his back and walking out. Additionally, he was forced to demonstrate his toughness twice more on the first day of practice by telling the temporary coach, “Secondly, your days of coaching are over,” and then by standing up to the group of men after he dismissed Buddy from the team. These actions made no friends of the men; however, th...
In John Feinstein’s Foul Trouble, Danny, a basketball player, experiences the tough NCAA restrictions. Terell and Danny were on their way to the most elite showcase basketball camp in the country. They arrive at the camp and make their way inside. All kinds of diverse reporters and television hosts swarmed Terrell. Danny was feeling as if he does not belong there. He walked into the building and sat on the bleachers. The whole place was teeming with college coaches. Danny could not wait to start the camp games. Coach Wilcox, Danny’s father, was also very eager.
Herbet D. Simans, Derek Van Rheenen, and Martin V. Covington focuses their argument on academic motivation of student athletes and what drives them to want to succeed in the classroom as well as on the court or field. Although Flynn also focuses on academic motivation of student athletes, he also discusses how colleges tend to spend more money on sports related necessities for the students instead of towards their education. Flynn’s argument displays how colleges are basically a business...
In sports today, the stakes of a game are higher than ever. This causes all those invested in the sport to become on edge. Although this may cause some beneficial effects in the game, there are still a few downsides to it. One such downside would be the bullying of athletes from their very own coaches. That’s right, the intensity of sports causes some coaches to take drastic measures to make their chances of winning greater, even if said measures are detrimental to the confidence and mentality of their players.
In the movie Coach Carter, a number of conflicts are present which need negotiation and resolution. The main conflict included Coach Carter and the team itself because Coach Carter wanted to implement change in order for the team to not only do well on the court but also to be good academically. Carter’s initial meeting with the team didn’t go very well due to the ignorance of the basketball team. Immediately, Carter presented his credentials in which Deborah M. Kolb PHD and Judith Williams PHD who are authors of Everyday Negotiation state that to have control over the negotiation process, you must establish your credibility (Kolb & Williams, 2003, p. 78). With his credentials presented and reviewed it should’ve been easy for the team
But he was disappointed by the behaviour and poor attitudes of his players. Then he decided to impose some strict rules on his team members in terms of contract and tell them about his clear expectation from his team like maintain the GPA of (2.3), dress code, attending classes regularly, seat in front bench of the class and respectful behaviour towards your team and Coach because he also call his team members as “Sir”, and he requires them to do the same. Also encourage a team ethic by telling them not to use the “N” word because it’s an insulting word for him. Ken Carter ensures that contract is signed by his t...