Coach Carter; a Man on a Mission Coach Carter is a true inspirational story about a coach who was able to turn a whole basketball program around and help a group of young men succeed throughout high school and even on to college. It all started out with a man named Ken Carter, a man who was well known in the town of Richmond, California. He was a two sport all American and he holds records for the most assists, rebounds, and points at Richmond High School and he has lived there all of his life,
the basketball team with the gun in his waistline, but only to witness his cousin slaughtered from across the street. This is a scene from the award-winning movie, Coach Carter, as well bit of the struggles Coach Ken Carter faced and overcame while on his way to coaching his team to the high school state championship game. Coach Carter, which won 3 awards and received 10 nominations for best d... ... middle of paper ... ... the high school basketball team to graduate from college. The championship
Timo’s Relationship with Coach Carter’s Zimbardo-esque Loss of Liberty To create a basketball team that can provide benefits to the Richmond community, Coach Carter imposes strict and regimented practices limiting the liberties of the players. A star player on the team, Timo Cruz, initially rejects Coach Carter’s sudden aggressive coaching style and loss of individual liberties. Whereas before, Timo was allowed to control the team using his talent as a validation for his power.Coach Carter’s removal
as Coach Carter, but this extraordinary movie stands well apart from the others. Coach Carter, an American nonfiction sports drama film, directed in 2005 by the famous, Thomas Carter. It is based on a true story about an undefeated basketball team, consisting of African American males from Richmond High School. The new basketball coach, Ken Carter, waltzes in and gains the respect of his ‘pupils’, whilst being undefeated in their league. However, the winning streak comes to an end when Coach Carter
everyone can work together and teach each other things such as self-respect and self-confidence, you have teamwork. When everyone is struggling, why not help each other out? Coach Ken Carter in demand of respect and commitment transforms a group of teenage boys into a group of young men in the movie Coach Carter. The fact that Coach Carter had transformed this group of boys is not why I enjoyed this movie. My interest moves more towards how he transformed these boys. He taught these boys to value themselves
presence automatically liberates others”. - Timo Cruz Introduction The movie Coach Carter is an American Drama based on a true story of a Basket Ball coach and his team from Richmond High School. Coach Ken Carter portrayed by Samuel L Jackson and directed by Thomas Carter. Coach Ken Carter was a successful basketball champion athlete during his school days. Before accepting the job as a coach for his old high school Ken Carter use to run a sporting goods store successfully and was planning to open another
The main character in the film Coach carter directed by Thomas,carter the film was under a positive light for Coach Ken Carter who is the main character of the plotline. Coach Carter to present himself as the Protagonist shown in a positive light Coach Carter is presented in the film in this case positively.The use of Lighting in the film has put viewers in the position to see Coach Carter in a very Positive light. Having Bright lighting in a room represents positive vibes with darkness showing
outside the classroom) and as ethical mentors (by providing moral instruction and guidance though explanation) (Lickona, 1991, pp. 71-72). The movie Coach Carter showed a big problem about moral values not only from the students, but from the principal and teachers of the school. Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) accept a work as a basketball coach at Richmond High School in California. He started working with the students with a contract, where they need to have a point average of 2.3, set at the
Coach Carter Kevin L Nimmo National University Introduction The story of a brave coach, is what I would describe the movie “Coach Carter. I admire him as a person because he cares about the academic success of his students. When I first saw the film I was drawn to it because I could relate to it. All of the kids that went to that school were considered urban or inner city and that’s
paragraph 1 I’m telling you what the movie is about Coach Carter Type of movie this is The director It all starts like this Coach Carter returns to his old high school Richmond to get the basketball team in shape. Coach Carter pushes his kids on the team to where there is no limit. My opinion for this movie is that it is a great movie to watch, very inspirational. Coach Carter is a sports movie/drama. The director of this movie is Thomas Carter. He worked really hard to make this a great movie. This
The movie Coach Carter is a drama sports film about the game of basketball that was made in the year 2005. This movie identified themes such as commitment, teamwork, leadership, sportsmanship, education, work ethics and life skills. The main characters in the movie are Coach Ken Carter, a graduate to the team he is coaching in the movie the Richmond Oilers. He is a very determined, strict and persistent coach that only has the player’s best interest at heart, not only on the court, but in the classroom
basketball team called Richmond Oilers is the worst team in which no players exhibit any respect to each other and have no discipline to act. They only won 4 games last season and lost the rest of all games. With the retirement of the former coach, Ken Carter, who played for this school in 70s and held several school record, takes over the head coaching job position. Upon the arrival, he obligates that all players who want to stay in the team must sign in a contract with him which states that they
is about accepting God and showing people how potent love can be. And through their own expression of love, it will allow them to create a more loving place for the future (Amazon). The speech was used in movies such as Akeelah and the Bee and Coach Carter. It was also referenced by author Gabi Nitzan in her book titled Badulina: Return of the Queen. It was also said that the words were used during Nelson Mandela’s 1994 inaugural speech because the last line of the speech says "As we are liberated
Coach Carter the movie is based on a true story with a great management leadership concepts. Samuel L. Jackson plays the role of Ken Carter. Ken is offered employment to instruct the basketball team at his previous high school, Richmond High. He appropriated the position of basketball coach in order to try and expand the neglected community of Richmond. Nevertheless an even more important aim of his was to inspire and lead the student athletes on their basketball team. He makes the athletes sign
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
followers accountable. Body Coach Carter, a 2005 drama set in Richmond California is based on a true story focused around a losing basketball team
In the movie Coach Carter, the story really gives a great example of how to guide, discipline, lead, direct, and also counsel your team or group. Coach Carter was a man who came and took over as a head coach of his old high school, Richmond High. Once he was there it was obvious the guys there on the team had some serious issues academically, and also with discipline, which proved to give Carter the perfect opportunity to bring out his famous contracts. Throughout the story he showed incredible
=Success The movie Coach Carter is a very inspirational and motivational movie. Coach Carter takes over coaching his high school basketball team. The team is a group of students who are rude, undisciplined, and out of control. Coach shows many different levels of negotiations throughout the movie. He uses many tools to accomplish his goals such as the want factor, collaboration, crafting agreements, and negotiation change. The move consists of six main characters. Coach Carter and principle Garrison
having Coach Carter be one of the best critically acclaimed movies of 2005, it also portrayed a sense of emotion to the viewer. It transcends a type of mood in every type of scene in the movie. Coach Carter is about Ken Carter coming into the world of his old high school, Richmond High in a new role. Known for his high school basketball career, he is asked to be the new coach of a broken basketball team with troubled athletes. As Coach Carter, he holds practice after practice. For Coach Carter, sports
This is a scene from the award-winning movie, Coach Carter, and bit of the struggles he faced and overcome while on his way to coaching his team... ... middle of paper ... ...e no deeper than prison to a young man with such complicated thoughts and the ability to clearly state it to others. All though most underdog movies have a dynamic who makes a dramatic change and even have a certain message behind the movie however, the message in Coach Carter isn’t the typical message of such movies, which