Coach Carter Introduction The movie “Coach Carter” is all about morals. It is loaded with real life examples of choosing right over wrong and living a good life, the way God wants us to. The movie is about an inner-city high school basketball team made up with a bunch of tough guys and trouble makers and the only thing they live for is playing basketball. When Coach Carter accepts the coaching job at the high school, he makes all the players sign an agreement that they will maintain good grades and study habits during the season. Obviously Coach Carter cared enough about his players to realize that academics are more important than playing a sport.
Sherman Alexie has brought himself into his writing by including some of his personal experience in this young adult novel. In the novel, a underlining plot in the story is Junior’s run through his freshman basketball season on the Varsity team at Reardan High School. He makes varsity after an intense battle with the teams best player, Roger. Even though he is the best shooter on the team, Junior felt he wouldn’t get a lot of playing time, which at first he doesn’t, but then he becomes the teams spark plug, their 6th man, averaging 12 points off the bench. When came time to play his former school, Wellpinit, he started his first game.
Coach Haskins though didn’t see color when he evaluated the skill of all of his players, and choose who played in the game. With courage and determination, Coach Haskins changed basketball history against all odds, when his underdog team beat the powerhouse Kentucky team with five starting colored players, a first in NCAA Basketball. It was like David vs. Goliath. Through this they were able to make a statement that blacks,
Ryan Peete English 1A Ramos 1/16/13 Minorities Trials And Triumphs Based on the true story of Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) and high school basketball team the Richmond Oilers, Coach Carter helps out a discouraged coach as he takes on the job as the new head coach; However, he slowly begins to apply his hard and rigorous workout routine to show the young athletes how to stretch not only the body but the mind as well. When the team and the parents cause animosity about how grades aren’t more important than basketball, Carter locks down the gym and ultimately canceling practice and games in an attempt to make the Oilers winners on and off the court and strive for a future. In the film Coach Carter, Carter although insensitive to the n-word, strives to teach young minority student athletes to respect each other, gain an education and lose their stereotypical thug personas. In the film Coach Carter the n-word is used very loosely and asserted throughout the movie by the diverse group of athletes to identify each other as brothers are friends, not knowing they are being bias, not only to themselves but to others around them as well. Timo Cruz one of the primary actors in this film has shown himself to be a lost street thug who has no aspirations in life but to play basketball and sell drugs.
I can remember having to try out countless of times for our high school varsity team, but I was always told to sit in the stands because I was too small. The same things were said to me when I tried out in our local town leagues. But I remained unfazed. The competitive fire in me somehow always convinced me that I could play the game even with my short stature, and even though I was not as talented as the others. Basketball for me was a way to show my creativity.
My younger brother Ken (age thirteen) and Taylor, went for the already established games of basketball and dodgeball with a group of kids they made friends with. Matthew making up his own games and Taylor games that require high motor skills are both stage appropriate actions. This brings me to the social/emotional side of things. At one point during the day Taylor was picking on Matthew for being a kiss-up to their parents and Matt responded by kicking, punching, and screaming at him. This was typical of Taylor who's age group sees increased sibling rivalry, but a little premature of Matt who's physical aggression is supposed to be lessening.
‘Love & Basketball” is a romantic drama about two young children between the ages eleven – thirteen years old, they meet after moving next door to one another, as kids they have a volatile relationship but become friends later in high schools. They both share the same love for basketball and are competitive basketball athletes.
Becoming a Professional Basketball Player As a child, I loved to imitate NBA greats like Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and David Thompson. Growing up in town that was rich with basketball tradition, I knew that I wanted to make it to the NBA and become a star. Not knowing if I had what it takes to make it to that level, I began my quest at an early age. Becoming a professional basketball player is extremely difficult for some, but for others it just seems to fall in their laps (eHow). My first experience playing organized basketball began when I was in the fifth grade on an after school program in the old armory.
From this situation he recognized his seek for an education. He describes how it all really began while he was being held at the Prison. One of his friend, encouraged him to read, he would try his best but would end up quitting because he would skip the words he didn’t know and keep reading. He could never fully understand what he was reading about. So he decided that he needed to learn how to read and write properly.
That’s what Gordy had said to inform junior about learning new techniques. He had also taught him that when you read something that give information about something that junior should take it seriously. Gordy had taught him that reading a book provides image, facts, details and lessons that can be viewed in his own world he lives. Even though Gordy and Rowdy are two different people who