Luma Al Mufleh Analysis

Luma Al-Mufleh coaches three different teams in the Fugees program, the Under Thirteens, Under Fifteens, and Under Seventeens. She tries to balance her teams out evenly and to have all her players support one another. She accepts a third of her players whom have stable lives and families, another third who were generally trustworthy with little problems at school and home, and a final third of boys who needed the Fugees to look out for them in their personal lives and issues they face on and off the field. She runs each practice the same way for each team, once dismissed from tutoring, her players would start running. Luma has always been a true believer in running ever since her coach made her volleyball team run in college. “Over time, the practices began to have an effect. The team improved. They were motivated, and even the slackers began working hard” (#14). After the boys ran, Luma coached them through different exercises, and was very observant those who …show more content…
While rules two through six, “I will not smoke, I will not do drugs, I will not drink alcohol, I will not get anyone pregnant, I will not use bad language” all are great rules, they could be considered underneath rule one, “I will have good behavior on and off the field” (#76). Some people may even think that having your hair shorter than Luma’s is ridiculous because the length of your hair shouldn’t revolve around whether or not you play during games. The hair disagreement between players and coach didn’t turn out too well for the players. Luma didn’t care if you were one of the best players, like in Prince’s case, you would be cut from the team if you didn’t cut your hair. This outcome was the same for all of the rules, which may seem harsh to others. “‘If you don’t follow the rules, you’re off the team,” she said. “There are plenty of kids who want to play. If you do follow the rules, you’re going to have a lot of fun”’