Coach Carter

Throughout the movie, Coach Carter places emphasis on the contract signed by both him and the team. Carter prioritises the student part of student athlete, stating that he imposes these rules for the betterment of the team. According to the statistics in the movie- he is correct in doing so. Young African Americans from age 18- 24 are 30% likely to get arrested and youth from impoverished neighbourhoods such as Richmond are 80% more likely to either wind up dead or behind bars. By laying down…

It’s Not Worth It Jeremy Land, better known as Mr. or Coach Land, is a high school U.S. history teacher and football coach at Monett High School. He is a tall, has short blonde hair, pretty muscular guy, who almost every girl in school drools over. He’s really cool, he’ll take you aside and help you out on assignments he knows you’re struggling on, but if you make him angry, oh boy you better watch yourself. Well not necessarily watch yourself but he will set you straight. Overall, I could say…

track season, Coach Carter helped me drop a total of 5.49 seconds from my original time. At my first track meet, I remember being overly nervous for my 300mH. I wanted to prove to Coach Carter that I was working hard and that his coaching was paying off. But, about three-fourths of the way done with my 300s, my trailing leg hit the hurdle while running over it, causing me to tumble onto the ground with a roll. In extreme pain and cuts all over I immediately looked back onto Coach Carter for…

for academic athletes ‘I came to coach basketball players, and you became students. I came to coach boys, and you become men.’ If you don’t know where you have heard this quote, it is from the movie ‘Coach Carter’, a well known movie you have most likely seen about student athletes. Coach Carter changed what it meant to be a student athlete by setting standards all his team must reach before they could play, ‘student athletes… student comes first.’ Coach Carter made it clear everyone needed to…

more of his dad's attention off the field. It's when Coach Lad has a heart attack and nearly dies that he realizes he has sacrificed…

.Coach Carter is one of the best movies that’s ever been made. It was made in 1999 by Thomas Carter. The reason why this movie is so popular is because it started with a coach who went by to his high school to coach the basketball team in Richmond, California. Before he contribute with the team, the team was already in a bad condition to where the students that had a lot of problems. As the team their past season they did not do so well. So coach carter has decide to come back and make the…

The movie “Coach Carter” is based on the real-life story of Ken Carter who returns to his former high school to bring back the basketball team. This school was in an African American community, where graduating only occurred about half of the time. The school allowed the players to walk around like they were above the law and saw basketball as the best times of the lives of many of the players- not the potential of them to be successful in school, let alone graduate or go to college. Carter…

demonstrated out in the open, discrimination due to race or ethnic background still exists. In order to capture the true picture of how people of color face continued discrimination and prejudice in society, the two movies, Higher Learning and Coach Carter enjoy credits for demonstrating the true nature of the modern society. The two movies shed light on the lives that blacks lead,…

Scene 1 : Coach Carter arrival (9:00m) The new coach of the Richmond basketball team made his arrival in front of the players who totally lack of discipline and have a arrogant behaviour. Ken Carter replaces a coach nearing retirement and was visibly overtaken by events. This former coach failed into managing the teenagers due to a lack of authority to deal with players who had decided to do what they want. Mister Carter will first attempt to inculcate moral values in his group of players.…

father was the coach of the varsity basketball team. Dean Smith graduated and went to the University of Kansas and majored in mathematics, but still played sports such as varsity baseball, varsity basketball, and freshman baseball. Dean Smith was not just a respected Coach by other players and coaches, but he was a hero to almost every person who played for him or knew him. Dean Smith became the head coach of UNC in 1961. (Dean Smith Biography) The moment he was head coach he…