Gordon Bombay Essay

The movie discussed some theories from the course. The first theory that was portrayed in the movie and discussed in the course is self-image and confidence. Confidante can effect everyone’s life and have a great impact on how we see ourselves and therefore affect out performances. If we see have confidence on ourselves, nothing can stop us from doing the things we want. For example, if a student is confident, he/ she will be able to reach their goals and this confidence can greatly impact their performances.

The self-image and confidence theory was embedded in the movie by different ways. At the beginning of the movie Gordon Bombay the main character was taking a penalty shot, if he scores it his team would win the championship and if they misses they
Because Gordon was not confident, and was afraid on what people will say about him he missed the shot and his team lost. He was no confident enough to face the people around him and he quit hockey. This shows what low confidence can do to us and affect our performance. If Gordon was confident and sees himself a champion we would have scored the shot and won the title. If he had a better self- image it would have increased his confidence which ultimately will increase his performance to reach his goal. At the beginning of the movie, when Gordon started teaching the game. He asked them to show him their skills, they said we are not good and we will never win. They had a self-bad image and low confidence, they didn’t listen to what the coach was saying and kept on losing games. In the first two games, they lost their motivation to continue and self-imaged themselves as weak unskilled players and surrendered to the fact that they won’t be able to win any games. After the first two games, Gordon became their friend, he got them new hockey gear and a nice uniform and he changed the team’s name from zone five to the ducks. He told them ducks are united, free and no one can fight them because they are always