2005 movie which was based upon a true story. The movie underlines the social structure and stratification of life in the American ghetto. The theme of the movie is the outcome of such societal boundaries on this group of students who play basketball; how it outlines their life‚ affects their social life and also their life goals. The movie depicts a Structural-functionalist of society Coach Carter received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news for benching his entire undefeated
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Basketball: A high intensity sport in which one team tries to out-score another by shooting a ball through a hoop. Basketball is a sport that requires many skills such as hand eye coordination‚ speed and agility. The sport has been around for many years. It caught my eye when I was young and I played as a kid for eight years. Since I wasn’t able to make the team in high school‚ I continued to show my love for the sport by watching the NBA on a regular basis‚ more specifically watching the Chicago
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Courtney May 12‚ 2011 Patricia “Pat” Summitt was born June 14‚ 1952‚ in Clarksville‚ Tennessee. Pat is currently head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team and is renowned for many different achievements including being the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history out of any division in both men’s basketball and women’s basketball. She is one of the most successful and most achieved coaches out of coaches in any sport‚ holding over 1000 victories under her coaching record and
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participated in basketball‚ baseball‚ and also football. I have many long lasting memories from each sport. I have learned aspects such as how to be disciplined in everyday life and how to be a leader to my teammates. It has also taught me how to take on the tough challenges that life throws my way. Now that I am a senior‚ I can clearly see how playing sports have impacted my life. Although I played all three sports‚ basketball in particular has impacted me the most. Basketball has taught me how
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Carter is based on a true story starring Ken Carter (Samuel Jackson)‚ it is a story about a basketball coach trying to teach his athletes that there is more to life than basketball. Ken Carter was once a starting player in the Richmond High School Oilers basketball team and years after basketball life‚ he has established himself in marketing and publishing he returns to Richmond High School as the new basketball coach. Ken Carter then finds out that his work is cut out for him – the team is having a
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popular sport since the late 1960s. Professional American basketball and football have become increasingly popular sports. Football is the most popular sport in the United States‚ with basketball checking in at third. Both sports bring in a large amount of revenue into the cities & states that own these professional teams. Professional players playing either sport usually have salaries that can start in the millions. And both basketball and football are considered contact sports and are riddled
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Week Two Article Summary James Naismith Being a high school basketball coach‚ and with the vision of being a college coach one day‚ I thought that it would be interesting to write about the founder of basketball. In December 1891‚ Canadian-born James Naismith‚ a physical education teacher at the YMCA training school‚ took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and invented basketball. In 1893‚ James Naismith replaced the peach basket with iron hoops and a hammock-style basket. Ten
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high school basketball team. However‚ this improved performance is not limited to the basketball court‚ it extends into the classroom where the students use goal setting‚ motivation‚ concentration and confidence control‚ ultimately to become accepted into college‚ avoiding a life of drugs‚ gangs and prison. There were a lot of people to choose from the movie but the one character that I thought went through the most changes throughout the movie was Timo Cruz. Cruz was one of the basketball players that
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juluis very much. The point of view of the book is first person because Brian is the one who is telling the story. The theme of the book is not to judge someone by their race. Brian Hammett is a eighteen year old senior in highschool he plays basketball for his high school and he is the captain of the team and he also plays point guard on the team he is a round
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to hangout with‚ but I was missing one thing: starting on the basketball team. Basketball was going great beside that one problem‚ but I just could not remove the obsession of starting from my mind. Basketball and happiness go hand in hand for me. Over the next month basketball and my attitude started spiraling downwards and brought my happiness and friendships with them. I isolated myself from nearly everybody and dreaded basketball more and more every day. It’s funny how one thing can truly control
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