COACH CARTER 1. WHAT IS THE OVERALL THEME OF THE MOVIE? The movie’s theme is‚ with the combination of education and good decisions‚ and not the environment or athletics‚ is the way out of inner city life. Good choices make a man’s character. 2. IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTER‚ HIS/HER ROLE AND HIS/HER IMPACT AND CONNECTION TO THE THEME. The main character is Coach Ken Carter. Carter pushes his student athletes to strive in education rather then solely depending on basketball. By locking up their
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Coach Carter: The True Story Of Ken Carter… Or Is It? Coach Carter is a story of a dedicated basketball coach who puts his undefeated team on a lock out due to their bad academics and disrespectful behavior. He went to extreme measures to see his students excel and be successful in their lives. The film was released January 15‚ 2005. It was directed by Thomas Carter and co-produced by MTV Films and Tollin/Robbins Production. Coach Carter although an inspiring story of a dedicated basketball coach
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Coach Carter is based on a true-life story of a coach who tries to teach his team that there is more to life than just playing basketball‚ and it is brought to screen in a sports based drama. Thomas Carter directed this movie and it was released in 2005. This film is about Coach Ken Carter‚ who takes the job of coaching the Oilers basketball team at Richmond high school‚ where he was from and was once a champion athlete for 2 straight years. When Coach Carter began training his players‚ he was disheartened
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COACH CARTER Production Information Tension mounted as the Richmond High Oilers faced the upcoming basketball championship. The town was wild with excitement over their undefeated team and the bleachers were filled with cheering fans for every game. No one could imagine that on January 4‚ 1999 the community would erupt in dissention and so many lives would change forever when Coach Ken Carter padlocked the gym‚ refusing the players access for failing to keep up their grades. Inspired by a true
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the physical performance. It would involve explaining and predicting attitudes‚ feelings‚ and behaviors in an attempt to improve performances. I chose the film on Coach Carter directed by Thomas Carter‚ sports psychology can be used effectively to improve performances of the high school team. This movie is about a man named Coach Carter who takes on a coaching position at a high school that is run down and these boys have no discipline. In order to be on the basketball team the players would have
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Sociological Movie Review: Coach Carter Introduction to Sociology (HSO 101) Kamles Kumar A/L Vijaya Kumar B1100009 Miss. Rachel Chan Suet Kay Coach Carter is a 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
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to take home to think about besides homework.” I agree with this quote because it pertains to Coach Carter in the movie “Coach Carter” and Mr. Simonet in the movie “Pay It Forward”. Coach Carter and Mr. Simonet are similar in the way they approach their students. In both the movies‚ both teachers want more out of their students‚ they encourage them to do more‚ and to push themselves harder. In the movie “Pay It Forward”‚ Mr. Simonet tries to teach the kids that anything is possible. So he gives them
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Abstract Coach Carter‚ a successful man that accepts the job of a basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond‚ CA‚ where he was a champion athlete. As much displayed of poor attitudes of his players as well as their play performance‚ Coach Carter is determined to change both. Coach Carter was a great leader and coach‚ who encouraged his team and pushed them to be the best they could possibly be and nothing less. His style of leadership truly
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This part of the movie shown the Extrinsic Motivation. Extrinsic motivation refers to a person’s tendency to perform a task‚ research suggests that by overloading with rewards can reflect in poor performance‚ causing a decrease in intrinsic motivation. In the movie‚ Coach carter had each member to sign the contract. In the contract‚ it states that they should attend all of their classes‚ wear dress shirts and ties on game days‚ refer to everyone (players and coach alike) as "sir"‚ and maintain
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Coach Carter 1. Is this teacher effective? If so‚ what characteristics demonstrate effectiveness? If not‚ what could be done to improve effectiveness? Provide examples and make connections to your own experiences and course content. Describe the teacher’s management style. Although the Coach Ken Carter is not an actual teacher in the classroom‚ he is a teacher on the basketball court for group of inner-city teenagers. Ken Carter shows that he has true faith in these students and their success
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