Once only played for bragging rights and for the spirit of competition professional basketball has changed over the past 30 years. Since its first game played at the YMCA in 1982 basketball has evolved into a part of American culture but how did it change to become what it is now? One of if not the biggest changes in basketball is a change in the rules and that controversial rule change is hand-checking. Hand-checking is when players are allowed to use his hands or arms to derail the movement of
Since I was in high school two of my favorites sports was soccer and basketball. I used to be very active in that time, so I was almost obsessed with these two sports. In my last years of high school the doctor discovered a disease in which I had to stop playing sports that have contact with other people, so I stopped immediately the practice of these two activities. Even though, I stopped doing what I used to like the most, I never leave aside the taste for these two beautiful sports; even so, I
throughout the course of organizational behavior, by briefly defining the theory as well as relating it to different scenes in the movie and applying them. Movie Summary: The story of Coach Carter is based on a true story, about a basketball team from Richmond High School and their coach, Ken Carter.
Dr. James Naismith came up with the idea of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, 1891. Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Physical Education at the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training School, ordered Naismith to create an indoor game that would provide a distraction for students throughout the winter. He developed the original 13 rules and thus the game of basketball emerged. The first official game of basketball was believed to be played on December 21, 1891. Naismith’s gym class
dream of becoming a professional in their sport. Some develop the idea of going pro early in their high school career and some go after this dream once they start their college career. There is a great deal of controversy on whether or not athletes should play professional sports while they are still in school or if they must finish their schooling. Some athletes go pro as soon as they graduate high school, but some wait until after they have graduated college. This decision is very tough for the players
Society most commonly predicts that an African American student-athlete in a low income neighborhood following high school will not go on to college, and instead will either end up in prison or involved in illegal activities. The film Coach Carter looks to teach society that if some cares enough to show these student-athletes the right path to go down, then the lives of the student-athletes will have been preserved and enriched. Through the character of Ken Carter or Coach Carter this film points
Basketball is currently one of today’s most popular and influential sports, with millions of people who play it all around the world. Professional basketball is also a growing platform. According to Forbes the NBA has ranked in as much as 5.9 billion dollars of generated revenue in recent seasons. The NBA has made a reputation for being one of the most innovative and growing professional sports leagues in America, including a good number international players hailing from 37 different countries (McFarlane)
"He Got Game," is a story about a high school basketball player who is pressured by many to take is unbelievable talents to college or even the pro level.This movie could've easily been documentary on basketball players in highschool to the pros about what they go threw in the recruiting and signing deals , but Lee brings more of a heartbreaker story to the film. A father and his son relationship that grabs the audience's’ attention and most favorable in basketball family households which makes this
about a man, named Ken Carter, who decides to coach his old high school’s basketball team in Richmond. Carter doesn’t take the position to help the team win games but to give the boys a chance of a better life by enforcing education. Ken Carter does whatever it takes to show the boys that they are capable of a better future for themselves. The film follows the lives of the teenage boys who eventually learn there is more to life than basketball. The director has used a variety of film language and techniques
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