COACH CARTER

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Coach Carter - Trailer.mp4
 TITLE WITH BACKGROUND
Coach Carter is a 2005 American
biographical sports drama film directed
by Thomas Carter. It is based on the true
story of Richmond High School
basketball coach Ken Carter (portrayed
by Samuel L. Jackson), who made
headlines in 1999 for suspending his
undefeated high school basketball team
due to poor academic results.
CHARACTERS AND
THEIR ROLES
Timo Cruz (Rick Gonzalez)- High School varsity
player
Ty Cane (Sidney Faison)- High School varsity
player
Junior Battle (Nana Gbewonyo)- High School
varsity player
Damien Carter (Robert Ri’chard)- High School
varsity player and son of coach carter
Kenyon Stone (Rob Brown)- High School
varsity player
Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson)- High
School Varsity coach and Father of Damien
Carter
SETTING WITH DESCRIPTION
The setting of the story was in
Richmond High school in Richmond,
California USA
 SUMMARY
OF THE STORY
Coach Carter is a real life story which
Samuel L. Jackson plays the role of
Ken Carter. He is offered a job to
coach the basketball team at his
former high school, Richmond High,
where he was one of the athletes to
ever attend a secondary education
there.
He took the job to bring change the poor
neighborhood of Richmond but more
importantly the student-athletes on their
basketball team. He made the athletes
sign a contract outlining that they will
only be allowed to paticipate in games if
the players attend all their classes and
practices, maintain their average, and
respect all their teammates and coaches.
Ken Carter used a lot of ways to lead and
motivate the team to get them on their
way to the state championships
undefeated. Although he noticed from
the progress reports that that most of his
athletes were not well in academically,
violating the contract the athletes signed
at the beginning of the season, so he
took immediate action.
 To get the attention of his athletes,
School, Community, that the first word in
the term student-athlete is Student, He
closed the gym and cancelled their
games until his athletes showed progress
in their grades. This Caused huge
commotion and outraged the athletes,
the School, and most of the community.
 After long debate whether the lock
should come off or not, the school board
decided to open the gym doors and
continue the season. Ken carter did not
want to support the message that
basketball players or any athletes are
above the law, he wanted them to have
success in their future so that they don’t
end up in jail or they would die.
 That is why he chose to quit his job, but
soon he reconsidered when he realized
that he truly did inspire and changed the
lives of his athletes at Richmond High.
The athletes refused to play, until their
academic grades improved, and only
then did the team get back on the court
and made their way to the state
championships.
 They didn’t win the
championship, but they won the
hearts of the Richmond
Community and 6 of his athletes
went on to college which 5 of
them was offered with
scholarships.
LESSONS FROM
THE STORY
• Be Disciplined, Obey every simple
rules that are given to be followed
and practice good character.
• Show respect to others so that they
will respect you
• Teamwork, once a team have unity
they will achieve their goal together
• Humility, be humble and simple
whether you win or lose lift your head
high and be proud
• Have courage to step out of your
comfort zone and face every challenges
that you will encounter in your life
• Be responsible to your actions because
it always have consequences, good or
bad
• Listen to others if they tell you that you
are wrong or correct you, try to accept
it and learn from your mistakes
• Trust each other in good or bad
situations, trust your teammates,
friends and family or who ever that is
willing to help you they may become
your strength when you are weak
• Education is more important than
anything for us students. Also being a
"student athlete" should focus on study
because 'student' comes first. "Education
is the key to your success", it will be
easier for us to achieve our goals and the
career we want to pursue in the future. If
we study hard and excel both in
academics and extracurricular activities.
• Winning doesn't mean everything. In
our life there are instances that we
win something, received an award
or being acknowledged and also we
lose, failed or messed up. Life isn't
about winning or losing but it
teaches us a good lesson and
experience that we can treasure.
We can use this good and not so good
experiences that we encounter to give us
motivation, motivation to try harder if we
fail, motivate us to live to the fullest,
motivate us to have courage to face all the
challenges and much more motivations.
Just lift your head up high, be brave to
conquer your fear and aim your dreams.
Thank
You!