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The book starts off with Coach Giminski shouting out “Layup Drill” louder than all the basketballs on the court pounding against the wall the floor, the backboard, and the net: everything! After the coaches attempt to get the “Wildcats”. The team of a bunch of 7th graders in the rising stars league to pause for instructions to preform some layup drills on the court. The coach paused for a moment and thought why not make this a little more fun for the team and said that there not going to do scrimmage today unless the score 20 in a row. After a bunch of failed attempts Brett Carter the star forward of the team and also best friend of the coaches son Will Giminski got the final 20 for the team. The coach seemed impressed so he thought his techniques were getting a little rusty and that he might need to step it up so in the scrimmage he decided that he doesn’t want make it easy for the team… He puts Brett Carter and Will Giminski as team captains

He is a terrific Defensive Line coach where he pushes kids to the best of their abilities. When I got hurt last year, Coach Payne was the first to visit. He also then assisted me in my pursuit of a coaching career. He taught me everything I needed to know in order to embark on my journey. He also has assisted me and so many others in loving the game of football. One way he gets players to love the game is simply by having a voice for the players. He will always tell you how he truly feels about your situation and how to exceed the limitations you have. His attitude and voice will always push you to the maximum of your abilities. One such moment was against Iowa Central, He comes in and says the prayer before the game. Normal stuff until he says a few key words after we break. He said, “Are you ready to earn a bowl game. Are you ready to win this rivalry?” At this time the team in unison, “Yes sir!”

He “grew up” in Chapel Hill, “believing that Dean Smith, the legendary coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball-team (who retired recently after thirty-six years), embodied virtue and goodness as surely as Jesse Helms represented hate and ignorance.” This shows us that Williamson has been greatly affected by the culture around Chapel Hill and finds the actions done by Chapel Hill to generally be those of “virtue and goodness.” This influence has built him into a person that deeply cares about college sports, athletes, and the events that revolve around college sports. Also, his childhood revolved around college sports such as how “from age 12 [he] watched Michael Jordan and others from a court side perch as an operator of UNC’s old manual scoreboard,” and this has given him a strong sense of pride for UNC sports. We notice more of this pride and determination for college sports when he describes how he “[strives] to keep the game in perspective,” when watching a game and when he “[feels] elation when the Tar Heels win and supreme dejection when they lose.”

It all started with an email seeking freshman male in his coaching and administration program. The 2012 graduate of UConn’s Sport Administration and coaching program, William Aloia, says this future success as the Associate Athletic Director for The College of St. Rose started out by almost” falling into his lap”. The New Jersey native began his undergraduate experience with two Division-I parents, and like an abundance of people he knew that working in sport was something he wanted to do. Previously a part of the Kinesiology department under the late Joe Marrone, Will jumped on the opportunity posted through an email and started his freshman year as a basketball manager for the very successful UConn’s basketball program. He explains how this experience “opened his door up”. Will states; “once I started at UConn working with the women’s basketball program and being around collegiate athletics at such a high level it’s really something in itself, and unbelievable experience. I knew it was for me, I didn’t know which part for sure, but I knew this was something I wanted to do.” What Will realized very quickly realized about working in sport is that often times it is a thankless job. However, that did not stop him from finishing his undergraduate career as a four-year manager for the basketball team. The motivation for Will early in his career has been a two-dimensional illustration of success.

They must clarify values. Norman Dale valued teamwork. He believed that no player was more important than the other and he expressed this during practice and showed it by changing the way the Hickory Huskers practiced. Unlike the town who wanted to get their star player back and keep the basketball in his hands and not confuse the boys by changing their routine, the new coach wanted to break these barriers. He “modeled the way” by sticking to his values and ignoring the pestering from the fathers and other townsfolk who invited themselves to practice and by kick out players who did not want to listen during practice.

Coach Steve Rocker is one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Kentucky’s history. Coach Rocker was very successful in previous years. Strangely, this year was very different for him. For the first time in his professional life, he is falling short of his expectations, the community expectations, and the team’s expectations. His team lost a lot of games, but most importantly the boys had no motivation or desire to bring the team out of the rut they found themselves. His players have lost their will to win, their love for their teammates, and their passion to play. Coach Rocker’s motivational methods that have always worked before and resulted in success are now failing, and he doesn’t know why. He argues that his players have become selfish and bored with winning because they have been so successful in previous years. “And there’s no question that my guys have lost their drive to win because they’ve won so much in the past. Now all they want is individual ‘wins’…which just doesn’t cut it on a team” (Gongwer, 2010, p. 17).

Coaching philosophies differ all over the world, from one sport to another. They are the central foundation to any good coach’s success in his/her respected programs. A coach’s philosophy does not only guide and lead the other members of the staff in the right direction, but it also allows each athlete to know what is expected of them, and how they should behave. By being aware of a coach’s philosophy, the athlete is fully responsible for his/her actions both on and off the field of play. In the words of the great Nick Saban, "It 's about what you control, every minute of every day. You always have to have a winning attitude and discipline, in practices, weight training, conditioning, in the classroom, in everything. It 's a process."

Tim Edwards Dr. Hermanson Literature Review 4/25/16 Should college athletes be paid? The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization but in 2010 they signed a TV rights deal with CBS for fourteen years and 10.8 billion dollars (“Revenue”). The argument being made by many is that with millions of dollars being made that the NCAA should pay the athletes money to compensate them for their time and effort. The rules of the NCAA are very strict on the amateur status of their athletes.

Sports psychology deals with the mental and emotional aspects of physical performance. It involves describing, explaining and predicting attitudes, feelings and behaviours in an attempt to improve performance. In the film 'Coach Carter,' directed by Thomas Carter, sport psychology is used effectively to enhance the performance of a 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.

Coach King was one of the greatest coaches I have ever had. He came off as this mean and grumpy old man at first but we ended up changing how we viewed him. He made it clear to us that we just had understand his meaning of the word GAS. GAS meant grades, attitude, and then skill. Grades of course were the most important thing because no pass no play was the rule. Most of the guys had no problems with this but there was quite a few that had some trouble. When one was struggling we all had to step up and help if we wanted to have a full squad for our next few games. We did many things to help them including getting help from tutors or teachers when in danger of failing. As the year went on, many obstacles were thrown at us and we counted on each other to get through them.

The small college coach was easily able to see all of Dunn’s games being so close in nearby Connecticut and the two began to form a bond so close that Dunn was even thinking about going to a lesser sized school to be with the man that believed in him. "He believed in me," he says. "Rick Pitino. Billy Donovan. UConn. They wanted me, but they really didn't believe in me." A sudden change in events took place though, as local South Providence product Cooley took the head coaching job at Providence College, but still the Friars were not your typical basketball powerhouse compared to the likes of Louisville, Florida or even University of Connecticut right up the street from Dunn. All of that did not matter to the phenom from New London. He and Cooley had a similar early childhood which connected the two in a way that forever changed Providence College basketball.

With the right influence, communication and skill development is the key to a valuable coach. Without my two outstanding high school coaches, I wouldn’t have the love for basketball and track the way I do today. They have taught me everything I needed to know for the present, along with tips for the future. Coach Lewis and Coach Kohler have done more for me than what I’ve ever deserved and I will never be able to pay them back for all their help and encouragement. But I hope they have understanding of how much of a change they can make on someone's life, someone's life like my

Charles Barkley once said, “I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I can dunk a basketball does not mean I should raise your kids.” No adult has a choice as to whether a child looks up to him or her, but parents are responsible for raising their children as best they can. The first role models or leaders in most children’s lives are in fact their parents; although they may not be the best role models, they are often the figures that children first learn from. Even if there was a perfect parent, that should not limit a child from observing other leaders. John Wooden, considerably the most successful basketball coach in NCAA history, led the UCLA Bruins to 10 NCAA championships with an all-time win-loss coaching record 885-203 (UCLA site). A Game Plane for Life: The Power of Mentoring, is a collection Wooden’s anecdotes related to leadership and the applications of those methods to his coaching practices. Observing leaders from the past allowed Wooden to envision clarity in the future; a clarified vision of the future gave Wooden more power in the present. John Wooden was a consistent and prepared leader who fostered a community of trust and knew his values.

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. The movie depicts a Structural-functionalist of society

The next season we improved a lot as a team because coach Specht made adjustments and fixed the problems we had the year before. That’s what makes him a great coach because he was willing to adapt and be open minded to other ways of playing. Also he would ask the players what they thought about things, that is something I really liked because the players see the game different than the coaches. Before every game he would ask me what I thought about the lineup and what our game plan should be in the game. If we were having a bad game or if things weren’t going the right way, I would be the first person he would come to find out what we need to fix. Having a coach that trusts a player this much is rare most coaches don’t listen to what the players have to say.