Miracle shows us the true story of the 1980 United States Men’s Hockey team as they prepare and compete in the Winter Olympics. Herb Brooks, the head coach, along with his assistant coach Craig Patrick, attempt to prepare young men to compete against the world’s toughest competition. Their leadership styles help lead the team to a victory over the favored Soviet Union and to Olympic gold at the 1980 Olympics. The movie starts with Herb arguing his case for the head coaching position, as well as him picking his team to compete at the Olympics. The tryout scene involves Herb choosing his team without consulting anyone after watching the players for only one day. Once Herb chooses his team, we get to meet the players as they start practicing. The Linear perspective of …show more content…
After Craig calls out the names of those who made the team, Herb immediately adds fire to the team, moving them towards the next stage, the storming phase. He tells them that going forward things will only get tougher and that there will be more of them going home. The storming phase is in full swing when the teammates start fighting during practice. Herb works hard to push his team from storming to norming. To get his team to move forward, Herb makes sure his players have no time to hate each other. One of the more powerful scenes shows the change from storming to norming when the team is forced to do sprints. As the players are throwing up and falling on the ice, one player speaks up for the team, stating his name is Mike Eruzione and he plays for the USA. The players were no longer individuals from different backgrounds, they were now a team. The norming phase was marked by teamwork. The practice scenes showed players encouraging each other and bonding. The team camaraderie was at an all-time high and their performance was on the rise. However, Herb still needed on final push to get his players where they needed to
It took a disciplined mind, strategic, and vision to pull a team with this composition, these ego’s, to put aside their self-interest and egocentric tendencies to play as one, play for a nation. The term miracle on ice is one that will forever be linked to Her Brooks’ legacy, the fabled 1980 U.S. Olympic team which won the gold medal at Lake Placid, NY. According to Coach Brook’s, the team was mentally tough and goal-oriented. They came from all different walks of life, many having competed against one another, but they came together and grew to be a real close team. He pushed this team really hard. But they had the ability to answer the bell. (Herb Brooks Foundation, N.d.) Here Coach refers to the team or they, as the team they came together for a common goal. For anyone who has watched the movie or read the book it was obvious that it was his leadership was the cause of the team coming together to play as one. He addresses the team in a positive light and himself as the catalyst.
In the Miracle speech, the coach is using pathos to get to the player’s heart and wanted them to win by saying : “ Tonight, we are the greatest team in the world. You were born to be hockey players--every one of you, and you were meant to be here tonight” . He puts pressure on them for being the best team that they can be, for them to shut down the Soviet’s team. He speaked aggressive so the players would want to push their capability of playing, and for the players to put in their head that they’re the best so that they won’t give up in the game. Moreover, the coach want to put the team in the situation that they have to beat the Soviet’s team by using pathos when he said: “ This is your time. Their time is done. It’s over. I’m sick and tired
A main part of this story is about picking the Olympic team and how they became as strong as they were. Before beginning the tryouts, coach Herb Brooks scouted every player that was trying out. He watched film on them, talked to old coaches, and in some cases watched them play in a game or practice. It is important that he did this because then he did not come in to the tryouts not knowing any player and it showed that he already had in mind who he wanted for his team. As tryouts approached all the players and coaches were preparing for a week long tryout. Herb Brooks sat by himself in a booth and watched the first day of tryouts and picked his team on the very first day. This stunned all the othe...
In an article titled, "This "Miracle on Ice" is considered to be the single most incredible moment in all of U.S. sports history. When coach Herb Brooks was made the team's coach, he spent a lot of time reviewing and searching for the right people for the team. Seeing as Brooks was the last man cut from the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, He wanted to do everything he could to win gold for his country. Once try outs started Brooks knew who he wanted on his team after one day. All of the players trying out were in college. The United States and Herb Brooks had picked their Olympic team after the first day of a week of try outs. After picking the team Herb had trained and prepared the team for the Olympics for over a year and a half. He had to prepare them for to face the Soviets. Brooks knew there was no matching them in speed, so he emphasized working on speed, conditioning, and discipline. Doing this my not make them as fast of the
Herb Brooks was born on August 5, 1937 in St. Paul Minnesota (Herb Brooks). Growing up in Minnesota, he became attached to the sport of ice hockey. He spent years practicing and playing this sport, and in 1955, he led his high school team to the state championship. After three years of college at the University of Minnesota, he joined the 1960 Olympic hockey team, but was cut from the team just before the Olympic games. He played for the United States in the next two Olympic games, and in 1970 he picked up his coaching career at the University of Minnesota. In his six year’s of coaching at the university, he led the team to three national championships (Herb Brooks). In 1980, his United States Olympic hockey team, consisting of all college students, achieved one of the greatest spectacles in sports history: “The miracle on ice.” His team beat the Soviets in a white-knuckle, heart pounding game with a score of four to three. The Soviet’s were a well trained, terrifying team that were considered to be the greatest hockey team that has ever taken the ice. After leading his team to this miraculous victory, he continued his coaching career up until his tragic death in 2003. His high expectations for his team and his fearful, powerful motivational techniques led him down a path of greatness that helped him become an inspiration to all.
Imagine you just got into a very serious car accident. Your fingers on one of your hands are only hanging on by the skin. Now, imagine that you got shot in the eye with a practice bullet and lost sight in that eye. Would you forget about yourself and help others in those situations? Would you go back to doing the same exact thing that caused you to get injured? That is exactly what Adam Brown did. He did this because he loved what he did and wanted to help others. The book Fearless by Eric Blehm is written in memory of Adam Brown, and it is all about his life, struggles, and journey in the United States Navy. Adam Brown was a struggling young man, determined Navy SEAL, and a caring husband and father.
Before the 1980 Winter Olympics began, the US Olympic hockey team was not expected to do as well as they did. They had many powerhouse teams to beat and the team was just a bunch of college kids who wanted to play hockey. In the end, they had performed one of the greatest upsets in the history of hockey by defeating the USSR, the whom many thought of as the greatest hockey team in the world.
Some speeches are unforgettable including one that was given by a former Olympian who participated on two U.S. Olympic teams and in five World Championships between 1962 and 1970. His name was Herb Brooks, played by Kurt Russell in the 2004 movie “Miracle,” and he was pretty accustomed to winning, especially since he took the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher hockey team to three National championships. However, this was all before one of the biggest wins of his career. Now, he was the head coach of the 1980 U.S.A Olympic hockey team, in which he handpicked every single collegiate amateur player. He specifically wanted players who understood that the name on the front of their jersey mattered more than the one of the back, because that’s the kind of team-oriented mindset he pushed for his players to develop.
That moment Tommy Gordon walked into the locker room, it was as if the world had stopped for a second. Everyone stopped, looked at Tommy, and lost their breath. Everyone except for Paul McDenn, leading scorer of the Toronto Marlboros of the OHA at the age of 17. Paul took one look at Tommy, and already had it planned out that he was going to try, hence try, to destroy him. He was unintimidated. He was
When Finny trains Gene for the 1944 Olympics, Gene becomes more mature. Through Finny's coaching of Gene, Gene acquires many characteristics of the already grown-up Fi...
At the beginning, Practices get off to disastrous start, with white players accusing blacks of not playing up to their potential, and blacks accusing white players of failing. According to that, Coach Boone orders black and white youths to spend time together, interviewing one another. The captain’s attitude towards a team is very essential. It leads the players to reach their victory.
Coffey, Wayne R. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. New York: Crown, 2005. Print.
When most people hear the word hockey, they think about skating, ice, and a puck. What most people do not think about is running, the blistering heat, and a small orange ball, however, I do. That is because I play dek hockey, not ice, meaning that we run, and our season is never over. Playing hockey is my favorite thing to do, and I have so many fond memories. Some of those memories are, playing hockey at Bill’s Golfland, U.S.A. Ball Hockey Tryouts, and playing at Penn Hills Dek Hockey.
Herbie Hancock has played an incredible role in jazz history, particularly jazz fusion and funk jazz. Jazz fusion incorporates musical elements from other musical styles such as, rock and roll. Funk jazz is characterized by the Hammond B-3 and organ. With my love for electronic instruments and funky sounds I decided to watch Herbie Hancock’s performance at the Newport Jazz Festival located at Newport, Rhode Island. Originally, the performance was done in 2008 making it a relatively recent performance. Hancock performed alongside some wonderful musicians and artists: Dave Holland, a bass player; Chris Potter, a saxophone player; Vinnie Colaiuta, a drum player; Lionel Loueke, a guitar player; and lastly the two beautiful vocalist, Sonya Kitchell
The stages of team development are forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Norming is the first stage that involves team members getting to know each other and trying to figure out where they fit in. As a leader, it is important to provide clear directions and set proper goals and expectations during this stage. Storming is the next stage and as the name suggest it is characterized with struggles, challenges, conflicts, and competition among team members. During this stage, I will provide a mediating role and facilitate conversations that steers the team towards the right