Motivation In Ken Carter

Scenario

A California local basketball team called Richmond Oilers is the worst team in which no players exhibit any respect to each other and have no discipline to act. They only won 4 games last season and lost the rest of all games. With the retirement of the former coach, Ken Carter, who played for this school in 70s and held several school record, takes over the head coaching job position. Upon the arrival, he obligates that all players who want to stay in the team must sign in a contract with him which states that they must meet the academic success by attending to all classes, sit in the front row, wear dress shirts and ties on game days and no late to the practice. In order to enforce this contract, he punishes players who disobeys

Topic: Motivation and confidence. The definition of the motivation is what compels a person act toward a certain way. In this movie, Damien first attends the best local high school St. Francis with the best basketball player around the nation. Carter has very big expectation on him, but he decides to transfer to the worst place for only playing for his father. His decision comes from many aspects, including his self-confidence and motivation. Damien shows his confidence by telling his father that he can become the best one in the team. He is not arrogant by only saying that without putting any action. He makes the contract that he wants to sign in with this father to enforce his decision. Both extrinsic motivation (he can earn minutes by doing good) and intrinsic motivation (he loves doing it) drive him forward and make such as important decision alone. In sport psychology, it is thought that extrinsic motivation can affect intrinsic motivation. But in this case, Damien perceives the great value he can have upon performing good like gaining minutes, becoming a MVP and go to the best college with scholarship. Damien’s motivation helps him develop the confidence mentioned above; combine this factors together, he eventually wins the MVP and attends the military academy of West

Topic: Coach athlete relationship. Coach is the center, the essence of a team. Without a coach, a team would not even exist. Sport psychologists define the five roles for a coach, including teacher, organizer, competitor, learner and mentor. This scene best depicts all roles. First of all, Carter is a good teacher. He is good at communicating with team players. He acts like a teacher that teaches everything that players need to know in order to success, either on or out of the court. Second, he is a god organizer, he schedules the practice time daily at 3 p.m. and does not allow any lateness. He knows when to let players play ball on the court and when to study off the court. Third, he is a good competitor. He bravely steps out and debates with others who do not understand his rationale. He wants all players in his team can be more successful. Fourth, he is a good learner. He is good at adapting. When the board decides to reopen the gym, he is happy and allow the player to study in the gym. Fifth, he is a good mentor. Carter was once a student in Richmond. He shares his experience with players. Tell them something is more important than just playing ball. All of these factors eventually make him a good coach and gain the respect from all