COLEGIO SAN JUDAS TADEO

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

TEACHER: BERNOLI TEJADA

“Coach Carter” Movie Worksheet

Ken Carter, coach to the Richmond High Oilers, who were having one of their best seasons ever,
Carter had returned to the California high school where he had once been a student.
1. How was the coach determined to make a difference in the lives of the kids?

2. What specific strategies did Carter use to get the team on task when he first met them?

3. Did goal setting occur when Carter had the boys sign a contract before he would coach them?
EXPLAIN.

4. Carter knew only too well that those teenage glory years faded all too quickly and that, if there was
not something solid to back them up, the players’ adult lives could prove a real disappointment,
maybe even a disaster. Discuss how this was shown in the movie.

5. Why did Carter want to point out to the boys that high school sports stars with top sports’ abilities
did not prepare them for later life?

6. What motivation strategies did Carter use with the boys?

7. How did Carter ensure that the boys were at their optimum performance level during a game?

8. What did he do to keep their stress levels low?

9. Do you think Carter was a natural ‘spots psychologist’? EXPLAIN.

10. What did you like about this movie? Dislike?