Jazlyn Chloe B.

Camonias NSTP 2

BSBA 121 April 1, 2022

Instructions
Analyze the film, Coach Carter.
1. Describe what kind of superior or leader Coach Carter is.
• Ken Carter Also known as Coach Carter is a Leader with a Democratic/ Transformational
Leadership style. He encourage all the Basketball Member to develop their basketball skills and
also to develop their academic skills. The member of Richmond Oilers Basketball team, that
Couch Carter was handling are irresponsible, lack of respect to other people, and undisciplined.
That is why Couch carter immediately give an action about it, He made a contract, and the
contract says that they need to maintain their grades, always sit on the front sit of their classes,
always wear a neck tie, if you will have a conversation with Couch Carter you should always
include or address ‘Sir’ because sir is a sign of respect. He intends to motivate the players by
denying them the opportunity to play basketball until their grades improve. Coach Carter wants to
motivate the players to go beyond their own self-interest by gaining their trust, admiration, and
loyalty so that they are emotionally and rationally motivated to go above and beyond what they
anticipated to do. He is excellent as a transformation leader in motivating them to develop
academically so that they can continue to play basketball and compete in tournaments. Coach
Carter's strategy is effective because the players follow it since he has inspired them to succeed in
sports and in school. As the film progresses, the team begins to look up to and believe in their
coach as a role model. A role model is someone whose actions, example, or accomplishments are
or can be emulated by others, particularly younger people. Coach Carter is an effective
transformational leader because he changes the players' life for the better and enables them to
recognize the proper choices for their own personal goals. He is effective in achieving this by
putting the players before himself, and is creative in identifying ways to impact the team’s
behaviour whilst on and off the basketball court. Coach Carter is interactive with his teammates
and listens to what they are saying and hopes his message comes off. He has a vision for the
players by making them realise that there is more to basketball than just winning. He is helping
the individuals to transform their lives in several aspects without acknowledging it at the tim

2. Apply the stages of group development using the story line of the film Coach
Carter
• Forming
Coach Carter, the upcoming basketball season's new coach, is presented. Coach Carter presents
the team with a contract that lays out the team's goals, which go beyond basketball, such as
attending courses, getting good grades, being on time, and maintaining discipline. These goals
were previously unknown to the team, and as a result, several doubts concerning their
significance to the team's overall performance were raised by the members. As a result of the
differences in perspectives regarding the general team's goals and values, three team members left
as a result of the disagreements in values. The members then put the leader to the test to see how
tolerant he was and what he expected.
• Storming
Later in the film, tension between team members is apparent; some members worked to satisfy the
team's goals by maintaining good school grades and attendance, while others failed to do so. As a
result, the entire team was barred from training or participating in any more games until all of the
team's objectives were completed. The controversy arose because some members believed that, while
only a few members were failing to meet these goals, everyone else was being forced to suffer,
preventing the team from achieving in basketball. Team members and the team's leader, Coach
Carter, were also at odds. This was due to a growing belief among the team that he was not in reality
a member of the team, and that the team's success thus far was due to the team's players, not the
coach. The coach overcame the issue by emphasizing the team's goals once more, emphasizing the
importance of preparing the players for college and a profession rather than just playing basketball.
He gave the club a long-term goal instead of merely focusing on that year's basketball season.

• Norming
Following Coach Carter's reiteration of the team's goals, the players showed togetherness by agreeing
as a group to stop playing until their school grades were satisfactory. During this part of the film, the
team's common beliefs were visible, and the members who had earned their grades took on a different
position within the team than they had previously played in order to assist the members who were
suffering. Following the completion of the grades, the squad returned to their goal of winning the
basketball season that year. Commitments to practice and establishing their own team strategies were
reinstated, although this was accompanied by a renewed focus on teamwork.

• Performing
All team members share a same understanding of the team's goals and values. The team members
come together to work as a team in the final basketball contest, with each player completing their
role/position. This was emphasized after Coach Carter gave a motivating lecture on the significance
of playing their own game using the tactics they had devised rather than falling into the game their
opponents wanted them to play.

• Adjourning
The team's adjournment occurred at the end of the basketball season and the academic year, when
the team would no longer be able to play together. After losing a match against the top seed club,
the team's goal of winning the basketball season for that year was not realized. However, this did
not stop the squad and its leader from being proud of what they had accomplished over the course
of the season. Coach Carter's other goals for the squad, which included allowing team members to
continue their education and eventually have a job, were met, with six team members (Lyle, Cruz,
Kenyon, and Damien Carter) enrolling in college. Junior and Worm also received college
scholarships to continue playing basketball in college.
3. Choose two characters in the film and explain what kind of self-interest behavior they
have. Justify your answer.
• Couch Carter emphasizes decency, respect, and etiquette. He addresses each player as "sir," treats
them like mature adults (often giving them the benefit of the doubt), and expects the same in
return. He is not tolerant of racial slurs. His emphasis on living and playing like champions is
driven hard from the beginning. He disciplines and educates his players how to act like victors
when they mock and humiliate their opponents after they score.
• Damien, Carter's son, attends the region's finest school and is a promising basketball player. His
desire, on the other hand, is to play for his father, and he is ready to put up with his father's
hardness in order to do so. Despite Damien's decision to withdraw from his former school before
alerting his father, Carter recognizes his son's history of responsibility and thus allows him to
make his own decision.