End Zone Themes

In Remember the Titans we witness Coach Boone fighting for civil rights, signifying the image of an outsider integrating into a foreign white team as their coach. Director Boaz Yakin, uses techniques to strengthen Coach Boone’s character where the initial hate and disrespect towards him succours the development of a meaningful arc. The disrespect and aggression is employed when a brick is thrown through his house window, threatening him with the derogatory coloured comments calling him “Coach Coon”. The pressure of quitting was not felt and heroically he encompasses the journey with Yakin emphasising Boones evocative discipline and determination forcing integration amongst the segregated football team. This technique is employed when we witness Coach Boone stepping up, pushing equality for the players in a determined strike to stop racial abuse for good. His actions initiate the forced building of friendship and acceptance when he forces both races to get to know and accept each other at the camp. Yakin heightens the themes of overcoming racism when Boone rallies the troops together to support their team mate during a sad time. Instinctively, the implicit segregation is evoked further bringing unity to the team, Coach Boone emerges as a ‘hero’ to both the coloured and white community.

In order to live up to the reputation of the town and peers, the Permian Panthers and the coaches set goals so that they will have a winning season. The goal that is set is to win the state championship and nothing, including injury will change that goal. This occurs when Boobie Miles, the star running back, chooses to play in spite of a torn ALC, rather than yielding to the unimaginable pain that he is in. The team imposed a structure, which establishes the goals and values of the team, therefore reinforcing the team’s solidarity to winning the championship not only for them but for the town.

One of the most inspirational speeches from the movie Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, occurs during a football team's pre-game warm up. In the movie, there is a fictional professional football team who is struggling to bring home any wins for their home town. The speech is delivered by the head coach who is played by Al Pacino. At the end of his speech, the team’s coach has proven how effective the use of ethos, pathos, and logos can be.

Faulkner, in his sports essay, describes the actions of hockey in order to convey the excitement derived from playing the sport. He successfully achieves this portrayal of action and excitement by his deliberate use of syntax and imagery.

“Football became my ticket to a college scholarship which, in western Pennsylvania during the early ‘sixties, meant a career instead of getting stuck in the steel-mills” (4). Football is the number one

Winters subjects his football players to grueling practices and pep talks, to prepare them for what they will face on the field. However, he

The film wasn’t about that 13-0 record and winning a state championship, but the struggle that came with it and all the hardships they had to deal and get past. Racism, prejudice, compassion and love were all key aspects of this film as shown. The racism, prejudice of the team when they first met was severe and had been changed. The love and compassion came as the team grew to become one unit and love each other and be able to become something more powerful than they could be by themselves.

The novel begins with preseason football in the heat of a Texas summer. The players and coaches practice over 4 hours a day in 100-degree weather. The media is affecting every player pushing for a state championship and college scouts at every practice. The boys who gave completely of themselves for their sport are unique personalities. From dedicated quarterback Mike Winchell to Harvard-bound Brian Chavez to the inscrutable Ivory Christian, the team was full of young men who were singular human beings, each one bringing something special and indefinable to their group. And that's just scratching the very surface.The book recounts the tragic story of Boobie Miles, team’s star running back who had been highly recruited by all of the major programs. He is expected to attend and earn a scholarship to a large state college. The community

Sustaining the ambitions of not only themselves but the alumni and town of Odessa, Texas is a lot to ask from a young adult. That’s exactly what Permian football provides to the people of Odessa, where the post economic boom of the oil business has left the town in a racially tense, economic crisis. The lights on Permian High School’s football field are the only sanctuary for the west Texas town. Socially and racially divided, Odessa’s mass dependence on high school football constructs glorified expectations for the football team to temporarily disguise the disappointments that come with living in a town tagged as the “murder capital” of

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

The strength less dead are the athletes whose “name died before the man”(20). Housman emphasizes through the imagery that it is better to do while one is still remembered since the glory will stay with him and not fade away. “To An Athlete Dying Young” glorifies the athlete through the use of imagery while “Ex-Basketball Player” uses it to emphasize the athlete’s fading glory.

Participating in high school football has had a beneficial impact on myself as a person. Football has prepared me for situations and scenarios I will face during adulthood. Football workouts and activities occupied almost every day from the beginning of July to the end of October. This experience is similar to a person going to work almost every single day. If an individual on our team was ever tardy for a football function, the player was punished. The game of football also taught me to face adversity; in the game of football not everything can go your team’s way, but it is the way the team meets the challenge that shows who they really are. This applies in the business world.

Although many people like to play sports, they don’t like their team. Many people like to play sports such as football, soccer, basketball, and track. But many people don't like sports because it is too hard, but you just have to put in a little effort and courage. Also, people don't like it because it puts you at risk of injury if you play football. In addition to the people who take it just to get out of P.E, And the bigger people who don’t like to play because it is hard for them, but we like bigger people in football because they can do a lot of things we can’t.

As though they were one with the verdant fields, the Lincolners participated with elastic resilience in mind and immense zeal pumping through their veins in the Annual Sports Day field events. Their sense of genuine camaraderie and enthusiasm only flourished as they cheered their team members on, with their athleticism and agility, making them a head above the rest. The members persevered in harmony with revolutionary ardor to bag a

A black and white scene opens as a commotion of football players are scrambling in the middle of a play. A chanting crowd sounds powe¬¬rfully, as the camera follows the player attempting to make a touchdown, and is tackled before the line. The frame quickly changes to the overview of the stadium with fans surrounding the occupied field, and a carnival-like song played by the organ is in the background. The focus then transitions to a lively young man surrounded by other fans. A male narrator with a deep voice begins to speak over the scene, and describes that many young men are enjoying themselves every Sunday during the football season. Meanwhile, the young man pulls out his binoculars to take a closer look at the game, and the camera