Summer Football Story Analysis

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.

The book, “Training Camp” by Jon Gordon is an inspirational story filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out the best in yourself and your team. The story follows a little boy named Martin Jones who was a undrafted rookie trying to make it into the NFL.. He spent his whole life proving many critics that a guy with a big heart but is small can succeed against all the odds.After Martin sprained his ankle during preseason, he thought that he lost his dream., but then he meets a very special coach. The coach was a great mentor, he shared eleven lessons about life that kept his dream alive. This help him a lot and even made him to be one of the best of the best.

Multiple chapters in the book discussed in depth about characters Boobie Miles, Mike Winchell, and Ivory Christian. Each of these players had varying backgrounds, and motivations about why they played football. These chapters also discuss the lives of players off of the field, and how the academics at Permian were backseat to their powerhouse football team.

This novel develops characters that engage in sex, to teachers cheating so their high school football players can continue to participate on the football field. Many people have a major affect on football and society in this novel. One of the major characters was Boobie Myles. Boobie was supposed to be the star athlete on the Permian football team. In the beginning, Boobie was arrogant to his teammates and wasn’t a good team leader. All Boobie cared about was winning and getting to the next level of football to satisfy his athletic needs. When Boobie is injured, he realizes he took football for granted and would do anything to play again. The team needs Boobie and Boobie needs the team. Coach Gaines realizes Boobie was seriously hurt and gives an inspiring pep talk to the team about how the players need to put their heart in the game and how lucky they are to be playing for Odessa.

“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

“But there was no way he could fulfill the requirements of the NCAA for number of courses needed to qualify for a nonrestrictive scholarship” (Bissinger 65). Boobie thinks that he has to show the college scouts more of his football playing ability so he pushes himself too hard and comes out with a serious knee injury. All Boobie wants is to have a career in football, and now ruins his own dreams. He has made himself his own worst enemy and ruined the only thing he was prepared for in life.

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

Football was Freddie Steinmark’s life. His career started in high school playing safety for the Wheat Ridge Farmers. Freddie’s family didn't have a lot of money for college so a scholarship was the only option. Specifically a football scholarship, but he was too small only 5’9” and 165 lbs. It didn't even matter that he had a 4.0 GPA and glowing recommendations; he was too tiny! His coach pulled him aside one day after practice to tell him that the University of Texas wanted to meet with him. Darrell Royal, the head coach at the time, didn't care about his size at all he only saw good football player. That next year, he was drafted into the Texas Longhorns. When it came down to the national championship at the end of the year he kept playing

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

It started with a group of young men that attended high school in a poor community. They were able to join the football team to stay out of trouble, but had to keep their grades up to remain on the team. One of the players wasn’t turning in his homework, failing math class, and before any games each player had to have passing grades to play. The player tried taking the easy route by switching classes, but it didn’t work and the parents & coaches were notified. Although, he was the star player,

The year is 1965, in the small town of Granite Falls. A town where everybody knows everybody and not many people make it out of there. Little do the people of Granite know now, but this town is about to be on the major come up, on the back of Austin Raynor. Standing 6 foot and 9 inches this monster of a kid was the star wide receiver for the South Caldwell Spartans. Now just because the wins were carried on the back of Austin doesn’t mean he did it all by himself. He had some other good players along his side but the problem with them was that they were colored and were treated unfairly by the refs and opposing teams. They also had to overcome some obstacles with the coaches and players on THEIR own team.

I am Keenen Anderson, A first year broadcast journalism major by way of the marvelous city of Atlanta, Georgia. Originally born in Johnson City, TN, my family and I migrated to the southwest part of Atlanta, Know as “the SWATS”, when I was only five months old. I was raised there my whole life along with traveling to Tennessee over the summer. I have participated in sports since three years of age. I began with football for the Central Dekalb Jaguars. As my skills began to advance with my age, I began to play with the Ben Hill Tigers by the age of seven years old. By the age of twelve, I played on the best youth football team in the country, The Ben Hill Tigers. We won every tournament we were a part of. My

In the book entitled Out of Their League, David Meggyesy describes his life as a football player from high school through his days with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Born in 1941, Meggyesy was raised in a low-income household in Solon, Ohio. Like many athletes from impoverished backgrounds, he was able to use the game of football to better himself though both a full scholarship to Syracuse University and financial stability with the Cardinals. During his career, however, Meggyesy became increasingly disillusioned with the game of football and how its athletes were subject to tremendous physical and psychological turmoil from those in

The author uses several key characters for the Permian Panthers, Ivory Christian, Boobie Miles, Brian Chavez, Jerrod McDougal, Mike Winchell, and Don Billingsley. Each of these players see the themes of poverty, priorities, principles, and humbleness. I chose the football as my poster image because it symbolizes the importance