Richard Williams lebt mit seiner Familie im kalifornischen Compton. Er hat zwei Töchter, Venus und Serena. Mit einer klaren Vision und unkonventionellen Trainingsmethoden will er sie an die Weltspitze des Tennissports führen...
Nach langen Jahren Pause versucht sich Norman Dale als Basketballtrainer in einem Provinznest Indianas. Er hat schwer mit seiner Jähzornigkeit und dem konservativen Menschenschlag zu kämpfen, der seinen Trainingsmethoden mißtraut. Nach anfänglichen Mißerfolgen droht die Entlassung. Da erklärt sich Jimmy, der beste Spieler des Ortes, bereit, für Norman die Mannschaft zu verstärken. Nun beginnt eine Siegesserie, die bis ins Endspiel nach Indianapolis führt.
The LEAP Movie tells the story of a one year experiment seeking to discover whether coaching can help ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. Four participants will be pushed to their limit as they seek to transform their lives with the help of an elite team of coaches.
‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title.
Legendary baseball coach, Don, gets inexperienced Michael as his new assistant coach. As their lives dramatically change, the coaches must come together to help their team win.
John Baker emerges as a fine runner while in High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then continues setting records at the University of New Mexico. His ability is world-class, and after receiving his university degree he accepts a position as a coach and physical education teacher at Aspen Elementary School while continuing to train (with the 1972 Olympics in sight). He becomes very popular with parents and students alike, for seeking ways to involve all his students, even those with an apparent lack of ability. Learning that he has terminal cancer he contemplates suicide, but instead chooses to dedicate himself even more to the kids, helping even the handicapped to participate, and co-founding and coaching the Duke City Dashers, an all-girl AAU track team. He hopes his "last race"...already beating the odds by a year, will not end before seeing this team win the national title.
A parody on what actually happens at gym schools, of course it's a bit over the top. Trying to help parents see that in trying to help their child, they may actually do harm to them.