Last Chance U: Basketball (2021)
This is a documentary series that you most likely skipped right through on Netflix without giving it a second thought. However, if you take a moment and watch at least the first episode, you will see how much heart, passion and dedication are put into every chapter of this gritty tale. If you are a fan of sports, you were one day dreaming of becoming a professional athlete; at least I was. I knew it was a long a painful journey but I never imagined that on top of skill and commitment, so much can be determined by a simple chance.
Normally, most of the professional basketball players aspire to end up in the NBA. They train hard while playing in school and if they manage to make it to a university, they quadruple that intensity as only a handful make it to the top. This is what an ideal journey looks like but there are those who aren't lucky enough to have this smooth experience. Whether because of personal issues, injuries or sheer bad luck a number of players find themselves in community colleges where intensity must be multiplied tenfold.
This documentary deals with a team playing for East Los Angeles Community College. Each player has made a certain mistake in their lives and now they are trying to climb out of that inescapable void to achieve their dream. It is a documentary that hits your hard because it deals with real people and real struggles. Filmed in a highly professional fashion, it has the right balance of heart pounding basketball content and heartbreaking human emotions to keep you attached until the final moment. There are a bunch of fantastic players but the greatest highlight for me was Coach Moalsey who personifies inspiration with every word he says.
If you are a fan of sports, any kind of sports, and if you ever dreamed of making it big, you will see what it really takes to scratch that dream. If you aren't a sports fan, you will see that these athletes do a lot more that dribble basketballs.
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This is a documentary series that you most likely skipped right through on Netflix without giving it a second thought. However, if you take a moment and watch at least the first episode, you will see how much heart, passion and dedication are put into every chapter of this gritty tale. If you are a fan of sports, you were one day dreaming of becoming a professional athlete; at least I was. I knew it was a long a painful journey but I never imagined that on top of skill and commitment, so much can be determined by a simple chance.
Normally, most of the professional basketball players aspire to end up in the NBA. They train hard while playing in school and if they manage to make it to a university, they quadruple that intensity as only a handful make it to the top. This is what an ideal journey looks like but there are those who aren't lucky enough to have this smooth experience. Whether because of personal issues, injuries or sheer bad luck a number of players find themselves in community colleges where intensity must be multiplied tenfold.
This documentary deals with a team playing for East Los Angeles Community College. Each player has made a certain mistake in their lives and now they are trying to climb out of that inescapable void to achieve their dream. It is a documentary that hits your hard because it deals with real people and real struggles. Filmed in a highly professional fashion, it has the right balance of heart pounding basketball content and heartbreaking human emotions to keep you attached until the final moment. There are a bunch of fantastic players but the greatest highlight for me was Coach Moalsey who personifies inspiration with every word he says.
If you are a fan of sports, any kind of sports, and if you ever dreamed of making it big, you will see what it really takes to scratch that dream. If you aren't a sports fan, you will see that these athletes do a lot more that dribble basketballs.
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