One motivational technique that Coach Carter uses is by ensuring that each of the basketball players sign a contract. When the players sign the contract, it means that they are obligated to follow every rule that is stated in the contract. By committing to the contract/terms, it showed Coach Carter that they will keep their GPA to 2.3 or higher, this also included them having to attend every class and sitting in the front. If the team players did not conform to the contract, they were not able to participate in any of the games or practices.

 

The second motivational technique that Coach Carter used is asking each of the players "What is your deepest fear?" this started off by asking  one of the team players named Worm. By doing so, he wants to help them understand that as a human, you should not be afraid to do something and to reach for your dream/goals. Coach Carter does not want them to have the mentality that they are vulnerable to fail. To Coach Carter, he put all the team players differences aside to help them realize that those things do not matter, that as a team they will obviously encounter successes and failures.