I've touched on what makes a "sports movie" a really good film before but I will give you another reason. Not only is it because it teaches you to follow and strive to achieve your dream, but also because it teaches you that in order to achieve greatness it is a team effort.
It's one thing to have a sport's film be about one person and their story of self discovery, it is a completely different one to have it be about the entire team and how it also impacts their town. Usually, in these films they are metaphors for each other.
In the midwest sports are a way for a community to come together, which could probably explain why most sport's films take place here. If you have a broken team, you sure enough will most like have a broken community. It is then that by getting your team mates to cooperate with one another can you begin to bring the town together.
For Gene Hackman in "Hoosiers" he must do just that and along the way he also is able to discover and most past his own ghost.
This film has been ranked among a lot of lists when it comes to top "Sport's Films" and it's with good reason. The story of the little team that could is one of inspiration, and very beautifully acted, written and directed. It is also one of my personal favorites when it comes to this genre.
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