Guest blogger: Abdiweli 2

Jim Ellis (Terence Howard) is a college educated African American that can’t find a job but he never lets anything get in his way. He is driven by his love for swimming, Jim runs into an abandoned recreational pool hall in Philadelphia slum with the help of his friend Elton, a local janitor. But when the Philadelphia Department of Recreation for Demolition, Jim fights back after he gets his way he starts the first African American swim team. He started it by recruiting troubled teens from the streets Jim struggles to transform them into capable swimmers all in time for the upcoming state championships. But as racism and violence come along the city official threaten to tear the team apart because it is a safety issue any of these kids could get hurt or they could hurt someone else. Jim must do everything he can to convince his swimmers that they can be successful both in and out the pool it’s all about as hard as they try. But in the head of that all the make it to state and they get disrespected and all but they keep their cool and just show it in the pool but racking up wins after win. They end up winning the whole thing but Jim Ellis tells them it not just about winning you should be proud of its about the fact you did it while the whole city was on your back and putting you down. Jim Ellis also lets them know how much they mean to him in the end he was kind hard and pushing them to do the right thing but in the end it sure all paid off. They go on to college and did good things with their lives, all thanks to coach Jim Ellis