Ha ve you seen The Legend of Bagger Vance ? The film was released in 2000 and was not a box office success. I must admit that I had not seen it until recently. I saw it on a list of films that life coaches should watch, so I found it on Amazon and watched it with my wife a couple of weeks ago. A sports fantasy, The Legend of Bagger Vance was directed by Robert Redford and starred Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron. Although it was generally panned by critics, the theme of redemption through finding encouragement, focus, and purpose fits well with the coaching paradigm. The film is told through the eyes of Hardy Greaves . Played by Jack Lemon as an old man, Greaves’ heart attack on a golf course provides the bookends of the story. As he lies on the grass, he thinks back to his experiences with Bagger Vance (Smith) and Rannulph Junuh (Damon) when he was a youngster (J. Michae...
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