Film vychádza zo skutočného štrajku profesionálnych futbalistov v r. 1987. Majiteľ tímu pozve bývalého trénera NFL, aby dal dokopy a koučoval náhradný tím. Zídu sa v ňom rôzne "existencie"...

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that--a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.

Basketbalový trenér Norman Dale byl v padesátých letech minulého století hvězda. A každý tým pod jeho vedením byl předurčený k vítězství. Každý hráč, který byl ochotný podvolit se jeho mnohdy drsným a nesmlouvavým metodám, měl šanci dotáhnout to opravdu vysoko. Ale našli se i tací, kteří chtěli jít vlastní cestou. A proto má také Norman Dale nyní poslední šanci, jak po útoku na vlastního hráče zachránit svoji téměř mrtvou koučovskou kariéru. Jeho novým a možná posledním týmem se stává družstvo ze zapadlé lokální střední školy v Indianě, které se vždy potácelo na chvostu tabulek a nikdy neokusilo, jak vlastně vypadá opravdová košíková, což se nejvíc projevuje na jeho hráčích, hejskovitých dlouhánech s minimální herní morálkou a ještě menším citem pro zodpovědnost. A Daleovi je jasné, že v tomto družstvu se bude muset mnohé změnit. Otázka ale zní, zda tentokrát nezmůže víc než autorita obyčejná lidskost. ..

Šest let trénování středoškolského fotbalového týmu Orlů nepřineslo Grantu Taylorovi žádné dobré výsledky, natož vítězství. Navíc teď musí čelit zdánlivě nepřekonatelným pracovním a osobním potížím, a to se pak na konec trenérské kariéry pomýšlí snadno. Ale po jednom nečekaném setkání v sobě Grant objevuje víru, jež mu dodá sílu vytrvat.

Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick joins the team where he must adopt the grueling training schedule that Coach Gelwix enforces, or finish out the season behind bars.

Haley Graham je 17-ročná rebelka, ktorá má rada punk a všetko, čo môže zvýšiť jej adrenalín. Nie raz sa dostala do konfliktu s okolím a autoritami. Keď však dôjde k poslednej zrážke so zákonom, dostane na výber. Trest alebo zápis na elitnú gymnastickú akadémiu vedenú legendárnym trénerom Burtom Vickermanom. Jej neskrotný duch a žarty rýchlo otrasú prísne vedenou školou...

Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

Šampióni sa rodia všade. Veľký talent a silná vôľa dokážu zdolať nepriazeň osudu aj všetky zdanlivo neprekonateľné prekážky.

Učiteľ a futbalový tréner Jim White príde o svoju prácu a musí sa s celou svojou rodinou presťahovať do nového pôsobiska, malého mestečka McFarland v Kalifornii, jedného z najchudobnejších miest USA, kde žijú len prisťahovalci z Južnej Ameriky, ktorí tvrdo pracujú na svojich farmách a denne zápasia o živobytie aj vlastné prežitie. Jeho noví žiaci pochádzajú z najchudobnejších hispánskych rodín a nemajú žiadnu budúcnosť. Učiteľ telesnej výchovy však čoskoro odhalí športový potenciál siedmich hispánskych tínedžerov, ich neuveriteľnú fyzickú výdrž, vytrvalosť, výnimočné bežecké schopnosti a vlohy pre cezpoľný beh.

Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.

When East German Eric Brogar wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.

When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.

A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.