Series about athletes: 3 interesting stories

Series about athletes: 3 interesting stories

Besides training and competition, athletes have friendships, grudges and love in their lives.

Athletes are strong and determined people. Often their will to win ruins relationships with friends and relatives, interferes with their personal lives and even leads to financial difficulties. In our selection – 3 difficult stories from different sports, which prove that belief in yourself, inexhaustible optimism and hard work help to find a way out of any situation. Enjoy watching!

“Ted Lasso”

(USA, UK, 2020-…)

The story of how the coach of the Kansas college American soccer team became the head coach of an English Premier League club. This is the case of British businesswoman Rebecca Welton, who, after divorcing her husband, receives his Richmond soccer club as a payoff. She wants revenge on the cheating husband and makes a plan to finally break up the club. First of all, she fires the old coach and invites in his place Ted Lasso, a man who knows nothing about English soccer: no rules, no terms, no peculiarities of the game. But he is convinced that the main thing is to build a team spirit and teach people to work together for a common goal, and victories will come with experience.

The series is for those who do not like dark dramas, investigations and conflicts. It will suit fans of English soccer and other team games.

“Moms of Champions”

(Russia, 2018-…)

A sports drama about a young Russian and European swimming champion. Vera at the age of 17 had everything: victories at tournaments, a favorite person, an understanding father and mother-coach. But at one moment her life turns upside down: because of an unplanned pregnancy, she quits the sport and quarrels with her mother, and later is left alone with a child in her arms. After 15 years, the heroine returns to swimming as a successful coach of her son and other wards. But the past does not leave her alone. Vera again faces the slyness of her mother, who is ready for everything for the sake of big victories, and the former boyfriend heads the national swimming team.

This is a story about the upbringing of athletes and how important it is to listen to the child’s opinion. The series is suitable for viewing the whole family. It will appeal to moms and those who are interested in the curtain of big sports.

“Cobra Kai”

(USA, 2018-…)

The comedy-drama martial arts series is a sequel to the 1984 movie “The Karate Kid.” The main character is a bully in the past and a bankrupt loser now Johnny Lawrence. In an attempt to return to normal life, he revives the karate school “Cobra Kai”, unfortunately known for the motto: “Strike first. Hit hard. No mercy.” Fate brings him together with Daniel LaRusso, who 34 years ago defeated Johnny legendary leg kick, and today – a successful owner of a chain of car dealerships. Meeting again, Danny and Johnny try to solve the conflicts of the past and the problems of the present in the only way they know how – with the help of karate.

The series is a gift to fans of the cult 80’s movie “The Karate Kid”. It will appeal to those who love stories about teenagers’ lives and martial arts.