Outside Shooter [Library Binding]

Thomas J. Dygard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

"A believable story of a first year coach and his challenge to shape up an uncontrollable yet talented player . . . Bobby Haggard, an excellent high school basketball player, without whom his team cannot become Number One, alienates himself from the team by his extreme misbehavior with them and the school in general . . . Recommended."--School Library Journal.

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Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Bt Bound (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833560867
• ISBN-13: 978-0833560865
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,890,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Go-Bobby-Go!!", March 29, 2004

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Brenton (Cerritos, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outside Shooter (Paperback)

This book is about a new coach named Deke that comes to a new city to coach. From day one, he has been hearing about a wiry redhead with lightning fast hands who can place shots from anywhere on the court named Bobby Haggard.
I liked this book because unlike other books I have read in the past, I spoke to me. It told me in it's own way that you can have all of the talent in the world, but if you don't make the right decisions, the talent is worth nothing. Right here is an example, "Bobby is a troubled boy. He is convinced that nobody likes him. As a result, of course, nobody doe. Oh, he's got friends, you know, but they're a bunch with the same problems he has. They're convinced that everybody is looking down on them."
Another great quote that I feel relates both to basketball and life is, "Coach, I don't like that dude. I've got reasons. They're good reasons. he doesn't like me either. But I'll play the game with him. When we're on the court in a game, you'll think I love him like a brother. But I don't." This was said by another star on Bobby's team named Benjy.
My favorite part of the book has to be the ending. At the ending, Bobby and the rest of the team win the championship by one point. when the team went back into the locker room, a player threw a towel in Bobby's face and everyone started laughing. Including Bobby.

4.0 out of 5 stars "There is no I in team" is not just a cliche, November 5, 2009

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outside Shooter (Hardcover)

Bobby Haggard is a superb basketball player but he is also a boy with an attitude about life and his play on the court. Outwardly, Bobby projects an arrogant personality, but that is largely a shield that protects his feelings of personal inadequacy. First year coach Deke Warden declined a career in professional basketball to become a high school basketball coach and his first assignment is a difficult one. His Bloomfield Bulldogs could be a great team, but the other players have reached their limit of Haggard tolerance.
Bloomfield is a small town in Illinois where high school sports dominates the sports scene and the previous coach lost his job over his inability to handle the "Haggard problem." Deke is forced to deal with Bobby as well as his teammates as he struggles to meld a team out of the two factions. It is a difficult struggle, but both Deke and Bobby learn a valuable lesson of life, as they are both molded into people better able to handle their circumstances.
The best juvenile fiction sports stories have a theme about life and success woven into the sports action and this book has that trait. One of the best lessons of sports involvement is that all people play a role and that the whole of the functioning team is always better than the sum of the parts. That is the lesson here and it is one that is important in business as well as on the basketball court.

4.0 out of 5 stars outside shooter, October 26, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Outside Shooter (Paperback)

This book is a good book for people that like basketball. The coach team and players went through a lot. there was problems with players. one player in particular was Bobby Haggard. he was a troublemaker but he was the best shooter on the team. everyone had a problem with him because he was so cocky. read this book and find out how his coach dealt with Bobby and the team.