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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.

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.

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.

Book Review of Outside Shooter
By Thomas Dygard


Bloomfield, Illinois. Home of the Bloomfield Bulldogs and Bobby Haggerfield. Who is Bobby Haggerfield? Well he's the Bulldogs best player. But Bobby's too good to be true. Along with a sweet outside shot comes a bad team effort. Sort of like Ron Artest he's got the game just the willingness to work with his teammates. Unfortunately for Deke Hill, the new coach, basketball is taken very seriously in Bloomfield. His work was cut out for him: He had to win games but more importantly fix Bobby's problem which will help them win games. Coach Hill always wanted to become a high school basketball coach. After his last game at Duke University he said "All my life I wanted to become a coach and now's my chance. He had a chance to be drafted first pick first round by the Los Angles Lakers.

With a little bit of progress the Bulldogs won their first 3 games. Would all of Bobby's hard work go to waste or would it carry the Bloomfield Bulldogs to a state championship? Outside Shooter is a suspenseful book that's full of surprises. Read on to find out. I would read this book if you're interested or skilled in basketball like me.

I enjoyed the book Outside Shooter by Thomas J. Dygard. It had an incredibly realistic setting and plot. The characters were amazingly life-like. They had great personalities. Outside Shooter is about a highschool basketball team, that has very talented individuals, but for some reason, they can't work as a team. In the previous year of the book's setting, the same basketball team had a horrible, horrible, record. The team had a star player, who always got in trouble at school, and who didn't pay attention to his basketball coach. His name was Bobby Haggard. Since Bobby kept getting in trouble at school, he got suspended, which meant he let down his teammates, and made them have less respect for him. Bobby kept on getting suspended, and soon, his teammates had no respect for him, and they ignored everything he did and said. Later, his coach couldn't handle Bobby, and she relieved herself as the head-coach. Bobby noticed what was going on, and he himself dropped out of basketball. The team fell apart. The next year, a new coach who just came from college, (he was a college basketball star, he was drafted to the NBA, but he turned the offer down, and went to be a highschool basketball coach) was about ready to change the highschool basketball team into a much better team-more teamwork, more cooperation, and to polish up the players' skills. His name was Deke Warden. Deke found out about Bobby Haggard , and he tried his best to get Bobby back on the team. He realized then why everyone on the team was mad at Bobby. Deke tried to change the teams' feelings about Bobby, and to change Bobby's feelings about the team. To find out if Deke can successfully put the team back together, and make the basketball team have a winning record, it would be neccessary to read the book. There are 2 main characters in the story, Bobby Haggard, and Deke Warden. Bobby Haggard is a slender redhead, who carried a cocky half grin with him throughout the days of the year, almost a sneer, (more like the days he had something to grin about.) He was quite thin, and stronger than his size indicated . Bobby was broad-shouldered and narrow-hipped. He was 5 feet, 7 inches. He always got in trouble at school, and he had trouble with his previous coaches (basketball,) and he had a problem with socializing with his teammates without getting them mad or irritated. Bobby was an average student, but he cut lots of classes. He's not really straight A material. Deke Warden was 6 feet, 7 inches. He was brawny, carrying 230 pounds on his body. He was a second-team All-American selection on a winning team at his Illinois State University. Deke was intelligent, nice and understanding, but he could be strict if need be. Outside Shooter was a great book, like I said at the beginning, it was a great life-like, realistic book. I hope you are now interested in reading it. If not , well, you're making a big mistake!

There has been a big change at Blumesfield High School. A coach named Deke got the job of basketball coach at Blumesfield High School. Deke went to Illinois State University for 4 years and could have gone pro but he didn't because he wanted to coach high school basketball. Deke has asked a lot of questions about his life and how he was going to coach the team but the biggest question they asked was if Bobby was going to play. Bobby is a short redhead that is really good at basketball. Bobby is the best player that the bulldogs have aver had. Bobby is really good but he has a bad attitude and that why the team doesn't like him. Bobby is not a very good kid but with Dekes help he might be able to change.

The outside shooter is an all around good book. Thomas J. Dygard is really good at writing sports books. I would give this book 3 1\2 stars because I thought it was written well. If you like action books like me, then you will like this book.

There has been a big change at Blumesfield High School. Deke Warden has just taken the job of head basketball coach for the Blumesfield High Bulldogs. After four years at Illinois State University, Deke, has turned down the NBA to pursue his dream of being a high school basketball coach. In the five-week period before the Bulldog's first practice, Deke has been questioned about his life, coaching strategies and the Bulldog's best shooter Bobby Haggard. The 5.6ft redhead is by far the best shooter the Bulldogs have seen come threw the school. Even though Bobby has a lot of talent his attitude is what holds him and the team down. As Deke putt's it "Bobby can't find his self worth". Even thought the previous seasons have been bad for the bulldogs, with a new coach, anything can happen.

The outside shooter is an all around good book. It is a very well written and entertaining book. Thomas J. Dygard does a good job of explaining the setting, characters and plot that outline and build this story. When rating this book I would give it 4 stars for the uniqueness Thomas J. Dygard uses in his book. If you want an action pace book this is a book for you.

I thought this book was a fantastic novel. This fiction book told me alot about family problems and how they were fixed.

THE OUTSIDE SHOOTER IS A GOOD BOOK I LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BASKETBALL GAMES AND BECAUSE OF THE TWIST IN THE MIDDLE. IF IT DID NOT HAVE THESE THINGS IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD BOOK. THE BOOK IS ABOUT A HOT HEAD GETTING SUSPENDED BEFORE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. I GAVE THE BOOK A FOUR. I LIKED THE BOOK YOU SHOULD READ IT.