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Summer Reading Training Materials (Staff): One Shot at Forever

One Shot at Forever

Title & Author

One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard

Themes

  • Small towns

  • underdogs

Essential Questions

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  • “One Shot has plenty of sociological insight. Specifically, it is focused on the concept of small-town America, and the teen experience of living in a tiny community and wanting to get out, or do something bigger than their town.” As students who live in a big city, can you relate to this insight?

  • “Ballard again and again shows that Sweet believes that the point of the game is to have fun, not to win, and that the most important aspect is the journey, a theme which parallels the teaching style Sweet used.” What do you think about this particular theme? Do you agree with Coach Sweet that winning is not the main goal?

  • " I don't have many rules. Practice is optional and you guys get to choose where you play, and also there is no conditioning." (Lynn Sweet) - pg 39.  Would this philosophy work with most teams, or was this team just special?

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