Larry Bird Watching

 

Im gonna post a video on Larry Bird its gonna show some of his all time greatest highlights. It will also show what other people said and thought about him. Including Magic Johnson and some of his teamates. This video really does show he was one of the greatest of all time because he has amazing game winning shots and amazing plays he makes in games. It also shows he was one of the best because other great players were talking about how good he was. Hope you enjoy the video.

Reading Skills

 

Im getting through the book Larry Bird Watching im actually about 3/4 the way through and I have a couple predictions on what will happen next. About where I am in the book right now he is talking about how hes coaching the Indiana Pacers and all the battles he had with other teams in the playoffs, and a couple of his coaching strategies during his coaching career. My prediction for what will happen later in the book is about how he became the owner of the Pacers and his retirement from coaching I think he will talk more about his family. A text to world connection is I am sure there are plenty of old basketball legends that tell there life story about basketball in person today. My text to text connection is this book and The Blind Side they both tell about an athletes life and how they got to the top. My text to self connection is I know what it feels like to want to be good at a sport because I played basketball and I still play football but I can connect to him in a lot of ways and thats a big reason I read athletes biographies is because I like to connect with them.

Larry Bird Watching

 

 

        Larry Bird Watching is a biography that tells you about his whole career. I can connect to this because I watched a biography on Michael Jordan so I can connect to both things because they were both basketball players and went through the same things. Also because they were both one of the best to play all time. Its a very easy novel to read especially if your a basketball fan. You will like it because he tells you about his startegies about being a player and coach and can probably smarten youmore as a basketball player. If your willing to read it.

Characters

 

 

       Larry Bird develops over the course of the novel into a kid who grew up in a small town in Indiana to one the greatest who ever played the game. He really works on his game in High School and Indiana St. which is where he attended college to become one of the greatest of all time. Larry interacts with a lot of people over the course of his career inculding Magic Johnson also one of the best to play all time. He was very good friends with Magic he shot commercials with Magic a lot. He also made a movie with Magic called Space Jam but they were only in a couple scenes its a really good movie. His relationship with Magic advanced the plot because he talks a lot about how he played against Magic and played with him on the 1992 dream team, also because he started to talk about all the commercials he shot with him.

Larry Bird Watching

Larry Bird develops over the course of the novel into a basketball mentor/player. He begins at the beginning of the story as a high school player playing in a small town in indiana. He begins to get better and smarter as a basketball player over the novel. During the course of the novel he had problems with some basketball players or coaches. Most of the time he was very social and friendly and had lots of frineds with the people around him. He really turns into a kid with a dream to play proffesional basketball player into one of the best players of all time. It really is a great inspirational book to read.

 

Theme and Summary

The independent novel I chose was Larry bird watching. I would say the theme of this novel is "never give up till you get your general goal" he started as a kid in Indiana and he became one of the best to ever play this is why I chose this thematic statement. It is a biography telling the reader about Larry Birds life story. He begins playing high school basketball and starts to realize that he isnt that bad at it. He goes on to play college basketball for Indiana St. University. He talks about all the players hes played against in his career and 1992 dream team (USA Basketball Olypmpic team in 1992) possibly one of the best USA teams of all time if not the best. He then talks about his coaching carrer with the Indiana Pacers and some of the players he had on the team while he was coaching them. He talks about his coaching strategies. If you are a basketball fan i recommend you read it because it is a great biography about one of the best who ever played the game.