In summer, Greg and his family would watch the Olympics, however thinks if he was in it he'd have trouble smiling for the camera. Greg said he'd stand in the corner of the field and not play soccer instead. However, things started going downhill in kindergarten when the coaches started to become more strict about the rules, the adults were more serious, and the snack bar is replaced with healthy food.
#Big shot professional#
Greg thought he was going to be a professional athlete. The coaches back then would make sure everyone scores at least one point to make kids feel good about themselves. Greg said in soccer, even the refs didn't blow the whistles when something goes wrong.
#Big shot free#
Greg then writes a flashback about how he used to like sports such as soccer in preschool because you're basically free to do anything, it was chaos, but the adults didn't care.
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Greg doesn't think he could become a professional athlete, so he says he's retiring. Susan tells him that every person in a sports team has an important role to play but Greg says that his role is to make everyone else look good. Greg starts by saying that he hears that every athlete are born with a special gene and that he was born without one. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg’s hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot? But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team.Īs Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won’t make the cut.
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But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball.
#Big shot series#
In Big Shot, book 16 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don’t mix.Īfter a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he’s officially retired. The cover shows Greg wearing a headband in a Basketball hoop, holding a hockey stick and a soccerball, and wearing various sports items. The book was released on October 26th of 2021. The cover was revealed on May 26th of 2021, 5 months before the later release. A teaser for the book was released on March 5th, 2021 on Amazon. Kinney would reveal in an interview with The Boston Globe that the book would be about sports, a story he wanted to explore in the series for a while and that he thinks he finally “nailed it”.
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On Twitter, Jeff Kinney said that he was working on both Book 15, now known as The Deep End, and 16 both at the same time, and book 15 was finished. White, blue, and yellow with a sportswear textureĭiary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot is the sixteenth book in the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories (release order) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big ShotĪbrams Books (Amulet Books) and Puffin Booksĭiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (chronologically) SPOILER: Plot or ending details to follow.