Game Changers centers on a young football player named Ben McBain, who is talented and flexible enough to play several positions. He also has a huge drive to win. His hero is former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie, a man who was physically on the small side, like Ben, but who could play beyond his size. Ben dreams of becoming quarterback, but the coach, Coach O'Brien, considers him too small. More importantly, O'Brien wants his own...
Game Changers centers on a young football player named Ben McBain, who is talented and flexible enough to play several positions. He also has a huge drive to win. His hero is former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie, a man who was physically on the small side, like Ben, but who could play beyond his size. Ben dreams of becoming quarterback, but the coach, Coach O'Brien, considers him too small. More importantly, O'Brien wants his own son, Shawn, to be quarterback, because he is trying to live through Shawn. O'Brien was once a pro and now he is pressuring Shawn to follow in his footsteps.
Ben is disappointed and feels it is unfair that he cannot be quarterback, but he is a strong person so he deals with it. Shawn, however, is being pressured too hard by his father to win and this is making him a poor quarterback and, ironically, threatening the season. Ben has an influence on Shawn and helps guide him to better quarterbacking, but then Coach O'Brien begins to interfere.
One theme of this book is that parents should avoid putting too much pressure on their children. Ben's father, for example, supports him but doesn't make unrealistic demands, whereas Shawn's father has too much emotional energy invested in his son's success at football.
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