No Quit

by Scott Tappa

Adam is not a natural athlete, and does not come from a sports-minded family. But when he begins to drift in school, his parents insist he join a youth football team to learn teamwork, discipline, and work ethic. Playing for the Warriors is tough, and not just learning the plays — he is also dealing with a teammate that can not stop giving him a hard time. Will Adam finish the season as the team pushes for a spot in the playoffs?

148 pages, Paperback

Published December 2, 2019

About the author

Scott Tappa is a youth football, basketball, and baseball coach in Iola, Wis. Scott is the author of First-Time Coach: Youth Football, 114 Youth Football Plays, Read Option Offense for Youth Football, 105 Youth Football Drills, 129 Football Trick Plays, High School Basketball Analytics, Create Your Own Basketball Playbook, Create Your Own Football Playbook, and children's sports fiction books No Quit, Scoop and The Kid Who Called the Plays. In addition to serving as coach, he was president of Iola-Scandinavia Pee Wee Athletics and the Mid-State Youth Football & Cheerleading Conference. After beginning his career as a newspaper sports editor, he worked in a variety of magazine, book, and online capacities before landing at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he worked in a marketing, communications, and events position, and founded the Great Lakes Analytics in Sports Conference. He is now a business education teacher at Iola-Scandinavia (Wis.) High School, coaching middle school football, JV boys basketball, and serving as advisor for the school's yearbook and DECA student organization. Scott is married to Jana and father of Will and Charlie. Follow Scott on Instagram at @coachtappa, Twitter at @scotttappa and YouTube at youtube.com/channel/UC_TA-nXwS1tDKudJ....

Reviews

[Cheryl Starling · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for all kids to read (and parents and grandparents). It was not hard for me to get caught up in the emotions in the book and it does a great job of showing what rewards come from being a team player, working hard and trying something new!

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Attention parents: your middle grade readers need this book! I just read it in one sitting and I loved it.

It’s about a 10-year-old boy named Adam that’s not interested in football, but finds himself on the team after his grades start slipping and his parents insist he joins to learn a few lessons. Those lessons end up being about hard work, not giving up, dealing with a kid that’s giving him a hard time, teamwork, and saying sorry. It’s a great story and I’ll admit I teared up a few times. Check it out!

[Scott Tappa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was a lot of fun to write -- most children's books I've read have focused on a star player, or on a kid who becomes a star player. Adam is neither, but his story is more common than most, and just as important: that of the average kid or underdog.