About SPAN

Powering Performance at Every Stage

At SPAN, our mission is to empower young athletes to achieve their full potential - physically, mentally and spiritually. Through faith-centered sports nutrition and sports mindset coaching, we provide personalized guidance that nurtures the body, sharpens the mind, and strengthens the soul. We are committed to fostering resilience, discipline, and purpose in every athlete; helping them to excel both on and off the field. By integrating evidence-based strategies with faith-driven principles, we inspire our clients to honor their God-given talents and pursue excellence with integrity, confidence and unwavering belief. ​

What SPAN Offers

  • Participate in a 1:1 50-minute personalized virtual coaching session with a sports nutritionist to help enhance your sports performance. Review your current dietary intake patterns, discuss your personal goals and create a plan to help you accomplish your desired nutrition and health outcomes.

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  • At SPAN we understand there is a mental component to sports and life. We work to enable our athletes to engage in self assessment and growth mindset training to help them identify, create and ultimately, reach their intended sports performance and life goals.

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  • Our book, The Winning Edge: An Athlete’s Guide to Sports Nutrition & a Performance Mindset, helps to further empower athletes to embrace discipline, confidence, and purpose—both on and off the field.

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  • Tune in for expert tips and interviews with leaders in athlete nutrition, sports performance, and mindset training from every corner of the athletic world.

    Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

  • VO2 Max and Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) testing for athletes ages 13 and up in Cypress and the surrounding Houston area.

  • Workshops and Seminars

    Our team workshops bring athletes, coaches, and parents together to learn strategies in nutrition, mindset, and character development, building performance, unity, and shared purpose on and off the field.

Who Is SPAN?

Meet SPAN's Founder

Meet SPAN's Founder. Stacy Bates is a passionate registered dietitian with over 17 years of experience.

Stacy Bates, MS, RDN, LD

Stacy is a passionate registered dietitian with over 17 years of experience. She's has spent her career focused on highlighting food's role in health and loves sharing her knowledge with others. Her work in retail health and wellness earned her the 2016 Progressive Grocer Dietitian of the Year Award! Stacy enjoys the opportunity to focus on youth sports and nutrition, especially when it comes to supporting her sons and getting involved in her local community. With a bachelor's degree in nutrition science and a master's in human sciences and minor in adult education, Stacy uses her knowledge to empower young athletes and their families to fuel for success. Through her focus on youth sports nutrition, Stacy's goal is not only to help athletes perform better on the court, but to inspire young athletes to live up to their full potential - both on and off the court. 

Meet SPAN's Co-Founder

Meet SPAN's Co-Founder. Lindsay Patrick is a distinguished educator, former collegiate athlete, former coach, and the mother of two amazing sons who are aspiring young athletes.

Lindsay Werkhoven Patrick

Lindsay is a distinguished educator, former collegiate athlete, former coach, and the mother of two amazing sons who are aspiring young athletes. She has spent her entire life being coached or coaching youth both on the court and in the classroom. Her passion for developing a growth mindset and supporting students and athletes in the pursuit of their goals is a work of the heart and something she has dedicated her life to. The social, mental, emotional, and physical well-being of children and student athletes both in the classroom and on the field is her life’s work.