Football season…cooler temperatures, Ahh it’s that time of the year! Have a great month and I hope you are inspired by this month’s Poem of the Month! “MAKE ME THE BEST” Lord give me the vision that the top see, When they knock me or try to stop me please give me moxie. For this  [ Read More ]

The 2011 Todd Bates Football Skills Camp photo’s are available for purchase through photographer Trent Penny. Thanks! http://trentpenny.eventpictures.com/index.jsp

“The Bama Way: Profiles of Champions” will be released in bookstores October 18, 2011. You can pre-order a copy today at www.amazon.com. From their first national title in the 1926 Rose Bowl to the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, The Bama Way: Profiles of Champions highlights the life of one extraordinary player from each of  [ Read More ]

“Culture Change” We’ll take this journey one step at a time, Who among you is prepped for the grind? If our mindset is team first then the dream works. Know things will get better even when they seem worse. The victory is not in the grief, Conceive men, because achievement is a plot of belief.  [ Read More ]

Thank you to everyone who participated at the 5th Annual Todd Bates Football Skills Camp! It was a GREAT success because of your support! Keep visiting www.toddbates.org or http://www.cityofheflin.org/parksandrecreation.html for details on the 2012 camp! Remember you can purchase pictures from the camp, including the group photo, from photographer Trent Penny at http://trentpenny.eventpictures.com/index.jsp THANKS! Coach  [ Read More ]