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Benoit LEGRAND

NORMANDY
France

15 years experience coaching tennis at differents levels, including performance coach for French Federation and high performance on ITF male and female tours.

My passion is to help and guide players achieve their goals. I organise high performance structure around the player, managing the team, setting the vision and ajusting all the settings to facilitate  the performance.

Qualifications

Mental and sport psychology certificate, University of Clermont Auvergne (UCA), September 2022 to August 2023

  • Courses on development of mental training (200h of training)
  • Individual sessions with athletes (10 sessions per athlete, total of 50h of internship)
    • Tennis player, 15 years old, regional level
    • Kayak athlete, 20 years old, national level
    • Track and field athlete, 22 years old, national level

French Superior State Diploma of tennis (DESJEPS mention tennis) Ligue de Normandie, Honfleur, September 2019 to June 2021

  • 700 hours of training in :
    • Sport biomechanics, mental and physical training
    • Management of associations, human and financial resources
    • Training of high national and international tennis players

 French State Diploma of Tennis (DEJEPS mention tennis) Ligue de Normandie, Honfleur September 2014 to May 2016

  • 500 hours of training in :
    • Technical, tactical, and physical aspects of tennis
    • Practical on court coaching sessions.
    • Club development and management

 

 

 

I’m 30 years old. Passionate about tennis since I started at 11 in a local club in Normandy.

I love to read about a lot of subjets around sports, phychology, philosophy, nutrition and all topics linked with human development.

Also novels books like PAMUK, TOLSTOI, HUGO and most of the classics.

 

I love to travel, discover places and differents ways to live.

Highlights : A trip around Australia in 2017, to follow the ATP/WTA tour, in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne.

Two trips in the US in 2017 and 2019 for US Open and Indian Wells.

Road trips across Europe.

 

 

Experience

Head coach at Team Perf Academy, at Bois Guillaume  September 2023 to now (current)

  • Coordination of the coaching team
  • Training of University Elite Players (CNUT), ranked between 10 and 12 UTR, male and female

 

Regional trainer, at French Tennis Federation (FFT), September 2021 to June 2023

  • Coaching of top under 12 years old players of the region (national level)
  • Area coordination of the department of ORNE (NORMANDY)
    • 3500 members, 35 clubs, 12 coaches
      • Scouting and training of under 8 years old kids in the regional performance program
      • Management and coordination of the coaches

Private Travel coach, September 2016 to August 2019

  • Player with points on the ITF Tour
  • Group of 3 players under 16 years old (Regional level)

 

Additional Skills and achievements

  • Skills
    • French mother tongue
    • English fluent
  • Driving licence
  • Sparring partner of several male and female player, national level U18
  • Attended various conferences for coaches, including Louis CAYER conference in Canada 2019, Australian Coaches conference 2017.