LIFE STORY

A sportsman by birth, I only became a professional athlete later in life…

All my life I practiced various sports extensively in both leisure and competition, and by that I mean I would not stop. I grew up on a road bike from the age of 5 (and I'm still riding today), I played soccer and tennis competitively and also trained competitively as a gymnast.

I spent a lot of time in the French and Swiss Alps from an early age, roaming up and down the mountains either recreationally or competitively hiking, running, cycling, mountain biking, or skiing. I literally accumulated hundreds of thousands of kilometers of vertical before I turned 20. That was awesome!  

I couldn't have imagined at the time, that starting all of these activities from such a young age and practicing so intensely would be so crucial for the future. They were the foundation of an unparalleled combination of flexibility, strength, endurance, speed, agility, coordination and balance, for squash.

Looking back, I had the potential to become a professional athlete in most of the sports I competed in growing up, but I didn't have the support network in place to provide me with the opportunity to take that next step. It wasn't until I was 17 years old that I was introduced to squash. I played recreationally until I was 25 years old and then I finally decided to take it seriously. I started to compete professionally even later at the age of 29 years of age, I reached 136th place in the world at 33 years old. I have been coaching this sport at the lowest and highest levels ever since.

I have always been a lover of the practice of sports and the effort associated to it. As well as addicted to that well-being feeling of the surpassing of oneself. I thrive on sharing my experience, knowledge and philosophy of the training techniques and tools this quest to always perform has taught me. The results of this search for perfection are often counterintuitive both emotionally and physically.

In the end, it follows a more holistic and somewhat philosophical approach to training and sport in general whose foundations reside in these 2 quotes:

"The body never lies"

Kim Martins 1938-2018

"Force not your talent, you wouldn't do anything with grace"

Charlotte Itty 1911-2011