INSTRUCTOR/COACHING CAREER

Whatever your age, your level,  I can help you reach your goals. For this, we must work in confidence and transparency! It is therefore important for me to share with you my baseball background:

My coaching career has started in 1992:

- 2023 Motor Preferences Expert - Motor Preferences Experts LLC USA

- 2022-23 Motor Preferences Expert- Baseball Terrapins - University of Maryland - USA

- 2022 Motor Preferences Expert (consultant) - Scott Emerson - Pitching Coach Oakland Athletics - USA

- Technical Consultant - Saint Anthony Baseball Academy - Canada

- Manager - Winter program for Central Ontario Reds - Canada

- Manager - Bugey Sud Cowboys - France

- Baseball instructor - Bergy Baseball Center - Canada

- Manager - Pearson H.S. baseball concentration - Canada

- Assistant coach - New York Yankees VIP days - USA

- Assistant coach - Derek Aucoin Tour - Canada

- Manager - Savoy Climbers - France

- Head Coach - ASUL Diamonds - France

- Associate scout - Atlanta Braves - France

- Organization of 6 MLBI camps & assistant coach - France

- Member of American Baseball Coach Association

- Assistant Coach - Pomona College - USA

- Head Coach - the Black-Bat Baseball Club - France

- Canada- Volunteer coach in various clubs (France, Canada)

List of former coaches : Mike Riskas, Doug Williams, Tony Guzzo, Chris Jones, Dewey Stroud, Jim Ronney, Ian Jordan, Derek Aucoin, Jim barker...

I am proud to be Red Eye pro staff : Customized baseball gloves company located in Ontario.

CERTIFICATIONS

I passed in 1994 my baseball professionnal coach certification. It is one of the highest degree given by the French Sports Ministry.

The Common General certification  was mandatory, in addition to the specific part, to obtain the "Brevet d'Etat d'Educateur Sportif", a diploma required to teach or train for remuneration a physical or sports activity on the French territory. It included :

- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Pedagogy
- Legislation
- Regulations

To validate this part, it is necessary to have obtained all the units, without possible catching up of one on the other.

- Biological sciences :

Functional anatomy (skeleton, joints, muscles)
The nervous system (structure and mechanisms)
Hormonal control of muscle activity (functions and roles)
Muscle function (contractions, muscle fibers, adaptations, muscle energy) 
Cardiopulmonary system (respiration, circulation)
Metabolism and sports activities (training requirements and objectives)
Evaluation of capacities (physical, physiological)
Training (basics, planning, factors of sports performance)
Doping and the fight against doping

- Human sciences :
Motivational regulation of behaviors (mechanisms, consequences, management)
Learning theory (psychological aspects of learning)
Attitudes (understanding, acting)
Psychological skills (stress, mental rehearsal, concentration)
Sports practices and personality characteristics
Stages of development (psychomotor, emotional, intellectual, social)
Physical activities with age (youth, adolescents, adults, elderly) Sports teaching (modes, communication)
Learning data
Construction of sessions or learning cycles (programming)
Practical pedagogy (putting learning into action, adaptation)

- Organization and regulation of sport:
Public structures (Ministry of Sports, decentralized services, institutions)
Private structures (associations, federations, accreditations)
Regulation of the practice (obligations)
Control structures (regulatory, medical)
Management and marketing of sport
Sportsmanship

Then I passed the specific part in Montpellier. It included:
The specific part contained a written exam, an oral exam, an evaluation of the level of play at two different positions, the preparation of a training session, the coaching of a training session, a batting practice.

I am currently Trained Coach - Stream Regional Competition / Baseball Canada

I have also my first aid french certification and will pass soon it in Ontario.

My police check in France and in Ontario for vulnerable sector are clean. I can supply a copy on request.