PERFORMANCE TENNIS - Key Persons


Francois Laffont

Job Titles:
  • Coach
  • LTA Level 5 Master Performance Coach
Francois is an LTA Level 5 Master Performance Coach who has over 25 years experience of helping players reach their potential. Francois has been Head of performance at Sutton Tennis Academy, coach at the Roehampton National Tennis Centre, Tennis coach at a Florida Tennis academy, county performance coach for Toulouse and Oxfordshire and a Tennis Manager for Club Med. Francois has helped improve many national level players as well as improving schools tennis. An extremely enthusiastic exceptionally passionate and motivated individual who is well organised with excellent inter personal skills. Highly qualified with over 25 years of experience, dedicated and unsurpassed ability to mentor others effectively.

Maria Llorca- Pons

Job Titles:
  • Professional Coach

Martin Butler

Job Titles:
  • Abingdon Head Tennis Coach

TENNIS SENSOR

Job Titles:
  • HEAD
We use this technology to really show improvement and reinforce the teaching points. The players love to see the data it provides such as contact point, average/max ball speed, average/max spin and heaviness. On the serve it can show a 3D model of the swing and contact point relevant to the body as well as contact point on the strings. Racket speed and ball speed are also displayed, our fastest so far is 124MPH ! It is so effective at speeding up the learning process. It is also possible to track a whole match and when used in conjunction with video you can go to any shot and look at the statistics.