Since I started to take seriously my Youtube channel in February 2024, here are the videos that people have liked the most. Most are in French, subtitled in English. Please let me know if you’re keen to have a topic discussed in my upcoming production. https://youtu.be/P0cGbdj_4ys?si=T_1fuWu1ZouPY6Kfhttps://youtu.be/aXlR6No24U0https://youtu.be/d6xXM3Cu_2ohttps://youtu.be/xMEBItYJCak?si=yGXZBQJt1_YcSSl6https://youtu.be/tON1A3iqS44https://youtu.be/t4Glk0d5sec

I’ve just finished to post the following videos on my Youtube Channel (click on the pictures to access them).  It’s in French, subtitled in English if necessary. Antoine Pourin is a mental coach based in Nimes, south of France, and he explains how to face the issues we tennis players struggle with during our matches. […]

I’ve just published an online video course to improve your breathing, a topic that is very dear to me, whether for our well being, our ability to handle stress, or for high level competition. The link for the course in English is here: https://www.ready2perform.com/breathwork How it started I7 years ago I came across a road […]

Note: I’m not a doctor. Your health is your responsibility. I’m just reporting what I consider useful resources here. Take care. Firstly, if you notice on top of this site’s page, my goal is to inspire people to be Strong and Free. So, even though this below is not solely for athletes, it is definitely […]

How has been 2022 for you?  Have you been pursuing your dreams?  Have you improved in one way or another?  This article is here to help me being clear about what I’ve learned while coaching aspiring tennis pro players, and hopefully give you some inspiration for you, too. . Because the more each of us does […]

In October last year (2021), my wife Elena and I gave back the keys of our beautiful rented house near Annecy, France. 4 years after we came back from Hong Kong to land in France and it was time to move on…to a nomadic life style! Today I’m going to explain the current idea of […]

Click on the red button below if you’d like to download this article as a pdf. Why This Covid Heroes Article? One of the things that has hurt me the most during this Covid era has been to see the gap between what many people have been lead to believe, and what became my realizations […]

Here is an interview with Portia, yoga teacher and breath coach. From a thyroid condition and doctors telling her she won’t be able to live normally anymore, Portia started a journey that lead her to heal through yoga. More recently, she used the challenge of her first marathon to dive this time into the power […]

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” Brad Metzer Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant had the same one.  Michael Phelps had one. Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles made the news recently and they apparently need one.   And I certainly have used many of them! Who is this […]

I’ve just finished an intense 3 week training period with Ronan, a 19 year old tennis player. At the end of it, we were discussing on how he could continue on his wave of improvements. This is when I remembered about the saying “you are the average person of the 5 people you spend the […]

I didn’t talk about breathing as a way to build self-confidence in my book The Confidence Journey. What follows will give you yet another tool to train this precious skill. One of the many ways to access confidence, to actually feel confident almost immediately, is to imagine being someone else. Pick your hero, imitate him, […]

To me, if you wish to improve the most in your tennis, these are the places to focus your training: mental toughness relaxation endurance power footwork strategic intelligence Now, I don’t know for YOUR training, and what I’ve observed is that most people focus a lot on their techniques, which is certainly important, and definitely […]

If you prefer visuals, you can skip to the 3rd part and watch an example on how to do your own research If we want to have a chance to change this world, I believe it’s important that each of us get (really) informed on what’s really going on.  To me, being street smart in […]

22 Nov 1963, president John. F. Kennedy died, shot in Dallas by a single man, Lee Harvey Oswald.  This is what you need to believe. Read Wikipedia or the New York Times, this is what they say so it must be true. The problem is, as this Gallup poll shows, for the last 50 years, […]

“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” John Lennon.  I didn’t plan to write this and the many chronicles that will follow. I thought my professional life was all about coaching guys who wanted to be good, great or amazing in their sports.  I thought I would build up, step by […]

My mission is to assist us liberating ourselves and becoming stronger. Today I strongly suggest you to watch this video by my main hero of the moment: Zach Bush. It’s about 3 hours long and every minute is worth it! The main ideas I got from it: viruses are not separated from us, far from […]

The Main Issues in Tennis Training at High Level For having been on the Junior Tennis Tour the last 3 years, I’ve realized a few important things about tennis training: most players and coaches train in the same manner all year long!.. as a consequence, everyone knows how to serve then hit hard from the […]

Update 2 Feb 2021: Like me, many have removed whatsapp from their phones and went to either Signal and/ or Telegram. Since I’ve posted this article, came to me the awareness that Moxis, the founder and boss of Signal, has been helped by a friend of him working at the CIA. Also heard that the […]

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.  In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.” ― John F. Kennedy Hello friends, 2020 has been a year that we will remember all our lives.  Here is my story. May it […]

Why Is Sleep So Important Ok. You train hard. Lift weights. Run. Improve your movements and skills. In short: you think you do everything you can to make your dreams come true. The thing is: is it true? Well, while I congratulate you for your efforts, there might be a big thing you’ve been missing […]

Traveling with the tennis players that I coach all year long, I have quite a bit of time to read. And since I’m obsessed with how to improve performances in all areas, I got a list for you of 10 Books that could help you for different reasons. So, READ THIS… 1: …if you want […]

Workshop with Lioudmila Skavronskaia & Benoit Foucher 9 Feb 2020, Meythet (near Annecy, France) Goals:  Stop making matches where you don’t perform well and “not feeling anything!” Play as well in matches as in training (yes, it’s possible!) Know what to focus on, for YOU, and ending the match knowing you did the best you […]

Introduction Tennis competition oftentimes bring strong emotions, sometimes positives ones, often challenging ones. Maybe you, too have had the desire to break your racket, have yelled like a mad man, or kept blaming everything and everyone around (the guy is so lucky/ you don’t feel anything). Maybe you became too agressive (and made many mistakes), […]

A workshop with Lioudmila Skavronskaia & Benoit Foucher 21-22 Oct 2019 at Sévrier, France (near Annecy) I can honestly say I’ve put more than 25 years of my own struggles, researches, certifications, and most important training, mine and those I’ve coached, into what you can learn in these 2 days. I don’t promise that at […]

This article is meant to be read by a tennis player who has big ambition. Adapt what is said to your situation: the principles are the same.  “He’s different.” “He plays as if he doesn’t care sometimes.”“He makes a drop shot, and then he stops moving, as if he’s going to have a coffee!” This kind […]

Following is an extract of my first book, Ta Reelle Victoire. Knowing your values is a very important step for knowing yourself and what’s important for you (this, in fact, is the definition of a value). If you are interested in reading the book, follow this link. First Step: Harmony with your core values: What […]

You Don’t Need Confidence Confidence is not important for performance, it’s overrated. It doesn’t help. Actually, we need to fight Confidence, Confidence is as bad if not more than strength training, relaxation and visualisation all together! Do I get your attention here? Ok, we’re still in the week of April fool so here we go! […]

(here above is the lessons in video. Below in writing, more detailed.) October 1991: I’m 14 years old, and it seems like finally I can be free. I’ve made a big decision and my coach has agreed to do it: I’m changing my backhand, from 2 hands to 1 hand!, big deal for me. Why? […]

This interview was originally posted on BenoitFoucher.com on Sept 2015. Worth re-reading. Today I have the big pleasure and honor to introduce to you an interview full of clarity and enthusiasm, with Stephane Robert. About Stephane Robert Stephane is a top tennis player in the world. His best ranking has been 62 ATP and he’s been more than 10 years among the best […]

Why Setting Up Real Victories You have goals in your sport, like getting a specific ranking in tennis, doing a marathon under a certain time, or finishing your first 100K trail. You may have personal skills you aim to develop in order to reach those goals, like Confidence to finish the points at the net, […]

Warning: breathing is a big deal. Which means if you are not careful, you might pay the consequences. Therefore, I share what I’ve learned here with you, at the same time I’m not responsible for you. You are. SO, be smart, and if what I suggest is not appropriate for you, don’t do it. Or […]

In the first episode of the upcoming Sportsmen’s Journey Podcast, I explain my definition of Champion: someone who not only dedicates his life for peak performance, and also to inspire, to represent values such as ethic, generosity. All in all to inspire others to be their best. One of the best persons I believe illustrates […]

You have a sport’s goal. You train as hard as you can to make it happen.  When you compete you realize you are not able to express as best as usual.  So you train harder.  And yet, still not perform as best as you wish… I’ve been in this vicious cycle many times in my […]

My New Book: The Confidence Journey, is now available on Amazon. –> If you wish to purchase it, click here. –> If you’d rather wish to know why I wrote this book, and what it might give to you, read on! August 2016: A few days before my 1st Kettlebells certification in Budapest, Hungary, I […]

Confidence is a funny beast. As I wrote in my new book “The Confidence Journey”, passing the certification of Kettlebell with Strongfirst level 1 (SFG 1) in 2016 was far from easy for me. I see that Confidence works as a continuum. First we understand something in our training. Then we get Confident at it […]

A few years ago, Ido Portal has launched a movement culture, with the simple mission to inspire people to move. Move more. Move well. In any case, just move. This, Just Move, is the title of a documentary made by London Real, about him and the movement. There are so many pearls of wisdom in […]

Why: When it comes to sport drinks, you might be tempted to buy one of those energy drinks available on the market. The problem is that most of them are not healthy, have too much sugar, or don’t even taste good. A few years ago I asked to a researcher at the INSEP, the French […]

(this post was previously seen on Benoitfoucher.com) Amazon Link Here This book has triggered many thoughts and aha moments for me. I think, especially as a man, many of us can get more confidence and leadership using the lessons they describe. Here are some notes to illustrate why. Bonus: Listen to the interview of the […]

Amazon link here While Extreme Ownership is a great book to build confidence in a masculine way, Courage,by Debbie Ford,  is its equivalent for the feminine side of it. Indeed while the former is all about discipline, strategy and order, this one is about accepting, feeling and going beyond our ego-sense. To me, both are important […]

After the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, I’ve had lots of thoughts about it. Things like: “What can I do to change the world?” “Why are we killing each others?” “Am I really doing what I’m supposed to do in this life? These self interrogations and discussions with my closed ones has lead me to […]

I’m finishing to read these 2 books: Mindset, by Carol Dweck Bounce, by Matthew Syed The main idea is that there is a difference that makes all the differences in terms of results, performances, well-being, relationships. And we can all make it happen: shifting from what Carol Dweck called a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset.  What? […]

Today I’m sharing 3 Techniques That I’ve Just (re)learned For Peak Performance, based on my experience here in Nimes for a tennis camp with teenagers. Watch The Video Here Or Listen To The Audio Version Here Read The Explanations Here Technique #1: Load- Load- Deload In order to reach our highest potential, I believe we […]

Listen Here The 3 Skills For Parents Of Champion Love Them As They Are…No Matter What! Ask Them Questions To Help Them Gain Awareness And Confidence Develop Yourself: Be Your Own Kind Of Champion In Order To Be An Example For Your Kid If You Have Any Question Contact me: Benoit@BenoitFoucher.com

Today I’m all about Failing! Audio, Video and a longer Post about my thoughts on this topic. Enjoy! Watch Here Or Listen Here (also available on iTunes) How Failing Can Keep You From Failing There is a special moment in life. This moment before doing something that seems Crazy Big. Where desire and discomfort mingle. […]

English Version You want to Accomplish Crazy Big Things? You even have started to follow your goal? And pam! Fear of success kicks in!   No matter where we are, fear will always be here. I’m talking here about what has happened to me last week and what I suggest to do when this rather […]

I’m starting this kinds of Crazy Living Wed video / Audio, well, every Wed! For fun. For testing. For sharing. For provoking thoughts and ideas. Enjoy. Watch The Video Here Listen To The Audio Here (Or on iTunes)  

This interview is in French. For English translation, check the video on my website www.benoitfoucher.com/jerome Watch The Interview Here (With English Subtitles) Listen To The Interview (In French) This is the first interview in the series Being In The Flow. 15-16 Nov 2014: Jerome Lacorte broke the World Guiness Book record of number of matches […]

Listen To This Episode https://soundcloud.com/benoit-foucher/ep-9-facing-racism-in-ferguson-missouri-with-tom-prost 9 Aug 2014 Michael Brown, a black american, is shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. While protests in the street remain, some people have decided to step up in order to help. I have the honour to interview today Tom Prost, who decided to become a Legal Observer […]

Listen to this Episode on my iTunes podcast Living Crazy Big With Benoit here: Or clicking on this Soundcloud Audio: https://soundcloud.com/benoit-foucher/georgekao In this episode, I have the pleasure to interview my current business coach George Kao. This is part of The Flow Series, you can see my post on what I’ve learned from this topic, […]

Imagine. August 2004. You’re a tennis professional playing an ATP tournament and you’re soon going to be on the court. It’s been a long journey already and you’ve certainly been training far beyond the 10,000 hours required to master your craft. And now there is a chance, your chance. Your chance to make a difference. […]

Listen to the Audio Podcast Version by clicking on this Soundcloud link, or Read the same information below. https://soundcloud.com/benoit-foucher/crazy-men-coaching-program-introduction Asking Myself The Big Question 5 months ago, I decided to reassess my coaching career by asking myself the forever-in-your-face-simple-yet-profound question: “what do I really want now?” The answer surprised and inspired me at the sam time: […]

“Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.” Vince Lombardi New Year, soon new Chinese New Year (bye bye the Horse, […]

  These are the kind of questions I ask myself these days in order to find my truth, then live it! be free from what others (government, culture pressure) want me to do vs what makes sense for me be the leader of my life, a life based on my values You can use them, […]

Success-Crisis-New Success Merrin Pearse Interview What If? Because this morning I find it emotionally difficult to write after the slaughter that just happened in Paris at Charlie Hebdo. Because this interview is based on the idea that we all create our own personal and global world. Because one of my best friend is considering to do […]

Success-Crisis-New Success Christian Masset Interview Once in a while, I’ve decided to interview in French so that French Speaking People can benefit from this podcast too. This is the first one. Maybe a great opportunity for you to practice French? Or not! Following two at least are in English, so stay tuned!  Christian Masset est […]

Success-Crisis-New Success! Morten Hake Interview Today we are with Morten Hake, life style coach, entrepreneur and podcast host. This has been a special conversation for me because I interviewed him as I was in the midst of a burning out and needed to reassess what’s really important for my success and happiness. We’ve covered a lot […]

Today a different style of video sharing That I’ve been thinking to do for a while.   The theme is clear: we live on a messy world. It’s time to change.   I’ve been considering the issues that we face nowadays on this planet, with awareness and skepticism: About health: how come we live in a […]

Success-Crisis-New Success! Jameson Brandon Interview From This New Episode Jameson’s story towards success, how he started from the worse with door to door salesman to crack the financial code, crashed then went back on track with… …the use of psychedelics, NLP and meditation to transform, find his vision and motivation the good use of competition […]

Success-Crisis-New Success Interview With Coach Michael Taylor Sometimes we are confident in something…and not in other things. Yet, when we want to achieve our goals and dreams, at some point it’s necessary to step up for what we want, and even though it’s uncomfortable, we know it’s time to go for it! This is pretty […]

Have you ever thought about quitting your job to do what you’d love to do? How about  jumping into the unknown, even though you’re not sure about the direction you’re going to take? In this interview today, I’ve had the pleasure to talk about this topic with Andrew Ferebee, founder of KnowledgeForMen.com  and KnowledgeForMen podcast. Only 26 […]

When I was an ATP tennis professional traveling around the world, I had one core idea in mind: winning. And when I realized I was struggling quite hard to be successful, this deep desire to be better pushed me to look at places noone in my entourage had some experience: NLP, sophrology (kind of relaxation), […]

These series of interviews of men aim to inspire other men to find and redefine what Success means for each of us. Also, to realize that failure, breakdowns and crisis are all good … when we are courageous enough to look within ourselves and gain the lessons. For this first interview, I’ve had the pleasure […]

Warnings: this long article is written from my perspective at this moment. Meaning a heterosexual white man who has awakened to some of his stuff, and surely not all. Also, by real man, I mean someone who’s fully authentic, courageous, real, integral. Finally, by no means I mean that if someone is gay and black […]

Next week I’m going to South Africa for 2 major reasons related to my goals and dreams. The first one is to attend to a New Warrior Training by the Mankind Project. Great teachers are great students I believe, and I’m very glad to learn and experience with other men whatever is on my plate! […]

We can, if we dare, think about what we really want, what’s essential for us. We can also, if we dare, act from this impulse, this life beat, and enjoy doing what makes us sparkle. Living our values is one of the basics in coaching, and yet most probably one of the most profound exercise […]

  1 Month ago I came across this video interview. After watching it, I was inspired by both the interviewer Marie Forleo and intervieweeee Adam Braun! So much authenticity in their relationship. So much desire to make a difference, and already being very successful from my standards.   Right after, I subscribed to the channel […]

David Lynch has his way of explaining the power of meditation. Inspiring. Useful. Powerful.

We all have moments of doubts when we are about to do something outside of comfort zone. As I’m about to launch a new version of this website, I’ve had these moments yesterday that I captured in this post. Thought some other people can find this relevant. I’m here sitting in front of my computer. […]

As a tennis professional, I’ve learned by experience how essential finding the posture that corresponds to me, the rhythm in which I walk in between points, the way I breathe, the way I watch my environment, have all an impact on my confidence level and performance. Moreover it had an impact on my opponent, and […]

Whether you are a tennis player or someone who seeks for being more in shape, starting your program with injury prevention is a wise idea. (re)gaining mobility, fluidity and stability in your movements before adding loads. I show you how in this video. Ask questions below if necessary, I’ll be happy to answer.

Life can be messy, extraordinary, joyful, comfortable, boring… well, absolutely anything we want it to be. I’ve been reminded recently how painful life could be. And when I’ve watched the video of Oprah and J.K Rowling as stated in my previous post, I’ve decided to share a bit of what I’ve learned when I did […]

I don’t cry often, and this morning it happened twice. I remember someone saying that when we are touched, it means our soul is telling us something big is happening. Cool. The first video shows Mandela and the South African rugby team’s victory in the World Cup 1995. Having sport reuniting a nation, and being […]

The Real Competition Your opponent on the tennis court is not your enemy. Nor your competitor in your business. Nor “the other men” who are doing their best to date the same woman you desire. Actually, there is even no opponent, no competition and definitely no enemy outside ourselves. Does this mean there are competitions […]

Giving our best. Being our best. Mastering our minds, because there is something bigger than our discomfort. Beyond challenges and when we give our best, there is our Self smiling of contentment. This Nike commercial shows a great deal of it. Enjoy.    

Mongolia, October 2013. I’m with my younger sister, not knowing exactly why, just knowing there has been a deep calling to follow her when she mentioned she wanted to come here. We’re now inside the car, traveling with our guide and driver through the land. Every 30 minutes or so, the horizon changes totally with […]

Coming back from a trip in Mongolia, I was telling a friend how easy it was there to connect with myself because the land is so vast and there are no distractions, at all. In fact, living without internet, which means no social media, no email, no news, has been experienced like a treat. This […]

There is rhythm in everything for those who look for performance and ease. In tennis, there is a moment to inhale when you prepare a shot, and a moment to exhale with the ball; a moment to take your time in between points, and a moment to go for it full blast; a moment to […]

As I wrote in my previous post about the Creation of the Life you want, once you have created your Vision and moved towards it with your action plan, it’s important to let go about the way your Vision is going to be shaped. The truth is: we don’t know how it’s going to work! […]

This post refers to 2 books. If you want to buy them, go to this page. The Secret*, film and book written by Rhonda Byrne in 2006, became a huge best-seller around the globe and has had an impact on many people’s lives: suddenly science and spirituality were agreeing on the power of our minds. […]

One principle for a great life is to create a Vision, goals that support this Vision, actions that goes in line with this Vision…and then let go of any expectation about how this Vision will appear! How paradoxical it seems to be, isn’t it? Well, what are the alternatives for creating whatever you want: no […]

My first Video, aimed to assist tennis players, at the same time it’s for the comfort and prevention of everyone who want to feel good in their bodies.

I believe as men, maybe because of testosterone, maybe because of the Human Evolution (after all, guys, we were all hunters a few thousand years ago), we have this deep desire to achieve, to attain, to succeed…in something! Whether this is to support your soccer team, to make millions, provide for our family, build more […]

 “What do you want Benoit?” This was the first question my coach Ronan asked me when we started to work together. I was a tennis professional at that time, and was struggling quite a bit mentally to be consistent in my results, and more particularly I had the habit to lose matches after having had […]

SOME HABITS FEEL GOOD TO HAVE, SOME NOT SO MUCH… LET’S TALK ABOUT OUR CHALLENGES TODAY. When my job was to travel all over the world competing with my racket, and I had an uncontrollable mental struggle going on at the end of many matches. I really felt like I was in a trap with no possible exit. […]