Fred’s teaching methodology naturally derives from his Club Med roots. His resort upbringing provided rich environments full of contrasts which positively influenced his tennis development. Assimilation of various languages, music, dances, experimenting with land and water sports and noticing interdisciplinary links molded Fred into the player and coach he is today. Combining this background with modern best practices in high performance tennis results in the methodology endorsed by Fred.

Realizing that tennis can reveal parts of an individual that even he or she themselves are unconscious of, Fred has expanded his scope of students to include recreational and beginner players. The end goal for these students is not a top 10 world tennis ranking as may be the case for his other junior and professional protégés. Aspiring and current professional players have tennis excellence as a target and find that their mindset has been molded into that of a champion as a byproduct. As for recreational players, the formula is reversed: professional and personal excellence through mindset development is the goal, with tennis simply acting as a mirroring tool to reveal analogous patterns in an individual’s daily life.

I wish all students play free on the court so that they can be free off court.​I’ve found through the evolution of my own tennis that intangibles such as positive thought, rhythm, confidence and spontaneous creativity tend to transfer seamlessly between the tennis court and one’s moment-to-moment life experience. I believe seeing the clearness of this analogy can unlock untapped potential on both fronts in domino effect-like sequence. Will you fearlessly attack the floating mid court ball or will you create reasons to slice defensively and retreat backwards? If you miss, will you slump your shoulders in regret or tune in to the innate adaptive intelligence of your body constantly seeking a receptive ear to its optimistic messages of perseverance. If you “miss” in life, what is your reaction? Through my lenses, the answer has always been to step forward, to dance, to laugh at your mistakes, learn and improve. Are you a parent to a young player? Talent can be hidden anywhere regardless of socioeconomic status. So can ambition - the kind that can take a player to the top of the world. Given my position, I consider it a social responsibility to create an environment where youth with such qualities are given a realistic chance be discovered and to flourish. To realize this vision is exactly what I am here to do. Let’s have fun!