BadmintonEurope.com - Singles assistant coach at INSEP

The French Badminton Federation (FFBaD), approved by the Ministry in charge of sports, has the mission to develop, control and organize the practice of badminton on French territory.

The FFBaD is seeking an assistant coach to support the national simple project based on the INSEP Olympic Pole and implemented throughout the country. The FFBaD and its National Technical Director wish to continue the implementation of this project by recruiting a framework consistent with the sustainability, coherence and continuity of the federal system as well as the current National Senior Badminton Project.

MAIN MISSIONS

Assist the national coach of the singles national project in all dimensions impacting the performance of the players and the relevance of the project.
Prepare and develop single players according to the orientations of the federal performance structure and individual performance projects under the goal to winning world and Olympic medals.
Ensure all technical, administrative and financial tasks related to the training of the high- performance group on the high-performance national center at INSEP and high-performance access on the CREPS of Bordeaux if necessary.
Actively participate in planning, scheduling of training and competitions including administrative and financial follow-up.
Briefing, coaching, debriefing and managing players and coaches in training and competition.
Actively participate in the development of the national singles project, as well as specifically in the development project of young talents in women’s singles.
Participate in the evaluation of the progress of the Olympic Center players as well as all the players within the national singles project.
Participate in regular coaching meetings of the National Singles Project and Federal Performance Project meetings.
Report to the Head Coach, Performance Management and National Technical Director.
Participate in other tasks directly or indirectly related to the performance project requested by the Performance Director.
Manage a player/group of players on international competitions/training camps.

PROFILE SOUGHT

Knowledge

Scientific and training knowledge.
Planning, programming, training and competition management.
Excellence vision and high-performance experience.
Mental preparation: goal setting, development of autonomy, social belonging and competence, attention, motivation/ commitment, emotional management.
Performance monitoring/ DATA analysis and video tools.
The system of international competitions.
Selection procedures in team events to international reference competitions.
High level badminton culture.

Know-how

Experience in international badminton
Expected to work irregular hours and weekends.
Developing yearly individual performance projects, briefing, coaching, competitive debriefing and video analysis.
Intervene with a player/ group of players in access to high performance and high-performance development, effectively transmit feedback.
Administrative and financial monitoring of competitions.
Meet with elected colleagues to present their views and vision in line with the national single
project.
Excellent multifeeding skills to develop players singles to a world class level.
Proficiency in English for the management of training, training camps, competitions, foreign mails.

Soft skills

Ability to work as a team with corporatism, loyalty and commitment to staff, players and the direction of sports performance.
Relationship with staff, players, federation colleagues and elected officials.
Strong convictions and vision in line with the national project and the FFBaD system, while being in the perspective of bringing its capital gains.

And

Significant work capacity
For foreigners: ability to speak French within the recruitment year.

Your complete application form (cover letter and CV) should be sent by email, before 27 April 2024, to the following address: jerome.careil@ffbad.org.