Who We Are?
The FRAPPE system is a system supported by lesson plans and training courses dedicated to helping progressive tennis teachers.
The author of the FRAPPE system, Simon Légaré, is recognized by many as one of Canada’s leading authorities on progressive tennis for children and adults.
The lesson plans have been created so that the students can evolve in an environment where they can Learn, Move and Measure Up (compete against themselves or against an opponent). This is called the LMM approach.
- Learn
- Move
- Measure Up
Teachers will implement lesson plans depending of the level of play of the student. These lesson plans are available on the FRAPPE system platform, a paid platform with very affordable fees.
Simon Légaré, Founder
35+ Years Of Experience
Let me introduce myself:
Simon Légaré, Founder
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Simon Légaré, a Level 3 certified coach by Tennis Québec and the author of the FRAPPE system.
After having given a 36-hour training course for new instructors more than 100 times, I came to the conclusion that without a proper recipe book (lesson plans) it was unrealistic to ask a new and inexperienced instructor to plan his own tennis lessons.
His lack of experience means that he does not have the necessary tools to properly plan his lessons. For this reason, I have created a simple program that focuses on the key elements that will make this new instructor effective with his students.
It is a process that focuses on the different levels of play of the students and the 4 programs of learning which are the cooperation, adaptation, opposition and tactical programs.
Indeed, 1 day may seem like a very short time to train a tennis teacher. The fact that we have online training and also have lesson plans associated with the FRAPPE system allows us to save a lot of training time on-field. So in just 1 day we can train a teacher to be competent and ready to implement the lesson plans.
No! The FRAPPE system course is for new and experienced teachers. This course is designed to make more uniform the teaching of progressive tennis players.
The FRAPPE system is an extremely rigorous program from a pedagogical point of view and it is easy to understand and implement. Normally the recommendation is to offer a training course to people 16 years of age and older but some organizations prefer to offer it to young people under 16 years of age in order to involve them as assistant to the responsible teacher. To date, this experience (having youth under 16) has been more than surprising as these youth have responded well to the FRAPPE system training sessions. So they will gain experience and be ready to take over when the time comes.
The fact that it is a turnkey course, i.e. a course where the teacher will have access to lesson plans following his or her training, differentiates it from other training courses. Also, the fact that the internship is only one day long makes it possible to offer a training course at a lower cost. These factors will greatly help to address the shortage of teachers that many organizations are facing in recent years.
