Athletes & support networks · Ongoing support
You don’t need another professional. You need someone who keeps the whole picture in view.
When several professionals are involved, someone needs to retain the case history, know which decisions were made and why, and make clear what comes next. That is what we do.
Strict confidentiality · Tailored framework · International coordination available
Someone is already holding it all together. Usually, they are not a professional.
It is often the person telling the same story for the fifth time, to a fifth professional, already knowing what they will suggest. The person who remembers everything because no one else does. And who has no training for the role.
An athlete can have excellent professionals around them and still face the same difficulties season after season. Each intervention is sound. What is missing is someone whose job is to ensure nothing falls through the gaps between them.
The frequency of contact may vary. Responsibility for the continuity of the case does not.
When we step in
Six situations that bring people to us.
None is dramatic. Each tells the same story: the problem persists, the information conflicts, and no one knows where to start anymore.
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Inconsistent performance
The athlete knows their level but can no longer access it consistently.
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A gap between training and competition
The athlete’s response changes as pressure, stakes or exposure increase.
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Recovery that does not add up
Sleep, energy, digestion or readiness no longer match the training load.
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Recurring signals
Pain, tension, injuries or blocks return despite the interventions.
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Several professionals involved
Everyone does their job well, but no one maintains a shared understanding of the case.
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A decisive period
A return to sport, major competition, transfer or change of team calls for a more clearly defined framework.
The first contact often comes from a parent, partner or agent — rather than the athlete. That is normal and perfectly welcome. Nothing moves forward without the athlete’s consent.
After the first contact
What happens when you write to us.
Five steps before ongoing support begins. None commits you to anything, and one may establish that this is not the right fit for you.
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Understand
Clarify the situation, its urgency, the difficulties and the real expectations.
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Assess
Determine whether PERFORMA is relevant or whether another referral should take priority.
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Reconstruct
Connect the history, training load, recovery, environment and what has already been tried.
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Prioritise
Identify the dominant constraint and the action most likely to create the most useful change.
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Define the framework
Establish responsibilities, communication, who is involved and confidentiality rules.
Maintaining continuity
What keeping the whole picture in view means in practice.
Six months later, someone will still remember why a particular decision was made.
- Preserve the history and the reasoning behind decisions Understand why an action was chosen, what it was intended to test and what it actually achieved.
- Distinguish an important signal from a passing fluctuation Avoid changing everything after every difficult week, without overlooking what matters.
- Assess the athlete’s response Compare the changes observed with the original hypothesis and adjust when the facts require it.
- Prevent conflicting interventions Sequence actions so that several sound responses do not cancel each other out.
- Maintain a shared direction Enable everyone involved to work towards a clear, shared priority.
- Adapt the framework to the season as it unfolds Evolve the strategy with training load, travel, competitions and life events.
Who can be involved
The athlete stays at the centre and knows who knows what.
More professionals does not mean better support. We involve only those with a specific role to fulfil, with the athlete’s consent.
Useful information is shared. Private life never becomes shared knowledge.
The people behind the framework
Two complementary responsibilities. One continuous thread.
A strategy is only as good as the person who carries it through the realities of a season.
He develops the initial hypothesis, sets the priority and takes responsibility for it throughout.
She makes sure decisions can actually be put into practice: calendars, travel, competitions and the people involved.
A stable framework, an adaptable pace
Some weeks demand a lot. Others, almost nothing.
Support can be local, hybrid or international. The frequency of appointments changes; continuity of the case never does.
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Framework
Defined responsibilities
Everyone knows what they monitor, what they decide and when information needs to be passed on.
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Continuity
Meaningful checkpoints
The pace adapts to sensitive periods rather than a predetermined schedule of sessions.
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Adaptation
An evolving strategy
Training load, competitions, travel and observed responses can change the order of priorities.
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Coordination
Conditions that make action possible
Practical arrangements are put in place so that decisions can actually be implemented.
The framework is defined. The pace stays flexible enough to reflect reality.
Explore how travel, competitions and the people involved can be coordinated. Coordination →
Confidentiality is part of the work
Coordinating does not mean sharing everything.
Many athletes stay silent because they know how quickly information travels. Here, it is shared only when it enables a specific decision, adjustment or action.
Anything that does not need to be passed on.
Personal, emotional, biological or family information with no direct role in the decision that needs to be made.
Information that enables action.
A priority, a training load adjustment, a practical constraint or information necessary to a particular person’s specific role.
- The athlete knows who is involved.
- They approve which information may be shared.
- Each professional receives only what they need.
- No name or identifying detail is used publicly without explicit consent.
- The situations presented are anonymised.
- Coordination respects each professional’s role and boundaries.
Knowing what not to share can be just as important as knowing what to coordinate.
What can actually change
The first outcome is often decisive: a renewed sense of direction.
No responsible support programme can guarantee a sporting, medical or biological outcome. Progress depends on the situation, how long it has persisted, the context and the individual response.
- A clearer, more understandable working priority.
- Fewer conflicting decisions among the professionals involved.
- Earlier detection of periods of imbalance.
- A better understanding of the athlete’s signals.
- More consistent recovery, energy or readiness.
- Greater independence and fewer disconnected interventions.
PERFORMA does not replace medical diagnosis or care. Referral to a healthcare professional is proposed when the situation requires it.
Six professionals, six defensible diagnoses, no progress. Real case →
A confidential first conversation
Your situation does not have to be serious to deserve understanding.
A conversation to understand what is happening, assess whether we can help and define the next step. If there is none, we will tell you.
No standardised promises · Medical referral when needed · Strict confidentiality