25d • General discussion
The future of this project
🇫🇷 On Tuesday I do something that terrifies and excites me in equal measure.
I leave my job — my only income — and move to the Languedoc in the south of France. No salary. No safety net. Just a camera, 40 years of pétanque in my hands, and a belief that I can build a life around this game I love.
As you know, last weekend I finished Vice Champion of Manche Promotion Triples.
This weekend I’m packing my boule plus a few cases and move to France permanently to play and film full time.
I mention that sequence deliberately. This isn’t a retirement project or a content experiment. This is a serious competitive player making an irreversible commitment to the game — and bringing this community with him.
But I’ll be honest with you. To make this work — to stay in France, keep filming, keep competing, and not have to come home with my tail between my legs — I need a team around me.
That’s why today I’m opening just 20 Founding Member spots.
And don’t worry this group will always be free for anyone with my normal advice and support from each other.
If you become a Founding Member, you’re not just getting coaching. You’re joining my team. You’re the people who believed in this when it was just an idea and a one-way ticket. You’re the reason it works. And I will never forget that.
Before I tell you what’s included, let me tell you what this actually is.
This isn’t a subscription to content. It’s a mentoring relationship — before your competitions, after them, and every step of the game in between. The kind of support you’d pay a YouTube coach for, from someone you already trust, who is now living inside the French pétanque world full time and bringing everything he finds back to you.
I am that confident you’ll feel the value of this that I’m offering a 7 day free trial. No risk. No obligation, to experience what proper pétanque mentoring feels like. I’d be genuinely surprised if you wanted to leave.
A word on what this community already is:
A collection of like minded players who want to improve and progress their game with support, encouragement and safety.
3.6 million views in twelve months. Over 10,000 views every month. 400 videos covering every dimension of this game — from exciting Shorts of the best shots on the terrain, to deep coaching and strategy, to in-depth analysis of the psychological and mental game that most coaches never go near.
My largest audience by country is France. The French come for the competition footage. The English-speaking world comes for the coaching, the strategy, and the inner game content that doesn’t exist anywhere else in this language.
What you’re joining is the most complete English-language pétanque coaching community on the internet.
And as a Founding Member, you’re getting in at the beginning of what it’s about to become.
When I open this to the public, the price will be £29/month.
Founding Members pay £19/month — locked in for life, for as long as you stay.
Here’s everything your support gets you:
🎯 Monthly live coaching call — one hour with me, ask me anything, recorded so you never miss it.
📹 Personal technique video feedback — send me your footage and I’ll tell you exactly what I see, from 40 years of competitive experience and a Vice Championship result last weekend
📓 Pre and post competition mentoring — before your big games we work on preparation, mindset, and tactics. Afterwards we break down what happened, what it meant, and what to do differently. This is the step-by-step coaching partnership most players never have access to.
🇫🇷 Exclusive France content — every behind-the-scenes film, court visit, and competition moment lands here before it ever goes to YouTube
💬 Direct message access to me — not a forum, not a chatbot, me
🎴 Monthly technique card — a beautifully designed printable focusing on one key skill per month. Take it to practice, stick it on your wall
📔 Competition diary — after every competition I play in France, you get my honest account. What happened, what I felt, what I learned. Nobody else can give you this
🍷 Priority access to experiences — when I launch pétanque and vineyard days in the Languedoc, Founding Members get first refusal before anyone else
🧠 THE INNER GAME OF PÉTANQUE — a monthly sports psychology programme that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the English-speaking pétanque world
This is the one I’m most proud of. Every month, one mental pillar. Practical, structured, and drawn from four decades of competing at the highest levels of the English game.
The curriculum:
• Mental preparation the night before and morning of big competitions
• Pre-match routine and ritual — how to arrive at the terrain ready
• Meditation before and during play
• Managing pressure and making clear decisions when it matters most
• Reading your opponent and adapting in real time
• Recovering from errors, bad ends, and losing streaks
This is the part of the game most coaches never talk about. It’s also the part that will improve your results faster than any technique tweak.
And one more thing…….
I am currently in conversations with leading boule manufacturers about formal partnership arrangements. As someone who chooses his equipment on competitive merit, not commercial convenience, any partnership I enter will be genuine — and Founding Members will benefit first. Whether that means exclusive discount codes, early access to new equipment, or member-only offers, you’ll be at the front of the queue when those deals are confirmed.
This community is becoming something the pétanque world in English has never had. A home for serious players, built by a serious player, run from inside France, with the relationships and credibility to bring you closer to the game at every level.
All of this for £19/month. Or try it free for 7 days and see for yourself.
20 founding spots. Every single one matters to me personally.
If you’ve ever got something from my videos — a tip that improved your point, a moment where the game suddenly clicked, a shot that made you want to play better — this is your chance to be part of what comes next.
I’d be genuinely honoured to have you in my corner.
À bientôt 🥂
👉 Ready to commit? Join as a Founding Member at £19/month:
👉 Want to try it first? Reply below and I’ll set a you up with 7 days free. No card needed. No obligation. Just pétanque.
Finally
Let me know what YOU want to make this truly valuable for the £19 a month. This isn’t about what I think you need, it’s about what is important to YOU.
All suggestions are welcome and I’ll include as many as I can.
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