Bastien Durand

With over 25 years playing and more than a decade and a half coaching professionally, Bastien anchors every session to repeatable movement science — borrowing as much from the kinetic demands of rowing and aquatic speed as from traditional ball drills.

Thirteen years in Strength & Conditioning sharpened how he programmes micro-cycles around tissue tolerance, hormonal readiness, and the messy realities of commuter athletes around the Eastern Suburbs. Working daily with physiotherapists taught him to pair manual therapy timelines with purposeful loading so players return to serve progressions without guarding through the shoulder complex.

On court, athletes learn why breath, fascia recoil and foot stiffness matter as much as tactical patterns — because the swing is simply the measurable output of a system he keeps supple. Juniors, avid club competitors, and national hopefuls inherit the same diagnostic rigour Bastien honed within national-program environments.

Systema crystallises those threads: structured progression, honest communication between sessions, and a bias toward autonomy so clients understand their own biomechanical signatures long after the camcorder stops rolling.