Sports de Combats High Performance Archery Program
Our Vision: To ignite the passion and prowess of every archer enthusiast and pro alike. To guide them on a transformative journey to excel as high-performance archers and inspiring them to reach beyond their limits, embodying excellence in every arrow and in every aspect of their lives.
OUR TRAINING TEAM
BRYAN NGUYEN
Head CoachNCCP Certified (Canada Archery)
NTS Level 4 (USA Archery)
Mental Management System.
Certified Bow Technician.
Compound, Olympic Recurve, Barebow
DIANA VENTSKOVSKA
Technical Analysis CoachAustralian Archery Method
NTS Method
Change Management System
GALINA SEMENOVA
Sport PsychologyMaster Degree in Sport Psychology.
Former Russian Federation compound
team member
SARVVA GANJI
Strength & ConditioningPhysical Education
Certified Fitness Instructor
Former Iranian National Team Member in Archery, Track & Field
KIA VETTER
Sport MassotherapyCertified Masso therapist
Archery-centric massage program
OUR ARCHERY TEAM
ELITE
Jérôme Rony
Senior Male - Target CompoundYi Deng
Benjamin (U14) Male- Olympic RecurveJean-Francois Lavergne
Senior Male- Para Archery RecurveDEVELOPMENT
Jorge Sanchez Fresno
Senior Male - CompoundFORMER TEAM MEMBERS
Felipe Galvis
Senior Male - Olympic RecurveJulien Ravaudet
Senior Male- Target CompoundPeter Wang
Senior Male- RecurveTeam Members’ Records
Jean-Francois Lavergne
Senior Male Recurve
(National)
Yi Deng
Mini (U13) Male Recurve
(Provincial)
Yi Deng
Mini (U13) Male Recurve
(Provincial)
Yi Deng
Mini (U13) Male Recurve
(Provincial)
Dawn Gleeson-Roy
Senior Female Barebow Recurve
(Provincial)
Dawn Gleeson-Roy
Senior Female Barebow Recurve
(Provincial)
Yi Deng
Mini (U13) Male Recurve
(Provincial)
2025 – Team Members’ Accomplishments
Dawn Gleeson-Roy
Senior Female Barebow
Jean- Francois Lavergne
Senior Male Recurve Team
William Handfield-Paré
Cadet (U18) Male Barebow
Galina Semyonova
Senior Female Compound
Christa Bell
Senior Female Barebow
Jean-Francois Lavergne
Senior Para Archery Recurve
William Handfield-Paré
Cadet (U18) Male Barebow
Yi Deng
Benjamin (U15) Male Recurve
Christa Bell
Senior Female Barebow
William Handfield-Paré
Cadet & Master Male Barebow
Yi Deng
Cadet (U15) Male Recurve
Amanda Kenny
Senior Female Compound
Vincent Raimbault
Senior Male Recurve
Christa Bell
Senior Female Barebow
Galina Seminova
Senior Female Compound
Sarvva Ganji
Senior Female Compound
William Handfield-Paré
Senior Male Barebow
Jean- Francois Lavergne
Senior Male Recurve Team
William Handfield-Paré
Cadet (U18) Male Barebow
Amanda Kenney
Senior Female Recurve
2024 – Team Members’ Accomplishments
Amanda Kenney
Senior Female Compound
Amanda Kenney
Senior Female Compound
Yi Deng
Mini Male Recurve
Yi Deng
Mini Male Recurve
Amanda Kenney
Senior Female Compound
Dawn Gleeson-Roy
Senior Barebow Recurve
Yi Deng
Mini (U13) Male Recurve
Amanda Kenney
Senior Female Recurve
(National)
Serena Shi
Benjamin (U15) Female Recurve
Galina Semenova
Senior Female Compound
Galina Semenova
Senior Female Compound
2023 – Team Members’ Accomplishments
Daniel Boutin*
Cadet Male Recurve
Daniel Boutin*
Cadet Male Recurve
Galina Semenova
Senior Female Compound
Galina Semenova
Senior Female Compound
Galina Semenova
Senior Female Compound
Felipe Galvis
Senior Male Recurve
Amanda Kenney
Senior Female Compound
Julien Ravaudet
Senior Male Compound
Galina Semenova
Senior Female Compound
* Daniel Boutin was coached by Bryan and represents Club De Tir A L’arc Montreal
OUR COACHING SYSTEM
Science-based methods
Modern Archery is a rapidly developing sport. Thus science-based methods are crucial for optimizing performance, personalizing training strategies, and preventing injuries, ensuring athletes can achieve and maintain high-level success.
Adaptability
Multifaceted factors that impact an archer’s ability to learn, practice & perform under varying conditions, embrace the most modern methods, maintain psychological and physical health, and evolve tactically and personally in the highly competitive realm of high-performance archery.
Mental Management
The most important yet the often neglected aspect of sport training. Our mental management system places a huge emphasis on not only the active phase of archery but also throughout every day activities. Live, breathe, sleep archery
Non-Linear Learning
Important for developing autonomous, adaptable, and skilled archers who are capable of continuous improvement and effective performance in the dynamic environment of competitive archery.
Efficiency of Bio-Mechanical Movement
Psycho-motor Learning
The development of coordinated movements driven by mental processes is essential for skill acquisition, developing muscle memory, ensuring precision and consistency, coordinating mental and physical aspects, adapting to various conditions, managing stress and focus, and a framework for continuous improvement.
OUR COACHING PHILOSOPHY
Balance
A multi dimensional concept that affects every aspect of an archer’s journey. A search for the right mix between various elements that contribute to an archer’s success and personal fulfillment in the sport.
Athlete Centered
A more personalized and effective training, empowers athletes, focuses on their long-term welfare, strengthens coach-athlete relationships, boosts motivation, and allows for adaptable training approaches, all for the holistic development and success of the athlete.
Fun & Passion
Essential components for success and well-being in high-performance archery. They drive motivation, facilitate learning, build resilience, encourage long-term commitment, support mental health, enhance team dynamics, and help in promoting the sport itself.
Atomic Habits
Small, incremental changes that accumulate into significant improvements over time. Crucial for promoting sustainable skill development, creating lasting behavioral changes, focusing on the process, providing individualized training, building resilience, encouraging consistency and discipline, and facilitating the achievement of long-term goals.
Goal & Purpose
Clear goals and purposes across all aspects of archery practice and competition helps in maintaining focus, ensuring efficient use of time, improving technical and tactical skills, performing under pressure, and contributing to the overall development and achievement in an archer’s career.
Science & Innovation
Vital for effective learning & knowledge transfer, enhancing performance, preventing injuries, optimizing physical and mental health, providing personalized training solutions, and maintaining a competitive advantage in the highly demanding field of elite archery.
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