I will translate today or tomorrow.
1 â The last year statement ?
The statement ? He is poor. We have done a poor season, by the results.
To explain this, there is... well... Jacques Gaillard was there during years before me. I think we were all slow, the girls above all, to get on well and for the girls to understand in which direction I want them to go technically. Maybe, they were too slow to « mourn »for the trainer retirement with whom the results were good.
Last summer, during the preparation, the programming, we have made mistakes that we have corrected and also the girls have made some mistakes last year, for example, the fact that they didn't arrive well-prepared (?, I think this is what he want to say) for the beginning of the season. All this explains that the last season was poor. The results show it, but we have put the things right.
Which answer ?
After the season, we have put the thing right, we have carried out a good self-criticism, the staff between us, with the athletes, we have changed the programming, we jump more often than before, the training periods are closer and this summer preparation was much better.
Which goals ?
As for the results, we didn't define it yet, we will do it during this month, but honnestly, we have to achieve a season much more in accordance with the girls potential and, without giving figures because I didn't talk with them yet, Julia Clair has to achieve podiums, she has shown this summer she was able to do it, she has to do some podiums... at least in the top-10 in the overall classification and for Coline and Julia, the goal will be to achieve top-15 regularly. Coline must find again the self-confidence she has lost, she has to work a lot to find again self-confidence and her feelings. Lea must confirme the good summer she achieved and to stabilize mentally. Her potential has to be in the top-15 regularly and then to go up into the 10 and, at the end, certainly to achieve podiums but this will have to be done step by step.
An increase competition ?
Yes, during the 2 or 3 last years, like Jacques Gaillard used to say at that time, the level is densifying but we don't have to find explanations to the results in this fact.
Last year, we were clearly bad, as I said before, and the other teams have improved, but not us, so, that's shows that there was a problem.
If we improve, we will be back ahead.
The translation in english is not that good I think, but you can ask for other french translations when you want.