{"id":2238,"date":"2017-04-05T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T15:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergetti.com\/temoignages\/helene-pelletier-can\/"},"modified":"2020-03-26T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:08:08","slug":"helene-pelletier-can","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sergetti.com\/en\/testimonials\/helene-pelletier-can\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pelletier (CAN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:40px;padding-right:40px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:40px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:60;line-height:1;\"><p>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pelletier (CAN)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img alt=\"PelletierHelene_RDS-72dpi-300x245 H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pelletier (CAN)  tennis string tension\"decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" title=\"PelletierHelene_RDS-72dpi-300x245 H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pelletier (CAN)  tennis string tension\" src=\"https:\/\/sergetti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PelletierHelene_RDS-72dpi-300x245.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sergetti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PelletierHelene_RDS-72dpi-200x163.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sergetti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PelletierHelene_RDS-72dpi.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong><em>12 times national champion in Canada (juniors, seniors and veterans), the round of 16 at Roland Garros in ladies doubles, part\u00a0of the Fed Cup team and played in the WTA\u00a0Masters for the top 8 ladies doubles\u00a0teams in the world.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hello everyone, my name is Helene Pelletier, an ex-player on the pro circuit in the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s. For over 30 years now, I have been doing the colour commentating for tennis on the French television\u00a0network R\u00e9seau des Sports (RDS) for the 500 and\u00a01,000 series plus the 4 Grand Slams and the Olympics. I also analyse tennis on different radio shows for 98,5 FM plus I write a blog on rds.ca.<\/p>\n<p>As a player I have achieved a few milestones that I am proud of notably: 12 times national champion in Canada (juniors, seniors and veterans), the round of 16 at Roland Garros in ladies doubles, part\u00a0of the Fed Cup team and played in the WTA\u00a0Masters for the top 8 ladies doubles\u00a0teams in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The moment I made the career change from player to\u00a0commentator, my life became\u00a0completely different. I did not train 6 hours a day anymore\u00a0but mostly spent my time at a desk reading and working to prepare for the task at hand. Also, as I am\u00a0sure you noticed, the racquet and stringing technologies changed so much over the last 2 decades. Because of that, I found it difficult to adjust to the\u00a0new materials when I would hit the courts just for fun. I liked the new powerful racquets but the synthetic strings gave me absolutely NO feel. It was like I was hitting the ball\u00a0with a piece of plywood. Add to this a deteriorated footwork (I will blame my french flair for good food on that one) and I realized that playing tennis was not\u00a0a pleasurable hobby\u00a0anymore.<\/p>\n<p>All that changed when I met Serge Thibodeau who was so enthusiastic about telling me\u00a0his way of stringing racquets. I will spare you the technical aspects but in a nutshell,\u00a0it only makes sense that each string should have its own tension because they all have different lengths. What the finish product will offer you is a much bigger sweetspot. I am amazed sometimes to realize that I am not spraying balls all over the place anymore but finding instead that they are landing inside the lines on a regular basis. This way of stringing is simply a very forgiving process\u00a0because I guarantee you that I have not improved my movement on the court and therefore I am\u00a0not able to center the ball perfectly. Nevertheless, I\u00a0have rediscovered my steadiness of yesteryear!<\/p>\n<p>My advice to you is this: give it a try to see for yourself. I had 4 racquets strung at different tensions from\u00a049 to 52 pounds. I finally opted for 51. I am amazed at the control and the feel\u00a0I now have. Now, if I could just find the wings of my youth&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 times national champion in Canada, the round of 16 at Roland Garros in ladies doubles, part of the Fed Cup team and played in the WTA Masters for the top 8 ladies doubles teams in the world.\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb &#8220;I am amazed sometimes to realize that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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