After an experience of over fifteen years on court as a tennis coach (Professeur Level 2 in France), and in particular with juniors, Antoni specialized in mental training and communication. For five years he was an applied-psychology teacher for the Sports Science Department at the University of Montpellier. He is now a member of the educational team of the French NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programing) Institute of Paris and, as a consultant for Halifax Consulting, works with major companies such as Dell or Walt Disney. He is a certified pratician in sophrology and ericksonian hypnosis.

For more than ten years, he has been working with top athletes as a mental coach in many different sports. For example, Cyril SAULNIER (Tennis ) ex n°48 ATP, Guillaume NERY ( Free diving ) four-fold world record holder of dynamic free diving, Jean-Pierre CIXOUS ( Golf ) European Challenge Tour, Philippe PRESTI ( Sailing ) double World Champion of Finn, member of team BMW Oracle winner of the 2010 America's Cup.

Since 1996, Antoni works for the French Tennis Federation. He is involved in different coaches education programs for mental training and communication. Since 2001, he has also been a speaker and a trainer for Tennis Europe, the CAT (Confederation of African Tennis) and the ITF (International Tennis Federation).

In 2007, he developped a unique method of mental training for juniors. This method has been tested on court with a large number of young club players aged between 6 and 17 as well as with juniors of international level. This method, based on practical on court drills with specific teaching material has been subject to educational adjustments according to the feed-backs from top coaches of different countries, in order to be easily fitted into the usual training programs.

Antoni is the author of many reference books about mental training and communication and writes a monthly article on mental training for Tennis Magazine.

Bibliography of Antoni GIROD
Books in french :
Tennis la préparation mentale - 1997 - Éditions BD Book
Un mental pour gagner - 1999 - Éditions Amphora
Golf la préparation mentale - 2001 - Éditions Amphora
PNL et coaching sportif - 2003 - Éditions Amphora
Découvrir la PNL - 2007 – Dunod Editeur
Méthode TMK - 2007 - Éditions BD Book
Racky découvre les secrets du mental - 2009 - Éditions BD Book
Les clés mentales de l'excellence commerciale - 2010 – Dunod Editeur
Comprendre et pratiquer la PNL - 2010 – Dunod Editeur

In english :
Winning at tennis - Learn from the champions - 2005 - Editions BD Book
TMK Method - 2007 - Éditions BD Book
Racky discovers the secrets of the mind - 2010 - Éditions BD Book

In spanish :
Tenis : Entrenamiento de la fuerza mental - 2007 - Ediciones Tutor