UK & Ireland trainings
Our expertise
Training with SIDAS means benefiting from 45 years’ experience of dealing with all our retailers’ needs and requirements.
Training our clients’ teams, providing them with day-to-day support and certifying their expertise has always been at the heart of what we do: It’s the key to customer satisfaction.
Our specialized product knowledge enables us to serve a number of different sectors: Skiing, Running, Outdoor, Cycling… Furthermore, our retail expertise means we can provide help and support to retailers in areas such as merchandising, purchasing, management, digital technology, etc.
Trainers
2003: Beginning of boofitting
Experience:
Freeride sports
Carrel Sports - Les Deux Alpes (race service)
A step at a time
Snow and Rock, runners need, cycle surgery
The Skiers Lounge
Achievements :
Sports Biomechanics
Delivering boot fitting training
Footwear buying
Ski boot and footwear fitting
Fitting area design and merchandising
Target setting and goal management
2004: Bootfitting beginning
Experience:
2004-2010: Bootfitter at Snow and Rock
2010: Sidas Team
Current job: UK Academy manager
Achievements:
Passionate about footwear fitting and Biomechanics since 2004
Work with professionnal athletes, celebrities and world class explorers such as Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Work alongside the UK’s top sports podiatrists and physiotherapists
ACADEMY CATALOG
Look at our catalog and download it to know all the details of the trainings and other solutions!
Elearning
Our e-learning solution, which is accessible at any time and on all kinds of platforms, enables continuous learning by providing:
- Access to training content throughout the season
- A discussion forum: Get answers to your questions and follow the best practices of the moment with the France & Monde bootfitting community
Trainings content
Technical trainings
This training is designed for stores offering Custom insoles, injected or thermo liners and shell modification solutions.
1/ FOOT ANATOMY: (10%)
- Foot biomechanics and morphotypes (movement/pressure/volume) using podoscope or presscam.
- Analysis using mechanical and digital tools.
2/ BOOT ANATOMY: (10%)
- The boot and extended modification areas.
- Tools to be used according to needs
3/ SKI BOOTS SALE TRAINING: (10%)
- Your customer has his ski boots and you adjust it to his fit.
- Your customer is seeking a ski boot: What steps should be folllowed in order to suggest the best boot?
4/ TRAINING: (50%)
- Custom insole moulding
- Stabilisation
- Thermo liner moulding
- Injected liner
- ICP and IPS
- Modification tools
5/ PROBLEMS-SOLUTIONS (20%)
Price: Available on demand
Duration: 1 day
Are you interested in our trainings modules but would like them to take place according to your needs? In your own store? On dates other than those offered by our teams? Then our « custom » training modules are for you.
You can construct a training module for your team using all of the product and bootfitting solutions found below. It can take place over 1 or 2 days, at the location of your choice, and whenever suits you best.
1/ ANALYSIS
2/ INSOLES
3/ BOOTFITTING
4/ THERMO INNERBOOTS
5/ INJECTED INNERBOOTS
6/ WARMTH SOLUTIONS
7/ RACING
8/ INNERBOOTS MODIFICATIONS
9/ SOCKS
Price: Contact our sales departement or your representative to agree the location, date and cost.
Training your team, providing personal support and validating your expertise have always been of utmost importance to us: This is key to customer satisfaction.
Hosted by a foot specialist, the training day will blend theory, product testing and sales techniques. Beyond simply providing essential technical knowledge regarding feet and shoes, the training day will also allow you:
- To promote your image as a specialist,
- To retain customers through a technical and personalised service that is not available via the web,
- To boost sales of running shoes and accessories
Training program:
1/ FEET AND THEIR ANALYSIS
- Active and static foot analysis
- Measurement, shape and volume
- Biomechanicals concepts
2/ ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS FOR COMFORT
- Insoles
- Socks
- Accessories
3/ SHOES
- Construction, different materials and concepts
- Technical and beneficial characteristics
4/ SALES PROTOCOL & PRACTICE
- Sales approach and various sale scenarios
- Organisation of the point of sale and product classification
- Key factors for success
Price: Available on demand
Duration: 1 day
Training your team, providing personal support and validating your expertise have always been of utmost importance to us: This is key to customer satisfaction.
Hosted by a foot specialist, the training day will blend theory, product testing and sales techniques. Beyond simply providing essential technical knowledge regarding feet and shoes, the training day will also allow you:
- To promote your image as a specialist,
- To retain customers through a technical and personalised service that is not available via the web,
- To boost sales of outdoor shoes and accessories
Training program:
1/ THE FOOT AND ITS ANALYSIS
- Active and static foot analysis
- Measurement, shape and volume
- Biomechanicals concepts
2/ ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS FOR COMFORT
- Socks
- Accessories
3/ SHOES
- Construction, different materials and concepts
- Technical and beneficial characteristics
4/ SALES PROTOCOL & PRACTICE
Insoles
Sales approach and various sale scenarios
Organisation of the point of sale and product classification
Key factors for success
Price: Available on demand
Duration: 1 day
Masterclass training
You want to make the most of effective trainings for you or for your team with some remotely solutions? Our Bronze, Silver, Gold and VIP packs are made for you!
Price: Available on demand
Selling process training
In order to give you all the possible solutions to provide an unforgettable customer experience, the Academy has developed the Sales Process training course for you. Discover every steps of the selling process thanks to our sepcialists, from welcoming your customer, to the end of the sale.
The idea is the same, but there are 3 different training options: SKI/OUTDOOR/RUN
OBJECTIVES:
To increase in the average basket
To improve your customer satisfaction and experience
To bring differenciation with competitors and internet
PROGRAMME:
- SALES PROCESS
The different steps of a sale
Customer experience, satisfaction, customer loyalty
Continuous improvement
- BUSINESS CASES
Examples of stores that have implemented a selling process
The results
- WORKSHOPS
Role playing
Handling objections
Fit Protocol solution
The knowledge, know-how and expertise we have acquired over 40 years of training and providing follow-up help and support to our retailers has enabled us to develop a protocol that guarantees the very best experience for your customers.
A retail expert will do an audit of your shop and set some objectives to achieve, thanks to trainings and follow-ups.
The Fit Protocol is available for the running, outdoor and ski shops.