Nutrition
Educating taste and well-being, inseparable from sporting performance.
AM Académie
Sport as a ground for passing on
Founded in March 2023 by Alexandre Mazzia and Lamine Diarra, the association brings together basketball, nutrition and inclusion.
A shared passion
The orange ball, a school of teamwork
Alexandre Mazzia’s story is not written in kitchens alone. It keeps a deep bond with basketball, the sport that shaped his relationship to the team, to effort, to precision and to passing things on.
Founded in March 2023 by Alexandre Mazzia and Lamine Diarra, a sports educator, the AM Académie was born of this shared passion for the orange ball and of a common conviction: sport can become a lever for education, confidence, inclusion and openness.
The foundation
Nutrition, basketball and inclusion
Basketball
The value of training, of the repeated gesture and of the team.
Inclusion
Social diversity and openness, at the heart of every action.
The association upholds a vision in which sporting performance cannot be separated from educating taste, well-being and social diversity. Alexandre Mazzia brings his path as a former player turned three-star chef, with the particular experience of someone who knows the value of training, of the repeated gesture and of the team.
Co-founder
Lamine Diarra
A former basketball player himself, Lamine Diarra brings to the AM Académie his expertise as a sports and social educator, focused on mentoring, coaching and passing things on.
Paris 2024
Feeding the greatest athletes
As a chef at the athletes’ village of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Alexandre Mazzia saw first-hand how closely sport and nutrition are linked for the very best. He had to showcase French gastronomy while meeting the nutritional and dietary needs of more than 10,000 athletes.
After drawing up the recipes with many nutritionists, he continued these conversations directly with the athletes, talking with many of them about their needs according to their discipline and training as he served their meals.
From these exchanges and his own experience came a deep desire to teach young athletes about nutrition, which he now puts to work for the AM Académie.
What we do
Training, mentoring, raising awareness
AM Académie runs training, mentoring and sports coaching, for individuals or groups.
ACTIVITIESAM ACADÉMIE
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Skills camps · basketball for teenagers aged 12 to 17, during the school holidays
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Sports coaching · training and mentoring, one-to-one or in groups
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Events · sporting, cultural and educational gatherings
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Awareness · talks on the links between nutrition, well-being and sporting performance
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Online membership · to join the association’s community and support its work
ALL YEAR ROUNDBasketball is not a youthful memory set aside next to cooking. It remains a way of looking at the world, of being part of a team and of passing things on.
November 2023 · Prix des possibles-jeunesseAward
Prix des possibles-jeunesse
In November 2023, AM Académie received the Prix des possibles-jeunesse, awarded by the European Commission as part of the Innovation Métropole awards.
The award highlights the reach of a project that links the world of a great chef to a sporting, social and educational ambition.
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