Authors: Jaime Sampaio, Baris Kocaoglu, Julio Calleja-González, Igor Jukic, Francesco Cuzzolin, Mar Rovira, Antonio Santo The 'hot hand' phenomenon has long intrigued players, coaches, and fans with its seemingly magical influence on performance. It's the belief...
On Saturday 25th February at the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, ELPA Performance Advisory Board (PAB) presented its view on a very important topic of today’s European basketball - the congested competition schedule. ELPA Managing Director Bostjan...
The EuroLeague Players’ Association is proud to be partner of the “Symposium in soccer and basketball”, which will be held on 25th February 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia. ELPA will be represented by our ELPA Performance Advisory Board who will take over the basketball’s...
After a successful first edition in 2021, the ELPA Performance International Congress (EPIC) will be back this year, on July 1st 2023. The seminar will take place on-site in Europe (location will be revealed later) and will feature our entire Performance Advisory...
Authors: Mar Rovira, Francesco Cuzzolin, Julio Calleja-Gonzalez, Igor Jukic, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic, Jaime Sampaio Psychological flexibility is a key concept which has emerged in the current scientific literature around well-being and sports performance....
Authors: Mar Rovira, Francesco Cuzzolin, Julio Calleja-González, Igor Jukic, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic, Jaime Sampaio Players often carry a heavy burden on their shoulders. In the public eye, they are considered modern warriors and competitors who...
Authors: Julio Calleja-González, Francesco Cuzzolin, Igor Jukic, Jaime Sampaio, Mar Rovira, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic What is the transitional period? The transitional period in the summer is a cycle preceding the next competitive event of the new season....
Authors: Igor Jukic, Jaime Sampaio, Francesco Cuzzolin, Julio Calleja-Gonzalez, Mar Rovira, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic The sun and sunlight Sun is a star around which Earth and the other components of the solar system revolve. The Sun is the source of an...
Authors: Baris Kocaoglu, Julio Calleja-González, Francesco Cuzzolin, Igor Jukic, Sergej M. Ostojic, Mar Rovira, Jaime Sampaio Globally every year, there are more than 100 million musculoskeletal injuries. Among them, 30-50% of all sports-related pathologies are...
Travel in Euroleague competition The Euroleague season 2021/22 is played in 11 countries and 16 cities. Common transportation vehicles for teams are airplanes (charter or commercial), trains, buses. When traveling, players spend most of their time on an airplane,...