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PAB Newsletter #23 – The science of the “Hot Hand” in Basketball
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...
ELPA presents the fourth edition of its annual Players’ Choice Awards
EuroLeague Players Association conducted its fourth annual Players’ Choice Awards, where EuroLeague players had the opportunity to choose the winners in nine different categories. For each category, five players were nominated, while voters had an opportunity to...
EuroLeague Players Association and Winners Alliance team up to maximize commercial potential of EuroLeague Basketball Players
ELPA and Winners Alliance form exclusive partnership to unlock commercial opportunities for players in Europe’s top basketball league. The EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) and Winners Alliance, an organization transforming athlete rights and commercialization...
ELPA Admitted to World Players Association, Solidifying Its Role as leading Player Representative Body in European Basketball
ELPA joins an exclusive list of members, including NBPA, WNBPA, FIFPRO and others who have fought for players’ interests for decades The Euroleague Players Association (ELPA) becomes the newest member of the World Players Association (World Players). World Players...
Applied science in sport makes strong progress at the third annual edition of EPIC in Mataro
MATARÓ, MAY 10th - "If 15 years ago, advanced statistics made a full impact on world basketball, now is the time for Applied Science." That's how one of the eminent figures in sports studies in Spain and the world, Professor Julio Calleja González from the...
HUDL joins EPIC 2024 as an official partner
Hudl becomes an official partner of the ELPA Performance International Congress 2024. Hudl helps teams to reach their potential by building the future of sports with the world's biggest library of video and data, to get the most out of every moment. Their new...
The NBA Basketball Players Association joins the 3rd annual EPIC Congress in Mataró (Barcelona)
The NBPA will be at the third EPIC (ELPA Performance International Congress) in Mataró. The Chief Medical Officer of the NBPA, Dr. Asheesh Bedi, will deliver a presentation titled, "Athlete Workload." Dr. Bedi will focus on how workloads are designed and planned,...
The ELPA Performance Advisory Board suggestions for Sant Jordi
Sant Jordi (the Day of the Book and the Rose), is a very special day in Catalonia, and it is just 20 days prior to EPIC (ELPA Performance International Congress) at Tecnocampus Mataró. Therefore, the ELPA Performance Advisory Board (PAB) does not want to miss the...
ELPA series: “A day in life” by Nigel Hayes-Davis
ELPA spent a day with EuroLeague single-game scoring record breaker Nigel Hayes-Davis. Nigel welcomed us to Istanbul and let us catch a glimps of his life. What led to scoring 50pts in a game? Habits, rituals, work ethic…its all a way of life for Nigel. Find out...
PAB Newsletter #22 – Managing bone stress injuries in basketball
Authors: Baris Kocaoglu, Julio Calleja-González, Igor Jukic, Francesco Cuzzolin, Mar Rovira, Antonio Santo, Jaime Sampaio Basketball carries the risk of developing overuse injuries, which in the bone consist of bone stress injury (BSIs) or bone marrow edema (BME)....