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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)....
EuroLeague Players Association congratulates Gigi Datome on an outstanding career
Upon Gigi Datome’s decision to retire from professional basketball after the FIBA World Cup 2023, ELPA would like to congratulate Gigi on an outstanding career, spanning over three decades and multiple countries. Besides winning the...
Succesful 2nd edition of ELPA Performance International Congress (EPIC)
Participants on-site and online participated at the EPIC Congress 2023, which was held at the Technogym Village Following online edition of EPIC in 2021, this year's event was the first one held also with live attendance. Strength & conditioning coaches,...
ELPA Players’ Choice Awards: the new winners revealed
ELPA presents the third edition of its annual Players’ Choice Awards. Winners in each category are players who received the biggest majority of votes, voted exclusively by the EuroLeague players. 2023 ELPA Players’ Choice Award “MOST VALUABLE PLAYER”: Sasha...
ELPA participated at the inaugural #Right2Organize conference in Amsterdam
On May 23 & 24, EuroLeague Players Association leaders participated at the inaugural #Right2Organize conference. This special event, organized by World Players Association, was held at the FIFPro House in Amsterdam. It gathered 70+ players association...
2nd edition of ELPA Performance International Congress (EPIC) on July 1st in Italy
After a successful first edition in 2021, the ELPA Performance International Congress (EPIC) will be back this year, on July 1st 2023. The congress will take place on-site in Technogym Village, exquisite facility in Cesena (Italy). Athletes, strength &...
Igor Rakocevic meets with the next generation at the Final Four in Kaunas
As every year, on the sidelines of the EuroLeague Final Four, EuroLeague Players’ Association spend time with U-18 players, who participated to the Adidas Next Generation Tournament. Three-time EuroLeague top-scorer Igor Rakocevic joined the talk in order to share...
ELPA series: “A day in life” by Dogus Balbay
While the big lights are on the players who will be at the Final 4 in Kaunas, injured players on other teams don't rest. This is "A day in life" of Dogus Balbay, who is rehabbing from his long-term injury. Follow him through ELPA’s camera....
Starpool joins ELPA as an official partner
Starpool becomes an official partner of the ELPA Performance International Congress (EPIC 2023) Over time, Starpool has taken on a centuries-old cultural heritage about the wellness tradition, and have re-interpreted it from a modern perspective, through innovation...
ELPA series: “A day in life” by Darrun Hilliard
We followed Darrun Hilliard on his day before the game to see his daily life in Tel Aviv. Darrun tells us more about the life of American playing overseas, the pros and cons, ups and downs, and the impact it has on his family....