High performance is a mindset. It is a mindset and a set of habits that, over the long term, can sustain a high level of performance.

”Many people think that high performance is simply about being more skilled or faster than someone else, scoring more goals, or conceding fewer baskets. This is a serious misconception. This mindset and these habits, working together and influencing one another, are what enable you to consistently give your very best and push yourself beyond your comfort zone.”

László Rátgéber

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About us

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Science
Practice
Performance

  • Sport High Performance Center
  • High Performance Team
  • basketball
  • youth sport
  • elite sport
  • health sport
  • talent identification and development in sport
  • training load
  • training planning
  • athlete recovery
  • athlete rehabilitation
  • sports injuries
  • sports diagnostics
  • development of sports analytics systems
  • economic and social impacts of sporting events
  • organization of sport and leisure events
  • organizational development
  • forest therapy

The High Performance Center (HPC),

a scientific, innovation, and service center dedicated to sport, began its operations in the first half of 2025 in Pécs, Hungary. The Center was established in close collaboration with the Ratgeber Basketball Academy, the largest basketball academy in Hungary.

The Center’s activities focus on the following areas:

The Center conducts both basic and applied research projects related to youth and elite sport. Its research focuses on talent identification and development, performance enhancement, training planning, athlete recovery and rehabilitation, sports injuries, and on the social science aspects of elite sport. In addition, the Center develops evidence-based protocols for athlete recovery and regeneration…

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HPC established in Pécs
international partner
countries in the professional
network

international basketball
conferences

leading Hungarian university
partnerships

PERFORMANCE IS BUILT, NOT ASSUMED.

FROM THEORY
TO PRACTICE

SERVICES

Built for High
Performance

1.

Professional Basketball
Development & Training

Individual Development of Elite and Youth Athletes
Individual Training for Youth Players
Professional Development of Adult and Youth Teams
Training Camps & Preparation Tournaments… more
2.

Comprehensive
Sports Performance
Diagnostics & Analysis

Development of comprehensive athlete profiles
through sports performance diagnostics, assessment
and analysis… more
3.

Sports Science:
Data Processing,
Analysis & Research

Data Analysis and Evaluation
Writing Analyses and Studies
Research on topics in the sociology of sports and
organizations (e.g., examining the organizational… more
4.

Sports Programmes,
Projects & Events

Organisation of Sports Industry Events
Recreational Sports Programmes
Health & Wellness Sports Programmes… more

RESEARCH FOCUS

An Integrated Performance
Ecosystem

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Athlete
Development
& Performance

From talent development to performance optimisation and athlete health.
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Technical, Tactical
& Performance
Development

Data-informed practice
& performance optimisation

Psychological,
Nutritional &
Interdisciplinary
Factors

Mental performance, nutrition
& holistic athlete development
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Health-Promoting
Sport & Active
Lifestyles

Health, wellbeing & physical activity
across the lifespan
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Sports Sociology,
Organisations
& Society

Culture, systems, organisations
& social impact
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Sports Economics
& Business

Economic impact, markets,
consumption & CBA

BACKGROUND

Experience
that Elevated HPC

2021
The National Basketball Academy of Pécs was appointed as the Basketball Specific Methodological Center for Hungarian basketball under the professional leadership of László Rátgéber, establishing a platform for developing and sharing sport-specific knowledge at an international level.
2021-24
International network and knowledge base expanded through six international basketball conferences,
professional workshops, education programmes and coaching events with experts from FIBA Europe,
NBA, WNBA, NCAA, EuroLeague and more than twenty countries.
2025
High Performance Center was established as a dedicated company, carrying forward evidence-based
performance methodology, international best practices, and a strong international scientific and
professional network.

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