Sideline Sports proudly supports the Athena International Basketball Academy (AIBCA). Now in its second season, AIBCA has exceeded expectations since its inception, leading to its continued success.

Athena Basketball, a girls' basketball club in Iceland, was founded in 2019 by a group of determined girls who protested when they were unfairly removed from a tournament after successfully competing against boys' teams. After their protest, their team was dissolved, and they founded Athena.

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The only thing we had in the start were a few, but really good, coaches, lots of hard work, and our XPS Network.
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- Brynjar Karl, Athena Head Coach

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Their inspiring journey is documented in the award-winning film Raise The Bar, which has captivated audiences worldwide.

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Despite starting with limited resources and facilities and a modest beginning during its first three years, Athena Basketball has rapidly grown into one of Europe's premier development environments, largely thanks to the support of the XPS Network.

Today, the club boasts over 100 girls playing youth basketball and has established a women’s team that won the right to be promoted last season and advanced to Iceland's Superdivision, ranking among the top teams in the country.

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Everything that has to do with my job and the athlete's job is in XPS Network. The value for especially new players coming into the team - they have access to all our drills, videos or animations.
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- Vésteinn Sveinsson, Athena Coach

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The Athena coaches are using the XPS Features extensively. In Team Statistics they store data on exactly how much time the players have spent in each drill or development topic during any given period of the season.

The coaches also mark how many hours in total were invested into all team events such as tactical meetings, character coaching, meditations, and more.

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From my high school times, I'm used to having everything on paper. Thanks to XPS app I can see all we've done and what we're going to do in trainings on my phone.
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- Barbara Zieniewska, Athena Player

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Athena's extensive use of XPS Analyzer brings valuable data that support the coaching decisions and individual player development. Having advanced statistics from each perspective of the team performance always at hand is an enormous asset for any sports club.

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The XPS Analyzer helps us to get advanced statistics on each ball possession we've had the whole season. Then we tag the clips, break down situations and send them to players within seconds.
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- Þórarinn Friðriksson, Athena Assistant Coach

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XPS Reports are an integral tool for the strength & conditioning area of the player development. The club follows one main workout program created by the S&C Coach, but based on the data gathered from the readiness & training load forms or from test results, individual programs are adjusted for the player's needs.

The players receive all the programs with detailed description and video examples via their XPS phone apps, where they also log how much weight they have lifted or the training intensity.

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In the past I had to use so many different tools and programs together to be able to manage the team. With XPS, I have everything in one.
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- Melkorka Rán Hafliðadóttir, Athena Strength Coach

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Are you interested in knowing more about Athena Basketball? Visit their website, and become an Athena Coach yourself!