Kostas is a long time friend of mine and a 3x Euroleague champion in his own right and currently the Head of Performance at Olimpia Milano. He last worked at Fenerbahce since 2022 under Dimitris Itoudis and later Sarunas Jasikevicus and recently signed with Ettore Messina's team in Milano!

He started his career in Europe at Olympiacos in 2006 and has been rolling through Europe ever since!Kostas is the best expert in his field of athletic performance and conditioning for athletes, he also worked with athletes such as Theo Papaloukas and Sofoklis Schortsanitis in the past. He came to Vilnius on July 8th to talk at the B8 Summit 2025 about his field and covered a variety of topics from his field. We talked about the general problematic in all clubs when it comes to communication after injuries occur as well as the mechanics of an achilles injury and much more, check it out!

Today's Topics:

0:00 Intro

1:10 ESCCA Summit

2:50 Sacrifice for Achievement

9:20 Decision-making process / Information

18:30 Load Managment during season

24:30 Injury Peak-times / Summer Load

32:30 Achilles Injury / Mechanics

36:45 Chain of commands after injury

44:30 Q&A

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B8 Summit Website:

www.b8summit.com

The Benas Podcast:

www.bmatke.com

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