HBA-Märsky is a Finnish basketball club, administrated by the Helsinki Basketball Academy. Their home arena is in URHEA Campus in Mäkelänrinne, Vallila, Helsinki, which also serves as the National Olympic Training Center.
Helsinki Basketball Academy Helsinki Basketball Academy is a joint program of the Finnish Basketball Association and Helsinki-based schools Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary Sports School (nicknamed Märsky) and (PHYK).HBA, phyk.fi In 2022, a new training center was opened in Pirkkola Sports Park, Pirkkola, Helsinki, which is located near the PHYK school of Pohjois-Haaga.Henrik Dettmann iloitsee uudesta Pirkkolahallista: "Puitteet kuntoon tuleville korislupauksille", basket.fi, 9 February 2022
The HBA program was created in 2011, with a strong influence by Henrik Dettmann,Henrik Dettmannin kolumni: Kun kritiikkiä sataa tauotta joka suunnasta – maailma opettaa, eikä “maitojunaa” ole olemassakaan, Yle, 3 June 2019Mikä on Henrik Dettmannin perintö?, Helsingin Sanomat, 17 August 2020 and started in 2012. The aim of the program is to develop young Finnish talented basketball players aged 13–19 to an international level for Finnish national teams, by providing year round professional coaching and education.HBA OHJELMA, hba.fiHanno Möttölä - HBA Finland Basketball System, Lessons as a Player & Retirement Advice, youtube.com, 18 April 2023THERE’S A FINNISH CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE CALLED HELSINKI BASKETBALL ACADEMY, scouting.eurohoops.net, 4 June 2021Tulevaisuuden työelämätaidot HBA:n opetussuunnitelman keskiössä, basket.fi, 18 October 2022
HBA-Märsky has teams for both boys/men and girls/women.Susijengistä hurja fakta – ”Maailmankin mittakaavassa poikkeuksellinen”, Ilta-Sanomat, 23 August 2023 The club's men's team competes in the Finnish second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona and its women's team plays in top-tier Naisten Korisliiga.
Notable coaches Coaches who work or have worked for the HBA-Märsky teams.
Notable former players
Men's team
Women's team
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