About | Get Better Basketball

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A HOLISTIC PATH FOR ATHLETES, PARENTS, AND COACHES TO GROW, PERFORM, AND THRIVE

Rooted in basketball and expanded through mental performance, wellbeing, leadership, and personal growth, Get Better Developmental Academy was created to support the whole athlete — and the people who help shape that journey.

We are creating a connected path for growth that helps athletes, parents, and coaches grow with greater clarity, confidence, alignment, and readiness to perform when it matters most.

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WHY WE EXIST

Get Better Developmental Academy was created from a simple but powerful belief: meaningful development does not happen in isolation. It happens when the athlete, the parent, and the coach are all supported as part of one connected growth process.

We believe performance is only one dimension of development.. Real development also asks for self-worth, confidence, emotional regulation, discipline, communication, resilience, awareness, and the right environment to help those qualities grow.

At the same time, we believe every person carries deeper inner potential that can be rediscovered, developed, and used with purpose. Through greater awareness, responsibility, accountability, and leading by example, growth begins within — and from there, it creates a ripple effect that influences the athlete, the team, the family, and the environment around them.

That is why Get Better was built — to create a deeper support system around the athlete and around the people who help shape that athlete every day. We exist to make development more intentional, more human, and more complete, sogrowth becomes visible not only in performance, but in the way people live, lead, and relate.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to help athletes build the inner foundation and practical habits needed to grow, perform, and thrive.

Through an integrated approach to sport, mental performance, wellbeing, leadership, and personal growth, we support athletes, parents, and coaches in developing confidence, resilience, self-awareness, and healthier environments for meaningful long-term development.

We are here to guide growth that is not only visible in performance, but also rooted in character, clarity, and the ability to rise when it matters most.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to help shape a world where sport develops more than performance — it develops stronger human beings.

We envision athletes growing in confidence, character, resilience, leadership, and purpose, supported by parents, coaches, and environments that help them thrive on and off the court.

Through Get Better, we want to help create a more connected, sustainable, and meaningful path where athletes can move toward their highest potential through a more connected and meaningful path.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At Get Better, we believe athlete development should be holistic, intentional, and human-centered.

True growth does not come from performance training alone. It grows through the connection of self-worth, confidence, emotional regulation, discipline, communication, recovery, and the ability to meet challenge with awareness and resilience.

We believe every athlete is unique. That is why our approach values individuality, authenticity, and honors each person’s path. It invites greater awareness of personality, potential, strengths, and the habits that support real progress.

Our philosophy is rooted in the belief that sport can do more than build performance — it can help shape stronger human beings. When athletes are

supported as whole people, they are better able to grow, perform, lead, and thrive in meaningful and lasting ways.

WHAT MAKES GET BETTER DIFFERENT

What makes Get Better different is the depth at which we understand the growth process. We know that development is not one-size-fits-all, and it does not happen in the same way, at the same speed, or in the same season for every athlete.

That is why our work is individualized. We look beyond chronological age and consider the athlete’s developmental stage, biological maturation, readiness, needs, strengths, and goals. Two athletes may be the same age, yet be in very different places physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially. Our approach respects that reality and supports each athlete accordingly.

We also believe that meaningful growth does not end when a session, program, or camp is over. In many ways, that is where the real work begins. Reflection, follow-up, integration, and continued support are part of how development becomes lasting.

Get Better was built as more than a one-time experience. It is a connected and evolving path that supports growth in a way that is more personal, more sustainable, and more aligned with real human development.

Real growth is not finished when the program ends — it begins when the work starts to take root.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

Get Better Developmental Academy was born from a shared belief: that athlete development should go far beyond performance alone. It should help young people grow in self-worth, confidence, resilience, awareness, character, and the ability to thrive in sport and in life.

Together, Gergana and Albena bring a rare combination of elite sport experience, coaching, mentoring, holistic development, and mental performance expertise. Both competed as NCAA Division I student-athletes, were drafted into and played in the WNBA, competed at the EuroLeague level, represented their National Teams at U16, U18, U20, and Women’s levels, and built professional careers across multiple countries. They know firsthand what it takes to grow, adapt, lead, win, lose, and keep evolving through every stage of the journey.

What unites them is a shared commitment to helping athletes, parents, and coaches move through sport and life through a more meaningful, human-centered, and sustainable path.

Gergana Branzova, DNM, PhD

Founder | Holistic Development Coach & Mentor

Gergana is the visionary behind Get Better and a former elite professional basketball player, basketball coach, mentor, and holistic development guide. As the first Bulgarian woman to compete in the WNBA, her journey through sport, international experience, and personal transformation shaped her belief that true development begins from within.

She brings together wellbeing, movement, nutrition awareness, personal growth, and athlete development in a way that supports both performance and the person behind it. Her work is rooted in leading by example and helping others grow into stronger, healthier, and more aligned versions of themselves.

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Albena Branzova, PhD

Co-Founder | Mental High-Performance Coach, Basketball Coach & Mentor

Albena has always been fascinated by the process of expanding performance — first as an athlete, and later as a coach, mentor, and mental high-performance specialist. Her work is driven by a deep curiosity about how athletes can sharpen focus, unlock inner strengths, compensate for what does not come naturally, and move closer to their highest level through greater awareness, intentional practice, and mental alignment.

She brings together mental performance, sport psychology, neuroplasticity, athlete development, and personal growth to help athletes, coaches, and parents better understand what is possible beneath the surface. She is passionate about helping people step into greater clarity, flow, timing, and trust — so they can perform with more precision, confidence, and purpose when it matters most.

Together, Gergana and Albena created Get Better as a space where performance, personal growth, and human development can live together — helping athletes, parents, and coaches move forward with greater purpose, support, and possibility.

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THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND GET BETTER

Get Better Developmental Academy is shaped by decades of lived experience in elite sport, coaching, mentoring, and personal growth.

Between them, Gergana and Albena have competed at the highest levels of the game — from NCAA Division I and the WNBA to EuroLeague, National Teams, and professional basketball across multiple countries. They have experienced the demands of performance, the pressure of expectations, the lessons of winning and losing, and the ongoing work of growth through every stage of the athlete journey.

That experience is what shapes Get Better. It gives depth to the way the Academy understands challenge, development, timing, resilience, identity, and the realities of what it takes to keep evolving in sport and in life.

What stands behind this work is not only credibility, but perspective — the kind that comes from having lived the path, studied it deeply, and chosen to help others move through it with greater clarity, support, and purpose.

75+ years of combined high-level basketball experience

NCAA Division I, WNBA, EuroLeague, and National Team experience

16 countries of lived and professional experience

30+ clubs, teams, and development environments

20+ years of coaching and mentoring experience

OUR BROADER PURPOSE

Get Better Developmental Academy was created with a purpose that reaches beyond training, competition, and performance alone.

At the heart of this work is a deeper commitment: to help young people grow through sport into more aware, confident, resilient, and capable human beings. We believe sport can be a powerful vehicle for education, character development, leadership, connection, and personal transformation when it is guided with intention and care.

That is why Get Better exists not only to support performance, but also to help shape healthier environments around young people — through parents, coaches, mentorship, and a more meaningful approach to growth.

This broader purpose is also reflected in the mission of Foundation “Boycho Branzov – Get Better,” dedicated to youth development through sport, education, and personal growth.

GO BEYOND THE GAME

A more meaningful path for athletes, parents, and coaches to move forward with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Whether you are an athlete pursuing your next level, a parent looking for a healthier and more supportive way to guide the journey, or a coach committed to developing more complete performers, Get Better Developmental Academy is here to support that path.

Explore a holistic development system built to strengthen the person, the performer, and the environment around them — through sustainable growth, deeper awareness, and a more connected approach to performance and life.