After years of preparation, the National Handball Academy (NEKA) began its work in Balatonboglár on July 28, 2013. The idea for the academy’s creation is attributed to Prof. Dr. H. C. Lajos Mocsai, who envisioned a systematically structured training system that would incorporate sports science. The sport science and professional director envisioned the work at the academy to be based on three pillars: professional work based on international sports science, the highest level of competition, and personality development, in which professionals participating in teaching and education work would take part.