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Founded in 2006 by Harvard-Trained Physician, Dr. Marcus Elliott, P3 is the first performance facility to use advanced sports science technology to assess and train professional athletes.

The Utah Jazz begin sending players to P3 with the goal of better understanding player athletic needs and to create more effective individual training plans.

P3's Dr. Marcus Elliott becomes first ever Director of Sports Science in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners. P3 implements a model that includes force plate assessments and the development of individual training needs and plans for every player in the minor league system.

P3 installs 3D Motion Capture to integrate with dual-force plate system to precisely evaluate elite athlete kinetics and kinematics.

In 2012, P3 decides to start a pre-draft camp for future NBA athletes. This exposes high-level players to data-driven training and NBA teams the results of our efforts.

P3 begins a partnership with the NBA that continues to this day. The partnership is the first of its kind. P3 introduces advanced sports science technology to a major U.S. pro sport's league at the NBA combine. The goal of the partnership centers around informing athletes of their needs and better understanding injury risk factors.

P3 begins a multi-year partnership with Adidas to support icon athletes and innovate. P3 identifies James Harden's super power.

In collaboration with Adidas, P3 develops a blueprint camp - the first elite basketball camp that does not involve a basketball. The camp focuses on developing physical development blueprints for elite players. Attendees have included - Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish, Darius Garland, PJ Washington, Gary Trent Jr. and Wendell Carter Jr. Players are compared to NBA norms and provided with customized training to optimize future development.

A P3 athlete since 2008, Kyle Korver makes his first all star game at the age of 34 - as testament to his consistency and commitment to data-driven, individualized training. Athlete longevity remains a focus at P3.

Duke Basketball becomes the first college team to begin sending players to P3 for assessment, reporting and feedback compared to NBA comps.

The biometric revolution - catalyzed by P3.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/14763202/how-biometrics-turned-kawhi-leonard-star

Luka Doncic begins traveling half-way around the world to train at P3 and prepare for the NBA. https://www.wsj.com/articles/luka-doncic-big-data-nba-11552413548

P3 begins working with the USA Jr. National team - providing 3D Motion Capture Assessments at the Olympic Training Center and strength and conditioning in advance of international competition

P3 opens second location in Atlanta at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex. The facility provides our NBA players with access to the Atlanta Hawk's practice courts and allows for collaboration with the experts at Emory Sports Medicine.

P3 endeavors into world football with the German National Team

Dr. Marcus Elliott delivers the 12th Annual Augustus Thorndike Lecture at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, named for the father of sports medicine in the United States. Past Thorndike Lecturers include Dr. James R. Andrews and Dr. Neal S. ElAttrache. Read the story.

P3 begins installing labs with collegiate and pro organizations. Organizations are now able to access P3 data-context and insights in-house.

The NBA launches a league-wide biomechanics program — a vision P3 championed and drove, dating back to the 2014 NBA Draft Combine and its work with NBA players and teams. P3 plays a central role in the initiative, which includes motion capture labs in all 30 NBA facilities.

Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance by Henry Abbott (W. W. Norton) tells the story of Dr. Marcus Elliott and P3. It debuted at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference and was named one of the Next Big Idea Club’s 12 Best Science Books of 2025.