Friday 14 February 2025

Lubo Kotleba letter to REFEREE.PL, message to all referees

Dear Kuba and your A class team,

It is hard to believe but this year it is already 12th edition of your camp. I do remember of your first shy tries to establish your camp on the map and in the hearts of all referees, whether potentials or well established ones, whether national or already FIBA ones. Through your hard work and a bright vision you were able to make your camp definitely the best referees’ camp in the Europe.

Your camp is practically a must for all the referees who would like to be updated on what is going on in the world of basketball officiating. It is also an excellent platform for meeting the old friends and making the new ones, simply making a team. The list of your instructors is very impressive and also the lectures related to the out-of-court issues of referees (health care, nutrition, life style) makes your camp unique. The idea to move the camp from time to time out of Poland is very innovative and confirms that your camp in growing internationally not only with the participants but also with the locations.

In addition to all the above positives the opportunity for referees to call many games is the “golden piece” of your camp. As you know the players can improve only by playing, not sitting on the bench. The very same is valid for the referees. You cannot buy the experience and more a referee calls the games, more experienced he/she is thus being able to solve the game situations many times with good anticipation and practical approach.

I would say to all referees: Do not miss your opportunity, join the camp. You will see your officiating from different perspective.

Good luck to your 2015 camp in Antalya, Turkey.

Lubo

 

Links to interviews with Lubo:
We are listening to the basketball people
Camps are the proper type of work with referees – Lubo Kotleba