Crew chief of EuroLeague Final game 2024 Fernando Rocha is joining camp as a guest speaker
The experienced Portuguese referee dedicated 38 years to refereeing and basketball, witnessing countless achievements and iconic moments on the basketball court. This year’s EuroLeague final game between Real Madrid and Panathinaikos Athens marked a remarkable finale for his illustrious career. It was his fifth Euroleague Final Four after refereeing previous games in 2009 (Semi final), 2014, 2017, and 2019.
FIBA Referee Tomasz Langowski is joining Survival Camp 2024 as an Instructor
His path from junior to international referee is truly fascinating. Tomasz began his refereeing career in 2010. Within two years, he became a referee on the central level in Poland. Six years later, he began officiating in the top Polish professional men’s league. Finally, Tomasz Langowski earned his FIBA license in 2021.
Euroleague referee Jakub Zamojski is returning to lead Survival Camp 2024
Jakub Zamojski, the founding father, heart and soul of the camp, has been igniting a passion for refereeing in participants for a staggering 20 years. His energy, dedication, and sheer love for the basketball are what make Referee.pl the powerhouse it is today. Year after year, he inspires a new generation of referees.
Euroleague referee Marcin Kowalski is joining Survival Camp 2024 as an instructor
Marcin Kowalski began his referee career in 1990 in Poland, became a FIBA referee in 2003, and earned his Euroleague license in 2005. He also has experience officiating in the NBA Summer League (2012).
FIBA referee, Paulina Gajdosz, joining Survival Camp 2024 instructors’ team
She is the first-ever Polish woman to earn a FIBA referee license.
With nomination for U17 Women World Cup in Mexico this year and experience officiating in FIBA Final 4 EuroLeague Women (Turkey, 2024), World University Games (China, 2023), FIBA European Championship U16 Final (Turkey, 2023), FIBA SuperCup Women (France, 2022), FIBA European Championship U18 Final (Greece, 2022) and countless other international games, Paulina has the knowledge to elevate your refereeing.
SURVIVAL CAMPS 2024
Finally we can announce the 8th edition of SURVIVAL CAMP.
Two sessions with 5 days of hard work each.
All to improve YOU as basketball referee!
We will take care of everything what each of us needs on the court. We will kill your bad habits and you will be „infected” with better ones.
Officiated games will be serious games of professional players who will be also getting ready and improve their skills for the next season!
Together with our partner „Get Better” we prepare training program to improve refereeing skills and officiating technics!
We will work on correct movement, proper positioning, clear observation, but also team work, communication and cooperation with players and coaches.
There will be a lot of practical trainings but in the meantime we will have some theoretical sessions when each of us will be active. We will talk about criteria, selection of calls and way to manage games.
There will be a chance to analyse our work supported by new technologies. This will help us to understand what we do right what we do wrong, how we can do better!
We will provide you with the possibility to collect the data about your body condition. You will have chance to work with physiotherapists and get information from professional coaches how to work to avoid injuries or get away from them.
Each day we will work with physical preparation coaches to improve not only our bodies but also all aspects of our movement on the court.
We prepare some special sessions with people from Euroleague, NBA and FIBA.
If you ready to make step forward join us!
You can register now for following sessions
Session 1: 15-19 July 2024 *
Session 2: 22-26 July 2024 *
Both sessions take place again in Jezierzyce Slupskie.
Nobody can disturb us there!
Small group of campers – huge results at the end of the week. Survival Camp provides very modern way of working to improve referees’ skills in all individual aspects.
We not provide comfortable accommodation, but we serve all in one place with quick access to training facilities, specialists, coaches and instructors, all to maximise our time for work!
If you, or any of your colleagues, are interested to join The Survival Camp, please fill in the Application Form SURVIVAL CAMP 2024 Session 1 or 2 at our website.
Each session will be max 9 to 12 referees.
Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us by email: j.zamojski @ referee.pl or by phone: +48601736920
Full residential costs: 435 EUR – all inclusive (full board)
*There will be possibility to arrive on Sunday afternoon
and departure Saturday morning.
The last dance
Day 5 by Valentin Kutnar
Last day is here! With our eyes barely open, we walk to the last speed workout. Legs are heavy and the foam roaling fells like torture. Some sprints later we can find some relief at the breakfast table before continuing the day in the lecture room with the clips from yesterday. We had some interesting 50/50 situation with animated debates and good laughts. Then Bence and Maksym did their presentation about “defending off ball” with loads of clips. “Referee the action, not the reaction”.
Today we are back on the court
Day 4 by Maciej Inerwicz
On Thursday morning We woke up with the dilemma: Which Wednesday training exhausted us more: “Superman” or Yoga.
REST DAY
Day 3 by Alexandre Tornay
Today it’s REST DAY!! But wait! Let me explain to you what a rest day in survival camp is.
7:30 Speed practice, what a good start! We worked on triple extension to make the first step of our run as fast as possible. That means strengthening the soles of the feet, a rather unusual practice. Then like every day, a great breakfast was waiting for us. After one of our breaks, let’s go back to the gym!! It’s time for 3PO drills. In fact, we need to practice our mechanics on the court without any player, adding our voice for the best synchronization and memorizing each step of the rotation. After this no break allowed, we passed from the gym to the fitness. After Legs the first day and upper body yesterday, it’s time for Strongman training with circuit drills. Honestly, we all discovered our limits, now we understand the name of the “Survival camp”. Let me remind you that is called “rest day”.