Survival Camp 2024

Some of you may know me, as maybe we met already at some basketball event, and surely we did at Kuba’s camp, as I was there from the beginning when it all started in 2004.

As a little insight to that I can tell you that back then I arrived to Bydgoszcz as a journalist and wanted to write some article about the ongoing player’s camp. Happened that I met this group of referees and so since I was a referee myself (true story! You have never seen me on the court during the camp, maybe once this will change) I got very much interested and eventually attached to the camp, it’s idea and you guys, that I am with you every year.

What do I do, well; I run the camp from the backstage, which means the organization that you mostly don't see, until something is not working, hehe. But really what I do is to support Kuba to make the best camp possible and personally I think we do pretty well.

I made so many friends during these years, this camp has brought me what I never expected, a solid feeling that no matter how I always want to stay engaged into basketball, by meeting such a passionate people like you!

That is why every year I try to get creative on how to interest you more and more with the webpage and social media, try to reach to the top instructors to present their voice, some small interview. I am also learning by helping the camp, meeting great people and make incredible memories. Once we have to sit and write down with Kuba all stories that happened during all this years. 🙂

Personally I am an chemical engineer, working in marketing from more than 10 years, as a hobby I also work in organizing events (surprise), and I used to be a referee for the past 12 years, now I became not active, as my professional life is consuming more time. But I was officiating majority of time in Poland, also in Czech Republic and I finished in Hungary, where I now live.

This year we will be seeing again starting in 3 day in Turkey!!!

Have a great camp and find me when you need anything! I will be around 🙂

Marta

Next week in Antalya for the 12th year in a row we will have the international referee camp for basketball officials REFEREE.PL. We have 55 referees from many countries and also different continents. During this camp we want to learn, prepare for the new season and get better. Therefore we will have also a group of great instructors, who are available to help us.

Again this year we will use during the games the communication equipment from the Blucom company. This is radio communication small, compact equipment, where the ear phone is connected with the microphone and hanged on the ear, and the cable leads to the tiny box with the power, which is connected to the referee’s arm, so you can easy run with it.

All three referees can hear each other and talk to each other from every place on the court. On top of that same piece is with the instructor so he can give instant feedback to the refs team.

This is working very well and it is helping to train young and potential referees, we simply use it to learn, it is helping a lot to listen about what happened on the court from the instructor, actually just in the moment that this is happening.

The same equipment is being used in football for the referees and in many different markets. For more details please check the webpage.

Blucom – Digitall radio communication with HD voice

Up to 5 people can talk simultaneously without to press a talk push button

Webpage: http://www.blucom.pl/

Next week in Antalya for the 12th year in a row we will have the international referee camp for basketball officials REFEREE.PL. We have 55 referees from many countries and also different continents. During this camp we want to learn, prepare for the new season and get better. Therefore we will have also a group of great instructors, who are available to help us.

Again this year we will use during the games the communication equipment from the Blucom company. This is radio communication small, compact equipment, where the ear phone is connected with the microphone and hanged on the ear, and the cable leads to the tiny box with the power, which is connected to the referee’s arm, so you can easy run with it.

All three referees can hear each other and talk to each other from every place on the court. On top of that same piece is with the instructor so he can give instant feedback to the refs team.

This is working very well and it is helping to train young and potential referees, we simply use it to learn, it is helping a lot to listen about what happened on the court from the instructor, actually just in the moment that this is happening.

The same equipment is being used in football for the referees and in many different markets. For more details please check the webpage.

Blucom – Digitall radio communication with HD voice

Up to 5 people can talk simultaneously without to press a talk push button

Webpage: http://www.blucom.pl/

Next week in Antalya for the 12th year in a row we will have the international referee camp for basketball officials REFEREE.PL. We have 55 referees from many countries and also different continents. During this camp we want to learn, prepare for the new season and get better. Therefore we will have also a group of great instructors, who are available to help us.

Again this year we will use during the games the communication equipment from the Blucom company. This is radio communication small, compact equipment, where the ear phone is connected with the microphone and hanged on the ear, and the cable leads to the tiny box with the power, which is connected to the referee’s arm, so you can easy run with it.

All three referees can hear each other and talk to each other from every place on the court. On top of that same piece is with the instructor so he can give instant feedback to the refs team.

This is working very well and it is helping to train young and potential referees, we simply use it to learn, it is helping a lot to listen about what happened on the court from the instructor, actually just in the moment that this is happening.

The same equipment is being used in football for the referees and in many different markets. For more details please check the webpage.

Blucom – Digitall radio communication with HD voice

Up to 5 people can talk simultaneously without to press a talk push button

Webpage: http://www.blucom.pl/

Dear friends,

This year for the first time at the camp we will have prepared exclusively for you a special training set from Alejandro Vaquera, who works for FIBA. For more details please read the below conversation with Alejandro.

1. Why are you not a referee? 🙂
This is a good question…. but probably is an advantage for my work with basketball referees. As I am not a referee and I do not really analyze the game from this point of view and I never talk to officials about the match. My only focus is to help them to be in the best shape possible and with almost 10 years of work I think I can understand the physical demands of the basketball referees very good in order to help them in the right direction.

2. How your adventure with basketball started and what do you do privately?
I got interested in basketball when I was 16 years old by coaching kids in my school. After I finished my degree in Sport Science and got the basketball coach degree III, I started as Assistant Coach and S&C Coach in a ACB Team, where I was working for 9 years. At the same time I supported Spanish National Team Program U18 and U20 during 6 years. Actually I have PhD in Sport Science and I teach in the University of Leon (Spain). 2 years ago when Carl Jungebrand joined FIBA Referee Department he called me, introduced me his idea about basketball officiating and from that day I started to work with FIBA.

3. What is your role in FIBA?
I work as a Referee Fitness Coordinator in FIBA. I am in charge of preparation and support for the referees to reach their best physical shape, so that they can have highest level of performance on the court. For me nowadays basketball referee needs to pay full attention to his physical condition level. To be fit is a MUST for a basketball referee.

4. How do you physically prepare FIBA referees before the season, finals or tournament?
From FIBA we try to help the referees during different tournaments and in the different phases of the season. Of course to have a good preparation before a tournament is necessary, but for us is also really important to work during the tournaments itself. For example we introduced the “good morning exercise”, which is a physical activation for the referees during game days and really helps to be physically prepared for the afternoon games.

5. What are the physical programs that you prepare? Please tell us something about it.
The training plans we prepare are covering many aspects, which are relevant for the referees to achieve their best performance on the court. First of all we prepare a Training Manual that helps everyone to understand all the different terminology and afterwards we prepare a specific Training Plan covering running, strength, flexibility, injury prevention and so on. We provide the best tools for the referees and make their training as easy as possible. Our goal in FIBA is to prepare proper material with the good quality to help referees from various levels. We will try in the next years to get to all the referees and to make this material accessible to everyone. 

6. You will prepare a set of material (program) for preparation for REFEREE.PL. Some more details please why and what it is going to be.
The idea for this Training Plan for REFEREE.PL camp is to help the referees to get there in the best possible shape to officiate and to enjoy the camp. When you go to a summer camp, the physical demands are really high, because it is not just the games you officiate or the training sessions that you have in the mornings, it is also all the different activities and lectures, which you attend. If you are well prepared physically for sure you will take much more from the camp and your experience will be extraordinary.

7. Where is your next big assignment (nomination) 🙂 ? Women Eurobasket, some summer tournament?
In FIBA we always cover all main competitions around the World. This summer we will start with the Eurobasket Women, WC U19 Men and Women, FIBA Americas, Eurobasket Men, FIBA Asia. It will be an intense summer for me and I am really happy to be involved with referees from all around the World and in different tournaments. I hope I can help all of them to be in great shape and have a good physical performance on the court. This will lead to create in young potential referees proper physical habits, which will help them to achieve their goals as basketball officials.

From Referee.pl: Material described by Alejandro will be available for the camp participants after logging in on our webpage – referee.pl.

Dear friends,

This year for the first time at the camp we will have prepared exclusively for you a special training set from Alejandro Vaquera, who works for FIBA. For more details please read the below conversation with Alejandro.

1. Why are you not a referee? 🙂
This is a good question…. but probably is an advantage for my work with basketball referees. As I am not a referee and I do not really analyze the game from this point of view and I never talk to officials about the match. My only focus is to help them to be in the best shape possible and with almost 10 years of work I think I can understand the physical demands of the basketball referees very good in order to help them in the right direction.

2. How your adventure with basketball started and what do you do privately?
I got interested in basketball when I was 16 years old by coaching kids in my school. After I finished my degree in Sport Science and got the basketball coach degree III, I started as Assistant Coach and S&C Coach in a ACB Team, where I was working for 9 years. At the same time I supported Spanish National Team Program U18 and U20 during 6 years. Actually I have PhD in Sport Science and I teach in the University of Leon (Spain). 2 years ago when Carl Jungebrand joined FIBA Referee Department he called me, introduced me his idea about basketball officiating and from that day I started to work with FIBA.

3. What is your role in FIBA?
I work as a Referee Fitness Coordinator in FIBA. I am in charge of preparation and support for the referees to reach their best physical shape, so that they can have highest level of performance on the court. For me nowadays basketball referee needs to pay full attention to his physical condition level. To be fit is a MUST for a basketball referee.

4. How do you physically prepare FIBA referees before the season, finals or tournament?
From FIBA we try to help the referees during different tournaments and in the different phases of the season. Of course to have a good preparation before a tournament is necessary, but for us is also really important to work during the tournaments itself. For example we introduced the “good morning exercise”, which is a physical activation for the referees during game days and really helps to be physically prepared for the afternoon games.

5. What are the physical programs that you prepare? Please tell us something about it.
The training plans we prepare are covering many aspects, which are relevant for the referees to achieve their best performance on the court. First of all we prepare a Training Manual that helps everyone to understand all the different terminology and afterwards we prepare a specific Training Plan covering running, strength, flexibility, injury prevention and so on. We provide the best tools for the referees and make their training as easy as possible. Our goal in FIBA is to prepare proper material with the good quality to help referees from various levels. We will try in the next years to get to all the referees and to make this material accessible to everyone. 

6. You will prepare a set of material (program) for preparation for REFEREE.PL. Some more details please why and what it is going to be.
The idea for this Training Plan for REFEREE.PL camp is to help the referees to get there in the best possible shape to officiate and to enjoy the camp. When you go to a summer camp, the physical demands are really high, because it is not just the games you officiate or the training sessions that you have in the mornings, it is also all the different activities and lectures, which you attend. If you are well prepared physically for sure you will take much more from the camp and your experience will be extraordinary.

7. Where is your next big assignment (nomination) 🙂 ? Women Eurobasket, some summer tournament?
In FIBA we always cover all main competitions around the World. This summer we will start with the Eurobasket Women, WC U19 Men and Women, FIBA Americas, Eurobasket Men, FIBA Asia. It will be an intense summer for me and I am really happy to be involved with referees from all around the World and in different tournaments. I hope I can help all of them to be in great shape and have a good physical performance on the court. This will lead to create in young potential referees proper physical habits, which will help them to achieve their goals as basketball officials.

From Referee.pl: Material described by Alejandro will be available for the camp participants after logging in on our webpage – referee.pl.

Dear friends,

This year for the first time at the camp we will have prepared exclusively for you a special training set from Alejandro Vaquera, who works for FIBA. For more details please read the below conversation with Alejandro.

1. Why are you not a referee? 🙂
This is a good question…. but probably is an advantage for my work with basketball referees. As I am not a referee and I do not really analyze the game from this point of view and I never talk to officials about the match. My only focus is to help them to be in the best shape possible and with almost 10 years of work I think I can understand the physical demands of the basketball referees very good in order to help them in the right direction.

2. How your adventure with basketball started and what do you do privately?
I got interested in basketball when I was 16 years old by coaching kids in my school. After I finished my degree in Sport Science and got the basketball coach degree III, I started as Assistant Coach and S&C Coach in a ACB Team, where I was working for 9 years. At the same time I supported Spanish National Team Program U18 and U20 during 6 years. Actually I have PhD in Sport Science and I teach in the University of Leon (Spain). 2 years ago when Carl Jungebrand joined FIBA Referee Department he called me, introduced me his idea about basketball officiating and from that day I started to work with FIBA.

3. What is your role in FIBA?
I work as a Referee Fitness Coordinator in FIBA. I am in charge of preparation and support for the referees to reach their best physical shape, so that they can have highest level of performance on the court. For me nowadays basketball referee needs to pay full attention to his physical condition level. To be fit is a MUST for a basketball referee.

4. How do you physically prepare FIBA referees before the season, finals or tournament?
From FIBA we try to help the referees during different tournaments and in the different phases of the season. Of course to have a good preparation before a tournament is necessary, but for us is also really important to work during the tournaments itself. For example we introduced the “good morning exercise”, which is a physical activation for the referees during game days and really helps to be physically prepared for the afternoon games.

5. What are the physical programs that you prepare? Please tell us something about it.
The training plans we prepare are covering many aspects, which are relevant for the referees to achieve their best performance on the court. First of all we prepare a Training Manual that helps everyone to understand all the different terminology and afterwards we prepare a specific Training Plan covering running, strength, flexibility, injury prevention and so on. We provide the best tools for the referees and make their training as easy as possible. Our goal in FIBA is to prepare proper material with the good quality to help referees from various levels. We will try in the next years to get to all the referees and to make this material accessible to everyone. 

6. You will prepare a set of material (program) for preparation for REFEREE.PL. Some more details please why and what it is going to be.
The idea for this Training Plan for REFEREE.PL camp is to help the referees to get there in the best possible shape to officiate and to enjoy the camp. When you go to a summer camp, the physical demands are really high, because it is not just the games you officiate or the training sessions that you have in the mornings, it is also all the different activities and lectures, which you attend. If you are well prepared physically for sure you will take much more from the camp and your experience will be extraordinary.

7. Where is your next big assignment (nomination) 🙂 ? Women Eurobasket, some summer tournament?
In FIBA we always cover all main competitions around the World. This summer we will start with the Eurobasket Women, WC U19 Men and Women, FIBA Americas, Eurobasket Men, FIBA Asia. It will be an intense summer for me and I am really happy to be involved with referees from all around the World and in different tournaments. I hope I can help all of them to be in great shape and have a good physical performance on the court. This will lead to create in young potential referees proper physical habits, which will help them to achieve their goals as basketball officials.

From Referee.pl: Material described by Alejandro will be available for the camp participants after logging in on our webpage – referee.pl.