SASA PUKL : If you can think about one or two things that you improve it is one step forward.
Marta Seweryn: How do you feel as an
instructor at the camp?
As an instructor here I feel very good.
Those last passed days have given for
sure a lot of experience for the camp
but also for me. Like Ronnie repeated
few times during the camp: “Everybody is
learning, life is process of learning”.
Although you come here as an instructor
or teacher you also learn something, so
it was very attractive camp.
Sasa Pukl: This was exactly my next
question; did you also learn something
here?
Yes, I have a lot of information from
Ronnie. Because I think this camp is
excellent opportunity and maybe even the
only opportunity in the world, where you
can have in one place information from
different parts of the world. From two
sides of the globe where there is the
best basketball – NBA with Ronnie, and
from Euroleague. We talk a lot about
basketball here, so with exchanging of
the information, there were a lot of
interesting situations, like the second
day we had few examples of how different
plays are interpreted in FIBA and in
NBA. I think it was fascinating for all
of us, I have learnt many new things,
how the NBA is teaching referees. Also
Ronnie learnt how FIBA is teaching, so
particularly the campers have seen the
differences.
What would you advice for Kuba, to
make camp even better?
He should keep on the good level of
basketball at the tournament during the
camp. In my opinion this is one of the
basics for good level of teaching
referees. Because girls or boys around
14 would be not so good to teach. He
should keep up level of the games, and
maybe this is a good idea to show
different rules, different approaches of
officiating and we should also remember
that the camp is international, so
campers should also talk, because it is
not only about the observers or
teachers, it is also interesting to
exchange information with campers, like
yesterday after one game I remember we
had interesting conversation about how
particular play is called in 3 different
countries. So it was nice to hear what
is going on in the other parts of Europe
and even the world because we had
referees from Japan.
How did you like lectures of Ronnie
Nunn? How was it to work with him at the
camp?
He is an excellent guy. This is the
first time I met him, personally I watch
him many years ago as referee, I saw him
at McDonalds tournament in 1993 in
Munich. This is many years ago when I
saw he is great referee and later I saw
many shows that he had in TV, I read
some articles, and now I met him, he is
a great guy.
A lot time during lectures we
compared FIBA rules and NBA rules, is it
a good lesson for campers?
Yes, I think it was I would say, for me
personally, this was great experience
but especially for campers from point of
view that they should officiate better
in they games probably it was not so
much, but with this information they
could wider their angle of basketball in
their knowledge to understand better the
rules, interpretations, mechanics, I
think new information can not hurt, it
can only help smart referees.
What is your secret about being
successful in refereeing?
The formula is A + B + C +… I am
joking.:) there is no secret, this is
combination of many thing, but behind
this there is hard work, you have to
physically ready and mentally ready, but
from all those fields you have to
improve all the time, as I said in the
first day for the campers the referee
should have certain goals, set them and
achieve, without them is more difficult
to develop from one season to another.
And also this camp is part of getting
better from one day to another.
As a referee, where would you wish
your career to go? What is your next
level?
Well, my next level would be the best
games in Europe which I am lucky to be
part now, to have interesting good
tournament in the summer and develop
myself further. Some of my goals are
public and some are secret, so let’s
keep the rest secret
Some advices for campers for the next
season, please.
For the campers I would say that you
have to use the camp to get as many
information as possible from the
instructors and other campers and then
to decide for yourself which are the
information that you can use for your
carrier. Of course there is a lot of
information but you have to select them,
you have to know what is good for you,
which things can help you in
officiating. Like I also say to campers:
if you can think about one or two things
that you improve it is one step
forward.
How looks the summer time of regular,
experienced Euroleague referee?
The beginning of the summer will be very
busy, because I am leaving the camp one
day earlier because I have to go to New
Zealand to world championship U19. After
I come back I will have full month of
nice holiday on Adriatic coast. So this
is the time I will not think so much
about officiate, I go there to relax,
but also make the first step of official
preparation to the next season. So I
will jog, run a lot, and then in august
I have first game before the season,
qualifications for the Eurobasket, so I
will start my season with the game in
France, and then I will see.
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2,000 regular
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75 play-off
games in his
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Costas Rigas
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Referee since
1973
International
referee since
1987
4 Olympic Games
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'96 Atlant ...
Referee since
1989
International
referee since
1999
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ULEB.
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2003.
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Born 1970
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Referee since
1986, 1989
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2000
2001 IV
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RONNIE NUNN
Director of
Referees
Development
National
Basketball
Association
Ronnie Nunn,
the N ...
Mr. Kotleba`s
basketball
career was the
following:
1960 - 1968 - a
player,
1968 - 1970 - a
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Mr. Pukl was
born in 1970,
Maribor.
He started to
officiate while
still playing
basketball, at
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Born: 1964,
Helsinki
Referee since
1978
(National)
National League
1984
FIBA licence
198 ...
National
Referee since
1974 up to
1998
FIBA Referee
since 1978
22 FIBA Cup
Finals and
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Player untill
junior age in
basketball club
Inter
Bratislava.
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father, who was
FIBA refere ...
Former
basketball
player, youth
and juniors
until age 20.
Dariusz started
to referee at
age 17. ...
ULEB and FIBA
commissioner
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commissioner
and observer
work last 3
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SASA PUKL : If you can think about one or two things that you improve it is one step forward.;)
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