Adar Peer, single, celebrated his 30th birthday last Sunday.
Born and raised in Jerusalem and in recent years has lived in Tel Aviv.
He has been a referee since the age of 15, opened his third season in the Premier League and this week began his first season as a referee at a European factory when he refereed the match between Burj and Venice in the EuroCup.
According to the plans and in accordance with his performance on the field, Peer may judge in the Euroleague as early as next season and be one of the young referees in the senior factory.
At the same time, he works as a sales manager in the office of sports tourism LORD TICKETS.
Also, the promising judge is a man of faith and very close to religion.
How did your relationship to the judiciary begin?
"When I was a kid I played basketball in the kids' leagues. We are a family with sports. My father and my brothers also played basketball. My father was also a referee in the regional leagues in Jerusalem. I listened to him a lot, it gives me much more than just coming, judging and leaving. "
What do you like about it?
"There is a huge challenge to minimize mistakes and pass the game in a good and correct way. We give service to the crowd, players and coaches. I am also a die-hard basketball fan, and that leaves me in the field. Like the players, it gives us a lot of energy and adrenaline."
What does it take to be a good basketball referee?
"Mental strength is the most important trait for a good basketball referee. You have to be a very honest person and of course, you have to understand what you are doing - understand basketball."
Sometimes judges absorb harsh curses. How do you break away so that it does not interfere with your judgment?
"When the pitch is full there is some screen around you and you do not hear anything. When it is not full, we hear the background noises. The wisdom even when you hear something is to know to filter it and understand that it is not personal against you. The fans have nothing personal against me, but they want their team You will win. "
"Doing homework before every game", Photo: Oded Karni,
Do you come ready for games and do your homework before?
"Sure. It's a whole job. The preparation for the game starts from the moment I was assigned to the game. We prepare the game and talk to each other. Everyone also has the personal preparation he does. The homework we do on players and coaches is of course not something personal against someone, but yes We know what we are heading towards so as not to be surprised. "
What is the best thing you would want players and coaches to say about you?
"Wow, nice question. That I did not put myself above the game. For me there is nothing better than that."
Is there a mistake you especially remember and you regret it?
"I whistled a technical foul to Ariel Beit Halachmi in the game between Gilboa / Galil and Hapoel Tel Aviv, but they did not hear the whistle, and the basket that was caught immediately after was counted.
I was not ashamed to accept responsibility for it.
I had some not-so-simple days after, but that mistake picked me up.
I could have fallen mentally, but I took it to the right place, and since then I think I judge much better. "
What's the biggest game you want to judge?
"Obviously I want to referee in the Euroleague final, but it is still very far away and I have a lot of work to do. My immediate goal is to establish myself as an influential referee in the league and Euroleague."
Photo: Oded Karni,
You will be judging this year in the EuroCup. Have you thought about the moment when you will have to deal with Oberdovich?
"Interesting and very challenging. I have faced coaches in the country, but he is something completely different. On the face of it it looks not simple, but we will prepare properly and we will come prepared. I like such challenges."
Is there anything that particularly bothers you about being said about you or your colleagues?
"The most disturbing thing is that they think one of us came to steal the show. It just looks like this from the outside. What we see in the stands is completely different from what we see on the field. Of course there are mistakes, but I do not know a referee who came to steal the focus. Well".
How to avoid reckoning during games, especially after you realize you were wrong?
"There is no such thing as reckoning. I watch the games after, and when Paul has an attack after a technical foul, the commentator or broadcaster says 'here, he returns'. That's really not true. Leave the mistake behind and concentrate on the game that continues. "
Enter as a question before last - what do we not know about you?
"I like to surf and run and I work out in the gym four times a week."
When was the last time you cried?
"During the Corona period my little brother was on a mission in Uruguay and could not leave the house for many months. We are best friends. In one of our phone calls I shed a tear, and then my mood was on the floor for a few days."
