NBC Basketball Camp at Colorado Christian University Lakewood, Colorado
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NBC Colorado Basketball Camps in Lakewood Colorado, is located at the beautiful campus of Colorado Christian University, nearby Denver. NBC 's long history of instructing athletes to become their very best together with CCU's campus provide an ideal location for campers to pursue excellence in all areas of their lives. Come take your game to the next level as you experience a basketball camp where your success is our top priority.
For 40 years, NBC Camps has been training athletes for success on and off the court. Creating the best instructional basketball camps in the U.S. is our full-time job. Former Division 1 coaches and players have designed a unique summer camp program that will help you excel in every aspect of the game. From our basketball curriculum, to our tournaments and games, from our Intensity Station, to our life skills training, NBC Camps works to provide the ultimate basketball camp experience.
Pure Shooting & Offensive Skills Camps
Shooting is basketball’s most crucial skill. At this more advanced camp, NBC staff work with campers to gain greater depth as a shooter as well as honing offensive moves. The focus of this camp is to become an offensive threat on the court. All athletes receive video analysis of their shot, personal evaluation and drills and skills designed for improvement. Camp includes games, tournaments, intensive skill development, intensity station, leadership and life skills training and more.
Complete Player Junior Day Camps
These camps offer comprehensive skill training, motivation and leadership training, and intensity station all within a 9am to 4pm time frame. These day camps are a perfect introduction for athletes into the NBC Camp program and offer a taste of NBC excellence at a pace and intensity more suitable for younger or more beginning athletes.
Highlights Include
- Total basketball skill development
- Personal assessment of athletic and basketball skills
- An atmosphere of intensity, great fun, respect, Christian values and a commitment to hard work and skill maste
- A reputation as the best basketball in the world
- Coaches 100% committed to your improvement
- Intensity station, games and tournaments, awards, personal evaluations and camp workbook
- A camp which not only makes you a better player but a better person
CU is located at the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Lakewood, a suburb ten minutes west of Denver. Colorado Christian is a NCAA Division II school competingin the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
You do not need to request a roommate before camp begins. When you sign up for a room, have your preferred roommate with you. If you have no preference, we will match you with someone of the same gender and similar age. Two room apartment style dorms-sleep two to a room, with a shared bathroom for 4 people. There is no air-conditioning so we suggest you bring a fan.
The main gym will be used for games and teaching stations as well as the Intensity station. The cafeteria facility provides an all-you-can-eat salad bar with fresh fruit, hot entrees with beverage, sandwich and cereal stations.
Meet your coaching staff
Camp Director
John Paxton
John is an excellent site director having served as a camper, coach and master teacher. He understands the NBC teaching system and how to run a great camp. John Paxton-Former College Player at Alaska Pacific University and The University of North Dakota.
Read Full BioJohn has been involved with NBC Camps for over 20 years. He has coached at elementary, middle and high school levels. He was site director of our camps in Anchorage Alaska for 3 years before he moved with his family to Greeley, where he is a school teacher and coach.
NBC Camps coaches are known for their hard work, great attitude, and commitment to helping you reach your potential on and off the court. Our curriculum focuses on helping you master even the most difficult skills as well as developing leadership, mental toughness, and confidence.
The NBC Difference
Unlike other camp programs where skills training falls under the sole expertise of the camp director, NBC Camps has built a program of training to help each camper walk out of camp a better player and person. Our site directors work as event managers helping to run a great week of camp and facilitating the implementation of our specific camp expectations. Our basketball instruction is based on skill curriculum and talent development we believe are essential to take your game to the next level. Though coaching styles and drills may change, our master teachers receive DVDs, lesson plans, and detailed training on how to maximize this week of camp. Coaching at camp is much different than coaching a team. With over 40 years experience, our goal is to give you the best basketball and life skills instruction possible.
TEACH BASKETBALL AND LIFE SKILLS AT A “WORLD CLASS” LEVEL
Coach the game at a world class level. FAB 4
• Protect the ball
• Play with quickness and intensity
• Play Smart
• Finish the play
Teach by living valuable skills for life. LIFE 4
• Guard your heart
• Live with love & intensity
• Be smart by seeking out wisdom
• Finish strong, never give up
TEC Method
The ability to know, understand and apply is the heart of NBC’s Teach, Encourage, Correct method. True teaching takes place when the student knows how to reproduce the skill and self-correct the skill when it is wrong.
Pure Shooting & Offensive Skills BB Camp
First day of camp:
- Check-in: 12:30 PM at the Student Union Building
- Parent orientation: 1:00 & 1:20 PM in the Cafeteria
- Camper orientation: 2:00 PM in the gymnasium
Last day of camp:
- Parent lunch: 12:00 PM
- Awards Program: 3:00 PM at the Event Center (enter through the entrance on S. Garrison St.)
- Camp ends: 4:00 PM
Complete Player Junior BB Day Camp
First day of camp:
- Check-in: 8:30 AM at the Student Union Building
- Camper orientation: 9:00 AM in the gymnasium
Last day of camp:
- Awards Program: 3:15 PM at the Event Center (enter through the entrance on S. Garrison St.)
- Camp ends: 4:00 PM
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Read camper reviewsTwo Thumbs up!
Two thumbs up! My son returned from camp with more confidence, not just in his game but attitude on and off the court. We have already told about 20 people about it. See you next year.
Positive environment
I would recommend NBC Colorado. I think it is a wonderful positive environment. I appreciate the staff and my girls enjoyed themselves even though they said they "worked". Keep up the great work.
Couldn't be happier
My son has gone to NBC Camps for the second year and I can't be happier. He improved as a person as well as a basketball player. I would definitely send my kid again.
Total camp
NBC Camps truly makes the effort to promote leadership and a standard of excellence. I have been to camps where the teaching was good, or not at all, but it didn't stick with me. When I came home from NBC Camp, I had a real desire to be different and make a difference, not just as a high school player, but also as a person. NBC Camp challenged me beyond what I thought was my limit, and it gave me clear ways to be a leader and set goals both athletically and spiritually. It is truly the total camp for the total athlete!!!
Rae L.
So excited
My son talked nonstop all the way home from camp. He was so excited about what he learned, new friends he made and how awesome his coach was. It was a great experience for him.
Wish we came sooner
I'm sorry we didn't do this camp sooner. My son really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. Now, he wants to be a coach!
Andrea Z.
NBC will make you better
I highly recommend this camp to all those interested in becoming better players on and off the court. The staff at NBC will make you better. There intensity and drive make the difference for campers. I only wish they had these camps year around in Colorado. All the Best
Amazing experience
My son has never had such an impactful experience. He came home excited about the game and pleased with his own progress.
More confidence
This camp gave me a lot more confidence. its challenging but in the end it pays off. By the end of the week I felt like me and all the girls were a team. I built friendships and grew a lot within myself. This camp changed me for the better.
Lee H.
Love for basketball and self-confidence rocketed
I would recommend this camp to everybody. My daughter's basketball skills, love for basketball, and self-confidence sky rocketed in the week she was at camp!
Parent
Worth the money
Worth every dime and time spent