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NBC Basketball Camps at Pacific Union College includes 6–10 hours per day of basketball skill work, drills, games, tournaments, and leadership training. Campers take part in ball handling, position specific drills, shooting drills, work on the jump shot and attacking the basket, defense intensity drills, cuts, motion offense, and using screens, along with 5v5 games. The program also includes Intensity Stations, Intensity Night, an Evening Program, All-Star Games, letter writing, journaling, designing workouts, memorization, testing, and essays.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: First-day check-in begins at 12:30 pm with camp starting at 2:00 pm, and last-day check-out is at 4:00 pm; extended day runs 12:30 pm–9:00 pm on the first day, 9:00 am–9:00 pm on middle days, and 9:00 am–4:00 pm on the last day, while a sample overnight day runs from 7:00 am wake-up to 10:00 pm lights out
NBC Basketball Camps at Pacific Union College uses a Complete Player basketball curriculum with emphasis on defense, ball handling, offensive moves, team movement, and understanding of the game. Campers are grouped by age, skill, and experience, with dedicated coaches placing campers into training groups based on skill level and an approximate 1:10 staff-to-camper ratio. High school athletes are placed in teaching groups based on age, ability, and gender with expectations of a high pace focused on skill mastery, mental toughness, and leadership on and off the court, while middle school teaching focuses on accurate skills, foundational excellence, decision making, pattern recognition, and confidence building.
NBC Camps stands for “Nothing Beats Commitment” and uses the motto “better players, better people,” with a philosophy that daily habits reveal future success. The program teaches gratitude, confidence, goals, self-discipline, mental toughness, building stronger families and friendships, developing a strong personal faith, and servant leadership, with coaches trained to serve others, be intentionally engaged with each camper, and operate as professionals. NBC Camps states that each camper is vitally important, valued, and has incredible potential, and that coaches and campers are responsible for providing energy, enthusiasm, and encouragement to create a positive culture and learning environment.
The coaching staff is described as outstanding and is chosen based on high integrity and character, and most camps have an athletic trainer on-site to help with illness or injury. Complete Player camps at this site offer both overnight and extended day options, and roommates need to be requested at least two weeks before camp begins; if no preference is given, campers are matched with a camper of the same gender and similar age. Campers usually have two per room, share a common bathroom, and coaches of the same gender stay in the dorms for supervision.
Campers are expected to bring their own athletic equipment, at least one pair of well-broken-in basketball shoes, and a clearly labeled basketball, and NBC Camps is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Because there is no air conditioning, campers are encouraged to bring a fan. Transportation is not provided, campers are responsible for getting to and from camp on their own, and there is no supervision before or after camp hours. At some locations, there is a camp store that sells snacks, sports drinks, and NBC gear such as t-shirts and sweatshirts, and parents can put money into a camp bank for their camper and retrieve any unspent money on the last day of camp. Allergies, dietary restrictions, and medical concerns should be included on registration so campus staff and camp staff can be prepared for camper arrival and meals.
NBC Camps is celebrating 55 years of camp excellence and describes itself as one of the largest and most respected sports camps in the world, with locations in six countries. NBC Camps notes a history of fifty years of successful camp programs, thousands of lives impacted, and generational influence as part of its legacy and reputation. NBC invites athletes ages 14–18 on international tours through the NBC Travel Teams program.
The Golden Ruler Award is the highest achievement at NBC Camps and is connected to teaching campers to become a person of depth and reflection while emphasizing community service, discipline, and accountability. The criteria for the Golden Ruler Award are very strict, and only campers ages 13–18 may try for the award. Intensity Night is described as a unique NBC Camps event involving sweat, music, encouragement, and confidence building, where campers set their level of intensity.
Last updated June 23, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: First-day check-in begins at 12:30 pm with camp starting at 2:00 pm, and last-day check-out is at 4:00 pm; extended day runs 12:30 pm–9:00 pm on the first day, 9:00 am–9:00 pm on middle days, and 9:00 am–4:00 pm on the last day, while a sample overnight day runs from 7:00 am wake-up to 10:00 pm lights out
NBC Basketball Camps at Pacific Union College uses a Complete Player basketball curriculum with emphasis on defense, ball handling, offensive moves, team movement, and understanding of the game. Campers are grouped by age, skill, and experience, with dedicated coaches placing campers into training groups based on skill level and an approximate 1:10 staff-to-camper ratio. High school athletes are placed in teaching groups based on age, ability, and gender with expectations of a high pace focused on skill mastery, mental toughness, and leadership on and off the court, while middle school teaching focuses on accurate skills, foundational excellence, decision making, pattern recognition, and confidence building.
NBC Camps stands for “Nothing Beats Commitment” and uses the motto “better players, better people,” with a philosophy that daily habits reveal future success. The program teaches gratitude, confidence, goals, self-discipline, mental toughness, building stronger families and friendships, developing a strong personal faith, and servant leadership, with coaches trained to serve others, be intentionally engaged with each camper, and operate as professionals. NBC Camps states that each camper is vitally important, valued, and has incredible potential, and that coaches and campers are responsible for providing energy, enthusiasm, and encouragement to create a positive culture and learning environment.
The coaching staff is described as outstanding and is chosen based on high integrity and character, and most camps have an athletic trainer on-site to help with illness or injury. Complete Player camps at this site offer both overnight and extended day options, and roommates need to be requested at least two weeks before camp begins; if no preference is given, campers are matched with a camper of the same gender and similar age. Campers usually have two per room, share a common bathroom, and coaches of the same gender stay in the dorms for supervision.
Campers are expected to bring their own athletic equipment, at least one pair of well-broken-in basketball shoes, and a clearly labeled basketball, and NBC Camps is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Because there is no air conditioning, campers are encouraged to bring a fan. Transportation is not provided, campers are responsible for getting to and from camp on their own, and there is no supervision before or after camp hours. At some locations, there is a camp store that sells snacks, sports drinks, and NBC gear such as t-shirts and sweatshirts, and parents can put money into a camp bank for their camper and retrieve any unspent money on the last day of camp. Allergies, dietary restrictions, and medical concerns should be included on registration so campus staff and camp staff can be prepared for camper arrival and meals.
NBC Camps is celebrating 55 years of camp excellence and describes itself as one of the largest and most respected sports camps in the world, with locations in six countries. NBC Camps notes a history of fifty years of successful camp programs, thousands of lives impacted, and generational influence as part of its legacy and reputation. NBC invites athletes ages 14–18 on international tours through the NBC Travel Teams program.
The Golden Ruler Award is the highest achievement at NBC Camps and is connected to teaching campers to become a person of depth and reflection while emphasizing community service, discipline, and accountability. The criteria for the Golden Ruler Award are very strict, and only campers ages 13–18 may try for the award. Intensity Night is described as a unique NBC Camps event involving sweat, music, encouragement, and confidence building, where campers set their level of intensity.
Last updated June 23, 2026.
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