Wiz Kids Summer Camp
Wiz Kids Basketball / Books B4 Ball, 3750 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466
About
Wiz Kids Summer Camp offers two options: a sports camp and a day camp. The sports camp includes football, track, soccer, karate, and basketball, where participants train and learn the fundamentals of each sport and take part in an Olympic week competition. The day camp includes activities such as art, dance, painting, cooking, a gameroom, nature walks, STEM class, Fitness Authority, Passport to Manhood, Sisters in Action, math enrichment, ELA enrichment, study hall, tutoring, and mentoring.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
Wiz Kids Summer Camp is part of the Books B4 Ball Organization/Wiz Kids Basketball Program, which has been based in the Northeast Bronx since 2001 under the leadership of Clarence “Mugsy” Leggett, who began his community leadership journey in 1990 after a professional and collegiate basketball career. All Wiz Kids student-athletes are required to meet scholastic and behavioral requirements in school before they can play, and report cards and progress reports are checked regularly. The program serves over 550 children annually, focuses on ages 5–18 while also reaching adults from the New York City metro area, and has worked with over 1,300 students, most of whom have gone on to post-secondary institutions. The stated mission is to improve the quality of life for student-athletes in the community by increasing educational opportunities and assisting them in achieving a secondary education with the support of sports and mentoring, and the program uses the motto “Respect All, Fear None.” The organization states that it loves to give back and focuses on “Building the Community One Mind at a Time.”
Last updated January 12, 2026.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
Wiz Kids Summer Camp is part of the Books B4 Ball Organization/Wiz Kids Basketball Program, which has been based in the Northeast Bronx since 2001 under the leadership of Clarence “Mugsy” Leggett, who began his community leadership journey in 1990 after a professional and collegiate basketball career. All Wiz Kids student-athletes are required to meet scholastic and behavioral requirements in school before they can play, and report cards and progress reports are checked regularly. The program serves over 550 children annually, focuses on ages 5–18 while also reaching adults from the New York City metro area, and has worked with over 1,300 students, most of whom have gone on to post-secondary institutions. The stated mission is to improve the quality of life for student-athletes in the community by increasing educational opportunities and assisting them in achieving a secondary education with the support of sports and mentoring, and the program uses the motto “Respect All, Fear None.” The organization states that it loves to give back and focuses on “Building the Community One Mind at a Time.”
Last updated January 12, 2026.
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