Linfield University - McMinnville, OR Basketball Camps
Linfield University, 48 SE Linfield Ave, McMinnville, OR 97128
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Linfield University - McMinnville, OR Basketball Camps offers basketball training that includes ball handling, shooting, passing, attacking the basket, finishing, defense, and competitive skills, drills, and game play. Campers also take part in leadership and life skills training focused on goal setting, confidence, overcoming adversity, family, and faith.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: 3-day day camps from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, with first-day check-in at 8:30 am for both the Complete Skills Camp and the High School Intensive Position Camp, held August 3–5, 2026
• Price: $338 for a 3-day camp, with a deposit securing a spot and the balance due by the 1st day of the month prior to camp starting
During a typical camp day, campers check in, have a welcome and warm-ups at 9:00 am, work on ball handling at 9:30 am, and then focus on skills such as shooting, passing, attacking the basket, finishing, and defense starting at 10:00 am. They bring a sack lunch for the noon lunch break, then return at 12:45 pm for leadership and life skills training, followed by competitive skills, drills, and game play at 1:30 pm, and finish with a daily wrap-up, spotlights, and announcements at 2:45 pm before dismissal at 3:00 pm. Campers are asked to bring a sack lunch each day, a clearly labeled basketball, a water bottle, their own athletic equipment, and at least one pair of well-broken-in basketball court shoes, and they are responsible for their own transportation and timely pick-up, as there is no supervision before or after camp hours.
Linfield University - McMinnville, OR Basketball Camps is led by camp director Ella Koebelin and is part of NBC Basketball Camps, which has been operating since 1971 and notes that it is celebrating 55 years of camp excellence. NBC Camps states that it is one of the largest and most respected sports camps in the world and that its camps emphasize total athlete development, focusing on skill mastery, mental toughness, and servant leadership based on talent, age, and ability. NBC explains that its name stands for “Nothing Beats Commitment,” and that its motto is “better players, better people,” with teaching that includes gratitude, confidence, goals, self-discipline, mental toughness, building stronger families and friendships, and developing a strong personal faith, with servant leadership at the core and an expectation that each camper is vitally important, valued, and has potential.
NBC Camps describes an atmosphere that combines hard work, discipline, great fun, Christian values, and skill mastery, along with leadership training on goal setting, mental toughness, elevating confidence, and maximizing talent. The program notes that coaches are trained to serve others, be intentionally engaged with each camper, and operate as professionals, and that campers receive high-quality instruction, useful correction, and a detailed understanding of the game for their level. NBC Camps also states that coaches and campers are responsible for providing energy, enthusiasm, and encouragement to create a positive culture and learning environment, and that its camps are for students who love the game enough to work hard for their dreams.
NBC Camps reports that it offers many different programs and training options, including summer camps, fall and spring training academies, year-round clinics, and international travel teams, and that it operates in six countries. It notes that NBC Basketball will offer two training choices at this site, one for younger athletes and one for high school athletes, and that NBC invites athletes ages 14–18 on international tours through the NBC Travel Teams program. The camp at this site is described as popular with families from Carlton, Silverton, Yamhill, Willamina, and other nearby towns.
Parent and camper comments about NBC Basketball Camps at Linfield include statements that the camp helps campers gain confidence and have fun on the court, that coaches are supportive and push limits so campers can learn and improve, and that campers meet and play with other people and feel that camp helps them improve. One parent reports that their son returned from NBC Basketball Camps at Linfield with an attitude of hard work, a positive outlook, and a feeling of growth and accomplishment, and that he described it as “the greatest week of my life.” Another camper notes that the camp helped improve endurance, shooting, and being a better teammate. NBC Camps states that at its programs, each moment has a purpose and meaning and that players are taught to play with intensity, grit, resilience, focus, intelligence, joy, and gratitude.
Last updated June 12, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: 3-day day camps from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, with first-day check-in at 8:30 am for both the Complete Skills Camp and the High School Intensive Position Camp, held August 3–5, 2026
• Price: $338 for a 3-day camp, with a deposit securing a spot and the balance due by the 1st day of the month prior to camp starting
During a typical camp day, campers check in, have a welcome and warm-ups at 9:00 am, work on ball handling at 9:30 am, and then focus on skills such as shooting, passing, attacking the basket, finishing, and defense starting at 10:00 am. They bring a sack lunch for the noon lunch break, then return at 12:45 pm for leadership and life skills training, followed by competitive skills, drills, and game play at 1:30 pm, and finish with a daily wrap-up, spotlights, and announcements at 2:45 pm before dismissal at 3:00 pm. Campers are asked to bring a sack lunch each day, a clearly labeled basketball, a water bottle, their own athletic equipment, and at least one pair of well-broken-in basketball court shoes, and they are responsible for their own transportation and timely pick-up, as there is no supervision before or after camp hours.
Linfield University - McMinnville, OR Basketball Camps is led by camp director Ella Koebelin and is part of NBC Basketball Camps, which has been operating since 1971 and notes that it is celebrating 55 years of camp excellence. NBC Camps states that it is one of the largest and most respected sports camps in the world and that its camps emphasize total athlete development, focusing on skill mastery, mental toughness, and servant leadership based on talent, age, and ability. NBC explains that its name stands for “Nothing Beats Commitment,” and that its motto is “better players, better people,” with teaching that includes gratitude, confidence, goals, self-discipline, mental toughness, building stronger families and friendships, and developing a strong personal faith, with servant leadership at the core and an expectation that each camper is vitally important, valued, and has potential.
NBC Camps describes an atmosphere that combines hard work, discipline, great fun, Christian values, and skill mastery, along with leadership training on goal setting, mental toughness, elevating confidence, and maximizing talent. The program notes that coaches are trained to serve others, be intentionally engaged with each camper, and operate as professionals, and that campers receive high-quality instruction, useful correction, and a detailed understanding of the game for their level. NBC Camps also states that coaches and campers are responsible for providing energy, enthusiasm, and encouragement to create a positive culture and learning environment, and that its camps are for students who love the game enough to work hard for their dreams.
NBC Camps reports that it offers many different programs and training options, including summer camps, fall and spring training academies, year-round clinics, and international travel teams, and that it operates in six countries. It notes that NBC Basketball will offer two training choices at this site, one for younger athletes and one for high school athletes, and that NBC invites athletes ages 14–18 on international tours through the NBC Travel Teams program. The camp at this site is described as popular with families from Carlton, Silverton, Yamhill, Willamina, and other nearby towns.
Parent and camper comments about NBC Basketball Camps at Linfield include statements that the camp helps campers gain confidence and have fun on the court, that coaches are supportive and push limits so campers can learn and improve, and that campers meet and play with other people and feel that camp helps them improve. One parent reports that their son returned from NBC Basketball Camps at Linfield with an attitude of hard work, a positive outlook, and a feeling of growth and accomplishment, and that he described it as “the greatest week of my life.” Another camper notes that the camp helped improve endurance, shooting, and being a better teammate. NBC Camps states that at its programs, each moment has a purpose and meaning and that players are taught to play with intensity, grit, resilience, focus, intelligence, joy, and gratitude.
Last updated June 12, 2026.
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