What is NBC Camps?

NBC Camps is the largest, most popular residential basketball camp in the world. Since 1971, we have trained over 150,000 athletes. Located in the United States, Canada, UK, and Italy NBC Camps provides a camp experience unlike any other.

NBC Camps began in 1971 as Northwest Basketball Camp. Founder Fred Crowell thought it a leap of faith to call it "Northwest" Basketball camp as he began the first camp held in Cusick, Washington. Crowell, at the age of twenty-three became one of the youngest Division 1 coaches in America. Under his coaching, University of Alaska Fairbanks had its first winning season in the history of the college. He left Alaska and joined Campus Crusade for Christ as the first coach for Athletes in Action, a program facing top 20 teams night after night, sharing a message of community and wholeness, and developing into one of the winningest exhibition teams in history. Crowell dreamed of a basketball camp that would train athletes to win both on and off the court.He wanted a program that would provide the best basketball training, create an atmosphere of encouragement, hard work, respect and compassion, and teach athletes to compete not only physically but with their hearts and minds.

More than thirty-five years later, NBC Camps now has over 50 residential basketball camps, International tours, year round basketball mentorship training, volleyball, soccer and speed explosion camps. NBC Camps partners with US Sports Camps, home of Nike Camps worldwide. Together, NBC Camps works to provide the ultimate basketball camp experience.

MISSION

The mission of NBC Camps is to create the best sports camp experience in the world. We aspire to teach our sport better than anyone else. We want to be the best at sports training and at creating an environment of excellence, energy, and enthusiasm. We want to be the best at providing the latest in sports psychology, speed training, and skill development. We aspire to encourage athletes to a life of physical, mental, relational and spiritual excellence. Our desire is for all campers to know we value their individuality and believe in their potential. We hope to instill in each student athlete the desire to prepare to win. We are committed to providing the best technical training. We want our products to be known for their quality and attention to detail. We seek out staff who are strong leaders who demonstrate skill mastery and moral integrity. NBC Camps endeavors to emulate Christian principles. We are committed to ensuring this mission generates an enriched experience in which our campers may develop in all areas of their lives. Bottom line, we want campers to have a life changing experience at NBC Camps and walk away a better athlete and better person.

PHILOSOPHY

NBC Camps is designed to encourage athletes to lead a life of physical, mental, relational, and spiritual excellence. We hope to challenge our campers physically by providing the best instruction and technical training for their sport. We endeavor to teach skill mastery, understanding, and confidence. By providing an environment of enthusiasm, hard work, and intensity, we hope to stretch athletes toward reaching their potential.

We, at NBC Camps, not only endeavor to help campers be the best athlete they can be, we hope to encourage them to be the best student, family member, and citizen they can be. We believe attitude shapes the way people live. At NBC Camps, we are committed to addressing attitude both on and off the court. We believe hard work and self discipline are necessary components for campers to become their best. Therefore, we provide a focused, intense curriculum designed to discourage comparison and instead promote self correction and personal pride.

We value relational excellence and how to encourage athletes to have quality relationships at school, on their team, and in their family. We believe a strong family is the cornerstone to a strong individual. Knowing the skills to have a great family translates into knowing how to have a great team. We hope to teach our campers how to be servant leaders, leaders who make those around them better. We emphasis the importance of seeking forgiveness when wrong, communicating love and respect, and treating others with patience, tolerance, and compassion.

Finally, we hope to encourage athletes to a life of spiritual excellence. We at NBC Camps believe that all people are created in the image of God and are most fulfilled when in a relationship with their Creator. We encourage campers to seek a relationship with God by demonstrating how Jesus Christ has changed our lives through love. We believe athletes must have a source of inspiration that lies outside themselves. We know it is important to be self-motivated, but it is also important to have the wisdom to get our strength not only from ourselves but from being inspired by relationships with others and with God.

NBC Camps is not affiliated with any church or denomination. We do not tolerate the promotion or degradation of any religion, church, or denomination. We hope to express what we believe with conviction balanced with respect for those who do not believe as we do. All campers are equally cherished and treated with dignity. Our hope is for campers to have a personal faith and to live a life of moral integrity. We believe faith is a cornerstone to the inspiration needed to be a athlete who plays and lives to the best of his or her ability.