Parent Fact File

Player Pledge

We commit to:

  • Improve you as a basketball player – you will be on the court every day!
  • Give you a set of tools that will enhance your life beyond the court
  • Challenge you physically and mentally
  • Provide you opportunities to meet others from different parts of the world
  • Encourage you to be the very best version of yourself

 

Parent Pledge

Thank you for trusting us with your son or daughter – we promise to:

  • Deliver an outstanding and immersive basketball experience
  • Plant seeds for personal growth – challenging every young person to be a better basketball player and a better person
  • Care, support and encourage every young person who attends NBC
  • Provide a safe, organised and positive environment for every young person

About The Venue

NBC Camps are open to boys and girls aged 11-18.  Occasionally we will make an exception for 10 year olds.  Our two weeks of NBC UK Basketball Camps in the UK  are held at Malvern St James School in the Midlands. The town of Great Malvern has excellent access from all over the UK and is a perfect safe location to hold an NBC Camp.

Click here for Malvern St James How to get Here page

About the campus

Located at the foot of the picturesque Malvern Hills with excellent transport links we’re easy to get to.

By Car

For Sat Nav use WR14 3BA, the School is only 10 miles from both the M5 and M50. We have plenty of parking at the school and in the surrounding area.

By Train

With direct trains from London Paddington and Birmingham we are closer than you think. Great Malvern train station is located across the road from the School.

Malvern St James is a beautiful setting for camp. Campers will be staying in modern residential dormitory style rooms. Rooms vary from single, twin and triple with nearby bathroom facilities.

When you register for camp, you can select a single room or if you have a preferred roommate(s) with you and we will endeavour to room you together. If you have no preference, we will match you with someone of the same gender and similar age. The cafeteria and food service provides nutritious meals, with an all-you-can-eat breakfast, lunch and dinner buffet.

Whats Included

Basketball camp:

Residential camp:

  • 4 nights accommodation
  • all meals for the duration of camp
  • coaching
  • a camp T-shirt

Non-residential camp:

  • lunch for the duration of camp
  • coaching
  • a camp T-shirt

Speed Explosion Camp:

  • 2 full days of coaching expertise in plyometric training
  • 1 night accommodation (Saturday)
  • All meals for duration of camp
  • Notebook and pen

A Typical day at Camp

Basketball Camp:

  • 06:40 Wake up
  • 07:00 Roll Call and Ball Handling
  • 07:30 Breakfast
  • 08:45 Announcements for day ahead
  • 09:00 Leagues depart for sports facility
  • 09:15 Warm up and Individual Skills Stations begin
  • 12:00 Lunch
  • 12:50 3v3/ 5v5 Teaching begins
  • 2:00 Games begin
  • 4:30 NBC Swimtime
  • 5:30 Warm down and Announcements
  • 6:00 Dinner
  • 6:55 Evening activities – games, competitions and stations.
  • 8:15 NBC Evening Programme
  • 9:30 Discussion Groups
  • 10:20 Lights OUT!

Speed Explosion Camp:

  • 09:00 Registration
  • 09:30 Camp orientation in Quad
  • 09:40 Speed Explosion Begins in the DOME
    Principles of Speed Training
  • 12:00 Lunch
  • 12:55 Stations begin – SPORTS HALL
    Powermetrics
  • 2:30 Classroom Session
    Eating healthy, staying healthy
  • 4:00 Ladders Session
  • 4:30 Stretching
  • 5:30 End of Training
  • 6:00 Photos in the Quad
  • 7:00 Dinner
  • 7:45 Games in the Dome
  • 8:45 Evening Programme
  • 9:20 Team Discussions
  • 10:20 Lights OUT!

Camp Registration

Registration on Mondays for Basketball Camp is between 1:30pm and 2:30pm.

You will find some parking onsite by the main entrance where you will be welcomed by NBC staff.

Registration on Saturday for Speed Explosion is 9am.

This allows for you to get to our camp in plenty of time.

At registration, we will allocate you a room and give you a brief orientation of the campus.  We operate a cashless system at camp so you can deposit any cash into our ‘virtual bank’ and anything you buy at camp will be deducted from this amount.  Anything remaining at the end of the week will be returned to you.

As a guide, an average spend per week is around £50 including a team photo, extra pizza and snacks and something from the camp store.

The venue of our camp is Malvern St James School, 15 Avenue Rd, Malvern, WR14 3BA

Parents are welcome to attend any aspect of camp. We would particularly like to encourage parents join us for the Tournament finals and closing Award Ceremony on the final day at camp. As we understand that many parents will be travelling to Malvern from various parts of the country we would like to offer the option to join us for lunch on the last day. This will give you a great opportunity to get a feel for the experience your child has had this week.  Games typically run from 12-3pm with our closing ceremony beginning at 3pm.  Lunch is between 12 and 1pm for parents – you may not be able to have lunch with your son/daughter dependent on their games schedule!  Please enquire about purchasing a lunch voucher – £10. They will need to be pre-booked and will be issued at registration.

Travel

Campers will need to make their own way to the camp. We always prefer parents or guardians are able to drop off and collect their children.

Travel connections are great!

 

Getting Here

Located at the foot of the picturesque Malvern Hills with excellent transport links we’re easy to get to.

By Car

For Sat Nav use WR14 3BA, the School is only 10 miles from both the M5 and M50. We have plenty of parking at the school and in the surrounding area.

By Train

With direct trains from London Paddington and Birmingham we are closer than you think. Great Malvern train station is located across the road from the School.

Our Coaches

Celebrating 20 years of NBC Camps in the UK back in 2019.  Our amazing coaching staff are a family – all having significant NBC experience.  All our staff are subject to the most rigorous safer-recruitment checks including criminal background checks for the safety of all our children.

 

NBC Camps Director – Jeremy Mannino

Jeremy has led NBC UK for over 25 years, helping impact thousands of young people who have chosen to come to NBC Basketball Camps.  Jeremy has worked as a senior leader in Secondary education for the majority of his career culminating as Assistant Director of Children’s Services for a local authority.  He is passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and his vision for NBC is that each young person who attends has a life-enhancing experience.

How Can I pay

NBC Camps UK try and help parents as much as possible when booking camp for their Child.

Deposits Available

When you make a booking through our website, you will be provided with the option to pay a deposit or pay the full amount. We have a fixed deposit amount of 25% on all package options including the Camp Package builder.

Once you have made a booking you will be able to login to Your Account and see the remaining balance outstanding owed. You will receive an automated reminder email which will be sent to the email address used during the booking. This will remind you about your remaining balance left with us.

Full Payment

If required, you still have the option to pay the full balance of your Camp Package at the checkout. Nothing else needs to be done.

NBC Malvern Camps

 

Camp Registration Camp Begins Parent Programme

Closing Ceremony

 Camp Finish
WEEK 1

BASKETBALL

 Monday 3rd Aug

1:30-2:30pm

 Monday at 3pm Friday at 3pm Friday at 4pm
SPEED

EXPLOSION

 Saturday 8th Aug 9am Saturday at 9:30 am Sunday at 4pm Sunday at 4:30pm
WEEK  2

BASKETBALL

 Monday 10th Aug  1:30-2:30pm Monday at 3pm Friday at 3pm Friday at 4pm

 

Camp Address – Malvern St James, 15 Avenue Rd, Malvern, Worcs Wr14 3BA United Kingdom.

Upon Arrival – Park directly in the car-park next to the main entrance – this is where you will be welcomed by NBC staff.  Parking can be difficult at peak times so be aware you may have to park off-site.

Camp Store – We will have a fully stocked store on camp selling all kinds of basketball gear – shorts, NBC T-shirts,NBC hoodies, balls, sweatbands, water bottles etc.  Much of this is imported from the US. All of it is of a great quality and reasonably priced!

Parent Programme Closing Ceremony – All parents/guardians, grandparents, siblings and friends are invited to attend our Closing Programme at 3pm on the last day of camp.  This is our closing ceremony and includes drill demonstrations, all-star awards, tournament awards, voted awards, enthusiasm and lots of fun.  You can also join us to watch the tournament games that begin at midday on each Friday leading up to the Awards Ceremony.

Parent Lunch – We would like to offer you and guests the opportunity to join us for lunch on the last day before the Award Program at a cost of £12 per person.  Lunch vouchers can be bought on the first day of camp at registration.  Polite warning – you may or may not be able to eat with your son/daughter depending on their schedule!

Accommodation – There are three separate Malvern Houses that we use – your son/daughter will be allocated a House and room prior to arrival.  A number of room configurations are available at camp, ranging from single rooms, twin rooms and a few dorms of 3/4 beds.  You will have already requested a preference on the registration form.  We will do our best to meet this request, but it is not guaranteed!  Don’t worry if they are not at camp with friends!  We will make sure they are allocated a room/area with campers in the same age group!

Kit List – Please bring plenty of basketball clothing for the duration of camp.  Bedding will be provided. You will also need a ball. We sell a wide range of balls in our camp store, priced between £15 and £45.  Some additional essentialsare a sun hat, sun cream, towel, pen/paper, swimming stuff, hand sanitiser and alarm clock.

 Camp Store – For security reasons, We operate a cashless system at camp and NBC provides a bank service.Every camper upon arrival deposits their cash into our ‘bank’ at Registration – this can be used for purchase in our store, tuck shop, camp photo and pizza.   During a typical one week stay, an average of £50-£70 has been spent by each camper depending on what they buy!

Whatever they do not spend will be returned at the end of the week. All other valuables are brought at your own risk. Please have the money to be paid into the bank ready in a named envelope when registering.

Optional Extras – Campers tend to spend their money on the following optional extras:

  • Framed Team Photographs – £6
  • Late Night Pizza – £10 (based on a shared Dominos pizza) – as treat on last In addition to evening meal
  • Items from our store
  • Tuck snack shop items

 

Technology – To encourage campers to fully immerse themselves in the camp experience, without distractions, westrongly discourage them from bringing mobile phones, tablets etc. We thank you for your co- operation in this matter.  For those who are travelling from a distance and prefer they have their phones, there will be a permitted time in the early evening for the students to access their phones.  We can provide a safe place for the storage of mobile phones during the day.

Early Collection or Checkout -Should there be an exceptional reason where you need to collect your son or daughter, you must notify the Camp Director (07713 256854) and meet a member of staff at the entrance to the school.  Parents are not allowed access to the school building without permission during camp.  We understand that you do not need to seek permission to take your child home however when this happens we need to ensure all staff are informed so they are aware of who they are responsible for.  Thank you for your understanding.

Homesickness -This can happen when children are not used to being away from home or are overly tired from their busy day.  Our staff understand this and will help children to self-regulate through distraction and being there for them.  We have found that calling home in these situations could exacerbate the situation quickly which is why we discourage this.  Rest assured we will contact you if we feel your child would not be able to enjoy the experience and we need to discuss options.  This is more common with our younger children but still relatively rare.  Thank you for trusting our judgement – we are always happy to chat this through with you.

Parents access to main building-You should not access any parts of the school building apart from the reception area or viewing galleries in the basketball facilities.  This is for safeguarding reasons and we ask that you respect this mandate to ensure children at NBC feel safe at all times.

Parent Pledge

Thank you for trusting us with your son or daughter – we promise to:

  • Deliver an outstanding and immersive basketball experience
  • Plant seeds for personal growth – challenging every young person to be a better basketball player and a better person
  • Care, support and encourage every young person who attends NBC
  • Provide a safe, organised and positive environment for every young person

Contact Information – In an emergency only parents can contact us by calling +44 7713 256854 (Jeremy) or +44 7979 501298 (Jane)

We look forward to making your son/daughter’s week at camp one to remember! Please don’t hesitate if you have any questions!