A child basketball camp is being hosted by jazz guard Collin Sexton, who is hosting his first camp

Murray, Utah – Collin Sexton, a guard for the Utah Jazz, has spent his summer traveling, playing basketball, and giving back to the community. One of the Jazzman’s first-ever two-day basketball camps was hosted by the third-year player.

The statement was made by Sexton, whose brother Jordan was a participant in the event. “I remember growing up, my brother and I would be sitting outside after a workout saying, ‘One day we’re going to have our own camp,'” said Sexton. “We weren’t able to go to camps or see NBA guys, college guys, so this was big for me and my brother to be able to put something together like this.”

There was also a cheering option available at the Celebrity Sports Academy camp, which was held at Hillcrest Junior High School and was open to students between the ages of 7 and 18.

“The first day surprised me, seeing how many kids there were and it wasn’t just all boys, it was girls as well,” remarked Sexton in response. “We even had the cheerleaders and it was super fun to see when I showed up.”

A camper had a difficult time with a combination that Sexton had given to the group at one point during the segment of the activity that focused on ball handling. While she was figuring out the movements, he halted the performance and had everyone in the room cheer her on.

“I told her, ‘You got tomorrow, you got two weeks from now, just look at your progress,’ and she said, ‘I’m going to work on it each and every day,’ and that was something — I felt that a lot,” Sexton explained to me.

As he puts it, there “will definitely be another camp,” and it’s possible that there will even be one during the NBA season.