Utah Jazz Hosts Basketball Clinics

Scott Layden, assistant coach for the Utah Jazz, and Richard Smith, director of basketball operations, are reaching out to the community and offering free basketball clinics to the children of local educators, police officers, firefighters and nurses.  Clinics are being held at the Jazz practice facility, Zions Bank Basketball Center, with approximately 30 youth participating in each session.  Parents are encouraged to attend.

Layden and Smith start each clinic with a warm-up session and then focus on teaching fundamental skills through a series of basketball drills.  Participants also receive a tour of the team’s locker room and stop by the facility’s movie theater to watch film from a Jazz game.  At the end of every clinic, each child receives a complimentary Jazz gift to take home. 

“The Jazz has always shown an interest in everyone in the community.  This is one way to say thank you and show the important people in our lives – teachers, policemen, nurses and firefighters – how much we appreciate them,” said Layden.