The short answer: the coaches who have worked with youth players in Barcelona include Robert Willett and Nolan Willett (NBA skills trainers), and the players who have come through to train include Serge Ibaka (2019 NBA champion), Yankuba Sima (EuroLeague), Ainhoa López (Spain international), Joel Parra (ACB, Joventut), Pedro Marhuenda and Malak Shady (3x3 MVP). Some of those sessions happened at La Nau del Clot, at CB Grup Barna's camp with Time Chamber. All of them are public and you can watch them.
The list, with a link to each session
- Robert Willett — NBA skills trainer. He ran a session at the club's camp in El Clot: the session reel and the Time Chamber Experience × CB Grup Barna piece. The same coach is listed as a guest on Pau Gasol Academy's “Pau & Friends”: not a name that only appears here.
- Nolan Willett — three individual-fundamentals sessions: one, two and three.
- Serge Ibaka — 2019 NBA champion, twice the league's blocks leader. A working session.
- Yankuba Sima — EuroLeague big man. Big-man work.
- Ainhoa López — professional player and Spain international, who came up on this same court in El Clot. Her return.
- Joel Parra (ACB, Joventut), Pedro Marhuenda, Dani Carrasco, Salo 23 and Kassius — individual sessions with Time Chamber, the camp partner.
- Malak Shady — 3x3 MVP. Her piece.
Where each one was filmed, because it matters
Not all of these sessions happened in the same place, and blurring that would be dishonest. The Robert Willett and Ainhoa López pieces, and the camp ones, were filmed at La Nau del Clot, with the club's own players on court. The elite-player sessions are with Time Chamber, the camp's methodology partner: Joel Parra's, for instance, is geotagged at the Badalona Olympic Arena, and we say so where it appears. The full round-up, grouped and labelled by where each was filmed, is on the camp page.
Why a family should look at this
Because it is the one part of a camp brochure you can check without phoning anyone. Prices can be compared and ratios can be asked about, but “top-level coaches” is a phrase anyone can write. A link to a published video, with a date and a recognisable court, is not.
If you are comparing camps in Barcelona, the city-wide camp comparison puts them side by side, and the guide to what to look at before you sign anyone up sets out the questions worth asking.
And right now, is anything open?
No. Registration for the summer 2026 edition is closed. The Christmas camp is announced very soon, and in January both Easter and summer are published together. Anyone who wants the heads-up before it goes public can join the camp waiting list: the club writes to everyone on it a day before publishing.
Frequently asked questions
Which NBA coaches have coached youth basketball in Barcelona?
Robert Willett and Nolan Willett, NBA skills trainers, have run sessions with youth players in Barcelona, at CB Grup Barna's camp with Time Chamber, at La Nau del Clot. The sessions are published on Instagram.
Is it true that Serge Ibaka has trained in Barcelona?
Serge Ibaka, the 2019 NBA champion, has a published working session with Time Chamber, the methodology partner of CB Grup Barna's camp. Not every elite-player session was filmed at La Nau del Clot, and each piece says where it was made.
How can you check that a camp really has the coaches it claims?
Ask for the link. A real session leaves a published video, with a date and a recognisable court. If all there is is a name on a brochure and no link, it is worth asking before you pay.
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