Utah Jazz players Williams, Favors, coach kids at private clinic

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Students from the U.S. Dream Academy run through dribbling drills during a private basketball clinic for local at-risk youth. About 55 children, between the ages of 8-14 years old, attend the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday October 24, 2012. Mo Williams, Derick Favors ane Jazz coaches Brad Jones, Johnnie Bryant, Richard Smith and Mark McKown taught the kids fundamental basketball skills during the one hour event. The U.S. Dream Academy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting children who have a parent or other family member that is incarcerated. The Utah chapter is based at the Dual Immersion Academy in Salt Lake City where it provides after-school programs that help vulnerable youth develop the skills needed to lead successful lives.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students from the U.S. Dream Academy do pushups after loosing a dribbling race as Mo Williams, of the Utah Jazz, tells them they are getting stronger during in a private basketball clinic for local at-risk youth. About 55 children, between the ages of 8-14 years old, attend the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday October 24, 2012. Derrick Favors along with Jazz coaches Brad Jones, Johnnie Bryant, Richard Smith and Mark McKown along with WIlliams taught the kids fundamental basketball skills during the one hour event. The U.S. Dream Academy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting children who have a parent or other family member that is incarcerated. The Utah chapter is based at the Dual Immersion Academy in Salt Lake City where it provides after-school programs that help vulnerable youth develop the skills needed to lead successful lives.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students from the U.S. Dream Academy do pushups after loosing a dribbling race as Mo Williams, of the Utah Jazz, tells them they are getting stronger during in a private basketball clinic for local at-risk youth. About 55 children, between the ages of 8-14 years old, attend the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday October 24, 2012. Derrick Favors along with Jazz coaches Brad Jones, Johnnie Bryant, Richard Smith and Mark McKown along with WIlliams taught the kids fundamental basketball skills during the one hour event. The U.S. Dream Academy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting children who have a parent or other family member that is incarcerated. The Utah chapter is based at the Dual Immersion Academy in Salt Lake City where it provides after-school programs that help vulnerable youth develop the skills needed to lead successful lives.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

The Jazz Bear sprays kids from the U.S. Dream Academy with silly string during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Derrick Favors works with children from the U.S. Dream Academy during a private basketball clinic for at-risk youth. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students from the U.S. Dream Academy run through dribbling drills during a private basketball clinic the Utah Jazz held for at-risk youth. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Mo Williams of the Utah Jazz runs kids from the U.S. Dream Academy through warmup drills during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students from the U.S. Dream Academy stretch out during a private basketball clinic put on by the Utah Jazz. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students from the U.S. Dream Academy work on their defensive stances during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

A student from the U.S. Dream Academy compares the size of her hand with Derrick Favors' hand during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event put on by the Utah Jazz at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Mo Williams of the Utah Jazz takes a group of kids from the U.S. Dream Academy through warmup drills during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Mo Williams of the Utah Jazz takes a group of kids from the U.S. Dream Academy through warmup drills during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Second-grader Fatima Alfaro dribbles the ball past Mo Williams, of the Utah Jazz, as students from the U.S. Dream Academy participate in a private basketball clinic for at-risk youth. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Derrick Favors sits with students from the U.S. Dream Academy as they get their pictures taken during a private basketball clinic put on by the Utah Jazz. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

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Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Students from the U.S. Dream Academy run through dribbling drills during a private basketball clinic for local at-risk youth. About 55 children, between the ages of 8-14 years old, attend the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday October 24, 2012. Mo Williams, Derick Favors ane Jazz coaches Brad Jones, Johnnie Bryant, Richard Smith and Mark McKown taught the kids fundamental basketball skills during the one hour event. The U.S. Dream Academy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting children who have a parent or other family member that is incarcerated. The Utah chapter is based at the Dual Immersion Academy in Salt Lake City where it provides after-school programs that help vulnerable youth develop the skills needed to lead successful lives. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Students from the U.S. Dream Academy do pushups after loosing a dribbling race as Mo Williams, of the Utah Jazz, tells them they are getting stronger during in a private basketball clinic for local at-risk youth. About 55 children, between the ages of 8-14 years old, attend the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday October 24, 2012. Derrick Favors along with Jazz coaches Brad Jones, Johnnie Bryant, Richard Smith and Mark McKown along with WIlliams taught the kids fundamental basketball skills during the one hour event. The U.S. Dream Academy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting children who have a parent or other family member that is incarcerated. The Utah chapter is based at the Dual Immersion Academy in Salt Lake City where it provides after-school programs that help vulnerable youth develop the skills needed to lead successful lives. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Students from the U.S. Dream Academy do pushups after loosing a dribbling race as Mo Williams, of the Utah Jazz, tells them they are getting stronger during in a private basketball clinic for local at-risk youth. About 55 children, between the ages of 8-14 years old, attend the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday October 24, 2012. Derrick Favors along with Jazz coaches Brad Jones, Johnnie Bryant, Richard Smith and Mark McKown along with WIlliams taught the kids fundamental basketball skills during the one hour event. The U.S. Dream Academy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting children who have a parent or other family member that is incarcerated. The Utah chapter is based at the Dual Immersion Academy in Salt Lake City where it provides after-school programs that help vulnerable youth develop the skills needed to lead successful lives. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune The Jazz Bear sprays kids from the U.S. Dream Academy with silly string during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Derrick Favors works with children from the U.S. Dream Academy during a private basketball clinic for at-risk youth. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Students from the U.S. Dream Academy run through dribbling drills during a private basketball clinic the Utah Jazz held for at-risk youth. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Mo Williams of the Utah Jazz runs kids from the U.S. Dream Academy through warmup drills during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Students from the U.S. Dream Academy stretch out during a private basketball clinic put on by the Utah Jazz. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Students from the U.S. Dream Academy work on their defensive stances during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune A student from the U.S. Dream Academy compares the size of her hand with Derrick Favors' hand during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event put on by the Utah Jazz at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Mo Williams of the Utah Jazz takes a group of kids from the U.S. Dream Academy through warmup drills during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Mo Williams of the Utah Jazz takes a group of kids from the U.S. Dream Academy through warmup drills during a private basketball clinic. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Second-grader Fatima Alfaro dribbles the ball past Mo Williams, of the Utah Jazz, as students from the U.S. Dream Academy participate in a private basketball clinic for at-risk youth. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Derrick Favors sits with students from the U.S. Dream Academy as they get their pictures taken during a private basketball clinic put on by the Utah Jazz. About 55 children ages 8 to 14 attended the event at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

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And they said the Jazz don't allow headbands.

One girl wore a pink one to hold back her hair, and another had a flower tucked behind her ear. The Jazz hosted 38 at-risk local youths from the U.S. Dream Academy for an afternoon clinic Wednesday at Zions Bank Basketball Center.

The children worked on basketball skills with point guard Mo Williams and forward Derrick Favors and listened to coach Tyrone Corbin talk about his ownchildhood, growing up in a single-parent home in the projects of Columbia, S.C.

"There's no way I could have told you back then that I would be an NBA head coach," Corbin said.

The Dream Academy is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on helping children who have an incarcerated family member develop skills that will help them be successful.

"These kids, most of them live over in the Glendale area," director Kristina Muck said, "which is the highest gang rates in the state and that whole area that no one wants to acknowledge exists. A lot of them don't realize there's life outside of that area."

Williams and Favors, along with assistant coach Brad Jones and player development assistant Johnnie Bryant, each manned a hoop as children rotated in groups to them. Favors was playful and teasing, pretending to be too sore to dunk, as the children begged him to, before giving in.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance for them," said Williams, who has four children of his own, "something they can always cherish for a long time. If any of them amount to anything or do something in life, they can always say, 'I remember when I was 10, I was 11, Derrick Favors was there, Mo Williams was there, they showed me this and I got a chance to meet them.' "