The president of Basketball Yukon has been impressed with the work done at a B.C. program taught here by a former territorial player.

"I thought they had very good engagement with the group of young kids that they had out there," Tim Brady said. "I really liked the way the way the three coaches were working with the group, they brought a lot of energy. It looked like they were doing a tremendous job and it looked like it was a lot of fun for the kids that were involved."

The Passion Sports Basketball Academy concludes tonight at F.H. Collins Secondary School with a final session for players 14 and older.

The program is led by co-founder Jordan Brown, who played on the Vanier Crusaders before leaving the Yukon in his senior year. Brown started the Passion Academy after his playing days for Camosun College ended. It usually operates around the Vancouver Island area.

This past weekend, the Passion Academy held sessions for two separate age levels: seven to 10 and 11 to 13. It was the first time the academy has taught sessions outside of B.C.

On Monday, the group began its 14-plus sessions, which ran again Tuesday.

Brown is a two-time Basketball Yukon Athlete of the Year and has represented the territory at the Nike All Canada Camp in Toronto. He's also a former captain of the Camosun College men's team.

Accompanying Brown is Greg Wallis, who was recently named as a first-team Canada West All-Star for a second year in a row and Cyril Indome, captain of the University of Victoria men's team.

The academy offers programs that run over seven different cities and has taught hundreds of youth in the game of basketball. Earlier in the year, it held the first-ever, Vancouver Island Invite Camp in conjunction with the universities and colleges on the Island to provider a one of a kind experience.

The program centres on skill development and sessions cater to the specific age of those signed up.

Brady said it's obvious Brown has a real knack for coaching.

"I think as a player himself, Jordan was very passionate and very committed to doing the work that he needed to do to develop as a player," he said.

"So the choices he made to pursue basketball and to develop his game and to work at it really sort of set him apart from many people. I think he brings that element with him in his approach to working with kids and obviously that comes out I think when you watch him."

He said it was nice to have him come back to the Yukon.

"This is kind of where it started for him and he has kind of come a little bit full circle himself," Brady said.

Basketball Yukon also holds development sessions, which includes the Steve Nash Youth Basketball Program.

Brady, who is coaching the Yukon's 2009 Canada Summer Games U-17 boy's team, said the program usually runs twice a year and its next session is scheduled for late September.