NBA star Jeremy Lin launches basketball training camp  

林书豪在北京开办篮球训练营 希望帮助中国篮球

NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin is seen at the 2013 Jeremy Lin Basketball Camp press conference and opening ceremony, which was held in Beijing on August 25, 2013. The basketball camp, the second of its kind in the name of Lin, will run till August 27. A total of 60 young basketball players across China will be guided by the famous NBA player during the three-day camp. [Photo: CNS / Shi Longhong]

Beijing (CNS) -- NBA star Jeremy Lin launched his 2013 basketball camp on Sunday at the Wukesong Basketball Stadium in Beijing.

Lin will hold a coaching clinic for three days with 60 promising young Chinese basketball players.

Three-pointer specialist Steve Novak, Lin's teammate at the New York Knicks, also arrived in Beijing to be one of the coaches for the camp.

"I hope by launching the camp, young players can improve their basketball skills under the training of Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak," said Li Qun, president of the Dongguan Basketball School, at a press conference held for the camp.

At the press conference, Jeremy Lin answered reporters' questions in fluent Chinese.

"During the period of my offseason, I usually hold video chats with my language teacher to improve my Chinese," he said.

It is the second time the NBA player has visited Beijing and held a basketball training camp.