BaxterSports Camps

BaxterSports Camps offers youth sports camps, clinics, coaching, and consulting that teach techniques and tactics of sports along with positivity, good nutrition, and the importance of community. The camps include Spring Break sessions that combine indoor and outdoor activities and Winter Break camps held all day in a gym, mixing traditional sports with creative games. Campers are grouped by age range, generally in small groups with kids at similar ages and skill levels, and the organization stresses nutrition, proper stretching, positive thinking, and the mental game along with skill-building and learning the game.

• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Summer camps for grades K–8 offered every week of the summer; additional camps offered during Spring Break and Winter Break

BaxterSports Camps describes itself as Portland’s premier youth athletic program offering a holistic approach to teaching and coaching kids and states that it uses a holistic approach to sports with a balance between structure and freedom and both directed and exploratory learning. The stated mission is to create a community environment, develop a life-long love of sport and activity, provide a continuing and varied sporting experience for the community, and support a vision of athletes learning and growing in all aspects of life. BaxterSports has been operating since 2008 and has been consecutively voted Portland’s “Best Summer Camp” by NW Kids Magazine since 2013, an award that is voted on by the families it serves. The organization emphasizes that fun is the top priority and that it believes the camp experience is about more than skills development and about creating lasting positive memories, with the goal that every child leaves feeling more confident, connected, and excited for the next adventure.

Owner and Director Brian Baxter is a mental performance coach, sport psychology consultant, athlete, coach, and parent with over 20 years of experience in youth sports and is the founder of BaxterSports – Camps, Clinics, Coaching, and Consulting. The leadership team also includes Executive Assistant Tiare Farris; Director of Programing and Staffing Blake Jackson (Coach Blake); Director of Coaching Dupree (Coach Dupree); and Head Coach and Program Director Jake Weiss (Coach Jake), who is described as a certified coach in multiple endeavors. BaxterSports states that it is part of an amazing and supportive community and stresses the importance of community and creating a sense of community in its programs.

Last updated June 28, 2026.