BaxterSports Camps
Arbor Lodge Park, N Delaware Ave & N Bryant St., Portland, OR 97217
About
BaxterSports Camps offers sports camps and clinics that include Spring Break camps, Winter Break camps, and Summer Camps. The program also runs the Good Sports Club for K-5 and Youth Leadership for Middle School. Winter Break camps are held all day in the gym and mix traditional sports with a variety of creative games, and Spring Break camps combine indoor and outdoor activities.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
Since 2013, BaxterSports has consecutively received NW Kids Magazine's "Best Summer Camp" award. BaxterSports has been doing this since 2008 and offers camps for grades K-8 every week of the summer, as well as sessions over both Spring and Winter Break. The program describes itself as Portland’s premier youth athletic program offering a holistic approach to teaching and coaching kids, including techniques and tactics of sports, positivity, good nutrition, and the importance of community, with equal focus on fun and fitness and values of Responsibility, Inclusivity, Gratitude, Heart, and Teamwork. BaxterSports states that it stresses nutrition, proper stretching, positive thinking, the mental game, skill-building, learning the game, and creating a sense of community, and that campers are grouped by age range, generally in small groups with kids their own age and skill level.
The leadership team includes Brian Baxter as Owner, Director, and Sports Psychologist; Tiare Farris as Executive Assistant; Blake Jackson as Director of Programing and Staffing; Dupree as Director of Coaching; and Jake Weiss as Head Coach and Program Director. Brian Baxter is a mental performance coach, athlete, coach, parent, and sport psychology consultant with over 20 years of experience in youth sports. Coach Blake’s sports background is in baseball, which he played as a catcher from age 8 through high school, and his experience includes volunteering for Babe Ruth Baseball in Camas, umpiring at Lacamas Little League, coaching at Baxter Sports, running Baxter Baseball Academy, and coaching Unified High School Basketball for Camas High School. Coach Jake’s experience includes 10 years of little league coaching, 5 years of advocacy for foster kids, 1 year as recess coordinator at Abernethy Elementary, volunteering with Special Olympics, mentoring underprivileged youth, working as a manny and stay-at-home dad, and being a certified coach in multiple endeavors. Coach Hawk is going into his final year at the University of Oregon studying Human Physiology and is captain and president of the men's club soccer team there.
Last updated March 30, 2026.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
Since 2013, BaxterSports has consecutively received NW Kids Magazine's "Best Summer Camp" award. BaxterSports has been doing this since 2008 and offers camps for grades K-8 every week of the summer, as well as sessions over both Spring and Winter Break. The program describes itself as Portland’s premier youth athletic program offering a holistic approach to teaching and coaching kids, including techniques and tactics of sports, positivity, good nutrition, and the importance of community, with equal focus on fun and fitness and values of Responsibility, Inclusivity, Gratitude, Heart, and Teamwork. BaxterSports states that it stresses nutrition, proper stretching, positive thinking, the mental game, skill-building, learning the game, and creating a sense of community, and that campers are grouped by age range, generally in small groups with kids their own age and skill level.
The leadership team includes Brian Baxter as Owner, Director, and Sports Psychologist; Tiare Farris as Executive Assistant; Blake Jackson as Director of Programing and Staffing; Dupree as Director of Coaching; and Jake Weiss as Head Coach and Program Director. Brian Baxter is a mental performance coach, athlete, coach, parent, and sport psychology consultant with over 20 years of experience in youth sports. Coach Blake’s sports background is in baseball, which he played as a catcher from age 8 through high school, and his experience includes volunteering for Babe Ruth Baseball in Camas, umpiring at Lacamas Little League, coaching at Baxter Sports, running Baxter Baseball Academy, and coaching Unified High School Basketball for Camas High School. Coach Jake’s experience includes 10 years of little league coaching, 5 years of advocacy for foster kids, 1 year as recess coordinator at Abernethy Elementary, volunteering with Special Olympics, mentoring underprivileged youth, working as a manny and stay-at-home dad, and being a certified coach in multiple endeavors. Coach Hawk is going into his final year at the University of Oregon studying Human Physiology and is captain and president of the men's club soccer team there.
Last updated March 30, 2026.
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