Duke Baxter

Duke Baxter, CEO and Head Coach at Zoned Sports Academy and Co-Founder of Dominate the Diamond

With 4 decades of baseball experience, Coach Duke’s knowledge is deeply rooted in all aspects of the game. Duke has played baseball both collegiately and professionally where he’s received numerous accolades and awards. Today, he dedicates his career to developing athletes both at Zoned Sports Academy in Bridgewater, NJ, the training facility he founded, and through books and videos with Dominate the Diamond®. His love of the game translates into his coaching philosophy and approach. Whether he’s teaching kids, parents or other coaches he’s inspiring, motivating, fun and humble. His positive coaching approach has been a great motivator for players, parents and his peers.

Coach Duke has instilled his philosophy of teaching and sharing in the creation of Dominate the Diamond® Courses as well as videos all over social media. His goal is to help every baseball and softball player, coach, and parent get educated, motivated, and then dominate on and off the field.

DUKE BAXTER’S EXPERIENCE:

Founder of the Zoned Sports Academy Training facility in NJ 2002
📚Amazon #1 Best Selling Co-Author- ‘Taking on the Title of Coach’
⚾️Played Professional Baseball for the Somerset Patriots
⚾️Played Professional Baseball for the Madison Blackwolf
⚾️'Rookie of the Year' for Madison Blackwollf
⚾️Set the NCAA record with 31 doubles at University of North Florida
⚾️Professional Hitting, Fielding Instructor at Zoned Spots Academy for (19+ years)
🇺🇸USA Baseball NTIS New Jersey
Holds 2 United States Patents for baseball and softball training aids
⚾️Creator of the Dominate the Diamond® brand
⚾️Coached and Trained over 75,000 baseball and softball players for over 2.5 decades