The Headfirst formula of combining evaluation, instruction and motivation has made our Honor Roll Camps the most popular academic showcase camps in the country since 1998. Annually, we host over 750 ballplayers from across the United States and close to150 college coaches. These coaches, representing the nation's most prestigious colleges and universities, will attend the camp to recruit, teach, and share information about their baseball programs. Honor Roll Camps are open to rising or current high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. These programs are can’t miss events for high-performing baseball student-athletes.
Washington, DC natives Brendan Sullivan and Rob Elwood are the Directors of Headfirst. In addition to our Honor Roll Camps, Headfirst has provided summer camps, after-school programs and professional sports instruction in the D.C. metropolitan area since 1996. Headfirst has become the largest and most popular provider of summer camps for children between the ages of 3-14. Throughout the years, Headfirst has formed relationships and hosted programs at and with schools such as The St. Albans School, The Woods Academy School, The Norwood School, Saint Luke School, Washington Christian Academy and The Congressional Schools of Virginia.
Headfirst was founded in 1996 in Washington, DC by Brendan Sullivan, Ted Sullivan and Rob Elwood on the philosophy that the playing field may serve as the best platform for some of life's greatest lessons. Leadership, teamwork, preparation and maximized effort are a few key principals upon which the Headfirst mentality has been built. The Headfirst goal is to provide the best professional sports and academic instruction for male and female student-athletes of all abilities, from 4 years old thru high school. This philosophy also extends to our wide range of summer camps as well, from sports camps and dance camps to science and the Headfirst Junior Day Camps.
Headfirst offers instruction in baseball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and athletic development for all athletes of all abilities. Headfirst places an emphasis on personalized instruction-- recognizing that individual attention is what a developing athlete needs most-- and offers a unique combination of youth and experience in a staff that aspiring athletes can relate to as coaches as well as role models. Our intention is for all who participate in our programs to become fundamentally sound while at the same time learning to compete in an intelligent and aggressive fashion. The style of play, which combines this mental approach with the all-out effort that the game requires and deserves, is what we consider Headfirst.