What We Do

Washington, DC natives Brendan Sullivan and Rob Elwood are the Directors of Headfirst. Headfirst has provided professional sports instruction in the D.C. metropolitan area and have also run national high school showcase camps and skill-specific clinics since 1996. Since 2001, 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, and The Congressional Schools of Virginia. We also run Overnight “Jesse Hubbard” Lacrosse Camps with the Episcopal School in Virginia.

Headfirst was founded in Washington, DC 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 is currently the largest provider of professional sports instruction in the Washington, DC area, offering professional sports and academic instruction to youth and high school student-athletes of all ages and abilities, both boys and girls. Headfirst also offers summer day camps, teams, leagues, sports camps, clinics, skills classes, and private tutoring and lessons throughout all four of the athletic seasons.

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.