Greetings Athletes

The holiday season is upon us . Some of you will be taking a break and others will be going off to tournaments around the country. Which ever you choose I wish you the very best!

We have some very exciting news in 2011 and many updates regarding Tip Top athletes choosing
there University's. We will keep you updated in the next few months.

Congratulations to all Tip Top athletes for training for working hard.

A special congratulations to National Open Winners:

Jason Brown
Robert Stineman

Summer News

Congratulations to the following players:

Robert Stineman- National Team Championship Finalist, #4 Singles

• Won 6-1 vs. Intermountain
• Won 5-2 vs. Missouri Valley
• Won 6-1 vs. Southern
• Lost in the finals 3-4 vs. Florida

Drew Campbell, Michael Sellitto, Grace Tapak - Midwest Jaguars Zonals 16s Champions

Jared Hiltzik & Arthur Ozga - Midwest Eagles Zonals 16s Runners-up

Aron Hiltzik - Midwest Closed 14s Champion, National Clay Court 14s Doubles Champion and Gold Ball winner

Brantner Jones & Robert Stineman - Midwest Open 18s Doubles Champions

Jared Hiltzik- Midwest Closed 16s Finalist

Good Luck to Tip Top college athletes!

Caroline Bauer-University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tennis

Matt Burr-Wittenberg University, Track and Baseball

Gordie Campbell-University of Wisconsin-Madison

Brantner Jones-Middlebury College, Tennis

Christian Rivera-Ashland University, Baseball

Jeremy Tirado-Denison University, Baseball

REMINDER:

With the summer coming to an end, and the temperature and humidity rising, don't forget to keep yourself hydrated when training or playing!

Summer News at Tip Top Training

Summer has been very exciting...

Winners of the CDTA tennis qualifier

Boys 18's Robert Stineman

Girls 14's Carol Finke

Winner of Midwest Closed Tennis

Boys 14's Aron Hiltzik

Boys 16's runner up Jared Hiltzik

Boys 18's Brantner Jones and Robert Stineman doubles champions

Tip Top Training camps have been fun and a lot of the athletes are working on Nutrition.

We are having a contest for the biggest weight gainer for the boys.

We will let you know the winner in 4 weeks.

Have a great summer !

Mindee

Matt Burr

Matt has been coming to Tip Top for over 3 years, beginning with his desire to become a better baseball player. He discovered Tip Top after a recommendation from his then-hitting coach, Joe Knudsen, and has been training 2-4 times a week ever since. Mindee has described him as the hardest worker she has ever seen, as he always puts all that he has into his workouts. Probably his greatest accomplishment has been his forearm plank, which he has held for 15, 20, and 31 minutes respectively over the past two years. He is currently a senior at New Trier High School and is going to Wittenberg University in the fall where he may run cross country and play baseball.

Rick Gurolnick Vintage Car Racing

Auto-racing vintage cars is his hobby. Rick has ben working at Tip Top for more than 20 years, Mindee's longest running client. He began at Tip Top after suffering a skiing injury and Mindee went on to identify his weak points and made these into strengths. Working on these helped Rick's endurance and performance.

In what way has Tip Top helped you the most? It has helped me to understand my weaknesses and how to safely strengthen my shoulders, legs and my core.

Rick races vintage cars at high speeds. He has raced at Watkins Glen, Road America and Sebring, to name just a few of the elite courses he has run.

How do you physically prepare for a race weekend?

1. Nutrition/Balanced meals throughout the day/ 9 glasses of water

2. Pre-race warmup/Total body active stretches/White roller stretching for 3 min.

3. Visualization- especially winning!

4. Post race cool down-walking stretching

5. Hydrate

Rick has many races and more updates will be coming.

Rick recently became a grandfather and is also the father of twelve year old twins at age 55.

What's Happening at Tip Top today? Berg

Justin Berg has been a Tip Top athlete for one year. He is graduating from Northbrook Junior High school this May. Presently he is competing in Basketball for GBN Feeder Team and Lacrosse for Northbrook House league. Justin hopes to make the Glenbrook North High School Freshman Team this winter. He is currently working on his strength at Tip Top training.

His favorite college basketball team is Duke.

Good Luck to Justin in High School...I'm sure he will do great!!

Hersey Invite 5/1/10

5/1/10

I was at the Hersey Tennis Boy's Invitational on Friday and Saturday afternoon. This is a 32 team tournament in which they call mini state. The wind was blowing at 70mph. That was an obstacle in itself. Jared Hiltzik and Calvin Mang played one doubles and lost in the Finals to Hinsdale Central. Jared is playing outstanding tennis. Coach Eckert says "Jared is the hottest player on the team right now." Last week Jared Hiltzik beat Luke Ginsburg from North Shore Country Day in an exciting dual match. Drew Campbell and Arthur Ozga also went to the finals in the second doubles position!

Keep watching New Trier Tennis this year....very exciting tennis!!

Today's update: Bob Cook

Bob Cook is a freshman at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts and is doing well in the current baseball season. He is hitting .412 with a home run, 12 runs scored and 18 RBIs. The team's record (as of April 24th) is 15-10 for a .600 winning percentage.

Michael Sellito update GBS HS

Today's update: Michael Sellitto

Michael Sellitto is a current Sophomore at Glenbrook South High School, playing on the school's tennis team. Three weeks into the season, Michael is focusing solely on playing high school tennis. His team is doing great, and Michael himself is undefeated. His best results include a three set victory over Devon Jones of Oak Park and won the Moline and Libertyville invitationals. He plays doubles wih Michael Levin, who is also a sophomore. His ultimate goal is to become Illinois High School State doubles champion.

Tim Duxbury update

Hey Mindee, things are going well. we won 4 straight this weekend to put us in first in the West. 3 games til the tourney. some good info about games is on the baseball homepage.
About me, I hit 3 triples in a game this past weekend. I'm the 12th player in d3 history to do it, and that puts me one triple shy of tying the denison record. hope this helps
Tim

New intern Matt Burr

Hi, I'm Matt Burr, and I'm Mindee's new intern. I am a senior at New Trier High School and am on Seneior Project, where seniors go outside of the classroom and into the work world for four weeks. I began training with Mindee in 2007, and have been going to Tip Top 2-3 times every week since then. I play baseball and run cross country, and I'm looking forward to competing in these during college at the D-3 level.
I will be reporting on former tip top athletes who are currently playing at different levels beyond high school, primarily college athletes.

Today's update: Tim Duxbury

Tim is a Freshman at Denison University and is hitting .377 with one home run, 13 RBI and 15 runs scored. Overall, the team's record is 19-15 and in first place in the NCAC. The team has two games left with Earlham College this Wedsnesday.

In other news, Johnny Schroeder, playing for Colby College, has played errorless ball behind te plate, with his team going 11-10.

Illini Advance to Sweet 16 Nevolo

Last night defeated Washington 7-0 and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the ITA National Indoor Championships. dennis Nevolo won 6-4, 6-2.

Illinois will play 18 Duke next weekend. Dennis is playing #1 for Illinois and is a Sophmore ths year. Brian Alden from Barrington also plays for Illinois and came on board for early signing in January.

Good luck guys!

Tom Fawcett wins Midwest Winter Championship

Tom Fawcett is getting in Tip Top shape! Tom has dedicated himself to getting himself in shape

to improve his strength and footwork. "I have him on a very regimented fitness program that he follows during and after tournaments" Look for Tom to raise the roof!

We are proud of Tom for winning the Winter Midwest Championship.

Brantner Jones decides on Middlebury College

Brantner Jones a senior at New Trier High School has decided to go to Middlebury College in Vermont. Middlebury is one of the top 4 year liberal arts colleges in the country. "I am excited about the opportunity to play tennis at a great school and possibly win a national title" Brantner has been training at Tip Top since 9th grade. Brantner has been one of the hardest working athletes and it shows...

Tip Top will miss Brantner next year and we wish him the best of luck in his last tennis season at New Trier HS.

Jon Scheyer

We are excited about Jon Scheyer at Duke this year. He has been averaging 20 points a game.

Jon is a senior...I am shocked at how quickly time goes by. He was just in winning State at Glenbrook North and now a senior at Duke looking to play in the NBA.

Let's root for Scheyer and Duke to win a national title this year! Jon is a candidate for the John R. Wooden award. I am so proud of Jon for his leadership, determination and drive! Join his fan page on facebook!

Let's Go DUKE!

Robert Stineman Chicago Player of The Year

It's been awhile since the last blog. I am very proud to say that Robert Stineman has been picked for Player of The Year in Chicago! That is a huge accomplishment for him and he has worked very hard on his Fitness at Tip Top and his tennis to get there. Congratulations to Robert! Robert has a bright future ahead of him. He is a junior at New Trier High School and will be decided on a College soon.

Good luck to all the Baseball players at Tip Top in try outs. Off season training was a lot of fun and they all worked 110 percent.

Watch for the Tip Top athlete of the month.