2012 "Little Mo" Training Camp

Dear Players, 
We are excited to announce our latest program for young players ages 7-11:  "Mo in the Mountains" - a four-day training camp (day only) designed especially for you at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs from Wednesday, July 3 - Sunday, July 7, 2013.  It will be an outstanding setting and experience in the Rocky Mountains - within view of Pikes Peak from the courts.

We want to give young players an opportunity to practice and drill with others who are their same age and also, learn about mental toughness, fitness, nutrition, injury prevention, match strategy, etc.  We will also have an individual  and team competition for trophies and prizes such as an iPad.  Players will meet new tennis friends from the USA and other countries, have fun and improve their game.    

We hope you will join us, as it will be a memorable time with family & friends.  Please email Cartennis@aol.com and we will place your name/email address on the "camp list" to be sent an entry form next year.

                                                  "Mo in the Mountains"   

Goal:  To provide "Little Mo" youngsters an opportunity to improve their tennis skills through drills and competition with players their same age   Players will also gain knowledge in mental toughness, fitness, nutrition, injury prevention, and match strategy.  Drills will be conducted by certified pro's and match play will consist of team competition and individual competition.  We hope you will plan to join us in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado for lots of fun, meeting new friends and improving your game.   

Date:     Wednesday, July 3 - Sunday, July 7, 2013

Location:  U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Eligibility:  Boys and Girls ages 7-11.  The age division you will be placed in for the training camp is determined by the age you are on July 3, 2013.    Players must be at least 7 years of age by July 3 to participate and not turning 12 before July 7.  Players must be able to serve, rally and keep score.

Fee:  $375 per player for camp.  For each additional sibling, the per player fee is $325.  The fee covers the cost of lunches, courts, pro's, balls, guest speakers, player party, t-shirts, trophies, medals, insurance, sportsmanship awards, etc.  A portion of the fee comes back to the foundation to further junior tennis development.  (Fee is tax deductible.) 

Trophies:  Match play - individual competition and team competition (2 days).  Trophies to all winners and runners-up in each age division for singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Surface:  Outdoor hard court  (indoor availability)

Ball:  Prince

Hotel:  Courtyard Marriott, 2570 Tenderfoot Hill Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado  80906.  Please call (719) 226-5006, x4018 to make your reservation.  Mention "Little Mo" - "Mo in the Mountains" to receive the special rate of $132 per night (includes hot breakfast buffet..   (Camp does not include cost of accommodations nor overnight responsibility.)

Things to do:  Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, U.S. Air Force Academy and Cadet Chapel, U.S. Olympic Training Center, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Cave of the Winds, Seven Falls, The Broadmoor Hotel (5 star resort with world class spa and golf, and the U.S. Mint in Denver.

Camp Director:  Greg Patton - Head Men's Tennis Coach at Boise State in Idaho.  Greg has coached some of the finest tennis players such as:  Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Michael Chang.  He was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1987 and is considered one of the top motivational speakers in the U.S.

Camp Chairman:  Carol Weyman  (Cartennis@aol.com)    MCB office (214) 754-7065
Assistant Camp  Chairman:  Natalia Prinz (natiprinz@gmail.com)
 
                                                                     Schedule of Events

Wednesday, July 3
3:00 - 5:00 (anytime) -  Player check-in and pick up player packet

Thursday, July 4
8:30 - 9:00am -   Opening ceremony with America, the Beautiful sung by players. Song was written on top of Pikes Peak 
                            by Katharine Lee Bates in 1893. *see lyrics below
                            (Please wear all white for the ceremony - small logos ok)
                        -   Welcome, player information and camp photo
9:00 - 12:00    -   Drills & speakers & instruction
12:00 - 1:00    -   Lunch
1:30 - 3:30      -   Drills & speakers & instruction
Evening - Fireworks over Pikes Peak celebrating July 4th holiday.

Friday, July 5
9:00 - 12:00   -   Drills & speakers & instruction
12:00 - 1:00   -   Lunch
1:30 - 3:30     -   Drills & speakers & instruction
Player party   -   TBA

Saturday, July 6
9:00 - 5:00    -  Match play (singles, doubles, mixed doubles)
                      -  Lunch

Sunday, July 7
8:30 - 2:00   -  Match play continues (singles, doubles, mixed doubles)
                     -  Lunch
2:00 - 2:30   -  Awards presentation and Raffle for iPad and other prizes
3:00 pm        - Departure

The "Little Mo" Training Camp is named after Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam when she was only eighteen years old in 1953.  She is still the youngest and only American woman to have accomplished this magnificent feat.

America, the Beautiful (players to sing at opening ceremony):  The lyrics to this beautiful song were written by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), a professor of English literature at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, after an inspiring trip to the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado in 1893.

O beautiful for spacious skies, 
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountains majesties,
Above the fruited plain!

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness

America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm they soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes prov'd
in liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life.

America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown they good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.