Spfld Newsletter/Practice Schedule June 13-20, 2022
Academy Bullets Springfield - Stronger Together!
Practice Schedule – June 6-13
The single most important factor for continued improvement is consistent practice attendance!
Monday – June 13
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – No Practice
Silver II - No Practice
Gold - No Practice
Tuesday – June 14
Bee Bees - 5-5:40 pm at Eisenhower
IncrediBullets – 5:00-5:45 pm at Eisenhower
Bronze – 5:00-6:00 pm at Eisenhower
Silver I - 5:45-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II- 7:45-8:45 am at Nelson AND 5:30-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Gold - 7:45-8:45 am at Nelson AND 5:00-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Wednesday – June 15
Bee Bees – No Practice
IncrediBullets – 5:15-6:15 pm at Nelson Center
Bronze - 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson Center
Silver I – 5:15-6:45 pm at Nelson Center
Silver II - 5:30-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Gold - 5:00-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Thursday – June 16
Bee Bees – 5:00-5:40 pm at Eisenhower
IncrediBullets – 5:00-5:45 pm at Eisenhower
Bronze – 5:00-5:45 pm at Eisenhower
Silver I – 5:45-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II- 7:45-8:45 am at Nelson AND 5:30-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Gold - 7:45-8:45 am at Nelson AND 5:00-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Friday – June 17 - Water Slide Friday
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze - 5:15-6:15 pm at Nelson
Silver I – 5:15-6:45 pm at Nelson * Corrected
Silver II - 5:15-7:15 pm at Nelson
Gold - 5:00-7:15 pm at Nelson
Saturday – June 18
Bee Bees – 9:15-10:00 am at Eisenhower
IncrediBullets – 9:15-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice
Bronze – 9:00-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 45 minutes of practice
Silver I – 8:45-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 45 minutes of practice
Silver II - 8:00-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 30 minutes of practice
Gold - 8:00-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 30 minutes of practice
Sunday – June 19
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – No Practice
Silver II - No Practice
Gold - No Practice
Monday – June 20
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – 5:15-6:00 pm
Silver I – 5:15-6:45 pm at Nelson
Silver II - 5:30-7:15 pm at Nelson
Gold - 5:00-7:15 at Nelson
Practice Schedule Changes This Week
Wednesday, June 15 - Bronze practice added 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson
Friday, June 17 - Silver II - 5:15-7:15 pm at Nelson
Saturday, June 18 - Silver II - 8:00-10:00 am at Nelson
Speedo Capital City Classic Meet - Wrap-up
Thank you so much for all of your efforts in making this past weekend’s Speedo Capital City Classic such a success! Your incredible efforts allowed us to host a wonderful meet for all the swimmers and their families. An especially big shout out goes to those team members that worked every session of the meet – you were incredible!
The coaches are so proud of how all of our Springfield Bullets performed over the weekend. Our kids were awesome, and their hard work is showing in their incredible improvements.
I also want to mention how our Chicago Bullets’ coaches told me several times throughout the weekend how impressed they are with with the team culture and spirit we have at our Springfield site. This is something we work very hard to cultivate here and it is a testament to the wonderful swimmers and families we have here.
Again, thank you so much for everyone’s efforts this past weekend. Together we are a much stronger team and can accomplish incredible things. I hope everyone has a wonderful day,
Water Slide Practice - Friday, June 17
On Friday, June 17 we will have a special water slide practice at Nelson Center. Swimmers will be allowed to use the water slide the last 15 minutes of their scheduled practice time. Be sure to attend practice on Friday - This was a huge hit when we did this a couple weeks ago,
Special Starts and Turns Practice - Saturday, June 18 at Eisenhower Pool
We are running a special starts and turns practice on Saturday, June 18 at Eisenhower Pool. We hope our swimmers will take advantage of this great opportunity, The schedule is as follows:
IncrediBullets – 9:15-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice
Bronze – 9:00-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 45 minutes of practice
Silver I – 8:45-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 45 minutes of practice
Silver II - 8:00-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 30 minutes of practice
Gold - 8:00-10:00 am at Eisenhower - Starts and Turns practice last 30 minutes of practice
Stay Hydrated - Bring Water Bottles to Practice
It is always important for our swimmers to stay hydrated but I want to remind everyone of the urgent importance during the heat we are currently experiencing. All swimmers should be bringing water bottles to practice each day filled with cold water. Please put your name on the water bottle so it is easily identified by your swimmer. Also, no sharing of water between swimmers as we don’t want to share any potential sicknesses.
Reminder - Safe Sport Training Through USA Swimming – Online Courses
THANK YOU to those of you who spent a few minutes and took the Safe Sport Program classes for parents & athletes. We greatly appreciate your support in helping us educate and protect our members.
WE NEED MORE HELP FROM EVERYONE
If you have yet to take the below courses, please take a few minutes and do so now. We need to have a minimum of 10% of both to even be in consideration for membership in the Safe Sport Recognition Program. Currently, we are about 20 parents and 20 swimmers SHORT of achieving this goal. We can't do this without your help and support.
PLEASE follow the instructions below. I know some of you have taken similar courses before - officials and athletes 18 and older that have taken Safe Sport or APT (Athlete Protection Training). This is something different and those courses do not transfer over for this recognition program.
1. If you are an athlete member - GO HERE. The course is called "Safe Sport for Minor Athletes Online Course".
2. If you are a parent - GO HERE. The course you will want to take is called "Parent's Guide to Misconduct in Sports".
2. If you are a current registered member, there is a link for you. For those not members, you will need to CREATE AN ACCOUNT on the
USA Swimming Learn platform.
3. Please fill in all of the required personal information and be sure to select “ILLINOIS SWIMMING” as your LSC and "Academy Bullets
Swim Club" for your club.
4. Select “Courses” on the top taskbar.
5. Click the “Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport” or “Safe Sport for Athletes” box and follow the directions until completion.
6. If you are a current member of USA swimming, whether a parent or an athletes, please use your login information and navigate to
the Safe Sport Training Area for these exercises.
Thank you to everyone for your help with this matter! It is extremely important and we hope that everyone will take the time to make the Academy Bullets Swim Club a safe place for all. Please let me know if you have any questions. Go Bullets!
New Swimmers Always Welcome - Invite Your Family and Friends to Join Our Team
Know anyone that might be interested in joining our Bullets’ family? We accept new swimmers throughout the year and right now is a great time to join. Please pass our information on to family and friends and have them fill out our new interested swimmer form HERE . They can also get information from our new swimmer information sheet HERE We always accept new swimmers.
We also are hosting new member tryouts/placements every Thursday at 6:00 pm at Eisenhower Pool. If they cannot come on Thursday, please have them contact me by email at j.skeels@academybullets.com to arrange for another day/time.