Newsletter/Practice Schedule March 14-21, 2022
Academy Bullets Springfield - Stronger Together!
Practice Schedule – March 14-21
The single most important factor for continued improvement is consistent practice attendance!
Monday – March 14
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – 7:30-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II - 7:30-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Gold - 7:00-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Tuesday – March 15
Bee Bees – 5:00-5:40 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 – 5:45-7:30 pm at Eisenhower
Gold – 5:00-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Wednesday – March 16
Bee Bees – No Practice
IncrediBullets – 5:00-5:45 pm at FitClub West
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – 7:30-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II - 7:30-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Gold - 7:00-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Thursday – March 17
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 – 5:45-7:30 pm at Eisenhower
Gold – 5:00-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Friday – March 18
No Practice – All Groups
Saturday – March 19
Bee Bees – No Practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – 8:30-9:30 am at Eisenhower
Silver I – 8:00-9:30 am at Eisenhower
Silver II – 8:00-9:30 am at Eisenhower
Gold – 7:30-9:30 am at Eisenhower
Sunday – March 20
Bee Bees – 11:00-11:45 am at Eisenhower
IncrediBullets – 11:00-12 noon at Eisenhower
Bronze – 11:00-12 noon at Eisenhower
Silver I – 9:30-11:00 am at Eisenhower
Silver II – 9:00-11:00 am at Eisenhower
Gold – 9:00-11:30 am at Eisenhower
Monday – March 21
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – 7:30-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II - 7:30-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Gold - 7:00-9:00 pm at Eisenhower
Practice Schedule Changes This Week
Monday, March 14 – Bronze Group - No Practice
Tuesday, March 15 - Bronze Group - 5:00-6:00 pm at Eisenhower
Thursday, March 17 - Bronze Group Practice added 5:00-6:00 pm at Eisenhower
Saturday, March 19- Gold - 7:30-9:30 am at Eisenhower Pool
Sunday, March 20 - Gold - 9:00-11:30 am at Eisenhower Pool
Monday, March 21 - Bronze Group - No Practice
IMPORTANT REMINDER - Spring/Summer Season Registration Now Open
Registration for our upcoming spring/summer season is now open for all returning members (new members can register beginning March 21). To register CLICK HERE for details and to access the Springfield Registration Packet.
Our spring/summer season will officially kick off on Monday, April 4, 2022. We hope everyone joins us again this spring/summers as we have lots of fun and exciting things planned. We plan to once again have both weekend USA Swimming meets and weekday dual meets with local recreation teams. Our current fall/winter season runs through the end of March.
Springfield Bullets Spring Practice Schedule
The spring practice schedule is now available HERE. This schedule will begin April 4th and will run til our summer schedule begins the week of Labor day. Please read through it carefully as there are a few changes from our current schedule.
Great Read - The Stopwatch Doesn’t Lie But It Also Doesn’t Tell The Full Story
Below is an excellent article by Coach Paul Yetter of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.
The stopwatch doesn’t lie, but it also doesn’t tell the full story.
Athletes can improve over time without going “best times” each time they compete! From my perspective as a coach of athletes age 14-19, I look for a few times per year when we go for strong progression on the “best times”. But we race almost every month!
A team full of High School-aged athletes are not going PRs every month for 48 straight months.
Adults (coaches and parents) have to let these kids know that they can continue to get better and make game-changing improvement — without the achievement of Personal Best Times” every time out.
That way when the athlete “puts it all together” they get big progress. It may seem at the moment of victory that the progress has happened all at once, but really the progress has been happening the whole time, just not seen clearly.
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.
REMINDERS
Mark Your Calendars - Upcoming Springfield Bullets hosted meets
o April 29-30 – Speedo Spring Fling meet – A new two-day meet we are hosting this year at Eisenhower Pool. We already have a commitment from the 4 other teams that will be attending the meet.
o June 10-12 – Speedo Capital City Classic meet – This is our annual 3-day long course (50 meter) meet held at the Nelson Center pool. This meet is always a huge hit for our swimmers and visiting teams and we expect it to be once again this year.
New Member T-Shirt/Cinch Bag
If you swimmer is new to the Springfield Bullets and have not received their complimentary Bullets’ t-shirt and cinch bags, please see coach Jeff at the pool. We recently replenished our stock and want to make sure all our new swimmers receive their shirt and bag.
Reminder - Observing Practice at Eisenhower Pool
We ask that anyone watching practice at Eisenhower pool to please do so from the wooden bleachers on the north side of the pool. This allows the coaches and swimmers to focus on us during the practice times. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.