Practice Schedule 2023:
Practices May 30 to July 21, 2023 at Crystal Lake Park Family Aquatic Center (outdoor pool):
Morning practices:
Nadiators II (ages 13 and up): 8:00-9:45 am
Nadiators I (9-12): 9:30-10:30 am
Pre-Team (8 & under): 10:30-11:00 am.
Swimmers are sometimes able to move up to practice with an older age group. See coach Jeff if you have questions.
Rainy Days:
If storms are forecast, we may, at 7:30 am, make the decision to cancel morning practices.
If light rain is forecast, we will decide to swim outdoors in the rain, as scheduled.
If practice is in progress and lifeguards detect thunder or lightning, they immediately tell us to exit the pool. We will cancel the remainder of ALL morning practices and children will need to be picked up.
Cold temperatures:
If air temperature less than 68F is forecast for the morning practices, we will make a decision by 7:30 am to cancel them. Especially in the first couple of weeks of the season, temperatures can be borderline. Please be prepared to send your swimmer to morning practice with tennis shoes, shorts that they can wear over their swimsuit, and a sweatshirt and t-shirt. We will sometimes do dry land exercises and games if it is too cool to swim.
Important: Decisions to cancel practice will usually NOT be communicated by email. Rather, see below for details on the RainoutLine app and text messaging system that Urbana Park District uses.
An easy way to learn of practice cancellation is to download the free RainoutLine app. Go to rainoutline.com, click on Log In and create a free account. (Don't be concerned about the '30-day free trial' or the '$399/year'; that is for groups like Urbana Park District that are setting up a Rainoutline system. Participants in Park District programs use the system for free). Once you have created an account, search for Urbana Park District and, on the screen that has all of the UPD extensions, see Nadiators Swim Team is extension 4. You can check this extension for updates on the status of Nadiators practices. See also the 'Email & Text Alerts' link on the left side of the screen. We highly recommend that you sign up to receive texts and/or emails from RainoutLine about practice cancellations. Sometimes you won't be expecting a cancellation and you won't think to check the app.
You can also call the Crystal Lake outdoor pool 217-239-7946 to see if we have cancelled practice.
Practices May 30 to July 21, 2023 at Crystal Lake Park Family Aquatic Center (outdoor pool):
Morning practices:
Nadiators II (ages 13 and up): 8:00-9:45 am
Nadiators I (9-12): 9:30-10:30 am
Pre-Team (8 & under): 10:30-11:00 am.
Swimmers are sometimes able to move up to practice with an older age group. See coach Jeff if you have questions.
Rainy Days:
If storms are forecast, we may, at 7:30 am, make the decision to cancel morning practices.
If light rain is forecast, we will decide to swim outdoors in the rain, as scheduled.
If practice is in progress and lifeguards detect thunder or lightning, they immediately tell us to exit the pool. We will cancel the remainder of ALL morning practices and children will need to be picked up.
Cold temperatures:
If air temperature less than 68F is forecast for the morning practices, we will make a decision by 7:30 am to cancel them. Especially in the first couple of weeks of the season, temperatures can be borderline. Please be prepared to send your swimmer to morning practice with tennis shoes, shorts that they can wear over their swimsuit, and a sweatshirt and t-shirt. We will sometimes do dry land exercises and games if it is too cool to swim.
Important: Decisions to cancel practice will usually NOT be communicated by email. Rather, see below for details on the RainoutLine app and text messaging system that Urbana Park District uses.
An easy way to learn of practice cancellation is to download the free RainoutLine app. Go to rainoutline.com, click on Log In and create a free account. (Don't be concerned about the '30-day free trial' or the '$399/year'; that is for groups like Urbana Park District that are setting up a Rainoutline system. Participants in Park District programs use the system for free). Once you have created an account, search for Urbana Park District and, on the screen that has all of the UPD extensions, see Nadiators Swim Team is extension 4. You can check this extension for updates on the status of Nadiators practices. See also the 'Email & Text Alerts' link on the left side of the screen. We highly recommend that you sign up to receive texts and/or emails from RainoutLine about practice cancellations. Sometimes you won't be expecting a cancellation and you won't think to check the app.
You can also call the Crystal Lake outdoor pool 217-239-7946 to see if we have cancelled practice.