Academy Community Day Fall 2026

Written By Eric Butler
Three Academy players posing with a basketball on the studio set
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Community DayFall 2026

Thanksgiving Monday, October 12 · VTT

Our Academy players and families filled VTT on Thanksgiving Monday for Fall Community Day. New gear, picture day, a vertical jump challenge and a big game of Kahoot...a fun way to spend a holiday together and kick off the season.

First stop

Gear Day

Players lined up at the gear tables first to pick up their new season packages. You could tell who'd already opened theirs...they were the ones with the biggest smiles.

Academy players opening their new gear bags
Academy players with their gear packages An Academy player picking up his gear Academy players collecting gear from the boxes
Say cheese

Picture Day With Josh

Our longtime friend and photographer Josh Bowie had his studio set up all afternoon, taking player portraits, buddy shots and family photos.

Josh Bowie photographing an Academy player on the studio set Two Academy players smiling on the photo set
Josh's portraits

Academy Picture Day

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Find your photos

All of Josh's Academy photos are ready to download. Grab yours, share them, and tag @splitsecondbasketball so we can repost.

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How high can you go?

Vertical Jump With Saltus

Our friends at Saltus brought their vertical jump setup, and Academy players took turns flying up to slap the vanes.

An Academy player jumping to reach the vertical jump vanes
An Academy player at the top of a vertical jump Academy players lined up for the vertical jump test
Phones out

Kahoot!

Then the phones came out for our Kahoot trivia game. Players went head to head, the gym got loud, and the top finishers came up to collect some cool prizes.

Academy players playing Kahoot on their phones
An Academy player smiling on the way up to collect a Kahoot prize A Kahoot winner coming up for her prize A Kahoot winner with her prize

A big thank you to our sponsors for the prizes and for supporting our players:

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Thank you

To Our Academy Families

Thank you to our parents for running kids gym to gym, and for coming out on a holiday Monday with a turkey still waiting at home. And thank you to our coaches, who put so much care and attention into every player's experience.

Academy players laughing on the photo set

Keep up with the Academy

Want to know more about the Academy, or know a family who'd love to join us? Start here.

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Have a great season, and thanks. See you in the gym.

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