This year, FLG Lacrosse is trying something new. On the back of every FLG Select High School jersey will be a sublimated color logo of their High School.
As youth lacrosse players join club programs earlier and earlier, families put club in front of their community – missing town practices, social functions, and even community games to participate with their club lacrosse teams. High School players are losing site of who taught some of their most valuable life lessons. This is not okay, and at FLG, we don’t want this to happen. Here are some other reasons why we sublimated that logo onto the jerseys & why you should do it to:
- When our FLG athletes take their jerseys with them to college one day, we don’t want player’s forgetting where they were raised. That logo will allow player’s to remember the town they represented for many years.
- The High School logo will serve as a symbol for all the great coaches, mentors, and volunteers that impacted our studletes life in one way or another.
- College coaches recruiting and watching High School athletes at Club Recruiting tournaments want to know the High School program they play for. The logo on the back of their jersey gives college coaches an opportunity to see where our players are from without looking at the recruiting book.
- We want all club programs to adapt this philosophy. That High School logo is a statement to the club lacrosse world, “Join our movement. Add your player’s HS logos .Don’t forget about your community!”
- That logo shows it’s not all about club lacrosse. High School sports still plays a tremendous role in developing studletes throughout the year. Often times, High School coaches spend the most amount of time with athletes throughout the year. They play a large role in developing player IQ for the game, skill, and have their hand in the recruiting process. It’s important for player’s to respect and maintain that relationship with their High School coaches, continue to use them as a resource, and don’t forget about that #Community
We’d love to hear your thoughts on our new idea to place High School logos on the back of our FLG Select jerseys…
