West Forsyth Youth Lacrosse Select Program Information
Purpose:
The Select program is a feeder program to West Forsyth High School Lacrosse with a curriculum designed by Head Coach John Laden and the West Forsyth High School coaching staff.
Season Length:
Players are expected at this level to attend all practices and games within the season starting in January through early May. The season will consist of a regular season through GMSAA
Expectations & Commitment:
We expect the team members of the West Forsyth Select program to make this team the priority during the season. We encourage multi-sport athletes and club teams, however during the Select season, priority will be given to our select teams’ practices, games and tournaments. We understand Middle School Winter sports may overlap early in the season and will accommodate those activities. We expect that players will not play for another lacrosse team during the spring season.
Acceptable reasons to miss a practice or game:
*family events
*school activities
*church events - baptism, weddings, funerals, etc
*health reasons
Forsyth county Middle School activities such as track and field, basketball, choir or band are acceptable reasons to miss a practice.
Unacceptable excuses:
*Box lacrosse
*Club team lacrosse
The program director must be notified prior to evaluations of any conflicts. While conflicts will not prevent selection to the select team, it will be considered as part of the selection criteria and process.
Club Team Lacrosse & Summer Camps:
After their commitment to the select program, players are free and encouraged to play with club travel teams over the summer as long as the commitment to their West Select Team is honored. We encourage players to participate in club lacrosse and camps to supplement their skill development and lax IQ, but not at the expense of commitment to the Select team.
West Forsyth's Select program is designed to improve our high school program and feed our high school coaches with players that are ready to compete at that level.
This requires a greater time commitment for practices and season duration vs our recreational program.
Coaching:
Our aim is to provide paid coaching staff for the Select teams that work in conjunction to develop the skills that our high school coaches expect to see as players enter from middle school to high school. At the Select level, we prefer to have non-parent coaching staffs when at all possible.
