Start Fresh This Spring: 4 Ways New Custom Gear Gives Your Players A Boost

After one of the coldest, snowiest and longest winters in United States history, spring has finally arrived — at least according to the calendar. And as you know, spring represents a new start, a fresh beginning.

What does that mean to the world of sports? Well, with spring comes the start of the postseason for winter sports like basketball and hockey, and a new beginning for baseball and football teams, as spring training and spring practices get under way, respectively.

In honor of the first day of spring and the new season(s) that comes with it, let’s take a look at how custom team gear and apparel help give your team that spring-like boost you need to get off to a fresh start:

1. Put A Spring In Your Team’s Step

Athletes play to the best of their abilities when they’re brimming with confidence and feel great about themselves. Well, when an entire team looks and feels good, they have the confidence to complete any challenge.

When your team receives apparel they want to wear that was made specifically for them, rather than hand-me-downs worn by countless other players, they truly value that gear. And even more importantly, when players get equipment that fits perfectly, instead of bulky and uncomfortable gear, they know they’re getting the protection they need where they need it.

Custom gear and apparel is a simple way to give your team that extra boost. Nothing builds a team’s confidence quicker than knowing they look good, feel great and have the perfect protection.

2. Lighten Your Load

As a coach or athletic trainer, you have enough to worry about during the season; particularly when you’re planning for a run that extends past the regular season. Is your time really best spent keeping your players’ equipment and apparel in check?

When you partner with a custom apparel company, you get the help you need ordering equipment for each of your athletes. With a program coordinator dedicated to making sure your team has everything it needs, you get the valuable time you need to do more important things, like game planning and, you know, coaching!

3. Give Your Players A New Game Face

New and improved gear certainly helps get your players into the “spring” of things, but completely personalized apparel — from color and logo to name and number — truly heightens a player’s game.

With personalized equipment such as custom mouthguards that feature your team’s logo and player numbers, your players don’t just get another piece of gear, but a new part of their uniform they value as much as their jersey. It gives them an identity and instantly becomes an essential component of completing their game face.

When your players are at their locker preparing for game time — after they pull their jerseys over their pads, tie their shoes or skates, put on their eye black — that last phase of the ritual becomes placing their very own, personalized custom mouthguard in their mouth. Their game face is complete and they’re ready to compete.

4. Keep The Spring In Their Step

While custom gear goes a long way to increasing your team’s confidence and boosting player moral, let’s not lose sight of the most important reason why you should give your athletes custom equipment: safety.

Custom gear is made to perfectly match each individual athlete’s body type and structure, meaning it’s providing the ultimate protection where protection is needed most. And because it’s made to each player’s individual specifications, they’re not only getting the best protection, but the most comfortable protection as well.

When your players are confident in and comfortable with their protection, they play like Gladiators on the field, court or ice — whether it’s spring, summer, winter or fall.

Put some spring into your team’s step with custom gear from Gladiator Custom Mouthguards, the industry-leader in custom mouthguards.