Joggers for Sports Clubs: size splits
By The Velocity Wear Team
Measure the squad rather than modelling it. A club knows who is in the team, which makes the size curve a data-gathering exercise instead of a forecast. Sizes mix freely inside the 50-piece minimum, so once the named list is covered, the remaining pairs can be weighted towards whatever your sections actually need without changing the price.
The complication is that clubs rarely order for one group. Seniors, juniors, coaches and committee all end up on the same run, and they are four different size distributions sharing one order. The sports clubs page covers the structure of those orders, and the wholesale joggers page explains the fabric and hem choices that change how a size feels.
Do you measure the squad or model the curve?
Measure. A circulated list with a closing date will cover most of the squad in a week, and anybody who does not respond takes the stated default. This is not the same as trusting people's self-reported sizes, which skew, but it is far better than a generic curve pulled from nowhere. Where a club has ordered before, last season's actual allocation beats both.
How do junior and senior sections change the split?
They widen it at both ends. A senior-only order clusters in the middle sizes. Add a junior section and you need genuine volume in the smaller sizes, which means the 50 stretches further than it would for a single squad. If the club runs several age groups, the cleanest approach is one design across all of them with the curve built from the combined list, rather than separate designs per section, which would each need their own 50.
What do you do with the pairs nobody claims?
Keep them, log them and use them for new members. A club has natural turnover, so unclaimed pairs have somewhere to go within a season, which is not true for most buyers. What you should not do is hand them out to whoever is standing nearby, because the moment the buffer is gone the next request becomes a fresh run of 50 and another production window. The general principles behind a defensible size run are in getting your size run right.
Does the hem shape affect what a player picks?
A cuffed leg is forgiving on length, since it gathers at the ankle and sits where it is put. An open hem shows every extra inch, so taller players sometimes go up a size for the leg and then find the waist loose. Tell people which hem they are ordering when you collect sizes. It is one line and it removes a predictable set of swaps. Fabric matters slightly too: brushed fleece carries more bulk through the thigh than loopback does.
Once the curve is set, keep the record. The cost side of getting the quantity right is covered in joggers for sports clubs: cost, and a curve that reflects last season is the single easiest way to stop paying for pairs that nobody wears.
Collect sizes against a physical reference wherever you can. A club holding one pair, from a sample or a previous run, can let people try it rather than guess, and that single garment removes most of the disputes that follow a handout. Where that is not possible, publish measurements alongside the size names, because a size label means different things to different people and a waist figure does not. Ten minutes spent making the question concrete saves a season of swaps, and it is the difference between a curve built on measurements and one built on optimism.
