Custom field hockey uniforms cover more garment decisions than almost any sport: jerseys or singlets up top, shorts, skirts, skorts or dresses below, socks that must hold shin guards through seventy minutes, and a design that carries the club's sponsors in every photo. This guide walks through each decision for Australian hockey clubs, plus the fabric, sizing and ordering process that keeps a whole club matching from juniors to premier grade.
VS Wear manufactures complete hockey kits factory-direct for clubs across Australia, priced 30 to 40% under typical teamwear, with free professional design and a guaranteed 3 to 4 week production run from artwork approval.
The clubs with the smoothest uniform programs all did the same thing first: locked a simple match-day bundle, then built everything else around it.
The complete field hockey uniforms range covers every piece: singlets, shirts, shorts, skorts and socks, with Cool-Dry moisture-wicking fabric across the lot. Standardise early; one master design with clear crest, sponsor and number rules is the difference between a program and a pile of orders.
Ready to bundle it? Ask for set pricing on jersey and shorts sets and the numbers usually settle the meeting. Sets keep every garment on one artwork run, which is exactly what guarantees the jersey and the skort stay the same shade of your club colour for years.
The top carries your crest, your sponsors and your identity in every match photo, so it earns the first real decision.
Sleeved custom hockey jerseys handle mixed winter conditions and offer the strongest sponsor real estate across chest, back and sleeves. Performance-grade sublimated fabric brings four-way stretch for dodging and reaching, double-stitched reinforced seams for a full season's shape, UPF 50+ protection for outdoor turf, and fast-dry behaviour that has the kit ready for the next session.
Hockey singlets shine in hot regions, pre-season blocks and training nights where airflow wins. Athletic cuts keep stick movement unrestricted, names and numbers print within the design, and many clubs run singlets as training wear while jerseys stay the match-day standard, all off the same master design.
Split between the two? Call 1800 845 056 with your climate and comp schedule; the answer usually takes a minute.
Hockey is the sport where bottoms are genuinely a choice, and the smartest clubs standardise the design while letting players pick the garment.
Custom hockey shorts come in men's athletic fits, women's tailored designs and junior youth sizing, with lightweight quick-dry fabric, four-way stretch, and an elasticated waistband with internal drawcord that stays put through sprints and low tackles. Compression and training options round out the range.
Skirts keep the classic hockey silhouette with stable waistbands and strategic panelling. Skorts add built-in under-shorts for complete coverage during ground play and defensive stances, which is why they have become the modern favourite. Hockey dresses take the same technical fabrics and built-in coverage into a one-piece format with ventilation panels where the work happens. All three sublimate to the same club design as the shorts.
Hockey socks must cover shin guards smoothly, stay up without a roll of tape, and survive turf. Standard full-length and fold-down turnover styles both work; whichever you choose, standardise it team-wide, because one folded cuff in a team photo is all anyone sees. Fit matters more than clubs expect here: a sock that sits smoothly over the shin guard removes pressure points, and sizing that genuinely stays up saves seventy minutes of tugging per player per game.
Most clubs allow shorts versus skirt or skort choice within one team as long as colour and design match; unity survives, comfort wins. Quote a mixed-bottoms order and see how simple it is.
Hockey fabric fights on three fronts: turf abrasion from below, weather from above, and the washing machine every week between.
Cool-Dry moisture-wicking fabric keeps players lighter through repeated sprints, with optional breathable mesh panels adding ventilation where squads run hot.
Inherent stretch supports drag flicks, deep lunges and low defensive posture without pulling across the shoulders or hips, exactly where hockey cuts fail when they are borrowed from other sports.
Reinforced stitching handles physical contact and turf abrasion, while the quick-dry finish turns wet-weather fixtures and weekly washing into non-events.
Humid-region clubs lean singlets and lighter tops; cool wet-winter comps want quick-dry fabrics, stable waistbands and warm-up layers on the bench. Build the kit around how your club actually plays.
Cold-night training is its own topic; the bench-layer answer lives in our custom jackets and hoodies guide.
A hockey kit is a sponsor platform photographed forty weekends a year. Designing it like one pays for itself.
Sublimation integrates the design into the fabric rather than sitting on top of it, so kits stay lightweight, sponsor layouts print clean and consistent, and the whole design reorders identically season after season. Unlimited colours, gradients, patterns and club watermarks cost nothing extra, and readability beats complexity every time a match photo gets taken.
| Tier | Placement | Why it works |
|---|---|---|
| Major sponsor | Front chest | Owns every team photo and social post |
| Gold | Upper back | Constant sideline and gallery visibility |
| Silver | Sleeves | Local business tier without front clutter |
| Support | Shorts, skirt panel or socks | Fundraising tier that stays premium when consistent |
Keep the same hierarchy across every grade so each sponsor gets club-wide value, and lock the sponsor list early; late logo swaps cause more kit delays than production ever does. Colour references live longest as Pantone codes, settled once via our Pantone guide and reused on every order after.
Sponsor list ready? Send it with your logo to hello@vswear.com.au and the first mock-up will arrive with the hierarchy already laid out.
Numbers serve umpires, scorers and supporters, and they quietly decide whether a kit photographs professionally. Treat them as design, not an afterthought.
Names are a judgement call. Premier squads look sharp with names and they help media and finals coverage; junior and high-turnover grades usually run numbers-only, which saves waste every time a player moves on. Both print within the sublimated design at no extra cost, so the decision is practical rather than financial. If your club expects heavy player movement, reorder-friendly beats perfect every single time.
Setting standards for a whole association? Get us involved early and the number rules arrive written into the master design.
Hockey clubs field more grades than most sports. The uniform program should make that easier, not forty times harder.
Standardise three things and defend them: the master design, the sponsor hierarchy, and the number rules. Leave flexible the things players care about: shorts versus skirt or skort, jersey versus singlet at training, and optional extras like coaches' gear and supporter hoodies. That balance keeps every grade unmistakably one club while nobody argues about hemlines at committee.
Whole-club thinking across codes is covered in our custom team uniforms guide. For the hockey-specific version, email hello@vswear.com.au and ask for a program quote covering every grade at once.
One spreadsheet, one coordinator, one deadline. Then the details below.
The range covers men's, women's and junior sizing, with women's shorts and sets carrying tailored female-specific designs rather than shrunken men's patterns, and junior garments using genuine youth sizing with the same construction quality. Detailed size charts arrive with every quote.
Plan for growth when ordering early in the season, prioritise shoulder and hip movement over fashion-fit, and hold a small buffer of common sizes for mid-season growth spurts and new registrations.
Pick one consistent club cut that suits diverse body shapes, confirm early which grades want women's cuts, and double-check bottoms sizing, because waist stability matters most in wet weather when kit gets heavy.
Something odd in the returns? Send the spreadsheet to hello@vswear.com.au before approval and we will flag anything that looks off.
Plan like a club and the timeline is gentle. Here is the rhythm that works, and the five mistakes we see wreck it.
Kit care carries the investment home: wash cold and inside out, no softener, line dry, and keep kits away from towels and velcro. Sublimated colour will not fade; the routine protects everything else.
The clubs pictured through this guide ordered through exactly the process above. See the wider evidence for yourself.
The VS Wear gallery stacks more than 1,000 photos of real custom uniforms, hockey kits among them, worn by the clubs that ordered them. Print sharpness, colour depth and stitching, all inspectable before you spend a dollar.
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What hockey committees ask us before they order, with plain answers.
Yes, and most clubs allow exactly that. Standardise the jersey design and the bottom colours, then let players pick shorts, skirt or skort for comfort. The team still photographs as one unit because the design language stays identical across the options.
The VS Wear minimum is 20 units per design. Tops, bottoms and socks combine within one order, and mixed garment choices, shorts alongside skorts for instance, all count toward the same minimum.
Only if your competition clashes often. The clean approach is the same design on a different base colour, produced in the same run, so the club identity survives the switch and the second kit costs one design process, not two.
Yes. VS Wear hockey jerseys carry UPF 50+ UV protection in the fabric, built for outdoor turf seasons under Australian sun, alongside moisture-wicking construction and fast-dry behaviour for wet rounds.
Yes. Women's hockey shorts and sets use tailored female-specific designs, and skirts, skorts and dresses with built-in coverage are core range items rather than special orders. Women's, men's and junior sizing can mix freely within one club order.
Production runs a guaranteed 3 to 4 weeks from artwork approval at VS Wear. With design rounds and sizing in front, clubs that start 8 to 10 weeks before round one cruise; anything tighter deserves a phone call to check the current queue.
Usually not. Numbers-only suits high-turnover junior grades because jerseys stay reusable as players move through the club, while premier squads often add names for presentation. Both are included in the print price, so it is purely a practicality decision.
Use a placement hierarchy: major sponsor on the chest, gold on the upper back, silver on sleeves, support tiers on shorts or socks. Consistent placement across every grade multiplies each sponsor's exposure, and clean spacing keeps the kit premium.
Yes. Colour matching runs on Pantone references, physical samples or clear photos of existing kit, and the locked references get reused on every reorder so ten-year-old traditions survive modern printing exactly.
Your master design and production files stay on record, so any grade can top up any garment mid-season and match the original run. Clubs that keep number rules and sponsor placements stable reorder in minutes, not meetings.
The 100% remake guarantee covers it: garments that do not match your approved artwork or production files are remade at no cost. Sign-off is the benchmark, which is why the artwork checklist confirms sponsors and spelling before approval.
Anything still open? Ring 1800 845 056 or put it to hello@vswear.com.au.
Jerseys, skorts, socks and the whole program, designed once, priced factory-direct and delivered before round one.
Committee runs on email? Send colours, grades and the sponsor list to hello@vswear.com.au and the reply comes back ready to table.
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