VS Wear manufactures custom shorts in moisture-wicking polyester with four-way stretch, built for football, basketball and running teams that need genuine freedom of movement.
Every pair includes full sublimation printing, accurate colour proofs and a guaranteed 3 to 4 week turnaround with unlimited design revisions.
A pair of shorts sees more repeated, high-intensity movement across a season than almost any other piece of team kit, worn through sprints, tackles, jumps and everything in between. Getting the fit, fabric and construction right on this one garment genuinely affects how confident players feel on match day.
Get a free quote for your club or team and see how properly engineered custom shorts compare to a generic off-the-shelf pair.
Shorts are also one of the harder pieces of a kit to get exactly right, since fit, waistband comfort and freedom of movement all matter far more here than on a looser garment like a jersey. A pair that rides up mid-sprint or digs in at the waist during a full match is a genuine distraction for players, which is why we treat shorts with the same engineering care as any other piece of competition kit rather than as an afterthought to the jersey.
Football shorts are available with fully sublimated team designs, basketball shorts with contrast panels, and running shorts with built-in compression, each engineered for the specific demands of the sport.
Football shorts need to handle contact, sprinting and repeated direction changes, which is why our sublimated designs are built into a durable, stretch-capable fabric rather than printed on top of a standard short. Basketball shorts typically sit a little looser through the leg to allow the deep knee bend and lateral movement the sport demands, with contrast panels used to give teams a distinctive, layered look rather than a flat single-colour finish.
Running shorts are built with an internal compression layer as standard, giving athletes genuine support without needing to wear a separate compression garment underneath. Whichever style suits your sport, all three share the same underlying commitment to fabric quality, fit and durable sublimated branding that will not let a club down mid-season.
Choosing between these styles usually comes down to how your sport actually loads the body during play. A code involving heavy contact and tackling benefits from a slightly more structured, durable short, while a running or athletics programme prioritises weight and compression support above all else. Our design team can talk through which combination of features genuinely suits your specific competition.
Elasticated waistbands with internal drawcords give players a genuinely secure, comfortable fit, while breathable mesh panels provide real ventilation during intense activity.
Internal pockets are available for mouthguards and compression shorts compatibility, a genuinely practical detail for contact sports where players need somewhere secure to keep a mouthguard between plays without it ending up loose in a kit bag. Reinforced stitching at stress points ensures durability through seasons of hard use, rather than splitting at the seam after only a handful of matches.
Moisture-wicking polyester with four-way stretch underpins every style in the range, moving perspiration away from the skin and allowing unrestricted movement through repeated sprints, tackles and direction changes. This is the same fabric technology whether your team is playing football, basketball or running a cross-country season.
Care instructions are supplied with every order, since the fabric and printing respond best to the correct wash temperature and drying method. Following this guidance is genuinely the biggest factor in how long the elasticated waistband, mesh panels and sublimated colours stay in good condition across a full competitive season of hard use.
Gender-specific athletic fits are available from youth through to adult 5XL sizing, so every player on your team gets a pair that actually fits properly.
A club fielding junior, senior and masters teams within the one program needs a genuinely wide size run, and our gender-specific fits mean players are not stuck choosing between a unisex cut that fits nobody particularly well. Sizing charts and approval samples can be arranged ahead of a bulk order, helping your club coordinator confirm the right sizes across a large squad before committing to full production.
Matching your new shorts to an existing team jersey design is straightforward too. Our design team can work from your current jersey colours and branding to build a coordinated short that looks like it was always part of the one kit, rather than an awkward standalone addition.
This is particularly useful for clubs replacing worn-out shorts partway through a kit's lifecycle, where a mismatched colour or slightly different contrast panel would otherwise stand out against the existing jerseys still in use. Working from your current design files lets us reproduce the exact colours and branding rather than approximating them from a photo.
Football clubs, basketball teams, running clubs and school sporting programmes across Australia rely on our custom shorts for both competition and training.
A football club typically needs shorts that survive a full winter season of contact and wet-weather matches, while a basketball team prioritises a fit that supports fast, repeated lateral movement under the hoop. Running clubs and school athletics programmes often need a genuinely wide size range across a single squad or year group, from junior athletes right through to adult competitors.
Whatever your sport, explore our wider club and supporter merchandise range if your team also needs matching singlets, hoodies or polos alongside your new shorts.
Community and grassroots clubs in particular benefit from ordering shorts as part of a broader kit refresh rather than a one-off purchase, since coordinating shorts, jerseys and supporter merchandise together at the design stage keeps colours and branding consistent across the whole club rather than accumulating slightly mismatched pieces over several separate orders.
Accurate colour proofs are provided to ensure precise reproduction of your team colours and sponsor logos before any shorts go into production.
Full sublimation printing creates vibrant, fade-resistant team designs, since the ink is dyed permanently into the fabric fibres rather than sitting on the surface where it can crack, peel or fade with repeated washing and match-day wear. We work directly with clubs as a factory-direct manufacturer, keeping your account manager in direct contact with our production team throughout design, proofing and delivery.
We are Australian owned and operated, with a fast 3 to 4 week guaranteed turnaround and unlimited design revisions included once you place your order, continuing through design approval. Our general minimum order is 20 units, and reordering later in the season is simple since your approved artwork and sizing stay on file.
The 100% remake guarantee covers shorts too: if a delivered pair does not match the artwork and production files you approved, we remake it. Combined with factory-direct pricing that saves 30 to 40% on premium quality, clubs get a durable, well-fitted product without paying a reseller markup along the way.
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Football, basketball, running and school athletics programmes all use our custom shorts.
Moisture-wicking polyester with four-way stretch is used across the range for freedom of movement.
The minimum is 20 units per design. Mixed sizes and fits across a squad all count toward the 20.
Custom shorts are guaranteed at 3 to 4 weeks from design approval.
Sizes run from youth right up to adult 5XL, in fits cut separately for men and women.
Yes. Men's and women's fits are cut to different patterns rather than a shared unisex block, right across the size range.
Yes. Our design team can build shorts to match your existing jersey colours and branding.
Yes. An internal pocket can be added to hold a mouthguard between plays, and the shorts work with compression liners underneath.
The design is sublimated into the fabric, so it stays vibrant and does not crack, peel or fade through a season of washing and match wear.
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