Soccer Uniform Sizing Guide: How to Collect Sizes From Your Team

How Custom Kit Sizing Actually Works

High street sizing is a marketing decision. Manufacturing sizing is a measurement. Rexmon charts are taken directly from the graded production patterns, which means the numbers on the page are the numbers the cutter uses, with an allowance for the shrinkage that happens when panels go through the heat press.

Three rules follow from that and they explain most sizing confusion:

• Measurements are flat and front side only. Double the chest figure for the full circumference around the body.
• Everything is in inches, with a tolerance of plus or minus one inch, which is normal for cut and sew garments.
• Height is a recommendation only. The jerseys are true to size, so chest is the measurement that decides.

A player who wears a large in one brand and a medium in another is not confused. Those brands simply chose different numbers. Measure once with a tape and the argument ends.

How to Measure a Player in Fifteen Seconds

You need a soft tape measure and nothing else. Have the player stand normally with their arms at their sides, wearing a t shirt rather than a jacket.

1. Chest. Run the tape around the fullest part of the chest, under the armpits, level all the way round. Keep it snug but do not pull it tight.
2. Waist. Measure around the natural waistline where the shorts will sit, again without pulling.
3. Length preference. Ask one question. Do they want it fitted or loose. Write the answer down.

An alternative that works well with squads who will not stand still is to measure a shirt they already own and like. Lay it flat, measure armpit to armpit, and that number compares directly to the chest column on the chart because the chart is flat too.

Reading the Adult, Womens and Youth Charts

Rexmon runs three cuts from one system. The unisex regular fit is the standard cut used for match jerseys, training tops and team kits.

The womens cut is shaped through the body with a shorter shorts inseam, running from a 36 inch chest at SM to a 46 inch chest at 3XL. The youth chart runs from YXXSM at a 13.5 inch chest up to YXL at 18.5 inch, with age bands shown only as a guide. Full charts for every garment sit on the size guides page, and the complete range runs from youth XS through adult 5XL in regular, athletic and relaxed fits.

Sizing Children Without Guessing

Age is the least reliable input in youth sizing. Two eleven year olds in the same team can be six inches apart across the chest, so ordering a squad by birth year guarantees a handful of unhappy players.

• Always order to the chest measurement and treat the age band as a sanity check only.
• Size up rather than down for players in a growth spurt, since a slightly loose shirt still plays fine.
• Ask parents to measure at home if a training session is not practical, and give them the two numbers you need rather than asking for a size.
• Order two or three spares in the middle youth sizes, which absorb most mid season changes.

Youth kit is also where a physical size set pays for itself. Rexmon will build the size ratio for a squad free of charge from your measurement list before the order is placed, which is worth requesting for any first order with a junior section.

Running a Squad Wide Size Collection

The process that works is boring and repeatable. One sheet, one deadline, one person chasing.

1. Build a single shared sheet with these columns: player name, squad number, chest in inches, waist in inches, fit preference, garment list, notes.
2. Measure at training rather than asking players to self report, because self reported sizes skew small.
3. Set the deadline a full week before your real one so the chasing week is already built in.
4. Lock the sheet on the deadline and assign the most common size in that age group to anyone who never replied.
5. Cross check squad numbers against your registration list before you send it, because a duplicate number is caught free now and costs a remake later.

Once that sheet is sent, every finished piece is verified against it during the final inspection, where names, numbers, badge placement and measurements are checked garment by garment rather than sampled.

Between Sizes, Spares and Mixed Runs

Three practical judgement calls come up in almost every order.

Players between two sizes. Size up. A jersey that is an inch generous still moves well, while one that is an inch tight gets complained about every match. The exception is a player who has specifically asked for a tight modern fit.

Spares. Order two to four extra shirts in your two most common sizes. They cover trialists, mid season signings and the shirt that gets torn in week three. Because there is no minimum order at Rexmon you can also add a single piece later, but a spare in hand beats a spare in transit.

Mixed runs. Youth and adult sizes in the same order are completely normal and carry no penalty, so a club does not need to split its order by age group. The same applies to mixing the womens cut into a squad order.

How all of this feeds into the wider ordering sequence is covered in the pillar guide to ordering custom soccer uniforms step by step, and if you are still deciding quantities, the minimum order quantity guide explains why small runs are not a problem.