Every youth sports director eventually gets the question: do you have a girls' version of the team shirt? For the Bear Grips catalog the honest answer is no, and that is not a gap, it is how youth sizing works across the industry. Youth small through youth extra large is a unisex block cut, same shoulders, same body length, same sleeve, regardless of the child wearing it. The real planning question is not boys versus girls, it is when a kid on either side outgrows the unisex block and needs to move into adult sizing instead.
No. Every youth-cut item in the catalog, the Bear Grips cotton tee, the Sport-Tek performance tee, the Gildan hoodie and crewneck, and the Valucap hat, is built on one unisex block per size. A youth medium fits a boy and a girl the same way at the same height and chest measurement. This is standard across the blank apparel industry, not a Bear Grips limitation.
For most of the youth age range, roughly 6 through 11, the unisex block fits girls just as well as boys. The straight body and boxy shoulders that work for team sports do not read as a fit problem at this age, and the fabric moves the same for both. This is the range where a program should order confidently from the standard youth size chart without adjustment.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.Around the top of youth large and into youth extra large, roughly ages 11 to 13 depending on the individual, taller and more developed girls often find the unisex block runs short in the body and tight through the shoulders in a way that reads as ill-fitting rather than athletic. At that point, a women's small from Next Level or Bella+Canvas, or a unisex adult small, usually fits better and looks more intentional in team photos than a stretched-out youth XL.
| Age range | Recommended sizing | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 6-10 | Youth S-L, unisex | Standard block, no adjustment needed |
| 11-13 | Youth XL or adult small, case by case | Measure, do not assume by age |
| 14+ | Adult small and up | Move to adult catalog, wider color and style options open up |
The safest approach on any roster with a wide age spread is to measure rather than guess by age or gender, and to keep last season's shirt on hand as a reference point for returning players. A program that does this once at the start of the season avoids most of the mid-season exchange requests.
One design, unisex youth sizing through adult, set up for a mixed-gender roster.
Start FreeNo. Youth sizing is unisex across every brand in the catalog. There is no separate girls block.
It varies by individual growth, but many girls move to an adult small somewhere between ages 11 and 13, sometimes earlier or later.
No. The Gildan youth hoodie is unisex and fits both the same way at the same size.
Order that player an adult small with the same design file as the rest of the team. The design does not need to change, only the size selected.
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