Competitive gymnastics apparel covers everything a competitive gymnast wears outside the leotard: warm-up jackets, joggers, hoodies, tees, tanks, and team hats. The Bear Grips Pro Shops platform gives the gym a branded online store. Gymnasts, parents, and coaches order their own sizes. Apparel ships to home addresses. The gym never coordinates a bulk order or holds inventory. Below is the full guide to the apparel set and how the store works.
Leotards are the competition garment. Competitive gymnastics apparel is everything around the leotard: the warm-up the gymnast wears walking into the meet, the joggers and hoodie for travel between events, the team tee for the awards photo, and the parent and coach gear that identifies the program in the stands.
Bear Grips Pro Shops does not produce leotards. The platform does produce every piece of team apparel a competitive gymnastics program needs around the leotard. That includes: cotton tees, performance tees, tank tops, long sleeves, hoodies, crewneck sweatshirts, joggers, sweatpants, leggings, biker shorts, athletic shorts, polos, and hats.
The owner or program director sets up a free Pro Shops store with the gym logo and program name. The store comes online with the apparel pieces the gym chose to list. The gym shares the store link in the parent email, the team chat, and the gym lobby with a QR code.
Gymnasts, parents, and coaches click the link, pick the piece and size they want, pay at checkout. Each piece is printed in the US and ships to the home address. The gym never holds inventory, never collects sizes, and never coordinates a bulk order.
The traditional competitive gymnastics apparel workflow: a parent volunteer runs an annual team apparel order in August. Sizes get collected on paper forms. The order goes to a local screen printer. Three to four weeks later the apparel arrives in a giant box at the gym. The volunteer distributes pieces over the next two weeks and chases the three families who paid late.
The print-on-demand workflow: the store stays open year-round. A new gymnast joining in November orders her apparel in November. A parent who decides in March that she wants the team hoodie orders in March. The booster club exits the apparel-coordination business permanently.
Each apparel piece carries a margin the gym sets. Default margin is $10 per piece. For a competitive program with 40 gymnasts plus engaged parents and coaches, the annual apparel revenue lands at:
| Roster | Buyers (75%) | Pieces per Buyer per Year | Margin per Piece | Annual Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 gymnasts | 15 plus 30 parents | 2.5 | $10 | $1,125 |
| 40 gymnasts | 30 plus 60 parents | 2.5 | $11 | $2,475 |
| 80 gymnasts | 60 plus 120 parents | 2.5 | $12 | $5,400 |
The margin funds team meet registration fees, travel, coach development, and equipment.
Free branded store, no minimum, no inventory. The team orders warm-ups, joggers, hoodies, tees, and hats from one place.
Start FreeNo. The platform does not produce leotards. Bear Grips Pro Shops focuses on team apparel around the leotard: warm-ups, joggers, hoodies, tees, tanks, leggings, polos, and hats. Most competitive programs source leotards separately and use Pro Shops for everything else.
No. One piece is the minimum. A single gymnast can order a single hoodie with the team design and it ships the same way a 50-piece order would. No setup fee, no minimum, no inventory.
Yes. The store carries the same design across mens, womens, and youth sizing. Parents order the parent hoodie or the polo. Coaches order the coach quarter-zip or polo. Every piece carries the same team identity.
The gym sets the retail price on each piece. The difference between the VIP base price and the retail price is the margin. Default margin is $10 per item. A 40-gymnast program with engaged parents earns approximately $2,500 of annual apparel margin.
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