Sportswear facts for kids

Sportswear

Sportswear is clothing, including footwear, worn for playing sports or to exercise.

Sportswear includes shorts, tracksuits, T-shirts, polo shirts and trainers. It also includes some underwear, such as the jockstrap. Sportswear is also often worn as casual fashion clothing.

Sports athletes wear a combination of different items of clothing such as sport shoes, pants and shirts. Some athletes wear personal armour such as helmets or American football body armour.

Images for kids

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  U.S. Navy's male sailors exercising in the presence of a female fitness instructor, 2010. All of them are wearing sportswear appropriate for doing exercise.

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  100 m race record holder Usain Bolt (in yellow) and other runners in sportswear.

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  Male football players of opposite teams wearing different colour outfits, while the referee is in white T-shirt.

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  Sports uniform may not always be standardized. While generally female players of indoor volleyball wear T-shirt and shorts, in this image taken during 2004 Athens Olympics, the Greek team is wearing leotards.

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  Moisture transferring fabric

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  Golfer Tiger Woods in traditional men's attire

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  A woman wearing sports bra and boyshorts, which were conventionally women's sportswear but are now also worn as casuals or athleisure by women in the West.

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  U.S. Navy football helmets

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  Sachin Tendulkar wearing pads to protect his legs. Both he and the short leg fielder wear cricket helmets for protection.

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  Field hockey players wearing protective goggles and mouthguard

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  Professional USA ski racer Lindsey Vonn dressed for a race.

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  An example of ski/snowboard waterproof down jacket from The North Face, Mountain Light Triclimate (with embedded squibs).

See also

In Spanish: Indumentaria deportiva para niños