Quick Answer Performance sportswear uses four stitch types, each with a defined job. Overlock (ISO class 500) joins and edge-finishes stretch knits. Flatlock (ISO 607) butt-joins two panels edge-to-edge with no ridge, which is why it sits against skin in rashguards, spats and cycling bibs. Coverstitch (ISO 602/605) hems and finishes without losing stretch. Lockstitch…
Quick Answer A match-grade sliotar must meet the dimensional standard set out in Rule 4.4, Part 2 of the GAA Official Guide: a diameter of 69–72mm excluding the rim, a mass of 110–116 grams, a rim height of 1.8–2.6mm, a rim width of 3.6–5.4mm, and a cover thickness of 1.8–2.7mm with no lamination coating thicker…
Most guides on this topic are written by print shops that own one machine. The machine they own is always the answer. We run sublimation, screen printing, DTF and DTG on our floor in Sialkot, and we turn work away from each of them regularly. Sublimation is wrong for a cotton hoodie. Screen printing is…
There are now more than 500 GAA clubs outside Ireland — a number that has nearly doubled in the past decade. Britain alone has close to 90 affiliated clubs. Australia runs structured hurling competitions across every eastern state. The USGAA network stretches from New York and Boston to clubs in Milwaukee, Denver, Nashville and Seattle…
Most articles about how sliotars are made are written by people who’ve never seen a production floor. This one is written from inside a factory in Sialkot, Pakistan — the city that manufactures most of the world’s hand-stitched sports balls, including the vast majority of sliotars sold in Ireland today. Where sliotars actually come from…
Most tech pack guides are written by designers or sourcing agents. This one is written by the people on the other end — the factory that receives your tech pack and has to build your garment from it. We see hundreds of tech packs a year at GYMHUR, ranging from a single reference photo with…
Ask a manufacturer what it costs to produce custom activewear and most will give you a price per piece and stop there. That number is real, but it’s a fraction of what you’ll actually spend before a single unit is ready to sell. The gap between the quoted unit price and your true landed cost…
Quick Answer: Starting a private label MMA or BJJ gear brand requires choosing your product range, finding a manufacturer who understands combat sports construction, developing a tech pack, and sampling before bulk production. The minimum realistic budget for a first run is $2,350–$3,500 for two hero products at 50 units each. Rashguards and fight shorts…
Most guides about starting an activewear brand are written by print-on-demand platforms selling their own service. This one is written by the people who actually cut and sew the garments. We manufacture private label activewear in Sialkot, Pakistan — leggings, sports bras, hoodies, rashguards, fight shorts — for brands at every stage, from first-time founders…
The debate over sliotar cores has been running in GAA circles for decades. Walk into any club dressing room before a championship game and someone will have a strong opinion about the ball. But most of that debate centres on brand preferences — Cummins vs O’Neill’s, ribs too high or too low — rather than…
