Why Are Women’s Basketball Uniforms So Baggy?

The ugly baggy clothes in women’s basketball make the athletes look 20 pounds heavier.

Women, college and high school girl basketball players need to take a stand against those ugly baggy uniforms, once and for all.

I’ve searched the Internet to find out WHY the WNBA as well as high school girls are made to wear these ridiculously baggy costumes as they run up and down the basketball court.

I could not find any answers other than perhaps the baggy nature allows them the freedom to run and jump.

But I don’t buy this because if baggy uniforms promote maximal running speeds, jumping heights and agility, then why don’t athletes in other sports wear baggy uniforms?

Don’t baseball and softball players have to sprint and run all over the place? Outfielders must often jump and leap. And what about volleyball players? Talk about jumping! And they must move very swiftly across the court and make dives.

You don’t see women volleyball players wearing baggy uniforms, do you? It’s just the opposite. The outfits of INDOOR volleyball players cling to their skin, and the pants are nicknamed “bun huggers” for a reason. These tight outfits allow maximal movement and agility.

I’m waiting to read about the first high school, college or WNBA basketball player to have her humongous shorts shortened and tightened.

Sometimes, you can’t tell if the body under these absurdly baggy clothes is male or female, which is why sometimes, female basketball players are the target of jokes regarding their lack of femininity.

I’m not saying that women’s/girl’s basketball uniforms should be the same as those of beach volleyball players or watercraft athletes.

But shorts, similar to what indoor volleyball players wear, or at least similar in style to the running shorts of the 1970s and ‘80s, would create a lot less wind resistance when the athlete runs and jumps.

Same with the top; basketball tops are so damn baggy that certainly, air gets trapped in them as the athlete sprints across the court.

Watch a basketball game. You can SEE the air ruffling the baggy clothes as the athlete moves. These clothes certainly hamper jumping ability.

An athlete with a 34 inch vertical jump, wearing the baggy costume, would probably have a 36 inch vertical wearing a smarter uniform.

Good grief, why don’t college women basketball players and WNBA athletes speak up about this eyesore? It’s not only ugly, but it hampers performance. You simply CANNOT run your fastest while wearing baggy, fluttery clothes!

This is why sprinters wear skin tight uniforms!

Can you imagine an Olympic sprinter wearing a basketball uniform? They’d finish last!

Ladies, read my lips: Your super baggy, fluttery basketball uniforms add 20 visible pounds to your frame.

One article I read suggests that the baggy trend was triggered when Michael Jordan wore pants a few sizes too big to conceal his good-luck pants beneath. This has plausibility when you consider what the uniforms looked like pre-Michael Jordan.