Basketball Socks

They sit taller, carry more cushioning and use a yarn that moves sweat off your skin. Most everyday socks are cotton and soak up sweat until they're heavy in the shoe. Ours are knit from COOLMAX and have soft terry loop cushioning under the foot and through the Achilles. Their stretchy ribbed cuff keeps them up through a full game.

With a low-top, yes. A high-top's collar sits around your ankle and rubs on the bare skin above a low sock. That's why a sock for basketball usually comes up to crew height. Our ankle socks, Ankle Tab, sit on the ankle bone with a tab above the heel of the shoe and suit a low-top.

Some players do, to fill out a roomy shoe and add cushioning. If your shoe fits, try one pair of ours on its own first. It's as thick as a gym sock and cushioned under the foot and through the Achilles.

You don't need them, though some players like the extra hold. Grip socks have rubber pads under the foot to stop it sliding inside the shoe. We don't make them (yet). Ours stay put on their 90 degree heel and stretchy ribbed cuff. A dry sock also slides less in the shoe than a wet one.

A cushioned sock that stays put when you land and pivot, in a fast-drying yarn. Netball is the same hard court and the same quick changes of direction as basketball. Some of our customers wear Crew to work and to netball.