What actually makes a good sporty gift for your brother?
Prioritize useful training accessories, recovery upgrades, sport-specific gear and small quality-of-life improvements. For this relationship, it is also worth checking the interests you know he will immediately recognize as “his thing”. Avoid random sports-branded merchandise that has no practical connection to how they train; also skip generic sibling jokes that replace rather than support a real gift idea. If you are unsure between two options, the less flashy product that fits an existing habit is usually the stronger choice.
The strongest gift ideas usually come from the person’s real habits: what they already use, what they talk about and what would make an existing interest better.