Football boots are sports shoes, which are used when playing football. Football itself is one of the most popular sports in the world. Proceeding from what, it is possible with firm confidence to assert that demand for football attributes is great enough.
Manufacturers of sports shoes, spend huge funds to improve their products. In order to make it easier for you to understand the great variety of these "improvements", in this article we will tell you how to choose shoes.
What are soccer shoes
So, the first thing you need to decide on is a kind of cover on which you will play football.
Football boots, can be conditionally divided into two types:
- Those that are designed to play on the lawn or other grass cover. For such footwear is characterized by the presence of spikes, which contribute to better adhesion to the coating.
- Those that are designed to play on a flat surface( most often it's a sports hall).In such shoes, rubber or polyurethane sole is used for better adhesion to the coating. These soccer shoes, often called ballet, bump, futsalkami.
How to choose boots with spikes
These shoes differ in the number of spikes and their shape. Depending on which, the degree of hardness of the ground for which such football boots are designed is determined.
If you buy soccer shoes for a child, then the best choice is footwear marked "TURF" or "AST".Such shoes have a large number of rubberized studs, due to which the load on the foot is distributed evenly. Which contributes to more comfortable sensations.
These shoes are not recommended for use on synthetic fields. In view of the fact that the grip of the sole marked "TURF", with a synthetic coating, is quite strong, which can lead to leg injuries. If the football boots with the "TURF" marking of your child did not suit you. Then you should choose shoes marked Multi Stud Rubber abbreviated MSR( sometimes labeled Rubber) or Very Hard Ground( VHG).
Multi Stud Rubber, have rubber round-shaped spikes. Thanks to such spikes, the pressure on the player's foot is reduced, making this shoe quite comfortable. These boots are ideal for playing on synthetic coatings, hard and bad lawns.
Very Hard Ground, differ from footwear marked Rubber, in that they have flat-shaped spikes( serve to increase speed).Suitable for playing in fields with gravel or gravel, on sites where there is almost no lawn left, and also for playing on snow.
For adults and children, soccer shoes with the label Multi Ground( MG) are suitable. They have 24 spikes, which contributes to a uniform distribution of pressure on the foot, allowing you to feel more comfortable. Suitable for playing on a dry hard surface.
If you are more than 16 years old, then it makes sense to think about the selection of specialized models of football boots. They have the following markings:
Soft Ground( SG) - have six or eight 18 mm spikes, with round metal tips. Are intended for playing on soft ground or good grassy lawns. More often, such attributes are used by defenders and goalkeepers.
These boots create a load on the feet. Therefore, it is not recommended to use such shoes for children under 16 years of age. In view of the fact that young children are not yet formed and the use of such attributes can lead to flat feet.
Firm Ground( FG) come with 12 and 13 round-shaped spikes. As a rule, football boots with such spikes are designed for high speed. Used on soft grass and hard fields, also suitable for synthetic coating.
Hard Ground( HG) - have 13 studs of round shape. Used on the same coatings as shoes marked FG.
Professional are soccer shoes with the marking SG Pro. They are intended for playing on soft grassy lawns.
We choose soccer shoes for playing in the hall
In such shoes for better adhesion to the coating a flat sole with a tread pattern is used. Typically, these shoes are labeled IC( Indoor) and FS( Futsal).
IC( Indoor) - such sports shoes are designed for flat surfaces. Externally, the top of these boots is similar to spiked. Made of leather or synthetic fibers. Professional football players use such shoes for classes in the hall.
FS( Futsal) - is made with a light woven top or synthetic nubuck. These shoes are much softer than soccer shoes with IC marking and are used, as a rule, by "futsal players".
What material is made of football boots
Studded football boots, most often made of leather and synthetic fibers.
The most practical way to consider shoes, the production of which was used leather kangaroos. This is due to the fact that it is quite light and flexible. Leather kangaroo boots are marked with an inscription( k-Leather).Such a product, according to many experts, is the most practical.
On the second place there are shoes made of calf skin( full-grain leather).If you want to save a little and that would not be at the expense of quality, then the choice will be football boots made of calf leather.
In general, it can be said that any leather footwear has not a bad air permeability compared to shoes made from a different material. Also, the skin begins with time, stretches and takes the shape of the foot, which contributes to more comfortable control with the ball.
Synthetic products are usually used in the manufacture of cheap children's boots. It's clear that they will pretty much give way to leather shoes in quality.
How to try on football shoes.
Regarding the fitting of football boots, everything depends on the material from which the shoes you chose were made.
If this synthetic leather, then choose the shoes at the floor size or size larger than you usually wear. Here the whole point is that during the game the stop due to the loads, swells and increases in size.
Due to the fact that the synthetic material does not stretch, this can lead to the fact that the shoes bought by size will start to press, which can lead to discomfort or worse injury.
As for calfskin, manufacturers use material of different quality. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to ask the seller how much this material can stretch.
Regarding the skin of a kangaroo, choose shoes for a smaller size because it, like any other quality leather, stretches a bit.
