Footwear: Knowledge Of Basketball Shoes

Basketball is a relatively intense sport. In basketball games, the continuous start, emergency stop, jump and left and right movements require basketball shoes to have good supporting, stability, cushioning effect and durability. When choosing basketball shoes, you must put these characteristics of shoes in the first place, and then choose a pair of suits for yourself according to your personal playing style. Basketball shoes 。

stay Choose Before you have a pair of basketball shoes, you first have to figure out what type of basketball you are playing or what style you are playing. Although you usually feel vague about the position of playing, you can roughly determine the range of shoes suitable for you, according to the internal and external lines.

Generally speaking, a lighter weight or a ball playing position belongs to an outside friend. The choice of sneakers should be more light weight, flexibility, excellent sense of venue and so on, while the heavier weight friends should consider such aspects as earthquake mitigation and protection. Of course, protection is the first consideration of our choice of basketball shoes.

In the following articles, I will briefly introduce my experience of buying basketball shoes from the aspects of protection, wearability, cushioning and comfort, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

　　 protect Aspect:

Basketball has been mentioned as a relatively intense sport before, so the protection of basketball shoes is the top priority of our shoes.

Generally speaking, the addition of carbon plates and TPU to basketball shoes can enhance the stability and support of the shoes. Velcro and higher uppers play a protective role on the ankle part. Another point is that some of the filler parts of the ankle shoes should be noticed. It can be felt by fitting or pressing the fingers. The thicker filling can lock your ankles. For example, ZK4 and ZK5 have adopted the low side design, but the filling parts of the shoes and ankle parts are much thicker than other basketball shoes, which is often neglected.

Of course, these are relative terms, to really protect themselves on the court or to warm up adequately before competition and to strengthen self protection in competition.

Wear resistance:

I believe a lot of friends have had such an experience. The shoes are also good, and the sole has been smoothed. Therefore, we have put forward higher requirements for the wearability of the shoes. But first of all, we must make sure that the shoes belong to consumables. No pair of shoes can be worn for one or two years. There are many reasons for the attrition of the shoes, such as the playing style of the court or individual.

Most of the signature sneakers are built for the infield. If you are accompanying the outfield all day, please do not have too many requirements for the wearability of the shoes. In the outfield, you can choose the use of XDR, DRC wear-resistant rubber outsole shoes. Here are some misunderstandings: the sneakers with raw rubber (commonly known as the bottom of the crystal), wear resistance is better than the ordinary rubber, while the Non-marking outsole shoes are marked with no trace rubber, which does not contain carbon, making the friction between the shoes and the floor will not leave obvious marks, and it has nothing to do with wear resistance. {page_break}

Mitigation:

In the course of playing, we can not avoid taking off frequently, landing and causing great load to the knees. The basketball shoes equipped with various kinds of mitigation technology can play a cushioning role to some extent. As we are familiar with Zoom Air, Air Max, Bounce, etc., there are also some retarding adhesives such as adiPRENE+, Lunarlite, etc., which also can absorb the impact force to achieve the effect of slow earthquake, but we also need to treat different sneakers with different mitigation technologies.

Generally speaking, if it is a lighter weight or a person who belongs to the outside line type, it is more suitable to choose Zoom Air, Lunarlite and adiPRENE+ shoes, and shoes like mechanical shock absorption technology such as Shox and Bounce are not suitable for them. If you are overweight and often enter the inner line, you can consider the use of Air Max and Bounce shoes. Of course, if you think of yourself as a flexible inner line, there is much room for you to choose.

Comfort:

A simple description of comfort is to fit the feet. First of all, we need to have a general understanding of our own feet. Some friends are tall feet or flat feet. This requires more attention when choosing. Many signature shoes are designed according to the feet of the stars, not for the masses. For example, James's feet belong to flat feet. So the sneakers are basically flat bottoms. If a high arch is a friend, it will be "free from happiness". And shoes like ZK5, shoes with lower vamp and friends with feet will feel a little "oppressive".

The right size is also a guarantee for the comfort of the shoes. Generally speaking, there is a slight difference between the sizes of the different brands, but not too much. It is not too much to pay attention to. The same brand of sneakers, because of the different design, also has the problem of partial code. This requires everyone to refer to other people's opinions before buying shoes. If there are conditions, it may be a monopoly to try it on. The size is the best. When you try shoes, you should place your feet on the floor, use the upright posture, and take the thumbs up and down as the right ones. You shouldn't be too big or too small. If you choose the high shoes, you'd better use the squat position to confirm whether the upper part of the upper shoe is worn or not. In the other hand, if you feel the right size, but feel a little bit pressing, do not blindly decide to buy more than half of the code. Because the new shoes are not kept open, and the shoes will be more suitable for your feet when you wear them for a period of time. Trying on shoes is best in the afternoon, because people's feet will expand slightly in the afternoon.

In addition, the comfortable feeling of sneakers is the lining material. Many of the sneakers are made of Lycra or different brands and their own special lining materials. For example, RBK's basketball shoes mostly use the Play Dry lining, so when you buy shoes, you may as well pay attention to them.

Because of the better wrapping of the foot, most of the basketball shoes feel more "thick", and some even adopt the design of the inner boots, which makes the permeability greatly reduced. Many people feel that the sports shoes with more surface air holes are better in air permeability and feel more comfortable after playing. In fact, the air permeability of basketball shoes is mostly for decoration purposes, and the real air permeability is not great.