How to choose tennis shoes?

Tennis can be said to be a sport about balance. When running, you need to keep your body balanced; When hitting the ball, you need to find a balance between strength and control. Nevertheless, few people know or pay attention to the need to achieve a balance between feet and shoes. In fact, it is very important whether the shoes you wear match your foot type and venue type. Tennis is attacked by the upper body, but a prerequisite for playing tennis well is that you need to run well. If tennis shoes are not suitable, it is not only easy to cause blisters on the feet, ankle and knee injuries; In addition, it will have a negative impact on your running on the court. And when your feet, shoes, and venues are just matched, the chances of injury under your feet will not only be greatly reduced, but also your best level can be played. 1) What is your foot type? Therefore, it is very important to choose a pair of tennis shoes that really suit you. So how to choose? The first step is to find out what kind of feet you belong to. Generally speaking, there are three basic types of feet. It is not difficult to judge your foot shape. No need to consult a doctor or use special instruments. Everyone can do it at home. The next time you take a bath or wash your feet, carefully observe the marks left by your bare wet feet on the floor. If you can't see the footprints on the floor clearly, you can prepare a piece of kraft paper or something that is easy to leave wet footprints. If the footprint you left on it is crescent-shaped, and the trace connecting the forefoot and heel is a narrow band, or even there is a gap between them, then your foot belongs to a high arch foot. This type of foot usually does not turn inward enough (by turning or rotating, the sole can bear weight and other weights), and it is easier to wear out the side of the shoe, not the toes at the front end of the shoe, and the inner side of the shoe is not easy to wear out. High arches are generally wider, and shoes need to provide more extra space on the forefoot and toes. In addition, the high arch foot is not conducive to shock absorption, and the flexibility of the foot is not very good, so the shock absorption performance of shoes is higher. If the footprints left by your wet feet are particularly full, and it seems that any part of the skirting board has left marks, then your feet belong to the flat foot type. Flat feet, as the name implies, the feet are very flat, which makes it easier to wear out the front end of the shoes, not the sides. People with this type of feet usually need their shoes to provide extra support, so high-top shoes or shoes with extra stability at the front end are generally more suitable. If your wet feet leave footprints between flat feet and high arch feet, then you have a pair of standard feet. The standard foot has a standard-sized arch, and the printed forefoot and heel are connected by a broadband on the outside. People with this type of foot are very lucky, because this type of foot can be called "universal foot", and you can wear any shoes, so the chance of injury is relatively low. 2) After dissecting a pair of tennis shoes and knowing what type your feet belong to, you need to know the structure of the shoes. To choose a pair of shoes that suit you, usually, you should at least understand the following four parts of shoes and their functions. The upper is the upper part of the sole and the most eye-catching place of a pair of shoes. The vamp is generally made of leather, artificial leather or other materials. If you need extra support, find a sneaker that extends deeper in both directions. This kind of shoes will be more stable. When trying on a pair of shoes, make sure that the upper is not too tight and fits comfortably with the instep. When playing tennis, if you often move your toes when serving, then you need to find a pair of shoes with more durable toes. If your forehand is in the open position (most of your body faces the net), it is good for you to have extra material in the middle of the upper, because when you play forehand in the open position, the middle of the upper will rub the ground. If the upper is specially treated, it will increase the wear resistance of sports shoes and prolong their service life. It can be said that the insole of tennis shoes has low technical requirements in all parts of the shoes, but compared with the outsole and midsole, the insole has the closest contact with your feet after all, and many feelings have to be transmitted to your feet through the insole, so its function cannot be completely ignored. It is best to replace the insole, so that once there is a problem with the insole, it can be replaced with a new one. If your feet have been manipulated or injured by yourself, you can also change a pair of insoles with better shock absorption effect. The midsole of tennis shoes is located between the insole and the outsole. Usually, the materials used to make the midsole of tennis shoes are mostly EVA or PU foam materials. Nowadays, in order to improve the cushioning performance and elasticity, many shoes will also embed gas and gel in the midsole. The key to a pair of shoes with good shock absorption performance is to look at the bottom. Generally, there is not a particularly accurate and universal standard to judge whether the midsole is worn or defective, but you can still make a judgment based on your own personal experience. Generally speaking, players who play for two or three days a week will wear out the midsole of a pair of shoes in five to six months. If you play more frequently than this, or if you play aggressively on the court, you will wear the midsole faster, because you will impact and squeeze the midsole more violently and frequently. If you think the shock absorption effect of shoes is not as good as when you just bought them, then there is probably something wrong with the midsole. At this time, in order to protect your feet and avoid injury, you should consider buying a new pair of sneakers. Outsole of tennis shoes The part of a pair of shoes that directly touches the ground is the outsole, or outsole. The design of outsole is directly related to the traction performance of shoes. In addition, due to direct friction with the ground, the material of the outsole is also directly related to wear resistance. At present, many lines of the outsole are designed in herringbone, that is, many wavy patterns can be seen on the outsole, and these patterns will change greatly in different places when designing. The reason for this is to achieve a better traction effect, so that players can start and stop faster in the shortest time. This pattern design is aimed at hard courts. Lawn courts generally need special sneakers, and polka dots are often used in outsole patterns to better protect turf. A good outsole not only has good grip, but also wears well. The outsole is worn to a certain extent, because the originally designed lines have been smoothed, so the traction performance will be greatly reduced, and then the sneakers will become very slippery, and it is easy to fall and get injured when playing. Therefore, if you see that the lines of shoes are badly worn, you need to consider buying new shoes. If your playing style is particularly easy to wear out the outsole, buy shoes that are particularly wear-resistant. 3) Tennis shoes are light and heavy. How much does a pair of tennis shoes weigh? Light shoes are good, but heavy shoes also have their advantages. The lighter the shoes, the less the burden on your feet, and the faster you will run. According to this view, tennis shoes should be as light as possible, but why are tennis shoes generally much heavier than ordinary running shoes? Because tennis is about running, but the area where players run is limited, and they need to constantly change their directions to run and stop, which requires tennis shoes to provide more shock absorption, extra support and a more wear-resistant outsole, and to achieve these functions, they have to increase their weight. However, many manufacturers are trying to reduce weight while ensuring the performance of tennis shoes. In order to achieve this goal, many brands will adopt a hollow design in the outsole, and the middle of the outsole of this design is concave inward. But doing so may make the bending point of the shoe closer to the middle and the arch of the foot, rather than the natural bending part of the foot. When choosing tennis shoes, you can hold your toes with one hand and squeeze your heels inward with the other to see where the outsole bends. If you are too close to the arch after turning the corner, there may be problems with the support and stability of this pair of shoes. Speaking of the weight of sneakers, I suggest that you might as well prepare two pairs of tennis shoes, one light, which is mainly used for playing games; A pair of lighter ones, mainly for training. In fact, runners have long adopted this method. If you wear heavy shoes during training and light sneakers during competition, you will feel much lighter on your feet and run faster and more freely. In addition, if you do this, the shoes will be more durable and more durable. When choosing tennis shoes, special attention should be paid not to the appearance, but to its function. Many people think that the style of tennis shoes is not good-looking, but tennis shoes themselves should pay more attention to function than appearance design. You wear it to play better, not to attract people's attention to your feet. Tips for choosing tennis shoes Four points for attention If you want to choose a tennis shoe that really suits you, it is absolutely impossible to rely on luck or feeling. Here are four points to pay attention to when buying tennis shoes. 1, buy tennis shoes after playing training or in the afternoon, because in the afternoon or after exercise, the feet will generally swell by 5% to 10%. In addition, you should bring the socks you usually wear, so that when you try them on, you can really choose the most suitable size. 2. If salespeople don't measure customers' left and right feet, then they don't choose sports shoes for customers correctly. Because it is not uncommon that one foot is slightly bigger and the other foot is slightly smaller, it is best to measure both feet before buying sneakers. If the two feet are really different in size, then choose shoes that are more suitable for the bigger feet. 3. Let customers bring the tennis shoelaces they used to wear, so that you can directly judge customers' different requirements for shock absorption, durability and support through the damage of old shoes. Of course, you have to ask customers what the most comfortable sneakers they used to wear were. 4, according to the customer's foot type, requirements for all aspects of performance, and play, at least let customers try on more than two pairs of shoes that may be suitable.