What is the best material for shock absorption of basketball shoes?

A pair of comfortable basketball shoes can bring infinite sports fun and pleasant jumping experience to athletes, but while pursuing fast and jumping, we can't ignore the friction and wear of feet and knees. Long-term exercise and frequent compression of the legs and knees will lead to fatigue, discomfort and pain of the neck, feet and knees, and the shock absorption performance of the shock absorption materials of basketball shoes is the key factor of all this.

Which insole for basketball shoes is more conducive to shock absorption?

At present, the shock-absorbing shoes for sports shoes can be roughly divided into two categories: one is the traditional shock-absorbing shoes, such as EVA, silicone, PU, etc., and the other is bionic metamaterials.

Firstly, the traditional shock-absorbing shoe materials are introduced:

EVA:EVA shoe material has a wide range of uses and is often used in shoe midsole. However, the insole made of EVA has low density and good initial foot feeling. However, with the increase of time, the soles are easy to collapse, and low-end sports shoes are basically used.

Silicone: This material is usually used for household slippers. Because it is relatively heavy, not easy to sweat and soft, there are not many sports shoes brands equipped with silicone material.

PU: Synthetic elastic material with PU polyurethane material and modern design concept. It is also a commonly used insole at present. However, as a shoe material, it feels hard and has good stability. It is suitable for most cheap basketball shoes and out shoes. Its disadvantage is that it has no perspiration ability and is easy to hydrolyze when it meets water.

The other material is bionic metamaterial, ACI artificial cartilage material, which is an intelligent synthetic material that can sense and respond to impact force and has the ability to discover, and has excellent performance in shock absorption and energy absorption of shoe materials. Environmental protection, anti-impact, anti-deformation, anti-fatigue, breathable, with excellent shock absorption, energy absorption, noise reduction performance, can effectively absorb and disperse vibration energy brought by sports. Generally, it is used more in professional sports shock-absorbing shoes.