Soccer Shoe Technology

Soccer shoes date to the time of King Henry VIII. His majesty requested several pairs in 152645 velvet pairs plus 1 leather pair for football. Ever since then football shoes have progressed to be a major part of the game and nowadays they're made with materials like carbon fiber and synthetic leather.

 Just like soccer itself soccer boots have gone through lots of improvements over time. Before 1891 studsblades or any kind of sole just weren't allowed. After the 1891 changesstuds and blades started to be legal so long as they were crafted from leather but not the size of half an inch. These types of studs and blades were initially hammered into the boots and professional players of the time had many pairs with various stud lengths which is probably the first time football shoes have changed.

 The 2nd development begun in the mid-1950s and it is probably the most controversial. Football history noted that throughout the 1950s in SwitzerlandAdidas who had been Germany's boot provider kitted the German team with the first ever screw-in-studs soccer shoes. HoweverPuma have counter stated they have been supplying screw-in-studs since 1952. Nonetheless whoever designed screw-in-studs the 2nd development has been the creation of the screw-in-studs boots.

 Howeverbetween 1950 and 1960 soccer boot design took a huge step forward and boots actually began to make a difference on the sport. In Northern Europe soccer boots still had the ankle protectionand the true explanation they were known as boots. Howeverin South America the shoes were much more flexible and light with no need of ankle protection. It had been a shoe designed to raise ball control boost kicking power and help to make players move quicker and switch direction faster.

 The company Adidas next created a new kind of football boot which had more traction between the ball and boot and along with greater contact areasand a number of power and swerve zonesit permitted players to produce better swerves and more powerful strikes of the ball.

 This technology was just the beginning of what was to come. Polymer extrusion engineering and various materials permitted the development of a extra flexible soleand studs have been replaced by blades which offered players extra stability. Today there are football boots that weigh only 200g and with each passing football seasonthe football boots are getting more and more advancedand now there are carbon sole plates adaptive studs that will extend and retract by up to 3mm.

 Looking to the future there's likely to be developments to soccer boot technology which will make the players perform even better and possibly shoes that can react to specific pitch conditionswhether that be rain during the game or the pitch becoming drierthe boots can adapt accordingly.