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Spending a lot of my recent free time reviewing a shoe has lead me to the real question about a shoe's performance.
When starting my session ths afternoon in a pair of Zoom BB Lows, i was really focusing on how the shoes felt during cuts, jumps, landings, and stops. What i found was that for the first time the forefoot seemed to be fairly lacking in the impact protection department.
However when the runs started up, i forgot all about the shoes i was wearing and just balled. I didnt notice any impact protection problems throughout the 3 1/2 hour session.
In fact my feet felt fantastic afterwards with not a sign of soreness. Maybe the best they've ever felt after such a lengthy session.
I guess what im getting at is that in shoe reviewing, with all the attention paid to material, technology, and performnce, the real question as to how good a shoe is should be:
Can you just play in it?
When focusing on every detail, you are bound to find flaws but does the shoe in quesion allow you play to the best of your abilities without being intrusive or a hinderance?
Also and just as importantly does it do all of these things without you constantly having to think about whether it is doing them?
While playing today i had no problems, and my feet felt great afterwards. After finishing today, i looked at the shoe in my hand and just said "Damn. "
Which is really the simple standard all shoes should be held to.
Clutch.
Nascar and Poker ARE NOT SPORTS!!!
When starting my session ths afternoon in a pair of Zoom BB Lows, i was really focusing on how the shoes felt during cuts, jumps, landings, and stops. What i found was that for the first time the forefoot seemed to be fairly lacking in the impact protection department.
However when the runs started up, i forgot all about the shoes i was wearing and just balled. I didnt notice any impact protection problems throughout the 3 1/2 hour session.
In fact my feet felt fantastic afterwards with not a sign of soreness. Maybe the best they've ever felt after such a lengthy session.
I guess what im getting at is that in shoe reviewing, with all the attention paid to material, technology, and performnce, the real question as to how good a shoe is should be:
Can you just play in it?
When focusing on every detail, you are bound to find flaws but does the shoe in quesion allow you play to the best of your abilities without being intrusive or a hinderance?
Also and just as importantly does it do all of these things without you constantly having to think about whether it is doing them?
While playing today i had no problems, and my feet felt great afterwards. After finishing today, i looked at the shoe in my hand and just said "Damn. "
Which is really the simple standard all shoes should be held to.
Clutch.
Nascar and Poker ARE NOT SPORTS!!!