Lightweight Soccer Cleats Also Provide Enough Protection

Soccer is kind of sports involving running, kicking, and knocking down. Injuries often happen on the field. Therefore, the soccer shoes are considered as the most important gear for the soccer players on the field that they should perform several functions with the overall goal of improving the players’ playing ability; meanwhile, they are always asked to provide good protection for the wearers. As the injuries continue to occur, people have their points to say that lightweight soccer cleats provide less protection than heavier cleats.

However, it is not true. Most of injuries occur on the field is not due to the weigh of the soccer shoes. Injuries are a fact of life in sports, but thankfully it’s rare to see someone break a bone or suffer any other kind of serious injuries. It is unreasonable to blame the lightweight soccer shoes for the players breaking their metatarsals bones in their feet. The reason for the breaking of a bone is a combination of the speed of an impact, the weight behind it, and the angle it came in at compared to where it impacted. It is true that if wrap the board in thick cloth or padding would lead to less injuries. But it doesn’t matter if you are wearing a heavy cleat like Nike Total 90 Laser or a lightweight Nike Mercurial Vapor, with the right force and at the right angle, you will still get a break.

Now here comes another question, what is the soccer shoes supposed to do? Aren’t they required to prevent the players from injuries on the field? No, they are not. Actually, soccer shoes are designed especially to offer support and comfort for the players so they could make better performance.

They offer support that help the players performance fast running, quick moves and fast stops and starts, which are essential during a soccer game. Also the shoes are to keep your feet dry and comfortable. The dryness comes from the shoe’s upper, which is general waterproof so you can play in mud, sludge and rain. The comfort comes from padding built into the shoe beneath your foot. Due to different advanced technologies used in different cleats from brands, it is not easy to say which is the better ones between lightweight cleats and heavier ones.

And then, the effective way to prevent injuries such as serious bone breaking is to wear a shin guard. It is one hundred percent protective, but it does help to decrease the injuries.

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