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On the Ice => Off-Ice Training for Skaters => Topic started by: Query on December 15, 2019, 08:51:00 PM
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High top tennis shoes used to be very common.
But they are becoming increasingly uncommon in stores.
I guess this means that basketball players and such are often emphasizing athletic training over equipment.
Because I used to have a lot of ankle injuries, I just bought a new pair of high top athletic shoes. But they were very hard to find - most of the shoe stores didn't have any in my size.
Here are a couple discussions of the trade-offs:
https://www.olympiasports.net/blog_entries/low-vs-high-top-basketball-sneakers
https://www.insidescience.org/news/high-tops-low-tops
Intesting.