High vs low top shoes

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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.