When I play in a new pair of football boots I always feel good until the novelty wears off, maybe its the same with these guys…?

great work!
i dont think boots realy give u an advantage but thats because i think if you think you can do something then you have a better chance of doing that something. football boots could give u that little bit of confidence to help do the special something.

Has the elephant tried wearing the CTR360?

LOL, I commented on the post about the puma v 1.08 test about this very “coincidence”.

I think it’s more about the lack of gimmicks in the boot and a wealth of sensible features. Memory foam on the boot for soft touch? A hard pad to give the ball extra zip? These seem like features someone should have thought of ages ago….they make a lot of sense. Not to mention the boot is rumored to be as comfortable as anything.

A boot cannot really improve performance…..however a bad boot or an inconsistent boot can negatively impact performance. So therefore if a ball is uncomfortable or has some awkward surfaces then it could be the deciding factor. Football at the highest level is played in the margins, the slightest thing can make the telling difference. A player’s quality cannot be reduced or increased by the boots he wears…..however when he uses very good boots he can be more consistent with every input. It has a psychological and physical effect when you are wearing comfortable and light boots with a consistent surface and straightforward, useful features.

All the players wearing the CTR 360 have basically eliminated boot related mess-ups. Notice van der vart’s strike against alcorcon and drenthe’s strike against ac milan. Similar strikes….both with the ctr. It is undeniable that the boot allows you to strike the ball exactly how you like it and it allows for sweet control as well (memory foam). Being comfortable is also a bonus because the player feels more relaxed. So it isn’t a coincidence that 90% of players who adopted the ctr are performing well. The boot allows them to reach full potential even though it doesn’t by itself improve performance. Makes sense to me.

good article. people can make some funny/weird/dumb assumptions, but at the end of the day, i’ll play better bare foot lol. boots dont improve, but they can hinder imo

hmmm…. kuuku I think your post is a bit self-conflicting (for a lack of a better word). when you say that a boot doesn’t improve performance, you have to compare with alternatives, in which case if this boot makes players reach their potential better than other boots, then the boot does in fact improve performance compared to how well you would play in an alternative. With that said. I personally think it is more due to timing of the release. Obviously the boots have been done since season start, but they do not release them until now, so that players have knocked of the last off season rust, and as a result it looks like players are improving their game left and right due to boot switching, when in fact its just a natural evolvement. In conclusion i kinda agree with you kuuku.

I believe that every boot have characteristic thus if one fits you then your play gets better. Football boots are complete shoes: use them for running, kicking, jumping, turning, etc. They need to serve those purposes.

the rubber predator element on powerswerve gave me a really nice visual reference where i should be striking the ball to put a massive bend on it,

the three section of the shotshield on T90 laser II teaches me further about accuracy, control, and swerve,

the sleek design and striking colors of F50s and vapors inspired me to learn more about stepovers and many fake moves (the ball stand still, but our flashy colored feet trick the opponent to move to the wrong direction),

so… do shoes improve our games? a big big YES from me =)

moreover, i’m starting to seriously consider buying this shoes. maybe then i’ll think: “since i have the shoes specifically designed for control & passing, why not work with my instep passes as well?”

Boots are tools, they can further accentuate the skills a player has but they cant make a player any better. A quality player in $40 boots will still out class Bert from sunday league in superflys or your 17-year-old cousin in lotto zheros. Theyre like guitars in that some certainly are better than others but certain styles are for certain people and if youre good, it doesnt matter what you play.

@Connor Wallace: no means to start a debate here mate, just a humble opinion =) but if u’re talking about guitars, maybe u should take a closer look on your guitarist friends.

most (if not all) of my highly skilled guitarist friends are “know what they’re playing with”. they know every itsy bitsy detail of their guitars. they’ll know the difference between the 1996-made gibson and the 1997 one (i won’t know, i just made up those years =P)
sure they still rocks playing with some lousy-half-broken-guitars, but they fully realized that its sucks big time -they just happened know how to deal with it.

i’ll say football boots are no different. kaka, ronaldinho, ronaldo, are maybe the best dribblers out there. make them wear army boots and they’ll still dribble as good as that. but do they wear army boots to the pitch? no… they wear these high-end football cleats that’re all over this website. why? cuz these boots are better and they know it. (it’s not always about the sponsorship)

good guitarists knows good guitars. good footballers knows good shoes. -and that’s why they wear em’

have to admit… adidas, nike, umbro, puma, and others have done research to make football shoes better and better as time goes on.
are wearing Predator X make us shoot as powerful as gerrard? no…
but are they better than original first predator back in 1994? yes… -and that’s why we wear em’

peace on earth =)