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The Latest Adidas Football Boots

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Without a doubt, Adidas is one of the best sportswear manufacturers across Europe and the world. It sells apparel, footwear and accessories for men, women and youth. From football to gymnastics, golf to cricket and basketball to rugby, Adidas has established itself well in the sports apparel industry.

Football is one of Adidas strengths its main focus is producing football kits and associated equipment. Adidas provides apparel for teams in Major League Soccer as well as supplies team kits for many international football teams. These kits include football boots such as Adidas Predator, F50 and adiPure range. These boots are amongst the best in the world, are improved upon every year, and are highly sought after by the most discerning player.

Adidas Predator X Football Boots

This is the 2010 version of the famous Predator line. Predator is well known for the presence of rubber patches on the top of the shoe, which increases friction between the boot and the ball. Predator X was designed with new Power-spine technology, which improves shooting power by reducing the amount the foot bends back as it kicks the ball. This boot is built from Taurus full grain leather for a smoother, better fit and is full of innovative technology, which claims to give ultimate power in wet and dry conditions, better ball contact and optimal grip on soft pitches.

Adidas F50 adiZero Prime Football Boots

The F in F50 stand for future, and is clearly remarkable as they are the lightest in the world upon release. The first adiZeros tipped the scales at 165 g, making it one of the most popular football boots available. In the first week of 2011, Adidas released F50 adiZero Prime which is 20 g lighter than the standard adiZero, weighing 145 g! This new boot is the lightest in the world because of its new upper. Known as the adiTwin Light, this new fabric is a single layer synthetic for better ball touch and weight reduction.

Adidas adiPure IV Football Boots

AdiPure is another famous Adidas line. It was introduced in 2008 in traditional Black and White colourways, followed by Blue and White and Silver and Black colourways. Version III was released in 2010 in various colours. In 2011, Adidas announced the release of adiPure IV Football Boots. These boots weigh 280 g the lightest adiPure ever. These boots support the natural stretch of K- Leather, and have a fantastic fit, have less water uptake and are extremely comfortable.

Do The Best Football Boots Really Make A Difference To Your Game

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It would be nice to be in the position of a Premier League footballer player like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney who practically get a new pair of football boots thrown at them almost every week, along with the likes of Beckham, Ronaldo and Messi.

Not many of us have that luxury and actually have to pay for our footy boots, so are the latest football boots, for example Adidas Predator, actually worth paying over 100 for and do they improve our game?

I have played football competitively since I was 9 years old but it was only from the age of about 13 or 14 when I began to understand the importance of a good pair of boots. When I was about 16 I bought myself a pair of Adidas world cup and although they were a quality boot they were too narrow for my feet.

Lesson number one learned sounds obvious, make sure the boots fit. I tend to by boots now that are a little bit tight because after a few games in the rain they stretch a bit.

Next I discovered copa mundial which were a dream pair of boots as long as you were playing on a decent surface as they only came with a molded stud. I always thought they were like slippers that you could play football in, as they were so light and comfortable. The leather was of high quality which I believe is reflected in the improvement in quality of your touch and control of the ball and as there was no excess weight from a metal stud they definitely helped my game a lot.

Since then I think that the high end adidas boots just keep getting better and better although only slightly as the quality now is so good that it must be hard to improve significantly I a short period of time. my latest boots are the adipure. I’ve had about four or five pairs over the last few seasons and for me they are similar to copa’s but with studs which is more suited to the english pitches and weather.

I am yet to sample a pair of Adidas predators so would like to know how they perform and if the technology that is used in them really works.

In my experience then I think that a quality boot is definitely worth investing in as long as they are right for you and are suited to your own particular style of play.

The Evolution Of Football Boots

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Believe it or not the use of football boots dates back to Henry VIII of England. Her majesty ordered a pair from the Great Wardrobe in 1526, the royal shopping list stated: “45 velvet pairs and 1 leather pair for football”. Since then football boots evolved to be an essential part of the game and nowadays they are made with high-materials such as carbon fibre and synthetic leather.

Just like football itself football boots went through a lot changes over the years. Until 1891, studs, blades or any other kind of projection weren’t allowed. After the 1891 revision, studs and bladders became “legal” as long as they were made of leather and weren’t bigger than half an inch, this studs and blades were originally hammered into the boots and professional players at the time had several pairs with different length studs. I consider this as the first time football boots evolved.

The second evolution came in the mid-1950s and it is also the most controversial. History says that during the 1954 in Switzerland, Adidas who was Germany’s football boot supplier kitted the Germans with the first screw-in-studs football boots ever seen. But recently Puma claimed that they were supplying screw in stud as early as 1952. Despite who invented screw in studs the point here is the that the second evolution was the invention of the screw in studs.

Despite the screw-in debate another revolution was going on at roughly the same time in history. Between 1950 and 1960 football boots design took a huge step forward and boots really started to make an impact on the game. While in Northern Europe football boots still had the ankle protection, main reason they are called “boots”, South Americans created a more flexible and lighter boot without the ankle protection, a boot designed to increase control, improve kicking power and make players move faster and change direction quicker.

As the years passed technological advancements allowed manufacturers to produce lighter boots in a variety of colours and studs configurations. Highlights to the Puma King worn players like Pel at the 1970 World Cup and to one of the best selling football boot to date, the Adidas Copa Mundial.

We can’t talk about the evolution of football boots without mentioning Craig Johnston, creator of the Adidas Predator. Johnston revolutionised the football boot market by creating a boot that provided more traction between ball and boot, and boot and the ground, the Adidas Predator was born. With greater contact areas, a series of power and swerve zones allowing players to create better swerves and more powerful strikes when hitting the so called “sweet spots”. No wonder the Adidas Predator series are still in production these days.

Johnston’s creation was just the tip of the iceberg of what was coming. Polymer extrusion technologies and other materials allowed the creating of more flexible soles; studs were replaced by blades which gave players a more stable base.

Nike also played an important role in the evolution of football boots with its first ever boot, the Nike Mercurial soccer cleat, weighing only 200g.

Nowadays football boots evolve each season with state-of-the-art technology and designs. All aimed to protect and improve player’s performance.

Highlights to the rotating stud found on Lotto’s Zero Gravity boots which reduces the risk of injuries, improve speed and stability. The carbon sole plate and adaptive stud that can extend and retract by up to 3mm, both found on Nike newest football boot, the Mercurial Superfly II.