I always look for a soft durable leather that feels like a second skin, so if I curl my toes or angle my foot,” the shoe moves with him. If a pair of cleats adhere well to my feet, they’ll be comfortable and give me confidence in my control of the ball.” Alex Ivanov, a former semi-pro soccer player in the Empire State league and decathlete, and the current head coach of Nitehawks Sport Club in Massachusetts, says he “wants a cleat to feel like a part of my foot. ![]() “For me, I find that the material and the fit are most important. “Some people are looking for lightweight shoes, some people like the quality of material, and some people prioritize the fit,” he says. Once you know what surface you’ll be playing on, the rest is up to personal preference, says Scott Caldwell, a professional midfielder for the New England Revolution. And then there are indoor shoes that have flat bottoms with a little bit of tread and stick, almost like basketball shoes.” Multi-ground shoes, which are good for turf or firm ground, are somewhere in the middle, with cleats that aren’t super-short or as tall as they would be with firm-ground shoes. As Halle Bissen, assistant coach of the University of California San Francisco’s women’s soccer team, explains, “there are firm-ground shoes with hard plastic cleats for your run-of-the-mill grass field and soft-ground shoes with metal stud cleats to prevent slips on soggy grass fields and mud. Determining which shoe is right for you will depend on many factors, but the primary factor is the surface you play on. Whether you play soccer in a formal league or use backpacks to mark the goals for a pick-up game in the park, appropriate footwear can improve your play and help limit injuries. ![]() Photo: Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images
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