Greetings, I am having problems with my feet at present. I've been through 3 different pairs of shoes, but no matter how I lace them up, I cannot prevent my feet from sliding within the shoes during lunging movement, such as stretching forward to recover a drop-shot. So far, I've managed to hurt my toe-nails such that I get a haematoma (blood accumulation) under it, but fear a worse injury. Trouble-shooting, I thinking its possibly one of two problems: 1) Technique of landing is wrong. I tend to land with my foot pretty flat on the court when lunging, instead of with my heel (recoommended by my coach). 2) Shape of shoe is wrong. For my current shoe, a cheap generic yonex model, no matter tight I lace, I can't seem to get the mid-foot snug enough. My foot shape is pretty average. Anybody know if a change of shoe may help? Thanks for any info.
I had this problem as well. WHat I did was get another layer of padding on the bottom so that my feet were kind of squished in the shoe, but comfortable. Unfortunately, before I did that, my skin around my toes had already become ery hard .
I think a shoe change will definitely help. Have you tried Mizuno? I've hear they're somewhat better than Yonex.
hello. I'm no expert, but maybe it's more of reason #1. I had that problem before (the toenail-thing). When I finally listened to my coach (to land "heel first" and not flat, when lunging), that problem was solved. Good luck and God bless!
I, too have this problem, I normally wear Yonex shoes, recently I bought a pair of Victor, I didn't quite like at first, but after wearing them for a few month, it's very comfortable, the shoes provide very good lateral support. Last week I was running across court trying to do backhand shot, my right foot slide, first time with victor shoes. eventhought, good ( comfortable, snug, etc) shoes is important, but I think proper technique is more crucial. _______________________________________________________________ 1) Technique of landing is wrong. I tend to land with my foot pretty flat on the court when lunging, instead of with my heel (recoommended by my coach). _____________________OOOOOOOOOOO_____________________________ Thank you for sharing your coach recommendation, I think you just solved one of my problem.
Hey, thanks for all the replies. Guess it could be either problem. I more or less do the correct landing during coaching (heel first), but during a match... . Maybe try a new pair of shoes too.
at least ur shoes should be exact for ur feet because some tends to buy shoes with allowances because they still think that they're feet will still grow.Ü I agree that Mizuno is better than Yonex too. Ü
Possible solutions: 1) Shoe size too big 2) Wear Cotton Socks (if you aren't) and wear two pairs 3) Add and additional insole or increase its thickness
1) Check - shoe shouldn't be bigger than necessary, IOW as long as you don't dent your toes at the "toe end" it should sit *very* tight. 2) Nope - the layer closest to skin should be syntethic (like coolmax) *not* cotton. But two pairs is a good idea, inner one a thin "liner" and the outer could very well be cotton. 3) Jepp - as long as you don't get the feeling that it's getting too "high" added insole is good, both to make a better fit and to give extra cushion. /mats
Agree if you are talking about cooling but this post is about minimizing slipping so cotton-cotton would be ideal. But I do what you posted, I wear one inner CoolMax and outer Cotton for the best of both worlds.
