History of Soccer Shoes

Football is the most competitive sport in the world today. There are several aspects that play an important role in determining the winner in the game of football, the team's performance, individual skills, football training, football equipment such as shoes and balls. Shoes to play soccer has become an integral factor to support the skills of football and score goals. Of course, football boots have been designed to be gripped firmly into the lawn and can kick the ball without hesitation. Shoes first ball is black and has cleats or cover of the same color on the pedestal. Then the color black to classic colors to football boots around the world. Cover of the current color of football boots are all kinds. Starting from black to white, blue, green, orange, red and other colors, but black on the football boots was still regarded as a classic color soccer shoes. Then from where and how the origin of football boots that?

Early history of soccer shoes diawalai since the time of King Henry VIII. King Henry VIII ordered boots from the Great Wardrobe to play football. He played in a football game in 1526 he was wearing these boots. Worn boot leather and hand sewn specially by the royal bootmaker named Cornelius Johnson. For a pair of football boots are koceknya King Henry must be fished for four shillings.

For more than 300 years later, soccer became the sport became so popular and the demand to wear shoes that deserve to play. According to historical records, the classic black soccer shoes was first recognized in the 1920s.

Several years later, the industrial revolution with innovative shoes made by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler. Two brothers are opening the Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory (Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik) or the Dassler Brothers Shoe Company in Herzogenaurach in 1924. Adolf, who is also known as Adi has made various kinds of sports shoes. But he had known when asking for Jesse Owens, a sprinter from the United States to wear homemade shoes.

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Later, Adolf create football boots with a cover of the base or cleats that can be released. These two sister companies did not last long. They separated in 1947 and founded their own company. Rudolf founded the firm named Ruda who would later change its name to PUMA. While Adolf company called Adidas AG registered in 1949, this is the beginning of a classic soccer shoe in black. Throughout the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 75% of football players wearing Adidas soccer shoes. It was a special achievement for the company.
Since that time, and soccer shoes or cleats cover of the base has been upgraded to support the gaming performance of athletes in professional football. Innovation continues to grow and develop with companies in which the ball forward and create a more stable shoe, lightweight, flexible and cover of which can be controlled. Some companies that are developing innovative soccer shoes REEBOK, PUMA, NIKE, DIADORA, Umbro, LOTTO and Kelmė. Football boots sports today is the weapon that must be possessed by each player.

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