FOOTBALL BOOTS DEVICE FACILITATING IN PERFORMING TWISTED KICKS Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: sportive shoes. SUBSTANCE: device is adapted for imparting rotational motion to ball and orienting it along arced path in desired direction has half arch support for outer or inner side of foot. Such kick is most commonly directed at immovable ball (during drawing of standard situations) and least often at movable ball, with kick being sliding and directed tangentially to ball surface. Materials enhancing friction coefficient are: synthetic material similar to rigid hook-and-loop material, high-density continuous rubber, such as tire casing material or hummocking rubber material (which was used for manufacture of rubber shoes in the past). Such material may be formed as insert and stitched or glued during manufacture of boots without changing their construction. Inserts are made in the form of drop extended toward tip of boot. Size of inserts depend upon boot size. Small inserts may be placed in tip and heel parts of boots to improve ball controlling during performing kicks. Inserts do not essentially influence player's habitual actions with ball and do not require adaptation. Device may be used in boots for playing common football and mini-football. EFFECT: simplified construction and increased efficiency of twisted kicks. 4 dwg