Six different football shoes, one playing surface and the weather; Assessing variation in shoe-surface traction over one season of elite football.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An optimal range of shoe-surface traction (grip) exists to improve performance and minimise injury risk. Little information exists regarding the magnitude of traction forces at shoe-surface interface across a full season of elite football (soccer) using common football shoes.

Objective

To assess variation in shoe-surface traction of six different football shoe models throughout a full playing season in Qatar encompassing climatic and grass species variations.

Methods

Football shoes were loaded onto a portable shoe-surface traction testing machine at five individual testing time points to collect traction data (rotational and translational) on a soccer playing surface across one season. Surface mechanical properties (surface hardness, soil moisture) and cl

SUBMITTER: Thomson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490939 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature