Buying football boots for junior football players
Although junior players only spend a couple of hours a week wearing football boots, it’s still super important to protect their feet, ankles, legs and hips from growth related injuries, so we can keep them out on the field enjoying the game they love!
A few things to consider
Most traditional footy boots are very flat - this can lead to injury in growing athletes as it increases the load through the heel, calf, achilles tendon and feet
Children should only wear ‘firm ground’ boots - they have more studs to distribute pressure more evenly across the foot
We recommend that children and adolescents wear boots with a 10mm heel-toe gradient (height at the back compared to the front of the boot)
If your child wears orthotics, you should try to get boots with a removable insole so you can take that out to fit the orthotic into the shoe
Make sure they fit well - width and length
Best place to buy football boots around Bayside:
Rebel Sport Southland
The Athletes Foot Southland
Sportsmart Moorabbin
Our verdict on the best junior boots for the upcoming season:
Our top 3 choices from Asics are:
Asics
LETHAL TIGREOR IT GS
Asics
LETHAL FLASH IT GS
Asics
LETHAL ULTIMATE GS