When choosing to play pickleball, the necessary condition is of course to have a racket and ball. Meanwhile, accessories such as costumes and competition shoes can be flexible, depending on each person's conditions.
With competitive shoes, pickleball also has specially designed shoes, however, when the price is quite high compared to many people, using other types of sports shoes can be played.
However, according to many people's experience, running shoes should not be used for the purpose of playing pickleball. Because the nature of these two sports is different, the design will also be different.
Therefore, wearing shoes that are not suitable for pickleball can lead to bad problems for the player.
With a pair of pickleball shoes, the necessary requirements include grip, stability and support.
Grip to maintain traction on the court, while being resilient enough to handle the wear and tear of regular play. Stability is needed for quick side-to-side movements, while a supportive element in the midsole, supports the arch and has elasticity for easy movement.
Meanwhile, with running shoes, the design is only geared towards forward motion. When jogging, there will be no multidirectional movements - zigzag, sideways or backward, conversely, pickleball - as well as other field sports, always puts players in situations where they have to move in all directions, even will suddenly change the angle.
Therefore, when using running shoes to play pickleball, the possibility of injury to the feet, ankles, ankles and even the knee area is very high.
Pickleball shoes have a nearly flat sole, so the player can rotate their heel and forefoot without transferring some of their weight to one part of the shoe. The sole of running shoes has many edges and patterns to help the user's feet feel comfortable on all terrains.
The difference between the two types of shoes can be compared by bending the sole. While running shoes can be bent easily, with pickleball shoes, it is not so easy.
In addition, the cushioning thickness between the heel and toe areas of the two types is also different, with standard running shoes there is a difference of about 10mm, with pickleball shoes it is almost 0.
Not only is it easy to cause injury, using running shoes to play pickleball will quickly damage the shoes.
In case you cannot invest in pickleball shoes , players can use shoes from another sport that also has a multi-directional movement design - tennis shoes are best.
Tennis shoes provide stability for lateral movements and are designed to accommodate quick starts and stops.
