At the turn of the century, people all over the world have realized the need to have recreational activities in their lives as a form of relaxation. Then the need for better equipment offering performance enhancing and protection features started to arise. In the early 50s these types of activities eventually moved into the arenas like the gladiators were. The rapid evolution on the development of athletic equipments particularly on the footwear area was on the mid 80s. Before, athletic shoes were just made out of canvas with rubber soles.
The development of athletic shoes is parallel to the boom in professional sports. Nowadays, athletic shoes have all these mind boggling features that range from compressed air soles to materials used in Formula 1 racing.
The first thing you should consider when purchasing athletic shoes is the sport you will be engaging in when wearing them. Different types of floor or court will yield to different types of traction. So if for example you will be playing football, you should use football shoes to give you more traction on the turf so as not to be wasting energy running on slippery moist grass. After knowing the sport youll be...