Replacing
shoes and deciding whether they can be handed down to another child
depends on the child's growth rate and the amount of shoe wear, says Alana Cioffi, Technical Field Representative and Training Coordinator at New Balance.
Alana Cioffi, Technical Field Representative and Training Coordinator
at New Balance, explains that the socks an athlete will wear playing
sports should be worn when buying new shoes, not purchased afterwards.
Because the mid-sole material of an athletic shoe takes a pounding and eventually loses its ability to provide your child's foot with adequate support or cushioning, replacing shoes when the mid-sole shoes wear or on a replacement schedule is important to preventing an overuse injury such as shin splints.
When buying athletic shoes for their child, parents should expect the shoes to fit right away. It is a myth that athletic shoes need to be "broken in."
In Part I of 40+ High School Athletes Suspended: What’s Changed? I discussed the situation from which the title of this blog was created and referenced an earlier time to show some comparison. In this installment, I would like to actually answer the question posed in the subtitle, What’s Changed?
For signs that a child's shoes
are worn out and need to be replaced (as opposed to being too small for
your child's growing feet), parents should check the bottom sole, mid-sole and sock liner.
Recently reported by Dana Kozlov on Chicago CBS local news, and in Bob Sakamoto’s article 43 York athletes suspended, was a story concerning the recent suspension of 43 high school athletes for breaking their school athletic code.