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Basketball ShoesBasketball shoes, or gym boots as we called them back in the war, have extra protection for the ankles and Achilles tendon. Most basketball players are tall, ugly and gangly and risk damaging the small bones in the bottom of the legs and feet. It’s almost hard to believe that just thirty years ago we used to wrap our feet in barbed wire and dance naked on the court. Games would often be delayed while blood and flesh was mopped from the polished boards.How times have changed. Men look stronger but act weaker now a day. When my grandfather was treading the boards he never wore basketball shoes. He wore hob-nail boots, a thick woolen cardigan and jodhpurs. Those were the days. One day I was watching him take a bath through the hole in my bedroom wall. His feet were amazing. They were a twisted, knotted mess of wiry flesh and sinew. From that day forward I decided to take care of my feet and only wear quality footwear. You don’t have to play basketball to wear basketball shoes, you know? There is no law that says you have to play the sport to don the apparel. I wore basketball shoes to my daughter’s wedding. She didn’t even notice on the day but boy oh boy did I cop it when she got the photos back from the photographer? I never learned to tie my own shoe laces so when I look for footwear these days I always ask for styles that use Velcro or buckle fastening systems. |
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