try prodirectsoccer.com hopefully it does cause im going to buy mercurial sls from there

are you some rich guy?

not really my family just own a business and its going to be a late bday present

? Lots of people on SP, especially here in the boot room, have a unrequited love for boots. You dont have to be rich to get good boots. You can just go without food for a week instead

yer ^^ lol or you could just get a job like most ppl said they did

I'm needing new boots, namely because my current pairs don't fit me anymore. I'm wondering whether I should get Vapor III or IV's despite the hassle, or just go for Legends?

Just wanting to know something. Doyou think changing from black to white boots could affect your playing at all? Like your naturalness when you look down at your feet? Like I've never worn white boots, I've always had blac bootsk. I'm either going to get White/Anthracite Legend Is or Black/White Legend Is.

As long as you can tell the pitch, your feet, and the ball apart, I think you'll be fine.

Sorry, is that a serious question?

Yes. I'm just trying to make sure I get the right boots, cause I've got 4 pairs of new boots lying around that I just bought that don't fit me. I just want to make sure it doesn't affect my naturalness.

Naturalness:
Peace of mind, sensitivity
A thing is natural if it is not made by humans. Naturalness is the degree to which something is natural

So you want to know whether black boots make you feel bad therefore make you play bad?

So what do you think I should do?

ummm..throw away/sell all your black boots and get white ones? imo though it doesnt/shouldnt matter what colour your boots are, that of all things shouldnt affect performance, unless youve got blackphobia

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Just wanting to know something. Doyou think changing from black to white boots could affect your playing at all? Like your naturalness when you look down at your feet? Like I've never worn white boots, I've always had blac bootsk. I'm either going to get White/Anthracite Legend Is or Black/White Legend Is.
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man that is a seriously wierd question

mabye u should ask yourself

naturalness??? when u play football u dont always look down at ur feet

wow

what a question.


i never even thought of that.

a whole new world has opened up to me.

i'll think twice about boot color,



and definately choose the brightest i can find

Seriously you should learn to keep your head up when you play, you'll be a much better player. I dont think i have ever took note of my boots while i actually play.

Thanks for all the help. I know it was a weird question, but I have to make sure that my next pair of boots are perfect, because I won't be getting any more for a while. And I do keep my head up, but I do occasionally look down when I'm recieving the ball if I'm going to recieve it and immediatley turn, which I do alot Thanks again for all your help. I didn't think that it wold affect my play, but I just wanted to be 100% sure.

I try to never get black boots. I always go for a bright color, or just white.
I hate the look of black boots tbh

i can shine a little light on this but i really depends on the player and for most of us what level you play at.

Q. Do you think changing from black to white boots could affect your playing at all?

A. Yes, colour and shape recognition/assimilation is a big part of all foot eye and hand eye sports.

Q. How much, can it effect me performance wise?

A. Not so much that if you are a player of average ability it will make you bad. or wont make a bad player good however, players at the professional level or elite level try not to take many chances as mistakes and changes to routines can have unexpected results.

if ur changing boot colour drastically allow a period of bad touches and mistakes while ur brain gets used to recognising. it is completley natural.

The brain basically learns through routine as we know and it recognises things by their shape and colour at a distance (if we keep it sports related.) All pro players by the age of 18 should be better than the average non pro but the reason why they continue to improve is because of high mental retention and repititon or lets say practice. shootin a ball in the corner of a goal 100 times for 100 days brings benefits and as the rest of us are either at work or school when they are doing that we tend not to keep on improving a great deal.

some of you are getting confussed about keeping your head up, over the ball and keeping your eyes on the ball. it is simple as i am sure every1 has heard many times since they were kids 'keep your eyes on the ball' bub marley has a point keep yur head up - yes for balance and so its easier for you to look around BUT try to keep your eyes on the ball when controlling or kicking the ball. if your head is right down u will be off balance and u will have to move your head up then look around to see your options then look down again to kick it and thats why people say keep your head up but your head being up doesnt make u a better player its the spacial awareness and vision that does. players like rui costa are 1 in a million who was famed for hardly ever looking down. look at some picks 99% of players are lookin at the ball on impact. ronaldinho does as well the no look pass is a trick that he doesnt do that much in a game.

anyway

your eyes/brain will be used to following the ball around the pitch and anticipating it movement, then ur brain will move ur foot towards the ball. it will get used to the shape of your foot/boot and the colour. here is the tricky part. your brain recognises colours quicker than shapes this is the science behind why tricky player tend to like to wear white or bright or lets say high visability boots. once u are used to your foot being bright yellow u will be able to recognise the yellow or white ball really fast then your boots just as fast and then move one towards the other faster. black is a low visabilty colour/shade and that is why balls are never solid black becasue even in a well lit room your natural reactions would be slowerbecuase black blends into everything but white when moving slowly. of course some players personally dont agree with the science and wear black outs but they are pros and sometimes they can do what they want even tho boot companies are reluctant.

so changing from black to white does make a difference- u will see ur boots quicker and all though it wont make u lightning fast like ronaldo it will increase reaction time by a few tenths of a second. it will take a few days or weeks of training if u train with them regularly before ur brain learns to recognise the new colour quickly. it is called colour assimilation. now if ur prepared to pay more for ur flashy boots and be cleaning them every week than go for it but many defenders kick players in flashy boots. uv been warned hahah

me tooo!
only black boots i own are the black/gold vapor IIIs.

I am a defender haha. But thanks for the response, I wasn't expecting something like that.

Thats a well thought out post and everything but its way too technical. Colour assimination?? Cmon its just a pair of boots

Wow, and those are the only black boots I own as well. The rest are all bright.
Cactus vapors, Orange SL's, Graphite / Sonic yellow, white / gold lasers, silver / blue f30.7 etc..

For me its i when i used to play rec i would always have black wal-mart boots, then on my first club team i got some of those super cheap 30 dollar t 90s (the cool ones with the whole silver boot and the red 90 on the inside) then i got some blue and white ones (first pair of boots with white on em) so i always go for a boot that is not black from now on, now ive got my first pair of boots over 80 bucks (orange peel mv4s) and i love em, i love the orange color tho cuase i like it when im out on the feild and the sun comes off em and there all shiny

I'v played on artficial grass with my orange Vapor SL's. And i got some black marks on my boots. How do you get rid off them? I tried to wash and scrub them away, but they don't go away.

Mr clean magic eraser is what I use on mine

i used to have yellow vapor 3s and when i switched to the white and black .7 tunits, i got alot more chops on my ankles because i was wearing white socks for my club, i guess the boot blended in with the sock lol, but other than that, i played like normal

Are the Nike Total 90 Lasers really THAT heavy? Because I'm about to buy some in about 6 hours...

Yeah, couldn't lift them myself, mate ...

All you Ronaldo-wannabees, be sure to be kicked off the field with your flashy boots !!

Shame how football has become more of a modelling contest - play the game well and don't worry about your boots as long as they are of good quality.

Lol. I'm just asking if they were that heavy because my old Total 90 II VT were something fierce compared to my +F50.7s! And I constantly hear the complaining of "Total 90's are hella heavy", "lead weights"", etc.
+F50.7s are somewhat heavy, but they don't bother me.

Plus, I can't really do THAT fast on step overs as CR7 I like the one that Robinho and Ronaldo do all the time ( I forget the name). It's more efficient for me.

Ronaldo wannabee? lol I like old school players more than Cristiano Ronaldo anyday!
On my list currently: 1. Maradona 2. Ronaldo (R9/R99) 3. Messi 4. Kaka 5. Cristiano Ronaldo

That's good - I was talking about those boys who buy flashy boots because Ronaldo or Robinho wear them...

That's good - I was talking about those boys who buy flashy boots because Ronaldo or Robinho wear them...



That's good - I was talking about those boys who buy flashy boots because Ronaldo or Robinho wear them...



That's good - I was talking about those boys who buy flashy boots because Ronaldo or Robinho wear them...

I have looked absolutley (no pun intended) everywhere in terms of websites for these boots or any other absolutes in 10.5,and I just cant find any,ive checked PDS obviously and just socca but can anyone at all help me i desperatly need new boots ive been looking for months for absolutes (10.5) as i cant afford the new Power swerve...Please thanks

Hey Sheffers, try putting some spaces in your "Favorite Players" if you could, it's really frustrating having to move the page over just to read your comment.

alex408 if im not mistasken you're thinking of the snake

Ok sorry m8!Im new to soccer pulse ill sort it out!Can anyone help me about the boots though?Absolutes in size 10.5 it seems impossible to find any colour way of them at all anymore

Sorted!

Look on Soccer.com. They have a 10.5 in virtually every Absolute colorway except Black/Red.

Cheers TY is there any other other websites though that anyone can tell with absolutes in size 10.5??

i have a question and i hope someone can help me.
i live in europe and i wanna buy a pair of boots from hong kong or singapore.
the question is do i have to pay any extra taxes or only shipping?

its risky using anything like the magic erasers. i practice on turf 3 to 5 days a week and it makes the bottom have of my cleat black but it wears off when you play a game or too in grass(obviously the rain helps) but the chemicals can take the shine off of things so dont use the eraser unless really really needed

Does anyone know about the durability on the beckham powerswerves or absolutes? Are these more durable than the leather ones because they blew out on the sides in 3 months...help appreciated.

Blew out on the sides? Do you have ridiculously wide feet by any chance?

I have to admit thats the first time i heard of a boot blowing off on the sides

Thats a first for me as well haha

i live in the uk, and today i orderd my first pair of boots off of prodirectsoccer, when i finished they send they would send me an email soon, but i still havent had the email, has anybody orderd off there before and could tell me how long the email takes to receive?

thanks!

The emails are basically instantaneuous, if you havent already check your junk folder/rubbish bin to see if your email hasnt automatically trashed it. If not, then either the PDS auto emailers just taking its time or you mistyped your email when ordering

My bad what I meant was that they ripped on both sides on the inside where the upper meets

I have predator ps. I want to wear the powerpulse insole on my preffered kicking foot, but want to wear the lighter insole on my weaker foot. Would it feel weird or just not even be noticable? Im pretty much asking anyone else what they do.

If you got em, why not try it?
Honestly, I wouldn't expect you to feel too much of a difference, maybe having the tweak your playing style a little bit to accommodate, but the weight difference shouldn't be big enough to the point where you feel like you have the momentum of a 18-wheeler on one leg and the feel of a trash bag on the other.

yeah, i could try them, but i CBF going outside, too cold.
I know i wouldnt gather momentum to the point where id run off the pitch but yeah...lol.
i was also thinking it could also even things up a bit, my kicking leg is naturally stronger so more weight for it to carry might do something. I was just wondering if it felt weird, it might also feel weird in your head to, you know what i mean. Its only 40grams anyway so no biggie.