Youth cleats - what does your kid wear on turf?
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Cruzado
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It's time for new soccer shoes for my son and while looking into options I am starting to wonder whether it's time to purchase two pairs: one for natural grass (which he occasionally still plays on) and one for artificial grass / turf. What do most kids use? He's getting older and as he's approaching teenage years I understand that using the correct shoe is more important.
I know that artificial grass / turf seems to vary, from more-realistic artificial grass to that very flat, rubber pellet sort of "turf" that's much less like grass and much flatter. Most of the "turf" shoes I see seem to be designed for that very fake/flat rubber pellet surface. What's good for artificial grass? Do players use 3 different types of cleats? One for natural grass, one for artificial grass, and one for that fake rubber pellet style "turf"? |
SoccerCzar
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| Only one type of cleats...Firm Ground. You don't need anything special for turf. Use your grass cleats on turf fields. |
rabbithole
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https://youtu.be/Qkmcg7ET8j4 https://youtu.be/fe5J6rBb5uw Unfortunately, AG boot variants of popular FG models are much harder to find in US than Europe despite the prevalence of turf fields. |
dmv_directkicks
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Agreed. For outdoor play, standard, firm ground cleat are the only type needed. |
Cruzado
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Thanks for the video links. I managed to find a pair of hybrid Firm Ground (FG) / Artificial Grass (AG) which apparently go by Multi Ground (MG) ... it was very tough to find any pure AG boots in youth sizes, but the MG seem like a decent hybrid choice. https://www.nike.com/t/jr-phantom-gt2-academy-mg-little-big-kids-multi-ground-soccer-cleats-R099Bg/DC0812-001 |