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Anonymous wrote:How old/big is your kid?

If older, you should also think about getting cleats made of leather, not plastic so they breath and mold to the feet.

He's 13 so still growing so it's hard to buy expensive cleats when he grows out them pretty quickly and I do buy two pair so he can rotate which cleats he wears. But righht now he's wearing those Adidas X 19.2s. I really have no idea what they are made of or whether they are considered good cleats or not. I just buy what I can basically afford and he likes. Thanks.

You can get reasonably priced leather cleats. https://www.soccer.com/shop/details/nike-tiempo-legend-vii-pro-fg-soccer-cleat-racer-blue-black-metallic-silver_A1017968


You can try more padded socks as well, but better cleats are probably in order if he gets blisters easily.

Nike's tend to run narrow and he needs as wide as possible so we try to stick with adidas. We'll look at leather Copas next time for sure. Thanks

Unfortunately for 13 and above shoes lower than .1 or pro (Nike) are not going to be good for the foot. Lower quality materials throughout and inferior sole plate. His foot is likely moving around the shoe too much causing the blisters. Socks is not issue. Better off buying good quality pair than 2 pairs of cheaper ones. As some mentioned earlier maybe try a correct size or half size bigger leather that will have some give/stretch as his foot increases.

What level of copas would you say are good quality? 20.1s?

Yes the 20.1 would be the better one unless you want more expensive and laceless 20+. I prefer laces. As the other poster mentioned the copa mundial are excellent but some kids may not like the traditional look. Mizunos are way too expensive although the best leather shoe and in my opinion probably the best shoe period. The puma king platinum is another excellent shoe. The mundial may be cheaper than the 20.1.

And if you are looking to save and can find something in your kid’s size go with last year’s model.

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Anonymous wrote:How old/big is your kid?

If older, you should also think about getting cleats made of leather, not plastic so they breath and mold to the feet.

He's 13 so still growing so it's hard to buy expensive cleats when he grows out them pretty quickly and I do buy two pair so he can rotate which cleats he wears. But righht now he's wearing those Adidas X 19.2s. I really have no idea what they are made of or whether they are considered good cleats or not. I just buy what I can basically afford and he likes. Thanks.

You can get reasonably priced leather cleats. https://www.soccer.com/shop/details/nike-tiempo-legend-vii-pro-fg-soccer-cleat-racer-blue-black-metallic-silver_A1017968


You can try more padded socks as well, but better cleats are probably in order if he gets blisters easily.

Nike's tend to run narrow and he needs as wide as possible so we try to stick with adidas. We'll look at leather Copas next time for sure. Thanks

Unfortunately for 13 and above shoes lower than .1 or pro (Nike) are not going to be good for the foot. Lower quality materials throughout and inferior sole plate. His foot is likely moving around the shoe too much causing the blisters. Socks is not issue. Better off buying good quality pair than 2 pairs of cheaper ones. As some mentioned earlier maybe try a correct size or half size bigger leather that will have some give/stretch as his foot increases.

What level of copas would you say are good quality? 20.1s?

Yes the 20.1 would be the better one unless you want more expensive and laceless 20+. I prefer laces. As the other poster mentioned the copa mundial are excellent but some kids may not like the traditional look. Mizunos are way too expensive although the best leather shoe and in my opinion probably the best shoe period. The puma king platinum is another excellent shoe. The mundial may be cheaper than the 20.1.

The light weight shin guards from now cover so little area that whatever hit the shin would have to do so perfectly for them to do anything. They exist to comply with a rule and nothing more

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My son doesn't wear shin guards to practice. He only wears them when mandatory for formal games. What would shin guards have to do with feet anyway? Thanks.

As a former player, and current coach may I politely ask you to please encourage and promote your child to wear shin guards during practices.

Builds character (he won’t be comfortable and rightly so), makes him used to it so during games they don’t bother, and most importantly for his health. Would be a shame if he got injured from a preventable situation....

I 100% agree with you. Every single word. I do. However, only ONE kid on his team wears shin guards to practice. The kids in general haven't worn shin guards for probably two years. His coach allows it and I would say...promotes it. He played in college and Europe and elsewhere too and still plays. My son also has done lots and lots of supplemental training with various companies and it seems like kids just don't wear shin guards anymore and I just got done arguing with him. I don't understand it. I don't. With that said, when he does need to wear them for games, he doesn't complain that they aren't comfortable. I think it's just about being LAZY!

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Anonymous wrote:Smaller/lighter shin guards

My son doesn't wear shin guards to practice. He only wears them when mandatory for formal games. What would shin guards have to do with feet anyway? Thanks.

As a former player, and current coach may I politely ask you to please encourage and promote your child to wear shin guards during practices.

Builds character (he won’t be comfortable and rightly so), makes him used to it so during games they don’t bother, and most importantly for his health. Would be a shame if he got injured from a preventable situation....

The mundials if you are going to spend aren't much more and are a huge jump in leather quality

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Anonymous wrote:How old/big is your kid?

If older, you should also think about getting cleats made of leather, not plastic so they breath and mold to the feet.

He's 13 so still growing so it's hard to buy expensive cleats when he grows out them pretty quickly and I do buy two pair so he can rotate which cleats he wears. But righht now he's wearing those Adidas X 19.2s. I really have no idea what they are made of or whether they are considered good cleats or not. I just buy what I can basically afford and he likes. Thanks.

You can get reasonably priced leather cleats. https://www.soccer.com/shop/details/nike-tiempo-legend-vii-pro-fg-soccer-cleat-racer-blue-black-metallic-silver_A1017968


You can try more padded socks as well, but better cleats are probably in order if he gets blisters easily.

Nike's tend to run narrow and he needs as wide as possible so we try to stick with adidas. We'll look at leather Copas next time for sure. Thanks

Unfortunately for 13 and above shoes lower than .1 or pro (Nike) are not going to be good for the foot. Lower quality materials throughout and inferior sole plate. His foot is likely moving around the shoe too much causing the blisters. Socks is not issue. Better off buying good quality pair than 2 pairs of cheaper ones. As some mentioned earlier maybe try a correct size or half size bigger leather that will have some give/stretch as his foot increases.

What level of copas would you say are good quality? 20.1s?

Might not be the popular shoe with kids but Mizzuno makes some great real leather soccer cleats