Wow. Itu ayat pertama kami keluar bila tengok gambar kasut futsal Nike yang baru nie. Memang cantik. Warna pun menarik. Memang Nike tak menghampakan bila dikira dari segi design.
Nike5 Zoom T-7 FS ini memang direka khas untuk mereka yang gemar main padang kecik. Kalau kat Malaysia nie, untuk mereka yang gemar main futsal lah kiranya.
Sila baca press release untuk makluman lebih lanjut. Dapat gaji nie confirm kitorang beli.
Small sided football players demand products that are flexible and durable. Their footwear must withstand four times the wear and tear that a regular football shoe would endure on the pitch, and it must provide ideal protection from impacts on the playing field. Inspired by the feedback from some of the top small sided players and the creativity of the team kits, footwear designer Doug Wilken, working very closely with fellow designers Tom Minami and Morgan Stauffer who were integral in the Nike5 product line, created the NIKE5 Zoom T-7 FS. The NIKE5 T-7 FS is a shoe crafted for the small-sided player seeking the best in fit, ball control, accuracy and traction on hard court surfaces.
To design the best possible shoe, Doug traveled to the Los Angeles’s King indoor futsal facility. There conducted focus groups with top-level players collecting insights and being inspired by heir major concerns. He understand that the players need an innovative product to help them achieve higher levels of performance—a shoe that will help them receive, control and distribute the ball in play while being more durable than any other football boot. By identifying critical areas of exposure, he has designed a shoe that selectively reinforces these key areas.
Doug used high-abrasion materials in the forefoot for durability and identified key areas of touch for the ball.Moving the lacing system off to the medial side opened up more area on the foot, which is beneficial since small sided players tend to use much of their foot. A smoother Swoosh design on the medial side gives the athletes an improved surface to play with. The upper, engineered with kangaroo leather, gives the shoe a professional look.
Due to the quick play of futsal, a player’s shooting time is usually not long enough to allow the leg to swing as it does in football. Consequently, athletes flick the ball more often. Doug reinforced the toe with a bumper that’s designed for increased ball control and shooting accuracy. Rubber in the heel allows for more heel kicks. Knowing that players also work with the bottom of the foot by trapping the ball, Doug created an outsole with a pattern that allows the foot to flex around the ball.
Doug graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in industrial design. While he was working on his senior thesis, Doug got his first opportunity to work with Nike: he designed a shoe for the women’s category. He first joined Nike as part of the model shop, a job that gave him good grounding in footwear design; later, he joined the cleated category, where he designed American football, baseball, softball, lacrosse and wrestling products for more than six years. He has been designing for the football category for the past two years.
Crafted for the small-sided player seeking the best in fit, traction, ball control and accuracy.
