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hi guys Ian from the Football Boots team
and today you may have seen the videos
in the past where we tried to work out if
you could wear boots without the laces
in, but what about trying to put laces
into boots, that don't have laces!! Some of
you have wanted to see the Predators, the
laceless Predators all the X's or the
Glitch or the Nemeziz but actually
putting laces into them instead of
taking them out! So that's what we're
going to do in this video today I'm going to
try and put some laces into some boots
and also going to talk about why you
should do it and why you shouldn't do it
and some alternatives as well. So let's
get into it. adidas make a laced
and laceless version of all of their
high end boots these are the Predators
and they start off with the Purecontrol
those are the first boots that
didn't have laces you might remember the
commercial and the advertising that had
Mesut Ozil with those green
Purecontrol
Ace 16 that came out obviously we're on
to the Predators or back to the
Predators now these are the Predator 19+
these are the Predator 19.1 but you
can also get the X's the Nemeziz and
even the Copa 19 in a laced and a
laceless version. Now why do you need to
have laces or what's the advantage of
having laces? What you'll find is
actually a lot of players really prefer
the laced version it just means you get
better lock down in your foot better
responsiveness and what that really
means is that when you move your foot it
translates into movement of the boots
straight away. Now some people if they
try wearing a laceless boot you get
what you call heel slippage and that
just means that your foot comes up and
it slips in this area here you can get
blisters but it also means that it kind
of feels like you're playing football in
a pair of slippers! You really need some
really good well fitting boots to be
able to get away with having laceless
boots so you always have to kind of go
for that slightly tighter fit. If you've
got laced boots then you can pull the
laces nice and tight and you can adjust
the fit through there and it's just not
these boots there's loads of different
lacing systems nowadays that are being
used so the ones I've got here right now
we're looking at the Phantom Venom's and
these are one of the latest boots that
came out and they've got this little
small lace cover just here and then the
laces come up the top so you can still
customize the fit but you gain a little
bit of a benefit of lace cover and
getting that kind of cleaner area which
is what it's all about in those other
ones now that other Phantoms the ones
that came up before the Phantom Vision
they've got even bigger area some people
don't even think these have laces
because it's covered with this Ghost
Laces kind of cover and underneath the
Ghost Laces are hidden underneath.
You've still got that lacing so that's an
advantage. Nike don't do laceless boots
this is as close as you can get is
having these ones where they've managed
to kind of use elements of the lace
lessness but still maintain the laces
underneath which some people find it
better because you can adjust better
because you've got a lot of adidas
players like Messi. He got his Pure
Agility's it was the Messi Pureagility
and then they went to the
Nemeziz but Messi has never been a fan
of wearing the laceless ones he's always
gone with the ones that he can customize
the fit of he doesn't want to go
laceless and that's just his preference
but a lot of plays you got like Firminio
know he has been wearing laceless boots
and then he switched to the laced Nemeziz.
The only person who's actually
wearing the laceless Copa is Paulo
Dybala, you've got a lot of players
really goalkeepers have gone into the
laced Copa 19 they really like the
leather boots but they won't wear the
laceless ones it's all about that
responsiveness and the heel slippage and
the way the lock down in your foot and
it translates into kind of
energy and sprinting and running but
also into making cuts and turns and you
want to have that reaction in the boot
and so that's a reason to put laces in.
There are some other alternatives
and some other ways that you can go
about improving the fit of your laceless
boots before you start putting laces
back into them and one pair of boots
that you got here's the Glitch these are
laceless and obviously you got this
inner shoe that works out really nice
and that can fit quite tightly around
your foot and that's what it's all about
is having this tight fit and some people
have asked can you put laces laces into
these and I think that's going to step
foot too far we'll probably try looking
at maybe putting some laces into the
Predators but I think with the Glitch
you have to go through the Glitch skin
and then you have to go into this as
well and the thing is to better thread
the laces through properly then the two
would have to be paired together because
you were going to separate them once the
laces are in so my thought is that the
Glitch is probably not the best boot
to try adding laces to and it just is
what it is now you can see the heat of
my hands has changed the color of these
Glitch hopefully you've seen the video
where we dunk these in some hot water
I'll put it on there now for you to see
which are pretty cool because they can
do some nice things yeah I like the
Glitch but I don't think the Glitches
the ideal boot for us to put laces into.
I think today we'll look at the
Predators because we can try and put the
laces into the Predators and make an
equivalent of the Predator 19.1 with
that customization can almost see where
we could put the laces into these it's
this kind of area that goes around there
and it's very similar to the area around
through there as well so I think that
gives you a clue as to where about I'm
going to try and put the laces into a pair
of Predators is I think I'll go through
that same area but the question is do I
go with this which is a can of butane gas
you may have seen some of our hot knife
videos before. I'm not going to get that
on... So question is, do I go with this
which is some butane gas cartridge makes
a little mini kind of flamethrower and I
can heat up like a knife or a very sharp
thin metal instrument and then I can try
and pierce the upper and put that
through so that's one consideration? The
other option is here and so you can just
see here I've got myself an assortment of
different size drill bits so depending
on how big I want a lace hole to be I
can go different sizes could even maybe
start off with like the thinnest one and
go for like a guide hole and so then I
could then put those in there this is
just for example really but obviously so
you put that into there take that tying
it up.
Then we can drill the
hole into the boots and then we want it
to go I don't know whether maybe we
might kind of melt the upper of the boot
too much with the hot gun that could be
good for like sealing where it goes so
the other option is just to take a pair
of scissors
got the old scissors here so I could
take a pair of scissors and we could
just try and like push it through like
puncture it but I'm worried that one it
could slip too it might be a bit
dangerous and three it's not going to give
me like the best shape hole so I'm
really leaning towards the drill or the
hot kind of needle to pierce it the
other thing to think about this just say
like yes we can try this but what could
you do without having to go to this
length? Is there alternatives to give you
a better fit if you've got heel slippage
with these what can you do to make them
better? So I've got three options for the
things that you can do to make them
better.
Pink option and orange option although
those two are actually the same and I've
got this now. These are interesting these
have been marketed by Jesse Lingard actually
at one point these are the Storelli
Sports Speed Grip and I've got this. You
guys probably all have this in your gear
bag for football all right...
So let's start off with this one it's
the simplest so I'm looking at taking,
taking a boot now you see a lot of rugby
players doing this some footballers
maybe when their boots are broken but
you take the tape and then literally if
you've got it on your foot you put the
tape around the boot and you wrap it
around and under yeah and then all the
way around and then you wrap it down and
it just can give you that really tight
fit over the foot and it compresses and
keep the boot on. See it doesn't look
particularly attractive but it is going to
be functional and do what you want it to
do so that's one option.
I kind of give it like a
rating out of 10 I probably give it like
a 4 out of 10 it probably works but I
don't think it's the best idea you can
have to retape them every week it's
going to look terrible you've got a really
nice pair of boots like this you're not
going to want to wrap them around with tape
but it is an option so the second option
I'll look at is something that a lot of
players actually do and that is to wear
special socks underneath your actual
socks so these are on the pair of Tape
Design socks and these are pair of
much more recognizable Trusox so the
Trusox with those kind of anti slip pads
on here inside the foot as well and then
when you put them inside the boot it
stops your foot moving around so much
these kind of come up to here on the
heel bit so a lot of you wearing
laceless boots it can make it a lot
harder to get the boots on but if you do
get them on then they are going to not slide
around so much so that's a real benefit
these ones are ones I actually prefer
the Tape Design ones it's just a little
bit softer on the feet the other kind of
Trusox can go a bit crusty a bit hard
over time these are the Tape Design ones
I think Neymar wears these actually you
notice a lot of payers have these
underneath their official socks and
we've got videos about how to wear your
socks like a pro and wear Trusocks and
stuff so check those out on the channel.
We'll put them in the playlist now if
you want to see those but let me move on
to the third option and the third option
is this Storelli Sports Speed Grip
insole and what it is is it you take out
the insole that's already inside your
boot and you slide this one in instead
and it's going to give you extra kind of
fit around the heel the material this is
made out of it's designed to not slip
and slide around so much you can in fact
combine this and a pair of Trusox if you
want. Good luck trying to get your
boot off again maybe would be the
thing to say, but that's like an option
and that should really cut down on
slippage and then so there's a little
bit of sticky tape there bit of sticky
tape there and use that and it sticks
the speedgrip to the inside of the boot, you cut
them down to size to whatever size foot
you are and you can wear those as well
Jesse Lingard has been seen marketing
those at one point I don't think I've
necessarily seen any players wearing
these in a Premier League match or
anything if you guys have? Them there's
now a fourth option that has just kind
of come to me with these laces hanging
around is you could actually make your
own lacing system and add extra lacing
around the outside of the boot and I'll
try that on feet in a minute so you can
add the lacing around there and then
that could give you the equivalent of
the tape without that sticky residue and
all that extra stuff and then you're
just relacing it underneath the boot a
lot of times like in the old days when
the laces were a lot longer some of the
older boots players would actually do
that they'll go really long and then
they'd lace them up underneath the boot
just to give you that extra wrap around
the foot. Nowadays laces are shorter so
they don't do that but you can
definitely get a pair of longer laces
well a pair of laces are such and wrap
them around the bottom and that would
give you that compression as well so
that's something else to consider as
well as actually adding laces to the
boots. I think I'm probably going to
start off with the drill and try
putting the drill in here so the first
thing I need to do is I can look on here
and I can work out I can work out where
about so I'm going to put the laces and
the question is is do I lace them
exactly the same as adidas has here so
I can I get away with doing one hole
here and another one close and literally
with put exactly the same lacing system
into a pair of lacesless boots let's
give it a go and see what happens. Now
before you guys feel like I've lost my
mind and I'm adding laces to our 280
pound 500 dollar pair of boots or
whatever I'm actually going to add the
laces today to these. So hopefully you
guys can spot the difference I'll put up
a few different clips but these are the
DB ZZ 19+ these are the 19.3
laceless so I don't think there's any
difference really and we adding laces to
these in fact I think it would be more
of a benefit to add laces to these then
to these guys if you got suggestions
with other little custom videos things
you're interested in finding out then
please let me know in the comments below
because we'll try and do it in another
video but today it's all about can you
add laces to a laceless boot and I'm
about to go do that so I'm going to go
mark up this boot now.
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All right it's time to add some laces
my question now is what color should we
go for? I quite like the white I think that
pops out very nice don't mind that it'll
be a red tie in there green maybe a bit
strong guys vote in the poll card now. What
color I should go for green actually
quite like that as well blue don't know
kind of matches here doesn't it a nice
match what I'd like to see the laces on
here or hot pink
I think
I'll go to this red.
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All right, moment of truth so I've
now got the laceless 19.3 and our new
laced 19.3 I tell you what I'm really
happy with how those laces have gone in
I think they look good. Now we
need to try them on see how they feel
when you put them on
so we'll put on the regular ones first
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pretty snug pretty good such a good fit
they feel really good on feet we really
still do like these 19.3 such good value
for money but can we get a better fit
now with laces
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You can see its way harder to be getting
on
it's just too tight through the lacing
area under the laces bit I mean that's
already showing you these are going to
give me a bit of a tight fit on me let's
see how that goes
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oh yes so much tighter in the middle
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It's locked tight
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one thing I'd say with the laces is
it's a lot tighter through this mid-foot
area but it's still got this area here that
doesn't feel quite quite right just
because it doesn't have that it's just
not quite as tight and that might be
down to the 19.3 rather than the laces
that we met it but there we go guys let
me know what you think in the comments
below what do you think of the way these
turned out thanks very much for watching
Go Enjoy Your Football!