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What's up guys Blake from the football boots
team and today we're back at it with
another hacks video and today our
inspiration is Cristiano Ronaldo and
we will be revealing specific hacks
CR7 does himself to improve his game.
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subscribe! So this hack you'll know that
a lot of professional footballbers
actually do this including Cristiano
Ronaldo and this is all about how you
wear your socks and your shin pads. Let's
go! So as you can see on screen there
will be four steps you need to do to
match your socks like Cristiano Ronaldo.
The first step is to get a pair of
training socks adidas or Nike and
obviously match those socks with your
kit colors so put the training sock on
as high as you can up your calf and then
the next step is to get your shin pads
and you tuck them into the training sock.
Once you have tucked your shin pad into
your socks, the next step is crucial and this
is where you'll need your pair of
scissors. So you get your playing sock
and you cut just below the brand logo or
just above it depending on the adidas or
Nike sock, you have. So once cut you slide
it up your calf and position it over the
shin pad and over your training sock and
that's step three.
and the last step is of course how we
stick it all together we get a bit of
sock tape and we tape it all together. So
that is how cr7 wears his socks on a
match day, a lot of professional
footballers as I said do this and it's
the best way to get your socks very
comfortable yet high-performing.
Definitely a good hack, but yes scissors
are required for this. So one of the more
controversial hacks this is all about
trimming that collar down to make it a
low cut boot or a semi mid cut boot
like what Cristiano Ronaldo prefers
on his football boots. Now we've got
these Superfly 5 as you can see on
screen we are cutting that dynamic fit
collar full length so it's going to be a
low cut boat after it's completed so
it's definitely going to have that feel
of what Cristiano Ronaldo wants in a
football boot. So CR7 has always been a
fan of low-cut football boots and when the
Superfly 4 came out in 2014 the first to
feature a full mid cut collar, Ronaldo
said to Nike can you make me a version
with a smaller height collar so the
first option for this hack is simply
invest in a low cut football boot.
If you have a boot with a collar then
the second option is to trim it down a
bit, but again this will void your warranty
with Nike so I don't recommend it, but it
might just free up the space around your
ankle and make them easy to put on.
Thankfully Nike now have the Superfly 360
which does feature the preferred collar
height of the main man himself so you
could just buy that boot. So this hack
is all about something Cristiano Ronaldo
did back in his Manchester United days
on the training ground. So as confirmed
by former Manchester United teammate Rio
Ferdinand
he said that Cristiano Ronaldo wears
weights on his ankles for training.
"He does stepovers, he used to put these mad things
on his feet, his weights and do step overs"
So what does this actually do
well weights on your ankles does make
your ankles and your feet much heavier
so if you wear them in training you can
get used to heavier legs so when you
take them off you're going to be much
quicker on your feet and your feet will
be more agile as well. Ankle weights is
something Cristiano Ronaldo did to make
him run faster and accelerate quicker
off the line. Another unique thing
Cristiano Ronaldo did back in his
Manchester United days or something he
did with his football boots to make them
more responsive and what he thought to
be higher performing. Setting the world
alight with his majestic trickery and
skills on the wing for the Red Devils
Ronaldo used to wear for boots which
were one to two sizes smaller than his
true size Ronaldo who is a true size 9,
the same as me, was wearing a size 7.5
football boot! He did this because he
wanted absolutely no foot slide or
movement inside his Mercurials he was
wearing. So yes it would have made the
boots more responsive but note that the
Mercurials he was wearing were naturally
narrow and tight-fitting anyway. As said
by many podiatrists it would cause
serious long-term injury but scoring a
ton of goals and winning everything
there is under the Sun I don't think
they damaged his feet too much. So I
say do what CR7 does if you want to have
a high-performing foot boot, I wouldn't
recommend going two sizes down but maybe
half to a full size down. So back in the
mid-2000s Cristiano Ronaldo was wearing
very, very stiff Mercurial Vapors and
Mercurial Superfly, so what did he do? To
soften his uppers he created what was
known as the Hot Water Trick. Now this is
all about softening the uppers using hot
water
you can either use a running tap or you
can dip your feet into a bowl of hot
water as well. So all we need to do for
the hot water trick is to get a running
hot water tap or to get a bowl of hot
water, you dip your feet into the hot
water or you get a running tap and you
can soften the uppers using hot water.
Now don't use boiling water! That will
damage the uppers and damage the glue
as well. Use warm, to hot water and that
will soften the uppers in the initial
break-in period. So most modern day football
boots won't need you to do the hot water
trick. Something like this Superfly, adidas'
X and the Predators are all soft enough
so you don't need to do that on those
models. Some are like New Balances Visaro
3 Pro was very, very stiff straight
from the get-go so maybe the hot water
trick might work on that but Cristiano
Ronaldo obviously doesn't do this trick
anymore to us for all boots, but when the
uppers are so so stiff the hot water
trick is your best solution.
Now this hack is scientifically proven
to actually enhance your play. It's all
about the colour of your boots and
Cristiano Ronaldo does not like one
specific colour on all of his signature
boots. He does not really like the color
black. It's too classic for him he wants
a speedy modern colorway on all his
signature additions. Apart from maybe the
Gala or Savage Beauty. He does not like black,
it's scientifically proven to enhance
your game when you're wearing bright
boots you actually run faster by very
very small percentages but it does make
a difference and Cristiano Ronaldo as
seen on his signature boots likes to wear
bold boots. Now this is the Built On
Dreams Superfly 360, of course it's very,
very bold it's only good a bit of black
on the back but overall all of the
signature boots and all the boots he has
worn have a lot of color on them. So that
is the hack wear colorful football boots.
You might actually run one percent quicker,
but it does actually make a small
difference! This next hack is all about
training tips and things CR7 does to
help his game. Ronaldo as you probably
know has a world-class diet and has said
so himself:
"I watch my diet eat healthily and avoid
things that are bad for me like alcohol
sugary sodas and processed foods. I focus
on eating simple whole foods like fresh
fruits and vegetables whole grains and
lean protein". This second tip is all about
getting the right amount of rest and
sleep.
CR7 says: "I go to bed early and get up
early
especially before matches. Sleep helps my
muscles to recover which is really
important training and gym workouts
are vital but living a relaxed lifestyle
helps you to be at your best you can be,
physically and both mentally". The last
step is all about your mindset CR7 says:
"I set goals to train my mind as well as
my body. Mental strength is just as
important as physical strength and it
helps me to achieve more on and off the
pitch. I always make sure I have good
music to listen to. It helps me get
motivated and do my best. I like to listen
to hip-hop and reggae".
Now this hack again it's done by a lot
of professional footballers including
Cristinao Ronaldo, it's all about the type of
soleplate he wears on match days and on
training pitches. Now as you can see in
training pitches and on match days
Cristiano Ronaldo prefers to wear soft
ground studs on firm ground surfaces, why?
One because on match days they water the
grounds right before kickoff so he
doesn't want to slip over, hence why he
wears soft ground studs on firm ground
surfaces and something he does in training as
well, so he can mould his feet to his
boots in training and have them ready
for the match day. So wear soft ground
boots, obviously this is the firm ground
of the Superfly 360 of his current boots
so where the soft ground version in
training and on match days it'll give
you more traction especially on match
day surfaces. So this hack is all about
Cristinao Ronaldo's weird superstitions. Now
he has a lot of weird ones I'll read
them out on this clipboard so the first
one: On the team bus CR7 sits alone on
the back row and he is the last one who
leaves the bus. Pretty arrogant if you
ask me. When he plays for Portugal or at
Real Madrid he always sits with Pepe and
he is the first to leave the plane. Next
one in the locker room at halftime he
must change his hairstyle! That is crazy!
Next one he must touch the ball before
leaving dressing room. With Portugal he
is the only player to wear a long sleeve
jersey, that is, that is mad! The next one
he always steps onto the pitch with his
right foot. When scoring he always waves to
his family first? I don't quite believe in
that one and the last one is he does
tape his right wrist. I don't know why?
It's all these superstitions probably a
lot of professional footballers have
these and you probably yourself have
your own superstitions just before
kickoff or during the match as well. So
I don't actually know if all of these are
actually true but a lot of professional
footballers have
superstitions and you as well watching this
video you probably as well have some
matchday superstitions but these are the
ones that work for Cristiano Ronaldo.
So you could try these ones or just
stick with your own.
So this hack is about the type of
footwear Cristiano Ronaldo is wearing on
his feet. Now he's been wearing the
Mercurial for a long long time now. Ever
since he was back at Manchester United as
well as Sporting Lisbon back in
2001-2002 he's been a Nike Mercurial
fan for a long time, but what
essentially is a Nike Mercurial, well Nike
Mercurial is a speed boot and it has a
barefoot feel on the upper it's also
very high performing this is of course
his current boot the Built On Dreams
Chapter 7 Superfly 360. It's very, very
high performing it's very narrow it's
going to provide him the most
comfortable feel yet be the most highest
performing boot he can actually put on
his feet. Yes adidas, Nike, Puma all
have very high performing boots but in
terms of performance you can't beat the
Mercurial superfly. So this is all about
wearing speed boots and specifically the
Mercurial Vapor or the Superfly. So
hopefully I've given you a better
insight into what CR7 actually does with
his boots and with the socks and with the
shin pads, he has some weird superstitions you
can try at home, on the training pitch, on
the match day pitch, as well. If you
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much for watching and as always we'll
see you next time!