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3D animation of a football boot. Football boots, also known as cleats or soccer shoes in North American English, [1] are a type of shoe worn when playing association football (soccer), most of its variations, and some games that are played on the same surface.
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The cleat engages with the pedal such that the cyclist's shoe remains mechanically attached to the pedal during pedalling. Typically the cleat and shoe are engaged with the pedal by pressing down against a spring loaded retention mechanism, and released by twisting the shoe and cleat sideways.
Footballer Craig Johnston retired from the game in 1988 to return to his native Australia to help care for his seriously injured sister. [3] Whilst coaching a group of schoolchildren in Australia, he came across the idea of using rubber instead of leather to build ridges on the top of a football boot to, theoretically, aid control of the ball.
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Cleat sizes are changed, depending on the conditions of the field (longer cleats provide better traction on a wet field, shorter cleats provide greater speed on a dry field). Flat bottomed shoes, called "turf shoes," are worn on artificial turf (specifically AstroTurf due to the lack of soil that causes friction and grip in artificial fields.