How to Care for Your Shoes

For a soccer player, this post makes big sense. But not only for them, even if you are an indoor player or a jogger, taking care of your shoes, is preferable.

Maybe after a full-day practice, you put your cleats inside your bag, go home, and take them out in the following week after then. To get the very best from your shoes, you must clean and dry your shoes.

Here goes an useful guide to keep your shoes in tip-top shape.

• Before putting inside the bag
  
  
  
  After a game, whatever happens just remember to clean any rubbish off your shoes before throwing them to your bag. Bang the shoes together and remove the grass or dirt that are lodged on the sole.
  If possible, get a cloth and wipe off the dirt.
  
  
• Shoe bag
  
  
  
  Keep a separate bag for putting your shoe. This gives plenty of room for your shoes to breath. And it is far better to use a plastic bag for keeping your shoes away from other stuff.
  
  
•  Cleaning your Shoes
  
  
  
  Take off your shoes from the bag once you get home. And make it a habit to keep some time to clean your shoes. But, not the day before the next session of practice.
  If your shoe color is light, it is very important to make that color sharp. Use a wet rag or a sponge to wipe the dirt off and an old tooth brush to scrub the rubber of the shoe. For better results, use a shoe shampoo.
  
  
• Drying
  
  
  • Roll up old newspapers inside the shoes
    
    
    
    Put newspapers or else small rice bags in the shoes. They keep the dryness and absorb the moisture.
    
    
  • Air-drying
    
    
    
    Keep your cleats outside the house in a sunny day. But avoid the direct sunlight. Because, it may crack the leather of your shoes.
  
  
• Storing
  
  
  
  After your shoes are cleaned and dried as well, it is time for storing them for the next day. Before that you can do some leather polish if it seems good.
  
  Taking good care of your shoes will lengthen the durability of them. Just sacrifice a little time for your running shoes. It will save money for buying another pair.
  
  WARNING!
  
  • Use saddle soap only for leather shoes but not for soccer cleats, golf shoes, training shoes etc.
  • Don't use your washing machine to wash your shoes.
  • Reduce using dryers or any other devices to dry out shoes.
  
  ADVICE!
  
  • To reduce shoe odor
    
    
    
    • Remove the insole of the shoe
    • Wash them the same way
    • Put them back inside after drying them totally
      OR
    • Replace your shoe insoles (Buy one from your shoe store)
  
  

How to Improve your Sport Skills

It's true that academic studies and sports go hand in hand. Sports make you hyper-active. That's good for academic purposes as well.

So, if you are not the sports person of your class, now it's time for you to improve yourself.

• What is your sport?
  
  
  
  You may have that favorite sport of yours, or even more than one. Choose it wisely. Because, you don't have to excel all sports. Start from your favorite sport and that will just do fine.
  
  
• Start it today!
  
  
  
  Go to your sports store and buy your sport equipments, TODAY! Because, postponing the starting date means, *You're not gonna do it in this life*. Engage yourself in it.
  
  
• Practice! Practice! Practice!
  
  
  
  By the way, it's your favorite sport! You would love to practice it. If you have the gut-will that you can make it, you just need some practice, and that's all!
  
  
• Join a club
  
  
  
  You will find plenty of sport clubs around your area. Join a reputed sport club. You'll get to know so many peers, elders, and even sportsmen. You'll get a boost while seeing them playing. And you will get to know sport tactics even.
  
  
• Enroll for competitions
  
  
  
  Competitions are opportunities; Opportunities to drag yourself up. You may be low at level. But, it's the will that counts. Competitions make you professional. They improve your team spirit, patience and your skills.
  
  
• Have fun
  
  
  
  Playing your favorite sport, makes you happy. Even if you lose, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy playing and enduring. Train yourself even more and you'll end up as an A-Lister.
  
  
• Never Quit!
  
  
  
  You may be fat and "Yeah, it'll be a little harder for you then". But, that doesn't mean that you cannot play! Go diet and control it. Because, anything is possible. Check out How to Maintain a Healthy Diet to get some help.
  
  And Never quit because you're not good at playing your sport. Always remember the hard will you had on the first day. Don't ever lose it. No one is perfect. All you need is a little more practice. Just do it.
  
  
  TIPS!
  • Practice whenever possible.
  • Observe great players playing and learn from them.
  • Practice with a group of friends.
  
  WARNINGS!
  • Give number one for self-safety
  • Don't exhaust yourself
  • Never play immediately after a meal. You'll get stomach cramps!