A Nike athletic shoe

An athletic shoe is a generic name for a shoe designed for sporting and physical activities, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe. Originally known as sporting apparel, today they are known as casual footwear. Athletic shoes, depending on the location and the actual type of footwear, can also go by the name trainers (British English), sandshoes (Australian English) running shoes or runners (Canadian English, Australian English, Hiberno-English), sneakers (North American English, Australian English), sport shoes, gym shoes, tennis shoes, tennies, sneaks, kicks (U.S. English), takkies (South African English). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 575 pixel Image in higher resolution (819 × 589 pixel, file size: 273 KB, MIME type: image/gif) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Athletic shoe Category... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 575 pixel Image in higher resolution (819 × 589 pixel, file size: 273 KB, MIME type: image/gif) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Athletic shoe Category... Nike, Inc. ... A shoe is an item of footwear worn on the foot or feet of a human, dog, cat, horse, or doll. ... “Exercise” redirects here. ... A dress shoe is a shoe used as a component of formal wear. ... This article is about the dress code. ... High-heeled shoe Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet. ... British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world. ... Australian English (AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... Canadian English (CaE) is a variety of English used in Canada. ... Australian English (AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... North American English is a collective term used for the varieties of the English language that are spoken in the United States and Canada. ... Australian English (AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

[edit] Use of athletic shoes

[edit] Use in sports

The term athletic shoes is used for running, basketball, parkour and tennis (amongst others) but tends to exclude shoes for sports such as football (soccer) and rugby, which are generally known as "boots", or in the USA as "cleats". For other uses, see Running (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ...

The shoes themselves are made of flexible material, typically featuring a sole made of rubber. While the original design was basic, manufacturers have since tailored athletic shoes for the different purposes that they can be used for. A specific example of this is the spiked shoe developed for track running. This does not cite any references or sources. ...

High-end running shoes will often come in different shapes suited to different foot types. // Foot type is determined by the shape and structure of the foot. ...

[edit] Etymology

The British English term "trainer" derives from "training shoe". There is evidence [1] that this usage of "trainer" originated as a genericised tradename for a make of training shoe made in 1968 by Gola. British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world. ... A genericized trademark, generic trade mark, generic descriptor, or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for or synonymous with a particular class of product or service. ... Harrier style shoes by Gola. ...

Plimsolls (British English) are indoor athletic shoes, and are also called sneakers in American English. The word "sneaker" is often attributed to Henry Nelson McKinney, an advertising agent for N. W. Ayer & Son, who, in 1917, coined the term because the rubber sole made the shoe stealthy or quiet, all other shoes, with the exception of moccasins, made noise when you walked. However, the word was in use at least as early as 1887, as the Boston Journal of Education made reference to "sneakers" as "the name boys give to tennis shoes".^[1]. Plimsoll shoe A plimsoll or plimsoll shoe is a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company (later to become Dunlop). ...

[edit] Popular brands

Main article: List of athletic shoe brands

Popular brands include Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Umbro, New Balance, Converse, K-Swiss, PUMA, Lacoste, Shaq, Asics, Etnies, Brooks, Keen Footwear, Vans, Skechers and British Knights etc. This is a list of manufacturers of athletic shoes. ... This article is about the company. ... Nike, Inc. ... Reebok International Limited is a British producer of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories and is currently a subsidiary of Adidas AG. The name comes from Afrikaans/Dutch spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle. ... Umbro (LSE: UMB) is an internationally recognised football brand based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. ... New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... K Swiss is a brand of shoes. ... Species P. concolor P. yagouaroundi Puma is a Felidae genus that contains the Cougar (also known as the Puma, among other names) and the Jaguarundi. ... This article is about the clothing company. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), commonly known as Shaq, is one of the most dominant basketball players today and currently plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. ... ASICS ) (TYO: 7936 ) is an athletic equipment company that started in 1949 when Kihachiro Onitsuka began manufacturing running shoes at his home in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. ... etnies is an American footwear brand based in Lake Forest, California owned by Sole Technology, Inc. ... Brooks Sports, Inc. ... KEEN Footwear is an American shoe company that was founded in 2003 by Rory Fuerst and Martin Keen. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Skechers (NYSE: SKX) is an American shoe company headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, founded by ex-hairdresser and LA Gear shoe company founder Robert Greenberg. ... British Knights is a shoe company founded in 1980 by the Jack Schwartz Shoes Inc, based in New York. ...

The first brand of fair trade sneakers, Veja, was launched in 2005. For other uses, see Fair trade (disambiguation). ... Launched in March 2005 in Paris and Tokyo, Veja is a brand of ecological and fair trade sneakers. ...

[edit] Types of sneakers

• High-tops cover the ankle.
• Low-tops do not cover the ankle.
• Mid-cut are in-between high-tops and low-tops.
• Sneaker boots extend to the calf.

Sneaker boots are a type of shoe that mimics the visual appearance of a traditional sneaker, but is equipped with a high heel. ...

[edit] Trivia

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• The average tennis shoe will travel 521 miles (828 km) in its lifetime.^{[citation needed]}
• In Romanian, the word for sneakers is "adidasi" because Adidas was the first company to introduce sneakers to the market.
• In Russia and other Russian-speaking countries, the word for sneakers is "kedi" (Russian: кеды), which apparently originates from the Keds brand, and is a Russian plural form of the word Ked.
• In many Spanish speaking countries, the word for sneakers is "tenis", as in tennis shoes.

Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... This article is about the company. ... The Hot Keds brand of shoe has been around since 1916, when they were first made by U.S. Rubber (now known as Uniroyal). ...

[edit] References

• BBC Sport — "The history of running shoes"
• "2002: A Sneaker Odyssey"
• The History of Sport Shoes
• Smith, Ian. "Do the Shoes Fit?" Time; 09/27/99, Vol. 154 Issue 13, p.111
• Globus, Sheila. "What's Your Athletic Shoe IQ?" Current Health 2; Sep2002, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p12
• "The History of Shoes"