Basketball Shoe Covers: Protect Your Grip Off the Court
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The grip on a basketball shoe is made for one surface. Everything between your front door and the court is something else.
Why outdoor ground is hard on court shoes
A court outsole is a soft, fine tread pattern designed to hold on clean hardwood. Pavement and car parks are rougher than the court, and they wear that pattern down. Dust and grit collect in the tread on the way in.
Hard surfaces wear performance soles. The less time your outsole spends on them, the more of its grip is left for the game.
What players usually do
Carry your shoes and change courtside. The standard answer. It means a bag and a second pair every time.
Keep a pair for indoors only. Works if you never wear them anywhere else, which rules out wearing shoes you like.
Cover the outsole. A basketball shoe cover goes over the sole for the walk in and comes off at the court.
What Glide Soles are
Glide Soles are removable, reusable sole protectors that stretch over the outsole of your shoes. No adhesive, and no permanent change to the shoe.
- Put them on at home, in the car, or outside the gym.
- Take them off before you step on court. They are for off-court protection, not for playing in.
- Put them back on when you leave.
Wear the protector. Not your soles.
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From court to street
Basketball shoes get worn off the court more than any other performance shoe. With a protector on, you can wear the pair you play in to school, to work or out, and still have the outsole you paid for when you get to the gym.
Rep the shoes you play in, beyond the game.
Questions players ask
Can I play in them? No. Take them off before you play or train.
Are they the same as stick-on sole protectors? No. Stick-on protectors are an adhesive film applied to the sole and left there. Glide Soles are a cover you put on and take off, with no glue.
Will they fit my shoes? They come in size ranges. Check the size guide on the product page, and see what shoes Glide Soles fit.
Can I reuse them? Yes. They are made to go on and off every time.
The bottom line
Your grip is the part of the shoe you can't replace. Keep it for the court.
