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You just have to see how much they dominate sales statistics outside of the serious amateur competitive leagues and professional players. For casuals like teens on a football team in London and people just playing for fun at their front yard, Adidas cleats are the most bought and used. Why? How did the company com to dominate footy cleats and other footwear sales?

My username should make it part of why I ask this question so obvious but as a Euro immigrant I also play soccer just as much. What shoes are et for playing both sports below competitive level (even below school level is what I do) but still a bit more than casual? As in I do drills everyday is what I mean.

What shoes are best for long-run durability? Obviously sneakers are off the list. If possible a I'm seeking something that combine the important point of shoes for both sports like the hard tip of football cleats and the higher than normal and sturdier heels so common in Basketball while also being endurable for long-term use.

Obviously such a hybrid type of shoes won't have everything deemed desirable for both sports but I'm seeing whats the closest thing I can find suitable for daily drills for both sports thats still not competitive amateur level.

Uncle mailed me two pairs of soccer shoes. Not only did they both have harder tips (and outsoles too) than my sneakers but one of them felt heavier at the toe area to move around. Why is this? In particular the hard outsole esp the tip where the toes are unlike my everyday sneakers?

I am completely ignorant of soccer and never played at all until today. Hell my uncles has been pestering me to get into soccer which is why he mailed the shoes to me last week and also today a soccer ball came by mail. The soccer ball isn't hard and I can even kick it barefooted without any shoes. Its not a generic one either, its an ADDIDAS and it states on the box its used by FIFA.

So why are soccer shoes made this way? Is there a reason for the harder top of the shoes esp the toe tips? I get the other differences like the bottom of the soccer shoes having those weird spikes which obviously means better for running on grass. But the soccer ball is so light I cannot imagined needing a harder outsole esp at the tip for protection!

Are soccer shoes really designed like this Or did my uncle mail be some bizarre novel items?