Football Boot Tech Hacks Tested! DIY Tricks

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- What's up guys?

Matt from the Football Boots Team

and in today's video, we are going to be showing you

how to pimp out your football boot shoes

in everyday objects to give you better performances,

so let's go do it.

Now we all know the words lockdown and responsiveness

are two of the hottest words in football boot development.

Now we also know that on the Hypervenom

and on the Superfly of Nike's football boots

they come with Flywire cables to help that.

So, what would happen if we recreated the Flywire cables

on the Adidas football boot?

For any of our regular viewers,

you would have seen that a couple of weeks ago,

we did a Speed Hack's video

and on that thumbnail,

we put this pair of football boots

with this special lacing system.

Now you guys went crazy saying,

"What was that lacing system?

"Does it actually work?"

So that's what we're going to be looking at today.

We are going to be creating our very own Flywire laces

on this Adidas boot,

showing you how to do it

and also testing to see if it actually does work.

The idea behind this lacing hack is

to give you better lockdown and responsiveness.

What you need to do is get a spare pair of shoelaces

and then where you start is at the front two studs,

wrap around the boot,

and then go into the bottom lacing hoop.

Make sure they go around there.

Go back under the boot to one of the middle studs,

put them around the stud,

go back up to the lacing system,

put them through the laces,

go back towards the back heel studs,

put them across the boot,

and then you essentially have two lacing systems

working together

and the second one acts as a cage

to give you a more snug fit.

When tying the two boots up,

the one with the extra pair of laces

for the added lockdown and responsiveness,

they felt so much tighter compared to the other boot.

If you ask me if they would make a slight difference,

I would definitely say yes,

because overall, it works as almost an external cage,

very similar to Nike's Flywire.

If somebody were to ask me the two biggest features

of the Adidas Ace 17+ Pure Control,

hands down, I would say that it doesn't feature any laces

and secondly it's got a Boost sock liner.

But the thing is, no other pair of boots on the market

actually does come with a Boost sock liner.

What would happen if you used some polystyrene

to create your own budget version?

That's what we're going to be doing on the Ace 71 Primeknit.

As you gus can see,

the Boost sock liner and polystyrene look ever so similar,

so we are really interested to see

if polystyrene actually has the same underfoot cushioning

as the Boost from Adidas.

To make your own Boost-like sock liner is dead simple.

All you need to do is get the thinnest type of polystyrene

you can find.

You don't want it to be too thick,

because you still want to be able to fit

into your football boots.

You need a permanent marker

and also some scissors.

All you need to do is put your foot on top

of the polystyrene,

trace around it,

and then cut around that shape.

Then take out the original sock liner

and slide the new Boost polystyrene one in.

Guys, polystyrene Boost sock liner is the way forward!

You need to try this out for yourselves!

It's so cheap.

Just make sure that the polystyrene you actually use

is quite thin.

Ours was in between and it might just be too thick

for a pair of football boots,

just because it makes it feel a little bit more bulky

inside the boot.

But, in terms of underfoot cushioning,

this feels incredible.,

even better than Adidas' Boost sock liner.

This will give you more comfort under foot.

We all love the Adidas Nemesis for it's 360 Agility Bandage,

but what would be the case

if you used a very similar tape system

on a different pair of football boots?

Now the nice thing is about this one,

we're wearing the Messi 16.1s,

which is actually very similar to the Nemesis model

that Messi wears at the moment,

because it comes with a burrito-style tongue.

Using this this K-tape,

we're going to be

creating our very own 360 Agility Bandage system.

To make any boot on the market pretty much very similar

to the Nemesis,

all you need to do is just get that tape,

Make sure you've got your boot on first,

all laced up.

Then wrap the tape around the boot itself,

starting with the upper and then the sole-plate,

and then work around the boot itself.

Now, we left the toe box area exposed

just with that Agility Knit,

because that's exactly the same as what Messi has himself

on his 17.1.

Another good thing about this hack is that

if you don't want your laces flapping around,

then the tape is going to make sure they stay stuck down.

There's a lot of football and also rugby players

who do this.

In terms of how the new Bandage Boost actually fit,

I would say they feel tighter,

more snug compared to the standard version adjustive laces,

but in my opinion,

I wouldn't do it.

It just looks a little bit silly

and also it makes the boots look a little bit bulky

from a top-down view.

One of my favourite feelings in a football boot is

how the boots actually feel

when striking the ball with power.

On the Hypervenom,

we've got Poron pods.

On the Magista Obra, we've got foam dimples.

But what would happen if we created our own

on another pair of football boots

using bubble wrap?

To essentially make your own Poron pods,

what you need to do is get some bubble wrap,

cut it out a shape across the top of the foot.

Now, once it's cut out,

you're going to need to tape it down;

otherwise, when you put your foot into the boot,

it's going to start sliding around

and not actually sit on top,

where you want it to be,

just like on the Hypervenom and also the Magistas.

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So, once it's all taped up,

all you need to do is slide your foot into the boot

and then lace them up as normal.

Now trust me,

you are going to feel very packed out

in your pair of football boots.

A good thing is that the Clutchfit that we had

were half a size too big,

so there were actually quite nice fitting.

If you do have some very tight boots,

there's a massive chance that these aren't going to fit,

just because of how much more bulky they are now.

When I started lacing up the boots,

already the bubble wrap started to pop,

which is really unusual,

but let's get into some running

and also some ball striking.

When running around,

it still felt very strange.

A little bit similar to our polystyrene Boost sock liner.

I did feel some air cushioning underneath my foot,

which was quite nice,

but again a little bit unusual.

I wouldn't say I liked it,

but when I struck some balls,

then it did actually feel quite nice,

like I had some big padding just like on the Magista Obra 2.

We all know that out of the four solos by Nike,

three of them come equipped

with a mid-cut dynamic fit collar,

like on the Superfly,

the Phantom 3 DF,

and the Magista Obra 2,

but what would be the case if we could put a collar

on the Tiempo Legend 7,

and also every single pair of football boot?

Well, that's what we're going to be doing right now.

This hack, again, is very simple.

All you need to do is just have your standard pair

of football boots,

a sock that you don't mind cutting,

some scissors, and a permanent marker.

The first step you're going to need to do is

put your sock on and then put it into the football boot.

Now, with the permanent marker,

you need to mark through the lace holes,

where you want the holes to go

to put the laces through the sock

to make it a very seamless fit.

Once you've done that,

take the boot off,

take the sock off as well.

Now, with your scissors,

pierce those holes through the sock,

which means you can actually lace the sock

through the boot itself together.

This next part is a little bit fiddly

because you're going to need to lace the sock

through the boot itself,

which can just be a little bit troublesome,

especially if the boot is tight.

Now we did this with Blake,

because the Legends that we got are a UK 8.5,

which is pretty much Blake's size.

There's no way that I could fit these in,

but he did manage to get his Trusox on

in those Legend 7s.

This is how the boots actually look.

I don't think it gives you the most seamless fit.

Nothing like on the dynamic fit collar of Nike,

or also on those pure cut of the Aces.

So guys, there it is,

our Technology Hack video just for you.

But out of the five which we showed you,

which has been your own personal favourite?

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and also let us know (hand smacks ball)

in the comment section below

if you've got any hacks of your own.

But guys, (hand smacks ball)

that is it.

All wrapped up for today's video,

so I hope you enjoyed it. (hand smacks ball)

Thanks for watching as always.

We'll see you next time. (foot smacks ball)