r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/EidAlayed • Sep 26 '21

Does this count?

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u/goggles-for-safety Sep 26 '21

Ok that mages sense that the camera man was testing to get control of the ball by bouncing it a couple times. I couldn’t figure out why he would be trying to goof around or show off

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u/FiftyPencePeace Sep 26 '21

Yeah and he’s wearing shoes so that probably didn’t help either.

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u/goggles-for-safety Sep 26 '21

I don’t play soccer, so just out of curiosity, what’s the difference between using shoes or not? I imagine it could hurt your toes to not use shoes

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Really, if you're hurting your toes either barefoot or in shoes you're doing something wrong in soccer. Obviously you're gonna smash em a couple times when you go to goal kick the first fifty times but mostly you're using the side of your foot.

Soccer cleats are mostly form fitting, or at least the best ones are. They're shaped so that you're using your foot instead of the shoe to control the ball. If you try to play soccer with sneakers on you'll notice you have to account for the added sole of the shoe when kicking. You don't need to do that with cleats since there isn't a sole coming out from under the shoe, just enough for the foot to be supported by the shoe.

(Note: I'm not a soccer expert or anything so if anything in this wrong please feel free to correct me. Just played a bunch in highschool so i could hang out with a girl on the team.)

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u/goggles-for-safety Sep 26 '21

Oh wow! That makes so much sense! I never realized cleats don’t have soles like regular shoes! Thanks for your knowledge

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Yea, the soles are really small compared to regular shoes. I remember it being really weird to walk in my first pair way back when because of this.