Football players getting their socks cut out usually around the shin and calf muscles, have become a modern trend, find out the different ways of cutting them and why do they cut holes in their socks
The trend of cutting socks has been around for approximately 10 years now with more than one way that players cut their socks, and each type serving a different purpose.
Why Do Football Players Cut Holes In The Back Of Their Socks
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Despite the many advancements in soccer apparel match socks still continue to be uncomfortable for soccer players. Many professional soccer players can be spotted with cut out socks or conceal certain types of cut.
What Is The Reason Why Soccer Players Cut Their Socks?
There are multiple reasons why Soccer players cut their socks. One of the main reasons is that the material used for making football socks generally tend to make player’s foot slippery especially inside the football boots. This problem particularly happens especially when a player’s socks gets wet due to sweat or rainy conditions.
Besides this reason, another reason why players cut socks is because of breathability issues. This is especially common for players who have bulging leg muscles. Soccer socks can often be very tight for players, which can often prove very restrictive while playing. This tightness causes certain difficulties with effective blood flow and circulation, which in turn affect movements and performances.
Different Ways How Players Cut Their Socks
In order to address the different issues that players face when wearing tight socks, they resort to different ways of cutting their socks. In order to remove the issue of slipping feet, soccer players usually cut the feet off their socks.
Recently, top sports brands like Adidas, Nike, and Puma provide socks with gripping pads on the bottom. However, these kinds of socks do not go above the ankle. As such, players wear them underneath and cut off the feet of their other socks to expose the grippy bottoms. They then use a specific tape to cover the divide between the two socks.
Meanwhile, to tackle the breathability issue, soccer players usually resort to cut out a chunk of area from their socks. This area is usually the shin area, some players also make a number of small holes around the area. By cutting these holes, it helps their shin muscles ease up and be free from any kind of tension.
Since soccer players with bulging leg muscles, usually experience restrictions while playing, they usually cut holes in their socks around the calf muscles to reduce pressure. This allows more effective blood flow and circulation.
List Of Players Who Tend To Cut Socks
Amongst all football players, the English players seem to follow the trend the most. Players like Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Kyle Walker, and Danny Rose have all been spotted with cut-up socks. Arthur Masuaku, the former West Ham defender was also been spotted wearing socks with holes.
On the other hand, Gareth Bale has been following the trend overseas. Bale wore cut socks during his time at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid, besides also sporting the trend while playing for Wales at the FIFA World Cup.
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