Are there disadvantages for wearing baseball cleets to play football?

My son has been wearing baseball shoes to play football. Are they really designed all that different so that it impacts performance?

Are there disadvantages for wearing baseball cleets to play football?
I did that before, big mistake... baseball cleats lack the right outer spikes for help changing direction (huge in football, not so much in baseball) and lack the proper ankle support. Look for football cleats with good ankle support for a kid.
Reply:I would say it kind of depends on how old your kid is. If they are 6, no. I would say Jr High is about the time when shoes actually start making a difference. When kids start to get bigger, having a shoe that has more cleats and creates greater traction starts to make a difference. Around the Jr High level, you will see baseball cleats go to more of a 6 spike model, while football cleats will have closer to 18 (or more), unless they are buying college type cleats that have interchangeable cleats for different conditions, but they still have 10 cleats per shoe.





As for the performance, yes. A tailback won't have the same ability to make a cut if he's only wearing a shoe with 6 spikes as opposed to the same back wearing a shoe with 12 spikes. Not to mention, as kids get older (high school) baseball shoes primarily use metal spikes as opposed to plastic cleats.
Reply:It would probably be best to go out and get him football cleats. They were invented for certain reasons to help play to the strengths of a football player. Also, in baseball there is dirt base lines, which is what the studs are designed to get traction in. For football, a grass field is used, and certain studs on the bottom would help get more traction, and improve the player.
Reply:No, none at all, they just have different types of cleats for no reason whatsoever.



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