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When and why do wear SG boots? What is Nike Anti Clog Traction? | GSS show 3. episode - YouTube
Channel: Global Soccerstore
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Hey! Tarmo here and Global Soccerstore's show 3. episode begins!
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When looking around at Estonian football league calendars,
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we can see that many games have been from artificial grass to natural grass.
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This means that players have to get their metal-studded cleats from a closet
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and add them to their pregame boot list.
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But why metal-studded cleats are needed and when should they be used?
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These are the questions that will be answered in today's episode.
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Like always we take a look at all football boots which players who scored in the Premium League last weekend wore.
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Metal-studded football boots are needed when the pitch has turned very wet and soft.
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This is where naming comes - SG like Soft-Ground.
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Mostly we have these soft fields at spring and autumn,
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but knowing what Estonian weather can bring,
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then it takes only two rainy days to turn good natural grass field to a mud pit.
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If you go to play to this kind field with FG boots,
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then there is a big chance for slipping and for losing the ball if not even losing the game.
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The name "six-studs" comes from that the classical SG soleplate has six screwable metal studs,
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which cut to the crass much more than the plastic FG studs could do.
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There only six metal studs to increase the pressure that each stud can offer to the ground.
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If there would more metal studs than each stud's pressure to the ground would be smaller
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and the studs wouldn't dig as much as needed.
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The stud pressure is important because metal studs are longer than plastic studs
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and that's why they can go deeper to the ground and offer more traction.
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Nowadays the SG sole plate has evolved further than only having six metal studs.
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Because of pro players feedback manufactures started to make mixed studs soleplates,
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which had the classical six metal studs but also had shorter plastic studs.
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It didn't take long for these kinds of soleplates to reach store shelves and be available for everybody.
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With this kind of mixed studs solution, some pressure will be lost in what each stud can offer to the ground,
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but on the other hand stability and traction will improve a lot.
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Especially when making accelerations and quick changes of direction.
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The main difference between the SG and FG is the length of the studs.
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FG studs are just too short to go deep enough on the soft ground and to give the grip needed.
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SG soleplate studs are longer and they can be swapped for even longer ones
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when the pitch is especially wet and muddy.
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Therefore, if you don't want to be that guy who can get off when it's rainy,
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then it would be wise to get a pair of SG boots.
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A pair of these could be an investment for many years to come,
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because the SG boots aren't needed so often than boots with other soleplates.
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You may think that if the SG boots wouldn't be needed so often,
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then couldn't you play those couple games with FG boots?
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The answer for this would be "Yes",
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but maybe those couple of games could be the most important ones of the season,
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which in the end decide the victory, promotion or relegation.
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For example, in the spring of 2014, Steven Gerrard slipped in a game against Chelsea.
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That slip caused a situation which let the opposition to score a goal.
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Many think that as one of the reasons why Liverpool didn't win the league that season.
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Because we are talking about SG soleplates today, then we also take a look at Nike Anti-Clog Traction technology,
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which was unveiled in 2016 and promises to keep the mud from clogging the soleplate of the boot.
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This might be seemingly quite unreal, but in a moment we take look at what makes this technology possible.
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Like we talked previously, it is very important for the SG boots,
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that studs could go into the ground as much as possible.
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But when most of the soleplate is covered in mud, then it is much harder to get the grip needed.
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When initially it was thought, that mechanical or water-repellent solution could work,
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then the final solution was instead the opposite of these.
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When the hydrophilic soleplate gets into contact with water, it creates a slippery surface
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in which the mud doesn't stick so easily.
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In summary, the soleplate uses water and moisture of the ground
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to prevent the mud from clogging up the boots.
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But does it work?
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Rather yes,
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mud does stick to the boots, but there is noticeably less of it than we are used to.
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It might also depend a bit of how wet or muddy the field currently is.
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But what we can say for sure is that this technology isn't this one, which is only available on elite models.
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For example, these Nike Tiempo Legend 7 Academy have also Anti-Clog technology
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and at our online store they cost just 62€.
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What do you think about SG boots and the Anti-Clog traction technology?
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Leave all your opinions down below in the comments.
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Next, we take a look at "Premium Liiga" 10th matchday goals
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and see which boots were worn by the goalscorers.
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10th match and also the second round of play got its start in Kuressaare
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with a game between FC Kuressaare and Maardu Linnameeskond.
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The winners of the game were hosts, who had to play 2/3 of the game with 10 men.
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FC Kuressaare's goal was scored in the 38th minute by Rauno Tutk who wore Nike Tiempo Legend 7 Elite boots.
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The game between Levadia and Tammeka turned out to be a disaster for the guests,
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because Levadia scored 7 times against them.
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The first goal of the game was scored by Mark Oliver Roosnupp, who wore Adidas Nemeziz 18.1 Messi variation.
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Couple minutes later penalty expert Iengeni Budnik doubled the score while wearing Nike Mercurial Vapor 11 Elites.
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In the middle of the second half, Gando scored his second goal of the season
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who had Phantom Venom Elite boots on his feet.
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After Gando, Roosnupp scored two goals more and finished his hattrick.
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Nemeziz 18.1 gets two points more.
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But this wasn't all.
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At 86th minute Kirill Nesterov scored with Mizuno Morelia Neo II boots
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and a minute later Nikita Andreev added one more.
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We know that Andreev wore Nike Tiempos, but we are sure if he had Elite, Pro or Academy version.
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We put his goal under Elites at the table,
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but if somebody has more specific information then let us know.
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The game between Narva Trans and Paide Linnameeskond was heading for a tie,
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until Tarmo Neemole was brought down in the 86. minute.
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This was followed with a penalty, which was scored by Henri Välja
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while wearing Adidas Copa 18.1 football boots.
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The first game on Sunday was between Viljandi Tulevik and FC Flora.
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At the end of the first half, Vlasiy Sinyavskiy opened the score.
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On his feet were the new Mercurial Vapor 12 Elites from the Euphoria pack.
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At the 66th minute, the goal was scored with Nike Hypervenom Phantom 3 Elite Low model,
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when Herol Riiberg scored straight from the corner kick.
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The guy probably knew that he was going to be subbed off soon, so he decided to get the goal by himself.
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10 minutes later Kaimar Saag scored a screamer for Viljandi.
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With this beauty, he brought points for the Adidas X 18.1 model.
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The last goal of the game was scored by Martin Miller. He was wearing Mercurial Vapor 12 Elites.
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Tallinna Kalev almost got away with surprise once again.
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The game between them and Nõmme Kalju was tied until the last moments of the additional time,
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until Mikk Reintam was found with a cross and who scored the winning header.
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He wore the most classical boots he could get - the Adidas Copa Mundials.
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It took some time to detect his boots because he had taped both of them over with white tape.
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This is how the most successful boots Top 5 looks like after the 10th matchday.
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Looks like that these five are getting ahead of the other boots,
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because the best five boots haven't been changed in the last three matchdays.
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Nevertheless, we will keep our eye on the goalscorers.
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If you would like to get these boots for yourself, then you will find them on our website - globalsoccerstore.com.
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This is how the episode came together this time. If you liked what you saw, then leave us like and subscribe.
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Definitely watch our previous episodes.
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