Plimsolls are better than trainers for children, say scientists
12/09/2013
Dr Mick Wilkinson, a sports scientist at Northumbria University, told an audience at the British Science Festival in Newcastle: “If I was to advise someone on what to give their child I would say don’t go and buy them expensive big-cushioned jobs, just get them a pair of flexible, flat shoes. There is a lot of evidence that the human foot is structured to cope with the forces of running by landing on the mid-foot,” he said.
Once children become accustomed to running in trainers they find it difficult to learn to run more naturally, he added.
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