All-Star Hi Top Sneakers

[njallday]

i agree with @AshaFierce . I have witnessed high top sneakers helping the flyers with ankle stability and support, but they didn't really help anyone with ankle injuries/bad ankles. Everyone ended up wearing braces with the shoes. (we wore the kaepa high tops for high school competition)

 

[imrichhowboutu]

Ankle Brace. Those shoes are ugly and useless.

I LOVE those shoes. They are great to base. And i think it makes some flyers' body positions look better.

 

[xxcheer77xx]

My really old team Illinois Knights Elite would wear them, and other teams constantly made fun of us. But I think it helped the flyers, and gave us a unique look.

 

[ian]

I LOVE those shoes. They are great to base. And i think it makes some flyers' body positions look better.

I think it makes a team look inexperienced. Nfinities are the way to go! Put an ankle brace with that and she is set(:

 

[imrichhowboutu]

I think it makes a team look inexperienced. Nfinities are the way to go! Put an ankle brace with that and she is set:)

It's funny because Hi-Top reeboks were the shoe to have back in the day (aka like 5 years ago). All of the great teams wore them.

@BlueCat - supercats are wearing them in this video right?

 

[Deleted member 1556]

The Reebok high tops are the BEST!!!<3 We are required to wear them at Elite Cheer Michigan :) They are SO comfortable and give the ankles a lot of support :) But Ankle Braces are definitely a better way to go because that is exactly what an ankle brace is designed to do--give support, and stability.

Poor thing ;)

 

[ShoWStoppeR]

the only hi tops cheerleaders should ever sport are converses off the mat.

 

[JulieP]

My really old team Illinois Knights Elite would wear them, and other teams constantly made fun of us. But I think it helped the flyers, and gave us a unique look.

Sidebar, is this team still around? I remember competing against them back in the day, but I haven't seen them in forever.

 

[Jessicalynn]

i used to have to wear them for the team i was on ... we had black ones and the bottom is really narrow ... my ankle rolled many times during the year when i was tumbling . also i know a lot of people were used to making their shoes so tight and then the next year we didnt have them their ankle was all over the place when flying ... i also agree that they are a lot easier to base with but thats about it

 

[cheererinIL]

Sidebar, is this team still around? I remember competing against them back in the day, but I haven't seen them in forever.

I believe they closed within the last 2 years.

 

[Drkilluzionz]

As a base/backspot I cant stand the feel of the bottom of those reeboks...sharp edges, no grip contour and the height gets in the backspots way.

As a coach I want all my kids to realize that they offer no real support, lol.

 

[TheVipersMom]

Honestly, I've never wore them! I've also never cheered competitively lol.
Anyways my Cp's gym wore the white ones a year before we got there and I'm so glad they don't now because they are ugly. I don't imagine it offering that much more support- I'd rather wear an ankle brace that is made to support the ankle or whatever that I'm having a problem with!

On a side note there was a 4.2 team at a competition we went to that was mainly black, maybe red, and yellow?
Anyways, they had on some high top black reeboks and although I think white shoes look a million times better. I thought the shoes looked cool with their uniform since the uniform they wore was mostly black! I never thought I'd say that- but I mean if it's high tops is what y'all wear cool I guess!
But if she had some high tops on and no one else did it would look so awkward...at least the brace we all know what that's for!

 

[wildcatscoach]

Thanks everyone! Just by looking at the reeboks I was thinking that they offer no support but I wanted to get everyones opinion too! Looks like the ankle brace that she has is the way to go. Thanks!

 

[xxcheer77xx]

Sidebar, is this team still around? I remember competing against them back in the day, but I haven't seen them in forever.

No unfortunately. Cook county in Illinois (where the gym was located) raised taxes exponentially in 2008 so eventually, in 2009, before the start of the 2009-2010 season they closed down. :/ There were some great coaches there, and they were the last gym in Cook county to exist.