Wide Football Cleats
Do your feet hurt after games? Is your child complaining about their cleats?
Have you been struggling to find football cleats wide enough for your feet?
Maybe you've even purchased some New Balance "wide" cleats but they still cause discomfort.
Well you've come to the right place.
This blog post is going to help you understand why football cleats are so narrow and what options are available to you.
Why so narrow?
Which cleat looks more like a foot? It's easy to tell that Prevolve Custom Fit 3D printed cleats match the shape of a healthy foot. Nike and all other big brands don't. They have extremely narrow toe boxes, prioritizing looks over function.
If you think I'm exaggerating, check out this clip from Nike's recent film in which they clearly admit that they've always chosen looks over function. The most popular shoe they've ever made the Air Jordans was built on this thinking, why wouldn't they use it throughout their entire sports shoe line up?
Ok, so we know that the big corporations only care about making money, so it's not hard to believe that they prioritize sales over consumer health. That being said, what football cleat options are out there for those wanting to preserve their natural foot health?
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Healthy Football Cleats
1. First and foremost are Prevolve Footwear's BioCleats ($445 - $655)
Fully custom fit with a wide toe box and flexible sole plate. These cleats are designed to meet you exactly where you are in your foot strengthening journey. By feeding your foot scans and biometrics into Prevolve's advanced algorithm a unique design is generated specific to each individual foot.
You can also purchase custom fit modular Toe Spacers ($70) and Metpads ($50) with your cleats to accelerate your foot revival.
Prevolve's cleats come in many color variations and stud options. Stud options can be selected during check out and for an extra $90 you can choose any color option you would like. Here are the standard color options available right now:
Custom Football Cleats - Prevolve Colors
Custom Football Cleats - White Out
Custom Football Cleats - Miami Vibes
Custom Football Cleats - Red Run
Information like your weight and position are incorporated into the design of your cleats. And the design improvements happen at a rapid pace.
Not only that, Prevolve guarantees the Fit and the durability as well as offering full refunds before 30 days. So there's really no risk in trying...
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Unfortunately, that's the list of wide minimalist football cleats available to purchase.
We are always looking out for competitors in our field and it's actually sad for us to say that we are unaware of any other brands making wide and minimalist football cleats.
The one honorable mention would have to be New Balance Football.
They offer three different width sizes.
Unfortunately, as far as we know, these different widths are only a change in the amount of upper material on the cleats. Meaning there is more volume inside the shoe, but the cleat plate and toe box have the same form factor leading to squished toes and inefficient biomechanics.
Other options would be to go to some minimalist soccer shoe brands. There are two currently in the market:
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Naturathletics - ($159 ) the widest standardized fit, supposedly shipping in spring 2025.
- FreeKickz - ($159) wider toe box standardized fit, currently running a kick starter to get the shoe launched. Unsure when they will be ready for delivery.
Although these options do offer flexible sole plates and wider toe boxes they are not specific to Football and don't have the added cushion or traction like the Prevolve Custom Football Cleats. Still the price is going to be much less since they are not fully custom fit.
