Wilson’s ‘completely new’ tennis shoe reflects how game has changed
Wilson Sporting Goods has launched what it claims is the first tennis shoe designed to support, control and enhance how players slide on hard court surfaces.
Sliding is an increasingly popular technique competitive tennis players use to gain speed and agility advantages, it said, and Wilson developed the Glide over four years to help tennis players expertly slide into a shot, and recover up to 30% faster to the next ball.
"The Glide is a completely new type of performance tennis shoe and is a direct reflection of how the speed of the game has changed," said Hans-Martin Reh, general manager of racquet sports.
"In studying how players use sliding, particularly younger players, it was clear current performance tennis shoes are not designed to protect the athlete and accentuate the sliding movement. We knew that if we could develop a way to do both, we had the opportunity to revolutionise tennis footwear and provide our athletes with a new level of speed and efficiency not previously available."
