{"id":4110,"date":"2017-12-22T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2017-12-11T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:44:02","slug":"25-days-inventors-football-boots-switchy-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/25-days-inventors-football-boots-switchy-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOOTBALL BOOTS &#038; SWITCHY SOUL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4111 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HENRY-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HENRY-min.png 400w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HENRY-min-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HENRY-min-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Football boots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first pair of football boots noted in history are those made for King Henry VIII of England, who ordered a pair from his Great Wardrobe in 1526. Pre 1891 nothing was allowed to project out of the shoes worn by a footballer, a revision then lead to the use of small studs or bars and football boots were born.<\/p>\n<p>King Henry VIII\u2019s were likely made by the Shoemaker Cornelius Johnson around 1525. Although these were technically soccer cleats, they differed greatly from the football boots that we have come to know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballboots.co.uk\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.footballboots.co.uk\/history.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4112 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OLD-FOOTBALL-BOOTS-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OLD-FOOTBALL-BOOTS-min.png 400w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OLD-FOOTBALL-BOOTS-min-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OLD-FOOTBALL-BOOTS-min-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4115 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-DRAWING-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-DRAWING-min.png 400w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-DRAWING-min-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-DRAWING-min-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keigan Hill a Secondary 1 student from James Hamilton Academy in Scotland invented the \u2018Switchy Soul\u2019<\/strong>, a pair of football boots with interchangeable soles that the user can switch depending on the type of surface they are playing on. A great idea, and money saving too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4114 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-2-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-2-min.png 400w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-2-min-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SWITCHY-SOUL-2-min-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4113 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SITCHY-SOULS-LETTER-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SITCHY-SOULS-LETTER-min.png 400w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SITCHY-SOULS-LETTER-min-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SITCHY-SOULS-LETTER-min-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4117\" src=\"https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sitchy-soul.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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