Question for those with Reebok plate shoes

[Mike Prince]

I've had my plate shoes since the spring and have done close to 70 games in them. I've always left the laces how they were when I got them, with the 'top row' of laces visible above the armor plate. Today after I cleaned them I re-did the lacing a bit so that the laces ran directly from the eyelets at the top of the plate to the top set of shoe eyelets. This seemed to pull the plate up a bit snugger (previously it had seemed to slide down a bit towards the toe of the shoe). The only real difference I noticed was that the tied now laces sit over the top of the plate and seem to hold it in place a bit tighter than it was.

Has anyone else done this to pull the plate up a bit? It seems to be OK and I've got 2 games tomorrow night so I will try them out. If for some reason there's any issue with this I can always re-lace them very quickly between innings or games. Just wasn't sure if the shoes came laced how they were to allow some movement in the armor plate when running.

[Thunderheads]

how about some pics of peoples lacing techniques for the Reeboks?:clap:

[semper_fi_72]

I just lace them up as with any shoe.

Once the laces are pulled tight, instead of tieing them they go thru the eyelets of the plate first and then tired.

[mazzamouth]

I've had my plate shoes since the spring and have done close to 70 games in them. I've always left the laces how they were when I got them, with the 'top row' of laces visible above the armor plate. Today after I cleaned them I re-did the lacing a bit so that the laces ran directly from the eyelets at the top of the plate to the top set of shoe eyelets. This seemed to pull the plate up a bit snugger (previously it had seemed to slide down a bit towards the toe of the shoe). The only real difference I noticed was that the tied now laces sit over the top of the plate and seem to hold it in place a bit tighter than it was.

Has anyone else done this to pull the plate up a bit? It seems to be OK and I've got 2 games tomorrow night so I will try them out. If for some reason there's any issue with this I can always re-lace them very quickly between innings or games. Just wasn't sure if the shoes came laced how they were to allow some movement in the armor plate when running.

as soon as i got my Reebok's I changed the way it was laced to pull the plate up as well.. it feels much better.

[Thunderheads]

again ...how about some pics of the lacing techniques on the Reeboks ...that will help dramatically! :shakehead: