tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post1225347331569159080..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Natty treadDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70532452845585828022008-04-20T23:55:00.000+01:002008-04-20T23:55:00.000+01:00Apparently South Africans are extremely proud of t...Apparently South Africans are extremely proud of their footwear and spend huge amounts of time and up to 2 tins of shoe polish a week looking after them.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043636929103674939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-46283998020819035342008-04-15T15:24:00.000+01:002008-04-15T15:24:00.000+01:00Great post and makes me think that if the typical ...Great post and makes me think that if the typical British childhood returned to a more shoeless state the benefits could be legion. Our national game would surely benefit if kids played in bare feet with perhaps a felt-covered ball (maybe shoes started our footballing decline?). Where hard surfaces are unavoidable home-made car tyre shoes should suffice - the equivalent of the fancy Nike Free trainers which are flexible enough to roll into a ball and allow your feet to strengthen themselves (basically no different to wearing your trainers for much longer than is advised, which I tend to do and without any problems). (Perhaps we'd also benefit if we did away with hard pavements and learnt to cope with mud.)simbnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811721880591573545noreply@blogger.com