Women Basketball Players Have Been Stuck Playing in Men’s Shoes
- Startup brand designs shoes specifically for female players
- Yale study shows women wearing men’s sneaker more injury prone
For Courtney Williams, a guard for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, breaking in her shoes to get them to fit properly and avoid injury has been a ritual for her entire playing career.
“Once I have a shoe, I stick to that shoe for the whole season because I don’t want to have to go through the process of breaking that shoe back in again,” she said. Now, thanks to a startup that aims to provide improved basketball shoes for women, she’s only changing her sneakers once every week.