Integrated training system for articles of footwear
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1. A training system, comprising:
- a first article of footwear having a first physical characteristic, the first physical characteristic being configured to perform a first athletic skill related to a first method of contacting a ball;
a second article of footwear having a second physical characteristic, the second physical characteristic being configured to perform a second athletic skill related to a second method of contacting a ball, the second physical characteristic of the second article of footwear being different than the first physical characteristic of the first article of footwear;
a first customized training program including instructions for training a user to improve the first athletic skill; and
a second customized training program including instructions for training a user to improve the second athletic skill;
wherein the first athletic skill is different than the second athletic skill; and
wherein the first method of contacting a ball is different than the second method of contacting a ball.
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Abstract
An integrated training system for articles of footwear is disclosed. Each article of footwear includes a set of physical characteristics associated with an athletic skill. A customized training program is provided with each article of footwear to provide custom tailored training for improving the particular athletic skill associated with the selected article of footwear.
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1. A training system, comprising:
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a first article of footwear having a first physical characteristic, the first physical characteristic being configured to perform a first athletic skill related to a first method of contacting a ball; a second article of footwear having a second physical characteristic, the second physical characteristic being configured to perform a second athletic skill related to a second method of contacting a ball, the second physical characteristic of the second article of footwear being different than the first physical characteristic of the first article of footwear; a first customized training program including instructions for training a user to improve the first athletic skill; and a second customized training program including instructions for training a user to improve the second athletic skill; wherein the first athletic skill is different than the second athletic skill; and wherein the first method of contacting a ball is different than the second method of contacting a ball. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 33, 34)
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15. An integrated training system, comprising:
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a first article of footwear including a first physical characteristic associated with a first athletic skill involving contacting a ball with the article of footwear; wherein the first physical characteristic includes a shape correcting member including an inner surface associated with a portion of a foot and an outer surface disposed opposite of the inner surface; the inner surface of the shape correcting member being pre-shaped to fit to the contours of the portion of the foot; wherein the outer surface of the shape correcting member is a substantially non-protruding surface; a second article of footwear including a second physical characteristic associated with a second athletic skill involving contacting a ball with the article of footwear; the second physical characteristic including an upper including a ball control portion, the ball control portion comprising a plurality of protrusions that are configured to bend, each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions including a major axis, a minor axis, and a normal axis, the normal axis being approximately perpendicular to the major axis and the minor axis; each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions further including a gripping portion that extends in a direction along the major axis and in a direction along the normal axis; wherein the plurality of protrusions are disposed in an arc-like configuration; a first customized training program; wherein the first customized training program is configured to train a user to improve the first athletic skill; and a second customized training program; wherein the second customized training program is configured to train a user to improve the second athletic skill. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A training system, comprising:
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a set of articles of footwear associated with an athletic skill, the set of articles of footwear including a first subset of footwear and a second subset of footwear that is different from the first subset of footwear; a first set of customized training materials from a customized training program, the customized training program being configured to train a user to improve the athletic skill; and wherein the first subset of footwear includes the first set of customized training materials and the second subset of footwear excludes the first set of customized training materials; wherein the set of articles of footwear includes a third subset of footwear that is different from both the first subset of footwear and the second subset of footwear and wherein the third subset of footwear includes a second, partial set of customized training materials and wherein the partial set of customized training materials includes less training materials than the first set of customized training materials. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A training system, comprising:
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a set of articles of footwear associated with an athletic skill, the set of articles of footwear including a first subset of footwear and a second subset of footwear that is different from the first subset of footwear; and scales of customized training materials including a first set of customized training materials from a first customized training program, the first customized training program being configured to train a user to improve the athletic skill, and a second set of customized training materials from a customized training program, the customized training program being configured to train a user to improve the athletic skill; wherein the first subset of footwear includes the first set of customized training materials and the second customized set of training materials includes same customized training materials included in the first set of customized training materials as well as additional customized training materials.
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