Patent ID: 8632342
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A method of using an article of footwear to train a wearer of the article of footwear, comprising the steps of: providing information for a user to remotely access one or more sets of training instructions on a website and providing the one or more sets of training instructions to the user via the website; wherein the one or more sets of training instructions include instructions for the wearer to move along a predetermined path; wherein the one or more sets of training instructions include instructions for the wearer to pass a ball by contacting the ball with a portion of an upper of the article of footwear including a shape correcting member, the shape correcting member being disposed in an inner portion of the upper and the shape correcting member including a central hole configured to receive a bony protrusion of a foot; wherein the shape correcting member is disposed on a top portion of the article of footwear and an inner surface of the shape correcting member corresponds with a top portion of a foot; the article of footwear having a medial side and a lateral side, wherein a lateral direction extends between the medial side and the lateral side; and the inner surface including a plurality of laterally spaced, pre-formed cavities, configured to fit to the contours of the top portion of the foot; and wherein the shape correcting member further includes an outer surface opposite the inner surface, the outer surface being a substantially non-protruding surface having an approximately constant curvature.