In some cases, the shape of the shoe (or the material on the footbed) may make it more difficult to transfer the dots to the shoes. If you have difficulty getting the dots to stick to the shoe, try the following: Make sure the sticky backing is facing the shoe footbed. The fluffy fabric side of the dot connects to the rough dot on the underside of the Spriing arch supports. The adhesive (sticky) backing sticks to the shoe. The fabric side won’t stick to the shoe. Press the Spriing arch supports down firmly into shoes, pressing directly over the dots. If you press too lightly, the dots might not transfer. You can try standing on the Spriings inside your shoes which will help transfer them.  If they still won’t transfer, you can stick them on by hand. You must be careful to line up the fluffy dots exactly with the rough velcro dots on the underside of the shells.  If they have stuck to the wrong part of the shoe by mistake, you can simply peel them off and try again.