How to Customize Basketball Sneakers

Basketball sneakers can be altered for aesthetic or performance purposes. Making alterations to your sneakers allows you to showcase your sense of style on the court while building in the comfort and enhancements to augment your basketball skills. You will need an analysis of your feet before you begin customizing your shoes to determine what changes will best improve your performance. You may want to take some art classes before you design your shoes so that the end product looks more professional.

Things You'll Need

  • Pencil
  • Paper shoe layouts
  • Shoelaces
  • Shoe inserts
  • Airbrush
  • Paint
  • Markers
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Instructions

    • 1

      Design your shoe on shoe cutouts. The cutouts will provide a guide for transferring your design from paper to the sneakers.

    • 2
      Choosing a shoelace to augment your design is an important point of focus.

      Choose the lace design for the shoelaces of your basketball sneakers. The laces are an often overlooked design element to sneakers and the lace design should be considered for your overall shoe pattern.

    • 3

      Insert a custom insole into the shoe to provide added comfort for your feet when playing basketball. An analysis of your feet and a recommendation by a trained professional can help you pick a specific type of insert to work best with your feet. This will ensure that individuals with high arches or flat feet get the support they need to play the game at maximal levels.

    • 4

      Utilizing markers, an airbrush and paint, transfer your design pattern from your paper layout to the shoes. You may want to trace the design elements from the paper layouts to the shoes with light pencil marks to make the transfer process easier.

    • 5

      Lace the shoes up with your desired shoelaces after the paint from the shoes has dried. This will ensure that your shoelaces do not get paint on them.