Choosing Boots for Artificial Turf: The Wrong Sole Means Injury
Most pitches in Indonesia are artificial. The wrong studs do more than ruin the boot — they raise knee injury risk.
Most amateurs here play on artificial turf yet buy boots for grip rather than surface. That is the most expensive mistake in the game.
Three soles
TF for short artificial grass and small-sided pitches, AG for thick turf with rubber pellets, FG for natural grass only.
Why FG on turf is risky
Long studs plant the foot while the knee keeps rotating — the classic ACL mechanism.