Erling Haaland has reached new heights this season as he leads Manchester City\u2019s push to recover from a difficult 2024\u201325 campaign. The striker\u2019s goals have drawn attention not only for their volume but for the unusual technology behind part of his preparation and recovery.<\/p>\n
Haaland is one of Nike\u2019s signature athletes and has been benefitting from the sportswear brand\u2019s brand new neuroscience-based footwear designed to help athletes feel “calm, focused and present” both before and after competition. The fresh Mind 001 and Mind 002 sneakers incorporate sensory receptors underfoot that are intended to access key areas of the brain, assist recovery and activate awareness.<\/p>\n
Nike places 22 foam nodes on the bottom of the shoe to impart the feeling and even texture of the ground, allowing athletes to feel more connected to their surroundings. The Mind 001 is flexible and water-resistant, while it also offers “easy-on, easy-off convenience.” The Mind 002 “anchors the foot to the footbed for increased sensation and support.”<\/p>\n
The two models are the result of more than a decade of work inside Nike\u2019s Sports Research Lab, with Haaland credited for debuting the technology. The neuroscience-based footwear is the opening project on the Nike Mind platform curated by Nike\u2019s Mind Science Department. It was unveiled as one of four major projects revealed by the sportswear giants on Thursday, Oct. 24 alongside Aero-fit, Project Amplify and Therma fit.<\/p>\n
\u201cNike Mind is a new sensory-footwear concept that helps reawaken the foot, the body and the mind,\u201d revealed Eric Avar, Creative Director at Nike. \u201cIt represents a new paradigm of performance and how we can potentially make athletes better in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFocus is everything in football,\u201d said Haaland, who has been regularly testing Nike Mind footwear over the past five years. “Every step I take, I think of the shoe and what I feel in my feet\u2014which is a good thing. It helps me to bring balance to my game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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