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A Small Historical Discussion of Trainers

This article provides you with a time-line for the creation and background of training shoes.

The difference between what we see today, for example the Lacoste womens trainer and the shoes we saw in the past is huge. However it has take a lot of time to arrive at where we are today.

To begin with a simple list of a handful of of the more specialized terms used to describe these shoes from assorted countries:

• The UK - trainers
• Australia - joggers
• Canada - gutties
• United State - sneakers
• South Africa - torkies
• Wales - daps
• England - plimsoll

The birth of the trainer can be tracked to 1850s and the development of vulcunised rubber. This created the raw material used in the soul of the shoe.

The following list provides some central dates and events in the history of the training shoe:

1890s - The business which ultimately grew to be Reebok was formed in England by J.W.Foster & Sons.

1900 - 1909 - The Spalding Company makes the first shoes specifically designed for basketball.

1917 - The development of the Converse All Stars Basketball shoe. German Adi Dassler forms Adidas after World War One.

1920s and 1930s - The decade after the the first World War saw a significant development in the retailing of sports shoes.

1930 - 1939 - Spring Court a French company, announces a tennis shoe with eight ventilation holes.

Post World War Two - Puma is formed by Rudi Dassler, the brother of Adidas founder Adi, after a family feud.

1960s - The founders of the Nike company import Japanese sneakers into the USA. In 1964 the first all-leather tennis shoe was sold by Adidas. 1968 saw the arrival of the Puma suede trainer.

1970 - 1979 - Marketing pushes the innovation of sneakers into a great many niche categories. Shoes for particular sports are highly focused..

1980 - 1989 - Sneakers are entrenched as an every-day item of recreational clothing. The era of the world-wide brands such as Reebok and Nike is born. Fresh markets expand, lacoste kids trainers, lacoste womens trainers and lacoste mens trainers.