Request for advice for heavy players and wide feet

[tobias]

Hello, I have "Mizuno Wave medal rise" shoes which are supposed to be high end. But after a year they are worn out at the heel.
My constraint is that I have wide feet, and having tried common brands like Butterfly or Donic, their shoes are too narrow and hurt my feet.
Do you have references for solid, durable table tennis shoes, especially for wide feet ?

 

[IB66]

Yonex have wide versions of their badminton shoes. They are fine for table tennis, or at least the pair I had were!!

 

[turbozed]

Hello, I have "Mizuno Wave medal rise" shoes which are supposed to be high end. But after a year they are worn out at the heel.
My constraint is that I have wide feet, and having tried common brands like Butterfly or Donic, their shoes are too narrow and hurt my feet.
Do you have references for solid, durable table tennis shoes, especially for wide feet ?

You might want to try more supportive (more cushiony and heavier) court shoes like for badminton or volleyball. Stuff like Mizuno Gel Rocket or Yonex shoes.

 

[tobias]

Maybe Yonex, because i had a few years a Asics Netburner Ballistic FF 1051A002, and these shoes were too narrow for my feet...

 

[Johnniedarko]

Take a look a Nike Lunar Gato futsal (indoor football) shoes. I have wide feet and this is one of the few that comfortably fit me. Specifically the Lunar gato soles are light, cushiony but very stable and grippy. Really comfy soft leather upper shoe too.

 

[dingyibvs]

Hello, I have "Mizuno Wave medal rise" shoes which are supposed to be high end. But after a year they are worn out at the heel.
My constraint is that I have wide feet, and having tried common brands like Butterfly or Donic, their shoes are too narrow and hurt my feet.
Do you have references for solid, durable table tennis shoes, especially for wide feet ?

What surfaces do you play on?

 

[desertman]

I have been researching this for a couple weeks myself. I don't really have wide feet but I need a wide toebox due to wonky forefoot problems, so that any pressure on my toes is very problematic. I have serious doubts I'll find anything that will make my feet happy in a court shoe but I ordered a pair of Asics EE. Gel Rockets that will be here Friday. I also ordered 1/2 to 1 size larger, based on my years of painful experienc trying to find wide toebox shoes. That is one of the shoes that came up most often in my searches.

In normal life I wear an old model of Altra Olympus, which have a huge toebox. But with their high stack they are terrible ankle-breakers for TT

 

[tobias]

Finally i bought badminton shoes, Yonex PC65 Wide, and it's ok

 

[desertman]

My Asics EE wides arrived and they seem OK, fitwise. I don't consider them terribly wide so we'll have to see how my feet feel after an hour or two of play

 

[Lando]

Asics gel 10 come in wide

 

[desertman]

Asics gel 10 come in wide

So do the 11, which is what I bought. But thee're just EE, I'd prefer EEEE and a shoe that is actually shaped like a foot. I've yet to see a foot that is pointed in front like 99% of shoes.