History of Tennis Shoes
Every tennis or sports person wants to know how tennis shoes came into existence and how it become famous in the market? We will try to answer these and many more that come up in your mind. When did first tennis shoe made? The first tennis shoes were made from canvas and rubber soles during the 18 th century basically, these were designed for the British navy to use them on the slippery deck. Later they got a place in the market around 1892 and was also known as plimsolls. These shoes had no left or right and were called sneakers ( source ) because of their salient feature while walking on the floor, unlike today’s tennis shoes that contain the very hard sole and make lots of noise as we walk on the ground or court. Rubber-soled shoes were used in this era and didn’t see any alteration until the 1960s. In the late 1960s, lots of companies made testing with tennis shoes and got famous at that time. When tennis shoes first came up in the market, they were seen as sneaker or ath...