Golf shoes

Abstract

Golf shoes are proposed which make it possible for particularly senior golfers whose lower body has weakened to perform a correct swing during a downswing. A sealed bag formed of vinyl is fixed to a portion of a midsole in surface contact with the sole of a shoe. A hand pump and a release valve are connected to the sealed bag through a vinyl tube. When the shoes are put on with the sealed bag inflated by injecting air into it by operating the hand pump, the portion of the little toe rises. When a swing is performed in this state, even when the body weight moves at the time of a downswing or an impact, due to the rise of the portion of the little toe by inflation of the sealed bag, even a senior golfer can make a correct swing by standing firm on his left foot. When air is released from the sealed bag, normal walking is possible.

1 . A method comprising: 
 providing a pair of golf shoes for a right-handed golfer who swings a golf club from right to left during downswing, said golf shoes comprising    a right foot shoe having a sole including a rearward portion and a forward portion, said forward portion having an inside portion at one lateral side adapted to receive a big toe portion of a right foot and an outside portion at the other lateral side adapted to receive a little toe portion of the right foot,    a left foot shoe having a sole including a rearward portion and a forward portion, said forward portion having an inside portion at one lateral side adapted to receive a big toe portion of a left foot and an outside portion at the other lateral side adapted to receive a little toe portion of the left foot,    an inflatable sealed bag provided only at said outside portion of said forward portion of said sole of said left foot shoe, said inside portion of said forward portion of said sole of said left foot shoe having no inflatable sealed bag thereat, and said right foot shoe having no inflatable sealed bag,    wherein said inflatable sealed bag has an air port through which air can be injected to inflate said sealed bag, and    wherein said sealed bag is arranged at said outside portion of said forward portion of said sole of said left foot shoe so that, when the left foot is received in said left foot shoe and said sealed bag is inflated, the little toe portion of the left foot is raised relative to the big toe portion of the left foot; and    performing a golfclub downswing from right to left while wearing said pair of golf shoes and while said inflatable sealed bag is inflated.    
     
     
         2 . A method comprising: 
 providing a pair of golf shoes for a left-handed golfer who swings a golf club from left to right during downswing, said golf shoes comprising    a right foot shoe having a sole including a rearward portion and a forward portion, said forward portion having an inside portion at one lateral side adapted to receive a big toe portion of a right foot and an outside portion at the other lateral side adapted to receive a little toe portion of the right foot,    a left foot shoe having a sole including a rearward portion and a forward portion, said forward portion having an inside portion at one lateral side adapted to receive a big toe portion of a left foot and an outside portion at the other lateral side adapted to receive a little toe portion of the left foot,    an inflatable sealed bag provided only at said outside portion of said forward portion of said sole of said right foot shoe, said inside portion of said forward portion of said sole of said right foot shoe having no inflatable sealed bag thereat, and said left foot shoe having no inflatable sealed bag,    wherein said inflatable sealed bag has an air port through which air can be injected to inflate said sealed bag, and    wherein said sealed bag is arranged at said outside portion of said forward portion of said sole of said right foot shoe so that, when the right foot is received in said right foot shoe and said sealed bag is inflated, the little toe portion of the right foot is raised relative to the big toe portion of the right foot; and    performing a golfclub downswing from left to right while wearing said pair of golf shoes and while said inflatable sealed bag is inflated.