What is the effect of "white spikes" as a measure against heat? [Koshien Exchange Match] August 14th 17:12
In the high school baseball exchange games that continue to be hot, some changes are occurring at the feet of the players.
That is the "color" of the spikes.
The Japan High School Baseball Federation has been limited to black until now, but from this year, “white” has also been accepted as a measure against heat.
Half are “white spikes”
In this exchange match, seven games were played in the first three days of the schedule, and 14 schools participated.
Half of them, 7 schools, use white spikes, and it seems that they are already spreading.
The athletes who actually stood on the ground with white spikes commented that they could no longer
keep their heat in their shoes
and
that they could not wear black spikes anymore in the summer .
What is the effect?
How effective is it?
A reporter with baseball experience up to college put on a black spike on his right foot and a white spike on his left foot to check.
After exercising for about 1 hour outdoors at a temperature of 32 degrees, we measured the surface temperature of the spikes and found that black had a temperature of 45 degrees, while white had a difference of 35 degrees and 10 degrees.
Also, in an experiment conducted by a sporting goods manufacturer, it was found that the temperature inside the shoes also differs by nearly 10 degrees during the day when the temperature rises.
Masayuki Tabayashi, a person in charge who was also a high school baseball player, said, “I need to think about measures for the heat of the whole body, but I think that white spikes are an effective means in terms of cooling a part of the body. I also wanted to wear it when I was in the active age."
Required heat measures
The Japan Takanoren also believes that heat stroke countermeasures at the summer tournament are the most important issues, and are looking forward to the effect of white spikes.
Junichi Furuya of the Japan Takano Ren said, “Sometimes the players can concentrate on the game and not feel the heat. Even on a hot day, we want the players to play boldly, so positive things are positive. I would like to work on it."
The spring and summer tournament was canceled, and it was a special match for high school baseball players. Looking ahead to the future management of the tournament, I would like to pay attention to the efforts being made behind the scenes.
(Ayumi Imamura, Reporter, Sports Department, Osaka Bureau)