Shoe Lacing Tips and Techniques

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Specific lacing techniques for your shoes can prevent injuries, minimize pain, and relieve foot problems. If you experience foot problems, try out these different lacing techniques and tips to help you find the proper fit.

Shoe Lacing Tips and Techniques

Keep Your Heels In Place

HEEL LOCK: Use every eyelet and make sure that the laces closest to your heel are locked. This will allow less tension near your toes as it holds your heels in place. Start with crisscrossing your laces as you normally would. When you have reached the second to last eyelet, lace each side straight up and through the last eyelets. Pull through and allow enough lace to form loops to execute the lock. Crisscross the laces across the shoe and pull it downwards through the opposite loop. Tie as you would normally. Watch our
how-to-video: Heel Lock

High Arches

HIGH ARCHES: Parallel your laces. Avoiding the standard crisscross pattern will allow the top of your foot to have more room, giving you more comfort while still getting the support you need. Watch our how-to video: If you have High Arches.

For Wide Feet

WIDE FEET: Lace your shoe normally with a crisscross pattern. Afterward, thread the shoe in crisscross fashion in every other eyelet. Tie your shoe to finish off. This lacing technique will help loosen the entire shoe and give your foot more space. Watch our how-to video:  Lacing Your Shoes if You Have Wide Feet.

Avoid Toe Pain

TOE PAIN: Use a combination of parallel and diagonal crossing lacing pattern to lift the toe box up and minimize toe pain. Lock your laces as well. Click the picture to watch our video on how to Reduce Toe Pain With Your Shoe Lacing Technique.

If You Have Narrow Feet

NARROW FEET: Lace shoelaces you normally would. Skip an eyelet and thread the shoelace in a crisscross pattern all the way to the top and tie off. This lacing technique will help tighten your shoes.  Watch our how-to-video:  How to Tie Your Shoes if You Have Narrow Feet.

To Keep Your Laces Tied

LACE LOCK: To keep laces from always coming undone, first start off with a basic knot. Then, make a bunny loop with one lace and with the opposite lace, loop underneath. Pull through tightly to secure. This knot is great for kids as you can undo it easier than a double knot and it’s also great for roller-blades and ice skates and other times where it is important to keep your shoes tied. Watch:  How We Lock Our Shoe Laces.

Additional Shoe Lacing Tips To Keep Your Feet Comfy:

• Always loosen the lace before you slip your foot into the shoe
• Begin lacing your shoe at the eyelets that are closest to your toes, and pull the laces one set at a time
• Shoes with more eyelets will make it easier to adjust laces
• Crisscrossing your laces to the top of the shoe works best for a majority of people
• These tips work great not only for runners but any athletic shoe and are even helpful for small children to accommodate their rapidly growing and changing feet.

Think you've got the art of shoe-lacing down? Sure, it's a no-brainer if all you want is to keep your shoes on from point A to B. But here's the catch: lacing up isn't just a one-size-fits-all deal. What you're planning to do in those sneakers matters a lot. You wouldn't tie up a high-performance running shoe the same way you'd casually lace an athleisure sneaker, right?

So, let's dive into the world of lacing with a twist. We're breaking down three unique ways to lace your shoes, each with its own flair: one for that perfect shoe selfie, another for the ultimate comfort and slip-on ease, and, of course, one for the athletes out there. For each style, we've got the pros, the cons, and some handy pro tips to ensure you're lacing up like a pro, no matter the occasion.

What you need to lace your shoes:

Your sneakers Your laces Your hands

(Kind of obvious, really.)

Now, scroll on to see our step-by-step guide on how to lace shoes the right way in 2024.

Method 1: Aesthetic

Step 1: Start from scratch

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Looking to learn how to lace Air Force 1s? You are luck, we are going to start with those in our first example.

Step 2: Lace up the first two eyelets

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Put your laces through the first two eyelets, making sure the laces stay flat and facing up and away from the tongue.

Step 3: Crisscross to the top

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Weave the laces in and out of the other eyelets, crisscrossing as you go. The pattern should be in through the top of the eyelet, across the tongue, and then back in through the top of the eyelet on the other side. Make sure your laces are facing up as you work and keep consistent whether the lace coming from one side crosses over or under the lace coming from the other side.

Step 4: Tongue loop

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Keep going until you get to the loop in the tongue (if your shoes have one). Our tip here is to skip the tongue loop entirely because your laces will look cleaner. If you don’t believe us, wait until the side-by-side comparison.

Step 5: Final eyelets

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Keep going until you reach the final eyelets. But this time, instead of going through the top of the eyelet, go through the bottom, from inside to out on both sides.

Method 2: Comfort

Step 1: Start from scratch

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First, remove the laces.

Step 2: Lace your sneakers

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Lace your sneakers the exact way we laced the Air Force 1s, just a lot looser.

Step 3: Pro tip

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If you lace them with your foot already in the sneaker, you’ll be able to gauge how tight they need to be so they don’t slip off. Pulling the sides of the sneaker apart as you go also helps create a looser fit while giving the laces a natural look.

Step 4: Finishing touches

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Once at the final eyelets, you have several options. You can leave your laces hanging slightly out of the last eyelets. You can tie your laces together loosely for a little more structure and compactness. Or you can tie small knots into the ends of the laces so they hold in place and don't loosen.

Method 3: Performance

Step 1: Start from scratch

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First, remove the laces.

Step 2: Lace your sneakers

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Your shoes are laced as they normally would be, crisscrossing the laces until you reach the second eyelet from the top.

Step 3: Final eyelets

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Once at the second eyelet from the top, instead of crossing over again, put the laces through the top eyelet on the same side, forming a loop.

Step 4: Tongue loop

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While we skipped the tongue loop previously, you’ll want to put your laces through it this time as it holds the tongue in place as you run.

Step 5: Tighten the loop

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Pull each lace end across and through the loop you just created on the opposite side of each shoe.

Step 6: Tie your laces

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Finally, tie your laces as you would normally. _

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