How many people do you know complain about not succeeding at their full potential, because of their shoes? I know A LOT! In some cases this can be true, depending on how worn out the shoe is.
When playing a sport there are certain shoes that are required to play. Cheerleading is usually a nice type of tennis shoe, there are particular dance shoes to wear, basketball shoes are designed a certain way to help protect the ankles, volleyball has a certain bottom to them, and track, football and softball all have a type of spike in them to help them when running or moving so they don't fall when playing the sport. There will be a point in time when these type of shoes will wear out. The bottoms will become dull and have less grip to help you from slipping around. The insides could end up getting holes in them from the way your foot rubs constantly in them. When playing an indoor sport there is a lot of cutting and moving on the floor. Many times your shoes can be dirty or they have lost their grip from wearing them all the time. This causes you to slip and slide not be able to play your best at the sport.
On the other hand there are some people that don't have worn out shoes, but claim they do because of their performance in the sport. If they have fallen or have slide instead of gripping and pushing off, they will blame their shoes instead of owning up to it; being authentic. The whole blaming thing gets on my nerves, because not every mistake has an excuse to it.
I guess the shoe does have a some what of an effect to the way you play, but its not going to be a make it or break it sort of thing. Yes, if the shoe is falling apart and there is no way to perform well in them, then I think that is a good time to blame the shoes and buy some new ones. When playing sports, the appeal of the shoe is HUGE to some athletes. If your shoes look "cool" and you get pretty good playing time then you have a lot more 'hip', as some people might say.
The actual type of shoe n athlete wears doesn't effect the way they perform, it is the type of shape they are in.
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