Traditionally, tennis shoes adhere to a familiar design; lowtop cut, leather construction, wide base. But there’s nothing traditional about the latest from NikeCourt, the Nike Air Zoom UltraFly.
The latest innovation from the Swoosh’s tennis arm drastically revolutionizes the concept of a tennis shoe, drawing design insights from football and soccer shoes and even track spikes. The resulting creation, the Nike Air Zoom UltraFly, is truly unlike any court shoe before it.
Hexagonal Zoom Air units work in concert with a track and field-tested Pebax propulsion plate, offering an explosive step and responsive cushioning for all of tennis’s back and forth. An asymmetrical upper is built atop that framework, manifesting most clearly in the off-center lacing system, working with a hightop Flyknit ankle cuff to lock-down the foot during cross-court diagonal cuts.
The intersection of several different shoes — several different sports’ technologies — the Nike Air Zoom UltraFly releases March 9 at retailers worldwide, including Nike.com.