These are not the shoes you want if you're an avid softball player. They're hot to wear, not natural material uppers. But my daughter bought these for her first ever middle school softball season (so only 8 games). She wasn't sure she'd want to keep playing, so I wanted a decent shoe at a cheap price in case she only played this one season. These were exactly that: not great, but did the job well enough and didn't cost a bunch of money.