[Amesman]

Have seen all the other shoe threads here but wanted to ask if anyone has a good line on all-black high-tops for officiating. Have bad ankles from playing days and prefer not to have to try regular height shoes.

Seems the all-black high-tops are getting harder to find this year, especially without all the bling on them that players nowadays like. New Balance had one (of poor quality the two times I got it most recently) but even it's now on back order for months or nobody has it.

Along the same line, anybody with suspect ankle history make the jump successfully from high-cut to low-cut? Looks like I might be forced to go that route ... could be a relief, but I just don't want to find out the hard way with an ankle turn or sprain that I shouldn't have been running around without high-tops, and miss a chunk of the season.