Aylesbury Vale Volleyball Club

How to Tie your Shoelaces

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1. Grasp the lace from the hole on the left in the left hand using the index finger and thumb.
2. Grasp the lace from the hole on the right in the right hand using the index finger and thumb.
3. Bring the left lace over the top of the shoe.
4. Let go of the lace in the left hand.
5. Bring the right lace over the top of the shoe also, but in front of the left lace.
6. Let go of the lace in the right hand.
7. Where the two laces cross, grasp them in the right index finger and thumb.
8. Grasp the lace that is on the left about one inch away from the cross with the left hand.
9. Note the triangle that has been created from the cross, and two lace holes in the shoe.
10. Using the left index finger, push the lace to the plane of the triangle and hold it there.
11. Using the left thumb, pull the lace through the triangle.
12. Let go of the cross.
13. Pull on the two lace ends until the tie is sufficiently tight.
14. Let go of the laces.
15. Grasp the lace that is now on the left two-thirds down the lace (away from the shoe) with the left index finger and thumb.
16. Bring the lace to the twist in the laces.
17. Grasp the lace on the right one-third down the lace (away from the shoe) with the right index finger and thumb.
18. Bring this lace behind the loop formed by the other lace.
19. Continue bringing the lace around to the front of the loop.
20. Hold the lace just to the right of the base of the loop.
21. Let go of the loop with the left hand.
22. Note the small triangle formed by the loop, the lace that was just wrapped around it, and the twist in the laces at the base.
23. With the left index finger and thumb, pull the lace held in the right hand through that small triangle (letting go of the lace with the right hand), until the length of this new loop is about equal to the length of the other loop.
24. Let go of the lace with the left hand.
25. Grasp the left loop in the index finger and thumb of the left hand.
26. Grasp the right loop in the index finger and thumb of the right hand.
27. Pull on the loops until the bow is tight.
28. If the laces come completely through the bow, undo the top twist in the laces, and return to step 13.

Congratulations! You're a Pro!