Academy Sports + Outdoors — Local services in Sherwood

I am very very difficult to find a shoe I can tolerate as I have Multiple feet issues. I ordered a pair of Brookes from them online, to replace my wore out 1's. I figured since the ft Dr tld me to wear Brookes, well they'd all be similar, so I ordered online, on a Hot Deal, a pr of Adrenalines for 89.99!!! I wore them around the house for 2 days, but the balls of my ft hurt & my calves kept going into cramps by the end of the day. I figured it has to be something how these soles are made diff. I went to Sherwood Academy & they let me return them. They were super nice about it. I could not find the same type of plain Glycerin Brookes that I'd been wearing for a fw yrs. They had the new stretch over your ft Glycerin. I have very lil meat on my ft, so the top of my foot is very bony, so that pressing down elastic don't wrk for me.

I got a Ghost Max. Beautiful shoe. I was skeptical because the sole was kinda thick, but it felt so good for my neuroma, to have that much soft sole between my ft & the concrete flr. It didn't seem like a rocker shoe I tried somewhere a long time back, but it did have a very very slight movement to it, so I thought I could tolerate it. I tried a true rocker sole shoe once several yrs ago & I could not tolerate it because they rocked me right down on my fallen metatarsals & neuroma. My calves also lock up W/a rocker sole. It puts too much movement all day on my skinny, not very strong calves.

A Rocker sole you will like, if you only have plantar fasciaitis & you already have strong calve muscles, because it gives that break you want off of your heel, by rocking you.

So ends up the Ghost Max did about the same exact thing as the Adrenaline, balls of feet pain & cramping up calves. I pd $40 more for the Ghost. I returned them W/no problem. I searched again. Nothing was working because of all the new sole types these shoe companies are making. I couldn't get just a regular shoe in a diff. type of shoe because I'm suppose to have the wide boxed toe & a sole & heel area that does not bend or is very difficult to bend W/your hand. Wide toe for neuroma & metatarsal issues, hard to bend soles/heels for Plantar fasciaitis. My Ft dr did say all ppl should be wearing them because thats typically what is causing all the ft issues, toes that stay crowded up & shoes that the soles allow your ft to bend repetitively all day every day W/no stability & no heel support.

I finally walked around W/my old shoe in my hand comparing the width & angle of the sole to every pr of Brookes, ending up in the mens section. Ah ha, there was 1 that looked like my Glycerin sole, a TRACE 3, for $99.99. Could it be it would work & I'd get money back? YES!!! They feel just right. 7 days later & I won't need to return. I am so thankful to Academy that they have such a wonderful return policy. It isn't their fault these shoe manufacturers are making all these crazy types of soles. They did have 1 type of Brookes, in the women's dept., in the store, that the sole looked similar to mine, but they were out of my size.

I think its a great place to shop for shoes. They run alot of sales. If you find the shoe you are wanting when its on sale, then it is cheaper than what you will pay at a Foot Store for shoes like Brookes. I do have my own insoles in these shoes but for picture sake I threw the originals...

I went there to get my 14 year old granddaughter running shoes. I have to use their elec scooter. I was there for over an hour every was great ,spent 226 dollars and went home found out we bought 2 left shoes for 69 dollars. Called the store and they said no problem bring back and exchange. 3 hours later I go back. They said take it to the cashier their was only one. I said to her do you need me here for this exchange? She said no. So I left my granddaughter to finish up so I could sit in the car. After about 15 min my kid called and said they wanted my credit card. I said bring the shoes and receipt to the car so we could leave. She said they won't give them to her. I said then just bring the receipt. She said they won't give her that either. I told her to come to the car. When she got in the she was frightened. I said you didn't do anything wrong. I was mad, I went in to get my receipt. They wouldn't give it to me either. But they wanted my credit card to complete the transaction. I said I didn't allow them in my account. I walked away I was done but I was still mad so I turned thanked and told them how I really felt! I went home.3 hours later my 14 year old granddaughter said they coaxed into signing my name to something. I've been buying shoes at Academy for my wife and I and 7 children since 2005. I was lied to...

The cashier was just covered up in bad attitude! I saw something I wanted online and it was on sale. Not just online sale but the website offered pick up in store with a limited number available at the store. I wanted to be able to try the boots on first anyway so I went to the store to try on and purchase. At the check out counter the sales price was not ringing up. The cashier suggested it was an online only sale. I said no. She said I could us my phone to pull up the ad. I stepped aside so the person behind me could go ahead while I pulled up the sales ad. Low and behold the person behind me had a similar issue and rather than asking them to show her the ad she got out her phone and searched for them. When they left I stepped back up to the register and told her that my phone wasn't working a we needed to call a manager to deal with the problem. She quickly pulled up the website showing the sales price and got permission from a manager to make the sale. She never said anything rude, it was all expression and general lack of saying anything. I have no idea why she couldn't just deal with the problem to start with. Once I got back home I double checked to make sure it wasn't "online only" but there was no such...