My daughter loves these shoes. They look great, and feel great. Right out of the box, she attended a private lesson and a serving class in one day, and then left for a three day overnight volleyball camp the next day, and had no issues with breaking in. She had last years version of the Wave Lightning shoe as well, and had the same great experience. The Wave Mizuno shoes are the lightest volleyball shoes we have tried, and the most comfortable. When we tried them on in Scheels for sizing, the man working in shoes took them out of the box and was surprised at how light they were.I will say that you should try these shoes on in store before ordering (or just buy them in store, although they will probably be a little bit more). Mizuno shoes do run a little small. I did put that they fit as expected, but that is because we are used to Muzuno, and know that we will need to order a full size up. My daughter usually wears 7.5 or 8 in regular shoes/sneakers, but we got a size 9 in this shoe. She could have gone with an 8.5, but she would have grown out of them before the summer ended and the season began, and she felt the 9s were a little more comfortable. I will note that the Asics she had before we switched to Mizuno ran about the same on sizing, so I'd recommend trying on any volleyball shoe before ordering.