Basketball insole

An insole having a top side configured to contact a user's foot and a bottom side configured to contact the inside of a user's shoe, comprising:

• a. a base, said base having a base top surface and a base bottom surface, said base having a heel end, a toe end, a medial border and a lateral border, said borders extending from said heel end to said toe end, said base bottom surface defining a forefoot area configured to extend from the toe end to a location behind a metatarsal head area of said user's foot, a midfoot area configured to extend from said metatarsal head area to an edge that is configured to lie forward of the calcaneal area of said user's foot, and a heel area that is configured to extend from said midfoot area to said heel end, said base further defining a forefoot pad recession area in said base bottom surface and a first metatarsal head pad recession area configured to extend in said forefoot area in said base bottom surface, and an arch recession area on a medial side of said base bottom surface, an integrally formed longitudinal arch support and one or more pod recession areas located in said midfoot and heel areas of said base bottom surface, said longitudinal arch support integrally formed in said base extending upwardly along the medial border and configured to extend under the medial arch area of said user's foot;
• b. a graduated arch support made of semi-rigid material, said graduated arch support secured to said arch recession area of said base bottom surface, said arch recession area located along the longitudinal arch support having a proximal edge end nearest the heel end of the base and extending toward said toe end of the base to a distal edge end adjacent said first metatarsal head pad recession area, said proximal edge end and distal edge end connected by a medial edge near said medial border and a lateral edge near a middle of the base, said lateral edge having a parabolic-like shape;
• c. a forefoot pad secured to said forefoot pad recession area, said forefoot pad recession area configured to extend under a hallux area of said user's foot from near the distal end of the base proximally configured to extend to an area under the first metatarsal head, said forefoot pad recession area further configured to extend laterally and proximally under the lesser metatarsal heads area of said user's foot to the back of the metatarsal heads;
• d. a first metatarsal head pad secured to said first metatarsal head pad recession area, said first metatarsal head pad recession area configured to extend under the first metatarsal head area of said user's foot, a distal edge and a lateral edge of said first metatarsal head pad recession adjacent a proximal edge and a medial edge of said forefoot pad, said forefoot pad having a firmer density than said first metatarsal head pad;
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• e. interacting cooperative pod components integrated into said one or more pod recession areas on said base bottom surface, said pod components having a lateral heel pod inserted into a pod recession area located on the lateral side of said heel area.