area and with a cup shape in the area of the heel section 31 in a typical sock for adult use the sock in its unstretched condition may have a sole width of about 3 u00bd u2033 inches and be about 6 u2033 inches long i prefer to have a fairly dense concentration of high friction buttons 37 disposed about the entire sole area and particularly in the heel ball and toe section i have found that by applying a generally uniform concentration of small diameter buttons about the sole area i can be assured that the working foot area of the athlete in contact with the underlying floor surface will always have several buttons in contact with the floor surface to maintain a high friction resistance to unwanted slippage in my preferred embodiment i array the buttons in a diagonal spaced apart rows underneath the sole and arranged in checker board fashion so as to also form approximately 27 to 29 longitudinal columns spaced laterally apart and about 33 lateral rows spaced longitudinally apart i array about 13 to 15 buttons in the section underneath the big toe and about 8 to 9 under the second toe 7 to 9 under the third toe about 7 on the fourth toe and about 5 under the little toe.