Parents Beam, Vault, Floor shoes?

[gymgramma]

Hi, at a meet this weekend we saw a team wearing shoes for beam, vault and floor. We've never seen any girls do that before. What is the purpose of wearing them - do they really help the girls grip the floor, beam better? Give better traction for vault and tumbling?

 

[awposey1]

My daughter is level 10 and wears beam shoes for the 1st time this year. She has a front tuck on beam in her routine and the shoes cushion the impact. We ordered them from Germany and they have a gel cushion in the heel.