As a previous reviewer said it does seem tight at first. I take a nine and my previous bowling shoes were the "Jack" as a medium. I normally take a wide but where I bought them they didn't have one so I took a 9.5.  On Amazon they had the wide so I did the 9.5 wide this time. After one day of bowling they felt fine. My friend bought $100 bowling shoes and I'm sure my $46 ones are just as good. I finished 2 1/2 years of 5 leagues before I needed to replace my previous Dexter Jack shoes.