Roger Federer

Will, where are you? I’d like to consider lessons.

hi

Federer is the best about not pulling his head up until he has finished his strokes. He keeps his eyes down better and longer than anyone else. That is why he is the best.

federer forhand is the best forhand i have ever seen.

head steady- not windshield

Have you not heard of a certain Rafael Nadal.

it’s just a lasso whip follow through
nothing different about the grip

Federer’s forehand is way better than Rafa’s. Nadal can get some unbelievable topspin on that thing but Federer’s skids especially on the grass. Does the number 16 mean anything to you?

I’ve read elsewhere that Fed uses several different forehand grips.

There was a good piece by Stan Smith on Fed’s forehand years back (tennis mag?) about how Fed hits his forehand many different ways — ball in front, ball event with back foot. spin …

not sure abt the tension but it wieghs around 13

I NEED TO SEE IT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

good

that’s wassup

even if you tried… it’s impossible to copy him… his strategies, his ground strokes and unbelievable placement!!! He is unique… if you want to copy him be unique… ahhahaha paradox/ contradiction… it makes sense if you really think about it… maybe

also… it’s not only the racket why doesn’t anyone realize they are professionals!!! Federer is a professional!!! Roger Federer and any of the players on tour can play amazing with a crappy racket too… rackets make a difference yes… but only when you are really high up and you are a proffesional playing tournaments and open and your strokes demand stability, flexibilty from your racket cause of the power, but at most amateur levels they don’t matter if you don’t have the strokes down and you don’t have the right grip!!!

Whom else would you model your game after?!!!!

I really like it.

I don’t wish to be picky but I notice federers serve here is not the serve he uses in his matches. He bends his knees much more in matches which makes him lean back more. When he throws the racquet up there is much more of a shoulder turn than we see here and he gets more pace as a result.

Just mentioning cos I think these are great and I was using them as reference but the serve shown here looks like a warm up serve to me.

nice

—hes in a practice, he doesnt expend too much energy in practices, especially not serves, duh—

—it doesnt skid it penetrates the court. and comparing there 2 forehands is pointless. id give an edge to rafa b/c hes added more to his forehand. federers is diverse, but the changes rafael can make are amazing.—

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good!!!

maybe his serve or his backhand if you use a one-hander but not his forehand unless you use an eastern grip bla

yes he may have won more slams but nadal is leading in the head to head record and federer’s forehand is good but nadal can hit the ball so much harder because of the extra topspin

very nice strokes,….effortless and efficient…whatever you all want to say about him or his game or his rivalry with Nadal, his only true enemy is himself and his expectations. Whatever you say, you cannot argue with 16 Slams…and until someone tops that, he is the greatest ever.

In the Forehand section 44 through 1:09 is a pretty sweet clinic on the open stance forehand…..Also FYB Rocks! Thanks Will and Frank
cheers
J

Great job!!! Keep it up!!!

great!!! really like it!!!

can you please make a video on how does roger federer do hes unique stroke..

We know Roger feder plays with eastern forehand i.e heelpad and index finger on bevel 3. what he does for backhand here in this backhand video? Is he rotating his raquet from bevel 3 to bevel 1 for backhand or he chnaging to bevel4 and tilting to make eastern backhand? please explain. You roger federer video on his forehand analysis is too good. can you put similar video analysis on backhand explaining how he changes the grip from forehand to backhand grip for hitting those backhand balls. thanks

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