Great video and great analysis of one of the most effective and accurate serves of all time. Federer was quite unique the way he was up on his toes, and the way he crunched his abs while lifting his knees at contact. Most pros have their legs almost fully extended at contact.

Paralysis via analysis 101😂 his elbow, hand Gimme feds serve over Stans elbow all day Be well

Love the led zeppelin background music too

awesome!!

Yes- im practicing the on edge technique but why? Hiw does it improve my serve

What is the wrist angle at impact with the ball: Flat, bowed back away from forearm or bent up toward forearm? What are the wrist angles through out the entire swing?

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He gets tio thin the objective is rewarfing cells rest not ti increase pains the return campaung is eat more the set to win is known so energized it is nice maybe set ti nit too much care

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Boy that looks easy😂

정말 잘치시는데 뭔지 어색한 애교같은 느낌은 뭐지

The racquet is tilted in the preparation stage because the grip is not fully Eastern, it goes into bevel 8 and keeping the racquet straight up would be uncomfortable for the wrist. Check Shapo he's even more tilted. Musetti holds is straight.

Something I never noticed before is the Pros (or at least Federer) is looking down range at the box on the toss. I look, visualize where I want to hit then just watch my toss....probably not a good thing.

All my life since guys Borg and Vilas , topspin was everyone's dream stroke . Then Agassi hit on the rise and topspin but a bit harder . Then Nadal comes along and it's all about topspin again because of more consistency. Now all I see and hear is a flatter , harder stroke , which my grip is not good for . Why is flat all of a sudden a in thing . Jimmy Connors hit all flat and everyone was striving to get away from that . He was very accurate also. I am A lefty and had a brief period when I was ten , when I tried to emulate Connors . Borg then changed my mind 😁

I am a rec. player who have had many college players that I grew up with and play with. I used a semi -western grip most of my career , been using full western for about ten years now . Never ever had tennis elbow in my racket arm or wrist injury . Feels totally smooth to me . I am 59 and been playing since I was 10. I did have a ten year break in there though .

Just found this interesting exercises. Absolutely will try it. Thank you for easy explanation.

tossing parallel to the base line is natural for me. Tried a few types doen'st work for me. It must be to do with dominant eye which is left in my case and Fed's

his 2nd serve is better than my 1st

Classic 90s style power forehand

I agree with the continental warmup but how putting your hand behind your back, keep you using a continental grip? Other than that, a great warmup drill

great boop

For someone that wants to become pro in today's game is a god idea to copy Del potro' s forehand if you want to become pro knowing that is more old school backswing technique and not the modern atp forehand that the tip of the racket goes more to the outside and not to the back?¿

I believe his off hand position as he begins his unit turn is directly related to how much he will rotate his torso on the shot. If his left hand is tight to the body, he can more easily rotate.

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Fantastic .

It's great to see how he extends his arms during preparation and impacting the ball. Most recreational players don't and they could improve a lot their games working on that!

Awesome form

That is why dominic thiem ruined his wrist for taking back like that

Hey doc great and beautiful analysis. Quick question… at what point should one go for a topspin one handed backhand return and how do we deal with the grip change when the ball is coming really fast at you.

After thinking about this more, I think that Fed doesn't lean as far back as Stan and so his racket drop doesn't appear as deep. I think with Fed everything he does is based on artistic impression. I'm sure that if he thought it would look more pleasing to lean back more like Stan or arch his back like Roddick or Joker, he would do it and you would see his hand well below his elbow. Apparently, he doesn't. Who can argue with the result?

This is awesome!

Focus on being a great competitor that often wins, more than just being a winner...

Fantastic 👏 tips from Toronto, Ontario,Canada Prince

great lesson and tips, thank you!

not a fan of people who explain how to do kick serve without them doing their own demonstration on how they do it.

No wonder that 3 of the Best Ever, Federer, Sampras and Borg, both did so well in keeping the emotions under control!

I like how Federer keeps his non racquet hand attached as long as possible for support. This is a great illustration of a backhand return thank you.

@1:30 - Emma and Jones (British player) were touring Oxford University just days ago

Wow, I didn't know John was your son. I subscribe to him also. Anyway, Emma is my favorite WTA player to watch (second is Rybakina). Her game is elegant and nearly effortless, similar to Fed. She has changed the takeback to her serve and went from a full to an abbreviated takeback. (Maybe you can do a video to compare her old vs new serve.) I don't know if this has helped her resurgence. She is working her back from multiple surgeries last year, so I love her drive to get good again. Besides, this era of WTA is very weak IMO and because of that, she should be able to win another major. She lost to Datsatkina in the Quarters of Eastbourne but I figured she would lose given the very strong windy conditions that doesn't favor her aggressive game. Hopefully Wimbledon is not as windy, if so, she has a chance to go deep.

She’s looked really good recently, on many levels.

Love ur way of coaching,Prince ,Toronto, Canada

Fantastic shot

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There still players at today's game in the pro tour that continues doing Del Potro's forehand technique?¿

Well let's look at this way. Paolini just doesn't have the weapons to make Swiatek sweat. No serve, average ground strokes and too short to play the net game. (She has decent movement though.) She was overpowered and looked like she didn't even belong on the same court. It would have been a better final if Rybakina had beaten her but a poor third set from Elena and unfortunately we get this slaughter fest. Paolini can say what she wants but there is just no way that she beat Iga with her current game. It would take a miracle if she could get good enough to even take Iga to three sets on clay. First things first, get a better serve.

Great Insights!!

I like your videos. One thing I’d like to suggest is for people who are left eye dominant versus right eye. Their positions are different. Also, I feel serving to the deuce side versus the ad side is slightly different on how your body mechanics work. Maybe your tutorials can be better customized based on that. Just my 2 cents to help improve the community. I’m always looking to improve my serves every time I practice for effortless power! But thank you for analysis! Love your videos

Tsitisipas has one of the highest rpm's on his forehand, and he stays on edge. Rublev also. To me, 2 of the very best forehands in the world. It is a less complicated technique to me.

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