Ever wonder how many racquets he uses in a year?! Glad someone asked.. (He uses string savers!) Excerpts from Roger's Live Broadcast Q&A, a few days ago in Dubai.
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@humanentity22143 жыл бұрын
He's got a childlike love for life and tennis. Happy guy and great role model.
@yoonyulntaeny Жыл бұрын
Whaaaaat!!! 50-60 rackets a year!!! I've been using the same racket for 10 years
@greatndit7 ай бұрын
and i use 2
@MrLLcoolDub7 жыл бұрын
I've been using the champions choice hybrid strings on my 97 pro Staff and there is some damage to the gut strings but what Roger has worn in 30 minutes, is 2 months on my strings and i play around 10 hours per week! Mind blown!! haha, but great strings! its the only string i'll use now
@wadeyyy3 жыл бұрын
Fed is just such a nice guy, class act in every way
@Alexandahls7 жыл бұрын
Broke 3 strings in 1 practice session. And he's not even one of the hardest hitting players on tour. Goes to show how hard these top pros are hitting the ball even on the average. I can't even break a synthetic gut in 3 months.
@miguelbarahona66367 жыл бұрын
Alexander Cortez: It depends on your type of play. I´m a club player and if I use synthetic (gauge 16) gut in crosses and mains I´ll break in 2 hours of play. With poly on the mains and synthetic gut on the crosses I´ll break strings on about 6-8 hours. I play heavy topspin on both sides. A friend of mine (ex-tennis teacher), who plays flat, breaks strings (poly) every 20-30 hours. All center hits. Consider that if you I hit the ball with the frame, you can break a string at any moment. It depends of the string tension too (I use very low tensions, wich cause the strings to move more and wear out rapidly).
@CarlMarksmoney7 жыл бұрын
Its the strings that make the sport.., expensive!
@miguelbarahona66367 жыл бұрын
Carl Marks: if you're a string breaker (like me), I suggest you to buy a stringing machine (a good basic one could cost you $150), buy string in 720ft reels (instead of single packages). Using polyester on mains extends the durability of cordage. I've done this for many years. If you consider that a string job could cost minimum $20-30 at your local pro, and you break strings frecuently, soon you'll be saving a lot of money.
@miguelbarahona66367 жыл бұрын
Alexander Cortez: the second racket was broken near the upper part of the frame (maybe because and off center hit).
@Alexandahls7 жыл бұрын
I've been considering buying a stringing machine for a while now and starting to string my own racquets. Like you said I'd be saving money on the labor. And at the same time I'd have full control of my string job and won't have to worry about someone else messing up my tension.
@Ihasfinger9117 жыл бұрын
Ha! And my wife complains that I buy a new racket every 6 months. I look forward to quoting Federer to her😂
@SkyreeXScalabar7 жыл бұрын
Rosemarys Baby well he does get his rackets for free
@NamelessAzn3887 жыл бұрын
well, he also plays professionally
@CarlMarksmoney7 жыл бұрын
I here ya... on the down side, do you have racket spillage when you open the closet door?
@ChristiaanRoest797 жыл бұрын
RR3Demos not? 🤣🤣
@ryangoss81347 жыл бұрын
Bingo
@gold6813Ай бұрын
If you look at the places where he broke the string. You’ll see the accuracy of where the ball hits the racquet
@MartinJohnZ6 жыл бұрын
I've got a racket that I use regularly for about six years, and I know guys at the club that never changed rackets for over 20 years...
@jerrychristner91876 жыл бұрын
I've heard that racquets lose tension too and for an active player playing three or more times per week, one to two years to replace the racquet.
@rpradhan500 Жыл бұрын
@@jerrychristner9187 nope.. Raquets just become old technology.. But if it fits you continue using...
@itamarbushari885 жыл бұрын
0:25 😂😆 it's so cute, he's so excited to show us the strings
@lgeiger3 жыл бұрын
26/27 kp but strung with natural gut. With a monofilament string, you should probably go down to 23/24 kp or even less for similar elasticity. Natural gut is just too expensive and too sensitive for my purposes. Great feeling and power, but they will wear out so much faster than synthetic strings. And if you leave them in the heat or in the cold for too long, they're gonna be unplayable.
@kevinsampson92172 жыл бұрын
U think roger Federer is gonna worry about string cost. The pros get their racquets strung every match
@lgeiger Жыл бұрын
@@kevinsampson9217 Pros are probably not the people who are gonna watch this video, smart-ass.
@marstonrobert3 жыл бұрын
Legendary player
@KevinRodriguez-lt7ns7 жыл бұрын
GOAT
@divyamchopra42216 жыл бұрын
I am your biggest fan Roger federer
@Darrihen3 жыл бұрын
27kg! Its the same as mine (I use pro staff too) good for control... for those who dont know,the more tenssion ypu have more control,the less you have more power
@kaafaa80362 жыл бұрын
with modern raket and technology , no need more than 25, + racket can be broke, they are more fragil
@Darrihen2 жыл бұрын
@@kaafaa8036 I'm not so sure about that, those racquets are made for it at least the rigid and heaviest like the pro staff, and the strings dont hold that much, keep 27kg at first days or week then goes to 26 depending of who made it.
@kaafaa80362 жыл бұрын
@@Darrihen i think your pro staff, tension max is 28, its wrote on the racket. i play with artengo,the max is 24, i cant more. ah i forgot monofilament and multi, maybe u play with multifilament
@Somewhere-in7 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a pro as wealthy as Fed give away a racket at the end of every match to some kid and a kid who doesn't look loaded sitting in the posh seats.
@AtticussAtticuss7 жыл бұрын
I believe he sells old autographed racquets (and other gear) on the Roger Federer Foundation website and the proceeds go to the foundation, which supports underprivileged children in Africa and around the world. So he kind of does what you suggested, but he can help more children by selling the racquet.
@MarioGomez-kj5bc2 жыл бұрын
the kid wouldn’t even be able to swing the racquet tho
@marcomentz6683 жыл бұрын
Holy moly around 20 thousands dollars a year on rackets.
@danofsorin6 ай бұрын
Roger, pls give me one of this !
@garyhilson72203 жыл бұрын
Only a Professional with a sponsor can afford Gut!!!!
@markanderson49263 жыл бұрын
I have a bike named after him. Well done, Roger.
@eesachariwala21452 ай бұрын
Doesn’t matter how successful a tennis player is, the buzz of showing off a broken string never goes away 😂
@GS-kw3wr4 жыл бұрын
Esse cara é foda
@thestuff80233 жыл бұрын
Sampras strung racquet at 72 lbs and could break the frame, My arm would fall off in that tension.
@jan17111007 жыл бұрын
question: by all gut does he mean his strings are natural gut?
@tegg027 жыл бұрын
Original tennis strings made from cows intestines on Main vertical strings. Still to now no man made synthetic can match feel. Roger crosses with a slippery plastic polyester string to aid spin and control though.
@TheGodsMustBeCrazy4 жыл бұрын
No. He uses Natural gut in the mains at Luxilon ALU Power Rough in the crosses
@gdevelek7 ай бұрын
I can't see what would make even a pro swap a racquet for another same one. Restring them, of course, put new grips, of course, but get rid of it, why??? 50-60 per year means that every week he takes a new racquet....
@Augalv2 жыл бұрын
SO GLAD FEDERER IS GONE
@jayp123 Жыл бұрын
Djokobîtch fan?
@mmastar9253 жыл бұрын
I’m going to try power pads
@mrshiv31664 жыл бұрын
1:05 The main question for which we need to approach the banks 😉
@lizheltamon4 жыл бұрын
so how many rackets for nadal for 30 mins practice?🤔😂
@PaulScholes19743 жыл бұрын
Same racket, strings and tensions, I hit hard for 2 months and it shows very little sign of wear on the strings. You must be trolling me Roger.
@TheGodsMustBeCrazy Жыл бұрын
He hits harder and with more spin than we do. That's why they break so easily for him.
@PaulScholes1974 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGodsMustBeCrazy that's crazy ^^
@Stu495836 ай бұрын
@@TheGodsMustBeCrazy he uses nat gut that is why it breaks so easily. Can't compare monofilament with nat gut when it comes to string breaking. People in this comment section are clueless.
@TheGodsMustBeCrazy6 ай бұрын
@@Stu49583 Yes that is also the reason
@GorryX32 ай бұрын
It's not same frame, pro player use pro stock racquets...
@tennis.with.srijan Жыл бұрын
My goodness ! I break 3 strings in a year.
@manohoo Жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice that he uses string savers?
@LuchoVena7 жыл бұрын
so he changes racquets every 50 to 60 matches or stringjobs?
@Betterthangoldandsilver7 жыл бұрын
No, he said there will be about 50 racquets in the rotation this year, of which he carries about a dozen for different segments of the tour. 600 to 800 stringjobs. Should tell you that for each match Roger goes through multiple racquets which is necessary at that level of play, there can be little variation on racquet and string playability to keep the consistency of play high.
@ChristiaanRoest796 жыл бұрын
So he approximately let a racket been strung 10-15 times before it goes to charity?
@PeachwiseSyndrome3 жыл бұрын
he always changes rackets before the balls change during match
@dannydangelo96537 жыл бұрын
2017 Wimbledon Champion
@restfulcube-notyet6 жыл бұрын
but not 2018
@premmohite93584 жыл бұрын
Federer needs Nadal rpm strings
@Herman-ix7tv6 жыл бұрын
26-27 kilos, holy shit thats really hard thats alomst 60 pounds! Im using 46-48 pounds and Jack Sock is using 39 pounds. How can he play with that hard of a tension? :O
@sg-hn2zi6 жыл бұрын
Hermie His racquet has a very wide beam, high twist weight, and a big head size (for him). It produces a huge amount of power : if he had low tension the balls would fly off the court, the higher tension gives him more control. When he had the 90 inch racquet his tension was around 21-22kg to give him more power
@Herman-ix7tv6 жыл бұрын
@@sg-hn2zi Okay dude. Thank you!
@nousername346 жыл бұрын
@@Herman-ix7tv especially with a heavier frame you can get a higher tension. He also plays with a gut / poly hybrid which is very soft.
@nousername346 жыл бұрын
@@Herman-ix7tv try Dustin brown, he strings at 90lbs with full poly
@kaafaa59445 жыл бұрын
there are 27 and 27, mono or multi its not same feeling
@danofsorin7 ай бұрын
Hey Roger. Can you give me a racket too? For charity ?
@davenue34287 жыл бұрын
Swiss uses kilos??
@Okwolus7 жыл бұрын
Only americans use stupid imperial system.
@E_y_a_l7 жыл бұрын
Actually the British are the ones using Imperial system, the US system is called "United States customary units"
@Ihasfinger9117 жыл бұрын
Eyal Same shit, different name. Anyway, even Britain has moved on from that medieval crap. Now it's just the USA, Liberia & Myanmar. What does that tell you? 🤔😂
@MartinJohnZ6 жыл бұрын
It's the more rational measure. Just as Celsius is more rational than Fahrenheit. Kelvin being more rational than Celsius though...
@NachoReGarnacho6 жыл бұрын
Random PC-User Kelvin is definetly a better measure than Celsius, but it is too inconvenient to use in day-to-day life.
@beeastman12357 жыл бұрын
27 kg = lbs?
@AdrianGomez-sv2pg7 жыл бұрын
Beeastman123 57-59
@keinereiner35307 жыл бұрын
Beeastman123 1 lbs = 0,4536 Kg 1 Kg = 2,2046 lbs 27 Kg = 59,5 lbs
@pooterseymour35796 жыл бұрын
Beeastman123 59lbs.
@darrenyap58426 жыл бұрын
Google is your Best Friend
@wonk4las Жыл бұрын
45 minutes play he broke 2 racquets, i play 45 days and still no break, haha
@Stu495836 ай бұрын
Because you are using copolyesther strings!
@studfinderball8 ай бұрын
What rec player is gonna use natural gut?? LMAO!!!
@DaTruth10173 жыл бұрын
Stop making a Racquet about your tennis tension
@Somewhere-in7 жыл бұрын
What fool didn't hold the phone the write way around?
@Jackripster697 жыл бұрын
which way around?
@bwest6275 Жыл бұрын
For you western folks, 27 kilos is 132 pounds.
@nceebee68592 жыл бұрын
The amount of waste is ridiculous for one player. I get that he's a competitor. Maybe the rules have to change for all. Hardly sustainable or reflective of the movement to sustainability.
@rsmith022 жыл бұрын
The non-broken rackets are donated he said. The environmental impact of the travel is much greater than this and then after that possibly the balls.
@viridianavivanco43397 жыл бұрын
Hola Roger solucionamos un poco en español si no sabes hablar y como si no sabes hablar con Rafa nada como si no sabes hablar con Rafa nada monte Y eso que es español dioses de la Ciudad de México Rafa Nadal es español Yo soy de la Ciudad de México y hablamos el mismo idioma los dos Cómo tú como éstas como mujer con Rafa Iniciando un poco español y conmigo
@JokerCat96 жыл бұрын
"See how much its fizzled out? That's after 30 mins of practice". It takes me 6 months to break a string :(
@youknowwho92476 жыл бұрын
You're not playing with natural gut then.
@kaafaa59445 жыл бұрын
you use monofilament, before i broke 20 by years and with mono each 3 months
@TheGodsMustBeCrazy Жыл бұрын
When I was in college I'd break my polyester every week lmao
@DaTruth10173 жыл бұрын
Stop making a Racquet about your tennis tension
@genesisnkaidence85193 жыл бұрын
Good one bro 😒
@silviosarunic67095 жыл бұрын
Love him❤️ ... such a good person!!!
@twks1233 жыл бұрын
How could you possibly know that is not a persona?
@goldencalf51443 жыл бұрын
@@twks123 You can only fake so much before the public sees through you. That's why Djokovic hasn't been successful in winning over the people despite all his desperate efforts.
@Nicotine463 ай бұрын
This is from the practice sessions he did before his famous come back in 2017
@AtticussAtticuss7 жыл бұрын
So is he playing with a full bed of natural gut now and not the Champions Choice (Natural gut + Luxilon Alu Power Rough)? Or when he said "all gut" was he just talking about the mains?
@semidios39947 жыл бұрын
At least from this vid, seems like the latter.
@happycamperjack7 жыл бұрын
AtticussAtticuss The cross looks like ALU Rough with it's distinctive silver color and texture. Those shred though gut main like butter.
@MrLLcoolDub7 жыл бұрын
i think he said old gut, rather than all gut as he has the Luxilon in the cross strings which are grey in colour
@daveg55906 жыл бұрын
AtticussAtticuss I could clearly see silver/grey strings in the crosses. Natural Gut mains and Alu Power Rough crosses. This combination is absolutely sublime, if you can afford to restring 2-3 racquets every few weeks. I play with an older 95sq" 16x19 with this hybrid and it is superb if you're accurate, but not very durable, mainly due to the Power Rough shredding the Gut on just about every shot. You can try replacing the Gut with a multifilament string like NXT and you may get a little longer out of it, but it all depends on your stroke. Peace out tennis lovers.
@GIN.356.A6 жыл бұрын
what Dave said, but also you can try to put the poly on the mains and gut in the cross, it will play more like a full bed of poly but you'll get more time out of each set.
@SaturnAR5 жыл бұрын
Such a great guy, inside and outside court.
@calvinyang17185 жыл бұрын
Why does Roger have black sticker on grip rather than Wilson
@tjg8014 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? What sticker on grip?
@vintagetennisracquetsandso46183 жыл бұрын
Technofibrie triax 1.28 is better and longer life- this combinations are too complicated.... to play; changing strings all the time; restringing - this cost so much time :)
@Shaunsweeney-Kubach712 ай бұрын
59 pounds that’s crazy!
@frankpiccione85714 ай бұрын
If I understood Roger correctly, the strings he broke were 100% gut in racquet. You would expect a pro to go with hybrid with 50% gut and 50% poly. I play with 100% poly -little top spin- and have never broke a racquet with full poly strings in my life. Strung at 50 lbs tension. Some pros go with much lower tension in a full poly setup ie Jack Sock and french bald guy - forget his name. I know some young dudes who play with full poly and string racquets close to 60 lbs for greater control but they are going to kill their shoulder in time. 🎾
@user-xr8fh3jt2u4 ай бұрын
Adrian Mannarino?
@yoshikay87874 жыл бұрын
1/2 hour to 45 minutes before ur strings look like they’re funna break?????!!!! 😳
@dareks.30402 жыл бұрын
I am using one strings about 2 months.. This video showed me how much stronger I have to hit the ball :D
@rogerfederer1865 Жыл бұрын
l've been using same string for 4 months and it's not even close to be broken
@FMD02310 ай бұрын
I remember when I was a junior and when I started hitting harder and breaking 16 g syn gut strings every 3 weeks to a month, it made me feel proud because I was playing against HS kids when I was still in middle school. They would brag thinking they were hard hitters. In reality they were super inconsistent while I started out with consistency and gradually moved up to striking the ball harder. Seeing Roger getting excite to show us his broken strings brings back lots of childhood memories. It’s cool to see the goat still get excited about little stuff like this. The joy on his face
@mjv19674 жыл бұрын
A good Lad through and through.
@halmaist3 жыл бұрын
but the material of the racket ? ( I believe 30% graphite , 60 % fiberglass , 10 % kevlar , when the racket is 2 cm thick )
@UltraRuns7 жыл бұрын
Only 60 sticks? Remember when Lendl used to open a brand new stick every ball change?
@tegg027 жыл бұрын
Rogers pulls out a freshly strung racquet every ball change. Doubt Ivan would be getting a brand new raquet every ball change, just string job. If were case he would have gone through over 1000 frames per year.
@direwolf5252 жыл бұрын
Those are expensive strings
@飯田大介-t7q2 жыл бұрын
フェデラー!
@Masondurlach2 жыл бұрын
he uses 50 to 60 rackets a year and my mom complains about 1 new racket a year!
@dkrawk83092 жыл бұрын
I have prestige from 2012 and aero pro from 2013, and can't come up with no adequate reason why I should even think about buying another one
@TimTheMusicMan6 жыл бұрын
60 unique rackets a year? or the same few racket frames strung 60 times a year?
@BalajiBhaskar5 жыл бұрын
60 unique
@pedropoyares29676 жыл бұрын
Interesting, he uses natural gut in the mains and luxilon in the crosses. Usually players tend to use luxilon in the mains.
@TimTheMusicMan6 жыл бұрын
Is that an old pro staff 88 from decades ago ?
@callelindstrom47896 жыл бұрын
No, its the Pro Staff RF 97. Roger never played with Pro Staff 88. He played with the Pro Staff 85 6.0 frame in the early years of his career...same as Sampras, Edberg and Jim Courier
@TimTheMusicMan6 жыл бұрын
Calle Lindström: ok, thanks. I have the 85, hard to imagine he plays with a 97 now
@callelindstrom47896 жыл бұрын
I play with the new RF85 now, I tried nearly every Prostaff released on the market. even Rogers RF 97 Black. Turned back to the 85 when Wilson re-released it last year, it suit my game best after all and I feel at home:).....Roger need the power of the 97 I think. The modern game is so fast... /Carl
@DanTuber7 жыл бұрын
why would you use so many racquets? It's not like the frame wears out.
@allboutthemojo7 жыл бұрын
itubeutude yes they do wear out. the flex increases and you lose control. at a top pro level like Roger's they will just change them according to a fixed time schedule because they simply can't afford even the slightest variation in play and Wilson provides that many frames accordingly. most rec players below satellite level will not even know the difference. I replace mine every year based on 3 X per week play. frame life is completely dependent on how hard you hit, racket abuse, frequency of play, proper storage, and correct stringing.
@AtticussAtticuss7 жыл бұрын
Very true. Also racquets warp all the time due to extreme heat, cold, and humidity. Playing in the Southern USA myself, I absolutely cannot leave my racquets in my car due to the extreme swings in weather and humidity. I learned that lesson the hard way... :(
@g2tennis3 жыл бұрын
@@allboutthemojo satellite, you went back to the 90's
@mate01077 жыл бұрын
He says he use 26 or 27 kg?? On every single web page that talks about players string tensions you will find he (Federer) use very low tension...22 kg and less ??!!
@HawkOfGP7 жыл бұрын
He may have experimented with such tensions at some point years ago.
@naichebarcelos7 жыл бұрын
He probably used these low tensions with his old smaller racquet (90 sq in), with a larger frame (97 sq in) you would want a higher tension to keep the ball on the court.
@Wodz307 жыл бұрын
DING DING DING DING you're cluing in on why he is able to kill the ball now. Even back in 2009 this was controversial. We have P1 saying they string his sticks at 55 pounds and yet we have his actual match racquets showing labels with 44 pounds. This is a GIGANTIC difference
@Wodz307 жыл бұрын
yes but mate.. think about it.. you wouldnt suddenly shift from 90 to 97 AND jump from 44lbs to 59lbs.. that is beyond insanity. The only logical course would be to move from 90 to 97, retain the tension you are so familiar with, learn to adjust with the racquet.. get the kinks worked out and then once you're fully comfortable THEN you can make the tension change but keep THIS in mind. As a top pro.. changing from 90 to 97 would take time to adjust.. we saw him have problems with the adjustment. Yet we never saw any adjustment issues going from 44 to 59. Why is that? Because he switched during his 6 month absence. Watch the Nadal/Fed IW highlights. Watch him simply MURDER the ball. Show me ANY video from before January 2017 where he got that type of pace and pop on the ball. I went back 10 years and could not find a single instance. String change happened in the down time where he had time to practice and adjust. That means he has been using his old tension even since the 97 frame change in 2013. Absolutely fucking mindblowing
@edwardlyon6 жыл бұрын
Once, I read on a famous tennis magazine that Federer used 47 lbs. Now, I watch a video in which he says he uses 57-59 lbs. Conclusion: there is a lot of people giving false information. Journalists, racquet brands, tennis equipment suppliers, etc. I just watched a video that showed that Federer wears a modified version of "Nike Vapor" shoes. It seemed a "Nike Air Oscillate" modified to have the appearence of a "Nike Vapor". It is likely that Federer doesn't even use Wilson strings. In the end, companies wanna get some kind of advantage. What the experts tell to everyone: use the equipment (racquet, string, shoes) and the specifications that is more comfortable for you, regardless of the propaganda. Follow the example of Nadal, who is still using Aeropro Drive first generation.