Roger Federer Slow Motion Forehand & Backhand Court Level View - ATP Tennis Federer Training

[@LoveTennisOfficial]

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[@shaunacole1]

Watches the ball every second. Brilliant

[@lilslick2231]

Compared to everyone else who looks away from the ball for a few seconds?

[@TriniBoy16]

The most mesmerizing thing I've ever seen

[@ssaski800]

Just poetry in motion. We will really miss him in ATP courts.

[@RoddickBruno]

Great video Love Tennis, thanks a lot!!

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

You can actually see how fast roger thinks. Because our thinking speed matches up with the slow motion. He gets in position just as the ball bounces up, then comes the magic, he thinks where he's gonna put it. Then as he has decided, he speeds up the racket to hit the ball. Of course this takes years and years of training, matches, reflex development and a little bit of blessing from the god called talent. Its simply magic!

[@alexgolf96]

Our thinking speed?

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

@@alexgolf96 I meant we, the general people, have a slower "tennis brain" than roger. To match up with his thinking speed, the playing has to be slowed down.

[@Buddhism4Happiness]

Incredible. It looks like he's going to be late, but then when the ball bounces, and he doesn't seem to care if he's too close or too far, and he's already decided on the stroke and where he's going to hit it to. Although he is also making adjustments and watching the ball unusually close even at the point of contact.

[@makeitrainepoker6355]

So GORGEOUS

[@louissun4713]

My eye: I knew it. My body: No, you don't

[@rapf3087]

I think i do it naturally try placing your finger in between bevel 3 and 4. Its the only spot that feels right for me. I think roger also does this (?).

[@rapf3087]

For his backhand i got no clue though

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

7:05 half volley preparation is useful to see

[@gooru4speed]

Great video!! Thank you!!

[@sopidf]

I would love to watch a grand slam final in slow motion.

[@ayokay123]

THANKS!!!!!!!!

[@rky2011]

2:21 左に移動後片手バック

[@cachi-7878]

Great insight as to what is going under the hood on that forehand. Wow! I didn’t realize Federer locks his elbow at impact and uses a lot of wrist. So two things, locking your elbow would not seem advisable since it puts a lot of strain on it. As far as the wrist movement, I was always taught not to use wrist because it is hard to control the shot. Obviously Federer has a killer forehand and he hasn’t injured his elbow as far as I know so there goes that theory. He does make quite a bit of unforced errors and so maybe too much wrist movement is not advisable. Great video!

[@JimKirk1]

Well, the theory still applies. There's actually a small window where you can lock the elbow and use more wrist to generate that power without hurting yourself, it's just Federer has such good timing that he can do that consistently. For most people, they can't do that, so the advice of bending the elbow and less emphasis on the wrist is better.

[@899TK]

Look up Rick Macci forehand, he teaches this modern forehand, and explains the biomechanics which makes Federer and Nadal forehand which are the same, so efficient. He also isn't using the wrist too as much of an extent as you think, he is releasing the wrist, the rotation is coming from the shoulder, and internal rotation of the shoulder. The locked elbow isn't dangerous or harmful, he has played for over twenty years and not had any elbow injuries. Djokovic who hits with a bent elbow, I think has had elbow injuries. The locked elbow gives you a nice long lever which helps him generate power coupled with uncoiling from the unit turn. It also gives him greater consistency as there are fewer movements and fewer things to go wrong.

[@JimKirk1]

@@899TK At the same time, you need better timing with the straight-arm, because if you mistime it and you're still trying to swing through with pace the fact that your elbow's locked could result in you hurting it.

[@899TK]

@@JimKirk1 I don't think that's true for the simple reason that your arm muscles aren't contracted and tense. You aren't hitting the ball or generating the force with your arm. The pace is coming from the core and the unit turn that's whipping the arm around. If you see in this video itself how relaxed Federer is on the forehand and his grip, that the racquet shakes at contact and almost comes loose. He is barely gripping the racquet and is very relaxed all the way through. With racquet technology and the correct technique, it will be harder for anyone to injure themselves. The shock of impact is going through the racquet and all the way up to your shoulder and then the core. Your racquet would have to be strung up incredibly tight with kevlar strings for you to injure your elbow. Lastly, the compactness of the modern swing with the emphasis on biomechanics makes it much easier to time the ball. Again, please look up Rick Macci and the forehand videos he has. He coached the William sisters and Andy Roddick when they were young. He also works with a biomechanical scientist or expert.

[@tyrone2252]

You'll hurt your elbow if you try to muscle the ball. Federer allows his kinetic chain from his trunk shoulder and elbow to release through his wrist as he makes contact. To the average player this level of timing and precision is impossible to repeat. That's why he's one of the best players in history. His forehand is biomechanically unreal. No wasted energy transfer. Everything goes into the ball. Also the unforced errors on this side started piling up as he lost a step with age. In his prime he'd go entire matches making like 5 FH unforced errors. You need precise footwork to hit the ball the way he does. Also the new RF97 racket he uses improved his backhand but he lost something on his forehand. He's even mentioned this himself. The ncode and prostaff he used early in his career allowed him for a more explosive forehand but less consistent backhand. It's a tradeoff that he had to make because Rafa used to pick apart his backhand with the older racket

[@LoveTennisOfficial]

Can Federer ever win another Grand Slam?

[@twinwankel]

Of course he can. Will he is another question. When healthy he is the best player in the world. Just look at last year's ATP finals against Djokovic. He destroyed him. I won't even mention the matches against Nadal. One of his challenges is to beat younger when they are playing at their best and he is not, like the Thiem or Tsitsipas matches. His number one challenge is stay healthy for an entire major. He has not been able to do that. Listen, at age 39 or 40, he can be thankful he is still playing.

[@hansolsson3409]

Yes

[@ayokay123]

Doesn't matter. He'll go down as the best of all time.....and I grew up in the age of Laver, Ashe, Connors, Borg, and McEnroe.

[@blindsfitvince2443]

Good to see his racket lag on forehand every time

[@josephdelvecchio599]

❤ best FH EVER

[@torilllundborn7899]

In forehand..he seems to bow the racket a little down..before he upright it and hit the ball

[@acb9542]

yes, and i’m wondering why!

[@blindsfitvince2443]

Text book tennis. Everything just as it should be so naturally.

[@cinemamylove5712]

Sachin - God of cricket Federer - God of Tennis

[@MellowWind]

I need to speak to Roger about this. Will someone please let him know?

[@padelfyi]

3:42 a mishit from the king :)

[@genesisnkaidence8519]

Watchin this shit in slow mo zoned out forgot about the ad that scared the shit out of me.. ok goin to bed

[@FLAC2023]

No matter how many times you watch this and how much you imitate his stroke, if you don't know the secret to ball striking everything else is meaningless 😂😂😂

[@savetheworldlloydcenter3551]

senorita shawn mendes

[@roniax7165]

So many adds man !!!

[@alexandermayer2026]

Perhaps warmup sessions are popular but the review of the technique has nothing to do with Roger's actual technique. The core load and leading with the body are entirely absent. His set is almost non-existent. He is not trying. All athletes warm up this way. Federer, however, is famous for not needing to get down to work in warmups. He has used Mirka and ballboys to lightly oil the machine before a finals.

[@FLAC2023]

Much of specific technic is nonsense to a large extent...look at Sampras, he had horrible technic but knee how to strike the ball very well... The secret to ball striking is something few ever get to know... and no, I am not telling you...

[@alexandermayer2026]

@@FLAC2023 and the secret to pitching is just to throw 105 mph. Please enlighten me as to how high into the top 10 you would have climbed without that unfortunate injury. For those of us who did and were not particularly gifted and for those of us who strive to help mere mortals unlike your self, imparting the minutia of technique is vital. How far would Djokovic have gotten without his maniacal attention to mechanics. And one other question please. How many, say, Division 1, full ride perfect ball strikers has your secret achieved?

[@FLAC2023]

@@alexandermayer2026 and what makes you think I need to enlighten you? The secret comes naturally to a few, others get lucky and get it, even less obtain it through lessons...

[@FLAC2023]

As your Div 1 players question: I currently practice with top 20 Div 1 players, maybe the top 100 players each year know the secret.. very few of those know how to even articulate it... probably even less... some of them hit well because of practice not because they are great ball strikers...

[@alexandermayer2026]

@@FLAC2023 we honored to be in your presence.