Tennis Tips Roger Federer footwork analysis
por info el Domingo, abril 29th, 2012 | 25 Comentarios
www.videotennistips.com A close up look at Roger Federer‘s footwork and recovery patterns.

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he stays slightly left of the baseline cause it’s easier to go around his forehand, which is his main weapon
“subconscious debates” ???
basically he knows where the returning ball is going to go, so that’s why he still stays at the same side and just moves lightly to the center just in case his predictions are not correct.
he prepares to receive a crosscourt opponent´s shot
Federer learned how to dance before he plays tennis, surely the most swift footwork on tennis!
Funny he does not Cross step so guess what over rated…. it is the art of knowing when to split step in my opinion. Hanging on the correct side of the court. Analysing your own shot difficulty for opponent and watching the opponents body instead of the ball on its way to the opponent.
yea…novaks backhand down the line is sick…marat safins is too….but i feel federer covers the left side of the court that much because he depends more on his forehand than his backhand and hes quick enough to cover down the line if its necessary
its a split step.when your opponent makes contact with the ball.thats how he does it.
Hi John, I never noticed that before. Thanks for pointing this out. I will try it out myself on the court today!
He does this as a reaction to the other player’s position. A cross court shot forces the opponent to the other side. From this side the angle of the opponent’s cross court shot increases while the angles he can generate on the down the line decreases (a direct result of being moved from the center). This shift of angles shifts the range of shots the opponents can hit to the left. As a result moving a bit to the left of the center mark becomes the new center of the dynamic court.
its true what he’s saying,.. when he hits crosscourt he only recovers few feet to middleline , but when he hits down the line he recovers to the other side,.. i compared that to few players and they does not have that habit..
hey this is the point where him and hewitt had like an amazing rally it was like 45 shots in total…federer lost the point though lol
but why does he do this
Very nice video
his footwork is ike he is flying
you do a good job of explaining how he moves
He moves so awsomely great.
You mean other than him having mono?
This is one of the reasons that Federer lost to Djokovic at the Aussie Open…
You should watch where Federer moves when he plays Nalbandian since he has a dangerous down the line backhand.. Against Nadal, he moves similar to this since Nadal does not have the best down the line flat left handed forehand.
i agree, roger’s choice of court position is based on the opponent’s shots, the opponent’s being left or right-handed, and also on the opponent’s court position (i.e. whether his own cc backhand is being played back by the opponent’s backhand or forehand.)
The intent of both the two videos that have been posted are to lay down basic foundations for footwork not to go into a scientific and subconscious debates. Let me clarify, do you really think Roger Consciously THINKS about his recovery patterns??? NO CHANCE. they are habitual responses without question
, likewise the gravity step you have pointed out, this gravity step is the natural progression of the recovery of a full powered shot on the run, there is no thought put into this, it is simply the natural progression of body weight. Laying down correct fundamental neuromuscular pathways in either footwork or swing paths is the primary focus, not to create over analytical arguments.
thank you for your comment, are you aware of the subconscious and conscious responses of the human brain? Both the gravity step and the comments mentioned in your two responses below fall under the Subconscious habitual responses.
federer knows hewitt won’t hurt him going down the line unless he’s drawn in. a guy like safin will make him alter his court position to more of a neutral state because he can unload down the line into federer’s forehand.