Key things to notice here are that 1) Roger's racquet arm elbow is more extended than bent. The elbow extension begins during the back swing. The elbow extension increases the leverage between the racquet and the shoulder. The elbow extension also contributes to a natural racquet lag which helps the racquet accelerate through the ball at the contact point. 2) The position of the racquet arm shoulder is ALWAYS ahead of the non-dominant shoulder at the contact point. This indicates maximum leverage between the racquet arm and the shoulder resulting in greater racquet head speed, shot power and spin as the racquet meets the ball at the same moment the racquet's forward motion begins to change to a rotational motion up and across the body. The combination of the proper elbow extension and shoulder rotation positions at contact result in contact at the perfect point of the swingpath to generate maximum velocity and spin on the shot.
And hips follow the shoulders and not the other way around, this makes huge difference in the movement. My coach tries to correct me on that but not easy.
You missed two very important point. He stretches his body upwards. (Makes it "narrow".) This accelerates rotation of his body. (Preservation of the angular momentum.) Look around second 49. Federar rotates his upper body while the arm lags behind. It joins rotation when sufficient tension is built up in his right shoulder joint. Then it flies! Hitting the ball stops rotation of his body. This shows how efficient his stroke is, that the ball gets it all!
I agree. I do believe he rotates much like a golf swing in fact. His hips are coming through at 49 seconds - albeit I think the contact point is a bit high and he is slightly out of position. But Fed's rising up from the deep knee bend usually helps rotate his entire body almost before contact point.
I mentioned stretching the body. The point is to make it narrow about the axis of rotation. It might look to some as moving the body upwards, but this is not moving upwards, it is stretching upwards.
great footage and editting. wonder about what Goldberg below says. anyway, great stuff to analyse and think about. but cannot see how i can get to the first part of the series you mention
My tennis partners told me that I have "nervous legs", Roger left leg is up in the air and they told me that is wrong. Definitely is good for Roger, but what about as recreational players like me?
Predrag Zivic looks like he's doing a back foot pivot, depends on the ball, if he's getting a deep/heavy ball many times he'll load his weight on his right foot and pivot as well on it. Relatively challenging, what level are you?
I belie that I'm 4.5. I have solid control of forehand and I can hit the ball consistently deep in the court. I'm able to force errors from my opponent by hitting with pace and a variety of spins. From the Backhand side I can control spin and dept on easy not so deep ball. BH it's not good as FH. I'm able to hit serve with good depth and placement (slice, flat, top-spin, kick). Rarely double faulted.
Higher Level Tennis: I try not to move my back foot, rotate torso during forehand hit, and very often I lifting left foot up. Sometimes that produce my falling back that's not good.
You always hit from the right leg if you’re hitting an open or semi open stance. Neutral and closed stance has your side facing the net with your body facing the fence. Because of this you load onto your forward facing leg(in this case left since you are right) and then step through.
I wouldn't obsess over him keeping his head fixed on the contact point. It's just a habit he has. There's no way he can see the contact point, it happens too fast.
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Playing with elegance and style is in his blood and very hard to copy. It’s so entertaining to see Roger play.
Hope to see the next one because it is a great analysis.
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Key things to notice here are that 1) Roger's racquet arm elbow is more extended than bent. The elbow extension begins during the back swing. The elbow extension increases the leverage between the racquet and the shoulder. The elbow extension also contributes to a natural racquet lag which helps the racquet accelerate through the ball at the contact point. 2) The position of the racquet arm shoulder is ALWAYS ahead of the non-dominant shoulder at the contact point. This indicates maximum leverage between the racquet arm and the shoulder resulting in greater racquet head speed, shot power and spin as the racquet meets the ball at the same moment the racquet's forward motion begins to change to a rotational motion up and across the body. The combination of the proper elbow extension and shoulder rotation positions at contact result in contact at the perfect point of the swingpath to generate maximum velocity and spin on the shot.
Wow! Amazing how still his upper body is on and a split second after contact.
Fantastic video and Great explanation!!! Thank you very much ;)
And hips follow the shoulders and not the other way around, this makes huge difference in the movement. My coach tries to correct me on that but not easy.
This is a great video,you got it spot on.
Can you please create a three part series for the Djokovic backhand?
You missed two very important point. He stretches his body upwards. (Makes it "narrow".) This accelerates rotation of his body. (Preservation of the angular momentum.) Look around second 49. Federar rotates his upper body while the arm lags behind. It joins rotation when sufficient tension is built up in his right shoulder joint. Then it flies! Hitting the ball stops rotation of his body. This shows how efficient his stroke is, that the ball gets it all!
I agree. I do believe he rotates much like a golf swing in fact. His hips are coming through at 49 seconds - albeit I think the contact point is a bit high and he is slightly out of position. But Fed's rising up from the deep knee bend usually helps rotate his entire body almost before contact point.
I mentioned stretching the body. The point is to make it narrow about the axis of rotation. It might look to some as moving the body upwards, but this is not moving upwards, it is stretching upwards.
What about the part three?
great footage and editting. wonder about what Goldberg below says. anyway, great stuff to analyse and think about. but cannot see how i can get to the first part of the series you mention
My tennis partners told me that I have "nervous legs", Roger left leg is up in the air and they told me that is wrong. Definitely is good for Roger, but what about as recreational players like me?
Predrag Zivic looks like he's doing a back foot pivot, depends on the ball, if he's getting a deep/heavy ball many times he'll load his weight on his right foot and pivot as well on it. Relatively challenging, what level are you?
Yes, "nervous legs," I'm moving feet and rising left foot from the ground before and at the moment of forehand hit.
I belie that I'm 4.5. I have solid control of forehand and I can hit the ball consistently
deep in the court. I'm able to force errors from my opponent by hitting with pace and a variety of spins. From the Backhand side I can control spin and dept on easy not so deep ball. BH it's not good as FH. I'm able to hit serve with good depth and placement (slice, flat, top-spin, kick). Rarely double faulted.
can you pivot or hop off your back foot, while lifting the front leg?
Higher Level Tennis: I try not to move my back foot, rotate torso during forehand hit, and very often I lifting left foot up. Sometimes that produce my falling back that's not good.
0:55 why is he hitting from right leg, but in other cases from his left one?
You always hit from the right leg if you’re hitting an open or semi open stance. Neutral and closed stance has your side facing the net with your body facing the fence. Because of this you load onto your forward facing leg(in this case left since you are right) and then step through.
I wouldn't obsess over him keeping his head fixed on the contact point. It's just a habit he has. There's no way he can see the contact point, it happens too fast.
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