Roger Federer practicing some groundstrokes

A few clips of Roger Federer practicing forehand and backhand groundstrokes at the Rogers Cup, July 19th, 2008, centre court.

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[jonas1881]

Insane racquet speed:P Nice vid:)

[mansuliu]

@YaMumYaNanYaGran FLAT? federer hits the ball with so much top spin 2nd to only nadal..

[geekyogi]

awesome back slices..

[cj397]

@affenkeks fed does come in second with revolutions on the ball yes that is proven, but he also hits more with hard pace than spin.

his racket head speed is what is getting him to generate so much spin on the ball but he's still hitting a stroke which hits deep penetrating hard paced shots.

[affenkeks]

@mikatagahara1212 To be honest, i dont have any facts or data to prove my point, but just by looking at federers game i belive one can see that hes not hitting as extremely upwards, but more through the ball. I, aswell as federer, play an eastern forehand and i admit that its not that much harder to generate topspin with it as with a semi-western, but it just allawys feels awkward to hit heavy topspin with it ;)

[mikatagahara1212]

@affenkeks At some point they measured the rpms of a bunch of players. Fed hit with twice as many as the avg, Nadal 4 times as many. But then, the only time I ever heard this was during an NBC broadcast, so who knows.

[affenkeks]

@mansuliu he hits with tons of topspin if you take his grip into consideration... but its not the 2nd most topspin on tour, by far not... federer does hit relatively flat. You wont find many spaniards hitting with less topspin than him at all

[topspin4hand]

@YaMumYaNanYaGran He doesn't finish high, but behind his back. Because of his loose wrist, he still generates lots of top spin by brushing up against the ball. One could say low to high in the traditionally taught stroke has less to do with topspin and more to do with traditional technique.

[dura1mater]

Great angles.

[TheBig1dea]

He can hit a slice harder than I hit a forehand.

[supertrex2]

hmmm i guess if you play a game, and just focus on groundstroke. and let the opponent fire his/her shot that can be an error.

[gamaniaj]

Roger,beat Nadal and be No.1 again!!!!!We support you!!