Modern Tennis Footwork... Learn how to move like Federer and Nadal

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One of the things that makes Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal such good tennis players is their footwork. Their footwork doesn't just get them from A to B... it's actually a weapon!

FYB head coach Will Hamilton and Yann Auzoux (a 2008 and 2010 Washington Post coach of the year and former Davis Cup player for Cameroon) walk you through the footwork patterns that Federer, Nadal, and other top players use during a match... in other words, modern tennis footwork.

Will here... This is one of the best footwork videos online (granted, I'm biased). It's actually one of the best videos we've ever produced. Yann is a great coach and he shows you exactly how to move quickly, efficiently, and in a way that helps you prevent injuries.

Please let us know what you think of the video in the comments below!

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[ryanrenesis]

A factor of why Federer is so good is because he reads every hip and leg movement in everyone's shot and kills people who can't hip fake or shoulder fake. That's why Federer is better than "modern footworK" because he reads it in everybody. Notice only unorthodox players like Nadal can beat Federer?

[DuhEnlightenedOne]

@o15523 I was being facetious. I'm really a 4.0 player. A force to be reckoned with on the court and off the court. I will often seek out my opponents hmoe prior to the match to cut their racquet strings. And before you criticize me for doing that, show me in the official Tennis rules and regulations where it says I can't cut my opponents strings.

[Acebill561]

the links in the email dont work for me

[SadegoGG]

@euroclyde

and we all know energy is transferred through the inside of the body. We can feel this in every day experiences and we can feel this after exercise. So to make a theory that only takes into consideration a side effect of the cause of movement (Work done inside the body is what causes the movement) and to neglect all other theories regarding how movement can be trained is just bad science. This is why numerous scientists view nutrition and weight training as social sciences

[SadegoGG]

@euroclyde

So to argue that exclusively looking at the outside of the body and replicate it is a good way to develop athletes is absurd. Replicating the outside of the body doesn't mean you're body is working in the same manner or as effectively as someone else who's body looks the same. There is a lot more to movement than exclusively what you can see with an ordinary video camera regardless of how much it can slow down an image. Your entire theory neglects the inside of the body,

[SadegoGG]

@euroclyde

You have finally said something I agree with:

"if your feet aren't in the right place, this amount of force you can transfer to the ball is reduced."

But how do you know the feet being located in that area is not a side effect of work on the inside of the body and just because someone consciously puts there foot there doesn't mean they are replicating the work of the inside of the body? Energy is transferred on the inside of the body, which we can't see.

[spearzo77]

this video is a joke. Any real tennis athlete knows that they do not focus on this bull sh** jump step footwork. They vary their footwork to the ball they are hitting and receiving. This guy is no coach. If he is, why is he sponsored by head babolat and nike. ha

[jroman715]

@ryanrenesis And Nole

[euroclyde]

@SadegoGG hit shots with more power. 

[euroclyde]

@SadegoGG if your feet aren't in the right place, this amount of force you can transfer to the ball is reduced. in my opinion, the most important thing a player can do is get the outside foot (the foot nearest the alley) loaded in preparation for the shot. once that's done, the entire body can be unloaded into the ball. there are definite techniques a player can learn to help them get to this point. the faster, quicker, anticipatory, they are, the more consistently they can...

[euroclyde]

@SadegoGG you're kind of right now when you say "whatever method [i] learned isn't right". i didn't learn a method, which is huge difference in developing a player today. of course someone's natural athletic ability is key, but it can only take someone so far. there are some fundamentals that must exist, and as you said, probably the biggest one is "to maximize the force that is transferred from the tennis racket to the tennis ball."

[crasshelmet]

@SadegoGG I think its safe to assume that you do not play tennis, but you do some sort of sport like track (and that you do not like to listen to your trainer!