Roger Federer’s HIDDEN Forehand Power Source

A little-known technique that Federer used in order to create tremendous forehand power was he would stop his body's rotation just before he hits the ball. You know, everyone talks about, and rightfully so, body coiling, right? Making sure that you rotate the body. You hear a lot of coaches talk about the non-hitting arm. Taking the racket back with both hands, getting that non-hitting arm extended out, where here you can see his non-hitting arm is bent, and then he lets go, and then he extends that non-hitting arm. Okay, but I want you to watch how his body uncoils, but only until he's about to hit the ball. Look at his body rotate. Here we're looking at his back. Here we're looking at his chest. So it's very obvious that he is uncoiling. Well, what's the timing of that uncoiling with the left arm, or I should say the non-hitting arm? Well, watch how as the racket drops, the non-hitting arm, and this isn't the point of this video, but I'm just showing you this. Watch how as the racket drops, so look as his racket drops, he's clearing the non-hitting arm. So see how he's clearing the non-hitting arm across? See that? It's moving across as the racket drops. Okay, now that we've got that out of the way, pun intended, meaning he's moving his left arm out of the way, I want you to watch his body rotation. He has stopped his body rotation. See, you're supposed to uncoil, but you're not supposed to uncoil forever when you're going to hit your biggest for him. Watch how his body stops rotating right here, and now his chest stays at the same angle. So here his chest is facing, you know, basically forward, we'll say, and then his chest is still facing forward. This is actually one of the ways he was able to keep his head very still, because he's keeping his body still as he strikes the ball. What he's doing is rotating the body, and you can actually see his non-hitting hand stop, and it's not moving a lot like it is here. He actually stops that, and now his arm accelerates. It's like a whip, right? It's like, right? How does he do that? He rotates until contact, and then stops the body's rotation as he swings. In fact, let's actually measure, so we can actually see the frames on the video, let's measure from this point until contact, and how much body rotation he gets. So you can see right here, he's just at about 1.8, okay? He's about 1.8 seconds from here until here, and look how much body rotation he has. So just look at where his chest is facing. Chest is facing over there, and now look where his chest is facing. By the time he contacts the ball, at base, you know, 1.7, 1.8, it's all the same. So what's twice 1.75? Well, twice that would be 3.5, about, right? Is my math mathing? Yeah, about 3.5. So let's take this to 3.5, and let's look at the angle of his body. Look how his body has barely rotated. From the contact, another 1.75, to there, his body has not rotated. So all of the body rotation was prior to contact, and it's not occurring during contact or after. If you are looking for a way to increase your racket head speed, to swing faster on your forehand, rotate the body with both hands. Sure, as the racket drops, move that non-hitting arm across. That is a catalyst for the body to start uncoiling. But be done with your uncoiling by the time you hit the ball. This is very similar to the serve with the reactive break. When you stop the body's rotation, something else has to accelerate, and that's the hitting arm. Rotate the body to contact, but not through contact, and watch how your arm accelerates, and you hit the biggest forehands of your life. Looking to gain a ton of confidence by getting video of your technique or match play analyzed? Send me an email, ryan at twominutennis.net, and I'll give you all the details, including pricing, turnaround time, and I'll even show you examples of video lessons I've made for students in the past. Now, if you're tired of lugging around your old and outdated ball machine, then just make your tennis friends jealous and get the Proton ball machine. And right now, you can get free shipping in the USA when you use my link. It's in the description, you'll find it in the first comment, you'll also see it on the screen at the end of this video. The Proton is fully programmable using its intuitive app. In fact, you control it using your smartphone or watch. It holds up to 100 balls, it weighs less than 20 pounds, and now you can get a serve stand so you can finally improve your return and break serve more often. To see how truly amazing this ball machine is, and to get free shipping when you order one, be sure to use my link. So click right there to check out the Proton ball machine, and with that link, you're given a coupon code for free shipping. Uncoil to contact, but not through contact, and there's no doubt you're going to gain confidence, win more matches, and play much better tennis. This is Ryan Reidy from twominutetennis.net. You got this!