Federes backhand

[tennis_chiro]

Old Analysis by Air Force

As good as Federer's backhand is, as with every player there are some technical aspects that will have him struggling with certain shots and situations etc...

The number 1 thing i see with Federer and his struggles with the cross court backhand is the positioning of his front foot. He plants his foot more often than not facing the side fence which makes it difficult for him to really get his left hip through the shot for the crosscourt ball. No problem for a down the line backhand but he's unable to get that left hip through to get it more cross. Hence alot of his shots go more down the middle. By being so closed he will also make contact a little closer to him, rather than further out in front which is where he would need to make contact for the crosscourt ball.

SO whilst a top backhand, there are inherent weaknesses which can be exploited.

Didn't we go through the analysis of Federer's backhand a couple of years ago, especially against Rafa at the French, with poster Air Force showing statistically that it was not the backhand that was really his problem, but rather, the way he was finishing on short balls, especially forehands? I think Roger might actually be hitting the backhand a little better than he used to; but not so quite a few other things.

don