Videos

Today we're going to do a Roger Federer tripple play! I just got done posting a bunch of new pro video to the Essential Tennis YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/essentialtennis) and wanted to share a few strokes from Roger along with my thoughts. Make sure to check out all three! Federer Video #1: Forehand and Backhand Rally

Volley technique is one of the things that I'm pickiest about when it comes to tennis instruction. It's for that reason today's video is one of my favorites that I brought back from Cincinnati, Ohio. It features David Ferrer deflecting volleys back to Andy Murray who's hitting forehands and backhands on the other side. Two

This is a really special series of 5 videos for two main reasons: 1. It's almost impossible to find high quality video of top level pro players competing from this vantage point, you're really not going to find this anywhere else. The points that you watch on TV are always shot from a much higher

Up until pretty recently I was NOT a fan of Novak Djokovic's serve. His trophy pose and racket drop was kind of herky-jerky (yes, that's the technical term for it) and things just didn't seem very efficient in general. Like a lot of other elements of his game I think he has really improved his

Rafael Nadal is on the exact opposite end of the spectrum as Roger Federer while he practices: full out and 100% all the time. In this video you see him crushing forehand after forehand at pretty high intensity. This is something that I saw him do over and over again while hitting various strokes, sometimes

It doesn't get a whole lot better than watching Roger Federer hit forehands and backhands! He's hands down the most loose and relaxed looking player that I filmed at Cincinnati, almost to the point that it was annoying to be honest. Why? Roger doesn't seem to like to really go full speed in practice, that