My good friend and tennis teaching colleague, Jim McLennan, threw out an email to a few of us recently with a question about Roger Federer.

And it seems that everyone is trying to figure out what it is that makes Roger so good.

Jim’s very big into specific footwork patterns and movement.  In fact, he’s produced an exteremely interesting video on footwork featuring Stefan Edberg titled “The Secrets of World Class Footwork”.  At the end of this post I’ll give you a link where you can get more info about Jim’s video and how to pick up a copy for yourself.

Anyway, back to the question that Jim posed recently.  Here it is…

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[ Jim McLennan ] Pete had the following to say about Roger in the recent Tennis magazine:

“Versatility of his repertoire and the fluidity of his movement