Can Roger Federer’s Game Recover With Paul Annacone’s Help?

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Published: July 27, 2010

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News has come out recently that Roger Federer has employed Paul Annacone as a short-term tennis coach. This is the same Annacone that teamed with Pete Sampras in his heyday. That should be encouraging for Federer's fans (and I am one of them) that he has hired Annacone. There's no shame in hiring a coach to try and get another set of eyes to help you tweak your game.

There are some observations that oodles of people have made already, that are current problems to Federer's game.

1) His serve. Used to have arguably the best serve in the game. Fast serve, hard for opponents to read, great placement. Great variety in using a flat, slice, or topspin serve. I've seen incredible serves from Roger- highlight reel quality. Now, his serve is not quite as precise, not as much pace. He has been passed by dozens of players as far as the pace on his serve. It's not a bad serve, but instead of being the best in the game, it has fallen back a few slots. It's now maybe top 10.

2)His backhand. It was one of the best in the game. Now it's a liability just as often. His slice backhands are landing short more and more often and sitting up for opponents for easy putaways. The big hitters especially are driving Roger back in the court on the backhand side. Then Roger will hit a short slice backhand and he's a sitting duck. Nadal was able to do this when Federer's backhand was still great, due to his superb serve placement and natural lefty crosscourts to Roger's backhand, but now many others can do this to Federer as well.

3). Federer's reduced court coverage. At his peak, he was one of the best at getting to balls in the corners. Plus, he had great anticipation to know where opponents would hit there next shot. Now he's slowed a bit, and balls are getting by him in the corners more.

4) Federer's loss of muscle mass- it's obvious that his frame has gotten thinner, and looking at his arms you can see that they're dramatically thinner. His f...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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