Federer's footwork coach ?

[rh310]

During the WTF, Paul Annacone was in the booth for many matches. At one point during the Del Potro match, the subject of Federer's excellent footwork came up, and Annacone mentioned the name of the coach that had worked / was working with Federer.

As a 4.0/4.0+ rec player, I'm really interested in seeing if this guy has published anything we mere mortals could use to improve our own footwork.

Anyone know who he is / if he's published anything?

 

[Tenez101]

During the WTF, Paul Annacone was in the booth for many matches. At one point during the Del Potro match, the subject of Federer's excellent footwork came up, and Annacone mentioned the name of the coach that had worked / was working with Federer.

As a 4.0/4.0+ rec player, I'm really interested in seeing if this guy has published anything we mere mortals could use to improve our own footwork.

Anyone know who he is / if he's published anything?

Not sure if it's the same guy, but Pierre Paganini has been Fed's physical trainer since he was a junior.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/tennis/03iht-sratfederer03.html?_r=0

Here is a video of young Fed doing some footwork drills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jwh0GfA_eo

 

[corners]

I believe I heard one of the commentators on tennistv during the WTF mention that Paganini is working on a book about the footwork training he does with Roger, and that Roger asked him to delay publication until after he's retired. The commentator's qualified this with "I heard from someone", or some such. Basically, they had heard a rumor about this but weren't absolutely sure.

 

[Le Master]

Not sure if it's the same guy, but Pierre Paganini has been Fed's physical trainer since he was a junior.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/tennis/03iht-sratfederer03.html?_r=0

I like this quote from Paganini in that article. It should be mentioned in that "most skilled" thread.

For Roger, you have to be good to find exercises that give him trouble. He’s so coordinated. In 2000, when we started working full-time again, I proposed a complex thing and sensed while he was doing it that it was more and more perfect. He then explained at the end why I had asked him to do it. It was fascinating to me. He had understood as an athlete how to do it but also understood why. He had the internal and external aspects covered. He’s not someone who consumes. He’s someone who creates.