What I mean is the first shot of the rally, where often you see some players pretty much "spank" the ball over so that it doesn't have any top spin unlike a regular forehand.
You can see Federer doing this in the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjBXVQyiwg&feature=related
0:00, 6:06, 8:59, 9:46, etc.
I've always been hitting the first shot in an almost forehand like manner, but a bit more flat. The funny thing is that my ground strokes are perfectly fine as soon as I step in the court, but I've noticed my "rally starter" tends to pop up to the right side, when I'm aiming down the center. The mis-hitting disappears after a few minutes but the same thing would repeat itself the next day.
At this point, I'm not even sure if it has something to do with me over thinking and choking my racquet or just something fundamentally wrong with my stroke.
Thoughts?
You can see Federer doing this in the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjBXVQyiwg&feature=related
0:00, 6:06, 8:59, 9:46, etc.
I've always been hitting the first shot in an almost forehand like manner, but a bit more flat. The funny thing is that my ground strokes are perfectly fine as soon as I step in the court, but I've noticed my "rally starter" tends to pop up to the right side, when I'm aiming down the center. The mis-hitting disappears after a few minutes but the same thing would repeat itself the next day.
At this point, I'm not even sure if it has something to do with me over thinking and choking my racquet or just something fundamentally wrong with my stroke.
Thoughts?