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How to Serve A Floater Known As The Standing Float Serve in Volleyball 

Learn how to serve a floater, also called a standing float serve that's hard for the opposing team to pass because of how the ball floats while crossing the net.

Learn how to serve a floater, also called a standing float serve that's hard for the opposing team to pass because of how the ball floats while crossing the netLearn how to serve a floater, also called a standing float serve that's hard for the opposing team to pass because of how the ball floats while crossing the net

Here's a step by step float serve tutorial on how to get the ball to your intended target on the opposing team's court. 


How To Serve a Floater
The Set Up

How To Serve a Floater: If you are a player with some or even a little experience you need to know where on the opposing team's court you want to serve the ball and not just get it over the net.How To Serve a Floater: If you are a player with some or even a little experience you need to know where on the opposing team's court you want to serve the ball and not just get it over the net.

As a right handed server,

  • line your body up to face your serving target

Your body will be parallel to the service line.

Whether you're serving to a court zone or directly to an opposing player...face your target. Let the player know...you're coming right at them with your serve.


Volleyball Serving Drills with Coach April: Watch how to serve a floater that lands close to or near the corners of the ten foot line in a timed drill that we do in Boot Camp classes. 


How To Serve a Floater: 
Know Where You're Going To Serve

How to serve a floater. The key is to know where you are going to serve before you serve, then turn and point your toe and your tossing arm, straight at your serving target.How to serve a floater. The key is to know where you are going to serve before you serve, then turn and point your toe and your tossing arm, straight at your serving target like Italian champion Francesca Piccinini

The key is to know where you are going to serve before you serve, then turn and point your toe and your tossing arm, straight at your serving target. 


How to Serve A Floater 
Your Serving Arm Ready Position

Right Handed Serving Arm

  • Raise your serving arm so its in a 90 degree angle with a bent elbow and open palmed hand, above the level of your right ear. 




How To Serve a Floater
Keep your Elbow High

Keep your elbow high, above the level of your ear, throughout the entire movement of bringing your arm forward to the ball.(Daniel J Coomber)Keep your elbow high, above the level of your ear, throughout the entire movement of bringing your arm forward to the ball. Many servers have problems serving over the net because they drop their elbow during their serving swing in an attempt to shot put the ball over the net (Daniel J Coomber)

Keep your elbow high, above the level of your ear, throughout the entire movement of bringing your arm forward to the ball.


Attention to detail. Consistency. Focus-Driven Work. 🏐

These are the processes that we preach to our SQUAD every practice.

We believe in quality of repetition over quantity.

We teach our athletes to be disciplined and process oriented.

Because it’s the little things that set apart the average from the great.

If you can’t win the serve you can’t win the point.

While there is a time that we work on tops spins and developing power to drill down our opponent in our serves, we also emphasize with our boys that the most dangerous weapon is consistency.

Master the basics first. Only then will you open the door to new tools and possibilities.


Many servers have problems serving over the net because they drop their elbow during their serving swing in an attempt to shot put the ball over the net 

Keep your elbow above the level of your ear!





How To Serve a Floater 
The Palm of Your Serving Arm Should Face The Opposite Wall

How To Serve a Floater:The Palm of Your Serving Arm Should Face The Opposite Wall. The palm of your serving hand should be facing the opposite wall, not turned up at the ceiling. Keep a flat palm with fingers spread wide, as if you are about to give a teammate a high five. (photo Tom Fisk)How To Serve a Floater:The Palm of Your Serving Arm Should Face The Opposite Wall. The palm of your serving hand should be facing the opposite wall, not turned up at the ceiling. Keep a flat palm with fingers spread wide, as if you are about to give a teammate a high five. (photo Tom Fisk)


The Float Serve Starting Ready Position

When done correctly your starting arm position should look like the letter L.

For right handers the left hand is extended straight out in front with the ball resting          in the palm of your left hand.

The right arm is straight up with elbow close to ear and palm of your hand facing the opposite wall.  


How To Serve a Floater 
Feet Are Shaped Like an L with
Weight On Back Leg


Feet and Leg Positioning

Feet and legs are in a comfortable balanced position, shoulder width apart with the weight of your body on your back leg. 

Your front toe should point to the target or location you're about to serve.



Watch as semi private training client Brooklyn demonstrates hand position for the jump float serve...

  • her hand is kept as flat as a ping pong paddle
  • the middle of her hand contacts the middle of the ball
  • her elbow remains high, above the level of her ear, from start to finish of her approach



How To Serve a Floater 
Start and Finish in a Balanced Body Position

Be balanced! When you turn your hips to contact the ball there's no need to add additional steps, or bounces, dips or wind ups. (Tennessee Journalist)How To Serve a Floater. Be balanced! When you turn your hips to contact the ball there's no need to add additional steps, or bounces, dips or wind ups. (Tennessee Journalist)

The key is to make sure your body isn't tilted or leaning to one side.

Be balanced!

When you turn your hips and shoulder to contact the ball there's no need to add additional steps, or bounces, dips or wind ups.

Your feet should stay in their starting position and only move slightly during the quarter turn to shift your body weight from your back foot to your front foot with just a tiny step in place, taken in the direction of your target. 


How To Serve a Floater 
The Toss


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You'll Get: Starting position fundamentals - Master hand positioning and arm alignment for consistent toss trajectory "Two Up, One Forward" formula - Perfect the exact ball placement that eliminates serving errors Advanced consistency techniques - Develop fingertip release and straight-arm motion for precise control Daily training methods - Build muscle memory with progressive rep systems that guarantee improvement Coach April's toss secrets - Master the foundation skill that helped set Tennessee's #2 career aces record 1-page PDF checklist - Convenient format you can print or keep on your device for daily practiceYou'll Get: Starting position fundamentals - Master hand positioning and arm alignment for consistent toss trajectory "Two Up, One Forward" formula - Perfect the exact ball placement that eliminates serving errors Advanced consistency techniques - Develop fingertip release and straight-arm motion for precise control Daily training methods - Build muscle memory with progressive rep systems that guarantee improvement Coach April's toss secrets - Master the foundation skill that helped set Tennessee's #2 career aces record 1-page PDF checklist - Convenient format you can print or keep on your device for daily practice

The key is to keep your toss so consistent, that if you toss the ball ten times in a row and let it fall to the ground, it goes up the same height and comes down in the same spot every single time.
The key is to keep your toss so consistent, that if you toss the ball ten times in a row and let it fall to the ground, it goes up the same height and comes down in the same spot every single time.

The key is to keep your toss so consistent, that if you toss the ball ten times  in a row and let it fall to the ground, it goes up the same height and comes down in the same spot every single time.


The Toss

The key is to keep your toss so consistent, that if you toss the ball ten times  in a row and let it fall to the ground, it goes up the same height and comes down in the same spot every single time.

2-3 feet in the air gives your serving arm, time to keep your elbow high during your serving swing motion.

You have time to get the open palmed hand to the ball without dropping the elbow, or bending your wrist, or adding funky shoulder movement that doesn't help you serve.  


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Pre Serve Volleyball Ritual Checklist pdf: You'll Get ✓3-bounce physical preparation setup system ✓Mental routine for target pre-selection and visualization ✓Technical execution checklist for automatic consistency ✓Proven tips for bulletproof toss consistency ✓Pressure-proof strategies that eliminate serving errorsPre Serve Volleyball Ritual Checklist pdf: You'll Get ✓3-bounce physical preparation setup system ✓Mental routine for target pre-selection and visualization ✓Technical execution checklist for automatic consistency ✓Proven tips for bulletproof toss consistency ✓Pressure-proof strategies that eliminate serving errors

You'll Get

  • ✓3-bounce physical preparation setup system
  • ✓Mental routine for target pre-selection and visualization
  • ✓Technical execution checklist for automatic consistency
  • ✓Proven tips for bulletproof toss consistency
  • ✓Pressure-proof strategies that eliminate serving errors

Click to Download Your Consistent Toss Mastery Checklist pdf:

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Are inconsistent tosses sabotaging your serves and forcing you to chase the ball? Why fight your toss when you could master the foundation of every great serve?


You'll Get: Starting position fundamentals - Master hand positioning and arm alignment for consistent toss trajectory "Two Up, One Forward" formula - Perfect the exact ball placement that eliminates serving errors Advanced consistency techniques - Develop fingertip release and straight-arm motion for precise control Daily training methods - Build muscle memory with progressive rep systems that guarantee improvement Coach April's toss secrets - Master the foundation skill that helped set Tennessee's #2 career aces record 1-page PDF checklist - Convenient format you can print or keep on your device for daily practiceYou'll Get: Starting position fundamentals - Master hand positioning and arm alignment for consistent toss trajectory "Two Up, One Forward" formula - Perfect the exact ball placement that eliminates serving errors Advanced consistency techniques - Develop fingertip release and straight-arm motion for precise control Daily training methods - Build muscle memory with progressive rep systems that guarantee improvement Coach April's toss secrets - Master the foundation skill that helped set Tennessee's #2 career aces record 1-page PDF checklist - Convenient format you can print or keep on your device for daily practice

Click to Download Your Parent's Volleyball Serving Guide Help Your Player Develop Championship Serves (Even If You've Never Played) Checklist pdf:

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Parents Volleyball Serving Checklist pdf ✓Learn exactly what to look for in your player's serving form so you can provide meaningful feedback. ✓Confidence Building Strategies Discover how to provide encouragement that actually improves performance and mental toughness. ✓Smart Coach Questions Know exactly what to ask coaches to show you're engaged and help your player develop properly. ✓Home Practice Ideas Simple, effective drills that don't require a gym or expensive equipment. ✓Volleyball Terminology Understand the language coaches use so you can better support your player's development. ✓Mental Game Support Help your player develop the psychological aspects of serving that many coaches don't have time to address.Parents Volleyball Serving Checklist pdf ✓Learn exactly what to look for in your player's serving form so you can provide meaningful feedback. ✓Confidence Building Strategies Discover how to provide encouragement that actually improves performance and mental toughness. ✓Smart Coach Questions Know exactly what to ask coaches to show you're engaged and help your player develop properly. ✓Home Practice Ideas Simple, effective drills that don't require a gym or expensive equipment. ✓Volleyball Terminology Understand the language coaches use so you can better support your player's development. ✓Mental Game Support Help your player develop the psychological aspects of serving that many coaches don't have time to address.

You'll Get: 

✓Learn exactly what to look for in your player's serving form so you can provide meaningful feedback.

✓Discover how to provide encouragement that actually improves performance and mental toughness.

✓Know exactly what to ask coaches to show you're engaged and help your player develop properly.

✓Simple, effective drills that don't require a gym or expensive equipment.

✓Understand the language coaches use so you can better support your player's development.

✓Help your player develop the psychological aspects of serving that many coaches don't have time to address.


Contact the Ball - Hip Swivel and High Five Hand Turn at the Same Time After you toss the ball, you swivel your left hip making a quarter turn forward towards the net, at the same time you bring your right arm forward, keeping your elbow high above the level of your ear.
Contact the Ball - Hip Swivel and High Five Hand Turn at the Same Time After you toss the ball, you swivel your left hip making a quarter turn forward towards the net, at the same time you bring your right arm forward, keeping your elbow high above the level of your ear.
Contact the Ball - Hip Swivel and High Five Hand Turn at the Same Time After you toss the ball, you swivel your left hip making a quarter turn forward towards the net, at the same time you bring your right arm forward, keeping your elbow high above the level of your ear.

When  you look at my players you'll see (or should see) that all of them have the same serving form and technique. We work hard on -


How To Serve a Floater
Contacting The Ball


Contact the Ball - Hip Swivel and High Five Hand Turn at the Same Time

  • After you toss the ball, you swivel your left hip making a quarter turn forward towards the net, at the same time you bring your right arm forward, keeping your elbow high above the level of your ear.

How To Serve a Floater  
Creating the "Float Effect"

How To Serve a Floater: For the ball to float you "high five" the ball upon contact, using the middle of your very flat hand to contact the middle of the ball.(Daniel J Coomber)How To Serve a Floater: For the ball to float you "high five" the ball upon contact, using the middle of your very flat hand to contact the middle of the ball.(Daniel J Coomber)

The key is to swivel the hip and and shoulder together bringing the serving hand forward at the same time to contact the middle panels of the ball.

Many players have problems when they swivel the hip first and forget to bring the hand forward at the same time, or they drop their elbow when they swivel the hip. 

Your hip comes forward at the same time the shoulder does which also brings the hand forward, while keeping the elbow above the level of the ear.


How To Serve a Floater 
High Five The Ball When Making Contact

How To Serve a Floater High Five The Ball When Making ContactHow To Serve a Floater High Five The Ball When Making Contact (JMR Photo)For the ball to float you "high five" the ball upon contact, using the middle of your very flat hand to contact the middle of the ball.Do exactly what you'd do if you were 'high fiving' a teammate.

Contact the Ball - High Five the Ball

The key is to keep a very wide fingered, flat palmed hand and make contact with the ball with the middle of your hand, without bending your wrist.

Do exactly what you'd do if you were 'high fiving' a teammate.


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Reach "high five"  high and keep your hand "high five" flat.

The ball will float and dip and be very difficult for a passer to track and pass the ball because of your ability to contact the ball with no follow through, no spin and with a flat palmed, wide fingered "high five" contact.


The ball will float and dip and be very difficult for a passer to track and pass the ball because of your ability to contact the ball with no follow through, no spin and with a flat palmed, wide fingered "high five" contact.The ball will float and dip and be very difficult for a passer to track and pass the ball because of your ability to contact the ball with no follow through, no spin and with a flat palmed, wide fingered "high five" contact.

How To Serve a Floater 
     Watch Your Hand When Contacting The Ball



Contact the Ball - Watch the Ball

  • Watch your hand contact the middle of the ball

In the picture above my 18s Vegas Volley boys players Noah and Calvin both have their eyes on the ball as they serve, watching where their hand is contacting the ball during their float serve contact technique. 

Now, you should be ready to score aces now that your know how to serve a floater!


Meet Tatoo the Tiger, Serving Specialist on VolleyBragSwag's All Beast Team

Learn these volleyball serving tips that explain how a short overhand serve to the front row positions on the court can create a problem for the opposing team.Learn these volleyball serving tips that explain how a short overhand serve to the front row positions on the court can create a problem for the opposing team.

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