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Overhand Jump Serve Volleyball Tips To Score Points and Aces in Volleyball
My "Coach April Overhand Jump Serve Volleyball Tips" designed to help you increase your serving accuracy, power and the ability to serve more aces in volleyball.
Begin serving for points using my Coach April's overhand jump float serve volleyball tips.
The overhand serve in volleyball, whether standing or jumping is one of the best serves to use to score points from the service line.
Overhand Serving Volleyball Drills
In Breakfast Club we do timed serve and shag drills with players working on serving to very specific spots on the court....having to get a specific number of balls to the target within a certain amount of time....usually 2 to 5 minutes.
Overhand Jump Serve
Volleyball Tips
What's the floater overhand serve?
The overhand jump volleyball serve, when practiced and done correctly, is used by top high school, collegiate, pro indoor and beach volleyball players to score points consistently.
In my playing career, I've used all types of serves to score points from the service line both in indoor competition and on the beach.
My favorite, by far is the standing overhand float serve.
Once I learned and practiced tossing the ball consistently and then practiced how and where to contact the ball, this serve became my go-to ace scoring fave.
As a coach I think its one of the best types of serves in volleyball a young player learns.
I just taught a serving clinic this week where 11 - 13 year olds who knew the basic skills but wanted to improve their float serve came to Stupak to practice their serving.
By teaching them the following float serve volleyball drills and tips within 45 minutes they were consistently bombing float serves over the net both cross court and down the line.
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✓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.
Overhand Jump Serve
Volleyball Tips
Where Are You Going To Serve The Ball?
Before starting your serving routine, look at the opposing team and decide "where do I want to serve the ball?"
Beginner players just serve the ball over the net, hoping that it gets in.
But you aren't a beginner player.
You are a player with some decent skills who's been playing for a little while and you're looking to get better so you can make a varsity team or an elite club.
So you need to know who or where you are going to serve the ball. You need to have a plan.
Coach April's Overhand Jump Serve Volleyball Tip #1
The key is to have a game plan in your head.
- Do you want to serve cross court?
- Do you want to serve down the line where that weak passer is?
- Do you want to serve deep to force their passers to move further away from the net?
- Or do you want to serve short to create some confusion for the setter and middle blocker?
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.
Once you know where you want to serve, here's what you do next.
Coach April's
Overhand Jump Serve
Volleyball Tip #2
You have plenty of time to decide who you're going to serve and then get set up to do so.
Once behind the line take a look at the opposing team's serve receive pattern and look for the player or the area of the court you want to serve to.
If you need to get a few bounces of the ball out of the way while doing this then go ahead.
Hip
Once you know where you are going to serve, think Hip. Point your Hip so its pointing exactly where you want the ball to go.
Shoulder
Then do the same with the shoulder of the tossing arm, placing the ball in the hand of this arm.
Elbow
Now raise the serving arm at a 90 degree angle in the air with your elbow above the level of your ear. Take a quick look at the elbow to be sure, its above the ear.
Contact the Ball
Once the whistle blows take a deep breath and shrug your shoulders.
Then toss the ball so its in front of your right serving arm, swivel hips and hand together.
Watch your hand contact the middle of the ball while you "high five" the ball.
Coach April's
Overhand Jump Serve
Volleyball Tips #3
The key before starting your toss is to BREATHE!
This releases tension and forces your brain and body to relax enough for you to settle down and concentrate on your next move.
Now, you should be ready to score aces with these floater serve volleyball tips!
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I share alot of individual, partner and easy-to-do volleyball serving drills we do in class with my followers.
Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.
If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list.
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Lady Vol volleyball legend and record holder Coach April Chapple a University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hall of Fame Inductee, 3-time All American, 3-time SEC Champion, SEC Tournament MVP, 2-time All SEC Team is celebrated with her 1984 SEC champion teammates at Neyland Stadium during Champions Weekend on November 1-2, 2024.
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- former USA National team member
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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.
Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2
There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with
- the same toss height and same toss location
- the same armswing speed
- the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
- the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
- getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
- and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.
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