4 Serving Tips For Volleyball Players To Add More Power To Their Serve

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball Players To Add More Power To Their Serve

Here are four serving tips for volleyball players to add power to their serve...face your target, visualize your serve, toss the same way, serve like you spike

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball Players To Add More Power To Their Serve Here are four serving tips for volleyball players to add power to their serve...face your target, visualize your serve, toss the same way, serve like you spike. (Noah Vegas Volley 18s middle serving with a high reach and elbow close to his ear)

Serving is a fundamental aspect of the game that holds a lot of importance when it comes to you scoring points and gaining an advantage over the opposing team.

Whether you are a beginner looking to improve your serve or a seasoned player looking for advanced techniques, this article provides you with the essential tips to enhance your serving skills and add power to your game.

Volleyball Serving Drills: Addi, Piper and Hadley Working on their Jump Float Serve To Chairs for Accuracy and Points during semiprivate training with me

In volleyball, the serve initiates every play and sets the tone for the entire rally.

It is the moment where a single player has the opportunity to score a point by themselves from the service line using their skill, strategy, and precision.

A well-executed serve disrupts the opponent's serve receive, forcing them into difficult situations which keeps them from running a strong offensive play and provides an opportunity for your team to anticipate the ball that's coming back to them easily.

A powerful serve can force passing errors, which creates opportunities for your teammates to get involved in running a specific offensive strategy which can put the opposing team in difficulty.

Throughout this guide, I explore four key serving tips that will help you increase the power and effectiveness of your serve.

From proper technique to mental preparation and strategic considerations, I'll provide you with the tools necessary to take your serving game to the next level.

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball Players
Face your target

Serving Tips For Volleyball- Visualize yourself serving a tough volleyball serve that lands in the court, right to the specific position you are aiming for.

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball Players To Add More Power To Their Serve - Visualize yourself serving a tough volleyball serve that lands in the court, right to the specific position you are aiming for.

When you look at my players you'll see (or shoudl see) that all of them have the same serving form and technique. We work hard on -
keeping the elbow close to the ear
watching their hand when they contact the ball

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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 -

keeping the elbow close to the ear
watching their hand when they contact the ball
watch how their hips are facing where they want to serve the ball (we were working on serving line to zone 5)
all of them are or will contact the ball at the same spot on the ball, so the upper part of the palm just below the knuckles contact the middle panels of the ball
working on a consistent toss on every serve so I know exactly where to contact the ball

Here are four tips on serving for volleyball players to add power to their overhand serve.

Face your target
Visualize yourself serving
Toss the same way every time
Serve like you spike

Facing your target is crucial for achieving accuracy and consistency with your serve.

The correct body position, arm swing, and follow-through all play a significant role in executing an effective serve.

Here's a breakdown of each element:

Serving Tips For Volleyball
1. Body Position

Here are four tips on serving for volleyball players to add power to their overhand serve. -Face your target -Visualize yourself serving -Toss the same way every time -Serve like you spike

- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with one front foot that's perpendicular to the net.

- Put your weight on your back foot for balance and stability

- Position yourself 3-4 steps behind the service line, ready to move forward with a three or four step approach while serving.

- Maintain a slight bend in your knees to generate power and explode into the air before you contact the ball after its been tossed in the air

Listen to what I tell Addi about being aggressive with her armswing.

Working on her floater in volleyball serve today we did 100 reps of the same serve to the same spot so we could problem solve and work on every body part movement...where things go so when its time to do everything faster...we have smoothed out and understood all the possible wrinkles.

Serving Tips For Volleyball
2. Arm Swing

With your dominant arm, your arm is held above your head with the palm facing outward towards the opposing wall and as you take your step close step also known as the last two steps before launching yourself in the air or if you're standing...before you shift your weight from your back foot to your front foot.

- As you prepare to serve, your non-dominant arm is holding the ball that is about to be tossed in the air straight out in front of you and parallel to the ground.

This arm should be steady in front of you with the ball in the palm of your hand as you move forward taking your step approach.

- With your dominant arm, your arm is held above your head with the palm facing outward towards the opposing wall and as you take your step close step also known as the last two steps before launching yourself in the air or if you're standing...before you shift your weight from your back foot to your front foot.

Addi puts in 100 reps to improve her technique for her floater in volleyball serve on Super Bowl Sunday.

- As you start your forward swing, keep your elbow high and close to your ear, bring the middle of the palm of your hand to the middle of the ball

- As your arm swings forward, make contact with the middle of the ball, keeping your wrist strong, straight and rigid and aiming to contact the ball with a flat hand

- As you start your forward swing, keep your elbow high and close to your ear, bring the middle of the palm of your hand to the middle of the ball - As your arm swings forward, make contact with the middle of the ball, keeping your wrist strong, straight and rigid and aiming to contact the ball with a flat hand

Serving Tips For Volleyball
3. Follow-Through

- After making contact with the ball, freeze your shoulder at the end of your swing

- Extend your dominant arm fully, with hips and lower body pointing towards your target

- Your hand and wrist should finish in the direction of your target, palm facing the target

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Landing and Follow-through Execute safe two-foot landings with proper hip rotation and shock absorption

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Are you serving without strategic purpose while opponents easily run their offense? Why React to Opponents When You Could Be Controlling Them?

You'll Get: Pre-game intelligence methods - Identify technical weaknesses and poor passing habits during opponent warm-ups Strategic target selection, Situational serving tactics, Mental approach strategies, Coach April's tactical tips, 1-page PDF checklist.

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Mental approach strategies Develop point-scoring mentality and force passers out of comfort zones

Coach April's tactical tips Adjust serving strategy mid-game and target front-row hitters effectively

1-page PDF checklist Convenient format you can print or keep on your device for strategic reference

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Serving Tips For Volleyball
Visualize Yourself Serving The Ball Before You Actually Serve

Visualize yourself serving a tough volleyball serve that lands in the court, right to the specific position you are aiming for.

Use the power of visualization as an effective mental tool before you serve.

See yourself going through the motions of your serving technique when you are off the court, so that when you are on the court, every serving motion comes naturally, because it will feel as if you've done it before.

Believe it or not, this is a great way of conducting your serving practice when you are outside or away from the gym.

Serving Tips For Volleyball
Toss The Ball The Same Way Every Time

Serving Tips For Volleyball-It's critical when you proceed through all of the serving steps, that you toss the ball the same way every time you serve. (The Armstrongs)

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball Players To Add More Power To Their Serve - It's critical when you proceed through all of the serving steps, that you toss the ball the same way every time you serve. (The Armstrongs)

It's critical when you proceed through all of the serving steps, that you toss the ball the same way every time you serve.

Create a ritual that you will perform each time you serve so you don't rush your serving process.

That ritual could be

before serving.

Whatever your tossing ritual is, work it out so you do the same thing every time.

This helps you

settle your brain down and
increase your focus and concentration

especially if you have to serve after a long rally.

Ella Serves An Ace Between The Left Back and Middle Back Passers

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball
Serve Like You Spike

Before you serve, you can follow two types of serving strategies. You can decide to either

going for a point or
just place the ball strategically so that your team that's on defense will do the rest.

If you decide that you are going to begin the play by attacking with your serve...

...then develop the ability to maintain the same mentality with your deep serves that you have with your spike.

Get aggro! Be aggressive.

4 Serving Tips For Volleyball
Toni with the float serve during Happy Hour Class Training

Many players mistakenly think that every serve of the ball should be just to start the rally.

This type of serve looks like an easy lob, high over the net just to get the ball over, to let the other team start the play.

In reality, your serve should first be used to score a point for your own team.

What to Do in Serving Practice

It may take time to develop muscle memory and coordination, so be patient and focus on executing each step correctly.

As you progress, gradually increase the power and speed of your serve while maintaining accuracy and control.

By facing your target with the proper body position, arm swing, and follow-through, you'll significantly improve the effectiveness of your serves and contribute to your team's success on the volleyball court.

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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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