Volleyball serving drills should be included in every practice.
Different drills have different points of focus such as:
The volleyball serve is the first opportunity for you to attack a team from
the service line.
Since its the first opportunity to score a point I coach my players to
consider this an opportunity to attack for a point.
If you've ever seen a tennis game, the player who is serving is not just
lobbing the ball over the net so that the other player can smash the ball
back to her.
The tennis server is serving as hard as she can or as
tactically as she can in order to serve an ace.
Or to set up a play that positions herself to score a point on a future
play in the rally.
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Now for the good stuff...the volleyball serving drills...
One serving goal for a server is to serve the ball in a way that makes it
difficult for the opposing team to pass the ball so they run an offensive
attack against your team.
In order to do this you need to be able to serve the ball to any of
the six zones on the court at any given time of the game.
There are volleyball serving drills that help you improve your ability to
serve short, deep, cross court or down the line.
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with Anne Kordes,
former University of Louisville Head Coach;
Anne Kordes breaks down the serve into the proper fundamental steps that allows you to teach any of the serving styles.
In this detail video, you will learn to:
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Another serving goal for a player is to serve the ball aggressively so that
you rely on power as opposed to placement to score a direct point for
your team.
In practice you should develop a powerful top spin or float serves by
adding a jump to your serve.
Both the jump spin and the jump float serve call for a three to four step
approach, like the one used to hit the ball when you are in the front row.
Your starting point for your serve is further away from the service line so
you have room to make a three or four step approach.
Since you are making an approach to the ball your toss needs to be
much higher and further out in front of you, leading you towards the
service line without stepping on it or over it until after you've
contacted the ball.
The serve approach is the same as a four step spike approach with the
first two steps slow starting with the right foot.
Then you gather momentum with bigger faster third and fourth steps that
launch you in the air towards the ball.
I call the last two steps of your spike approach "attacking the floor".
You don't want to tip toe into the last two steps you want to 'attack the
floor" using the entire bottom part of your foot, from heel to toe, to make
contact with the floor before "lifting off" into the air like an airplane taking
off on a runway.
Much time in volleyball serving drills should be dedicated to the timing
for the approach.
Upon contact you swing towards your target.
Because you are in the air when you contact the ball, time in
volleyball serving drills should be given towards practicing ball contact.
When contacting the ball for the jump float, the middle of the hand
contacts the middle of the ball.
When your hand contacts the ball for the jump spin the hand contacts
the top third of the ball with elbow high and fully extended.
Jump float servers should be comfortable with serving to all six zones
with accuracy and power. You want to aim for spots on the court as
opposed to players.
Jump spin servers should be comfortable with serving line, cross court
and the deep three zones in the court with power.
Features & Benefits
with Deane Webb,
Ohio University Head Coach;
One of the most important things a coach can do to increase a team's ability to score is to develop a strong tactical serving team.
This process begins with establishing a serving philosophy and then teaching your players the skill and technique to implement that philosophy most effectively.
Deane Webb explains why teams needs to serve aggressively to be successful.
He examines different server types and shares drills to help your players find their aggressive serve. He makes a strong case for why you need to get your team to understand how serving aggressively can help them win more matches.
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A third option if you can't yet rely on placement or power is to
work on keeping your serve in, making sure to get it in the opposing
team's court while relying on your defense to score the point.
Consistency is the focus, for new and experienced servers
alike.
If you are missing too many serves in the court, during your volleyball
serving drills you want to focus on technique and consistency.
Contacting the ball in the same place, tossing the ball in the same spot,
making the same arm swing every single time... consistency of
technique is an important element to practice with certain volleyball
serving drills.
Features & Benefits
Learn game-like methods for training servingGet a variety of 4v4 games to maximize ball touchesLearn how to improve ball control by passing over the knee (vs mid-line)Learn how to get opponents out-of-system with accurate. Consistent serves
with Nabil Mardini, Los Angeles Volleyball Academy Director of Operations; Pierce College Head Coach,
Conversely, serving tough and in-bounds are among the most important skills in volleyball.
In this fast-paced presentation, Nabil Mardini shows how to teach and train serving and passing with a focus on deliberate practice of these essential skills.
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