You need to serve a volleyball strategically to specific zones on the court that are known by their specific volleyball position numbers in order to make it harder for the opposing team to run a play and score against your team.
Just before you serve many coaches will have you look at them so they can indicate to you which serving zone you need to serve to.
A head coach or an assistant coach while seated on the team bench will hold up a finger so only you can see it and that finger will tell you where you need to serve.
Click here to learn why its important for you to know the volleyball position numbers on the court
When you serve cross court it gives a passer more time to get in position because the ball is coming from farther away...
Try standing right in the middle of the baseline and serve the seams between the two passers in zone 5 and zone 6 or zone 6 and zone 1.
Usually in the backrow there are gaps and seams between two passers.
This deep court serving strategy calls for you to serve deep between two passers to create confusion on the court.
Both
forced to decide on or fight over the "divorce maker" ball that goes right down the middle between the two of them.
If done right, the ball will fall right between the two passers!
Why would you want to serve to Zone 2?
The same argument applies here about serving the TALL girl in the front row as an option - if she is in the position 2 spot but there's something else you need to look for.
Look for the setter coming from the right side of the court.
If you serve the front row player who is passing in position 2, when the Setter is coming from the right side of the court...the setter has to
Why?
Because she has very little time to adjust to a ball that has been passed right from the position she JUST came from.
Or served right to the position she just came from however you want to look at the situation.
If the ball isnt passed perfectly then
....ALL because of YOUR strategically placed serve.
Here's a little known fact...alot of setters hate cross court serves especially tough hard ones that they have to chase down!
So, the next time you have to serve in volleyball practice - remember to
the volleyball court numbered positions on the court.
Be sure to MAKE your serves count for points in practice.
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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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