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5 Essential Serving Tips from Tennessee's #2 Career Aces Record Holder
I've identified the 5 essential serving tips that separate confident servers from struggling ones and you'll serve with the confidence that creates aces.
After 40+ years playing and coaching volleyball at the highest levels, I've identified the 5 essential serving tips that separate confident servers from struggling ones.
Master these basics and you'll serve with the systematic approach that creates aces.
Stop serving scared and start serving with confidence. Get my 5 essential serving fundamentals—each with 4 detailed techniques—that transform nervous servers into players coaches trust in crucial moments.
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- ✓ 23 systematic essential serving tips from Tennessee's #2 career aces record holder
- ✓ Body-part-specific breakdowns you won't find anywhere else
- ✓ Beginner-friendly techniques that build proper habits from day one
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- ✓ Same methods that developed multiple Gatorade Players of the Year
Inside Your FREE Guide:
- Perfect stance and positioning fundamentals
- The "Two Up, One Forward" toss formula that creates consistency
- How to stop chasing your toss and losing balance
- Mental approach techniques for pressure situations
- Proper elbow positioning for power and accuracy
- Plus 20 additional detailed breakdowns
Why This is Different?
These aren't generic "practice more" tips. These are detailed, body-part-specific techniques from 40+ years playing professionally (Tennessee Hall of Fame, USA National Team) and 15+ years coaching college-recruited athletes.
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Perfect Your Stance
Beginner Volleyball Serve Checklist
Place your right foot behind your left, perpendicular, 4-5 inches apart. This balanced position gives you consistent power without falling over.
Master the 'Two Up, One Forward Toss Formula
Beginner Volleyball Serve Checklist
How to find your perfect toss location; Toss the ball 2 feet in the air, let it drop so its 6-12 inches in front of the big toe of your front foot.
This simple server vs passer drill is one of the passing drills I do with my club volleyball players, clients and college volleyball players that I train, done to improve ball control skills and to improve their ability to get the ball to the target consistently from anywhere on the court. Katelyn starts in this video in the left back video for a certain amount of time or a certain amount of reps and then we move to middle back and do the same and then right back before moving on to the next drill.
Stop Chasing Your Toss
Beginner Volleyball Serve Checklist
Avoid swinging at a toss that’s too far left or right of your front foot. This will knock you off balance. Let bad tosses fall to the ground in practice, then redo until you recognize the perfectly placed toss.
Shop Small: Support A Real Coach With Real Training and Real Results. Don’t overthink your serve. Lots of practice tossing and swinging reps reduces nervousness and builds consistencyContact and Follow Through
Beginner Volleyball Serve Checklist
Practice your serving tosses so much that when you decide to serve a deep ball or a short ball your toss remains the same height and same location in the path of your serving arm, in front of your front foot pointing to your target.
Coach April’s
Essential Serving Tips
Hold the volleyball in your non-dominant hand.
The other hand/arm (the dominant or serving hand), is extended above your head with palm of hand kept flat and facing the opposite wall, ready to strike.
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