15 club volleyball tryout tips from a Tennessee Hall of Fame inductee and elite club coach who's helped hundreds of athletes navigate tryouts successfully.

If your athlete struggles with consistent serve receive, gets subbed out, or is overlooked for playing time—this is the fix you’ve been looking for.

Struggling with passing consistency?

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I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To Middle and High School Players

I'm passing on my knowledge with my love of how to teach volleyball serve skills to middle and high school players because it is my way of giving back to the sport.

I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To Middle and High School Players Check out my article "How To Serve in Volleyball Score More Aces and Points With your Serve"

Registration is now open for March/April 2023 Serve+Dig+Pass+Clinic Series hosted by me, Coach April. Two (2) one hour sessions on March 4, 5 and April 8. For experienced players with two (2) years experience with ages 14 - 16 and for ages 16 - 18 . March 4 9am - 10:30am (ages 14 - 16) and 10:30am - 12pm (ages 16 - 18) March 5 10am - 11am (ages 14 - 16) and 11am - 12pm (ages 16 - 18) April 8 8am - 9am (ages 14 - 16) and 9am - 10pm (ages 16 - 18) Limited spaces available. Spots will sell out. Email info@improveyourolley.com for more information and to reserve your spot..

Whether I'm coaching in the indoor gym, the sand gym, outdoor sand courts or through what I share on this site...my volleyball serve teachings is based on the elite training and High Performance international and elite coaching I received and its one of my favorite things to do.

Registration is now open for May 2023 Serve+Dig+Pass+Clinics hosted by me, Coach April. Four two hour sessions on four Sundays in May from 10-11 for ages 10-12 and from 11 - 12 for ages 13 - 15. Must have 1-2 years of experience. Limited spaces available. Spots will sell out. Email info@improveyourolley.com for more information.

With that said...

...let's get started! You came here to learn how to improve volleyball serve skills so let me tell you about some important things you'll find here on my site that will help you do just that.

How To Improve Volleyball Serve Skills in Vegas: Want to know what to fix first? Check your toss which is the important part of getting your serve consistently to your target.

I love how to teach volleyball serve skills to my clients and team players. There's a reason I spend so much time on it.

I loved scoring points with my serves when I played.

You know why? Because it saved my team alot of time and effort, don't laugh!

If you don't HAVE to play defense, then why do it!

I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To Middle and High School Players Check out my article "What Is An Overhand Serve"

As a player, once I was told that serving was the first opportunity a player had to score a point for their team, that's when I started spending a ton of time working on improving my serving skills.

I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To Middle and High School Players Check out my article The Volleyball Is Your First Opportunity To Score A Point

Could there have been a little ego involved?

Probably, just a smidge.

The serve is an opportunity for a player to go back to the service line and literally win the game from there. If you can serve 15 balls in a row or 25 whatever you are playing to..by the rules of the game, one player could win the game for their team!

I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To Middle and High School Players Check out my article The Volleyball Serve Toss How Consistent Is your Toss

So I thought, Okay, why not try that every time I went back to serve?

Does it happen, yes it does.

I've been on the court when someone (okay not someone...Olympian Mary Jo Peppler) has served 14 balls in a row when we were down 3-14, so yes it can be done.

10 Floater Volleyball Serve Tips by Elite volleyball coach April Chapple. Better serving scores more points and usually leads to more playing time.

Serving the ball is the one skill in volleyball where a player can score a point all by themselves. So why not try?

At least, your goal should be to become that player who can be counted upon to consistently score a series of points from the service line.

I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To Middle and High School Players Check out my article Five Volleyball Serve Skills Vegas High School Players Know.

That's how tough the serve you want to develop should become and that's how dependable you want to be for your team.

A point scoring machine from the end line every time you go back to serve the ball.

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I Love How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills To High School Players. Be sure to read my serving tip articles to improve your serving.

Follow me on Instagram @coach_apchap to improve your game even faster!

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.

Coach April Chapple
How To Teach Volleyball Serve Skills
in Vegas

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A good volleyball bump tip for beginner high school players learning how to pass a ball is to avoid running and bumping at the same time in serve receive.
Volleyball Rotations: Understand What're The Rotations In Volleyball
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If your athlete struggles with consistent serve receive, gets subbed out, or is overlooked for playing time—this is the fix you’ve been looking for.

Struggling with passing consistency?

Download my eBook for $7.99 and start building the passing confidence that keeps you on the court—and gets you seen by college coaches.

From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Honored At UTK Champions Weekend

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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Tennessee Hall of Fame inductee, Coach April Chapple is

the first First Round Draft Pick for the first American pro indoor women's league
named to the first First Team All-Pro team for Major League Volleyball in USA volleyball history
former USA National team member
one of the few American women players named as an Italian Pro League D-I Championship Finalist, Italian Cup Finalist and Cup of Cups Tournament Finalist

April Chapple The first First round Draft Pick For Major League Volleyball the first American Women's Pro League Honored At Athlete Unlimited Pro Volleyball Match

Coach April's 2025 Private and Semi private Volleyball Training

Pre-Registration now open for 2025 Private and Semiprivate Training Sessions with Coach April . Get prepared for club tryouts or train with me during club season!

Email now for information on semiprivate or private indoor skills, individual or small group training volleyball classes and my Breakfast Club for College Players training for 2025.

Invest in your improvement while preepping for your next level and college goals while working hard and training smart.

Email me right now to register or for more information.

info@improveyourvolley.com

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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Tommi Stockham All Big West Conference sophomore former Coach April Chapple private client 3 years

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Dear Vegas Parent

Read my open letter to Las Vegas Jr high/high school volleyball parents about my predictions on individual and small group volleyball training trends for 2019/2021

Tennessee Athletics Honors April Chapple at Champions Weekend for Legendary Volleyball Achievements

From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Produces Powerful Passionate Players...is that you?

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Congratulations to my seven Boys-18s Vegas Volley club players who played in two state championship finals yesterday, the 3A and 5A State champinship finals at Sunrise Mountain High School.

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!

A-1 Vegas Volley VBC

In It To Win It Tournament

May 2 - 4, 2025 Tournament

Gold Medalists

18s Premier Division

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Making A-1 Vegas Volleyball history as the very first TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS! In the In It To Win It Tournament, May 2-4, 2025 Tournament, A-1 Vegas Volleyball Club Gold Medalists, 18s Premier Division