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Overhand Serve Volleyball Technique Tips To Help Volleyball Service

The overhand serve, underhand serve and jump serve are the 3 volleyball serve techniques players learn. Improve your volleyball serve skills with these 2 tips.

Volleyball serve techniques: The overhand serve volleyball players use, are the float serve and jump top or jump float techniques players learn

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The overhand serve, underhand serve and the jump serve are the 3 overhand serve volleyball techniques players learn.

Here are two serving tips that improve the effectiveness of your overhand serve and will increase the possibility of you scoring more aces in volleyball games and matches.

We practice these overhand serve volleyball techniques in Boot Camp classes and I want to share these serving tips to Vegas players who don't yet understand the importance of developing point-scoring volleyball serving skills.

Keep your elbow high
Be consistent with your body movements and move the same way every single time when serving

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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
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

Overhand Serve Volleyball Techniques
Keep Your Elbow High

One way to help you improve your volleyball serve and to learn correct volleyball serve techniques is to watch the best collegiate and pro players perform them correctly.

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In the above images , watch as the USC servers ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS keep their elbow up high above the level of their ear...

All through their overhand jump float serve routine, their serving arm is kept high above the level of their ear. with an open palmed hand that faces the opposite wall.

All through their overhand jump float serve routine, their serving arm is kept high above the level of their ear. with an open palmed hand that faces the opposite wall. (Ralph Aversen)

They do this so they can get their hand to the ball faster, after the ball has been tossed.

Overhand Serve Volleyball Techniques
Use The Same Consistent Body Movement Every Time You Serve

Overhand Serve Volleyball Techniques: Every movement functions to get the ball aggressively over the net in a way that makes it difficult for the opposing team to receive serve. (JMR Photography)

Overhand Serve Volleyball Technique: Every movement functions to get the ball aggressively over the net in a way that makes it difficult for the opposing team to receive serve. (JMR Photography)

Watch this EXCELLENT video of professional players and Italian (featuring Francesca Piccinini one of the best outside hitters in the world) and Dutch national team players.

They perform the same serve, the same way, every single time they go to serve.

They become like a serving machine.

Every movement makes sense and functions to get the ball aggressively over the net in a way that makes it difficult for the opposing team to receive serve.

There are no

extra movements
no dips
no toe touches
no hop skips
no excessive bouncing
no roller coaster side tosses

None of those extra body movements named above, help you get the ball over the net.

So there's no reason to add them to your overhand serve volleyball technique.

Overhand Serve Volleyball Techniques To Remember

Overhand Serve Volleyball HIGH FIVE the ball - for the standing float serve- the middle of the hand contacts the middle of the ball (Richard Yuan)

Overhand Serve Volleyball Techniques
How do you serve in volleyball?

Notice in the video, each server has her

a) serving arm elbow high above the level of her ear

its NOT on the ball
its not bringing the ball up with two hands
the elbow is kept high in the air in a VERY balanced movement....at a 45 degree angle

b) Serving arm palm facing outwards towards the opposite wall and not turned up to the ceiling

c) Body sets up facing the net and closes with a quarter turn to the ball - WHILE elbow is ALWAYS kept high during the turn

d) HIGH FIVE the ball - for the standing float serve- the middle of the hand contacts the middle of the ball

e) Server WATCHES her hand contact the ball...

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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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.

Overhand Serve Volleyball Techniques:
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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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