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Serving Drills For Beginners Volleyball Court Zones To Serve Aces To
With these fun serving drills for beginners volleyball players learn in a short time which court zones to serve to to increase the possibility of scoring aces.
Watch how high Brandon keeps his elbow even during the rotation of his serving arm when bringing his hand to the front of the ball during this serving drill with one passer vs one server.
Discover which volleyball court zones like Position 5, 3 and 6 to serve to in order to score more points and aces from the service line.
Why Does Serving To Certain Court Zones Increase The Chances Of You Scoring More Aces
Serving Drills For Beginners: Keeping The Serving Elbow High During Timed Serve And Chase Drill
Here's why serving to specific volleyball court zones like Position 5, 3 and 6 are important.
When coaching girl's volleyball I concentrate alot on the serving fundamentals because of this reason...
You (the server) are the only person who controls the effectiveness of YOUR serve and
its the one fundamental you can do without the intervention of anyone else to score a direct point with .
...that is very powerful and trust me even many elite players don't take advantage of this unique opportunity.
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Timed Serving Drills For Beginners Volleyball Players Do In My Practice Sessions That Increases The Chances Of Scoring Aces
- 3 minutes to score 15 points with
- 5 serves to zone 2
- 5 serves to zone 3
- 5 serves to zone 4
Working on using good serving technique with elbow held high. quick arm swing with a balanced stance.. while under pressure and forced to meet team and individual goals.
Players serve, jog, shag, serve.
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Approach and Setup Methods --Master 3-step and 4-step approaches with optimal spacing and ball positioning
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Landing and Follow-through Execute safe two-foot landings with proper hip rotation and shock absorption
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Are you serving without strategic purpose while opponents easily run their offense? Why React to Opponents When You Could Be Controlling Them?
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Pre-game intelligence methods --Identify technical weaknesses and poor passing habits during opponent warm-ups
Strategic target selections Master seam serving and zone targeting that creates immediate passing problems
Situational serving tactics Know when to serve aggressively vs. safely based on score and game situation
Mental approach strategies Develop point-scoring mentality and force passers out of comfort zones
Coach April's tactical tips Adjust serving strategy mid-game and target front-row hitters effectively
1-page PDF checklist Convenient format you can print or keep on your device for strategic reference
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Serving Drills For Beginners
Here's the Secret You've Been Waiting For To Serve More Balls Over The Net!
Good job Lena!
Most beginner servers when they get into trouble serving its because they dont get the ball over the net consistently,
If this is the case want to know how to fix your serving problem quickly?
Serving Drills For Beginners
One Server vs Two Passers
One server serves 20 balls alternating between
- serving the left back server,
- the middle back server,
- the deep seam between them
- deep down the line on the left side of the left back passer and
- the short seam
between the two of them.
That's five different areas the server can practice aiming for.
After sets of 20 serves the players rotate so that left back passer moves to middle back passer and middle back passer becomes the next server to serve 20 balls.
There you go! That's it! Its kinda that simple once you know it.
The secret to consistently serving the ball over the net for beginners..starts with keeping your serving arm higher.
Jump Serving Down The Line: Work on Keeping Body Balanced and Elbow High During the Serve Approach
I always give my clients and players a physical point of reference. In this case its your ear.
Keep your serving arm high enough so if you look at it ..you'll see your elbow ABOVE your ear.
Now keep it there during your swing and don't drop it as you turn your hip and shoulder to contact the ball to serve it.
When I focus on doing that during my serving drills for beginners it makes a huge difference in how many balls my players get over the net with tougher serves.
Try it, you'll like it.
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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.
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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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