When serving in volleyball you should know about specific areas on the opposing team's court
that you can serve to that usually make it difficult for their passers in serve receive to get the ball to their setter so they can easily run their offensive plays against your team.
Usually, a swing hitter is the left outside hitter who has two responsibilities -
By serving the ball deep down the line at them forces the left side hitter deeper into the back of the court.
This means she has to cover alot of ground to get back into her base starting hitting position to be able to make an approach in order to hit the ball.
Serving them very deep down the line helps to take the Left Side hitter out of the offense because this forces them to back up and receive serve deep in the court - which potentially can make them late to start their hitting approach.
Brooklyn performs the jump float serve during semi private training lessons.
This tactic can completely eliminate them as a hitter/attacker in the offense so the setter is forced to have less options -
In other words, "play chess" - if you see three hitters in the front row
That puts your team at an advantage, right? Force the opposing team to do what YOU want them to do just by serving smarter.
If the "runway" is cut short...then that "plane" has a hard time taking off. So you the server needs to "shorten" the runway way path.
...they usually don't have the time or the strength to hit as hard or as high as they would if they weren't passing so YOU have effectively helped YOUR team by serving the BIG girl (excuse me TALL girl...I hate when people call me BIG) in the front row...and YOU have intelligently taken her out of the offense.
Attention short volleyball players...how tall does a girl have to be to learn to serve the Tall girl in the front row?
Answer....it doesn't matter.
So, the next time you have to serve in volleyball practice - set goals for yourself and 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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