How many types of serves in volleyball are there?
There are three main types of serves that Vegas varsity players should learn how to do.
The underhand, the overhand serve and the jump serve.
When players first learn the basic skills in volleyball they are usually taught how to underhand serve first.
A Step-by-Step Guide on How To Underhand Serve in Volleyball
The underhand serve is done by
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Volleyball serve skills: Sophia performs the standing float serve during Fridays Advanced Skills clinic at Vets.
The next two types of serves in volleyball are important because when done correctly they are designed to make it difficult for passers in serve receive to pass the ball easily to their setter.
With the floater overhand volleyball serve:
Imagine giving a friend a "high five" keeping your elbow above the level of your ear while you rotate to contact the ball.
Then the ball drops suddenly to the floor making it super difficult for a passer to track and pass the ball to their setter target.
The standing topspin serve is another type of overhand volleyball serve.
The primary difference in performing the topspin serve is
a. the wrist isn't stiff, its loose when contacting the ball and bends so the serving hand contacts the top third of the ball.
Contacting the top third of the ball
insures the ball crosses the net with a lot of pace and velocity like a spiked hit.
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Many of these practice drills and volleyball serve skills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.
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