There are four types of overhand volleyball serves most commonly used in advanced competition like varsity high school games, college games, beach tournaments and national and international matches.
The Overhand Standing Float Serve
The overhand standing float serve in volleyball requires
How To Overhand Float Serve in Volleyball
The standing floater serve is the most popular of all overhand serves and it requires
The two important ways to make a float serve float in volleyball is
Once you toss the ball in the air your eyes should be focused only on where your hand contacts the ball.
Friday night boot campers practice their overhand serving arm motion at Friday Night Boot Camp class.
The Topspin Volleyball Serve
The standing topspin serve requires a high toss, a high reach and quick armswing of the dominant arm with the hand contacting the top third of the ball, very similar to the spike contact.
Contacting the top third of the ball creates the forward motion which launches the ball with alot of spin, pace and speed from your service line to the opposing court.
This high paced fast traveling serve is used to make it extremely difficult for the passers to receive the serve and get it to the target.
The Overhand Jump Serve
The jump serve has two versions of the overhand serve, the jump float and jump topspin serve.
Basically before serving you
Right handed players will place the ball in their left hand so they can toss it in the air, then step towards it, as they then contact the ball with an
The ball is contacted with your dominant hand or any part of your arm with the intent of creating enough force to send the ball over the net and inside the opposing team's court.
Left handers do the opposite.
How you contact the ball overhand, to send it over the net, depends on the type of volleyball serve you decide to use.
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