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Volleyball Serving Rules What Are The Rules When Serving A Volleyball?

Learn important volleyball serving rules and answers to basic serving volleyball questions about what's legal when serving a ball from behind the service line.

Volleyball Serving Rules: Each official match must -begin with a serve from one team on defense which -is launched into the court of the opposing team who's receiving serve -by a player in their service area behind the end line -with the intent on starting the rally and possibly scoring a point

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Volleyball Serving Rules
What Is The Volleyball Serve?

The serve is the way the ball is launched over the net to start the rally after the ref has blown the whistle.

Each official match must

begin with a serve from one team on defense which
is launched into the court of the opposing team who's receiving serve
by a player in their service area behind the end line
with the intent on starting the rally and possibly scoring a point

Addi working on her standing floater in volleyball serve down the line.

Focusing on starting with hips open to the wall to her right, a consistent toss and a smooth arm swing when contacting the ball with the middle of her hand to the middle of the ball.

Volleyball Serving Rules
Can you throw a ball over the net?

Throwing the ball over the net isn't allowed.

Volleyball Serving Rules
Who Is A Volleyball Server?

Who's the server?

The server is

the player on the team who won the right to serve based on the pre-match coin toss and who the coach has written on the lineup sheet to start in Zone 1
the player who rotates from the right front position on the court known as Zone 2 and goes to Zone 1 behind the service line after their team has won a rally, won the point and the right to serve

Volleyball Serving Rules
How many seconds do you have to serve in volleyball?

Volleyball Serving Rules: The serve is your first opportunity to serve a ball. The serve is the skill used to start a rally. The serve puts the ball in play once the referee blows the whistle.

If you are the server, then at the beginning of the rally, after the referee blows the whistle, you are the player standing behind the end line in the service zone, and within 8 seconds after the ref has blown the whistle, you serve the ball over the net.

If for any reason you don't complete the first serve and get a second chance to serve again...then you subsequently have five seconds to serve.

Volleyball Serving Rules
Where does the server serve the ball from?

Volleyball Serving Rules: The player who was in the right front position on the court rotates from the front row and takes the ball behind the end line in the service area zone. (Richard Yuan)

Ari is a libero and since liberos usually play left back we've decided to work on serving from behind Zone 5 or the left side of the court because that puts her closer to the base position she needs to run to once she lands in order to get ready to play defense.

After your team wins the rally, you also win

a point and
the right to serve

The player who was in the right front position on the court rotates from the front row and takes the ball behind the end line in the service area zone.

The server can serve from anywhere in the service area.

The service area boundaries are from sideline to sideline and extend behind the endlines on both ends of the court. (See the red area in the diagram.)

Volleyball Serving Rules: The service area boundaries are from sideline to sideline and extend behind the endlines on both ends of the court. (See the red area in the diagram.)

The server must be behind the service line until the ball has been contacted.

Volleyball Serving Rules:
Common Faults in Serving

While mastering your serving technique, you should also be aware of what actions could result in serve faults. Here are a few common faults:

Volleyball Serving Rules: Foot Fault

1. Foot Fault:

A foot fault occurs when the server steps on or over the end line before the ball is contacted in a serve. This is considered illegal, and the serve immediately goes to the other team.

Volleyball Serving Rules: Double Hit

2. Double Hit:

A double hit happens when a server contacts the ball twice consecutively during a serve attempt.

Volleyball Serving Rules: Net Service Fault

3. Net Service Fault:

If a served ball hits a teammate, the antenna, or does not cross the net vertically inside the crossing space it is considered a serving fault.

Volleyball Serving Rules: Out of Order Serve

4. Out of Order Serve:

Teams must serve in a specific rotation. If a player serves out of turn, it results in an automatic point to the opposing team.

Volleyball Serving Rules: Illegal Serve

5. Illegal Serve:

Any serve that does not conform to the correct technique (like a throw or carry) is deemed illegal and will result in a fault.

Being aware of these faults can guide players towards more legally precise serves, preventing unnecessary team penalties.

Volleyball Serving Rules:
Team Rotation and Designating the Server

College volleyball demands peak fitness which is why the collegiate volleyball athletes who are home for the summer already participate in their own strength training regimen that their college coach requires them to follow.

The concept of rotation is intrinsic to the game of volleyball. But how does this impact the server?

1. Winning a Rally:

When a team wins a rally while they're on the receiving side, they gain both a point and the right to serve. However, before they can serve, the team must rotate one position clockwise. This means the player from the right-front position moves to the right-back position to serve.

2. Designating the Server:

This rotation means that all players alternate between positions, including the server role. Therefore, serving is not limited to a single player but is done by all team players in sequence, depending on the rotation.

3. Continued Serving:

If the serving team wins the point, the same player continues to serve for the next point without any rotation.

4. Team Positions:

It's worth noting that, although players rotate their positions on the court, they still maintain their specialized roles such as setter, hitter, etc.

Understanding this rotating sequence not only ensures your team maintains the legal serving order but also adds a strategic nuance to the game as different players have different serving strengths and styles."

Volleyball Serving Rules:
The Let Serve Rule

One frequent question among volleyball players is the legality of a 'let serve.'

A let serve occurs when the ball served by a player touches the net but still successfully lands in the opponent's court.

1. Is It Legal?:

In earlier rules of volleyball, a let serve that touched the net was considered a fault.

However, under current Federation Internationale De Volleyball (FIVB) rules, as well as most other governing bodies, a let serve is considered legal. This means that if the ball contacts the net on the serve but continues over the net into the opponent's court, play continues as normal.

2. Continuation of Play:

When a let serve happens, players on both sides should be prepared to continue play because the rally continues just as if the serve didn't contact the net.

Understanding this subtle rule is essential for players to ensure there's no premature cessation of play, keeping the game going smoothly.

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Volleyball Serving Rules
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Understanding this rotating sequence not only ensures your team maintains the legal serving order but also adds a strategic nuance to the game as different players have different serving strengths and styles."

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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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