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Why Having Strong Volleyball Serving Skills Will Give You Playing Time
After you learn the 6 basic skills of volleyball you should focus on developing strong volleyball serving skills so you can score points from the service line.
Having strong volleyball serving skills is the game's "equalizer."
I like to say that to my players because from start to finish you and only you control every aspect and especially the outcome of the serve.
It doesn't matter how tall, how wide or how short you are.
By developing tough volleyball serving skills that score aces, make points, or put the opposing team in difficulty consistently, I guarantee you will regularly see court time.
Volleyball Serving Skills
The Importance of Good Serving Skills
Volleyball Serving Skills
The Importance of Serving The Ball "In"
It goes without saying that every time you go back to serve the ball you should work on consistently getting the ball in the opposing team's court.
You want to build a reputation, first in practice and then in any occasions when you are in the game...that you are the reliable player that always gets the ball "in."
Even if you dont score a direct point with your serve you want to be the player that when the coach looks down the bench and is deciding on who to put in next..he or she considers you first because you've built a good volleyball serving reputation up of consistently getting the ball over the net and in the court.
Sure, everyone makes mistakes but when it comes to volleyball serving you want to be the player who makes the least amount of serving errors on your team.
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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.
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.
The Volleyball Serve
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Your options are:
- You can learn more about Serving by visiting the related links below.
- Follow the suggested reading on our Sitemap page Learning How To Play (Sitemap)
- Or visit the pages in the How to Play Volleyball section in the drop down menu at the top of the page to get started.
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Beginner Players Must Learn The 6 Basic Skills In Volleyball First
Beginner players looking to learn how to perform all six of the basic skills in volleyball serving, passing, setting, digging, hitting and blocking start here.
The 6 Basic Skills of Volleyball All Varsity Players Should Know
Varsity players know the 6 basic skills of volleyball are passing, setting, blocking, digging, hitting and serving which starts a rally and is the most important
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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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