What Is Serving In Volleyball? The First Opportunity To Score Points

What is serving in volleyball? The serve starts each rally and is the first opportunity to score a point. Learn to float serve, underhand, top spin and more. 

What is serving in volleyball?: The volleyball serve is the first opportunity for you to serve a point. (Matt Duboff)What is serving in volleyball?: The volleyball serve is the first opportunity for you to serve a point. (Matt Duboff)


What is serving in volleyball?

The serve starts each rally and is the first opportunity to score a point.

Whether you use a float serve, top spin or underhand serve your goal should be to try and score a direct point, also known as an ace, from behind your service line.

Find all the volleyball serving information you need on this page on ImproveYourVolley.com... 


What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Basics


I like to teach my players how to serve a volleyball because having a tough floater serve and improving your overhand serve may increase your playing time.

How To Serve A Volleyball What To Do, When and How To Do It

I like to teach my players how to serve a volleyball because having a tough floater serve and improving your overhand serve may increase your playing time. 


Toni with the float serve during Happy Hour Class Training


My two mental volleyball strategies explain how to serve in volleyball while planning strategically on where to serve to score more direct points and aces.

How To Serve In Volleyball Two Tactics To Score More Aces and Points

My two mental volleyball strategies explain how to serve in volleyball while planning strategically on where to serve to score more direct points and aces. 


The serve is the only skill you can perform in volleyball all by yourself. Learn how to take advantage of this opportunity.

The Volleyball Serve Is Your First Opportunity To Score A Point 

The serve is the only skill you can perform in volleyball all by yourself. Learn how to take advantage of this opportunity.


Katelyn with the Tough Jump Float Serve


Volleyball Serving Information
Rules

Learn the rules of serving along with the most common fouls and service faults committed in competition.

8 Volleyball Serve Rules on The Toss and When and Where You Can Serve  

Learn the rules of serving along with the most common fouls and service faults committed in competition. 


What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Drills


Coming soon..



Ella Serves An Ace Between The Left Back and Middle Back Passers


What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Skills

There are three basic volleyball serve skills, the underhand, the standing float serve and the jump float serve which Vegas varsity players, should know how to do.

Three Volleyball Serve Skills Vegas High School Players Know How To Do

There are three basic volleyball serve skills, the underhand, the standing float serve and the jump float serve which Vegas varsity players, should know how to do.

After learning the basic skills of volleyball serving its important that you learn in practice how to strategically serve to specific positions on the court.



What Is Serving In Volleyball?
Strategies

These two mental volleyball serving strategies we teach in our volleyball boot camp classes to use to increase your point scoring abilities from the end line.

2 Mental Volleyball Serving Strategies Vegas Players Use To Serve Aces

These two mental volleyball serving strategies we teach in our volleyball boot camp classes to use to increase your point scoring abilities from the end line. 


What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Terms


Coming soon...


 What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Tips

My 10 "Coach April Float Serve Volleyball Tips" are designed to help you increase serving accuracy and power while producing more float in your float serves.

10 Float Serve Volleyball Tips 
For Better Serving And To Score More Points

My 10 "Coach April Float Serve Volleyball Tips" are designed to help you increase serving accuracy and power while producing more float in your float serves.



Did you know there are 3 volleyball serving tips elite coaches teach their players on where to serve after a timeout. Serving strategies varsity players know.

3 Volleyball Serving Tips On Where To Serve The Ball After A Timeout

Did you know there are 3 volleyball serving tips elite coaches teach their players on where to serve after a timeout. Serving strategies varsity players know. 



What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
 Techniques

Common techniques for volleyball serves are the standing float serve, the jump float serve where you add spike approach footwork and spin serves.

4 Volleyball Serves Techniques To Know The Floater The Jump The Spin

Common techniques for volleyball serves are the standing float serve, the jump float serve where you add spike approach footwork and spin serves. 



Learn the two volleyball serve techniques we teach players in Boot Camp Class which lead to increased point scoring opportunities.

Volleyball Serve Techniques Vegas Players Need To Know To Score Points

Learn the two volleyball serve techniques we teach players in Boot Camp Class which lead to increased point scoring opportunities.



 What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Tactics

Make smart serving choices about your volleyball serve tactics on the most strategic places for your overhand serves to increase your point scoring efficiency.

2 Volleyball Serve Tactics and Smart Strategies For The Short Serve 

Make smart serving choices about your volleyball serve tactics on the most strategic places for your overhand serves to increase your point scoring efficiency. 




What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Training

Many players especially after they have learned how to serve a volleyball still don't realize it, but the toss is where many serving errors begin.

Serve A Volleyball Overhand For Points Consistently To Score More Aces


Many players especially after they have learned how to serve a volleyball still don't realize it, but the toss is where many serving errors begin.


What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Tutorials

Here's a ten-step checklist you follow to increase the efficiency and drastically impact your point scoring ability.

Your Serve In Volleyball Use Our Ten Step Checklist To Serve More Aces


Here's a ten-step checklist you follow to increase the efficiency and drastically impact your point scoring ability.


 What Is Serving In Volleyball? 
Videos


The floater serve in volleyball, whether standing or jumping is one of the best serves to use to score points from the service line.

What's the floater serve?

The floater serve, when practiced and done correctly, is used by top high school, collegiate, pro indoor and beach volleyball players to score points consistently.

The floater is popular because if contacted in the right spot, the ball will dip, float and move as it travels across the net. 



Your Toss - Keep It In Front of Your Hitting Arm ..

Watch Cass work on serving line. . .

If you’re having serving problems be sure to check what’s going on with your tossing form. . .

Look to create a routine when you serve. But your routine needs to help you maintain control of your body parts. . .

Its not a good sign if you’re falling all over the place before/after you contact the ball.

The more you can control your body parts the better you will control the ball. .



When you learn how to serve a volleyball, even though it's your hand that makes contact with the ball,

the correct positioning of your feet

the movement of your core and lower body working together

a consistent volleyball serve toss and

where your hand contacts the ball when serving are four things that will help determine how successful your overhand serve is.


Volleyball Serving Information
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