The serve initiates play, this is the skill completely within the control of one individual player, and is the only skill that can be replicated with no adjustments in technique on all occasions. Successful servers can force opponents into a difficult attack position, reducing their attack options and enabling the serving team to react more effectively in setting up there defense. A server can serve a ball or an ace to which the other team cannot return it. Serve variations include the underhand, float, spin, jump and sky ball.
The general principles are the same on every serve. Duplicate the same skill mechanics each time you serve. Provided they are the correct skills done each time.
If you are right handed stand with your feet shoulder width apart with your left foot slightly in front of your right. Hold your arms straight out in front of you holding the ball with your right hand on top of the ball. Now lift your right arm up over your head with your elbow back and toss the ball up in fornt of your hitting shoulder and step forward with your right foot and contact the ball firmly with your right hand in the middle of the ball and follow thourgh to your target. This is to be done in one motion toss, step and hit. If you contact the ball at the top of your reach with a tight firm hand it will go over the net.
There are many faults in serving I will name a few. Tossing the ball to high, this messes up your timing to properly serve the ball. Stepping on the end line, you must stay behind the end line when serving or it will be a side out and point for the other team. Having a limp arm or soft hand when hitting the ball, if the ball is hit in this manner it will not have enough power to get to the net. Stepping more than one step to the ball when serving, this messes up timing and if is hard to repeat this action time and time again in the proper manner.
Lets review the basic cues of serving: (1)avoid extra movement, (2) toss the ball in front of hitting shoulder, (3) keep elbow high and back, (4) contact middle of the ball with middle of your hand and (5) follow through to your target.
A new rule that has made its way from NCAA now to the high school is if a player tosses a ball up to serve no matter how bad her toss she has to try to serve the ball. The officials will no longer allow a redo on the serve attempt.
I have covered the basic way to serve a volleyball if you have questions about a specific serve please ask and I will give you the information you need.
What problems could a server face? How can he/she improve there serve?
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