Serving is a skill that many beginners struggle with. There are a lot of moving parts, and if one part of the chain is weak, the whole thing can fall apart. In my opinion, the TOSS is the most critical part of the serve. If you can master a consistent toss, the rest will likely come along much more easily.
Im really confused about the follow through. You say to stop your hand when it makes contact. However when I watch your demonstration, your arm does swing through past the point of contact. Can you explain this a bit better? If we were to stop on contact, wouldnt our arm remain at that 45 degree angle from our eyes? I am consistently serving the ball in a straight direction to towards the net, but I cant find the power. Im trying to trouble shoot and your video is so helpful. Very grateful and will be watching more.
Thanks for this video. I'm not really a beginner but for the life of me I can't serve overhand. It's so embarrassing, and I know I'm judged for it. Everyone either tells me that I'm dropping my elbow when I swing (or they say to eat more Wheaties! Which is annoying because lift weights and am probably stronger than they are!). I do realize that I am dropping my elbow, but I can't manage to change this when I'm actually serving. Do you have any tips?
I would recommend starting with your elbow high and back before you toss. That way, you only have to go forward with your arm and can contact it higher. I would also make sure that you are engaging your abs and stepping with the correct foot. Those are the three things that I usually look for first. Let me know if those don't work for you.
it's never about strength (sometimes) but in this case it's technique don't know why they tell you to eat more wheaties unless they are just teasing you
I also have the same issues. I also have been playing volleyball for 2 years now and I still can't manage to get the ball over the net. All I have to say is it does take time and practice. I just got my overhand serve over the net 2 weeks ago for the first time.
I feel you. That s why I am not always in the first 6 because my overhand serve is not consistent. So embarrasing. I started to play vball wen i was in elem. Now i am almost in my 30s still my overhand serve is not consistent....
i had quit team volleyball for a few years but i tried to keep up with it incase i wanted to try out for highschool. i’m glad i did but i never felt comfortable practicing over hand serves even though mine weren’t terrible. thank you so much! you helped my form immensely, and i can always get the volleyball over the net now.
Im genuinely happy that i found this video, im going into volleyball for freshmen athletics, and I've never played before so this was extremely helpful. I literally couldn't get the ball to the net for the life of me during practice.❤❤❤🙏
I have been trying to find a video to help one of my players with her serve. She is new to serving and I want her to focus on what matter and have a good visual. This video hits every point I was looking for and really shows good visuals. The biggest thing that stood out is that throughout the video she never drops the elbow! I love that, a lot of the other videos had the elbow down and a lot of bad habits in them. I highly recommend this video if you or someone you know is starting out serving!! 10/10 also shoutouts to the lefty crew!
thank you so much lol. I’m in 6th grade and my previous coach told me to practice the overhand serve over the summer but I never knew how. finished watching this in my bed at night so tomorrow i’m going to try this out outside! wish me luck for my volleyball try-outs coming up :D
Sarah, I am an Elementary PE teacher and our school has went totally remote / online teaching due to the Coronavirus. I just want to take time to tell you thank you so very much for making these videos. We are doing an "online" volleyball unit (I know, it's very challenging as most of our students do not even own a volleyball.) Your videos are easy to understand for Elementary age students and are a lifesaver for me! Thanks again and God bless.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me! It makes me so happy to hear that my videos are useful and are helping kids while they are studying at home :)
Thank you so much! My serving improved dramatically after watching this video; I've gotten way more consistent and have started being more deliberate with where I'm serving now that I have more control. Before I could rarely manage a float serve due to my toss always having a little spin but this really helped with that! Also this was the first guide I've seen that addresses the wrist which in hindsight was my main issue with serving, really insightful!
Thanks you for making this so in depth!!! It really helped me realize what I was doing wrong and how to fix it. I watched a few other videos saying to fallow all the way though but now that I am stopping when making contact with the ball it has helped a lot. I am thinking about joining my school team but I have been practicing to make sure I am prepared but my serve has been the one thing I was having a hard time with but now I am a lot more confident about it . Thanks for being so helpful!!!
Okay so I'm starting volleyball on Tuesday and I'm super nervous, I've never played before and this video has kinda helped me with being confident with my serves
@@gabsgotswag depends. They should try about 15 serves of each (underhand and overhand) and see which they get the hang of best. but yes, usually most beginners find underhand easier. But I recommend trying both :)
Thanks for the great video. If played back at a slower speed, you really see your technique clearly. For righties, this is a good tool to use since the video is like a mirror image of what righties should be doing.
Make sure you take a big step to generate more power, and really use your abs as you swing. Make sure to keep your arm fast the whole way through the swing!
Wow thank you so much my last vollyball season got canceled just when I was about to play varsity for the first time I planned on practicing an overhand but didn’t have any time in the actual court but now I can overhand the ball at a great hight and distance next thing is to try out high school vollyball and to get to practice in a court
Thank you soo much Sarah! I love your videos and your tutorials! You helped me so much! I am really good at setting, passing and blocking, smashing and underhand serving. I can do an over hand serve but it was hard because I always served out and I didn’t serve with left foot forward. I’m a rightie and this video helped lots! Thank you Sarah! I’m watching more of your videos to help me!! I tried out for my school team and I made it! I can’t say how thankful I am for you and your expertise in volley ball and for this video! Thank you have a great day!!
thanks for this video. I think the content and the breakdown is really great. just a note on the production, I found the voice audio to be a little low in volume. as a result, I found the background music to be a little distracting and made it harder to hear the speaker's voice. in the future (this may be addressed already since the video is 2 years old), I would like if the speaker's voice were made louder and if the music background were either removed or definitely made lower in volume as to not compete with the voice. thank you for sharing
Great video. Can u do a video where we have to get the pass and then set? I'm not quite sure how to move my feet and then set. Not everyone passes perfect. Thank you!
I am stuck in a problem: I was playing volley with friends for decades without any real coach. As you can imagine, I never learned the proper moves and technic. But I was able to overhead-serve quite powerful and aimed. I was able to choose between a float and a top/sidespin. Now finally I joined a club, hoping to get more practice and proper traning. Of cause the coach wanted to teach me the right movement and hitting-point to get more effective. Maybe a little different to your explanation, but very near to it. Sadly at the moment I am stuck in the middle of nowhere. I don't get it right, like the coach wants it within some level of effectiveness and precision. On the other hand my old style, looking maybe funny but more comfortable, precise and sharp is lost.That feels uncomfy at the moment, like someone stole my weapon. Rejecting the coaches advice is maybe not the best idea, but getting more and more unsafe to serve is demotivating...
Oh no! That is a problem, and I can understand how disappointed you might be feeling right now. I feel like your old serve feels funny now because you have learned the correct technique.... while frustrating, this is a good thing because your body can notice the difference. If you have been serving the same way for years, it will be very difficult to change the habits you have formed. I felt the same way when I switched to the beach from indoor. I would suggest continuing to practice the new, correct technique because I promise you, it WILL get better. Until you feel confident using that new serve in games, keep doing your old serve. There is always a strange transition period, but you will notice an improvement.
@@SarahPavanVolleyball Thanks but the point is: I lost my old serve. I end up in a mixture of both, resulting either in a weak serve or hitting the net or outside the playfield. For safety reasons I can do a precise but not so powerfull underhand-serve instead until i get confident with the new overhead-serve...
I feel comfortable hitting with my right hand but I’m a leftie and I don’t know which one to go for, should I go for right handed serving or left handed serving?
A lot of lefties actually end up playing volleyball with their right hand.... I don't know why, but I've seen it happen a lot! I suggest trying both, and whichever one feels the most natural is the one you should go for!
Hello Sarah, THANKS . . . and the heavens have just parted and the Volleyball Angels are a singing, "Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!" Your steps and process are GREAT. Nice archery analogy!!!! Dad can say, "Here . . . like this." But it's not so cool. But when you say it, it's simply cool. And our little does it. :-)))) Thanks again. We appreciate you~!!!
Thanks so much for this wonderful video! Just wondering about the steps: I am not certain I am getting it correctly. I am right-handed, which means that according to the video I should step with the left foot. What exactly does it mean? My intuitive body motion would be keeping my left foot still and stepping by moving my right foot forward. It is wrong? Should I keep my right foot still and move the left one even more forward than it was during the toss? Thank you and greetings from Tel Aviv.
Hi! Thanks for your comment! When you are getting ready to toss you want to be standing naturally with your weight on your right foot and your left foot just slightly forward. On the serve, you want to keep your right foot still and move the left one forward even more. Taking this step allows you to generate some momentum and it lets you use your core to get more power. If you step with your right foot, your body will end up turning to the left and you will lose all of your core strength. I hope that makes sense!
Hello . . .Any chance of also showing the good old underhand way? Many young girls struggle even with that. The underhand is used still in the mini-volleyball leagues.
@@SarahPavanVolleyball GREAT~!!! Thanks so much. :-) I know it appears to be/is easier, but it can still be a challenge early on. Thanks from the Randolphs!
I’ve been practicing the over-handed serve for months and can hit the ball really hard to make it all the way to the net, but not over it. I can’t seem to make the ball go higher. Is there anyway I can fix that?
Hi Sarah! I'm a beginner so I'm not sure if its acceptable to serve the ball with knuckles or if Instead of the opened hand posture if I can have my fingers closed together to get a firm grip.
I always recommend hitting the ball with an open hand. As you get more comfortable, you will have much better control of the ball if you keep your hand open. Just make sure to keep your wrist strong and to feel like you are high-fiving the ball. Don't let your hand or wrist flop over the ball.
I know you probably won’t answer this because it’s been so long since you posted this but I struggle with taking to big of steps when overhand serving if you have any tips it would be great 👍🏻
If you feel better, you could always take 2 steps to gain more momentum. That way your steps won't have to be as big. Just make sure your second step is with the foot opposite your hitting arm.
It is important to face the direction that you want to serve and your hitting arm needs to swing straight to the target. Making sure that your toss is directly in front of your hitting arm and that your wrist stays strong will also help a lot.
I would make sure that you are taking a big step to help with your power and really engage your core as you swing. Also make sure to keep your armswing fast!
I serve with a fist instead of a palm is it okay? Which one do you recommend? I feel like when I serve with a palm then I won't get much power out. But when I serve with a fist it sometimes hits my fingers and goes sideways. Please reply soon I have a game is 24 hrs. :D
This overhand serve is the one that floats. To make the serve float and drop, you need to make sure that you stop your hand on contact instead of following all the way through.
At the end of the video, you talked about not swinging through, but in the serve examples, your arm went all the way through and you didn’t stop, can you explain this because i’ve been trying to get my serve forever and i just can’t get it all the way over the net
I understand what you're seeing, and I know that it looks like I am swinging all the way through. If you look at my arm, it is accelerating fast until I hit the ball, and then after I contact it, my arm is just dropping back beside my body. I am not swinging hard past contact. The important thing is that you are not accelerating your arm all the way down to your body.... if it helps you to completely stop your arm until you get used to it, then I would give that a try. Make sure your hand stays strong and not floppy! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Because of covid, I have paused playing volleyball. when I get vaccinated, I’m planning on trying out for my previous club team, but the fear of not being able to overhand serve is hitting me. Any tips?
I think it might be helpful to start close to the net and try to get a couple over from there. Then when you feel comfortable, take a couple of steps back, and continue like that. When you get further from the net, don't change your technique.... always use the same technique and don't worry about how far away the net looks. If you do the correct movements, that's all that matters.
In some other videos I have seen coaches recommending loose wrist, almost limp and they also say to follow thru 🤔🤔 There is no agreement in this apparently XD I have a question, is the entire palm or the base of the palm (the lower part)
There are a lot of people who write with their left hand and play volleyball with their right hand. If your right hand feels more natural when you are serving, then I recommend using the right-handed cues.
i’m so disappointed in myself i’ve been practicing serving for 2 months and i still cannot get it and i’m pretty sad because tryouts are today and i’m pretty sure i won’t make it :(
Serving is a skill that many beginners struggle with. There are a lot of moving parts, and if one part of the chain is weak, the whole thing can fall apart. In my opinion, the TOSS is the most critical part of the serve. If you can master a consistent toss, the rest will likely come along much more easily.
I like the way you explain.
@@kostyantynzaytsev6353 Thank you!
Im really confused about the follow through. You say to stop your hand when it makes contact. However when I watch your demonstration, your arm does swing through past the point of contact. Can you explain this a bit better? If we were to stop on contact, wouldnt our arm remain at that 45 degree angle from our eyes? I am consistently serving the ball in a straight direction to towards the net, but I cant find the power. Im trying to trouble shoot and your video is so helpful. Very grateful and will be watching more.
Thank you for this!Most people don’t explain fully in depth about how your hands should look when hitting the ball and etc.
Yay! I'm glad you found it helpful!
my coach from my middle school just reviewed you for teaching us how to passing a volleyball 🏐 thank you so much
That is awesome! I hope it helped!
yes I did know I learned how to play volleyball also I don’t hate but your music sounds like alien music.
@@venomsmoke585 bruhhhhhhh ok
@@venomsmoke585 I agree with u!
Thanks for this video. I'm not really a beginner but for the life of me I can't serve overhand. It's so embarrassing, and I know I'm judged for it. Everyone either tells me that I'm dropping my elbow when I swing (or they say to eat more Wheaties! Which is annoying because lift weights and am probably stronger than they are!). I do realize that I am dropping my elbow, but I can't manage to change this when I'm actually serving. Do you have any tips?
I would recommend starting with your elbow high and back before you toss. That way, you only have to go forward with your arm and can contact it higher. I would also make sure that you are engaging your abs and stepping with the correct foot. Those are the three things that I usually look for first. Let me know if those don't work for you.
@@SarahPavanVolleyball Thanks for replying!
it's never about strength (sometimes) but in this case it's technique don't know why they tell you to eat more wheaties unless they are just teasing you
I also have the same issues. I also have been playing volleyball for 2 years now and I still can't manage to get the ball over the net. All I have to say is it does take time and practice. I just got my overhand serve over the net 2 weeks ago for the first time.
I feel you. That s why I am not always in the first 6 because my overhand serve is not consistent. So embarrasing. I started to play vball wen i was in elem. Now i am almost in my 30s still my overhand serve is not consistent....
i had quit team volleyball for a few years but i tried to keep up with it incase i wanted to try out for highschool. i’m glad i did but i never felt comfortable practicing over hand serves even though mine weren’t terrible. thank you so much! you helped my form immensely, and i can always get the volleyball over the net now.
I'm so happy to hear that! Great job!
Thank you! I’m a leftie too and it was tricky learning from a rightie. This is very helpful!
I'm so glad to hear that!! There is definitely not enough content out there for us lefties!!
woah cool breaking down the isolations so you could spend a long time on each part of the move
Im genuinely happy that i found this video, im going into volleyball for freshmen athletics, and I've never played before so this was extremely helpful. I literally couldn't get the ball to the net for the life of me during practice.❤❤❤🙏
I’ve never thought to stop at contact of a serve along with other things mentioned this video really helped thanks allot
I have been trying to find a video to help one of my players with her serve. She is new to serving and I want her to focus on what matter and have a good visual. This video hits every point I was looking for and really shows good visuals. The biggest thing that stood out is that throughout the video she never drops the elbow! I love that, a lot of the other videos had the elbow down and a lot of bad habits in them. I highly recommend this video if you or someone you know is starting out serving!! 10/10 also shoutouts to the lefty crew!
thank you so much! my coach never taught me overhand and i’ve been wanting to learn how thank you so much for you help!
Thanks Sarah! My coach recommended this video for me to practice at home :)
Amazing! Keep working hard!
It is very detailed and helpful for beginners. Thank you very much.
You're very welcome!
thank you so much lol. I’m in 6th grade and my previous coach told me to practice the overhand serve over the summer but I never knew how. finished watching this in my bed at night so tomorrow i’m going to try this out outside! wish me luck for my volleyball try-outs coming up :D
Omg thank you! I’m trying out for volleyball and my biggest struggle was my overhand serve. This video helped me so so much I recommend this!
I'm so glad you found this helpful! Serving can be a tough skill to master.
Sarah, I am an Elementary PE teacher and our school has went totally remote / online teaching due to the Coronavirus. I just want to take time to tell you thank you so very much for making these videos. We are doing an "online" volleyball unit (I know, it's very challenging as most of our students do not even own a volleyball.) Your videos are easy to understand for Elementary age students and are a lifesaver for me! Thanks again and God bless.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me! It makes me so happy to hear that my videos are useful and are helping kids while they are studying at home :)
Thank you so much! My serving improved dramatically after watching this video; I've gotten way more consistent and have started being more deliberate with where I'm serving now that I have more control. Before I could rarely manage a float serve due to my toss always having a little spin but this really helped with that! Also this was the first guide I've seen that addresses the wrist which in hindsight was my main issue with serving, really insightful!
Thank you! Working on this with my daughter and this video was perfect for our needs!!
Thank you so much! This really helped and strengthed my over hand serve!
You're welcome! I'm glad it helped!
Thanks you for making this so in depth!!! It really helped me realize what I was doing wrong and how to fix it. I watched a few other videos saying to fallow all the way though but now that I am stopping when making contact with the ball it has helped a lot. I am thinking about joining my school team but I have been practicing to make sure I am prepared but my serve has been the one thing I was having a hard time with but now I am a lot more confident about it . Thanks for being so helpful!!!
That makes me so happy to hear!! I'm glad you found this video helpful!!
Okay so I'm starting volleyball on Tuesday and I'm super nervous, I've never played before and this video has kinda helped me with being confident with my serves
you should try underhand serve before over hand.. its wayyy easier.
@@gabsgotswag depends. They should try about 15 serves of each (underhand and overhand) and see which they get the hang of best. but yes, usually most beginners find underhand easier. But I recommend trying both :)
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I’m going to have my daughter watch this. This was awesome.
Thanks for the great video. If played back at a slower speed, you really see your technique clearly. For righties, this is a good tool to use since the video is like a mirror image of what righties should be doing.
Continue to share your experiences on vollyball match time and your mind how is it works
How can I hit the ball harder? I’m having a bit of trouble.
Make sure you take a big step to generate more power, and really use your abs as you swing. Make sure to keep your arm fast the whole way through the swing!
Sarah Pavan Volleyball thanks so much for ur help !!
TYSM you helped me so much , like im bored with my under hands and ur the onoly one who made it easy for me to understand!
Wow thank you so much my last vollyball season got canceled just when I was about to play varsity for the first time I planned on practicing an overhand but didn’t have any time in the actual court but now I can overhand the ball at a great hight and distance next thing is to try out high school vollyball and to get to practice in a court
That's awesome that you have discovered how to overhand serve! That's such a big step!! Hopefully high school volleyball will start for you soon!
Thank you soo much Sarah! I love your videos and your tutorials! You helped me so much! I am really good at setting, passing and blocking, smashing and underhand serving. I can do an over hand serve but it was hard because I always served out and I didn’t serve with left foot forward. I’m a rightie and this video helped lots! Thank you Sarah! I’m watching more of your videos to help me!! I tried out for my school team and I made it! I can’t say how thankful I am for you and your expertise in volley ball and for this video! Thank you have a great day!!
This makes me sooooo happy!! I'm glad you find my videos useful and congrats on making your school team!
Thank you!!
And no problem!!
this video really helped because my practices have ended and i still didnt know how to do an overhand serve , i have a game in a 2 days!
I'm a big fan of yours, since you played for Unilever in Rio de Janeiro, and huge fan of your videos. Thanks for taking the time to work on them.
Omg thank you!! They are really fun to create and I enjoy sharing my volleyball knowledge with people!
thanks for this video. I think the content and the breakdown is really great. just a note on the production, I found the voice audio to be a little low in volume. as a result, I found the background music to be a little distracting and made it harder to hear the speaker's voice. in the future (this may be addressed already since the video is 2 years old), I would like if the speaker's voice were made louder and if the music background were either removed or definitely made lower in volume as to not compete with the voice. thank you for sharing
Going to use this, I was struggling to use the overarm serve at the club and coach says I need to learn how to do it before we get back!
Awesome!! Let me know how it goes!!
Thank you so much for this video😀🏐😺😄
Great video. Can u do a video where we have to get the pass and then set? I'm not quite sure how to move my feet and then set. Not everyone passes perfect. Thank you!
Thank you for this! It’s helps a lot 😊
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much for this tutorial
You are so welcome!
I am stuck in a problem: I was playing volley with friends for decades without any real coach. As you can imagine, I never learned the proper moves and technic. But I was able to overhead-serve quite powerful and aimed. I was able to choose between a float and a top/sidespin. Now finally I joined a club, hoping to get more practice and proper traning. Of cause the coach wanted to teach me the right movement and hitting-point to get more effective. Maybe a little different to your explanation, but very near to it. Sadly at the moment I am stuck in the middle of nowhere. I don't get it right, like the coach wants it within some level of effectiveness and precision. On the other hand my old style, looking maybe funny but more comfortable, precise and sharp is lost.That feels uncomfy at the moment, like someone stole my weapon. Rejecting the coaches advice is maybe not the best idea, but getting more and more unsafe to serve is demotivating...
Oh no! That is a problem, and I can understand how disappointed you might be feeling right now. I feel like your old serve feels funny now because you have learned the correct technique.... while frustrating, this is a good thing because your body can notice the difference. If you have been serving the same way for years, it will be very difficult to change the habits you have formed. I felt the same way when I switched to the beach from indoor. I would suggest continuing to practice the new, correct technique because I promise you, it WILL get better. Until you feel confident using that new serve in games, keep doing your old serve. There is always a strange transition period, but you will notice an improvement.
@@SarahPavanVolleyball Thanks but the point is: I lost my old serve. I end up in a mixture of both, resulting either in a weak serve or hitting the net or outside the playfield. For safety reasons I can do a precise but not so powerfull underhand-serve instead until i get confident with the new overhead-serve...
Can i be little ace?....because i like to jump high and spike the ball
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I feel comfortable hitting with my right hand but I’m a leftie and I don’t know which one to go for, should I go for right handed serving or left handed serving?
A lot of lefties actually end up playing volleyball with their right hand.... I don't know why, but I've seen it happen a lot! I suggest trying both, and whichever one feels the most natural is the one you should go for!
Sarah Pavan Volleyball Thank you for helping me!
Thank you very much! I will try it!
Did it work?
@@SarahPavanVolleyball Not yet. but i'm working on it 🙂
It will work eventually if you keep practicing!
Hello Sarah, THANKS . . . and the heavens have just parted and the Volleyball Angels are a singing, "Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!"
Your steps and process are GREAT. Nice archery analogy!!!! Dad can say, "Here . . . like this." But it's not so cool. But when you say it, it's simply cool. And our little does it. :-)))) Thanks again. We appreciate you~!!!
Thanks so much for this wonderful video! Just wondering about the steps: I am not certain I am getting it correctly. I am right-handed, which means that according to the video I should step with the left foot. What exactly does it mean? My intuitive body motion would be keeping my left foot still and stepping by moving my right foot forward. It is wrong? Should I keep my right foot still and move the left one even more forward than it was during the toss? Thank you and greetings from Tel Aviv.
Hi! Thanks for your comment! When you are getting ready to toss you want to be standing naturally with your weight on your right foot and your left foot just slightly forward. On the serve, you want to keep your right foot still and move the left one forward even more. Taking this step allows you to generate some momentum and it lets you use your core to get more power. If you step with your right foot, your body will end up turning to the left and you will lose all of your core strength. I hope that makes sense!
Thank you very much for the answer! It does make a lot of sense!
Make a video on vertical jump service plzzzzz.....
Jump spin or jump float?
Hello . . .Any chance of also showing the good old underhand way? Many young girls struggle even with that. The underhand is used still in the mini-volleyball leagues.
Yeah for sure!
@@SarahPavanVolleyball GREAT~!!! Thanks so much. :-) I know it appears to be/is easier, but it can still be a challenge early on. Thanks from the Randolphs!
legit right when i mastered underhand, i became a high schooler where all we can do now is overhand AND I CANNOT DO IT ITS SO EMBARRASSING
I’ve been practicing the over-handed serve for months and can hit the ball really hard to make it all the way to the net, but not over it. I can’t seem to make the ball go higher. Is there anyway I can fix that?
I’m having the same problem
if your serve is too low, you're probably making contact with the ball too late
@@mominabutt5021 thanks I finally got the hang of it 😁
Thank you this was super helpful!!
Awesome video! Thank you.
Hi Sarah! I'm a beginner so I'm not sure if its acceptable to serve the ball with knuckles or if Instead of the opened hand posture if I can have my fingers closed together to get a firm grip.
I always recommend hitting the ball with an open hand. As you get more comfortable, you will have much better control of the ball if you keep your hand open. Just make sure to keep your wrist strong and to feel like you are high-fiving the ball. Don't let your hand or wrist flop over the ball.
So helpful thank you 😊
I know you probably won’t answer this because it’s been so long since you posted this but I struggle with taking to big of steps when overhand serving if you have any tips it would be great 👍🏻
If you feel better, you could always take 2 steps to gain more momentum. That way your steps won't have to be as big. Just make sure your second step is with the foot opposite your hitting arm.
This really helped ty
Nice tips sister
Thank you!!
Suggestions for teaching 10 yr old beginners? Some of them can barely underhand serve, but others could be ready to try overhand serving.
Thank you for going into depth
I'm glad you found it helpful!!
Thanks so so much
Really good
Do you have any tips on how to aim a serve
It is important to face the direction that you want to serve and your hitting arm needs to swing straight to the target. Making sure that your toss is directly in front of your hitting arm and that your wrist stays strong will also help a lot.
Thank you!
Whenever I hit the ball it gets high enough to go over the net but always lands right before the net, how do I fix this? Is it a strength issue?
I would make sure that you are taking a big step to help with your power and really engage your core as you swing. Also make sure to keep your armswing fast!
It might be helpful to add the body spinning part. It's really challenging for a 11-year-old to serve without spinning the body.
Ok thanks a lot
I serve with a fist instead of a palm is it okay? Which one do you recommend? I feel like when I serve with a palm then I won't get much power out. But when I serve with a fist it sometimes hits my fingers and goes sideways. Please reply soon I have a game is 24 hrs. :D
100% hit it with your palm. The fist has zero control.
What part of your hand do you use to hit the ball? Is it your upper palm middle, or lower ?
The middle!
next time i wouldn’t play this kind of music in the background. it makes me want to fall asleep. play pop music instead.
yeah
how do you fix hitting with one are more then another in say a bump pass? Some times hits off one arm and goes the wrong direction all together.
Thnku mam
You're welcome!
I’m a new sub and new to volleyball aswell.
Do you know what the serve is that floats and falls randomly. If so did you make a video?
This overhand serve is the one that floats. To make the serve float and drop, you need to make sure that you stop your hand on contact instead of following all the way through.
I have a player that insists on using her fist to serve overhand. Is this okay? How is her fist suppose to make contact with the ball?
I CANT DO IT BC IM DUMB AND HORRIBLE AT VOLLEYBALL
ok
At the end of the video, you talked about not swinging through, but in the serve examples, your arm went all the way through and you didn’t stop, can you explain this because i’ve been trying to get my serve forever and i just can’t get it all the way over the net
I understand what you're seeing, and I know that it looks like I am swinging all the way through. If you look at my arm, it is accelerating fast until I hit the ball, and then after I contact it, my arm is just dropping back beside my body. I am not swinging hard past contact. The important thing is that you are not accelerating your arm all the way down to your body.... if it helps you to completely stop your arm until you get used to it, then I would give that a try. Make sure your hand stays strong and not floppy! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Because of covid, I have paused playing volleyball. when I get vaccinated, I’m planning on trying out for my previous club team, but the fear of not being able to overhand serve is hitting me. Any tips?
I think it might be helpful to start close to the net and try to get a couple over from there. Then when you feel comfortable, take a couple of steps back, and continue like that. When you get further from the net, don't change your technique.... always use the same technique and don't worry about how far away the net looks. If you do the correct movements, that's all that matters.
In some other videos I have seen coaches recommending loose wrist, almost limp and they also say to follow thru 🤔🤔
There is no agreement in this apparently XD
I have a question, is the entire palm or the base of the palm (the lower part)
So never follow through?
If you want the ball to float, you shouldn't follow through
So I'm left handed in writing but my right hand seems to do better serving than my left and its confusing m
There are a lot of people who write with their left hand and play volleyball with their right hand. If your right hand feels more natural when you are serving, then I recommend using the right-handed cues.
Hi Sara
Hi! How are you?
why does it hurt my elbow when I serve
Love your videos but the background music was a little distracting
i’m so disappointed in myself i’ve been practicing serving for 2 months and i still cannot get it and i’m pretty sad because tryouts are today and i’m pretty sure i won’t make it :(
great videos, but the music is not needed.
please come and teach me.
Maybe i don't have the arm strength...?
Im in middle school why do i suck so much. LOL
You have to make sure you use the step to gain momentum. If you use only your arm, it won't be enough power. The step really helps.
Easy to watch hard to practice😔
It’s the “high five” that did it for us. Do not follow through.
The background noise is killing the video. i cant focus on your speaking
Thanks!
Thank you!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I hope this was helpful!