Underhand serve
The underhand serve is a good beginning serve. It does not provide a lot of power, but it can be very accurate and consistent. Volleyball rules require a toss of the ball prior to the serve. Coordination of the toss and contact of an underhand serve is actually quite challenging.
Think of the toss in the under- J hand serve as a release. Create a pendulum motion with your arms. As the hand holding the ball drops, your serving hand moves forward through the ball.
Contacting an underhand serve from a toss can be difficult. Keep the fingers of your serving hand pointing behind your body to expose the heel of your hand to the ball. This will allow you to contact the ball with the meaty part of your hand. Many players attempt to use a fist for an underhand serve, but this often causes inconsistent contact. In addition, the open hand leads to a more natural progression from the underhand serve to the overhand floater.
Overhead floater
Ready position
Now, lets start with basics…
To execute an overhead floater serve, stand comfortably with your nondominant foot slightly forward. Be sure that your weight is on your back foot. Hold the ball with your nonserving hand in front of your serving shoulder.
Slide your front foot forward and feel your body weight shift from your back foot to your front foot. As you step forward, toss the ball directly in front of your serving shoulder high enough to force you to reach with your serving hand.
Sixth rotation – setter in zone 2
Basic positions.
This is a basic player positioning when the setter is in zone 2. Now I will explane how the players should be positioned for serve receiving.
Passer (the forward one) goes back to zone 5 for serve receiving.
Opposite hitter goes behind other passer so that he doesn’t have to receive serve. Also he will be closer to a place from where he will perform the attack.
Passer in zone 6 and libero also anticipate in serve reception.
Fifth rotation – setter in zone 3
Basic positions.
This is a basic player positioning when the setter is in zone 3. Now I will explane how the players should be positioned for serve receiving.
Passer (the forward one) goes back to zone 5 for serve receiving.
Opposite hitter moves right, behind other passer so that he doesn’t have to receive serve. Also he will be closer to a place from where he will perform the attack.
Passer in zone 1 and libero (moves to zone 6) also anticipate in serve reception.
Fourth rotation – setter in zone 4
Basic positions.
This is a basic player positioning when the setter is in zone 4. Now I will explane how the players should be positioned for serve receiving.
Passer (the forward one) goes backto zone 5 for serve receiving.
Middle blocker moves to zone 4.
Other passer moves to zone 6, from zone 5.
Libero goes to zone 1 and covers the opposite hitter.
Third rotation – setter in zone 5
Basic positions.
This is a basic player positioning when the setter is in zone 4. Now I will explane how the players should be positioned for serve receiving.
Passer (the forward one) goes back for serve receiving.
Setter goes forward to zone 4 where he will be closer to his position after serve reception.
Opposite hitter goes back to have more space for attack after serve reception.
Passer in zone 6 and libero also anticipate in serve reception.
