The volleyball serve might be the most important part of the volleyball game. Obviously, it is important because the serve is what starts the game. Being able to serve difficult serves is important because it will lead to bad serve recieve passes that will ultimately lead to bad attempt at a kill. Because of this, if you master 2 or three of these types of serves you are no doubt going to help you team win.
In the sport of volleyball, there really are only three serves that are going to be the most effective (I am definitely not speaking of the uderhand serve here). If the three serves mentioned here are used to the fullest you will definitely score points for your team. If you want to be an all around good player, your going to need to master these skills.
The top spin, the float, and the jump serve are the three serves that are going to influence your game the most. You will not find any other serves quite like these while playing volleyball. If you want to succeed in volleyball, you have to learn how to perform these serves.
So let’s take a look at these serves:
Top Spinner
The top spin serve is effective because you can make the ball literally drop out of the sky. The way to do it is to put as much top spin on the ball as possible. By hitting the ball really hard and snapping your wrist, you should get the ball to spin towars the ground as it crosses the net. This is a tough serve to receive because serve receivers are going to pulled closer to the net than they may think they need to be.
The Floater
The floater is a cool serve because this is going to cause the ball to do some really odd things. It is called a float serve because the ball appears to float and not want to come down out of the air. In addition, the ball moves very weirdly, back and forth, and serve recievers have a tough time reading the path of the ball. A good float serve should have almost no spin, should have a good pace on it, and should go right over the top of the net, as low as possible.
The Jump Serve
By and far, the jumo serve is going to be the fastest, hardest hit service there is. A player literally throws the ball in the air and takes the same approach as if they were spiking. The player jumps as high and as hard as possible, striking the ball with a huge wrist snap to get serious top spin. This serve is served faster than any other serve there is, upward to 100 mph. If you want to intimidate your opponents, use this serve.
There you have it. These are the best serves you will see in volleyball. Learn how to do them to become effective.