The Art Of The VollyBall Serve
The Art Of The VollyBall Serve
The best way to put your opposition in pressure is by attacking. Service is the best option to pressurize even a best team. If a team is good enough at the service, the opponent cannot win. In the game of volley ball, service is the key. And service is the only fundamental that is entirely under your control. And don’t forget, enemy’s strength lies in our weakness. If your good service can win games for you, even bad services also can be the factor in your losing.
Tips to optimize service form:
(1)Elbow:
Whenever you are serving, keep one thing in mind on your elbow position. You need to keep your elbow high, when you swing your arm. That will help the chances of sending the ball over the net.
How to measure that your elbow is high enough?
Whenever you pull your elbow down before you toss the ball, you can stop and try to look below your elbow. Another simple option is that your elbow should not be lower than your ear.
(2)Toss:
The second most important thing while serving is, tossing the ball. If you have not been able to toss the ball perfectly, there is no chance of serving well. So, it is very important that you toss the ball in the same way every time.
Here are some points to remember while tossing the ball.
• Practice the toss by keeping the ball safe in the palm of your hand.
• Toss should be two – three feet high in the air.
• Your arm should be completely extended in front of you and needs to be straight enough.
• Keep your weight on your back foot until you are ready to start your arm swing.
• Do the practice of tossing the ball again and again and judge that the ball should fall six to eight inches in front of your foot.
• Use your front foot toe as a guide.
• You have to keep body in balance.
(3)Face Your Target:
Set your body in a manner that it helps you while serving. If you choose to serve down the line, you have to square the shoulders and the hips, set straight your toe and toss the arm down the line. It will not help you, if you attempt to cover or hide where you want to serve during the service. If you try to make the other side fool by improper positioning of your body to misguide them, the loss would be more to you than them. This is because your action may result into a bad service or you may not be able to pass the ball over the net effectively.
The best way to improve the service is to continue practicing with the above tips.