Serving

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Serving
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Serve defined

• Serve is used to put the ball in play. The only
  time in the match that the athlete has total
  control of the ball.

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Key points to execution

• Develop toss consistency
• Execute skill with MINIMUM body movement
• Contact high and in front of the body

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Three phases to serving

• Pre contact position
• The contact position
• Follow through position

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Pre contact position

• Opposite foot forward
• Right handed, left foot is forward
• Front leg is flexed and weight on back leg only
• Ball arm bent at elbow
• ball is in front of hitting arms shoulder
• Hitting arm drawn back in a bow and arrow
• Elbow kept high and away from body
• Hitting hand wrist is straight, flat, and rigid

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The contact position

• Elbow high and away from body
• Wrist hand firm contact on lower 2/3 of hand
• Create float on ball
• Off center or wrist snap will put spin on ball
• Elbow leads serving motion
• Then forearm extension
• Elbow at contact
• high and in line with the hitting shoulder

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Follow through position

• Straight line behind the balls path
• Beginners contact and freeze
• Contact ball and arm continue downward toward
  players thigh

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Types of serves

• Floater serve
• Top spin serve
• Jump serve

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Floater serve

• Ball floats and moves in air
• Not a lot of power on serve
• Movement makes difficult to track ball
• Float created by no follow through
• Contact and freeze
• Very effective serve
• Contact with palm only

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Top Spin serve

• Spin created by snapping over ball
• Crosses net and dies
• Usually lots of power on serve
• Difficult to pass because of ball dieing after
  crossing net
• Contact with palm then fingers

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Jump serve

• Attack approach with serving
• High error serve
• Very effective once mastered
• Timing and ball toss are most crucial elements
• Can be floater or top spin
• Contact will depend on type of serve given top
  spinsnap over floatfreeze

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THE TOSS

• Most crucial aspect
• Toss vertically
• Ball should land in front of servers hitting
  shoulder
• Bad toss serving error

• Have athletes master toss first
• TIME to serve

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Short serve

• Athletes should master the short serve
• Ideally 10 line is good short serve
• Slow down arm speed