#serving tips

For serving, please refer here

Something I’d like to stress from the serving portion (two things actually) are keeping your wrist locked and practicing closer to the net than the serving line is. 

The Rec Center near me has open gyms where they set up the nets and just let anyone go (if there’s something like that near you, it’s a great place to practice serving), but there were some girls serving and the number one thing I noticed is their wrists weren’t locked. Their wrist either bent back when they contacted the ball or flopped awkwardly to the side. Whatever the exact situation, it usually started with their wrist. 

I recommend starting at the ten foot line to practice overhand serve. It’s important because it ensures you use the proper technique. Often, people will just try anything they can to get the ball over the net if they start at the serving line, and it results in horrible technique that hurts them later. Start at the ten foot line and do it right. Don’t be tentative just because you’re close to the net, but you don’t have to hit it as hard as you can either. You really just want to focus on your toss and the contact. Drive the ball straight forward (over the net though). Once you successfully do that like 10 times, take five steps back, and try it from there. It’s a gradual process but I think it’s the most effective. 

Setting stuff look here

Also see here

A lot of the time when someone gets frustrated because they can’t make an overhand serve, they’ll just stop trying and serve underhand. The problem with this is then you aren’t getting practice or repetition. The more you do something, the more comfortable you become with it, and the better you’ll get at it. Just keep that in mind.