Can anybody explain in detail how to do a curved overhand serve in volleyball?

Question

Can anybody explain in detail how to do a curved overhand serve in volleyball?

Answer 1

Do you mean to curve to the side? If you do then it all depends on how you snap your wrist and follow through. When I want to serve left, I follow through away from my body and if it should go right i follow through across.

Answer 2

The key is in the follow through.  Whether you contact the ball straight above your head (where you are arching your back) or a foot or so in front of you (whether standing or a jump serve), when you contact it, you MUST follow your serving arm completely down toward the ground in order to put a downspin on the ball.  Is this what you were looking for or do you mean like an English curve where the ball actually curves left or right upon flight?

If that is the case, you really can't put english on it since your contact is so quick, unlike baseball where you can spin your wrist upon release.  Speed and vertical angle are the two forces in a volleyball serve.

Answer 3

Well suprisingly this works. The foot you step off with {left foot or right foot} curve it slightly in the direction you want to go. Over 9 years I have had a problem with my foot pointing the wrong way and the ball going out of bounds. I was told to point my foot straight forward to get a dead-on straight serve.

Hope this helps you.

Answer 4

You do your regular overhand serve with your palm tilted a little bit if you want your "curve" to be sideway. Sidespin would help the curve, but is also easier for your opponent to predict which way the ball is curving to.

If you just want more "curved-down" serve, you should go with more topspin.

If you like to serve floater, your ball could do crazy "shaky-curve", or sudden drop.

Answer 5

Hi - Putting spin on the ball will make it curve.  The easiest is topspin which makes it curve down.   A great serve for a right handed player is to get the ball to spin left / right - which will make it curve to the left.  To do this, practice contacting the right side of the ball when you serve and turn your hand from facing forward to sideways as you contact the ball (like a karate chop - but forward, not up/down).

One you get it you can make it curve 4-5 feet.  A great serve is to stand about 5 feet from the right end line when serving and aim out of bounds and have it curve into the court.

Good Luck