How can you get an awesome overhand serve that won't go out of bounds easily??

Question

How can you get an awesome overhand serve that won't go out of bounds easily??

Answer 1

Well you have to learn how to control the ball and aim for the spot you want it to. you turn your arms where you want it to go. sometimes it does go out. Well  you can do a floater or a top hand spin but it takes alot of pratice. i do the top hand spin but it works real good for me because i have a softball arm. but what can really help your serve is to work out your upper arm strength it can help your serve and hitting.

Answer 2

make sure that your hand is facing the direction you want the ball to after you contact it. and be facing the court, never stand sideways. if it's going out from the endline, try hitting a nice floater which is a very controled serve and you don't have to hit it as hard.

good luck

Answer 3

if ur talking about tennis: swing racket behind your shoulder, bring it up and hit the ball at the highest point that u can above ur head, a little in front and come around the ball too. volleyball: u need a strong arm for it, make sure arm is back far enough during swing and hit ball with the bottom part of your hand (above the wrist, below the palm) oh and practice a **** ton. you cant really explain this online.

Answer 4

Practice, practice, practice. thats all you can do

Answer 5

practice.

Answer 6

make sure you toss is high enough and really follow through. That  is all i can think of the high school coaches told me how i am in Junior High. Mine used to go out then they told me to follow through and make sure my toss is high enough. Hope i helped!!

Answer 7

There are many different types of serves, and the more you learn, the more of a serving threat you can be.

The first, and probably most difficult serve to return, is the floater.  It's the knuckleball of volleyball.  It has no spin and zigzags through the air.  I've had a floater move two feet to a player's left after it crossed the net.  To serve a floater, keep your swinging arm straight into the air like you're raising your hand in class to answer a question.  Find the needle hole used to inflate the ball and point is straight back in the center of the ball.  Toss the ball just above your head without putting any spin on the ball.  Keep your eye on the needle hole and at the apex of the ball's toss, hit the needle hole with the palm of your hand and stop your hand just as you hit the ball.  That way, if you tossed it right, you'll hit the center of the ball with your hand square, and you won't snap your wrist through the ball to put spin on it.  This takes lots of practice to get the hang of, but it's worth it.

Another serve is a topspin ball that dives just as it crosses the net.  With this, it helps to throw the ball up with some topspin to begin with.  It may help to toss the ball a little higher, maybe 5 feet above your head or so.  Then, you want to hit the ball and snap your wrist through the ball.  With a little practice at this is a serve that can be struck hard and still be in play.

A serve I like is just a hard hit ball.  It's easy to do and pretty consistant.  Instead of serving from the baseline, back up about ten feet and smack the ball with snapping your wrist through the ball.  The added distance by your backing up will allow you to strike the ball harder without being long.  Also, it will ensure that your ball is descending before it crosses the net.  

Not all effective serves are hard hit.  Especially if you have a hard serve to begin with, a barely-over-the-net serve is quite effective.  After a few hard serves, when your opponent is a little on their heels expecting another hard serve, a serve that is in front of the 10 foot line usually results in an easy free ball, or a point.  To do this serve, I stand just behind the baseline.  Instead of extending my arm to take a full swing, I keep my elbow bent.  Then, I toss the ball somewhat low, and strike the bottom quarter of the ball, and stop my hand immediately after hitting it.  If done right, the ball has the right trajectory and just enough energy to barely go over the net and will make the receivers dive for the ball, or sometimes the setter has to take the serve resulting in one of the hitters setting.  

There's also the jump serve, but everyone has thier own technique for that and it's just kind of something you have to figure out for yourself.  

I'm sure there's other serving techniques out there, but those are just a few of the ones that work for me.