I need help on perfecting my volleyball float serve.

Question

I cant get the ball to have the floating or shaking effect that it is supposed to have in a good float serve. Then if i don'tfollow through with my arm (like people say to do) i don't get enough power on the ball to make it go over the net. Basically my main problem is that i am not able to serve the ball with absolutely no spin on it and make it go over.

Answer 1

haha okay serving is a very tough thing to do, and it took me FOREVER to finally be able to do it the "right way" , so i definatly know where your coming from....here are some tips that i actually found extremely important and useful while learning how to get it over and just plain serve well.............

NEVER stand straight facing the court, angle yourself 45 degrees to the right

NEVER put extra steps into your serve, just step and drag, thats it

ALWAYS keep you hips, shoulder, arm, and hand OPEN!!!

NEVER try to just hit it as hard as you can, take time on checking your form, opening up and swinging through the ball

ALWAYS try to think about what your doing and where you want the ball to go

ALWAYS be positive and tell yourself "i can do it"

ALWAYS ask yourself "what went wrong" if you miss a serve or it does not go where you want it to go

***hope i helped and good luck with the serving!!!

Answer 2

To do a good float serve you have to have your wrist at just the right angle. Also, you do follow through, but in a different way than a regular serve. You slightly stop your arm right after contacting the ball, but then follow through. Use the links at the bottom. Good luck!

Answer 3

Some good pointers above.  I will emphasize some of the points.

If you are right handed, do not take a step with your right foot.

Take a deep breath and look at the volleyball.  The court does not move.  Make sure that you are watching the thing that does move.  Many people miss their serve because they want to watch the ball go over the net and turn their head too soon.  Watch the ball.

Make sure your hand is flat and you hit the ball with your palm in the middle of the ball.  It needs to be a sharp, solid contact.

You do not want to force your follow through to stop.  Try to just let it stop.  When you do the topspin, you want a long follow through.  When you do the floater, you want your follow through to stop naturally.  If you force it to stop, you may force it to stop too soon.  And your serve goes short.  

Good luck.  The best way to get your serve over is to keep working on it.  See if the coach will let you start early or stay late to work on your serve.  The best player that I ever coached was at practice about an hour early and stayed at least half an hour late to work on her serve.  She was still working on her serve when the automatic timer shut off the lights to the gym.  She always wanted just one more good serve before she went home.  Keep working at it and you will notice the change in your serve.

Answer 4

i have a natural float... i usually just take it easy on the serve... an easy light toss and just barely hit it..if you try it'll spin you have to be relaxed with it.. my teammates say i don't even look like i'm putting any effort into the serve

that's all i got

Answer 5

I have a natural top spin, and a natural float serve. So, sorry can't help you. But, it does help if you take a deeeep breath before you serve.

Answer 6

Well the float serve can be very affective if done correctly! It is the hardest to pass because it can move in a matter of seconds. I know this because i am a libero/DS and I use the float serve 9 out of 10 times!

toss:in front of you and not very high...if the ball drops it should land close to your right foot

Hit:Hand firm and finish to your target! never swing through the float finishes with a :High 5 HAnd"