Need help with overhand serve?

Question

im in the jv team at my school and i usually dont get to play much and i think its mostly because of my serving i can usually get about half of them ove, maybe a little less but i try as hard as i can but i just can get my serves over. and the thing is that when we started having open gyms at school i got almost every serve over but now i cant!! any helpful tips??

Answer 1

I taught someone at school just last week to over hand serve. She is tall but her timing was all wrong. The easyest way is to make it like a high 5. Through it up just above your head. not to high or you will loop it but not to low or it will go into the net. I hit the ball on the way up not the way down. If u need practice hit a ball against a wall or better a trampoline and it will come back to you.

Answer 2

i would love to help but i have trouble too. my coach says to toss the ball in front of your hitting arm and hitting the ball when your arm is fully extended. hope this helps

Answer 3

It sounds like your problem is now mental.  You do not think that you can get your serve over, so you can not get your serve over.  

Practice your tosses.  Do at least 100 without hitting the ball.  Do 10 sets of 10.  Take a 1 minute break between sets of 10.

Move to the 10 foot line.  Get 5 serves over.  Take one step back.  Get 5 serves over.  Take one step back.  Keep doing this until you get back to the service line.

Answer 4

well i foyu could serve at open gyms it sounds like you are just nervous. just tune everything out and take some deep breaths before you serve. the coaches will see that you are trying hard and maybe they'll play you a lot more. just make sure that your tossing it right and everything, because that is important too.