Ok, I have played for years and I am good, but I need some more knowledgeable people to help me..............?

Question

I want to know everything you can tell me about how to get better at serve receive.

Here's some of what I know already.

1. Read where the server is serving as early as possible.

2. Be disciplined in your movement/ beat the ball there.

3. Use legs more than arms and simply angle platform.

4. Keep tracking and following floater to the last second.

5. Treat jump-serve like defense.

1. Do any of you have some fantastic things you have learned about serve receive that have just helped you a lot? 2. What is the best way to train serve receive?

3. Do you just practice serve receive as a whole, or do you break up the different parts of the skill and practice them separately?

4. How far apart do you have your feet in ready position? Closer for more mobility, or wider for balance?

Answer 1

that's a good start.

1. also consider a strong platform. you must have a strong and even platform in order to pass it well.

get under the ball and dont whack at it from the side unless COMPLETELY necessary. one hand passing and going from the side are only if they are your last resort.

2. best way to train serve receive is to just practice... to get a volleyball team REALLY good, the team must play as a whole.

3. we have 2 hour practices and we use the first hour to practice serve-receive and the second hour to practice other things (serving and plays and stuff). so for the first 30 minutes we practice the different parts of serve receive (mostly passing up to the setter and transitioning) and then we practice it as a whole, where a teammate serves, we transition and we play it out.

4. keep your feet a TINY bit wider than shoulder length apart and get low

Answer 2

1. i have learned that if you find a way of focusing, like staring down the server or something, always makes you pass better. also, keeping your hands apart, and expecting the serve are key. a saying to go by is "see server, see spin." that means, watch for spin, like a jump serve, and if you see a lot of spin, use your platform, if no spin, use your hands.

2. the best way to train for serve receive is to have your starters on the court and have the other part of the team serve at them, then substitute in the backup players. this works on everybody's serving and serve receive.

3. we pretty much practice as a whole, then when a problem arises, we fix it. we worry about our usual problems, not new or random problems.

4. i keep my feet close (about shoulder width apart) unless i am playing defense against a hit. i like mobility over stability.

Answer 3

How about hand position. I've found that teaching players to have their hands apart before the serve, like they are saying, "What? I don't have anything, I swear." (Sorry, but I don't have diagrams) helps tremendously. You should have your hands in front of your knees but not ready to receive with a forearm pass. The reason you want your hands up higher is so that you can receive with a overhand pass.

The more outstretched your arms are the more ground you feel like you can cover as well.

Also, treat jumpserves like easy serves. They truly are. There is spin on a jump serve and therefore easier to control because you know where it's going. If I were you, I would treat a floater like defense as you never know where it's going to end up and you always have to keep your eyes on it until you contact it.

Next, always attack the serve. Don't let a serve come to you. If you attack a floater, you will have, no doubt, a better chance of handling it. If you attack a jump serve, it will not have a chance to drop as fast either. There is never anything wrong with attacking a serve, especially in today's game as you can receive with an overhand if you come in too far. I almost always receive serve in overhand because I've trained as a setter my whole life and I have good hands, even at high speed and spin serves.

Answer 4

I dont know answers to all but for question 3 you break up skills and practice them separately, when you get used to them then you put them together. For question 4- In ready position your feet should be about as far as your shoulder width.