How to serve a floater???

Question

I really want to become the best in volleyball for my senior year and just wanted to know some tricks on serving.

Answer 1

My coach taught me this: you point the air valve toward you and angle it a little toward your hand then you toss it STRAIGHT up and hit it :) floater!

Answer 2

The key is to have no spin, and you hit the ball with a "sudden stop" with flat palm.

1> Do your regular toss, and swing your arm as normal;

2> make sure you don't have any spin in the ball, and you hit the middle of the ball so that the ball doesn't go out with a spin;

3> as soon as you hit the ball, your arm/palm should make a "sudden stop";

4> do not follow through.

You should have the same form when serving, so that your opponent won't be able to tell whether you would serve a power topspin or a floater... until it is too late.

Answer 3

When you serve, make sure you make contact with the ball in the low center. Do not hit under the ball, or you will get back spin, and don't hit on top of the ball, or you'll get top spin. You want the ball to barely spin at all as it's going over the net. If you do it right, the ball will even "wobble" when it comes down, making it harder to judge.

Answer 4

To serve a floater just end with your hand flat and don't snap your wrists......Top spin serves are harder for your opponent to pass so if you want to be a better server you should serve  hard with a lot of top spin.

Answer 5

A floater is served by making sharp contact with your flat hand.  You want to hit the middle of the ball.  If you hit off center, you will have spin.  The more spin, the easier it is to pass.  

You do not want to follow through.  You do not want to force your arm to stop, but you do not want to force your arm to follow through.  Just let your arm stop.  

If you serve and you notice any spin, take a look at the spin.  You will be able to decide where you hit the ball off center.  

Keep practicing and you should be able to get no spin or almost no spin.  When you start a match, you will want to try to aim your first serve at the middle of the court.  Some days, the ball will move a little.  Some days, it will move a lot.  If you aim your first serve at the middle of the court, you can see how the serves will be acting.  You can aim the serve the ball at spots after you decide how much the ball is moving.

Answer 6

i think you just serve under the ball i think

Answer 7

SPIN is Bad! :)

Like Gordon said, no spin is the key.

You want to read the words on the ball as it's floating away from you over the net, if you can't read "TACHIKARA" for example, then you not hitting the center of the ball flatly.

If you serve a floater with a little spin, it's like giving the other team a free ball bump.

Answer 8

i have been playing high level volleyball for a few years now and the quote that always stuck with me was to strike the middle of your hand on the middle of the ball, a trickyu float serve will be extremly effective for high school level...even senior!

Answer 9

if you're doing an overhead serve, keep your palm open and straight. Hit the ball with precision, exactly on the palm through a forward motion (use your elbow and shoulder when you exert force on the ball).

if you're doing  an underhand, this one is tricky. You need to hit the ball using the flat part of your forearm (with hand closed) also in a forward motion or towards the other side of the court. This means your foream should have an angle relative to the ground.

Practice and practice until you get the correct timing.

Good luck :)

Answer 10

a floater is a serve with little to no spin. you want to hit the ball with a flat contact. the object is to have the recieving side thing the ball is going further than what it really is. with a good floater you can see the ball just die. A great floater will look like it is going out but drop onto the court still in. good luck. remember no spin (not a big snap of the wrist at contact)

Answer 11

When you are ready to serve... Just spin the ball with a great force... Then spike it... Make sure that when you spike the ball... It is just right... Not too high... Not too low... So that it has a slight sharp trajectory pin pointing the opponent's court... :)