Volleyball poll?

Question

How long after starting playing did you finally nail that tricky overhand serve?

Answer 1

well i got mine VERY quick because i go to a really big school they only put girls who have there overhand serve on the team so ya

Answer 2

about 3 months

Answer 3

Took alot of practice,  I'd say 3 weeks but am still working on it!!

Answer 4

less than a week i think to get it over alot.

but im still working on putting it where i want it to go.

Answer 5

Well, it depends on how old you are and how much strength you have.  I started playing in the 7th grade, and by the beginning of the 8th grade season I had a overhand serve.  I play tennis A LOT, though, so that helped me.  I suggest practicing a lot whenever you can.  Every little bit helps.

Answer 6

i have played since 5th grade

learned underhand - 5th

mastered underhand - 6th

learned overhand - summer btw 6th and 7th

mastered overhand - 7th

so i guess two years.  its hard and dont get discourages.  repetition is key.

Answer 7

i have been playing for 2 years and i still cant not do it! Its so frusterating. Im like the only one that cant do it!! But, sometimes i hit it with like my fists and then it goes over.

Answer 8

2 1/2 years....but I started when I was like 11 so I guess when I was 13/14? It gets easier as you get stronger

Answer 9

i've been playing since sixth grade.

i'm in 9th now and i'm not trying to brag but i have one of the most powerful overhand serves out of anyone at my school it took a lot of practice but i finally got it like june of '07

Answer 10

2 seasons.

i havnt played in a while so im prolly pretty rusty, but, just practice practice practice!

Answer 11

i started serving underhand at first so it was harder to make the transition into overhand serving... i was terrible at first but with time i got better.. it took me about 2 months to get 8/10 serves over the net and in good place... with more practice you just get better and better...

Answer 12

Well, I've been playing for 5 years(since 7th grade), and I finally nailed that tricky overhand serve right at the end of my junior year-which was 2 seasons later since I first played volleyball at a high school level. Even though my serve definitely improved even more when I got on varsity my senior year.

But again, that's what I get for only serving underhand for the first 3 years because that's a very hard transition.

Answer 13

6 months until i was actuall very accurate and could place it where i needed it

Answer 14

i started playing when i was on the b team (5th) in elementary school and i was influenced by my sister so i practiced a lot and nailed it at the end of my first year.

so it took me about two months. =]

Answer 15

no ever prefects it but I got pretty go within my first year I'd say

Answer 16

Two days.

I was able to serve 8 out of 10 into the other side of the court after two afternoons' practice, after my PE teacher told us there was such thing called overhand serve. We were asked to serve 5 out of 10 to get an A.

Answer 17

I started out serving overhand

Answer 18

it took me about..... 5 weeks but sometimes i still mess up

Answer 19

i started on my elemnentary school team 3 years ago

i din't start working on my serve till bout a year ago

i nailed it 5 months later

Answer 20

like the first practice took me 2 tries to get it my coach help me make sure you do it right!

Answer 21

been playing for 2 years and still haven't. good luck

Answer 22

it didn't take me very long, I knew how to do it, but when i was younger i almost didn't have enough strength to, but now i rarely ever miss

Answer 23

i started with overhand when i was learning to play in my highschool's summer camp