Volleyball 6th grade girls, proper serve, under hand, one, two, or three steps?

Question

One step then serve the ball.or two steps then serve the ball. or three steps then serve the ball. My six grader has been told by three differant teachers three differant ways. Whats right?

Answer 1

For six grader, under-hand serve, you want to have NO step and low toss (or almost no toss, just hit off your holding palm).

Answer 2

Thanks for doing what i asked and adding more detail i can answer it better now but for 6th graders teach an underhand serve teach them that they can take as many steps as they want then take your personal oppinion and tell them that you believe that is the best way to do it. My oppinion is to take 1 step, no more, any more may make them get a foot fault.

Answer 3

Okay it's one step before she hits the ball.  She should be swinging her hitting hand with her second step as she follows through with her hand.  Some girls take a step after to follow through but not necessary.  

Fisrt step - Hold the ball out with one hand and swing arm back

Secodn step - swing arm and hit ball to serve

last (optional) Follow thorugh and enter court for play

Answer 4

When making an underhand serve, you need at least 1 step! with out a step you have no power and you need that extra boost! don't listen to the others, i have been playing for 11 years, and i know what i'm talking about! take 1 step and for a sixth grader, use underhand. i'm on a select varsity and by time your maybe 8-9th grade, you can start overhand. i hope i helped in some way, and great luck to you in the future!

Answer 5

One step then serve the ball. If your sixth grader is right handed, step with the left foot then serve. The opposite if you have a lefty.

The same technique is true for an overhanded serve unless you are doing a jump serve. That is a three step serve and the sequence is the same as the offensive hitting approach.

Answer 6

As a coach, I say that you want to take as few steps as possible.  And to the person who said hit it off the palm, I think that is illegal.  But it should just be a roll off the palm as you are swinging.  I'm going to explain this as if she is right handed.  If she's left handed, just reverse everything.  

She should start with the ball in her left palm, arm out-stretched as far as it will go.  Weight should be on her right foot.  Bring back the right arm in preparation to swing, then as she brings her right arm forward, she steps with her left foot as she rolls the ball out of her left hand. (Don't toss it...just roll it out!)  She'll have to be leaning forward as well...if she's standing straight up, the ball will go straight to the ceiling.  Most important....she should just keep practicing!  She'll figure out what works for her.  And it's not too early to start working on an overhead serve, either.  She should start much closer to the net...maybe even at the 10 ft line, but find someone that has a good overhand serve to teach your daughter how it works.  I had a 6th grade manager last year who already had her overhand serve, and this year she was starting for her middle school team (she ended up going to a different school, so she didn't play for me).

Answer 7

take step out wih your left leg and hit it

i'm gr 6 i been playing volley ball for 3years

Answer 8

You don't want to teach her a walking serve (2+ steps). their accuracy lessens in making contact with the ball, and they could easily foot fault.

for an underhand serve, she should stand a bout a foot to 2 feet behind the serving  line. have her hold the ball in her left hand (if she's right handed, it's the opposite if she's left handed). she should swing her right arm back then as she propels her arm forward, she should naturally take a step with her left foot (like when you throw a ball). the momentum of her body and her arm should allow the ball to be hit over the net. think of serving like throwing a ball, it should be the same motion. Also make sure that she is keeping her hand flat (not making a fist) when she serves the ball. she should be hitting it with the meaty part of her hand; the cushy part right before her wrist and the area connected to the lower part of her thumb.

Answer 9

Dan_Ye has the right answer.

The more steps you add, the more difficulty you add to the serve.  No steps would be the best.  You can not hit the ball directly out of your hand, but you want to make it as close as you can to hitting directly out of your hand.  

Kirby also has a great answer.  Start teaching them the overhand serve.  Start with no steps and at the 10 foot line.  Most of them will not get it over from the service line, but they will try.  I am working with a group of 2nd through 6th graders.  We start them with the overhand serve at the 10 foot line and they move back as they get more over the net.  Many of them are about 20 to 25 feet.  (The service line is 30 feet)

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

Start teaching them to overhand serve.  They won't get it right away, but it's best to start now, when they're young.

Answer 12

If your daughter plans to continue in the "volleyball world" after grade 6, she will learn how to overhand serve.  Therefore, if you teach her just one step and serve it will be much easier when she has to learn how to overhand serve.  A lot of times, the less steps a person has to make the better off they are, because if they have to make too many steps you will see them out there counting the steps, instead of concentrating on getting the ball over then net.  Most coaches these days frown on servers taking more than one step.  Also, if she does take more than one step this opens up issues for foot faulting and then she has to start her serve farther back.  You want to start your serve as close to the line as possible, because the ball has less distance to travel.

Hope this has helped!

Answer 13

Depends on the power of the serve. My technique is to step once to get a close-to-the-net serve and two steps to get a top spin serve. Either way you prefer, but it is always one step.