What is the advantage, if any, to a jump serve?

Question

What is the advantage, if any, to a jump serve?

Answer 1

the advantage is if the person dosen't know what there doing they'll end up missing the serve..

Answer 2

A jump serve allows a player to serve the ball from a higher location, thus allowing the ball to come down over the net with a steeper path. This makes the serve harder to return.

M. Clark

Answer 3

It makes it harder for the other team to hit (and it loox cool)  ;-)

Answer 4

A jump serve is much like a spike, only longer. By jumping, you're increasing the momentum you put on the ball because youre floating forward. That's stronger than just arm strength because you're using your whole body. When you're hitting higher because you're in the air, you can hit it down lower than just a ground serve. That way, it will be more difficult for the other players to respond.

A float serve is BETTER than a top spin btw. Top spin, you can tell that it will be landing in front of you. Float serves, you can never tell where it's going.. giving less time for your opponents to react.

Answer 5

the advantage is the amount of force that the server will give the ball when hit... because you will run and then jump, then hit the ball... also when the ball was jump-served, the ball has a large force going down inside the other team's court because it was hit-ed from top... so it will go down with such force...

Answer 6

The advantage is that the server performs a 30-ft spiking before any other player could ever touch the ball... and you also have the option to switch the default 30-ft spiking to a 30-ft floater while you are in the air.

Answer 7

There are many advantages if you do it correctly

1. you can get over the ball and hit it down with topspin so it is harder to get

2. the other team may not know where the serve is going and will not be ready

3. you can hit it harder and more down

i am sure there are many others and i say if you can do one(correctly) that would be the wise serve to do in the game

hope i helped some!

Answer 8

Well if you jump, u could make the ball to hit the ground faster. But  you need to know how ti hit the ball for that.

Answer 9

it puts spin on the ball and makes it harder

Answer 10

if you get it right you could get a good topspin and i think you can get more power behind it and it will be harder for the other team to receive and pass