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Volleyball: Underhand Serving 4

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Stage four of the serving progressions; throw the ball to go over the net to your partner with no bounce, stepping forwards with the opposite leg to the hand that you roll with (using body weight) and releasing the ball slightly higher.

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Underhand Serving:

A fun and simple way to introduce the serve.

Using the underhand serve players pass the ball over the net one another.

There should be no loose balls here, players should focus on accuracy as they aim to get the ball up and over.

Once again players should be stepping forwards with the opposite leg to the hand that you serve with.

2 Warm Up

Target serving:

Players have a ball each and stand behind the back line.

One at a time players must underarm serve the ball over the net and try to get their ball to land inside the target area, which is marked by cones.

After serving the ball players must follow their serve, collect their ball and run around the court to the back of the line.

7 Serve Drills

Underhand Serving 3:

Stage three of the serving progressions; throw the ball to go over the net and bounce once to your partner stepping forwards with the opposite leg to the hand that you roll with (using body weight) and releasing the ball slightly higher.

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Volley:

One partner catches and throws or volleys the ball moving the other partner side-side so as to be able to volley using good footwork and rhythm to play the ball back to the partner.

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