How to develop a good jump serve?
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The first thing you need to understand about a jump serve is that you are not doing your max jump, and that jump serves and hitting are very different.  There are 2 kinds of jump serves a spin serve that is effective by its speed and sudden drop...or the float serve which is effective by its floating ability and difficulty to pass.  Both are good serves if done well.  If either one is mediocre, it becomes an incredibly easy ball to pass.  \n\nFor a spin serve you should try tossing as you start to take your first step.  The toss needs to be high but only about 3-4 metres in the air.  Your swing needs to be HIGH and do NOT follow through with your WRIST.  You need to drop the non hitting shoulder to get max height.  GOOD LUCK!
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Couple of things...\n\n1) Jump rope...a lot\n2) Get under a basket, and jump up as high as you can for 20-25 reps, keeping both hands raised while you jump. Do this several times a day.  After a couple of weeks, you'll find yourself jumping higher and higher.  You can use the net or the backboard to guage your progress. That's the purpose of doing it under a basket.\n\nThese will strengthen your legs and improve your stamina.\n\nIf you have a coach, ask him/her about some other ways to improve your jumping. Or ask a gym teacher at your school. They'll be glad to help you.
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Practice until you become a damn good tennis player.
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For drops, Keep your weight back and your legs soft.  For jumps you need a little more timing, it can't really be taught.  You need to go out and hit a few.
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Practice\n\nPut some wieghts on your legs when you jump.
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Draw a line on gym wall the same height as volleyball net topline.  Practice 20 minutes every day with team mate(s), two at a time (you and one team mate) hitting the ball above the line, the other person has to return the bounce off (you are trying to get it in his area).  Every five minutes increase the distance from the wall, but not further than for normal volleyball.  That is exercise #1.\n\nNumber 2 Exercise:  Your friend stands on opposite side of net and loft balls for you to slam dunk.  Practice from all standard first line positions and different types of incoming.  Try four different types for five minutes each.  Good to have some non-participatory helpers to get the ball(s) back to your helper.\n\nNumber 3 Exercise:  Play lots of actual volleyball games, even if you only have two people for each side.\n\nNumber 4 Exercise:  Practice hard serves for a difficult return but limit this to 10 minutes per day so you don't hurt your arms.\n\nReal games enable team work with others and this team work is a big factor in winning.  You need to discuss this with other team mates and any pro observer(s).  When good teamwork becomes automatic, your chances of winning are greatly increased.\n\nPractice, practice, practice.\n\nMake sure your ball has the official pressure!
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well u dont have a contact so ill say it here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvE.pqXnDuSM4DQ_nHX_cCLsy6IX?qid=1006052909558  i am 6 feet tall and play High School and to answer. practice all your handles with a tennis ball, steve nash did it 2 hours a day in college, look where he is now!
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well that is true when you go up to block use both hands. But when you ar on serve-recieve get take a step back and then right when they touch the ball take a step up. that gets you moving.  talk on the floor. Call outs, in, tip, dink, middle, outside, and when someone on your team spikes it make a "cup" around them just incase the other team blocks it. Also dont put your hands on your knees.  When you go to spike it then go for the ball like you are opening french doors.. that gets your upper body in motion and ready to hit.  Also wait for the ball when going to spike! and if you are setter then make sure your sets are consistant.. good luck
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i answered a similar question on another post, i'll just copy and paste here.. =P\n\n1) don't use ur fist to overhand serve. that might seem easier to give the power but that's not good cuz u can't control ur serve.\n\n2) a good friend of mine who plays very well always says to keep ur fingers close when serving. that gives a good floater if done correctly. but for me, i like it w/ my hand wide open. if u get used to and good at it, u can also serve floaters w/ hand wide opened. so that i guess it's up to u, whichever u feel more comfortable with.\n\n3) toss the ball in front of u, not rite above ur head or behind. tossing is very important actually. no need to toss too high. grab the ball w/ ur serving hand and extend up, just slightly in front of u, but parallel to ur serving shoulder, that should be that point where u hit the ball.\n\n4) do not bend ur elbow. at the point where u contact with the ball, ur arm should be straight, reaching for it. (pretty much the highest point of ur swing) u r not hitting it rite by ur ears.\n\n5) follow thru ur arm swing. some ppl stop rite after hitting the ball w/o following thru. that might work, but follow thru will give more power.\n\n6) snap ur wrist. that doesn't mean to hit the ball down. ur wrist should be snapping down along w/ ur follow thru, that will give the ball a nice projectile. some ppl snap it hard enough to give a lot of spin on the ball. but please, don't break ur wrist!\n\nif u r male, u should hav enough arm strength the serve the ball over, so what u need to concentrate on is how ur palm contact the ball. also depend on ur height. if u r really tall, u don't wanna hit too bottom of the ball to give a high serve. (unless u mean to do it.) if u r shorter, then hit it more bottom. i'm guess between the horizon line to it's 45 degree down is good. (bottom doesn't mean right under.)\n\nlook at where u r serving to, imagine the line of how u want ur ball goes. then look at where ur hand is when making contact to the ball.\n\nthat works for female too, but a lot of female when they start overhand serve, they don't hav enough strength. one of the things they r missing is, using their body to help. this is how i started learning overhand serve in junior high (i served sideway and round house b4 that): 1st, say if u serve w/ ur right hand, the ready position will be, ur right leg in the back, left leg front, put the weight on ur right leg. as u toss and hit the ball, u r also changing ur weight from ur right leg to ur left, so u r like walking forward. u r actually throwing ur right side body to the front, ur right hand is only use to hit the ball, where the power is actually coming from ur body.\n\nHIT the ball, not pushing it.\n\nlastly, of cuz, a lot of practise! =P\n\noh yeah, as u r serving, think of it: "SMACK IT LIKE IT JUST SMACKED U!!"\n\nthat was what work for me, even thou it might not be "correct".  if u can't change certain habits u hav, instead of forcing urself to change, be good with what u've got then.\n\nu said vball season is over, do u mean beach vball, or skool season?  cuz indoor vball just started its spring season.  =)\n\nhappy vballing  ^ ^=
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i'm not very good at underhand serving so i could offer a little tips on the overhand serve.  r u a male or female? \n \n1) don't use ur fist to overhand serve.  that might seem easier to give the power but that's not good cuz u can't control ur serve.\n\n2) a good friend of mine who plays very well always says to keep ur fingers close when serving.  that gives a good floater (a ball that has no spins causing a floating action that could drift off the direction sometimes) if done correctly.  but for me, i like it w/ my hand wide open.  if u get used to and good at it, u can also serve floaters w/ hand wide opened.  so that i guess it's up to u, whichever u feel more comfortable with.\n\n3) toss the ball in front of u, not rite above ur head or behind.  tossing is very important actually.  no need to toss too high.  grab the ball w/ ur serving hand and extend up, just slightly in front of u, but parallel to ur serving shoulder, that should be that point where u hit the ball.\n\n4) do not bend ur elbow.  at the point where u contact with the ball, ur arm should be straight, reaching for it. (pretty much the highest point of ur swing)  u r not hitting it rite by ur ears.\n\n5) follow thru ur arm swing.  some ppl stop rite after hitting the ball w/o following thru.  that might work, but follow thru will give more power.\n\n6) snap ur wrist.  that doesn't mean to hit the ball down.  ur wrist should be snapping down along w/ ur follow thru, that will give the ball a nice projectile.  some ppl snap it hard enough to give a lot of spin on the ball.  but please, don't break ur wrist!\n\nif u r male, u should hav enough arm strength the serve the ball over, so what u need to concentrate on is how ur palm contact the ball. also depend on ur height.  if u r really tall, u don't wanna hit too bottom of the ball to give a high serve.  (unless u mean to do it.)  if u r shorter, then hit it more bottom.  i'm guess between the horizon line to it's 45 degree down is good.  (bottom doesn't mean right under.)\n\nlook at where u r serving to, imagine the line of how u want ur ball goes.  then look at where ur hand is when making contact to the ball.\n\nthat works for female too, but a lot of female when they start overhand serve, they don't hav enough strength.  one of the things they r missing is, using their body to help.  this is how i started learning overhand serve in junior high (i served sideway and round house b4 that):  1st, say if u serve w/ ur right hand, the ready position will be, ur right leg in the back, left leg front, put the weight on ur right leg.  as u toss and hit the ball, u r also changing ur weight from ur right leg to ur left, so u r like walking forward.  u r actually throwing ur right side body to the front, ur right hand is only use to hit the ball, where the power is actually coming from ur body.\n\nHIT the ball, not pushing it.\n\nlastly, of cuz, a lot of practise!  =P\n\noh yeah, as u r serving, think of it: "SMACK IT LIKE IT JUST SMACKED U!!"\n\nthis is only my 2 cents, and everyone is different.  to be correct is important, but to be good at what u've got is even better.  i'm not very good in explaining in words, but i hope this will help.
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I've been playing tennis for 6 years, so i think i can help. Now with your aim, just watch the ball at all times and make sure you step into the ball. Keep your racket straight and hold on tight as you swing through over your shoulder. Lifting weights doesn't have any part in tennis. To swing hard, you need strength in your wrists, not so much in your arms. So just keep practicing. To make the ball go further, be positive you have your form right. Then one of the most important is to remember to swing all the way through. Yes, all the way to your opposite shoulder. This will make the ball go way further. Much of this you achieve with practice though. So good luck with it all! *Val*
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Look at the ring not the ball, raise the ball up with both hands, don't forget to breathe and don't hold it up for too long, take the shot and follow through with your hands and wrists. Do it naturally and not like it is forced and practice, practice, practice. Before long, you are making those jump shots really easy.
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Well first of all on your blocking try and keep tall people in the front that can especially jump high and defense just make sure that you can all bump the ball and get it back over after you learn how to get the ball over with out it hitting the ground then try to bump,set,spike it u should stand regular until u become more advanced it's all about thinking ahead and being where you need to be at the right time hope ya'll do great tell me how it goes!! =\n\n\nFreshman Volleyball WOOOOOO
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It's going to take a lot of practice before you are consistent. Just keep that in mind. \nLine up a little farther away from the service line to give yourself room for the jump. You can either toss one handed or two handed. The trick is to toss high and a little in front so that you have time to do an approach and meet the ball. The approach is almost the same as a hitting approach except you stay facing straight ahead. So toss, do the approach and hit. Good luck!
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It's definitely tougher to do well, especially with all of the 6-footers around these days.\nLook at the success of Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) and before her, the Spanish player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Coetzer won with really solid baseline strokes and superb fitness. Vicario won with a steady baseline game.\nI knew an excellent college player who was under 5 feet. She had superb technique on ground strokes and volleys, and played percentage tennis.\nFind out what your strengths are. If you have great endurance and speed, develop a patient, defensive game that will wear down your taller opponents.\nIf you don't have speed, develop topspin and slice to enable you to move your opponents to the side, up, and back. Wear them down, keep them off balance. Or hit the ball hard enough that you can hit winners from the baseline.\nYou MUST develop a spin serve that is dependable and that prevents your opponents from attacking. You cannot expect to hit aces like your taller opponents, so go for placement, spin, and variety.
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When  ur not on the court at home for conditioning try running at least 1 mile ( i reccomend 2) 3 times a week.Do push ups, sit ups,wall sits,jump rope,frog jumps/squats.Strech. And then for court practice at home, try practing ur swings(like with no ball and in one place, swing like theres a ball comeing to u,correctly. lol), backhand,fore hand,underhand,etc. practice serves and practice serves. Then practice footwork (u can do this on court and off court.) then footwork with swings,(combation run from one end to another and swing when u reach the end)\nand during the games try to hit corners, and the front.make them get tired first, at first dont use all ur energy, play around with ur oppenent for a while.\nand then experment with him/her. see which one is his/her weakest point and keep hitting there. for example his/her backhand is the worst then keep on aiming for their backhand.\nand make sure to make them run! and during the game REMEBER  to use ur brain/tatics!Very Useful! alot of people who are skilled who  dont use their brains/tatics,  they lose the match.\ngood luck on tourment.
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well I'm not going to go into a lot of detail I'm not sure what level you passing skill are at now, but you need first to work on your footwork. step-close, step,step-close, and step cross-over-hop, always in a low ready position with arms out. \nanother good drill is to have a partner stand about 4 ft in front of you and pass quickly and controlled back and forth always staying low. \nform is a big part of being a great defensive player always staying low and being able to maneuver any where on the court in that low ready position and any time this is where the footwork will make all the difference in the world. its always the basics that will make you great.