Does anyone have any tips for overhand serves?
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OPEN HAND ALWAYS! you never see hs, college, or pro with closed hand right? okay make sure you are facing in the direction you want the ball to go. when you toss the ball, toss with your opposite hand and the toss should make the ball goes in front of your hitting shoulder. don't toss it too high. you should be conntacting the ball at it's highest point in the toss because at it's peak, it stops moving for a split second. so it would be easier to hit a ball when it's not moving which would be when it's at its peak. if you have issues getting it over do push ups every night to get your arms stronger. it helps i promise. right after your serve you will notice that where your hand is facing is the direction the ball went. keep that in mind. now for your feet, start with your tossing arm's foot in front. when you toss, take a step with your foot that's in front as you toss and then when you conntact the ball, you can bring your dominate foot forward a little.\n\ngood luck
1007805
Rest your elbow. Take NSAIDs (like Ibuprofen). Warm up and strech before you play, wrap it while playing. Ice it afterwards. Repeat. Try playing for a while with your non-dominant hand for awhile.
715829
Well, work on your handles with tennis balls, and work on catching with tennis balls also. In the game, focus on getting your teammates involved, and also be agressive. Hustle, and even if you're nervous, don't let it show, and have poise. God Bless, and good luck this year!
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When you throw the ball up for the serve make sure that when you make contact with the ball your arm is fully extended. Then when you can do that add a power by bending your wrist. That will add power and help control.
720763
Basic hand exercises can be found in "Stick Control" by George Lawrence Stone.  Practice steadily and solidly through the various lines of the first full page of even notes.  She will see numerous combinations of lefts and rights.\n\nHave her hold the sticks in the first knuckle of the first finger and against the thumb.  The other fingers gently suppport the stick, but not squeeze it.  Palms should face down.  Try putting a penny on the back of her hands as she plays.  It should stay there most of the time.  Only the wrist shoud move, not the entire arm from the elbow.  The sticks should form the corner or a box (90 degree angle) to each other over the drum.\n\nThere's a lot more, but that's a good start.  Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Remember that the idea of the game is for your team to do well, not  for you to be outstanding.  Try to outthink the other team.  Where are there weaknesses on defense?  Try to find them and tip to those spots.  Do they have trouble defending the line?    Hit  line  instead of going crosscourt to their best defender.  Is there a weak player or a weak spot in the serve receive?  Try to serve there.  Can you read the other team's hits and tips.  Try to position yourself were you think the ball is going to go.  Is  one of your teammates really "on".  Try to involve her as much as possible.\n    Everything I've said above seems obvious, but in the heat of the game players often revert back to hitting the ball as hard as they can and trying to get by on just hustle.\n   To summarize, my tip is "outthink the other team".  Your coach will love you if you do!
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Do whatever you have to do to stretch the muscles in your back--upper and lower. Stretch the muscles in your left arm (if you play right-handed) too (very important). If your hands (fingers) ache, then stay hydrated and take Advil before and/or after your round or practice routine. Individually wrap the base of your first three fingers of your dominant hand (and index finger of the other hand) in some sort of foam tape before heavy practice. Plus, use a glove.\n\nThere were times when my hands would ache terribly the morning following my usual iron practice. It wasn't from the bleeding, it was the joints of my middle fingers that would hurt so bad. Fluids and Advil was found to take the pain away so I could practice again.
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well for volleyball you could have:\nhow to serve overhand\nhow to serve underhand\nhow to set\nhot to bump\nhow to attack\nhow to rotate\nhow to return serves\nhow to block\nhow to tip\nhow to jump serve
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What i do is put both hands on either side of the racquet on the strings and rub them thoroughly warming up the strings. You can also rub the racquet frame.
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I am not sure if you are a male or female but in the end it comes down to technique over upper body strength anyway. There are many types of serves one can master. The three most common are your underhand serve...your overhand floater and your jump serve. Most people strive to learn to jump serve, though it is a less accurate serve and tends to work best if you can physically overpower your opponant.  The arm swing on your underhand serve is similiar to rolling a ball in bowling. With the volleyball in your left hand extended out, elbow slightly bent..(opposite hands for a lefty) You make contact with an unclenched fist....pushing off the ball of your right back foot. The underside of your forearm should be up. You direct the ball up AND over the net. Once mastered this is a very dependable serve..but not powerful. The OVERHAND FLOATER is an overhand serve with little to no spin. It may tend to be harder to receive because it "floats" through the air without a speedy trejectory. Thus it's name.  The overhand floater requires less power than an overhand serve with spin and more speed. Step 1: The ball should be thrown in the air. It is less important which hand you use to do this or whether or not your use two hands for your toss so long as it is accurate and about 18" above your head. Contact should be made by swinging your right arm (L for a lefty) and hitting the ball with the ball of your hand. Not the palm/fingers/or wrist! The most common mistakes are a bad toss, inproper contact, and failing to fully extend your arm above your head to maximize reach. Swing with your whole arm and not just at the elbow. Once you learn to put these two serves over the net you can work more on placement, speed, etc. Write back then and ask for tips on other overhand serves and jump serving. Good luck! :o)
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You may already be using these techniques as a B player, but many don't, so here's a couple important things to always keep in mind when playing.\n\nAlways move back to center court immediately after you've hit the ball.  (For obvious reasons, you dont want to get caught in the back or front of the court or too far to one side, giving your opponent a larger gap to shoot for)\n\nDon't chase the ball.  Racquetball is a game of anticipation.  Watch your opponent hitting the ball and anticipate where the ball will be on the court when it falls into your sweet spot.  Run for that spot, set up, and wait for the ball to come to you.\n\nPractice, Practice, Practice.  If you want your shot to get better, practice it by yourself in a controlled situation, until you have it perfected.  Then it will be there for you during your games, if you use good anticipation and remember to set up for each shot.  \n\n(This all assumes that your a B player and already use the proper grip of the racquet, and know the basics of proper swing mechanics.  If not, you should concentrate on these.  I've seen a few players that were good enough to play B, but still used poor swing and didnt hold the racquet correctly.  Lots of overhead shots, lol. But most likely they'll never improve their game significantly beyond that)
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The flat serve is usually the hardest serve out of them all, but it lacks spin. So if you place your flat serve like down the "T" you'll get an ace, mislocate and your opponent can return it. Another popular serve for an ace is the slice serve, on the deuce side is  good place to get an ace on, pros hit this serve out wide and off the bounce it would kick further away from the opponent with an low bounce. You can also hit this one down the "T" on the Ad side for an Ace. The flat is best for blazing balls past your opponent. Slice serves come in second. \nP.S However if you really want to win matches go with more control and less power. Use a Topspin serve, which clear the net pretty good and still lands in with a high bounce that can go as high as your opponents head. This will get your opponent in a awkward position. You'll lose WAY to many points on double faults will that occur if you keep going for aces. I read that one pro (I think Roddick) got around 50 aces and still lost!!!
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Well there's usally going to be some pain when first starting out, but what I've been doing is squeezing a racquet ball. That helps with strengthening the fingers and getting used to it. But if there's no pain when you play you're not playing hard enough! But your fingers will get used to it.
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If you're right handed:  Stand 45-90 Degree to the side with your left foot in front of the right.  Ball on the left hand and extend the hand in front of your body.  Throw the ball straight up so it is infront of you (if you throw the ball but don't hit the ball, it should land on your left hand again. So throw it in front of your body and then step forward with the right foot and your right arm moving forward.  You are making a stepping motion.  this gives you power because you're using your body forward motion to hit the ball.\n\nAs far as what part of the hand to use for the overhead serve, it depends on your ability.  The easiest but less precise way would be using the bottom of the palm (where there's bone).  If you want more precision and have some power, you have to use your cupped hands. Cupping is like trying to take a drink of water from your hand.  I hope this makes a little sense to you.  Good luck.
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You can watch or go to a tennis competition and observe how the advance level players serve and just imitate and practice it. Try the underhand serve it will go over the net, but you got to adjust your strength (power) , so the ball wont go flying out of the court or lines.\nCheck out the link below, the videos on there teaches you the correct way to serve a tennis ball!!!
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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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The most common hammer grip is with the racket face parallel to the net. Then shake hands with the racket and you have a serve and forehand grip.  However most people close the face slightly for their forehand and open the face slightly on their serve grip.  The reason is to allow for more spin to be generated on the two strokes.