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Moms Hand: A Simple Guide To Volleyball

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Serving is a very important element to scoring points in a volleyball game. In fact “Moms Team” states that there isn't a more important skill in the game of volleyball than serving . This is why I would like to know if the accuracy of your serve would increase, decrease, or stay the same the longer you serve. According to “A Simple Guide to Volleyball” there are five ways to serve a volleyball. You can serve it Underhand, overhand, jump serve, topspin, and curve. However, two of these methods are more common than the others. These methods are “Underhand” and “Overhand”. The beginners method is also referred to as the “Underhand method”. In order to perform this serve, you must hold the volleyball in the opposite hand in which you will be …show more content…

There are two different types of targets that you can go on depending on your skill set and age. In younger leagues the main target is simply to just successfully get the ball over the net. According to “volleyball isport” a standard indoor volleyball court is an eighteen meter by nine meter rectangular court split across the middle with a nine meter line, and a two and forty two hundredths meter high net elevating above the middle of the court. Each side of the court measures a nine by nine meter square for each team to play on. When serving you can’t cross the outline of the court and the ball must go in between the antenna and in bounds. According to “Live Healthy“ this means that in order to successfully serve the ball inbounds the ball must go in between the red and white striped poles that stand thirty centimeters high above the net and land on or within the lines around the outside of the court. As you get older and play in more professional leagues you may start to spot serve. Spot serving is when you can choose a spot on the court and serve it there. For example, if your coach, teammate, or someone else told you to serve to spot one of the court you would be able to do so. In order to understand how to spot serve you must first understand the spots. The spots are the six places the court is imaginarily divided into. The six spots are the back left which is one, the front left which is two, the middle front is three, front right is four, back right is five, and the back middle is six. So if you were told to serve to spot three then you would serve to the front middle. In conclusion, your age and skill set help determine if you serve the ball just over the net and in bounds as your accuracy or if you spot serve, and knowing where you are supposed to serve the ball is key in making an accurate

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