Serves where something I wasn’t really comfortable in doing when I went to my practices, but now, after seeing your videos on serves, ive gotten much better and have surprised myself with them. So thank you so much!
As a guy on a volleyball team, its fairly common to see jump serves, which is why i decided to go for a jump float serve. Its easy to do (for me) and since so many other teams are used to receiving normal jump serves, they have a harder time receiving it.
I always use an underhand serve and I always spin the ball before serving it because, secretly, it usually makes it harder for the opposing team to hit the ball back.
Hi koko I don’t know if I should try out for volleyball, I love to play it and I I’m pretty decent. But I’m just scared of messing up during tryouts or if I mess up while I’m playing on the team and let them down. Help please ilysm!!!
Thank you so much I will start training with the club, they have these like clinics I will try to do one then hopefully try out! I just feel like they all will be so much better than me :(
@@gabbyyy5294 When you go to a clinic, you have to remember that everyone hasn't started from the beginning. Please don't compare yourself as you are your own person and player!
As someone who does mostly jump serves, the toss is the absolute most important part. You want to through the ball higher than you think because when you hit that ball, you want to hit it with your whole hand.
I almost did a overhand serve yesterday. It didn’t go over the net but it’s the first time I’ve hit it well, like you can feel when you hit it right and it’s a great feeling!
Personally, I believe the jump serve is much harder to learn because of the high toss and timing. Also at a higher level, a jump serve is more effective because it tends to have lots of spins that can throw off your opponents. The jump float is easy to learn if you hit the ball with the right part of your hand. Personally, it took me much longer to learn the jump serve than the float.
Hey Coach Koko! Do you have any tips for outside hitters that are 5'4 and shorter? Sometimes I get nervous when I go up to hit because the girls are TOWERING over me 😭. I just started the season for Freshman highschool and would like to get some tips for jump serving as well! Thank you so much for a of your videos! I have been following them since I started to tryout for middle school and they've helped me improve A LOT.
Hey there! Yes! If you are attacking the ball, it may be a good idea for you to attack the ball 5 feet off the net because it can help with your height. This will also give you more vision of the court. Now with jump serving, I would first start working on your backrow attack and then moving into the jump serve as they are very similar.
When I first started volleyball, I most commonly did the underhand, but progressively started to do more overhand and float serves. After seeing your videos, i think i got better in a way compared to when I first started. Tysm!
I'm in the highschool volleyball team thanks to you! But my JV season had already ended so I'm just practicing with Varisty now~ But I love doing the jump serves a lot~♡ I started to get way better at it now!!
I dont know ANYTHING about volleyball but i trully want to play sports,and i chose volleyball,so this is a great help to learn!just need to wait for the pandemic to end so i can practice it
Get a ball and try practicing at home that’s what I did and she has videos for literally almost EVERYTHING. I tried out with only knowing how to do things from videos and such and wasn’t that comfortable with the ball and my coach noticed that and I didn’t make it. Believe me it’s heartbreaking when you really want to join so practice!
There is another serve that i created when i was younger and ive never seen anyone else do it. Basically its like a high speed jump float that causes the ball to move very erratically but very fast leaving the opponent with little time to react. You do this by throwing the ball up like a standard jump serve but instead of using an open palm to serve you have to make a fist. The form you need to hit the ball almost mimics a pitcher throwing a baseball.
I have pretty much adapted to using the Jump Serve. Basically I hit around 95% of them. The Overhand is something I also need to practice considering I started Volleyball in January. I'm now considering joining my high school volleyball team as a setter.
I’m a fifth grader and I can do a jump serve since second grade and just this year I learned what a float serve is and I love it and btw I’m a boy so that’s why I’m very old to jump serves cause boys can usually hit harder than girls not being rude but it’s true some girls can hit harder but yeah and I think this is my favorite sport and thank you koko
Hi Koko... I’m a newbie to Volleyball and I’m kind of insecure about my skills. It’s hard for me to not compare myself to others, so I don’t want to join a Volleyball team. Is there any advice you have for me?
@@zoupyzoup7989 i don’t want to improve my skills on my own, but in a team sport, the more experienced players can become narcissistic since they’ve been in a team since day one and i feel really out of place. but screw that, i don’t like volleyball anymore
@@user-gv5hm8po6b i play it n i was like that n promise me most experienced players are just helping ppl they wont act like jerks js bc they're experienced
hello this is the 1st time I’ve seen your video! I really appreciate it I made a serve called “ceiling serve” originally found from the anime haikyuu you jump and throw the ball really high and it lands in court.
Love your videos Koko!! I am only 13 and i can already do the jump float for some reason??? This video helped me get a better understanding of it so thankyou!!
I'm trying to learn how to do an overhand serve, and I start volleyball tomorrow at my school, so I'm going to ask my coaches if I can practice longer. And I know one of the coaches, he was my basketball coach last year
I'm working on both types of jump serves. I'm better with jump floats at the moment. As for the jump serve, I can never get the hang of my serve toss. i need to work on that before I can work in hitting it harder
My specialty serve is the "I'm technically left-handed but lemmie just serve with my right because it won't go over with my left" I'm learning to hit with my left hand from the opposite position now and I've gotten like one or two in so yay.
Hi! Fellow leftie here you may go through trial and error with both hands as lefties the world is made for right-handed people but you should own your uniqueness as for serving once you find that balance and what you need to succeed whether it be leaning into your serve, jumping, or even taking a step back own it and gain some repetition with it and if you have a special spot on the court you know you can serve with utilize it as long as it works for you and it works for regulations best wishes and goodluck
Starting high school and my tryouts are this month so this video and your channel is really amazing and super helpful! Thank you!! Hopefully I'll make it!!
I would use both jump serves and jump float serves if I knew how to do them, usually I would jump float serves and then some very strong jump serves when they get used to the speed of jump float serves, if I had the skill to do so At my current skill level I know how to do standing floats but I can’t do them stably so they end up being normal overhand serves
I’ve never played volleyball before and I’m very interested in it and want to start a club I’ve been watching your videos and they honestly have been the most helpful than anyone else I’ve talked to or watched videos of I feel confident I can practice now thank you so much !!
I actually can't do an overhand serve so until I learn overhand I can't play Varsity. Learn your overhand! Still, my coach says I'm the best short ball server on JV but I can't play varsity until I Overhand serve. Although, you can still score points I once scored 9 in a row with 3 aces but overhand is sooo much easier to earn points. As an underhand server the only way I push points is by using strategy to find the weaknesses in defense (Sometimes I can't serve because the defense is really good)
There should be like a wind or chance serve where when its really windy the server spins the ball into the air instead of just throwing it and then spikes it. The wind would make the ball move any direction so its not predictable
My favorite serve is a standing topspin I haven’t really perfected it yet but I’m only in 7th grade and my neighbor used to play for 2 years and he could barely get it up so I think I’m pretty good for now
I do an jump topspin most of the time it's is unpredictable as she says in the video but with lots of practice you can get some consistency and eventually be able to use it in games
Iwaizumi Hajime Haha same, I didn’t even know underhand was a thing before my friend showed me (she went to a volleyball camp) and by then I had already sort of gotten the gist of the overhand so I just didn’t bother learning it
Iwaizumi Hajime Oh my god! I’m in 6th grade right now, so I’m going into middle school next year, and I’m also not on a team or anything! I want to be on the middle school volleyball team but I also want some experience before I tryout next year 😅
Iwaizumi Hajime hmmm I’m not really sure, I’m doing okay with receiving right now and I only have an estimated height of 5’5” so being Libero might be good. However, I also kind of want to be a wing spiker, so I’m working on my jump, but since I’m so short I would need about 2-2 1/2 feet of air to get over the net at a good height. I haven’t practiced setting that much so being a setter is probably out of the question.
Iwaizumi Hajime Well 5’5” is only my estimated height, right now I’m a bit shorter than 5’1” TwT (sadness) but I supposed setter is a good position since you can do everything, but I’m not the most accurate at setting 😂 I also have stronger arms than a lot of people my age and I’m pretty good at sprinting so I’m considering a middle blocker
Iwaizumi Hajime 😂 so true! My brother is only in 8th grade but he’s really strong, I can battle him evenly for a bit but then pfffft, he just beats me. To work on your receives, try looking at the ball until it’s right about to hit your arms and switch your eyes to your arms to make sure it hits the right place, it should make it a bit easier to aim forward but for aiming to the sides try out different tilts.
Hi guys so I'm gonna join school's volleyball team but I haven't played it before ;-; so I have a few questions like does your hands and arms hurt? Any easiest position? I would really appreciate it if you reply if you have played volleyball before thank you :)
I just started playing this year for tryouts and haven’t practiced beforehand (which was a mistake) and geez did everything hurt. Your legs are gonna hurt from receiving and squatting, your arm and hands are gonna hurt also from receiving(and with being a beginner comes a lot of mistakes I’ve learned the hard way so be prepared to receive the ball with your hand on accident), you shoulder is probably gonna hurt because of improper spiking and overhand serving forms... but it’s for the game so keep being optimistic about it while enjoying practice and you won’t even notice. Try to look like you always want the ball and be eager about it so your coach notices. And if you make a mistake or don’t make the team just keep practicing and find a position that suits you best.
She posted a video on things you can do at home. Check that out and you’ll be fine. I use the wall and land at the side of my house to practice almost everything, so make sure you have some place to practice before you get all excited
I really want to start playing volleyball, but I have no idea where to do so. I don’t really know of any courts I can just go to nearby. Do I have to sign up for a team to play?
I’m new to volleyball well I have never played a game but every time I try them serves I caught touch the ball with my whole hand Plz help... I am also very short and I want to be a setter but I think I am too short to be
Hi koko! I was wondering if you could give me a tip on how to serve better, i cant seem to hit the ball right for my overhand serve because it bounces off of the ground instead of going over a net, and it cant seem to get it to go far
could you by any chance make a video where you show us how to dive correctly? 👉🏼👈🏼 or did you already do a video like that? o: (if yes i’m sorry i didn’t find it)
Hey I love your videos I really wanna join volleyball but I’m only 4’8 or 4’9 but overall I think that your videos are amazing and I really hope I get to join volleyball:) you keep making your videos
Serve with the heel of your hand. It gives more power. When you throw the ball up, lean back to get more power. Stand slightly sideways with you non-dominant foot forward. Get enough height on the ball hen you throw it. About three feet above your head depending on how long your arm is. Step in as your hitting the ball
@@nfnejkcjehw no problem! I hope it works for you! It’s a different technique for everybody😃 just remember that the most important part of the serve is the toss