Beach Volleyball Serving Secrets - The Importance of Serving Deep in the Court
Posted: Saturday, June 05, 2010
by April Chapple
Volleyball Voices Inc.
When playing beach volleyball doubles, with only two players on each side, there is a lot more space for a player to serve the ball to in the opposing court. Many times players don't take advantage of all that extra space and end up serving a relatively easy ball right into the opposing player's arms without making it difficult for the player to pass or serve receive the ball.
Imagine this, if you served so tough or so smart that the opposing team couldn't even touch a ball, then it really wouldn't matter how good or how strong a team they are. If they can't touch the ball, or they can't get the ball back over the net because your serve was so tough or so well placed, then they can't play because you are scoring all the points, you win. That's why the serve is so valuable, so potent and its the fastest way a player can take over a game.
One of the best ways to make a player move out of his starting position when you are serving is to serve the ball deep into the one of several open areas in the court:
Deep down the middle between the two players-the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. If you stand in the middle of your service line and serve the ball aiming straight ahead for the deep area on the opposite court's service line, that ball will get there pretty fast and the opposing team will be forced to communicate with each other to decide who is going to move first to take that ball.
Deep down the line of a particular player-serving deep down the line forces the closest player to take several side steps or steps backward that take them further away from the net, so after they pass the ball they have more distance to cover to make their approach to hit the ball.
Deep cross court into one of the corners-similar to the strategy above a deep cross court serve means a player has to back up further in the court to make the pass. It also means that the passer usually has to look up and over their shoulder to focus on passing the ball, with their eyes now on the ball and not on the volleyball court the passer has to rely on their partner to tell them whether the ball is in or out.
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