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Serving: Stand or Jump?

Are jump serves better than standing serves in volleyball? If so, when should we start teaching players how to jump serve?

What is an aggressive serve?

When we coaches say aggressive serving, what exactly does that mean? Here is what I mean when I use that phrase.

What is the optimal serve error rate?

Serving aggressiveness and its impact on point scoring is a frequent talking point among volleyball coaches. Is there an optimal service error rate?

More on servers vs. passers games

Following on some earlier thinking about developing a way to work on serving and passing in a competitive way, I tried a new scoring system…

Looking at Serving Risk and Reward

Lots of volleyball coaches want their teams to serve tougher, but there's a trade off between winning more rallies and losing more points through higher…

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