Serving · Intermediate

Serving Variety Challenge

This drill develops the ability of an athlete to place a variety of serves accurately.

How to run it

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Areas of the court are marked out in the sand. (this can be done with cones for extra visibility) The areas are then numbered and the server tries to serve into these areas at the coaches' discretion or in order from 1 - 5. With more than one athlete this can be turned into a competition where the first athlete to get all round once or twice wins. 1
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Coach emphasis: Keep serving reps game-like and technically clean.

This drill develops the ability of an athlete to place a variety of serves accurately.

Keep building

Install a repeatable pre-serve routine and build control before power.

Connect serve with immediate transition to defensive ready — no admiring the serve.

Add a jump spike serve to the toolbox using the footwork that fits the athlete.

Practice the deep rainbow (high-arc deep) serve — land it past the back line passers without going out.

Train serving through serve + free ball run-throughs with a clear rep structure and game-like feedback.

Train serving through short/deep serve receive reps with a clear rep structure and game-like feedback.

Many of our drills are adapted from the coaching resources at Better at Beach and the FIVB.

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