Serving is how you would start a volley.  Since different people have different strengths and weaknesses, there are many ways to serve. There’s a jump serve, an overhand floater, and an underhand serve. Once you get the hang of your serve, you could try to make it come as close to the net without hitting it harder to pass. Lastly, if your serve goes over the net and hits the ground, it is called an ace. As you get older and the team gets better, there are fewer aces.

The easiest and the least powerful serve is the underhand serve. You should start with the opposite foot of your hitting hand closest to the court with the other one a step behind it. The ball is held in your non-hitting hand until right before the contact.  As you swing through the ball, move your weight towards the court and swing through it aggressively.  This will give the ball enough power to get over the net.

The next serve is the overhand floater.  The starting position for this serve is, first have the foot that is opposite of your hitting hand closest to the court and the other one right behind it.  All of your weight should be on your back foot.  Your hitting hand should be above your head with the ball in the other hand in front of your hitting shoulder.  Toss the ball above your head to where your hand is and strike it in the middle of the ball.  To make the ball float back and forth, stop your hand like you are hitting a brick wall after the contact.  While swinging through the ball, step through transferring your weight from your back leg to your front leg.

The jump serve is the hardest serve to master.  It takes a good toss, footwork, and great timing.  First, stand way behind the base line, long enough to take three or four long strides.  Then, toss the ball way out in front of you and about four to six feet above your head.  Thee good thing about the jump serve is the fact that you can land on or in front of the base line as long as you have already made contact with the ball.  Lastly, this serve gives height so that you can hit the ball down more.

Spiking is a front row attack.  It is used to hit the ball down so to the floor.  First, you back up to about the ten foot line so that you can approach the set ball.  There are different types of approaches, but they all end in the jump upward using your arms to elevate you.  When your hand comes in contact with the ball, snap your wrist so the ball has spin to drop to the floor even faster.  Make sure that you don’t stop your hand or it will go straight like a serve.