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A couple thoughts on offense and serving

Legendary coach Terry Pettit has shared some observations about the current state of the game to which I react.

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Is serving part of offense or defense?

Is the serve in volleyball an offensive tool or a defensive one? I share my thoughts on the subject in this post.

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Advanced volleyball serving zones

A reader asked me to speak to the subject of advanced serving zones in volleyball. Here's a bit on the subject.

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Is calling service targets beneficial?

Serving certain targets - be they Zones or passers - can be very useful. Let's not forget, though, the one actually having to make the serve.

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Coming up short on serve performance analysis

A coach worries he needs to change his serving philosophy, but what he presents doesn't get anywhere close to suggesting that.

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Ditch the standing serve!

In which I appeal to volleyball coaches - especially boys' coaches - to teach their players the jump serve. Float or topspin.

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The correlation of aces to wins

How important is getting aces to winning in volleyball? More important in the men's game than the women's based on the numbers.

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Get your servers competing with this game

I like incentivizing my servers to challenge my passers in practice. Here's a way you can get your servers competing.

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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?

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