Play conservatively to win, redux

Sometimes the highest probability of match success comes from taking a more conservative approach to how you go at attacking the opposition.

Serving Strategy: Attacking Zone 1

In terms of causing your opposition offensive problems, sometimes attacking Zone 1 can be an extremely useful serving strategy.

To Call Service Targets, or Not to Call Targets

Many volleyball coaches give their servers specific targets to go after during matches, but I tend to avoid do that to encourage my players to do it themselves.

The Evolving Jump Float Serve Approach

In recent years there's been a move toward a somewhat more conservative float serve approach in volleyball, speaking to an aggressiveness/accuracy tradeoff.

Coaching Concept: Tennis serving

Taking a page out of the tennis book, you can use the idea of let serves to encourage more aggressive serving in volleyball training drills and games.

Slowing Down the Float Serve

Sometimes it's worth thinking about taking some of the power off a volleyball float serve rather than thinking about how to increase a serve's velocity.

When not to serve their weakest passer

In volleyball, serving the other team's weakest passer is usually the right strategy, but not always. A good volleyball coach will know when to change it up.