Reader questions on passing and serving

A reader who is a volleyball player has a couple questions on how to help her teammates be better in serve reception and in serving

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?

Reader Question: How can I fix mid-line serving and attacking

A reader wants to know how to address players contacting serves and attacks in the mid-line rather than in line with their shoulder.

How to teach the overhand serve to volleyball beginners

How do you teach volleyball beginners to serve? That is the question I was asked. Here is what I focus on when working with new servers.

Having a pre-serve process

When it comes to a pre-serve process keep in mind that both servers and passers should have them and that in both cases they should be simple.

Thinking on the subject of calling serve zones

A funny post by a fellow blogger on the subject of service target zones comes as I am considering my own usage of them with my team.

Recommendations to help improve the serve toss

Inconsistent tosses are a problem for many volleyball players, especially younger or less experienced ones. Here are some ideas for coaches to address it.

Why does my volleyball team miss serves?

If your volleyball misses serves at bad times or simply misses them a lot there are a number of potential causes which you can address to correct it.

Scoring Serving and Passing Effectiveness

Scoring your volleyball team's serving and passing is one of the easier ways to use statistics to help make objective decisions about training and lineups.