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What is an aggressive serve?

When we coaches say aggressive serving, what exactly does that mean? Here is what I mean when I use that phrase.

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Service errors vs. service points

There is a point at which service aggression is just right to achieve the highest point scoring (breakpoint) percentage, but it varies.

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Looking at scoring streaks, odds, and service strategy

A fellow blogger took a look at scoring points in streaks in the volleyball and how it relates to the outcome of sets. I have my thoughts on the subject.

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Should you start with your strongest servers?

It's time to put in your line-up. Do you put your best server(s) first in the rotation? Or are there other possible considerations that are more important?

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Talking serving aggression and effectiveness

In the 2016 men's NCAA volleyball finals it looked like a conservative serving strategy ended up backfiring pretty badly.

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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.

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Looking at Serving Risk and Reward

Lots of volleyball coaches want their teams to serve tougher, but there's a trade off between winning more rallies and losing more points through higher errors.

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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.

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